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INTEGRITY Suicide Black Snake World Tour:
5/23/2013 The Webster – Hartford, CT w/ Overcast
5/24/2013 Foufounes – Montreal, QC (A389 Canadian Invasion)
5/25/2013 Wrongbar – Toronto, ON (A389 Canadian Invasion)
5/26/2013 Maryland Death Fest – Baltimore, MD
5/27/2013 Kingdom – Richmond, VA w/ Full Of Hell
5/28/2013 Motorco Music Hall – Durham, NC w/ Full Of Hell
5/29/2013 The End – Nashville, TN w/ Full Of Hell
5/30/2013 Siberia – New Orleans, LA w/ Full Of Hell
6/01/2013 Chaos In Tejas – Austin, TX
7/26/2013 Druckluft – Oberhausen, Germany
7/27/2013 Vlamrock Festival – AS, Belgium
7/28/2013 Le Pub – Port, UK
7/29/2013 Wharf Chambers – Leeds, UK
7/30/2013 Fiber – Dublin, Ireland
7/31/2013 Trillians – Newcastle, UK
8/01/2013 Underworld – London, UK
8/02/2013 Resurrection Festival – Viveiro, Spain
8/03/2013 New Noise – Karlsruhe, Germany
8/04/2013 Péniche Alternat – Paris, France
8/05/2013 Les Combustibles – Toulouse, France
8/06/2013 TBA – Bordeaux, France
8/07/2013 Le Korigan – Luynes/Aix en Provence, France
8/08/2013 Magnolia Club – Milano, Italy
8/09/2013 Freakout Club – Bologna, Italy
8/10/2013 Mostovna – Nova Goricia, Slovenia
8/16/2013 Voice Of Art Festival – Hohenstein, Germany
8/17/2013 Days Of Fury Fest – Fredericia, Denmark
8/18/2013 Innocent – Hengelo, Netherlands
8/19/2013 Bei Chez Heinz – Hannover, Germany
8/20/2013 Cassiopeia – Berlin, Germany
8/21/2013 Headcrash – Hamburg, Germany
8/22/2013 Bunker Festival – Oslo, Norway
8/23/2013 L’ Orient – Linkoping, Sweden

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21.06.2013 FR, Clisson – Hellfest
22.06.2013 BE, Lint-Antwerp – Eurocam Media Center – Support: Syndrome
23.06.2013 GER, Karlsruhe – Substage – Support AMENRA
24.06.2013 GER, Berlin – SO 36 – Support: Dark Buddha Rising
25.06.2013 DK, Copenhagen – Grey Hall / Christiania – Support: Dark Buddha Rising
26.06.2013 NO, Oslo – Betong – Support: Dark Buddha Rising
27.06.2013 NO, Trondheim – Byscenen – Support: Dark Buddha Rising
28.06.2013 SWE, Norköpping – Bravalla Festival
30.06.2013 PL, Warsaw – Palladium – Support: Terra Tenebrossa
01.07.2013 CZ, Prague – Lucerna Music Bar – Support: Terra Tenebrossa
02.07.2013 GER, Leipzig – UT Connewitz – Support: Terra Tenebrossa
03.07.2013 GER, Leipzig – UT Connewitz – Support tba
04.07.2013 IT, Milano – Magnolia – Support: Ufomammut
05.07.2013 CH, Genf – L’Usine – Support: Zatokrev
06.07.2013 CH, Zürich – Rote Fabrik – Support: Zatokrev
07.07.2013 FR, Belfort – Eurockeennes festival

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Hi…Uncle Acid…..Mr Acid….Bob? How should we refer to you for the purposes of this impersonal conversation?

Mr. Starrs would be nice!

Obviously Blood Lust was a huge success, both commercially and critically – did you feel any pressure going in to Mind Control and if so, how did you seek to overcome that? Was it necessary to even do so?

