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September 03, 2011

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Interview by Danielle Welgemoed Taylor

I was able to interview, Chaz Squillace, drum-

mer of progressive metal band From This We

Rise. We discussed his biggest influences, his

view on the local music scene, things he does

in his free time, and Death Metal Jeff. Chaz

was fun to interview because of his enthusiasm

and openness about many things…D.W.T

PI: What is your favorite part about being in a

band?

CS: There’s so much I love about being in a

band. It’s the one way I can fully express myself, whether it is through the creation, the production,

or just the jamming in general. I have a love for every band I was ever in, which rounds out to be

about 16 of them! Anything I ever recorded, on my video camera, CD, crappy demos, or even crappy

extracted audio I still listen to. I still listen to my first band, which was a pop punk band, ha-ha!

PI: If you could play any other instrument, what instrument would it be?

CS: I would like to learn pretty much every instrument out there. Besides drums, I dabble with the

guitar, bass, and know the basics of both of them. In third grade I took piano lessons and learned how

to read music, which I am very happy I did. But as far as some instruments I’d love to learn, it would

have to be violin, harp, and getting back into piano. Those three in-

struments, in my opinion, are the most beautiful instruments you

could ever play. For me to learn any of those would just be such an

accomplishment for me.

PI: What do you like to do in your free time, other than play music?

CS: I like to help other bands and play video games. Also, I love to

hike and be outdoors. Currently I’m back at the gym training for

Tough Mudder again. I like to promote my band and other bands, and

film bands and put them up on my YouTube account. I have helped

out No Remorse For The Fallen by filling in for drums, and I also

helped The Dawn of Apollyon by recording bass on their CD. Pretty

much I’m always thinking about music.

PI: If you could play a show with any band, local or signed, which

four would they be?

CS: That’s a tough one. There’s so many bands I love/respect/would die to open up for. As far as lo-

cal bands, I’d only want to play with bands that respect other bands: Stick around until the end, watch

your set (if not all at least some), and come up to socialize after your set. Bands that leave right away,

or have a shitty attitude, or just talk about how they’re the best band there just make me sick. So in-

stead of four bands local/signed I’d want to play with, I’m just going to name local bands that give

Artist Spotlight: Chaz Squillace

you the respect that all of you deserve:

Apocryfiend, No Remorse For The Fallen,

CHINGA!, The Dawn of Apollyon, 20til8,

Sudden Ascent, Save The Zombies, Relevant

To This, and Delicious Douglas. Also, we

have met a band from Saint Paul, MN. who

deserve much more than they have. This

band gave us much respect and love after our

set and were really cool dudes as well. They

are called Saturnalia, everyone should defi-

nitely check them out. Your minds will be

blown! If I could play with four signed

bands it would be Korn, Between The Bur-

ied And Me, Deftones, and Sikth if they

were still around.

PI: What goals do you have set for yourself for later on in your life?

CS: I hope to make it with this band. FTWR is a band that stays true to itself. We don’t follow any

trends, don’t try to be the “heaviest band out there”, and we care about all our fans. I’ve been

searching for this band for a very long time now, and now that we have finally found ourselves, put

out and EP, and became a five piece, it’s just time for us to keep climbing and climbing. I don’t see

myself doing anything else but music. If for some reason this band would break-up, I’d keep going.

Also, I have always said my main goal as a musician, isn’t to tour and all that, though it would be

nice. My main goal is to inspire other people to play. If someone

came up to me and said “Chaz, you’re the reason I play drums” I

will most likely be in tears. Touring and all that is a definite

though!

PI: Which song of FTWR is your favorite to play live?

CS: "Origins" and our new one "Close To Home". Origins is by

far my favorite to play drum wise because I am very proud with

what I did to that song. Close To Home is very emotional for all

of us. I have put a lot of emotion in my drums parts and you can

see it live. I don’t fuck around when it comes to that song

(especially at the end) ha-ha.

PI: I’ve noticed that you always say “HARF” either while on

stage or off. Explain what “HARF” means.

CS: Harfing is the act of barking in which you have made your

point clear. An example would be telling someone off and/or coming in with a nice joke and ending

it with HARF. People know you mean business.

PI: What are some of your favorite bands and which ones have had the most influence on the way

you play music and the type of music you play?

