Leachate #50

What's up everyone this week I interview a cool band from North Carolina talk bout the history of the band and his other project check it out.

State your name and what band do you play for?

I’m CJ Coronado, I play in Leachate and Locust Reign. Both are “grindcore” bands based out of North Carolina. I also run Shirley Road Records.

 

How you doing CJ?

I’m really good, thanks for asking! I’m always busy with band / label work, and so far 2021 has blown away my expectations for all of my different projects. I’ve also been leveling up my data science skill set for a career change I’m trying to make happen ASAP.

 

How did you get into punk???

My earliest memories of punk were DEFINITELY from playing the Tony Hawk games as a kid. I easily spent hundreds of hours on each game and have those soundtracks burned into my brain forever. The Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, Suicidal Tendencies, Goldfinger, and the rest of the bands were a major catalyst for me seeking more music (not to mention the hip hop and metal on those games too).

 

I also had two older cousins, Charlie and Corey, that played in bands, who would always show me new-to-me bands, take me to local shows, and unintentionally helped to cultivate my taste today. For punk specifically, that was Charlie. His band Monkeyknifefight is so much fun and I’ve seen them dozens of times over the last 10+ years.

 

How did Leachate start??

Leachate started as a one man band that our drummer Ethan was doing. He put out some demos and some splits that I thought were cool, plus he was showing me a lot of mincecore bands like Haggus and Archagathus and exposing me to that world of music.

 

What was the line up?? 

Him and I can’t agree on what happened next. He thinks he asked me to join on guitar so we could play shows. I think I told him I’m in Leachate now and that’s how we became a two piece. We added our good friend Jon Ward (Photoclub, Azucares, Base Print Productions) on drums to round it out, leaving Ethan on bass. I think all three of us were doing vocals starting out.

 

Whats the line up now?

Currently it’s me on guitar, Ethan on drums, Andrew Nye (Suppressive Fire, Eyn, ex-Arghast) on bass, and all three of us doing vocals.

 

Whats your guys influences?

When Leachate was still mainly Ethan’s baby it was a lot of Archagathus, Despise You, Man is the Bastard, and other bands in that wheelhouse (with a healthy dose of 90s Memphis hip hop love thrown in there). We don’t really play that strict of a grindcore/powerviolence sound anymore, so we’re pulling in influences from everywhere. Andrew loves black metal so that really stands out in his vocal delivery and bass style. My favorite band of all time is My Chemical Romance, so I try to focus more on similar song structures and overall song delivery. Maybe someone will notice one day which of their riffs I’m “influenced by”.

 

Oh we also love Priapus and BrainXToilet (North Carolina Dad Grind) so they definitely trickle into our sound.

 

Whats the coolest show you guys played?

For me I have to go with February 21st, 2020: Greasy Grindfest II at The Maywood in Raleigh, NC. That was a fest Ethan and I built where we had 12 bands from NC and VA playing from like 3pm to midnight. I did two sets and Ethan played four. Our homies in BrainXToilet headlined which RULED, all the bands got paid, and it was the day after my birthday so I was H E L L A L I T.

 

Do you guys have any releasing soon?

Right now Leachate has a big split / comp with four other North Carolina bands in the works that should be coming out in the next few months. That one will have a mix of grindcore, black metal, dark hardcore, and some covers I’ve been wanting to do forever. It’s the most time I’ve put into songwriting and has us infusing more death metal into our sound than we have, so it’s been fun to branch out from our old material.

 

My other band Locust Reign (with Joseph from Sleep Torture) is finishing our first album set for a late Spring-ish release, so be on the lookout for that too.

 

Any shoutout you want to give?

Shouts out BrainXToilet, Mo’ynoq, Basilica, Pathogenesis, Basura, Sleep Torture, MSD, Night Hag, Cody Ward aka Based Ward aka Gody, Tommy Wright III, Project Pat, Will Butler at To Live A Lie Records, Max Ward at 625 Thrash, April and Kay, the whole Maywood staff, Busted Chops, SKUZ, all y’all that boost our Spotify numbers, Home Astronomy, Mijail, Jon Ward tha OG, Noah and Kody, shoot I can probably go on all day.

 

Thanks for your time

Thank you Marco!

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