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S Bill Bartholomew,Album of the Week Interview with High On Fire’s Matt Pike Photo Credit: Travis Shinn Tonight at The Met in Pawtucket, local metalheads Churchburn and New Orleans instrumental hellions Mountain Of Wizard will be opening up one hell of a show with Oakland, Calif., sludgeheads High On Fire. Before this evening’s festivities I got to have a chat with frontman Matt Pike about the reuniting of his old band Sleep; the rebirth of sludge, stoner and thrash metal bands; the genre’s credibility; performing without a shirt on and many other things. Rob Duguay: Along with being part of High On Fire, you’re the guitarist of the influential metal band Sleep. Eleven years after Sleep broke up in ’98, the band got back together and Sleep resumed performing live. Does managing your time ever get difficult when playing in both bands? Matt Pike: Oh Jesus, yeah. It’s now getting easier to deal with, but at first it was a nightmare. Playing in Sleep is only part time where being in High On Fire is a full-time thing, but it does get a little difficult when it comes to managing my time. I’ve had trouble with being at home because I’m never home. But that’s part of the business. RD: I can imagine that when Sleep got back together it must have taken you a little while to fall into a type of routine without destroying yourself. MP: It can get pretty hectic and it does take a lot out of me. RD: Lately in metal there’s been a huge boom in sludge, stoner and thrash metal bands. Mastodon, Torche, Kylesa, Baroness, Gojira, Kvelertak, Toxic Holocaust and many others, along with High On Fire, are gathering huge followings and getting a lot of press. As a musician who has been associated with the metal genre for your whole career, how to do you feel about this new explosion? MP: Well, it’s good for me. Obviously my career recently has gone kinda crazy, which is awesome, and it’s what I’ve worked at for my whole life. On a personal level, it’s great for me and my fellow bandmates. There’s been a huge sense of success going on and it makes it a lot easier for us to keep going and keep creating. Every time you have people who want to hear something that you’ve created, the market gets larger and it keeps me employed. RD: It is great seeing hard-working musicians having their work pay off in a big way. Metal has to be the most wide ranging genre of music with all the styles it encompasses. You have black metal, doom metal, death metal, extreme metal, progressive metal — the list goes on. Do you think that all of these classifications water down metal or do you think it just solidifies metal’s credibility? MP: It depends on the bands, but I think it gives metal more credibility. As a musician I try to be well- rounded, I don’t want to be put into just one category. I like having my other band members run stuff off me that they wrote. Some of it might be proggy, some of it might be thrashy, some it might be a little doomy. Whatever their music is, I think a good band has a lot of different tempos and a lot of different rhythms while conveying emotion. Being well-rounded just makes for being a great band, along with covering all the bases. It gives metal credibility because it shows that the people playing are incredibly talented while mostly likely they’re also messed up with some sort of emotional problem, which usually makes for a good musician. RD: One thing a lot of metal fans know about you, and it’s not a rare thing nowadays, is that you have a habit of performing without a shirt on. Has there ever been a time at an outdoor festival where it’s late at night, you’re in the middle of a set and because it’s chilly out you would like nothing more than a sweater or something? MP: I’ve worn shirts before. I feel more comfortable without wearing a shirt, but it’s kind of become of expected of me now. Sometimes I’ll wear a shirt anyways. I’ve always felt comfortable with the way a guitar strap moves across me, it’s just a comfort thing. RD: There have been rumors floating around for a little while now that both Sleep and High On Fire are working on new albums. Can we expect either band or both bands to have a new release this year? MP: Yeah. High On Fire is actually heading into the studio tomorrow to record with Kurt Ballou from Converge in Salem, Mass. With Sleep, I’m not sure what we’ll be doing next. Get ready for a whole lot of metal at The Met