CS: Obviously Korn was huge impact in my music. I’m really into progressive/progressive metal

bands such as Sikth, Rush, Dream Theater, The Human Abstract, and Opeth to name a few. I also

am still a 90s kid, so Nu-Metal has a huge part

of my playing. The reason I started playing

drums was because of David Silveria of Korn.

His style was mind blowing to me at the time

and I wanted to pick it up. Also, John Otto of

Limp Bizkit and Abe Cunnigham of Deftones

did a huge part on me. I’ve always said to my-

self, “Any drummer who actually uses their hi-

hats/ride cymbal for what they’re for, I like!” Nu

-Metal is all about groove so there’s tons of hi-

hat action going in there. I’m very weird when it

comes to influence in the band because I listen

to everything. I can go from death metal to Pro-

gressive to Jazz to Dubstep (yes Dubstep) as an

influence.

PI: Who is Death Metal Jeff?

CS: Death Metal Jeff is the greatest creation ev-

er. He is the creator of life/death, he is one. He is

all. He’s a buffalo herder. DMJ loves metal, and

he shows you how much he loves it by his fa-

mous “DMJ pump”. The more he pumps, the

more he likes you. If you don’t see him up front

during your set, it means you’re doing some-

thing wrong.

PI: What has been your favorite show that you’ve played since you’ve been in a band?

CS: There’s a tie between my favorite shows. It’s be-

tween the show we played which was on Saturday

(August 6th) at the Chameleon Club and the first time

we ever played The Note (June 26th). The reason why

is because The Chameleon was our first time headlin-

ing ever and it was at the Chameleon! It was such good

energy and everyone got into it and had a great reaction

from the crowd. The Note is because to me it was our

most emotional show we’ve ever played. No reason

why, it was just the way we performed it was like our

hearts were into every note, every beat, every lyric and

it felt amazing.

PI: Thanks for sitting with us and giving us a chance to

get Plug’d In.

CS: Thank you.

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From The Grave Abby was born and raised in the coal regions of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

The oldest of eight, she constantly had her younger brothers and sisters asking

her questions about everything from how things work to why that boy threw

dirt on her. She’d try to steer them straight with her advice, though sometimes

she could be a bit sarcastic.

Abby also had an uncanny ability to see the truth in people, despite what they

tried to portray with their lies. Unfortunately, this led the locals to believe that

she was with surrounded with dark forces. The summer before her final year

of school, Abby was sentenced to death by hanging, without a proper trial,

simply stating that she was a witch. Abby can’t recognize the faces of her fam-

ily through death, but she answers questions, thinking it might be one of her

siblings needing her guidance.

Q. I just started a new job making really good $. My health insurance

benefits are good too. The only problem is they don't have a 401k or

any type of retirement account. Do I need to be worried about this

now? I'm only 25. R.G.

A. If you don't have one through your job, you can get one through your

bank or another service. I'm assuming you have some sort of intelli-

gence to have landed a good job to begin with, so you should have

enough smarts to figure that one out on your own.

Q. I fooled around with a boy for a couple of weeks this spring. The

problem is I have a boyfriend and I love him very much. The guy I

messed around with has moved back home and we haven't talked since

he left 2 months ago. I'm starting to feel really guilty. Should I tell my boyfriend? I don't want to lose him because he is a great

guy. What should I do? C.S.

A. If he was such a great guy, you shouldn't have done it. People like you make me so angry. "Oh he's such a great guy, he's per-

fect, he’s exactly what I want in a man" yet you go and do something stupid and selfish like cheating on them. So many people

are in horrible or abusive relationships where the other person doesn’t care about them, and people like you go and do this. This

society lacks the knowledge and understanding or real love. You don't give up when things get rough; you work at them with

each other. You make conscious

decisions, to cheat or not to cheat. Your boyfriend doesn't deserve a lying, disgusting piece of shit like you.

Q. My band is a bunch of slackers and we're never going to get anywhere because of them. Should I ditch them and find a new

band? R.S.

A. They might not be the reason that you won't get anywhere. Do you realize how hard it is to make it, even somewhat, in the

music industry? You need to have the look, the sound, the talent. It's a package and you need to sell it. You have to get your

name out there, play shows for free, get a following, push your music to larger clubs and labels, and pray to whatever Al-

mighty God you pray to that someone with a bit of clout sees your potential.

