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dude who doesn’t care. People are coming out from
miles to rehearse and some dude doesn’t have the
common courtesy to call and say they’re going to
be late and he lives five minutes from the studio we
are rehearsing and everyone is coming 30, 35 plus
miles. With this band, everyone is communicating
on messenger. “Hey we’re practicing tonight!” “What
time?” Don’t get me wrong, we do have our moments
of forgetfulness like, “Oh shit, rehearsal today, oh my
god you know, I forgot! Sometimes there’s a lot of last
minute, “Hey, I know we’re supposed to rehearse tomorrow,
but I have a show I have to work and I can’t
do it.” Everyone is flexible and then we will move it
to the middle of the week. That’s kind of what we did
tonight. It’s really good that everyone is very flexible
and really courteous. That’s what I like a lot about
this band.
Mark: Everything’s very constructive, even when we
debate stuff. It’s always constructive and we always
come out with a better idea, better song, better whatever
it is we are debating because it is very constructive.
It’s not like we just argue over stuff. We really
work together on it.
Photo: Ant
being said, we kind of do like the majority rule. For
instance, in songs, song placement, that’s another
thing that sets us apart. We really take our time
on our set list. Our set list is not, “Hey let’s put this
first!” It’s thought out, it’s somewhat methodical.
We’re trying to take people on a ride.
Jeff: I think because everyone has the same goals
and everyone has the same taste in music. For the
most part, I don’t really argue about directions cause
it’s all stuff I want to play anyways. Everyone is on
the same page and not like one person wants to play
Hatebreed only stuff and the other guy wants to play
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Donnie: Those two (Mark and Jason) are brothers.
Brothers are going to have their moments and I
know that’s how it is but whatever. Sometimes you
got to hold Jason back from throwing swings.
(LAUGHTER)
Donnie: As you can tell here!
The silent killer!
(Laughter)
Donnie: We got it on video, but he was much younger
though.
Mark: That is on video at the black Barbie show.
Donnie: Actually for me though, that video is something
I want erased all together. That was not a good
night for any of us. But, we try to respect each other,
we try to respect each other’s time. I got so sick
and tired of being in bands where there is that one