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ghost, just leave

sorry for the severe lack of updates. i will not spend a thousand words per subject, as im known for. ill just brush briefly on each topic.

RECORDING
we are still in the process of recording guitars. everyone in the band has a full time job of sorts except john, but he is busy with circle of defeat and filling in for sixes, as well as having a part time job from home and a girlfriend who lives 2 hours away. needless to say, we are all very busy dudes, so recording during the week has been nearly impossible.

we are about 70% done with guitars. its sounding fucking phenomenal. when i dont have a bunch more to talk about, i will break down some details of it, but suffice to say, we've spent a total of about 5 10 hr days on guitar, really working on making it sound as good as possible. should wrap it up this weekend or early next week, then we move onto bass.

next, as some of you read the note from chug, he has been going through a lot of personal issues. mostly health related, but it causes a serious serious depression that i think almost all of us have faced at one point or another in our lives. its not easy to overcome and im proud of him for pulling out.

as for the future of open fire & chug, it remains to be seen. we've always been a pretty open book. if you talk to us or know us, we dont hide behind the bullshit lines or anything. frankly: none of us have a lot of faith in chug's dedication right now as it rests on shakey foundation. he is only recording a few songs on guitar as he hasnt been to many practices over the last couple months to learn the 2nd half of the record. and for those of you who saw us july 10th in centralia, you saw john our bassist filling in on guitar.

so, for now, we dont know where we're going. we are spending every second we can on this album and thats basically all that is infront of us, except...

THIS SATURDAY. LAST VIADUCT SHOW EVER.
our friend shane from MIRROR THE GHOST and MONSTER MONSTER is filling in on drums as daniel is gone on tour with his other band idols, so please come out and make shane feel welcome for this show. plus, the show is only $5 donation...as in if you dont have it or dont wanna pay, you wont be turned away. but all proceeds go into opening a new venue in the heart of tacoma. why the fuck wouldnt you support that?

Here we go

Yeah I fucked up. Most people that know me don't understand that I live life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety, and Panic Disorder. Basically unmedicated I have no drive or sense of feeling towards accomplishing anything. I've been struggling with this for years and when it seems like everything is under control something happens which causes me to go into a downward spiral ending with me either A) "Quitting the band" or B) Ignoring/coming up with excuses not to practice or play shows. The last couple months have been hard for me due to running out of Klonopin which is one of the medications I'm on that fights panic disorder. The cause of that effect was me going into another depression where I wouldn't/didn't do anything and stayed home ignoring how it took a toll on those around me who cared for me. This lead to me ultimately not going to practice and missing a show with no warning towards the rest of the band. Steve and I had a short but meaningful talk which in turn helped me realize how much this band means to me and how much I love being around everyone involved with it. I've been given another chance to prove myself to them and show that this is what I want to do with my life right now besides work and I'm not going to fuck it up. Going into the studio today to start tracking guitars and getting myself back into the loop. I love you guys more than I show it and this band is one of the things that keeps me going.

-Chug

guitars day 2

well, yesterday went a little more smoothly. and considerably thicker.



theres the rhythem section set up. suffice to say, this record is sounding better every day, hour and minute we spend on it. we spent a couple more hours tracking, testing, sampling, fucking around with and fine tuning the amps and guitars til we locked down what we think is a pretty fucking gnarly, perfect tone.

but we are still a long, long ways from this being done. we knew when we started this that it would be a long and painful process but so utterly worth it. i cant wait to progress.



this guy is keeping us busy and on our toes (avoiding poop) meanwhile being the "God of Wisdom, Poetry, The Hunt and Victory"

and this post wouldnt be complete without a fuck you.



also: new video update coming soon ;)

not a lot done last night.

did some testing for tracking guitars for a couple songs, to try out some tones. we're gunna do more of that tonight. we are aiming to have a rich, thick wall of guitars that drives this record home, and we wont settle for mediocre guitar tone. so it may be a couple more days of fucking around until we find what we really want.

hope you all can stick with us through this long process. <3

steve

GUITARS

start TODAY.

like gorilla biscuits

holy shit

like the 8th time watching that video, its still funny. everyone watch that video below. or get MOOSHED

K10 MIOBI from the future

-fisch n john

step 2: guitars

so drums are done completely. im thrilled, listening to them and practicing the guitar riffs is making my head spin in the best possible way.

