Here are some pictures that Fred took of Ill Repute/Stop Breathing (ex Missing 23rd) on Nov. 14th 2009 at Rock City in Camarillo, CA. I'll add that they're out of order and I am missing a picture of Jon 23rd singing because it didn't save correctly. Sorry!
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Stop Breathing has already scored their own column in the Ventura County Reporter.
CHECK IT OUT.
Sounding the 805
New all-star band forms, plus punk rock in Camarillo
By Chris Mastrovito 11/12/2009
Members from the once ubiquitous but now disbanded The Missing 23rd , The Return and Glass & Ashes have spawned Stop Breathing!, a spanking new project that will play its debut show at Rock City Studios in Camarillo this Friday, Nov. 13, along with Ventura punkers Wages of Fear, L.A.’s the Inoculators and Oxnard hardcore forefathers Ill Repute.
Stop Breathing! is fronted by John Crerar, the current drummer for local thrash band The F-ing Wrath. Crerar, who has not flexed his vocal chords this seriously since The Missing 23rd broke up in 2004, screams an earful, only now he does it with a band that is less old-school skate-thrash and no-nonsense, unrelenting heavy hardcore.
Justin Dempsey, veteran drummer for the widely popular trio The Return (which drew a sizable following for the better part of a decade in Ventura County and far beyond before going on indefinite hiatus in 2007) tries his hand at hardcore punk, a far cry from the slower-tempo, reggae- and ska-influenced grooves of his last project. However, Dempsey, who gives drum lessons at Rock City and played Keith Moon in its production of Tommy, seems to have no problem adjusting. Other limbs on this Frankenstein’s monster are former Glass & Ashes members bassist Mike Carter, currently of the Florida punk band The Young Livers, and lead guitarist Jesse Jenny as well as guitarist King Ben, who drums for the Oxnard rockabilly band Deadbeat Sinners.
While the web of musical affiliations can be complex, the bottom line is simple: any fan of punk and hardcore living in proximity to Ventura County should be required to attend this show. Rock City, like many all-ages venues, historically does not tolerate the kind of “dancing” that punk shows inspire, but a recent lift on the dancing ban is sure to be an incentive for those inclined toward moving in circles. If you are younger than 21, this is a rare opportunity to see Ill Repute play an all-ages show, let alone one in Camarillo. If you are older than 21, Take Five Cocktails is right next door to quench your thirst.
Also this Friday, at Outlaws Bar & Grill in Camarillo (literally right across the street from Rock City, with free admission, as always) will be The Generator, perhaps Ventura County’s loudest rock band. In an intimate setting like Outlaws, be warned that these dudes pack serious wattage, so leave your inside voices at home. They will open for punk legends Fearat the Brixton in Redondo Beach on Dec. 18, and, according to guitarist Joe Valdivieso, they will be giving out free tickets to that show at Outlaws.
Ojai invaded Nicholby’s in Ventura last weekend with performances by Char-Man, Home Now (formerly Hindu Kush) and Kyle Hunt and the King Gypsy. Home Now, along with its name change, brings a different energy to its sound. The band’s newest track, “Walls,” carries with it an urgency that features a driving, electro-pop beat and a jazzy rhythm guitar riff that boosts the group into contemporary and perhaps more accessible territory. Musically, this song recalls the most haunting tracks on Radiohead’s 2007 In Rainbows. The new sound seems to reflect the band’s desire to find common ground with audiences, a new direction made manifest by a name it hopes everyone can relate to. “Walls” is the only track currently streaming on the band’s MySpace site, and will be the first track on the next record, due to be completed in the coming weeks.
Fatalist, one of Ventura’s most widely buzzed-about deathmetal bands, will come out with its debut full-length, The Depths of Inhumanity, on Ibex Moon Records on Nov. 23. The album has already gained favorable reviews on several European metal sites as well as a 7 out of 10 by a reviewer at Decibel Magazine, easily the largest American heavy metal magazine in print.
Also, keep your eyes peeled for the release of the anticipated debut album by Camarillo’s The Grandmas, the third-place winner of Rock City Studio’s 2009 Battle of the Bands. The band just recorded and mixed five new tracks with producer John Debaun (Franklin for Short; I Was a Lover, Delorean Was a Dealer; the Mars Volta). These and previous demo recordings are all streaming on MySpace and, pending a cover art decision, should drop in early December.
Sounding the 805 is Ventura County’s only biweekly local music column. If you have a tip, a suggestion, a complaint, some dish or just a kind word, shoot Chris Mastrovito an e-mail.
cmastrov@yahoo.com
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