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Interview With Ceremony’s Frontman Ross Farrar
Ceremony is a rare breed for music these days. They are going to be a huge part of the hardcore/punk scene and are a band you shouldn’t ignore. To me they sound dangerous and I love it. I recently had the honor catching up with frontman Ross Farrar about the direction of their new album “Rohnert Park” as well as the Giants and some of his favorite horror movies. Oh and guitarist “Toast” chimes in on some of his favorites too. Enjoy.
SuperRadMike: So “Rohnert Park” is pretty close to being released, how pumped are you guys to finally get it out?
Ross Farrar: We’re excited to see what people think of it. It’s totally different from our other releases and to be honest I don’t think people in the hardcore/punk community are going to accept it, like it, whatever. We came at this record in a different way, absolute confusion.
SuperRadMike: What was the recording like for this album, did you guys do things differently this time or did you stick with what you know?
Ross Farrar: Many changes. We did gang vocals for the first time, a new wave song/70’s era punk song, homemade samples from a tape recorder, bottle tapping, etc. weird science.
SuperRadMike: What can we expect from this album, is it going to be in the same fashion as “Still Nothing Moves You” or can we expect something totally different?
Ross Farrar: It is the exact opposite of “Still Nothing Moves You” or “Snemy” as I call it. The songs are more verse/chorus and not as aggressive as “Still Nothing Moves You”. We didn’t do anything fast and when I say fast I mean thrashy or blasty or going further with the hands.
SuperRadMike: What were some influences of the influences you had for this record, I can assume this is album hits close to home considering the title of your album is where you guys are from.
Ross Farrar: The things we get inspiration from are all different. All of us are so different and we’re all living lives farther and farther from each other. Anthony lives with his girlfriend in Oakland (in the same apartment building as Toast) and JD I see once every six months (he’s clapped up in his apartment doing technical math) and Jake is around (we watched some basketball yesterday) and the fucking Giants lost to the Dodgers yesterday, which pissed me off because this season is important to me. I really am into the Giants this year and I need them to win. If they don’t I get a little depressed and it effects the rest of my day. Musically, we aren’t as inspired as you’d think. Much of what we listen to is old and as far as new stuff I can’t say for the rest of the band, I never talk to them about music. New bands that I like are pop/indie kinds. I’ve been listening to Sunny Day Real Estate and The Morning Benders lately.
SuperRadMike Since your last release and even a little before that you guys have toured with some legends such as Converge and AFI, what can we look forward to this year as far as touring goes?
Ross Farrar: We’re going to Japan in the middle of May with Bane and Cruel Hand. We’re doing a weekend in LA after that with local bands and playing a show with 7 Seconds, Circle Jerks and Municipal Waste. After that we’re doing a US tour with who knows and hopefully going to Australia or Europe in the fall.
SuperRadMike: I was curious if you would be kind enough to maybe share some of your favorite horror flicks or maybe some ones you might be looking forward to this year.
Ross Farar: My favorite of all time – I don’t know if this can be classified as horror, but The Shinning is my favorite type of horror, suspense, etc. Besides that Texas Chainsaw, Friday the 13th, Fright Night, Funny Games and Night Of The Living Dead.
Toast: Trying to avoid the obvious ones here…
-Zombie (for the Zombie vs. Shark scene)
-Final Destination, all of them
-May
-Dead Alive
-Re-Animator
Looking forward to:
-Piranhas 3D
-Hatchet 2
-Anything that isn’t The Black Waters Of Echos Pond
Ceremony will release “Rohnert Park” on June 8, 2010 and pre-order info will be coming soon. But until then you can pre-order their EP “Rohner Park EP: Sick” which comes out May 4th. Pre-order HERE
Seminal slasher Scream rewrote the rules in 1996, and for its 30th anniversary, Varèse Sarabande and Craft Recordings are celebrating with a new anniversary reissue of Marco Beltrami’s landmark score.
The original 14-track album returns to vinyl in a collectible “blood-soaked” sleeve on August 28.
If blood red isn’t your color, there’s good news: the reissue will also be available in many different limited-edition exclusive pressings.