tonight, you might even hear some unreleased songs live from High On Fire. Be there or be lame. High On Fire’s Website: highonfire.net Tickets to High On Fire @ The Met: bit.ly/HighOnFireMet Alt-Nation: Not Just Rumors Less Than a Felony – Self-Titled EP The self-titled EP from Less Than a Felony kicks off with a one–two punk combination of “Elvis Moves” and “Nothing Without You.” The latter is more bop till you drop reckless abandonment while the former has an intense side punctuated by a breakdown. Less Than A Felony go pop on “Standing In The Rain,” which is kind of meant for bar swaying and hoisting pints. I’m told “Standing In The Rain” is getting some radio spins in Ireland, which is good to hear! The final track, “Burn It Down,” has kind of an ’80s post-punk feel. This EP stokes the fire enough that I’m looking forward to catching Less Than A Felony live at their CD release at The Parlour. SEX Cofee, Less Than a Felony, Jason Bennett and The Resistance, and Steve Volkmann rock The Parlour on Jan 17. Ravi Shavi This show stacks three of the best local bands together for a downcity mid-week party. Ravi Shavi mixes and matches influences of garage, mod and indie rock to create sweltering anthems. Smith & Weeden have a southern rock meets early ’70s Stones tinge to their sound. Atlantic Thrills’ sound is steeped in psychedelic garage rock. Crystal Rockets open the show. Ravi Shavi, Smith &Weeden, Atlantic Thrills, and Crystal Robots rock Aurora Providence on Jan 15. Dale Watson Texas honky tonk legend Dale Watson makes a rare stop in town as the direct support for the Reverend Horton Heat. Watson has been singing tales of the lone cowboy dancing and drinking through life for more than two decades. Watson is straight old country with none of the pop fluff that has bastardized the modern incarnation of the genre. I once saw Watson in Austin, Tex., at a place called Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon where Watson plays every Sunday. The bar is famous for having a game called “Chicken Shit Bingo.” Picture bingo with a live chicken in a cage and the players bet on the number the chicken is going to poop on. I never realized that chickens had to go so often till that night. Watson recently helped saved Ginny’s from closing and is now a part owner. Watson’s most recent album, El Rancho Azul, was recorded in Willie Nelson’s studio and features some memorable ditties like “I Lie When I Drink” and “Thanks to Tequila.” Reverend Horton Heat will headline the show, packing their usual psychobilly hellfire thunder. Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson, and Rosie Flores will rock Fete on Jan 21. The Silks The Silks haven’t been playing Providence as much recently, so this show is like an extra special treat. If you are not familiar with them, The Silks are a powerhouse when it comes to mixing things like ’70s Stones, swamp country, scorched earth guitar solos, and the blues into an audio omelet. 2014 was a big year for The Silks in terms of doing their first tour and building an out-of-town audience — notably in Boston — and seeing the release of their debut, Last American Band. Come down to Fete to get a sneak preview of what 2015 holds! The Silks and Handsome Jack will rock Fete on Jan 23. Fleetwood Mac There aren’t many bands with as colorful a history as Fleetwood Mac. They began as a blues act, where the attraction was Peter Green’s otherworldly guitar playing, then had a commercial turn in the 1970s, which culminated in their masterpiece, Rumours, probably the greatest record chronicling inter-band incest. This tour is the band’s first with vocalist/keyboardist Christine McVie back in the fold since the late ’90s, and I heard they were outstanding when they came to Boston last fall. Vocalist Stevie Nicks recently made news by joining local boys Deer Tick for their 10th anniversary celebration on stage New Year’s Eve in Brooklyn to perform a set closing rendition on “Rhiannon.” Fleetwood Mac come to the Dunkin Donuts Center on Jan 28. If you miss them in Providence, Fleetwood Mac will also be at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn. on Feb 7. Murphy’s Law Old school NYC punks Murphy’s Law return to town for a punk rock hoedown. For the uninitiated to Murphy’s Law, expect a lot of gang vocal sing-a-longs, guys with their shirts off and beer going all over the place, among other mayhem.
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