Name of band:
X SUNS
(pronounced "TEN" Suns).
Where are you
from?
Seattle, Washington, USA.
Who is in your
band?
Trent McIntyre, Skippy King, Erick
Hohnstein-Van Etten and Adam Tricoli.
How
would you describe yourselves?
Erick: Atmospheric
instrumental space-rock.
Skippy: Post-everything.
Trent: Space rock, post-whatever, stoner mathcore.
Who
are your main influences musically?
Adam: Personally..
Hot Water Music, Fugazi, old hardcore, so many weird obscure bands to list, but
I can always come back to HWM and Fugazi and it still never gets old to me.
Trent: Probably
Don Caballero, Hum, and Zach Hill.
Erick: Cave
In, Isis, Bjork, Smashing Pumpkins.
Skippy:
Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.
What
do you hope to achieve in music?
Skippy: Someone
once said that our music made them levitate. That's what I want to do, make
people levitate.
Erick: I've
just always wanted to make music that is interesting to me; stuff I enjoy
playing and would want to listen to myself. I want to put on an
interesting, engaging live show and connect with audiences. Getting
chills while you're playing live is always a good sign and something that I
strive for at every show. Being able to go on tours regularly without
going broke would be amazing too.
Trent: I hope to
get famous enough to sleep with Olivia Wilde, or Megan Fox. And hopefully sell
some records in the process.
Adam: Ideally,
would like to be able to have the music we make fund the making of more music.
So that we can keep doing it without having to pay for it ourselves. Will
always be playing music though, even if it costs me financially, I can't
imagine not playing music in some form.
What
has been the highlight of your career so far, and why?
Skippy: Playing
with And So I Watch You From Afar on a Sargent House showcase to a club FULL of
people who appreciate instrumental music.
Adam: My
favorite show for X Suns was opening for a Sargent House tour at the Crocodile.
Got to play with And So I Watch You From Afar, This Town Needs Guns and Mylets.
Trent: Yeah,
that show, and playing with Junius was pretty awesome. They're one of my
favorite bands.
Erick: I
was previously in a hardcore band from Tacoma called Erode and I had a blast
when we went on a tour of Canada one summer. The hardcore community there
is incredibly supportive and I was blown away by their enthusiasm and
hospitality. It's also unbelievably beautiful up in the Canadian
mountains. I thought we had some impressive forests in the Washington
State, but damn, that was something else. I haven't been with X Suns very
long, but so far my favorite experience with them was opening for And So I
Watch You From Afar at the Crocodile. It was my first time playing at
that venue and I've always wanted to ever since I was a kid seeing photos of
all my grunge heroes playing there.
And
what’s the moment you want to forget?
Trent: I don't
really want to forget anything. It's all good experience.
Skippy: The
time I got snuggle-raped.
Erick: Years
ago, my band had a show booked that we were really excited about. There
was some miscommunication between people involved in setting it up and there
ended up being basically zero promotion for the show, so NOBODY came. The
people who ran the venue were super pissed and chewed us out hard. Told
us that we could "Play to the fucking wall or go home!". We
went home. Also, one time I
got too drunk and played an entire set in the wrong tuning. Pretty
embarrassing!
Adam: All
of the shows where there were technical difficulties. A guitar is unplugged or
an amp quit working. The first couple shows after Keith Furtado (previous
guitar player) left the band, it was pretty rough as well.
If
you had to pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it
be and why?
Adam: To
the Bottom of the Sea (The Greys). The only song of ours that all previous and
current members have played live and/or recorded on in some shape or form. I
just think it's a really powerful song, full of emotion and feeling and best
represents who we were and what we've become.
Trent: I'd say
Jupitourist. It's our shortest song, and is probably the best representation of
our music to a "new" listener.
Where
can we listen to it?
Where
can we find out more about your music?
Anything
else you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
Adam: Our new EP
"The Greys" was recently released on 10/31/13. It's available on
bandcamp, itunes, amazon, & tons of different music streaming/downloading
sites. We recorded it with Christiaan Morris and had it mixed by Matt Bayles
(Mastodon, ISIS, Minus the Bear, etc.) at the Red Room in Seattle, WA. It was
mastered by Ed Brooks at RFI. Go buy it, only $3 for about 18 minutes of
awesomeness!
Trent: We really
want to release it on vinyl & cd too. We're currently seeking label support
to help with that.
Erick: We're
working on new material and excited to hear how it turns out with the new
line-up.
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