Q. Why is society such a mess? A.K.

A. Do you ever fucking read this? Every issue I answer this question in some form or another.

Q. I just found out my girlfriend is pregnant. I'm not ready to have kids, but I don't know what to tell her. I don’t want to leave

her because I love her and she won’t get an abortion. What do I do here? And yes, I know I'm responsible for my actions, but I

don't want to be tied down with a kid right now. Anon

A. Should have used protection. Well, looks like you have 3 options. Adoption, raising the child, or you pay child support for the

next 18 plus years while she raises the child. Adoption is a good idea. It's different now than it was back in the day. Open adop-

tions, where you know who is raising your child, pictures and letters. You can pick who you want to raise them and how much

contact you want. You can make sure they will be provided for in a way that you are unable to right now.

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Interview by Vikki Sin

Just a year ago, a different Black Veil Brides, lineup and

look wise, was working towards a #1spot on the charts

with their youth-angst filled demo record ‘We Stitch The-

se Wounds’. Now, with a solid lineup, a revamped ward-

robe, and the release of their second album aptly entitled

“Set The World on Fire”, these Hollywood glam metal

rockers are doing just that. This July at Warped Tour in

Scranton, PA, I was lucky enough to sit down with Andy

Biersack aka Andy Six, vocalist, founder, and heartthrob

of the group (mention him to a group of teenage girls and

you’ll see what I mean). With a bevy of ferociously de-

voted fans, some pretty heavy support in the rock world,

and the musical and theatrical makings of the next Motley

Crue, BVB means serious business. Admitting you al-

ways knew you’d be a rock star might come across cocky

to some but Andy just seems both confident and grateful,

refusing to call any fan crazy and instead appreciating the devotion. It’s refreshing, and it made this

writer like them all that much more. Here, the extremely driven singer explains how the band came

into its own and what makes him part of the rock and roll fraternity…V.S.

PI: A lot going on with you guys in the past year. I’ve been following your career from the start and

it’s been an explosion. One minute you release your demo, the next you have a second album and are

on the cover of every rock publication out there. Tell us a little bit about what it’s been like.

AS: It’s great. I mean, for us, we always believed that this is how it would be, you know, you kind of

have to. Going into anything, you have to believe that you’re going to be the best at something, or the

biggest at something. It was never a question of trying to stay humble. We wanted to always be hun-

gry and fight for being the biggest band that we could be. Everything that happens, as much as we

appreciate it and we understand how fortunate we are, we also did work our asses off and worked

very hard to get to where we are and we’ll continue to work hard. I think once you become compla-

cent, or like happy with “Alright, I guess we’re sufficiently big enough now” I think that’s when you

lose all of your real touch, so we want to stay hungry and stay true to our fans.

PI: You had a lot of success with “We Stitch These Wounds”. It went to number one on the Billboard

independent charts. What was your thought process moving into “Set The World On Fire”? What did

you want to do different?

AS: I think we looked at “Set The World On Fire” as our first real album. When you look at the first

record, it was sort of a collection of stuff we had all written kind of throughout the course of our

lives, we didn’t really have a lot of time or money or anything to really make a complete record, so

the record was more so a demo than anything else. Going into Set the World on Fire, it was a real op-

portunity to make an actual, legitimate rock and roll album, so I think we grew as songwriters and as

musicians and we were very proud and happy. We wrote all the songs together 100% group effort so

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it’s my favorite thing that I’ve ever done in my life. I think

just going into it we wanted to make a more complete album

and the theme is more in mind with what we really want peo-

ple to think of the band.

PI: You’re fans are just crazy about you. What do you think is

the draw? Do you think it’s the look and how people can

identify with you?

AS: I think it’s probably a combination of a lot of things. In

terms of the theatrics of it, the visual, there hasn’t really been

a band, a popular rock band or a band that has a lot of main-

stream success that has some sort of theatricality like this, so

I think that people can understand it and like to see that. But

by the same token, the themes of our music and the lyrical

content of our songs, especially younger listeners feel an at-

tachment to and in terms of how the music sounds, I know a

lot of older rock fans like to hear the big chorus rock and roll,

which is what our band is, so I think it probably plays on all

those levels. Fortunately for us, we seem to have struck the right chord.

PI: I’ve seen you all over with this person and that person, people that you probably grew up idoliz-

ing. Who were some of the people that when you grew up you thought “Man, I really want to be

like them”?

AS: It’s amazing to be able to say that someone like Sebastian Bach is a close friend of mine now.

