INTRODUCTION:
Welcome to issue 4 of Snail Trail
Newsletter!! In this issue we’ve got some local band listening recommendations
and live reviews as always but we’ve also got an interview with the always
awesome, Kat Monroe!! You all going out to shows?? GOOD!! There are way too
many rad bands going around right now for you to miss out on!!
As for Brain Fragment, we’re stoked as fuck
to be playing with D.I.!! One of the bands we grew up listening to, one of the
many bands that influenced us as musicians from the start. We’re still working
on writing music with our new vocalist, Ash, and will hopefully be recording an
E.P. soon and we’ve got a Bay Area mini tour booked with our friends Rock ‘N’
Roll Suicides at the end of February. Also, don’t forget to check out our
interview with Liberate Justice Entertainment on YouTube!!!
Enough about us, now it’s time to see what
everyone else is up to…
- Ogden
LISTENING RECOMENDATIONS:
ARTIST: Day Drunk
ALBUM: Lower Your Expectations
LABEL: N/A
STYLE: Punk
ARTIST: Action
Friend
ALBUM: For You The World
LABEL: N/A
STYLE: Progressive
ARTIST: King
Parrot
ALBUM: Ugly Produce
LABEL: Agonia
Records
STYLE: Metal
LIVE REVIEWS!!!
Whereas:
Whereas is an improvisational hardcore band
from Los Angeles that will melt your fucking face off!! It’s loud, it’s noisy
and it’s intense. This band is one you have to see live because no two sets are
going to be the same. Mad skills and mad passion combined with unpredictability
makes this a very unique live experience that you don’t want to miss out on.
Lost Lands:
Grindcore as fuck!! Some brutal riffage and
fast as fuck drumming with vicious fucking vocals, Lost Lands is pure
aggression and nothing but!! High energy, loud and heavy they’re a band that
will make you want to smash shit!! Each song is short and to the point but not
without its skill. Their sound is tight but still keeps it raw, nothing too
polished or clean and you wouldn’t want it any other way.
Ciphers of Transcendence:
Punk. Fucking. Rock. Hella melodies, hella
furry, hella fuckin’ attitude!! C.O.T. is probably the most original punk band
most of us have heard recently and have they the live performances to prove it. Don’t
fucking miss seeing them live. Sing along, slam dance and fucking rage to
C.O.T. or you’ll regret it one day. Every song is so full of sincerity with a
message that all of us can relate to. Are you poor? Are you angry? Do you want
us all to get along regardless of cultural background or appearance? Then
C.O.T. is just what the fuck you fucking need. They’re strong but emotional at
the same time with a camaraderie that you can only find within your own local
punk scene. These foo’s are the real fuckin’ deal so I suggest you get the fuck
out to one of their shows as soon as you get the chance!!
KAT MONROE INTERVIEW!!!
STN: So you're out there tearin' it up!! You got Kaotic Radio and you're
always putting on shows at the Doll Hut, what got you started in all of this?
Kat: Hmmm. I started promoting as a teenager for boyfriends bands
late 80's early 90's. You know old paper flyer, dial up
phone
days. When you had to Xerox out flyers and sit for hours on the phone on your
bed with a note pad, calendar and paper. lol My first husband was a musician,
in a metal band, I helped him book and promote his shows. That marriage fell
apart and I left it all to have a "normal" life. Then I got married
again to another musician and was again in the mix of helping out his and other
friends bands and I am also an artist. So I quit my job teaching and decided to
open an art gallery; a place for like minded artists and musicians to gather. There
I was able to help promote our musician and artist friend’s art and music. We
had monthly and weekly music and art shows. During that time, I realized how
much I loved to help others with their passion for art and music. During that
time I met Mac of the Doll Hut where he asked me to host-book Sunday Art and
music shows, bringing artists and musicians together. Eventually I had to close
down my gallery and got into working with other local promoters to help book
shows. It's a super long story really... I started off with just myself at Ms.
Kat Monroe Presents and was hosting/booking a few shows here and there at
various venues around LA and OC. A few years back I met my partner of Toxic Kat
Productions KZ AnRchy and things really started rolling after that. We appeared
on Kaotic Radio's Beautiful Disaster show in Aug of 2015 as guests to promote
our Toxic Kat Productions shows. Dutchie Hollands The host of the show/now
owner of Kaotic Radio and I hit it off and he asked me to be his co-host for
the show, he eventually offered for me to host my own DIY music show and it has
just snowballed from there.
STN: I'm curious what you taught and why you got into teaching.
Kat: Started off as a school librarian at a Catholic School. Then
a substitute teacher for 5,6,7 & 8 grades then ended up a 5th grade teacher
at the same catholic school. But I couldn’t do it. I spent more time with other
people’s kids helping them than my own. And I couldn’t be myself. It was stuffy
I had to hide my tattoos and my personality. You can’t be happy like that. I
learned that it is ok to be happy.
STN:
I'm also curious about what you've got planned for the future of both your
events and your show? Is there an ultimate goal or are you just having fun with
it?
Kat: As far as the future, only the universe knows. So far it has
not directed me in the wrong direction. I love promoting and helping others achieve
their dreams and goals. I guess that is my goal, to help as many as I can doing
what I love to do.
