Postmortem Zine

Name: Cam Mancini

band: To The Depths

Important Links:
To The Depths
Witty Banter Records








Who is your biggest influence in your musical career?

Minor Threat, Fugazi, and Verse. Minor Threat got me into Straight Edge. Fugazi was the ultimate in DIY ethic and the way their band function deeply impacts how I want to do business with this band. And finally, Verse, because they are the band that got me into modern hardcore and still one of my favorite bands. People who are throwing hissy fits because some members stopped being Straight Edge need to grow the fuck up. Verse's break up was when we decided to form this band, so sort of indirectly; they're the reason why I'm in a hardcore band right now.

What was your influence for writing the song wage slave?

I wrote Wage Slave literally in like 5 minutes. It's like eight lines of lyrics in the recording we did of it, but since then I added more lyrics. It's just a pissed off song about the state of my peers. We work jobs where we do nothing and we get nothing out of it, we don't make enough to really live. We are pitted against each other by the bosses, who play on race, sex, sexual orientation and anything else and finally we are pacified by drug use. The new lyrics, not on the recording, are about how boring work in a capitalist system is.

What is to the depths current status?

We are currently adding a 2nd guitarist to the band, working on new material and preparing to record again. We are looking to do two splits this summer, one with Spread the Infection and the other with the Hellbents.

Can your explain what witty banter records is?

Witty Banter is a record label me and my friends from high school made to put out our friends music. We released some CDR's, made some t-shirts, and continue to do things in a DIY fashion. We have a lot of stuff for download and act as a support network for all the bands involved. But mostly it's just for fun!

What is your favorite part of playing a show?

Just playing the songs, I get in the zone!