A Thousand Torches (tumblelog)

We’re playing with The Wonder Years tonight, who had a new album come out today.  We also released our official video for “Conspiracy”.  Everything is over at our website: www.terriblethings.net.  Can’t wait to play tonight and then head out on Warped!!!

-Fred Mascherino

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PropertyOfZack revealed the Hot Rod Circuit portion of our interview with Andy Jackson just the other day, but we’re happy to be releasing the other section regarding Terrible Things and Death In The Park today. Andy and I discussed the circumstances behind his exit from Terrible Things, label issues, new Death In The Park music, touring, and more. It’s very informative on the situation, so read up.

I guess we’ll start with the obvious: Nearly a month ago you announced your departure from Terrible Things. Briefly after that, Josh Eppard did an interview with us stating that it wasn’t exactly your call and you mildly rebutted by saying there are two sides to every story. What’s your side?
He said a lot of things that made sense and that weren’t false. It’s just three or four weeks before that Fred and I had talked and we knew we were getting dropped from the label and I’d just been contemplating the band in itself anyway because we weren’t making any money. I’ve got three kids, an ex-wife, and a dog and a life as well. I had a band, Death In The Park, that was doing okay before we even started Terrible Things and I put it on hold as well as my life for that band and all we did was spend money. Not that being in a band is about money, but when I say no money, I mean I made $0 being in that band. I spent probably $20,000 being in that band. I spent my savings and did everything I could because I believed in the band. Nothing was panning out. Every band I’ve ever been in has found a way somehow to make some kind of money to survive. Maybe it was because we were on a major label and didn’t have the same opportunities to do things the way we wanted to as much, but it just didn’t seem like things were really panning out. I needed a change in my life; I had a lot of things going on. I know that some personal stuff got brought up about a relationship that I was in and about some things that were going down. I don’t mind talking about those things, but I don’t want to trash talk anybody. I wasn’t on drugs, but I was going through a destructive path in my life where I needed a complete change. I took the time to sit back and look at things and I wanted to do something in my life and become something more positive. I was really tired of being where I was and people kept coming to me every day and asked why I wasn’t singing and why I wasn’t doing this and why Death In The Park wasn’t doing that, and after you hear that so many times, it made me think maybe I should do Death In The Park or Hot Rod. I’ve written music my whole life and I’ve worked at it for so long and I just started to miss it.

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propertyofzack:

The news that Andy Jackson had left Terrible Things shocked many, and PropertyOfZack was lucky enough to be able to talk to Josh Eppard from the band yesterday to clear some things up. Josh and I discussed the events that lead up to Jackson’s departure, what side was in charge of making the decision, how they will continue on with him, and more. Please read up on it to get a better sense of the situation, however unfortunate it may be. 

Last night Andy Jackson announced to the world that he was no longer a member of Terrible Things. When did Andy inform you and Fred of his decision?
Well, it was me that informed him that he would no longer be in the band. There are a lot of things when you’re in a band, and he lives pretty far away. I don’t really care how people take it. Andy didn’t quit the band; it just kind of happened. I know that that seems like a very kind of convenient thing to say, but he was really far away. We toured as much as we possibly could. We toured pretty non-stop. There was a good seven month block there where we were only home for collectively two or three weeks. It just got to the point where we didn’t know how it was going to work when people lived so far from each other. I don’t know how much I’m permitted to say. Terrible Things is a band. I don’t want to say the wrong things. When you have a record label that is helping to cover those costs things are a lot easier. Terrible Things has been met with a lot of adversity lately in the way that we don’t know if we’re going to be with Universal anymore. Well, I know we’re not going to be. We’re basically dropped from Universal. We’re going to continue on. I just called Andy and had a heart to heart and we just kind of both figured that it didn’t make sense. He’s got other things going on. I realize there are a lot of vague things in there. I don’t want to say anything to upset anybody. Andy didn’t quit the band, and in the same sense he wasn’t fired. It just really had to stop, if that makes any sense.

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Go over to watch! http://www.nervousenergies.com

The band performed 2 Terrible Things songs, 1 Queen cover, Josh did a Weerd Science song, and Andy did 2 Hot Rod Circuit songs. All amazing!

(via nervousenergies)

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Then you should take advantage of this post with the links to their blogs and start doing so. Fred and Andy.

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Heading to Philly to try out a new song at @WillNoon’s studio.  Something about the snow made me write a ton of new riffs and now I’m too impatient to not hear how they sound.  Should be a sweet day hanging out with one of my oldest friends.  I’ll report back