It’s really cool. The same goes for Mick Mars and Dee Snyder, any of these people. Alice Cooper

has said great things about us. All of our heroes have really been very complimentary, so it’s a great

feeling. And by the same token, I think that as a young kid idolizing those bands, I always felt like

I’d become friends with them one day or I would be in hopefully the same circle. You do what you

do and those are nice by-products of having some sort of success.

PI: When I’m on YouTube on your videos, it seems the subject of religion comes up a lot. What are

your thoughts on that? Are you out to shock, as far as the crosses and the upside down crosses, or is

that just part of the rock and roll thing?

AS: Honestly, I feel like everything’s so precious now. We’re a secular band. We’re not satanic,

we’re not religious; we’re just a rock band. Honestly, I think if anything, the religious imagery that

we use just comes from the idea of stimulating thought and in life a lot of what we live by is based

on religious imagery , the songs that we write and the images that we have are just meant to be

there for maybe thought provoking. Maybe let someone think about something differently than they

would have before. But I would never go out against religion because I know people need some-

thing to believe in. I personally, I believe that I’m the highest power. I believe that our band, our

people, our fans, we are stronger than any deity could be, but I know that people like to have some-

thing to believe in and I know that without faith there’s very little hope, so I would never go out

against religion. I feel like there’s a lot of issues with organized religion, but we’re not going to be

the band that’s going to solve it so I’m not on a pilgrimage to change things. I would just hope that

maybe I could change some young kids’ minds about being so closed minded about what a religious

message is.

PI: What are some of the places you’ve gone that you

thought “I can’t believe I’m here”?

AS: We’ve played everywhere from Copenhagen to Japan,

we’re going to Australia after this tour. I mean, literally

everywhere in the world we’ll have been by the end of the

year so that’s a pretty exciting notion. I think honestly

everywhere. I love traveling. I like playing shows in dif-

ferent countries. It’s a great feeling to see an audience full

of people that English obviously isn’t their first language

but they’re singing your songs with you. It’s a great feel-

ing.

PI: I actually interviewed your roommate Matt (Good)

from D.R.U.G.S. earlier and he was saying something

about a fraternity?

AS: The rock and roll fraternity. It was a name that was

given to us by his drummer. It consists of myself, Matt,

Danny from Asking Alexandria, and Kyle from We Came

As Romans. It’s literally just because we like to drink and

party and have a good time.

PI: Can we expect a tour of all you guys together?

AS: Maybe one day we’ll do the rock and roll fraternity tour.

PI: Do you ever get dressed up for Halloween anymore?

AS: We play on Halloween and that’s sort of our day. It’s up to everyone else to sort of match what

we do every day. I think on Halloween normally we just kind of do full skull paint or something,

maybe a little more Misfit-sy than usual. We don’t really do too much different, because it’s Hallow-

een every day for us.

PI: You’ve got to have some crazy fan stories. You’re basically a centerfold of the rock and roll

world.

AS: I think that what’s interesting about fan stories is that everybody always tries to top each other

with who has the craziest fans, but to me, devotion is devotion. Some people show it by screaming

and crying and throwing their clothes at you, and some people show it by getting your lyrics tattooed

on them. I would never call any fan crazy because it’s always just about devotion, you know? If

someone’s devoted of the art or music I make, then I would never judge them. By the same token, I

get that when someone is crying and screaming some people would see that as being over the top, but

to me it’s part of the raw energy or emotion of rock and roll. If a young girl especially can get that

stoked about seeing a guy in all black leather as opposed to Justin Beiber, I think the world is getting

a little bit better.

PI: Now that you have C.C. (the new drummer), do you feel like this is it now for the band lineup?

AS: This is Black Veil Brides to me. I wouldn’t see the band any other way. I don’t think we could be

this band without these members.

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PI: Tell us what we

can expect from you

guys in the future? Are

you starting on new

material yet?

AS: The record came

out a little under a

month ago. Our goal is

we want to put out an-

other record by next

year, so we’ll be on

tour literally the whole

rest of the year and

then I think come

springtime, we want to

try to head back into

the studio.

PI: Thanks so much for giving us a chance to get Plug’d In!

AS: Thank you.

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Interview by Nicole Marie

How do you describe a band that has so many descriptions? In this case

you can only explain them by their name: Trivium. Blending the bounda-

ries of so many musical genres as well as showcasing their many unique

artistic talents and abilities, Trivium’s picture should be put next to the

statement “thinking outside the box”. Constantly evolving their music in so

many good ways, the guys in Trivium have not only made their mark in the

music industry but they have proven with no hesitation, that they are here

to stay.