on that note: we are recording guitars come monday. im pretty stoked to start this process as it really shapes the tone and vibe of the record. we are trying to get a a really thick, slamming guitar tone, and to do that we're trying out a LOT of different shit. for amps we'll be using (we'll get specific gear specs up come monday when we start tracking) a marshall jvm 410h, a peavey vtm60, a peavey 5150, a framus cobra, a soldano (avenger i think), an orange (i wanna say it was a rockverb? dont remember), and possibly one more.

as you can tell, we're gunna be getting pretty damn nutty with our guitar tones. :) i cant wait. if the guitars sound half as good as daniels drumming, we're in really good shape, people.

whos trying to see inception this weekend?

a side note

our old vocalist Rick Plasencia got married a couple weeks ago. if you havent already and have the means to (phone, internet, etc), congratulate him! heres to him and pam. and josh's fucking classic looking picture.



ps josh is taking pics of us in the studio.....so lets hope we look half that good

yesterday

we finished drums on the album yesterday. lot of fuckin songs. its wild.

the show last night was cool. other bands were rockin. we did okay. thanks to anyone who stuck around and watched us.

we have weird news to put out soon.

Motherfuckas show respect!

So today, Daniel is finishing up the drums tracks. Fixing the little errors(there werent many!), doing samples, and finishing our secret song. He is a beast! He blew through 7 songs in one day and finished the other 4 the next day. Over an hour of music in 2 days, incredible! We start guitars next week! Wish me luck!
-fisch mioli

Tomorrow in Centralia

ps

daniel finished 60 full minutes of drums in 2 days of tracking. one and a half, technically. what a mother fucker. applaud the man.

fuck you part 4 of 1000

yeah, its back

no sleep til...tacoma.

260 minutes later, i am barely what i would call "rested". im fucking exhausted but i suppose its for a good cause: we were in the studio til about 1030 last night. im struggling to keep my eyes open but i got a big smile on my face, because i keep thinking about how the drums are turning out. one thing that i have to say first and foremost: DANIEL MATSON IS A FUCKIN BEAST.

honest to god, i know dude is good and is very tight, but yesterday he tracked 7 songs. thats over half of the record...and trust me, it is a long ass album, so the fact he nailed that is inspiring. im proud to have that dude holding up our rhythm section.

songs he recorded: "The Path of Most Resistance", "What Means the Most" "The Moral Eclipse" "Curse of the Quixotic" "Graveyards Adrift" "Faith-Healer / Death-Dealer" and "Sticks and Stones". the drums sound fucking awesome and gnarly, so stoked on the toms!!!

also, fisch and i are bringing back the flip off posts of earlier days in this blog. get stoked kiddoz, this album is gunna sound pretty fucking huge

-steve

For all you psychosocials!

you idiots!
-fisch mioli

well today is the day

Open Fire! start recording I Am The Curse today. We have been waiting a long time to get to this point! It feels good to know we are actually going to get this recorded and put out. I am most stoked to hear the final versions on Curse Of The Quixotic and Graveyards Adrift. These are my two favorite songs on the record, but I think the whole record is gold.

We also have a show this saturday at the Quesadilla Factory in Centralia with To The Wind, Like Trumpets, Breaking Ground, Seahaven, City Of God, and Troubled Coast. $5 at 7pm! I hope some kids roll down and mosh like idiots!

-fisch mioli

you would think john b posted this

but he didnt, its me stelo

studio in 24 hours

weird. really fuckin weird.

on the topic of weird shit:

6 days.

its kind of surreal that we're going into the studio in 6 days. we're actually tracking our fucking album. its been so long. ive written this record almost 3 times over, with many many scrapped riffs and songs and parts with additional input from many many musicians.

rick, kenny, brent, ian, nick, nicky, have all contributed big and small to this record and its important for me to acknowledge that. as much work as ive put into this thing (and about to put in way the fuck more), it wouldnt be possible without those other people. so to them, thank you. i love you guys.

i havent posted a tracklisting yet because its sort of still up in the air. we have 11 full songs, SEVERAL interludes, and a song me and daniel have worked on that may or may not be recorded, and the arrangement may or may not change over the process. but rest assured, i will tell you this.............shit is long. looking at about 60 minutes running time. ill be surprised if any of you listen to the whole thing.

-steve

ps......we are looking into the possibilities of merch. im paying off a shit ton of debt so we can play a few out of state shows, but in the meantime it leaves us short for money for merch.........but we're looking into possibilities. cross your fingers for us. <3