TORCHE:
Stoner pop? Beach Boys-like doom? Whatever

COBALT:
I don't really consider us black metal in any sense of what black metal is.

DODSFERD:
Motivated by desolation,
despair, hate, irony, death,
loss, betrayal, etc

PYGMYLUSH:
Between the delicacy of
gorgeous acoustics & the
ugliness of noise rock.

TRACTOR SEX FATALITY:
The most active defunct garage band in Seattle answers our questions.

MERCILESS DEATH:
Thrash metal revivalists  
speak out against false metal

JONAH JENKINS:
The man behind the voice of some of the most underrated underground American bands. 

THE PAX CECILIA:
Giving their music away for free. And it's damn good too.  

WORLD COLLAPSE:
Hardcore has always been about self-expression and
that's exactly what we do. 

U.S. CHRISTMAS:
North Carolina psychedelic hard-rockers acquire
'band to watch' status..

INTRONAUT:
The best self-indulgent odd metered prog metal band around.   

MORE INTERVIEWS

This is a pretty short interview with bassist Summer Welch. This is not by choice but because Baroness wants it that way. Out of 10 questions Welch only answered six. But that’s cool, what are you gonna do? Force them to talk about stuff they don’t like to talk about; like favorite records or the reasons for the split with their guitarist or the reason for their moniker and their choices for album titles.  Yeah, I was a bit disappointed by this but, what are you gonna do? Perhaps our questions were too lame or he needed to rest his fingers. Who knows? Baroness still remains one of the few American bands with an interesting sound and we are anxiously awaiting the release of their new album.

- The band formed in 2003 in Lexington, VA. What prompted the move to Savannah, GA?

Actually, Baroness did not form in Lexington. Although the roots of the band were planted there, John, Allen and myself we all played in a band while me and Allen were in high school.  Upon graduating I moved to Croatia in the summer of 2001, Allen went off to college and John moved to Savannah for a change of pace. I moved down to Savannah over a year after John, upon my return from Europe. We started writing music again, and about 7 months later Allen moved down for the summer and the three of us, along with our friend Tim, created what would be Baroness.

- Kylesa hail from the same city and you guys share a few musical traits. Some great music gets made because musicians have this really intense relationship to their dwellings. How is your relationship to the city? How does it affect your music and does it help in the creative process?

Speaking for my self, I feel very close to Savannah. It is a strange city. Sometimes I’m in love with it and sometimes I hate it. I guess is kind of like a long term relationship. There are ups and downs. I’ve been living here for close to five years, and in that time I have formed quite a bond with my surroundings. Savannah is dark and dirty, but at the same time is beautiful and fresh in its own right. I believe the feeling that embodies Savannah, embodies our music as well

- Looking back at the beginnings of the band, how has Baroness' music and the band itself changed?

I feel that all things creative should change over time, and if they don’t then something is wrong. We have been a band for three and a half years now. We have changed physically and emotional as a band and as people. I can’t say exactly how the band has changed, but I can say that I feel it is a natural and welcomed growth.

- Word on the street is there is a split with The Unpersons coming out on At A Loss relatively soon, what can you tell us about it? Recording,…still using Kylesa’s Phillip Cope as a producer/ same studio?

Indeed we recorded at the Jam room in SC. And Phillip was in the studio with us. This was recorded over a year ago and as of today is still not out. The material is somewhat outdated for us personally. This was the last recording that our former guitarist Tim was involved in and it was somewhat emotional time because he had all ready parted ways with us at that point. We had recently returned from our first UK stint with our new guitar player Brian. When we went into the studio, because Tim had been really involved in the writing of the two songs that were recorded, we felt that it was important that he be apart of that recording session. The split will be out on At a Loss Records and should be available in the next month or so.

- I understand that your first full length is also due this year. Is this true? How is the new material shaping up? How does it differ from the material found on First and Second?

This is true. We have the full-length written and are slated to record in early April, which means that it should be out in August.

- Touring plans?

There is a east coast /Midwest three week tour supporting the new album in the works for September, followed by a three week European trek.

- That’s it.

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