At this years Rockstar Energy Drink’s Mayhem Festival I was graciously

able to sit down with Bassist Paolo Gregoletto and learn a little bit about

where the band has been, and a whole lot about where they are going…

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PI: Paolo, I know that In flames and Machine Head are two of your biggest

influences, how does it feel to be sharing a tour with both of them right

now?

PG: What’s so cool about it is that we have done a lot of touring with them in the past, we did a couple months with

In Flames in 2006, and then did Sounds of the Underground with them as well. And Machine Head we have also

toured with. And besides being such big influences, they’re also good friends of ours. Its killer to tour with people

you’ve known for so long. We get to hang out with the bands on this tour everyday; it’s really an awesome experi-

ence

PI: I’ve recently heard that you guys have some songs on the radio. I personally think this is awesome and a great

way to expand your fan base. How do you feel about having radio play right now?

PG: Yea definitely, I think that anyone would want to have that kind of promotion. Internet obviously is a bigger deal

than it’s ever been. But when it comes down to it, radio still always hits the masses. It’s definitely the biggest way to

get recognition here in the states. It’s kinda been one of those things we never wanted to rush into, but this album just

had some of the right songs that can cross into that area, and we’ve never had that before. The timing just worked out

perfectly.

PI: Talking about your new album In Waves, coming out August 9th. What are your feelings on this? How excited are

you right now?

PG: Yes I’m stoaked! It’s been a year in the making, and we wrote almost a year prior to that also, so almost 2 years

total. And it’s just really nice to finally have the album coming out. Finally having an album with Nick (Nick Augus-

to, new on Drums) is definitely a big thing for us, we’ve come a long way with him, and he’s only been in the band 2

years coming up this fall. Its crazy how much time has went by, and now that the album is coming out, I think for

him, he feels more of a legit part of the band because he now has an album with us.

PI: I understand that for an album everyone in the band writes songs individually, like for example, on Shogun, how

do you go about picking which ones end up on the album, do you disagree a lot about it?

PG: Um it’s just whichever the best is. I mean we all have a filter for like, if a riff is good or if it’s not good. Its very

different how we work, it’s very democratic. We don’t really have big disagreements about it, obviously if one song

is better than another we need to treat it that way. We have to put out the best material we have, and we can’t get

hung up on one riff, we always say “hey man you can play this better or write that better”. It promotes people being

more creative and really pushing themselves, opposed to putting out the first thing that comes to their mind.

PI: So for your new album, I heard something about you filming scenes under water for one of your videos, can you

tell me anything about that? Or what it was like to put yourself in that situation?

PG: Well it was the second day of filming for In Waves that we actually did the water scenes. And it was definitely a

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new experience for us, the whole video was. We

have never done a video without us playing in it,

which was definitely a challenge. But the water

scenes were really tough because not only are you

in the water and its kinda cold, but when you’re

actually under its hard to keep your face looking

normal. When you’re under water your natural in-

stinct is to get out and hold the air in as much as

possible. It was definitely interesting; the whole

idea was so different. (PI) Ha-ha yea, I’ve never

heard about that being done. Who was the one to

actually propose the idea to do that? (PG) Well we

knew that we didn’t want to do any performing in

the video. If we can have our way, we don’t want

to perform in any of the videos we do for this al-

bum. We have this storyline in the videos that we

want to keep to. And you know, we just wanted to

do something different. It’s really hard to so some-

thing unique and cool when you have a perfor-

mance shot in the video, but it looks cool. We just

wanted to go with one story line throughout a cou-

ple of videos, and I think performances would be

in the way of that and just look awkward.

PI: Can you give me a brief summary of what this storyline is going to be?

PG: We’re just making it up as we go ha-ha. I’m just waiting to see where it goes. The next video we’re doing is for

Built To Fall, and we’re starting that as soon as we get home from this tour. So as of now I’m not sure what we’re

doing, but I’m pretty excited to see where it goes.

PI: It really seems like you guys draw inspiration form many different art forms, if you personally could participate

in a different art form rather than music, what would it be?

PG: I like photography a lot; I’m an amateur photographer at my best ha-ha, but I’d definitely like to pursue that in

the future. That’s the only thing that gets difficult, you have to focus all your energy on one thing and spread your-

self really thin and say I want to master this first, and it takes a long time, it may take years. I know for myself I

need to focus on one thing at a time and if I can ultimately be a great bass player and a great song writer I would be

more than happy with that. Rather than just being good at a couple different things.

