First off, could you state
your name and what you do in the band?
Testa: Testa, the blast beat master
Ben-jamin: Ben-jamin, I play bass and scream a little
Nicky Em: Nick, vocals.
Where does the name This will be Remembered come
from?
Ben-jamin: We had practice one day and a good friend of ours
Ben, not
me, said something about Nick Testa being remembered for
being so good.
Those are his words not mine. Anyways so for some reason the
words "will be
remembered" stuck in my head and eventually turned into This
will be Remembered.
Your going to be recording with Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal & Morbid Angel in March. How do you feel about working with someone so well known, and when can we expect a full length album?
Testa: We are not metal enough
Nicky Em: I'm excited to record in a real studio with such a
talented engineer. I'm really confident in his work and I'm
really excited, yeah.
Ben-Jamin: We've been waiting for a chance to record a real
EP and this
will be it. Eric has worked with so many bands its insane to
think that we get to
work with him. As of the full length expect it when we're on
a label.
Who has been your favorite band to play with so
far?
Testa: The Absence, because they are our bros.
Ben-jamin: Besides The Absence I would have to say Across
Five Aprils
even though we didn't play with them, we had them over after
they played 688
and partied with them well into the morning the are just
straight up awesome
dudes
Nick Em: Well I haven't played with TWBR yet but in my
previous band I
would have to say Huxley.
What have been the best and worst shows for you?
Testa: Best: Horse The Band
Worst: The Pegysus lounge
Ben-jamin: Same for both
Do you guys have any pre show rituals?
Ben-jamin: I have to poop before every show, I have to or
I'll shit myself on stage.
Testa: I just chill before the show and set up my drums,
*sigh*
Nicky Em: I chill by myself and stretch and warm up
Who/what are your biggest influences, musically
or not?
Testa: Musically I'd have to say Between the Buried and Me,
Gnar Kill and Metallica.
Ben-jamin: Musically, Chino Moreno has always been an
inspiration but
more recently its been a lot of metal, a lot. Jeremy Kling
has been a big
influence too. He's helped me out a lot with this band.
Nicky Em: Musically its always been Pantera and little bit
of Guns n
Roses and a little of the classical shit. But when it comes
to vocals, Phil
Anselmo and Trevor for Black Dahlia and Trevor from Unearth
Have any labels shown any interest in signing
TWBR?
Ben-jamin: no comment
If you could play a show with any three band,
past or present, who
would they be?
Testa: Rage, Metallica, and Pantera
Ben-jamin: Lamb of God, At The Gates, and UnderOath(Cries of
the Past
era)
Nicky Em: Pantera, Unearth, and The Agony Scene
What can someone who has never seen you play,
expect at one of your
shows?
Testa: A bunch of fat sweaty kids thrashing
What or who influenced you to start playing an
instrument?
Testa: Unlce Sal and Vinny Paul
Ben-jamin: I wanted to play guitar but there are too many of
those in this
world so I played bass. My inlfuence really was being able
to play.
Nicky Em: Third Grade Chorus
How would you describe your sound, and what
genre would you include
TWBR in?
Testa: Brandon D. vocals with Led Zepplin
Nicky Em: A bunch of 5 year olds screaming, trying to put
the square block
in the cicrle hole.
Ben-jamin: ...ditto...Harry Carry eating a hot dog. That is
if he were
one.
Finally, what is your biggest goal in 2006?
Testa: To wake up one morning in a van eating pancakes while
recieving
a blowjob.
Ben-jamin: Tour and to get signed, I want to see Europe and
vistit BBB,
if you really have to know ask Rob or Jay from Hand to Hand
about that
one.
Nicky Em: I want to tour and live in a van for months at a
time and get signed and when its all done fuck Winn Dixie.