Vol. 24 • Issue 297 • September 2013 • slugmag.com • Always Free Shogun’s Local Legacy Kathleen Hanna True Widow slugmag.com 1 2 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 3 SaltLakeUnderGround • Vol. 24 • Issue #297 • September 2013 • slugmag.com facebook.com/SLUG.Mag @SLUGMag @SLUGMag youtube.com/user/SLUGMagazine Publisher: Eighteen Percent Gray Marketing Manager: Editor: Angela H. Brown Karamea Puriri Managing Editor: Esther Meroño Marketing Team: Ischa B., Sabrina Costello, Editorial Assistant: Alexander Ortega Kristina Sandi, Brooklyn Ottens, Angella Luci- Office Coordinator:Gavin Sheehan sano, Nicole Roccanova, Raffi Shahinian, Vic- Digital Content Coordinator: Cody Kirkland toria Loveless, Zac Freeman, Cassie Anderson, Copy Editing Team: Esther Meroño, Alexan- Cassie Loveless, Shley Kinser, Matt Brunk, Robin der Ortega, Mary E. Duncan, Cody Kirkland, Sessions, Carl Acheson, Chandler Hunt Johnathan Ford, Alex Cragun, Rachel Miller, Ka- Social Media Coordinator: Catie Weimer tie Bald, Liz Phillips, Allison Shephard, Laikwan Waigwa-Stone, Shawn Soward Distribution Manager: Eric Granato Distro: Eric Granato, Tommy Dolph, Tony Cover Designer: Joshua Joye Bassett, Nancy Burkhart, Adam Okeefe, Ryan Lead Designer: Joshua Joye Worwood, John Ford, Matt Pothier, Phil Cannon, Design Team: Eleanor Scholz, BJ Viehl, Lenny Tim Kronenberg, Justin Nelson-Carruth, Xkot Riccardi, Chad Pinckney, Mason Rodrickc Toxsik, Nancy Perkins Ad Designers: Kent Farrington, Sumerset Bivens, Christian Broadbent, Kelli Tompkins, Eric Senior Staff Writers: Mike Brown, Mariah Sapp, Brad Barker, Paden Bischoff, Maggie Mann-Mellus, James Orme, Lance Saunders, Zukowski, Thy Doan, KJ Jackett, Nicholas Dowd, Bryer Wharton, Peter Fryer, James Bennett, Ricky Nick Ketterer Vigil, Gavin Hoffman, Esther Meroño, Rebecca Website Design: Kate Colgan Vernon, Jimmy Martin, Ben Trentelman, Princess Office Interns: Carl Acheson, Robin Sessions, Kennedy, Sean Zimmerman-Wall, Cody Hudson, Alex Cragun, Chandler Hunt Shawn Mayer, Dean O. 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Brown Nate Abbott: Associate Producers: Esther Meroño, Alexan- [email protected] der Ortega, Dan Nailen About the Cover: We knew that a cover story featuring Chelsea Wolfe would need to include a drearily beautiful shot of her, and we were fortunate enough to score this wistful photo from Andy Patch coupled with Lead Designer Joshua Joye’s cultic layout. Be sure to catch Alexander Ortega’s article on her and tourmates True Widow on pgs. 36–37. DISCLAIMER: SLUG Magazine does not necessarily maintain the same opinions as those found in our articles, interviews or advertisements. If you are easily offended, please do not blame us. We are a carrier for the voice of the people and it is not our fault if you don’t like people. Content is property of SLUG Magazine. Please do not use without permission, or we will hunt you down and make you pay for your sins. Now that’s a promise. Contributor Limelight: Billy Ditzig – Writer/Action Sports Sponsorship Coordinator Billy Ditzig is an aspiring entrepreneur. Moving to Salt Lake in 2007 from Chicago after Googling “Closest big city to the mountains,” he started at SLUG soon after and has been on the rise ever since. At SLUG, Billy has written mostly snowboard and skate content, and plays a big part in the SLUG Games and Summer of Death series, from helping garner sponsorships and designing the course to picking up trash. Billy graduates with his Associates in General Studies from SLCC this upcoming spring, and plans to continue his education at the University of Utah in Communications and Marketing. As if that wasn’t enough to keep him busy, he’s also the owner and operator of Salt City Vinyl, where he prints custom stickers. Catch Billy riding the snowy waves of Brighton in the winter, flying over concrete on a skateboard in the summer, fly fishing, thrift store treasure hunting and … Well––just follow him on Instagram @billbored to keep track of this righteous dude. 4 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 5 Dear Dickheads, Dear Mr. Jester, I am the guitarist/singer