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Monday, September 24, 2018

XIL - Interview

1. Please tell us about the about the band and its members. 

 We're a young up and coming thrash/speed metal band from San Antonio, TX. We all went to the same high school with big ambitions.


2. Who does the majority of the writing? Is it a group thing or does someone handle the writing duties?

For the EP Joe wrote most of the music and Quinten did the majority of lyrics. Currently however, at least for the new music we've been creating, Joe and Austin write the bulk of the main riffs and the rest of the band works on arrangements.


3. Where is the band based out of ? Where did you want to the band to end up? What was the dream city to have as your home base once you got out of your scene?

 We're based out of San Antonio, we'd like to stay here if at all possible, we don't have any aspirations to relocate.


4. What is your genre? What bands do you use to explain  to people what you sound like?

Thrash metal/Speed metal. Venom, Megadeth, and Kreator


 5. Can we buy anything from you Cd's shirts etc and where can we buy them?

Shirts, CDs, buttons, stickers all of which we sell exclusively at our shows, until we gain the ability to sell online--if you want it, we'll make it.

6. Do you have studio time lined up anything new coming soon?

It's in the works, however we have nothing solid planned for now, and are just waiting until we have the proper amount of music written to record.


7. Have you ever been on tour? If so where and with who?

Yes, we went our to Arizona and came back full circle last December.


8. What is your favorite band? Who are the bands who influenced you?

Joe: Motorhead
Austin: Carnivore
Jordan: Megadeth
Quinten: The Beatles

Metallica, Exodus, and Venom, Tank


9. Do you have a website? And do I have to verify that I am 18 to enter it? 



10. What about your music do you want people to remember? What is the quality you want to hit people when they hit play?

That it's constructed on good songwriting, we want to focus more on the writing aspect in comparison to production.


11. Name a person who is integral to your band that nobody knows about , what person drives your band like they are part of the band? Who is the extra member ?

 Our buddy Gary Ramirez, he promotes us like no one else, helps us out wherever we need it, and always gets us on great bills.


12. Tell nerds like me tell us about your live rig and equipment.

Austin: 4x10 Hartke cabinet with a Behringer head, Boss ds-1 distortion, super chorus combo with Ibanez Destroyer and Epiphone Thunderbird 4-strings basses.

Joe: B-52 cab with a JCM 900, MXR Overdrive, Boss Noise Suppressor, Line 6 wireless, ESP King B, and a Kramer Flying B.

Jordan: 5 piece Tama Rockstar, DW 9000 pedals, DW black brass snare with Sabian AAX cymbals, Vic firth sticks, Wuhan China. 

Quinten: Schecter C-1 Semi-Hollow guitar with a piezo acoustic pickup in the body and a Jason Becker Perpetual Burn Pickup in the bridge. coupled with a Carvin V3 head, a 16 Ohm Peavey Windsor slanted cab, and a Nady U-1100 Omni-directional wireless.


13.What is your musical guilty pleasure that you are ashamed of?

 This one is an odd one, as the bulk of us are not ashamed by any music we listen to outside of our usual proclivities, but nonetheless we picked music that we felt wouldn't usually be associated with us, or that we felt was just goofy


Joe: Michael Jackson
Austin: Turbo Lover by Judas Priest
Jordan: Disney Music, especially Mulan (Donny Osmond)
Quinten: The Bangles


14.If you could custom build a band who would be the members?

Joe: Lemmy Kilmeister of bass; Sean Harris on vocals; Michael and Rudolph Schenker on guitars; and Pete Gill on drums
Austin: Peter Still on bass and vocals; Scott Ian and Rocky George on guitars; and Dave Lombardo on drums
Jordan: Nick Schendzielos on bass; Chuck Schuldinger on guitar and vocals; and Eric Moore on drums
Quinten: Buckethead on bass; Freddie Mercury on vocals; Dimebag Darrell and Jason Becker on guitars; Gene Hoglan on drums


15.Message to the fans? What is it?

Don't be concerned with trying to fit into a niche, or listening to certain music because everyone else is listening to it, just listen to music. Listen to music you like.


16.If you could bring back one metal legend who would it be?

Austin: Peter Still
Jordan: Gar Samuelson
Joseph: Lemmy Kilmeister
Quinten: Dimebag Darrell 


17. Who in the band has the stinkiest feet?

Quinten

18. What is the worst album by your favorite band?

Austin: Cold Lake--Celtic Frost
Joseph: Force of Habit--Exodus
Jordan: Super Collider--Megadeth
Quinten: Let it Be--The Beatles (The single possessed the song You Know My Name (Look Up My Number))


19. How do you think your band will break up?

A bizarre gardening accident.


20.Last but not least , Zepplin or The Who

Led Zeppelin, without question.



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