No. There was no pressure because we don’t seek out to impress anyone or live up to anyone else’s expectations. I’m not in a band to be hugely successful or to get praise from others. I do it because I want to record my music. If people like it then thats great obviously.

What was the impetus to follow this path of occult-laced rock?

I’m not sure it really is occult-laced. It’s more based on my appreciation of horror and B movies. People have been trying to put us into this occult rock box so that they have something to write about. Its nonsense.

The extreme mystery of the band and yourself whilst the hype was building around Blood Lust was often a reason for people to check out the music, are you worried now that you’re a little more out there in terms of being in the public eye (giving interviews such as these) that the people who built you up are now going to turn their backs?

It doesn’t bother me. It should only be about the music, but I know theres plenty of those underground hipsters that only listened to us because we were the new thing that no one else knew about. The kind of people that go on about how they were the first to hear about us and now it kills them inside that so many others are enjoying our music too.

In terms of the mystery, it was simply a case of me not wanting to ‘play the game’ and have pictures taken. I don’t see the importance of pictures. We wanted the focus to be on the music and the concepts rather than on the musicians behind it. Everything is based on image now days and it’s disgusting. We wanted to show that its not important. We got our music out there without any pictures or over the top self promotion. Our albums were selling out everywhere but magazines would not feature us, or review our music because we refused to provide promo shots. I couldn’t believe it. We ended up doing a couple of promo shots in the end because our label had been good to us and I felt we were making it too difficult for them to promote the album. If someone is good to me, its only right to be good to them back. So, sometimes you have to compromise on certain things to maintain the balance, but the general idea is still there; We have no image to offer you. Just music.

Photos: Luana Magalhães

And on the flipside of that, why do you think your music appeals to such a wide range of people – from those into dirty black metal to those who are still think the 70s are raging?

The music we write is basically pop songs with fuzzy guitars and lyrics about murder and madness. It’s catchy and it destroys your brain. It has melody and harmony and it’s both light and dark. It’s abraxas audio. People will always want to hear good melodies despite what the record companies and radio stations try to dump on to us.

The sound for Mind Control, whilst clearly being a work of Uncle Acid, still sounds very different to Blood Lust – did you make a conscious decision to move away from the 60s blood-soaked horror movie atmosphere into the realm of more psychedelic pastures? Or was the move a natural and organic progression?

I think it’s important to move on with every album. Musicians are suppose to be creative. All three of our albums sound different and are based on different concepts.

What inspires the music of Uncle Acid – from both a past and present perspective? Do you find that on that subject you’ve always taken your cues and nods from similar sources?

I’m inspired by everything I listen to I suppose. I hear bits and pieces of everything in the music, from the Everly Brothers to Electric Wizard!

For the tech nerds amongst the readers, how do you go about recreating a sound that most people would pay good money to eradicate from their recordings? I’ve seen it said that you use vintage equipment and techniques?

We play live. Everyone in the one room facing each other. Even when there was just two of us in a damp room recording Blood Lust, we did it the same way. You face each other and play until you get it right. You get the basics down raw and take it from there. We don’t apply gloss in the Slaughterhouse!

You’ve recently released another acclaimed record, sold out two nights in a row in London (unfortunately I missed both, for very good reasons, I swear) and played Roadburn – what next for Uncle Acid and the deadbeats?

More live shows and more music.

Thank you for checking out the questions, is there anything else you’d like to add?

Thanks very much!

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LP – Thanks. I’m not sure where that exactly stems from — but probably just the love of a good rock song. And punk rock.

PC- For me it is the influence of punk and older hardcore, when I am writing lyrics I like to throw something out there that can stick and hopefully people will be able to relate too. Those kinds of songs were very important to me as kid growing up in the south. If you stood out, you would have to take a lot of shit and it was great to hear music that made me feel that other people felt the same as I did. So i think even as we have grown older and maybe our lyrical matter has matured, that influence is still there and I agree with Laura that I also love a great rock song.

