Member Since: 6/12/2004
Band Website: xcatalystx.com
Band Members: Alan D..: has a lot of shit in his face and nappy dreads, professional piercer, crazy with the body mods and has a shittier car than Kurt, which is saying something. Says he's not a hippy, but everyone else thinks he is. Rastaman!
Chris S.: sweet dude, he wails on the guitar like there's no tomorrow. college student and Bloomington resident, his ass got logged.
K. Austin: vocals, runs Catalyst Records, former vocalist for Birthright, only has one working vocal chord, hangs out a lot, listens to a lot of hip hop and reads nerdy fantasy books. Really wants to be a hip hop star.
S. Kent P.: drums, drives a scooter for a living, german tutor, Settlers enthusiast, drives the furthest to come practice, and before Alan came along had more tattoos than the rest of the band combined.
Marky Mark: guitar numero dos, we don't really know what he does besides play video games, says "safety" a lot, and live with Chris. Oh, Ms. Pacman, like 8 in the world or some shit.
Influences:
straight edge is a political statement.
It is the politics of regaining control over the self, of taking back from those who wish to control you. It is the politics of rejecting the "values" that have been instilled in us, that have been etched in our hearts-greed, apathy and selfishness. In a system dependant on the intoxication and ignorance of the masses, the abstention from the same can be nothing other than a rebellion against the system. Our minds drowned and chained by unjust and empty traditions, straight edge is a rejection of the assumption by our culture that we will partake in their poisons, another fuel to their machine, another blind consumer for their industry.
More than abstention from intoxicants. More than music. More than words. More than friendship.
Ideals. Meaning. Beliefs.
Straight edge for its own sake is nothing, it is worthless.
If not out of selflessness, it is meaningless.
This is the straight edge i believe in.
Reject their system. Take back your life.
Sounds Like: chug chug chug
Record Label: Catalyst Records
Type of Label: Indie