Sunday, October 11, 2020

Invertebrate #30

What's up everyone this weekend...The way I heard bout that this band was from One Fest  I saw a lot of killer bands. One of them was Invertebrate they hail from the Oakland. I saw them as a 4 piece from what I remember at the moment there a killer 2 piece to wreck with.. Here is the interview with Invertebrate hope you guys enjoy...

 State your name and what band do you play for?? Name is Jay, I play drums in Invertebrate.

how did you get into punk??Well I wasn’t really ever a punk guy to be honest. I was based mainly in death metal, and grindcore. Donovan, my guitar player, actually introduced me to a lot of the powerviolence I listen to today.

sweet that's really cool

so How did Invertebrate start as a band??
Back in 2012 I was getting out of a death metal band I was in for about 5 years called Ominous Ruin, and Donovan had just left a long term band of his called Buried At Birth. I posted a craigslist add looking up play in a grindcore band, because I was pretty sick of the death metal scene at the time, and we jammed a few times and decided to start writing together. And now here we are 8 years later.
and the original line up  was a 3 piece from what I remember you guys at One fest???
Originally we rocked as a two piece. We put out our first record “Precambrian” and a two piece, and played a few locals shows for about 2 years. Then we ended up with a bass player Rob, who was with us for about 5 years.We had a brief stint with a vocalist, and Vince from Human Obliteration on bass for a year. Now you you guys are a 2 piece??? How did you get the  name Invertebrate? Yes we have been a 2 piece for a bit. 
Oh damn, I’m not really sure which one of us picked it. I think it was Donovan. We didn’t want to go the route of a traditional pv band name, and most of our lyrics are very misanthropic, so the whole concept of the band is about how humans can be so spineless and benign. really cool... 
Picking a band name that someone doesn’t already have is very difficult. Although now, funny story: a couple years ago a band in Australia formed, I believe they’re like a metal core band or something, and they also share the name Invertebrate. One of the members actually asked me to change our name because our Spotify was showing up for their fans. I simply replied with “No.”
lol we have the name Culpa from the Despise you titled Culpa Mia .. plus I'm a fan of DxY..
What was one of the coolest shows you guys have played?? 
I have to say 2: years ago we played a show in San Francisco in the dogpatch. It was a mixed bill with around 10 bands and it was a chopper building competition. So while we were playing, there were bikers wheel to wheel doing burnouts, completely filling the venue with smoke. There was around 300 people there. It was fucking awesome. And the second one was on our last tour, with friends and split mates Mellow Harsher in Madison, WI. It was at a cool little bar on a Sunday, it was packed and the venue fed and and gave us free beers all night. It was awesome to be so welcomed by fans and friends, the hospitality was on point. Overall great time.
Are you guys releasing anything???
We just release “Culture Rot” on New Year’s Day this year. So right now Donovan and I are just back into the writing process.
okay Sweet
any Shoutout you want to give Jay??? 
Shout outs to Nick from Night Animal Records being super awesome to us, Max from 625, Abe from LA, Gabe from Concussive, the boys in Mellow Harsher and HKFY, and everyone who supports us!
very awesome well Jay thanks for your time
Awesome thanks bud. 

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