PI: I know some of your past songs have had politically themed lyrics. Is there any of that subject matter in your

newest album?

PG: It’s kinda been different on every album, I wouldn’t say we’re really a political band, we just have our own

opinions on different things. This album the lyrics are meant to be a lot more ambiguous and the context of them is

up to the person listening to them. However it fits your life, some people like the lyrics, some people don’t. This

time we kinda left it up to the people to decide what the lyrics are about. And not tell them what it’s supposed to be.

We want the same for the artwork and videos for this album as well.

PI: Can you enlighten me on where you get these ideas from?

PG: It’s a lot of stuff, you know, we have a lot of great artists working with us for this album. The guy that did the

artwork is Danny Jones and he definitely helped us kinda push our artwork outside of the normal metal expectations.

It’s kind of like all these non metal guys taking all the music and getting all the lyrics and interpreting them in their

own way. They never told us “hey this is where we got the idea from”, they just said this is what it is, and it means

what it means to you. And that’s were we got the idea to let people make their own concept of what our music and

lyrics mean, they can make it whatever they want. And I really like this concept, it’s nice to have some mystique

around a metal album, which is very rare now a days. Everything is usually so cut and dry and you know exactly

what it is or what it means.

PI: So I have heard your

music described in a bunch

of different genres, such as:

metal, metalcore, alternative

metal, thrash, progressive...

If you had to describe your

sound, what would you call

it?

PG: It’s Trivium, that’s all I

could say. We have influ-

ences from all those differ-

ent genres wrapped into

one. And probably 100

more influences from a lot

more genres of music. In-

stead of trying to describe or

explain our sound I just say

Trivium. And again, whatever people say we are, that’s what we are to them.

PI: When you were young, if somebody gave you a Trivium Cd to listen to, and they told you in a couple years this

would be you, what would you say? Would you believe it?

PG: I guess when I started playing I would have believed it; because that’s what I wanted to do. I would have never

known that that’s how it would have gone or that’s what it would have sounded like, but once I started playing mu-

sic I knew that I wanted to do this forever. Thankfully it happened.

PI: So if you weren’t in music, what else could you see yourself doing?

PG: Well I definitely would have gotten another job, haha. Or I would have gone to college. I never went to college

because I joined Trivium. So I probably would have taken that route, but I don’t know where that would have led.

(PI) But I think this job is a lot better, much more fun. (PG) Haha, absolutely.

PI: Can I ask, what’s one thing you want to do before you die?

PG: It would be nice to have a platinum album here in the states, which would be really cool. We have a gold album

overseas, but there’s something about having

a gold or platinum album here where we’re

from that would be very fulfilling, just like

one of those things you said, yea I did it, and

that’s cool. And personally, this band is my

life, just getting to tour with bands I love and

look up to like Iron Maiden and Metallica and

getting to go to places I never thought I

would. I’m very fortunate to be where I am

right now and to have gotten the opportunities

I have been given. I really appreciate all of it.

PI: So talking about the band members them-

selves, can you tell me anything about the

leaving of Travis Smith?

PG: It just wasn’t a good situation anymore, it

had been building over time and he just decid-

ed he wanted to take a break from touring,

and we decided we were going to move for-

ward without him. We had too much stuff on our plate, the new album, a whole bunch more touring and he was just

too indecisive on what to do and it was just not a good situation. We really have no communication right now.

PI: Kinda leads me on to my next question, are you happy with the addition of new drummer Nick Augusto?

PG: Yes absolutely, I grew up with Nick and we even played in a band together when we were first starting off in

music. It’s just cool to have come full circle with him, getting to play with him all over again. He’s just been such

an awesome complement to us not only for our music, but as our friend as well. He made us a lot closer as a band.

Anyone who knew us before and then sees us now can tell a difference, we’re more easy going and really having a

good time now.

PI: So I guess it’s safe to say you’re happy with your current line up right now?

PG: Yea, its killer. And unless anything crazy happens in the future, this is the line up we’d like to keep for well,

forever.

PI: So what’s next for Trivium?

PG: Our Album comes out August 7th and then A LOT of touring, haha. We have a tour in the fall with a band that

I’m not supposed to say yet, that will be in the states. That’s the plan for right now.

PI: Well thank you so much Paolo for sitting down with me and Plug’d In.

PG: No problem, it was awesome.

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