Name: Spyderdog
Band: Out For Revenge
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who is the biggest influence in your musical career?
That's a tough question. Id say the generic life answer is probably the most accurate answer, but nobody likes that (hahaha). We all come from a lot of different places musically. Im personally really influenced by bands like Agnostic Front, Cromags, Madball, Earth Crisis, Snapcase, Sick of it All, Hoods, etc. Lately theres been a ton of really good new bands that im really enjoying. especially european bands. i love cutdown from Finland, danforth from France, stuff like that. As a singer Id say Dre from Donnybrook is a pretty major influence. Terror is probably my favorite band. North Side Kings is way up on that list too
what is your favorite part of playing shows?
my favorite thing honestly is to see people walk in all pissed off, and leave happy. I really enjoy kinda making people scratch their heads right before they go off too. that sort of second of "huh?" followed by chaos is a lot of fun. mainly im just glad i get to do this. hardcore has done a lot of great shit for my life over the years, and hopefully someday i can inspire somebody else to keep things going and really get involved in a positive way. the informative nature of hardcore shows i think is something really special as well. kids at shows are involved and informed about whats going on in their communities and in their scenes, and that's something you really don't see at other types of shows, and i think that's one of the most important things about hardcore, and that's certainly one of the reasons i love this shit so much
do you any plan to be going on any tours?
for sure! we've been to Cali a few times, next month were hitting new Mexico, and Vegas, and what not. were big fans of the 3-4 day mini tour and try and do at least one a month. were hoping to hit the east coast for a week - ten days this summer
what was your inspiration to write your album " Black Market Status"
basically in addition to the national problems we as a country have right now, shit is really fucked up here in AZ locally. our three main sources of revenue in this state were basically construction/manufacturing, tourism and banking, and when those three things crashed it pretty much destroyed everything. we have the worst education system in the united states, second worst mortgage crisis, and unemployment is something like 40% if you are under the age of 35. further more, we have a state government that is basically completely fused by social agenda, is totally irresponsible, and totally insane. the racist nature of our governor and our state legislature is something that has no place existing in the modern world. bottom line is people are really frustrated here, and don't have a lot of options. i think black market status is kind of a red flag to the world, saying that not everybody is ok with watching our hopes and dreams get destroyed, and people are getting awfully tired of taking said situation. especially considering the people up the street are getting rich taking advantage of the mistakes they totally created. people are only gonna stand there for so long as their houses go foreclosure and get bought out only to be rented back to them. the worlds a fucking mess man, and its all gonna get passed back on to us again down the line if we don't do something about it
what was your inspiration for writing the song Machine?
i really wrote that song about myself. i basically never sleep. id say in the last year ive gotten maybe like 15 hours of sleep a week. in addition i have a lot of health problems that i have to deal with. basically the way i see it is that that shit doesn't really matter. you put your nose down and just smash through shit and you can do anything you put your mind to. the only thing really standing in your way is yourself. if you are willing to put in the work and not give up ever nothing that really happens can slow you down. i guess what that song is really about is giving a fuck about yourself by totally not giving a fuck about yourself.....if that makes any sense
