Owleye Take On The A-Z Questionnaire Challenge!

Owleye, a Denver based Post Hardcore band take on the A-Z challenge…

A SONG WHICH MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE MUSIC:

UNDEROATH “IN REGARDS TO MYSELF” THAT SONG DEFINED MY NEED AND DETERMINATION TO BE A FRONT MAN.

BEST RIDER YOU HAVE EVER HAD:

WHISKEY AND SMART WATER, YOU GOTTA KEEP HYDRATED AND WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE SMART WATER ENDORSEMENT.

CRAZIEST MOMENT YOU’VE EXPERIENCED IN THE BAND:

OH MAN IN THE LAST YEAR OF THIS LINEUP WE HAVE HAD SOME TIMES, MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK OF SOME TIME AT A SHOW BUT RECENTLY TIM TRIED TO PLAY WITH FLOOR TOMS WHICH HE SHOULD JUST NOT BE AROUND A DRUM SET IN THE FIRST PLACE AND SLICED HIS FINGER RIGHT TO THE KNUCKLE. IT WAS PRETTY HAUNTING SEEING THE KNUCKLE BONE.

DEEPEST LYRICS ONE OF YOUR SONGS FEATURES:

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE THE LAST VERSE IN OUR SONG “CYCLES” THE WHOLE SONG IS PRETTY DEEP BUT THE ENDING HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE FEELS.

“I’M PULLING MY SELF FROM MY WAYS, REFLECTING ON THE TEACHINGS YOU GAVE ME, I TEAR OUT ALL MY SINS TO REVEAL MY SKELETON, I MAY BE BROKEN BUT I WON’T GIVE UP, I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT THIS IS NOT GOODYE I WILL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT LIFE THIS IS NOT GOODBYE.

EASIEST SONG YOU WROTE:

I THINK “KNIGHT TO B7” THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAS THE FASTEST STRUCTURE OF A SONG WE’VE WROTE TOGETHER LIKE SITTING DOWN IN A JAM SPACE AND PLAYING IDEAS. IT CHANGED VERY LITTLE FROM THAT PRACTICE TO PRE PRO TO THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF THE SONG.

FAVOURITE SONG IN YOUR SET:

WE KIND OF HAVE TWO FIRST “KNIGHT TO B7” CAUSE IT IS SUPER BOUNCY AND IS JUST ALWAYS A SONG WE HAVE A SMILE ON THE WHOLE TIME PLAYING.
MY PERSONAL FAVORITE IS “CONFESSIONS OF A SOCIOPATH” BECAUSE IT IS USUALLY OUR FIRST SONG OF THE SET AND JUST HITS SUPER HARD RIGHT OFF THE BAT. A GOOD SONG TO GET A CROWD GOING.

GUEST YOU’D MOST LIKE TO FEATURE ON YOUR RECORD:

OH MAN I MEAN AS FAR AS SCREAMERS GO IT WOULD BE A LIFE DEFINING MOMENT TO HAVE SPENCER CHAMBERLIN OF UNDEROATH ON A TRACK. GARRETT RUSSELL OF SILENT PLANET WOULD ALSO BE DOPE HE HAS AN AMAZING TONE TO HIS VOICE.

FOR SINGERS I THINK CRAIG OWENS OR K.C. SIMONSEN WOULD BE AMAZING, THEY BOTH HAV UNIQUE STYLES OF SINGING AND BOTH WRITE INCREDIBLE MELODIES.

HARDEST THING ABOUT BEING IN A BAND:

THE HARDEST THING SOMETIMES IS GETTING EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE. LIKE ALL SEEING EYE TO EYE ON HOW TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B. BEING IN A BAND IS LIKE BEING MARRIED YOU WILL HAVE TIFFS, COMPRIMISE, LAUGHS, ECT. BUT AS LONG AS YOU CAN GET PAST ALL THE BULLSHIT REAL QUICK AND LAUGH ABOUT IT YOU KNOW YOU GOT SOMETHING.

INTERESTING FACT ABOUT ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS:

OUR GUITAR PLAYER DJ HAS ONLY ONE EAR, WE TELL PEOPLE HE LOST IT IN A BEAR FIGHT.

JOKES YOU HAVE IN THE BAND:

BASICALLY ANYONE IS A TARGET IN OUR BAND I AM OLDER SO I AM CALLED GRANDPA A LOT. BUT REALLY WHATEVER REVOLVES AROUND GIVING BRAD OF DAVE SHIT IS ALWAYS FUN.

KEY TO WRITING A SONG:

PRE PRO IT OUT AND LETTING IT SIT FOR ABOUT A DAY OR TWO, MAKE CHANGES AND REPEAT. SERIOUSLY THOUGH HAVING A SOLID STRUCTURE AND THE PROCESS OF PRE PRODUCTION.

LONGEST DISTANCE YOU’VE TRAVELLED TO PLAY A SHOW:

SO FAR ONLY ABOUT 6 HOURS TO ONE STATE OVER, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THE TOURING FREQUENTLY THING.

