Earnie Ball Music Man Battle Of The Bands For Uproar Fest – Chris Ferland Of Ashes Of My Regrets

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself?
CF: Hey I’m Chris Ferland im the vocalist for Ashes of my Regrets.

MW: Tell me about your band Ashes of my Regrets?
CF: Our music is a mix of of the current hardcore scene and electronica with synths playing a big role to how our music sounds, were just 5 guys who love making music and would be more than happy if we got the chance to do this for a living.

MW: Where is Ashes of my Regrets from?
CF: Me Brian and Adam are from Dumont NJ and Juan and Lenny are from Palisades Park NJ.

MW: Do you have a new release you are promoting?
CF: We actually just released a new song called The Outcome that we’ve been promoting a lot since we released it and we are also looking to have our EP hopefully out by the end of the summer.

MW: Tell me about the band battle you are in now?
CF: Right now were in the Battle of the bands for Uproar Festival it works exactly how the Warped Tour one did i mean we would love to play but we kind of also entered just to hopefully get some more exposure since we aren’t very big right now.

MW: How can fans help you win?
CF: Our fans can help us to win by going to http://battle.rockstaruproar.com/u/ashesofmyregretsnj and just shooting us a vote everyday the more votes we get the better of a chance we have to win.

MW: What is Ashes of my Regrets goal with winning the band battle?
CF: I mean like I said before we would love to play Uproar Festival because that would definitely get us a lot of exposure but even if we don’t we just want as much exposure as we can get.

MW: What else does Ashes of my Regrets have on tap for 2013?
CF: Other than EP were just looking to play a bunch of shows we absolutely love playing them and they definitely help us get more fans.

MW: If you band could make perfect tour who would it be with?
CF: Asking Alexandria, Memphis May Fire, Of mice and men, Attila, and Crown the Empire We all have an inner sloth tour.

MW: What would you like to say in closing?
CF: I guess what i have to say is just check out Ashes of my Regrets just spread our name around and thanks for the interview its always cool doing one of these.

 

Earnie Ball Music Man Battle Of The Bands For Uproar Fest – Kemble Walters Of AEGES

Interview Done By Mike Wilkerson

MW: Please introduce yourself?
KW: Hi, I’m Kemble Walters from the band AEGES.

MW: Tell me about your band AEGES?
KW: W’re a 4 piece from LA, Ca comprised of members Kemble Walters, Cory Clark, Larry Herweg, and Tony Baumeister. We’ve all been in, or are still in, hardcore bands; it’s what we grew up on. Larry is in Pelican, San Angeles, and the former drummer of TUSK, Tony Baumeister is from 16 and Cuthroats 9, Kemble Walters is from the Rise, Juliette & the Licks (not so hardcore) and a bunch of other stuff, Cory Clark is from Sleepless Me as well as his own solo stuff (rad roots acoustic jams).
Long story short, we all came together over the love of Handsome and Quicksand. Put out our first full length via the Mylene Sheath in late 2012 and are now in pre-production for the new one. It’s sounding awesome.

MW: Where is AEGES from?
KW: We all live in LA but Cory and Tony are the only Ca natives. Kemble Walters grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia and Larry is from Chicago.

MW: Do you have a new release you are promoting?
KW: Aeges has a split 7′ coming out via the Mylene Sheath records with the band DustMoth (members of these arms are snakes, Minus the Bear and more). It’s gonna be rad. It’s called the BAD BLOOD ep. If you’d like to know why, keep checking in for updates.

MW: Tell me about the band battle you are in now?
KW: I guess we’re in a battle to play the Ernie Ball stage with AIC etc. I don’t like music competitions at all. It’s hard enough to break good music now a days but with all these competitors etc is more about how many friends you have and if you’re willing to exploit them to get ‘picked’. I love the bands on the Uproar bill. We just played with Coheed & Cambria when they came through Tuscan and LA and t was rad, I just think it would be sweet to play with those dudes again.

MW: How can fans help you win?
KW: Vote I guess.

MW: What is AEGES goal with winning the band battle?
KW: No goal in particular, just think we are a rad fit with the bands o the bill and would love the opportunity to rock with them.

MW: What else does AEGES have on tap for 2013?
KW: Pre-production for the new record.

MW: If you band could make perfect tour who would it be with?
KW: Quicksand. Alice In Chains, Deftones, Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age

MW: What would you like to say in closing?
KW:  Check out our tunes, we think they’re pretty rad, you might to.