What visual artist – be them painter, illustrator or filmmaker – has had the biggest impact on the band?

LP – I’m not sure that there is “the one” artist that wins over all others. And, I think that would also depend on who in the band you ask. It’s probably safe to say that David Argento, John Carpenter, David Lynch, and Ralph Bakshi have all impacted our band.

PC: Yeah I agree with Laura on all of those, also recently I have been a big fan of a lot of the newer independent film makers there have been some great movies coming out over the last handful of years and in particular I am a big fan of Gaspar Noe’ s work.

Photos: Wicked Ways Photography

Growing up, did your home life nurture your creativity?

LP – My mother nurtured my creative side for sure. She was the one that gave me a guitar and let me take art lessons. She was always my biggest supporter, no doubt.

PC- For the most part yes, My mother would always support my interests no matter how weird they seemed to her, which I am very grateful for. My dad was until my adolescence. He and I started to disagree on a lot of things. He unfortunately passed away when I was 19. He was more on the conservative side and would push me to do things I really wasn’t interested in, he would definitely question a lot of my interests and choices, but I was lucky in that I did know he cared about me and was just trying to look out for me.

Are there certain life lessons you learned as a young punk that still hold importance to you today?

LP – Absolutely. I think the DIY ethic has stuck with me the most and the fact that there are other like-minded people out there in this world. I learned that being myself and having my own voice is totally ok and that I don’t need the status quo to live a fulfilling life.

PC- The lessons learned from the DIY ethic have enabled Kylesa to last as long as we have being able to make the music we want. Even though our music doesn’t really fall into what a lot of people would consider punk ,what we have learned taught us to do as much as we can ourselves. That being said we have also undoubtedly had a lot of help from others over the years that has been a huge importance to us and a lot of those people have come from the punk scene or a similar diy ethic. Plus the fact that Laura and I have always been very hands on with most aspects of Kylesa, it has helped us to truly and honestly create the music we want. I think that definitely stems from us learning the punk rock way from our youth.

How important are visuals to Kylesa (ie for your merch or videos)?

LP – The visual aspect to Kylesa has always been important. If we are going to represent our band with something other than sound, then the visual aspect is next.

PC- The art on a record and the the other visuals are sometimes seen before your music is even heard, so I think it is very important to have something that represents the correct vibe of your music.

What places, known or unknown, do you want to take your fans when they blast Ultraviolet?

LP – I hope that they will be able to tread the cloudy waters between the conscious and unconscious states of mind. I want them to go to the intangible abyss of the unknown and known energy that exists between all of us. That, and empathy. I think people will be able to relate to a lot of the lyrics.

PC- I hope that there are some people that will invest some time with it especially on headphones. We specifically made it a bit shorter because we know everyone is very busy these days and many people don’t have the time and the attention span to really spend quality time listeing to an album. Even though it is a darker record it isn’t meant to be depressing. We all go through hard times and usually if you can make it through them, you become stronger and hopefully this album reflects that and I hope thats what others get from it. Music for me has always been a great tool to find the strength to get through bad times hopefully this album represents that in some way and if anyone can find use in Kylesa’s music for that then I would be stoked.

As a band, you seem very confident to take chances with the direction of your sound, and this is evident on Ultraviolet. Where do you think this creative strength comes from?

LP – Thanks. I think a lot of it comes from our original mission statement when we formed the band over ten years ago; that we were not going to pigeon-hole our sound by not taking creative chances or flirt with various styles of music. I think that years of experimenting and refining our craft has allowed us to take chances with better results, perhaps, than let’s say, when we first started.

PC- I think mainly just trusting our guts. I think it’s good to write what comes honest and not to force it.

What was the writing process like for Ultraviolet? What comes first, the lyrics or the music?