MOST INSPIRING MUSICIAN YOU’VE EVER EXPERIENCED:

MOST DEFINITELY MY BUDDY KYLE EVEN WHO WAS A CO FOUNDER AND MEMBER OF BREATHE CAROLINA UNTIL RECENTLY. SERIOUSLY WATCHING THAT GUY PLAY IN DIFFERENT BANDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND SEEING ALL THE HARD WORK HE PUT INTO HIS CRAFT REALLY INSPIRED ME TO DO SOMETHING WITH MUSIC. HE WORKED HARD AND WAS SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY MAD A NAME FOR HIMSELF IN THE INDUSTRY AND WAS ALWAYS SUCH A DOWN TO EARTH DUDE ABOUT EVERYTHING, ALWAYS MEETING FANS AND STAYING CONNECTED WITH THE HOMIES BACK HOME. HE WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT/WHO I WANTED TO BE AS A MUSICIAN

NEW BAND YOU’D RECOMMEND:

OH GOD THERE ARE SO MANY RAD BANDS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. TO NAME A FEW WE GOT TO SHOUT OUT OUR BOYS IN DEMON IN ME, HEAVY HEARTS, AND OUR MATES ACROSS THE POND SCREAM BLUE MURDER THOSE BANDS ARE DOING SOME GOOD SHIT.

OPENING FOR THIS BAND WOULD BE IDEAL:

I MEAN OPENING FOR EITHER SILENT PLANET OR NORMA JEAN WOULD BE SUPER IDEAL AND LIFE CHANGING.

PLACE YOU’D MOST LIKE TO TOUR:

ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE REALLY! TO BE HONEST DESTINATION AWESOME FOR ME PERSONALLY WOULD BE SINGAPORE.

QUOTE THAT YOU’D LIKE TO PASS ON TO READERS:

BEING A BAND AND LIFE IN GENERAL YOU GOTTA GO BY THE 5 P’S: PROPER PLANNING PREVENTS POOR PERFORMANCE

REASON FOR THE TITLE OF YOUR RECENT/FORTHCOMING RELEASE:

OUR RECENT RELEASE WAS TITLED ‘NO WOUNDS’ IT WAS PLAY ON WORDS FROM A 3 SONG DEMO THE BAND DID WITH THE OLDER LINEUP BEING TITLED ‘TIME HEALS’. SO IN ALL TIME HEALS NO WOUNDS. BUT REALLY NO WOUNDS MEANS THAT WE ALL HAVE SHITTY EXPERIENCES IN LIFE AND YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH THEM AND MAKE LIGHT OF THEM.

SEE US LIVE AT:

THE MOON ROOM AT SUMMIT MUSIC HALL AUGUST 16TH

THE OLD DAYS OF MUSIC WERE BETTER THAN THOSE CURRENT, DO YOU AGREE:

I WOULDN’T REALLY SAY MUSIC IS ANY BETTER OR WORSE, I LOVE THE OLD DAYS WHERE YOU WERE TRACKING TO TAPE AND REALLY HAVING RAW SOUNDS BUT I ALSO LOVE THE PROGRESSION OF MUSIC THESE DAYS AND THE BOUNDARIES PUSHED. I LOVE ALL MUSIC FROM ANY GENERATION.

UNUSUAL MERCHANDISE:

WE HAVE STICKERS MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS BENEFIT SHOW WE PLAYED A YEAR AGO AND SELLING THEM NOW IS ALWAYS FUNNY CAUSE IT HAS THE NAME OF THE SHOW ON IT.

WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT DOING TO CUSTOM PLUGS THOUGH, SOMETHING FOR ALL GAUGES AND AGES.

VARIATIONS YOU’D LIKE TO DO ON ANY OF YOUR SONGS:

I REALLY WANT TO GO BACK A RE-RECORD OUR SONG KNIGHT TO B7 AND SING THE FIRST VERSE. I’VE BEEN DOING IT LATELY AT SHOWS AND REALLY DIG THE MELODY. TO HAVE A DJ REMIX ONE OF OUR SONGS WOULD BE PRETTY SWEET TO THOUGH.

WHAT DO YOUR FANS MEAN TO YOU:

THE FANS MEAN THE WORLD TO US. WE ALL WANT TO PLAY MUSIC AND YOU GUYS ARE WHAT KEEPS US GOING AND THERE ARE HONESTLY NO WORDS TO HOW GRATEFUL WE ARE TO HAVE YOU ALL AROUND COMING TO SHOWS SINGING OUR SONGS AND JUST BELIEVING AND ENJOYING OUR ART. WE LOVE YOU ALL SO INCREDIBLY MUCH.

X-RAYS OR ANY OTHER TREATMENTS NEEDED FOR BAND RELATED INJURIES:

ACTUALLY LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO I SPLIT MY FINGER OPEN AND COULD SEE MY KNUCKLE WHICH WAS PRETTY GNARLY, A COUPLE STITCHES LATER AND PLAYED A SHOW THE NEXT DAY.

YOU’RE LATE FOR A SHOW, WHO’S FAULT IS IT:

OH BY FAR BRAD, HE DOES LIVE AN HOUR AWAY FROM OUR HOMETOWN SO HE TRAVELS BY DIFFERENT MEANS AT HOME. HE JUST SHOWED UP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SOUNDCHECK AND MADE US CARRY ALL HIS SHIT HAHA. ON THE ROAD IT’S STILL BRAD CAUSE HE IS THAT GUY.

ZOO ANIMAL THAT BEST DESCRIBES THE PERSONALITY OF YOUR BAND:

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY A MONKEY BECAUSE WE ARE ALL OVER THE DAMN PLACE AND GO APE SHIT.

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Brad Biddlecombe

August 3, 2016

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