for a I’m sure that neither you local Ogden metal band. Over nor your bandmates are the last few weeks here someone bigots or haters. One thing has taken offense to our t shirts that this person—whoever with a slogan that says “AT LEAST he/she is—failed to do was I’M NOT MORMON”. This sad effectively highlight what pathetic person has spammed you are not: funny. The several Facebook pages under a reason that they didn’t take fake account and even tried to get in your humor is because “AT us booted off shows claiming they LEAST I’M NOT MORMON” would boycott the venue. is about as humorous as Calling us everything from bigots to Mormon sketch comedy. I’m a hate group. Even to go so far as sure that, as a metal band, to say we should be beaten. Deathead reveres the ’80s, Now over the years we’ve had but the whole Mormon- members come and go, some of bashing thing is such an which ARE Mormon and even they anachronistic countercultural could see the humor behind this as Utahn approach that it just we live in Utah. reveals how unoriginal your For someone to take offense over a T-shirts are! In fact, I’m going simple tee shirt and go to the lengths to get all the Ogden Mormons they have seems absurd to me. to start wearing T-shirts that To create fake account after fake say, “AT LEAST I’M NOT IN account, spam pages and then DEATHEAD.” I’m going to delete account shows that someone get Ogden Muslims and must have a lot of free time! atheists to wear them, too. However they were successful in That way, the whole “hate getting one of our road shows group” reaction element is moved to a different venue. After removed, and we can all just claiming us as a hate group. make fun of your band for Anyone who knows us, knows that having dumb shirts that some we love a laugh and take very few Pantera-worshipping baby- things serious. daddy would wear during To end this rant we are not a hate four-wheeling outings. group. Humor is humor and should be taken as such! XOXO, SLUG Mag Thanx for your time, Chris Jester Guitar/Vocals: Deathead. FAX, SNAIL MAIL OR EMAIL US YOUR LETTERS! Fax: 801.487.1359 • Mailing Address: Dear Dickheads c/o SLUG Mag 351 Pierpont Ave. Ste. 4B SLC, UT 84101 or [email protected] 6 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 7 8 SaltLakeUnderGround slugmag.com 9 Sitting with the guys who make up The North “If two people have an idea and three people “LIVE SHOWS.” Practicing together is what can Valley, I was impressed with the adoration the don’t like it, they’re kind of SOL. But, give it two turn a shitty day into an awesome one for the crew held toward each other and other local weeks, and you’re gonna totally agree with band, but it is the love of performing in front bands. Dane Sandberg (bass, vocals), them anyway,” Sandberg says. of their friends and fans that drives them. With Spenny Relyea (guitar, vocals), Jon Butler the release of their album, they plan on playing (guitar), Kramer McCausland (keyboard) Aside from drawing on each other for help and locally like mad. For updates on upcoming and Spencer Sayer (drums) are dedicated guidance with their work, the band recently shows and information about their album, you in their collaborative effort to create alt-country turned to their community for support through can follow the band on their Facebook page, rock with intensity. Their jams are comparable a Kickstarter campaign to fund the costs of facebook.com/thenorthvalley. Sayer warns, “As to other local acts such as The Devil Whale putting together their new album, Patterns in soon as that comes out, we’re gonna be playing and Holy Water Buffalo, whom, they Retrospect. With an overwhelming number of so many shows, you’re gonna get sick of us.” admit, they are not ashamed to be compared donations, they were able to reach their goal Once that happens, they plan to hit the road to, as watching and playing with other local one week before the deadline. Sayer, humbled and play as many shows as they can on tour, acts motivates them to continue working their by the experience, says, “It was kind of a weird until they get too old to play.