Interview from the road with Denver, Colorado's own SlaughterHouse Rootz. A Reggae Party band thats definitely worth giving a listen to.
How did the band get started? Kyle & Wyatt met at the end of 2006 along with a rapper named Cloud9 and they started SHR by playing a couple of shows, at first it was more of a rap/reggae group. At the rappers last show, they met Heroic d who was playing bass with Denver band Plastic Nation, over the next few weeks they played several shows together. In June 2007 the lineup was Wyatt, Kyle and Hd on bass. Several months later we added Byrd to do FX for the vocals and drums. We decided to put him on stage instead of behind the sound board so that he could dance and roll spliffs for us during shows...
Where did the name for the band name come from? SlaughterHouse Gulch is a 4x4 trail west of Denver
For those unfamiliar with you, how would you describe your sound? We have been called "Ganja Rock" but the way we like to describe it is "dirty party reggae" our goal is to usually get drunk and stoned with our fans while we are on stage (and after)
What are your sepreate influences and what influences do you all share? we all love Sublime and Slightly Stoopid, and of course to party!
Heroic: Any band Tim Armstrong was in and old school gangsta rap like NWA, Rappin 4-Tay & Biggie
Kyle: Jon Bonham, Jon Theodore, Omar Rodrigez Lopez, Cedric Boxler Zivela & Miley Cyrus of course!
Byrd: Steve Miller, Jack Johnson, Pink Floyd and gotta add the Greatful Dead
What has been your best memorable live moment so far? we played a bachelor party one time with Gabriel from Fayuca on guitar, there were two strippers getting it on on the dance floor, and we we mean ON! If you can picture "Double Doggie-Style" involving a two-headed dildo and lots of lube ... all this going on right in front of the stage as we played! It's rare two see to chicks just going at it but doing it live to our music was so sweet and we had the best view!
Pipes or blunts? Ha! Silver Surfer Vaporizers!! We all have pipes of course too but on the road we like blunts and fat joints. Byrd is a master roller and that's usually our preferred method. HD does have a metal pipe he carries around that we call "the classic" not too good but it doesn't break
If your drinking what are you drinking? Jim Beam, it's our thing.
How was recording your album "Ball Sacks & Bass"? We got into a collective called "the MotherShip Creative Firm" they had glass blowers, graphic artists, a screen printing shop and a recording studio. We had been looking for a studio to work with and when we walked into this place we just knew it was for us. FIrst off we rolled in each with a 40oz in hand and smoking blunts, because wanted a studio that could work with us in our "natural state" these guys were down! Our drummer Kyle knew a few of the guys from high school and one of them, Cole was in still in engineering school so it worked for us, we wanted someone fresh who didn't know much ... like us so that we could do whatever we wanted on the album, you know pushing boundaries that we shouldn't. We took a couple of weeks in September and October 2009 to record.
Anything go down while recording your album "Ball Sacks & Bass" you want to share? A good note is that every session we we're completely drunk and high, that was our goal to capture that feeling and vibe. Some tracks we had to throw out because one or all of us were just too drunk or stoned to get anything right. There were ounces of Colorado's finest burnt over the recording of BSB that's for sure!
Are you guys working on a new recording? we have been writing a lot of new songs and are planning on an EP release before the end of the year showing off some of the new additions we have added to the band.
Whats the big plan for the rest of 2010? so far this year has been epic for SHR we have had the opportunity to play great gigs and showcases like this years SXSW party ATX Wildfire and supporting spots on shows with the Dirty Heads, Supervillians, Iration, and so many others. We finally got ourselves a good manager and have just recently had a big change to our lineup and as always we are still working on our overall sound. More on that over the next few weeks as we get our shit together... on this tour we have a new vocalist, DJ and guitarist so things have been quite interesting on the road for us, the future is wide open and we are not sure what that means exactly but we do know that SHR will be rocking and smoking out the scene with some sweet new music soon.
Any bands/artists/peoples you want to give shout out to? First off a huge shout out to the "No-Coast" reggae/rock scene that is going down in the Midwest. Bands like Jon Wayne & the Pain, Vibenhai, and Eleven FIngered Charlie. Most of the attention is on bands that come out of the west coast or even recently the east coast so to see bands in the middle of the country making great music only raises it for all of us. Mad love to our homies in Tatanka they are taking their brand of electro-pop-reggae-step to a different level, also a big shout out to our sponsors at Silver Surfer Vaporizers they have been a big support for us and our music, go buy one.
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