May

THE CAST PATTERN

By Rachel

Band: The Cast Pattern @ www.thecastpattern.com

What got this band together and started in this business?
IT WOULD BE COOL IF I COULD SAY IT WAS A GENERAL LIKE MINDEDNESS AND SHARED SET OF IDEAS AND MOTIVATION TO CREATE GREAT AND INTERESTING MUSIC THAT WE COULD OFFER THE GLOBE..BUT THAT WOULD BE A LIE.

Who writes and produces all the material for the band?

GOD HIMSELF BESTOWS UPON US HIS RIGHTEOUS WILL AND WE CHANNEL HIS ALMIGHTY WORD INTO OUR MUSIC TO THE BEST OF OUR MEAGER, MORTAL ABILITIES. MOSES RECORDS IT AND THE VIRGIN MARY HERSELF MIXES AND MASTERS (THEY DON’T CALL MIXMASTER MARY FOR NOTHING!). NO, NO, THAT WAS A JOKE! THERE IS NO GOD.

Has the band played in front of or with any acts our readers would know from the Mainstream?

CHOWDERSTAIN, THE UNDERCHARD, WEAK IMMUNE SYSTEM AND THE AIDS,
BOWEL PUNCH, MAMA PETE, JAILSOUL, TO THE KNUCKLE..JUST TO NAME A FEW..OH! SORRY, I THOUGHT YOU ASKED WHAT BAND NAMES WE ALMOST USED BEFORE DECIDING ON THE CAST PATTERN.

The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Red Chord, The Black Dahlia Murder, Hate Eternal, Beneath The Massacre, Born Of Osiris, See You Next Tuesday, After The Burial, Stretch Arm Strong, Misery Signals, The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Dead To Fall, Ed Gein, Psyopus, Bury Your Dead, Paria, The Handshake Murders, Terror, Destroyer Destroyer, The Minor Times, Gaza, Remembering Never, Winds of Plague, American Me, Catherine, As Blood Runs Black, The Ghost Inside, With Dead Hands Rising, Years Spent Cold, Belay My Last, Diskreet, Car Bomb, Last Chance To Reason, Full Blown Chaos, Alert The Sky, Recon, Farewell To Freeway, Oceano, Elysia, Stray From The Path, Rose Funeral, The Breathing Process, Stick To Your Guns, August Burns Red, Through The Eyes Of The Dead, Thumbscrew, The Esoteric, The Showdown, Embrace The End, Harlots, Nodes of Ranvier, The Classic Struggle, Veil of Maya, Underminded, Origin, Unmerciful, The Acacia Strain, Disrythmia, Nile… We have also done tours with Arsonists Get All The Girls, Molotov Solution, The Deep, and Knives Exchanging Hands

Where can people access your music on the web?

PEOPLE CAN VISIT US AT WWW.THECASTPATTERN.COM OR WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THECASTPATTERNMUSIC WHERE YOU CAN FIND TOUR DATES, AN ONLINE STORE AND PLENTY OF PICTURES OF US MISUSING
RESTROOM FACILITIES..ALSO FEEL FREE TO CHECK OUT WWW.GUESSHOWMANYFINGERSRINYOU.COM, WWW.TUBE8.COM, WWW.WAITYOURMYUNCLE.COM, WWW.WANG.COM, WWW.BUNDERSNATCH.COM
WWW.HOWMANYOFTHESEWEBSITESAREMADEUP.COM, WWW.PRETTYMUCHALLOFTHEM.COM, WWW.EXCEPTFORTHE2NDONE.COM, WWW.THE2NDONEISAPRETTYDECENTFREEPORNSITE.COM

Any embarrassing moments on stage?

THE ONE TIME THAT GOD APPEARED ONSTAGE AND SMITED US FOR QUESTIONING HIS EXISTENCE IN FRONT OF LIKE, 13 PEOPLE.. THAT WAS PRETTY EMBARRASSING. EASY PEOPLE, IT WAS ONLY A JOKE! (SEE QUESTION 2 ANSWER)

Any good stories you want to tell us?

ONE TIME THE FAT GUITAR PLAYER AND THE CHUBBY, HAIRY SINGER GOT INTO A FIST FIGHT IN FRONT OF A CLUB OWNER WHILE BLIND DRUNK ON WELL WHISKEY. AND ONE TIME WE SAW DOLPHINS.

Who is the bands musical influence?

VOCALIST JAMES SAVAGE-ANYTHING BY PANTERA

DRUMMER SPENCER BATES-HATES ALL MUSIC

GUITARIST JAMAKEE BLACKBURN-ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES A FITTED BALL CAP WITH A STRAIGHT BILL TO LISTEN TO

BASSIST BRIAN DENMAN-EMMURE

How did the band get together?

CASUAL DATING.

What is your musical background like?

WHAT IS IT LIKE? PRETTY SIMILAR TO AN APPETIZER PLATTER FROM
ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT: DIVERSE BUT UNIMPORTANT.

Any other members in your family that are musicians?

DUDE OUR DRUMMERS FAMILY IS CHOCKED FULL OF THEM, PIANIST, VIOLINIST, ITS LIKE THE DAMN PARTRIDGE FAMILY ALL OVER AGAIN.

What is the TOP reason why you want to play music?

I KNOW OUR LABEL WOULD LOVE IT IF I SAID TO SELL AS MANY RECORDS AS POSSIBLE..SO I WILL SAY THAT IS OUR TOP REASON… BUT A CLOSE SECOND IS TO MEET DUDES.

What’s your stance on file swapping?

WELL WHAT GOOD DO FILES DO IN A DAMN SWAMP ANY DAMN WAY? OOOOHHH SWAPPING..I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.

What is the process of making a cd?

ARE YOU KIDDING? HALF OF THE BAND DIDN’T FINISH HIGH SCHOOL. DUDE YOUR GONNA HAVE TO WATCH HOW ITS MADE FOR THAT ANSWER.

How do you get the word out about your music? FILE SWAPPING.

How is your local response to your music?

SIMILAR TO AN APPETIZER PLATTER FROM ANY CHAIN RESTAURANT: STUPID AND DUMB

What is the furthest you have traveled for a gig?

THE FARTHERS WE HAVE TRAVELED WAS PROBABLY FROM KANSAS TO RENO, NEVADA. I KNOW THAT’S FARTHERS, RIGHT? YOU WOULD THINK A BAND WITH A LOCAL RESPONSE THAT IS BOTH STUPID AND DUMB WOULD BE BETTER TAKEN CARE OF BUT HEY..NOBODY SAID IT WAS GONNA BE EASY..ACTUALLY ALMOST EVERYBODY WE TALKED TO ABOUT DOING THIS FOR A LIVING TOLD US FLAT OUT IT WAS HARD. AND STUPID AND DUMB.

What tune on the cd are you most proud of?

THE ONE WITH THE SILLY NAME. THANKS A LOT FOR HAVING US, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AGAIN! EVERYONE THAT IS READING THIS, BE SURE TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS’ IN THESE TIMES OF ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND DOWNFALL OF AMERICAN IDEALS IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL DO OUR PART TO HELP STABILIZE AND EVENTUALLY HEAL OUR TIRED COUNTRY AND THAT ALL STARTS AT HOME. WE MAY BE BEATEN DOWN, BUT WE ARE NEVER BEATEN. SO GO TO SEE LOTS OF SHOWS.

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