STN: Do you do any art of your own?
Kat: I have a ton of art. I don't share it as much as I used to,
When I lost the gallery, for a while after I felt like I kind of lost a part of
myself and haven’t really gone back to doing art. It may or may not come back
to me, but for now I am really enjoying this musical adventure the Universe has
set me on. I've been in a few publications for my art and was in lots of art
shows, but I don't think I will ever again. Why? I just don't feel it like I
used to, it seems like music runs through my blood now.
STN: I know you've been practicing bass, you going to
start a band or is it just for the fun of it?
Kat: Bass.. Huh yeah I played some when I was married to my ex
with his bands just for fun, a jam kind of thing and I would pick it up every
now and the at my art gallery on the open jam nights we had. A few months ago a
band asked me if I would pick it up again and try with them, but the band was
far and I am so busy.. It was a serious band. I don't think with everything I
have going on
I would
have time for a serious touring band, and I'm not very good.. but I love and
have fun playing it; and if something local and just for fun came around.. Yeah
I'd do it.
STN:
What events or episodes coming up do you want people to keep an eye out for? Kat:
Dec 31 we are having a special Sunday Beautiful
Disaster show. Noon-2pm we are having Discharge live at Kaotic. Rf7 release
party at the Doll Hut St Pattys Day March 17 with Unit F Riotgun and Dirty
Hammer. Listen to kaoticradio.com Tuesdays 4-6pm pst for the Beautiful Disaster
Show and every Thursday 4-6pm pst for Look What Kat Dragged In...
STN: And is there anything in particular that you'd like to
put out there? Any shout outs or advice?
Kat: Advice? Go with the flow and Do what you love. Plus it
helps to have a supportive partner that is always helping to push you in the
right direction. Kyle is the silent part of Toxic Kat Productions and he is
great at encouraging me to reach further each time a good opportunity comes
along.
Kat is one of the people out there
making it happen for all of us!! Those of us who are musicians and artists, and
those of us who simply appreciate music and art. She is not one to be
overlooked by any means!! One of the
funnest and most genuine people in the SoCal underground music scene these days.
Check her out on Kaotic radio and go to her shows at the Doll Hut!! She’s
recently become person in charge of booking/coordinating events at the
Doll Hut, which isn’t surprising
considering her hard work and dedication, but is pretty funny when you consider
the fact that she used to sneak into the Doll Hut when she was a kid.
UPCOMMING
EVENTS:
Jan
4 @ Five Star bar
Shred
Bundy, Unscarred, Blakk Widowed etc..
267
S Main St, Los Angeles, Ca
Jan
6: Warfest @ Gaslamp
Agent
Orange, Guttermouth etc..
6251
E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, Ca
Jan
7 @ Brew Rebellion
Darky
Dark and the Junkie Bunch, HELLFARM, Alpine Circuitry
160-176
N Leland Norton Way, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Jan
8 @ The Doll Hut
Cerebral
Spasm, Carnal Bliss, Vile Mutilation etc..
107
S Adams St, Anaheim, Ca
21+
Jan
11 @ Club 5
Shred
Bundy, Misery Ritual, Humor Me, Panzram..
82971
Bliss Ave. Indio, CA
21+
Jan
13 House Show
Humor
Me, Panzram, Indecent Exposure etc..
On
El Cajon in Desert Hot Springs, ask for address..
Jan
13 @ Doll Hut
Radolescents,
Doggy Style, El Nada etc..
107
S Adams St, Anaheim, Ca
21+
Jan
18 Johnny Khan @ The Whiskey
8901
Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Jan
19 @ De Via Bella Pizza
Naked
Aggression, Corrupted Youth, Day Drunk, C.O.T. etc..
3812
Pierce St. Riverside, CA
Jan 20 Noise @ The Void
Misery
Ritual, Diclonius, Hermit of Elsinor etc..
You
know where it’s at!! If not ask.
Jan
27 @ DBA256
The
Kyotees, Brain Fragment mtba..
256
S Main St, Pomona, CA 91766
21+
Feb
2 @ The Doll Hut
Twisted
Black Sole
107
S Adams St, Anaheim, CA 92802
21+
Feb
3 @ The Void
Skullfucker,
Brain Fragment, Goshen etc…
You
know where it’s at. If not, ask!!
Feb
11 @ Brew Rebellion
Sculpin,
Whining Pussies, Humor Me, Alpine Circuitry etc..
160-176
N Leland Norton Way, San Bernardino, CA 92408
Feb
21 Ska Night @ MTL
Stupid
Flanders, Karate in the Garage etc..
3630
University Ave, Riverside, CA
March
17 RF7 release party @ The Doll Hut
RF7,
Brain Fragment etc..
107
S Adams St, Anaheim, CA 92802
21+
March
23 @ DiPiazza’s
The
Grims, Madhouse, The Humanoids etc..
5205
E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, Ca
March
24 Next Level Shit @ The Void
Brain
Fragment, Karas, Whereas, Alpine Circuitry
You
know where the fuck it’s at and if not then ask!!
The above listed are
just a few of the shows going on all the fuckin’ time!! Now get out there and
hit up some fucking shows!!
