What are you gonna dress up as for Halloween. Matt – I think I’m gonna go as a leotard Steve – I wanna be Peter Pan. Matt – I’ll be the fairy with the dust. Martin – I’ll be the dust. Ok, for real now, Give us a little back ground on Out of Hate as a band. Mark – They met me when I was working at Studio 42 doing piercing.

Matt – Ok I’ll tell the story. I’m in school and had always wanted to be in a band for as long as I can remember. I was in the bathroom and Steve comes up. He says I hear you play bass. I said yea. He said I play guitar, we should get together and jam, so we did.
Steve – Magic
Matt – We played together for about a year or so, and my dad took me to get me first tattoo (showing off the tribal band on his right arm) and Mark was working there.
Steve – And he pierced me.
Mark – Yea I did that to him (point out Steve’s pierced lip) Then we had a falling out with our drummer, lack of motivation, things just went bad. I graduated with Martin and he always said if you ever get a band call me up. We brought him down and we all loved him. I mean we don’t like him but he’s a good drummer. We took him on as one of our own. And from that point we started playing shows around Beaver County, trying to bust our ass to get better and bigger.

So what’s like being in with these guys, as the new kid?
Martin - I was in a few different bands, some were silly or just instrumental, but with them it’s a lot of energy and really fun to play and break stuff.
Mark – Cymbals
Matt – He can’t keep a cymbal for more than 2 months

I saw you carry them in before the show still in the Zildjian bag. Mark – You will see them a lot with him. Martin – The receipt is in the bag. Give us a little description of what the band sounds like. Matt – That is the perfect question, cause we all have totally different answers. As a bass player, I’m geared toward the old school Korn, Mudvayne. Their older stuff too, I’m not to into the new age stuff, ya know, the pounding sound. Like when we all heard “Dig” it blew ya away.

Matt – Ahh Yea, I was like, Who is this? That song is insane.
Mark – I never even new who they were and Matt played them for me. I wasn’t really into the dressing up thing, but that song kicks ass. That song is so hard. He has the DVD and you can watch the different angles and we watched the drummer and damn.
Steve – As a guitar player. I came from the blues, my god is Hendrix. Yngwie a lot of King Krimson.
Matt – He love his Slipknot.
Steve – Yea I listen to a lot of Slipknot…… And Pat Martino and Wes Montgonry. I hate Eric Clapton, DIE! if you ever see this.
Martin – I think I’m just lucky to keep up wit these guys. They are to fast for me. My favorite drummer right now is the guy from Thrice. And my all time favorite is Danna Carrey from Tool. I can not do the tom work or double bass that he can, it’s just amazing.
Mark – Chino Marino of the Deftones he is a huge influence. When he sings it sounds like it’s out of key but it works. He is amazing. I like a lot of the new metal, a lot of the Victory Record bands. I like Slipknot, but some of things I don’t. Musically they are really insane. Most of all I say the Deftones.
I know you have a demo out now, any plans or new recordings, with the new drummer?
Mark – We are going back to the studio in November to re-record the drums, so we have Martin on the demo and we are recording 3 more songs. I might redo some of the vocals on the other cause I’m not real happy with it.

Where did you record at?
Mark – Inner Tube Studio, in Ambridge. He’s booked to the ceiling and the guy is phenomenal and charges next to nothing.
Matt – If he knows your serious he will really bust his ass. He says he get bands in that just don’t give a shit
So why should he.
Matt – Exactly, you gotta be there on time every day,
Mark – We have a link on our site to him www.outofhate.tk

Here is a question we always like to ask the local bands. What do you thing of the local music scene in this area, whether it be the bands or the bars or even the fans.
Mark – For the harder bands it tough. Then there are places like Nick’s Fat City who are really willing to help out. Most bars want pre-sale tickets, lots of people and lots of drinkers.
Martin – Lots of Drinkers!
Matt – We have met ridiculous numbers of bands, just playing here alone that have helped us along.
Steve – Like a lot of the punk bands, and we are kinda always the odd band
Matt – Steve has a lot of aggression toward the local scene. But he’s right we stick out like a sore thumb.
Mark – We get people running out
Matt – One show there were like seven girls who ran out say it’s so loud.
Mark – The local scene here seems to be all fire halls and VFWs. And it’s hard to do shows there, because the don’t want a bunch of kids there and messing shit up. It’s tough to get into the bar scene in Pittsburgh, With maybe a more radio friendly sound.
Like the Buzz Poets or the Clarks?

Mark – Yea, then you can get the shows, It’s like you guys are mellow, you can have the good night. Mark – It’s just hard, cause the venues want tons of people an they all got to be over 21. Steve – Yea a lot of our people we know are under 21. Are there any bands from around here that really stand out to you? Mark, Matt, Steve & Martin – From Nothing.

Matt – There was another band a while ago, but they broke up. Standing Alone, they were bad ass.
Steve – That band that played that show with us. Uhmm Fright Machine.

Tell us about your wildest show.
Matt – There was this party we played, the kid’s whole driveway was full of people.
Steve – I didn’t stop playing even when the cops came and told us to.
Mark – That was a fun show.
Matt – This kid Dave, like stalked us, going, You gotta play, you gotta play.
Steve – It’s a big house party, with parents.
Matt – We were up there and they were like play, play! So we went through our whole set and they were like play again. The cops where all over. People where all over. Everybody was like play again, fuck the cops. But unfortunately I had to pack up because I had to work the next morning. I’m unemployed now. I fell on my head too. Well I almost fell on my bass and I had to decide, my bass or my head. I kept playing, but I thought my head was gonna explode.
Mark – It was a great show and that’s what hurts about the local scene, there is barely anywhere for kids to play or go. The local scene could be huge if there was a place built or a special place to go. Look there is really nothing to do in Beaver County, there is King’s, Eat-n-Park and the mall, that’s it.
Matt – So true, so true.
Steve – You forgot the most important thing, Route 60, we have a road.
Mark – But if you think about the big cities, it’s gotta be tough because of how many bands are there. You have either a dead zone or a flood zone.
Matt – It’s tough everywhere.

What do see for Out of Hate in six months or a year? Mark- Campus tour, college tour! Matt – To get a following to the band, I really don’t care about the money thing to much. I just want to see kids out there for us. We bust our asses trying to play I just want to see people busting there asses to see us play. Steve – In six months I hope to be at Duquesne, for jazz and contemporary, well I got to graduate first. Mark – Or we could still be playing out..

Martin – Well I’m an accountant. I just want to play and go to bed. Play anywhere, I’d play here every night. Maybe quit the job and play even more.
Mark – I just hope that we don’t kill each other in six months. As long as we are still playing, I don’t care. If all your looking for is to get big and you bust your ass and you don’t make it then your just going to get frustrated.
Matt – It’s more about having a good time.
Steve – You can’t be a rock star with out suckin’ you share of ass first.

Well to wrap this all up is there any parting words you want to bestow on our readers?
Mark – We’ll play any show, from 2 people to 2 thousand. We just want people to know that.
Matt – Right on.
Mark – We try to sell the demos but we usually end up giving them away, just so people can hear us.
Martin - I just hope people can be sincere. If they like us then they like us, but if not then, don’t give shallow or fake promises.
Matt - Brutal honesty.