LP – I have had a journal of thoughts, dreams and lyrics for a while and I generally take from that when putting words to songs. But I have to say that for me, the music is composed first. When I started writing for this record, I just dove in. I had a few melodies and parts that I had written while living in NC and I took those ideas and turned them into songs. I jammed a lot and learned to love garageband.

PC- For me it just depends sometimes the lyrics come first and other times it’s the riff.

Has growing up in the south had a major influence on the way you hear music? Was southern rock played in your home growing up?

LP – Southern Rock was not played in my home growing up. Motown was though. And, it’s hard to answer that question because I’ve lived in the south my whole life, you know? I do think that your surroundings play into your over all outlook. Those surroundings can be physical, emotional, cultural, intellectual, etc. That said, I don’t think my outlook would change that much if I had grown up somewhere else. I’d still be me, but slightly different.

PC- It’s hard to say, I guess in some way it’s had to have had an influence but when I was younger I always envisioned my self moving away. Now that I have had the chance to live out of it and I have gotten to travel all over, I have grown to appreciate many things about the south.

Southern rock was never played in my home, I actually hated it for a long period of time. I always associated it as redneck music and when I was in my teenage years rednecks were definitely the enemy. I can still clearly remember being younger and having my skate ramps destroyed by Jocks blasting it from their trucks. It took someone from California to actually get me to appreciate it. I can remember the first time listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Second Helping” and it sinking in. I was on tour with Damad and we picked it up at a gas station and listened to it over and over. From there I was able to get into other southern rock bands.

Why is rhythm such a big part of what Kylesa creates? Where did the concept of two drummers come from?

LP- Because we love it! I know that I’ve always been more interested in the overall groove or feel of the rhythm in a song than the vocals or lead instruments.

PC- Yeah it’s all about the head nod. The two drummers idea originally just came from wanting to be heavier but over time we have tried to expand on that some.

What has been the greatest gift so far that being a part of Kylesa has given you?

LP – Ultimate creative freedom perhaps. But traveling the world is way up there. And playing a real guitar and not air guitar all the time.

PC- Getting to do something fulfilling with my life.

Is anyone in the band a fan of dub? And if yes, who are some of your favorite dub producers and why?

LP – I’ve heard the best stuff initially through Phillip and then later a roommate of mine. Love that delay…

PC- I am a huge fan of Late 70′s and early 80′s dub. Scientist is hands down my favorite dub producer. I was actually just reading an interview with him not too long ago where he was saying that a lot of what he was doing was considered too weird with some of the other people in the reggae scene at the time. That is probably why I like his stuff the most because it stands out from the rest.

Why do you think our 22-month-old can’t stop dancing the minute we put your music on?

LP – A good beat will make your ass shake.

PC- Yep

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You never quite know what will cross your path late at night while aimlessly trekking through the internet. Amidst the various obscure word searches you might just find something worth your time. This is exactly the case when I somehow stumbled upon this mixtape from Purple Tape Pedigree & Steady Bloggin’.

Screwing Yourself To Live: A Chopped & Slowed Tribute To Black Sabbath, is a collection of Black Sabbath songs that have been meticulously slowed and throwed by Geng-Grizzly.

If you haven’t the slightest clue what chopped & screwed is, it is the remixing of songs by slowing the tempo down to between 60 and 70 quarter-note beats per minute and using techniques such as scratches, doubles and stop-time to chop the song into a chopped up version of its original. This technique was first developed in Houston, Texas by the late DJ Screw and has grown in popularity into its own sub-culture.

The result of this on Black Sabbath results in something rare and successful. Why is very simple; slowing the tempo down will either reveal sloppy production or highlight exceptional production. Black Sabbath still to this day is one of the best bands of musicians ever to play. The slower/screwed tempos here put breathing room between each instrument and give them defined textures, often turning riffs into walls of distorted doom and blues. The vocals are dropped down to their lowest level with an almost non-human effect. Throw in some film samples throughout the mixtape and you have here my friends a darkly fuzzed out head trip down to the bottom of a codeine bottle.

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