playing the most random shows,
and our fans were more musicians
of other bands in the beginning.
Then, as we played out more, we
would garner interest from the
non-musician. That’s when we saw
our fan base go from just the musi-
cians to now their girlfriends/boy-
friends and non-musicians excited
to see us play. We also quickly
learned a band needs to go on
tour and experience things and
play in other states for new people
and not play in front of the same
people at home.
When you were first starting out,
where did you most like to play in
Asbury, with whom, and why?
We played The Saint, Asbury
Lanes, and a couple random pop-
up venues that didn’t last very long.
We were always playing with ran-
dom bands, but one band in par-
ticular who we became very close
with was Chemtrail. They are play-
ing our hometown show with us on
May 20 at House of Independents!
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How often did you play with
your other opening acts – Ham-
merfight and Inventure – and were
you friends with them before you
signed to Spinefarm?
We were friends with every-
one before getting picked up by
Spinefarm. We’ve played a couple
shows with all three bands, and
they are always fun.
Have you ever played and/or
headlined House of Independents
before?
This will be the first time playing
and headlining, and we couldn’t
be more excited. It feels great! Ev-
ery single band brings something
unique to the table, so it will be a
very well-rounded show that ev-
eryone can enjoy!
Toothgrinder are living the
dream that so many Asbury Park
and New Jersey bands want to
have: release a couple of EPs, get
signed, tour the world. Has that
dream lived up to or surpassed
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