EMQ’s With Pyreship
EMQ’s With Pyreship
Hello everyone! Welcome to another EMQs interview, this time with USA Sludge band, Pyreship. Huge thanks to their Bassist, George, for taking part.
What is your name, what do you play and can you tell us a little bit about the history of the band?
I’m George and I play bass. Back in 2018 Sam, Steve and I were all new members in a different band that was fizzling out. So we started getting together and writing some songs just the three of us. Just for fun. We had great chemistry and Sam had a ton of ideas. None of us wanted to just call it quits. One day Steve suggested we bring Jason in to jam with us. Then one day we realized we turned into a band and wrote an album.
How did you come up with your band name?
We had been kicking around band names. One night I watched the 13th Warrior with a friend. We got to talking about how the Pyreship (Viking funeral) scene was kind of analogous to modern society. The feeling we were watching the end of something great. That we were going down in flames with it. Choosing to go down with it. But there were still moments of pride, courage, and honour to be found in the fall. And even a macabre beauty. An inescapable heaviness to the moment or idea of it. So I pitched the name and everyone liked it.
What Country/Region are you from and what is the Metal/Rock scene like there?
We’re based in Houston Texas. Texas has an awesome Metal scene and pedigree. So many awesome bands now and throughout the years have come out of this state. Everyone in Texas can be super friendly and open to new people. People like to work hard and play hard. That definitely carries over into the music scene.
What is your latest release? (Album, EP, Single, Video)
‘Light Is A Barrier’ the first single was released on February 25th and the album drops April 22nd.
Who have been your greatest influences?
All of us are 90’s kids and we grew up with the music of that time. Albeit each of us leaned into different genres and scenes a little bit more than others. But we all have certain common influences. Soundgarden, Neurosis, Tool, Fu Manchu, Meshuggah, Jimmy Eat World. Kind of all over the place stylistically but that was kinda how it was back then.
What first got you into music?
Generally… I grew up in New York in the 90s… they basically issued you a Ramones or Wu Tang tape when you showed up to school. I took both and asked if I could have that Stooges tape too. But man I’d be lying if I said anything other than ‘Teen Spirit’ got me into PLAYING music. It was a bunch of normal looking guys just melting faces. Turning the music scene upside down. And for the first time someone made it seem it was something I could be a part of.
If you could collaborate with a current band or musician who would it be?
I can’t speak for everyone else but I’d go with Trent Reznor, Chelsea Wolfe, or Author and Punisher.
If you could play any festival in the world, which would you choose and why?
Hellfest. They basically build a city in a field. The scale of it is insane. Plus I’d basically get to see most of my favourite bands in one place.
What’s the weirdest gift you have ever received from a fan?
In Louisiana a guy gave me a beer and a half eaten poboy.
If you had one message for your fans, what would it be?
Go see local bands. Support your local scene. Those bands live and die by their fans and without support they don’t get a chance to grow into the big bands that make those amazing albums that you know in love.
If you could bring one rock star back from the dead, who would it be?
I’m gonna say Cliff Burton not just because he was an amazing bassist and composer but because it would be interesting to see how he would’ve changed the lives in music of Metallica over the years. I mean imagine if we all liked more than the first four albums…
What do you enjoy the most about being a musician? And what do you hate?
Music is therapeutic. Every time we get together and turn our amps on and start to play it’s loud therapy. All the chaos and bad going on in the world and our lives just gets the volume turned down for a little while.
I think anyone that’s seeing our back line would probably understand why I would say long uninterrupted flights of stairs into venues.
If you could change one thing about the music industry, what would it be?
Companies that make money off of streaming musicians’ content should be paying them a much more fair share.
Name one of your all-time favourite albums?
Sepultura “Chaos AD”
What’s best? Vinyl, Cassettes, CDs, or Downloads?
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t consume most music digitally. But there’s something to be said for taking the time to put on some vinyl and listen to an entire album beginning to end. It’s more deliberate and aesthetically pleasing.
What’s the best gig that you have played to date?
I’m probably gonna go with our first show ever. We opened for Conan and Serial Hawk. It was in a tiny ass house basically. The audience was 2 feet from us. It felt like going back to all of our roots playing house parties as teenagers. It was insanely loud, and packed. So much fun.
If you weren’t a musician, what else would you be doing?
I mean… we all have day jobs so… basically life would be the same, just less fun and hearing loss.
Which five people would you invite to a dinner party?
Tom Waits, Teddy Roosevelt, Zydrunas Savickas, Ryan Reynolds, Dave Chappelle.
What’s next for the band?
We’ve got a few rough ideas for songs so hopefully we’ll get back in the recording studio in a few months.
What Social Media/Website links do you use to get your music out to people?
The usual places: Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp.
Bandcamp: https://pyreship.bandcamp.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pyreship
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pyreshiphtx/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PyreshipHTX
Website: https://pyreship.com/
Jaffa Cakes? Are they a cake or a biscuit?
Yes
Thank you for your time. Is there anything else that you would like to add?
Thanks for taking the time to talk with us!
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