In addition to the wide “Woodsboro Bloodbath” red vinyl pictured below, look for the following exclusives:
- “Knife’s Edge” silver vinyl with poster (Target)
- “Surprise, Sidney” metallic blend vinyl (Barnes & Noble)
- “Don’t Hang Up” clear vinyl (Books-A-Million)
- “I’ll Be Right Back” blue vinyl (Urban Outfitters)
- “Final Girl” splatter vinyl (Hot Topic)
- “Wrong Answer” Blood Red Splatter vinyl (Varèse Sarabande/Craft Recordings)
- “Final Phone Call” blue vinyl at select indie retailers
An Extended Cut Edition of the Scream (Original Motion Picture Score), featuring all 40 of the film’s cues from the 2022 Scream boxset, will also be available on CD. All formats are available to pre-order or pre-save today.
Top L-R: “Knife’s Edge” silver vinyl with poster (Target), “Surprise, Sidney” metallic blend vinyl (Barnes & Noble), “Don’t Hang Up” clear vinyl (Books-A-Million),
Bottom L-R: “I’ll Be Right Back” blue vinyl (Urban Outfitters), “Final Girl” splatter vinyl (Hot Topic), “Wrong Answer” Blood Red Splatter vinyl (Varèse Sarabande/Craft Recordings), and “Final Phone Call” blue vinyl (Indie Retail)
Marco Beltrami composed the iconic score as a then young, up-and-coming composer—one who, ironically, had never scored or even seen a horror film.
Yet just three years after he completed the University of Southern California’s rigorous scoring program, Beltrami submitted 13 minutes of music for Scream’s opening sequence and his future was forever changed. “We knew in half a minute that we had found our composer,” Craven told Variety in 2012. “The music was haunting, beautiful and totally original. Marco turned out to be shy and soft-spoken, but a fountain of ideas and innovation. I never looked back.”
Scream (Original Motion Picture Score) (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
CD Tracklist
1. Dimension Logo (0:19)
2. The Cue from Hell (10:33)
3. Trouble in Woodsboro (1:52)
4. Sid’s House (1:12)
5. Red Herring (2:13)
6. Killer Calls Sydney (2:52)
7. Chasing Sidney (1:29)
8. Cell Phone (1:00)
9. Backdoor Gale (0:49)
10. Schoolyard 2 (1:17)
11. Sid’s Doubt (1:23)
12. Bathroom (2:58)
13. Mr. Himbry Gets It (2:11)
14. Sherriff and Dewey (1:21)
15. Tatum’s Torture (2:46)
16. Sidney Wants It (3:09)
17. Dewey and Gale (1:57)
18. Off to See Himbry (0:41)
19. Killer Stabs Billy (2:50)
20. Randy Almost Gets It (2:33)
21. Gale Crashes the Van (1:33)
22. They’re Crazy (9:42)
23. Sid Stabs Billy (4:24)
24. Billy’s Back (0:52)
25. End Credits (1:40)
26. Sid’s Window (0:26)
27. Gut Someone (0:13)
28. Sid Looks (0:16)
29. Billy Looks (0:24)
30. Billy to Cell (0:34)
31. Killer Calls Again (0:35)
32. Bang Into Billy (0:12)
33. Girl Talk (0:54)
34. Video Store (0:45)
35. Why She’s Here (0:16)
36. Billy Sting (0:13)
37. Prescott’s Car (0:29)
38. Hairbrush (0:38)
39. The Cue from Hell (Orchestra Only) (6:28)
40. I Don’t Care (Vocals Performed by Dillon Dixon) (3:01)
Scream – Original Motion Picture Score
Vinyl Tracklist
Side A:
1. Dimension Logo (0:19)
2. The Cue from Hell (10:33)
3. Trouble in Woodsboro (1:52)
4. Red Herring (2:13)
5. Chasing Sidney (1:29)
6. Backdoor Gale (0:49)
7. Schoolyard 2 (1:17)
8. Bathroom (2:58)
Side B:
1. Sherriff and Dewey (1:21)
2. Tatum’s Torture (2:46)
3. Sidney Wants It (3:09)
4. Killer Stabs Billy (2:50)
5. They’re Crazy (9:42)
6. End Credits (1:40)
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