We all went to Wall High School.
Jason and I graduated in 2007
and Matt and Justin graduated
2006. Johnuel is a bit younger and
didn’t go to the same high school.
He’s from southern New Jersey.
friends later on, shared a practice
space, and their guitar player, Paul
Ritchie, was a big part in helping
us record our first two EPs, ‘Turn-
ing of the Tides’ and ‘Vibration/
Colour/Frequency.’ We’ve also
been fortunate enough to win
Did you guys hang out in the As- a handful of Asbury Park Music
bury Park music scene while you
Awards, including Top Heavy Band
were in high school and college? and Top Drummer, multiple times.
If so, what venues did you like to
Some great venues are The Saint,
frequent and bands did you like to The Asbury Lanes, and, of course,
go see the most and why?
The Stone Pony.
Asbury Park was one of the
places to play with an actual mu-
What made you gravitate as a
sic scene and original bands
base to Asbury Park, which never
that I knew of besides New York
has been known for its metal?
City and Philadelphia. Growing
How did you build a large follow-
up, I wasn’t going to the city on
ing in a town so fond of Spring-
a school night; well, at least not
steen and indie rock? Did your
until I was a little older. The band
crowd come in from out of town?
gravitated toward the town be-
When we started, it was just
cause it was welcoming to artists
the town that was close, where
and bands of all shapes and sizes. we could play shows. We didn’t
As a group, we quickly looked
necessarily choose it for its his-
up to an older local band turned
tory, because at the time, none of
national called The Parlor Mob.
that really mattered to us. We just
Crazy enough, we all became
wanted to play. We would end up
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