![]() ![]() ![]() That leader crap, that doesn't mean anything to me, man. ![]() Who would want to be a follower? Do you envision an underground of equals, or will there always be hierarchy? : Converge has been lauded as a leader in the hardcore scene. There's always the ADD high school dropout kids who are into us. And honestly I don't think our shows have that much of a chance of losing the violent aspect. (laughs) At the same time I'm happy that people who aren't necessarily into hardcore are showing up and kind of learning about it. : Are you worried that as Converge becomes more well known, shows will become less fun as more people come to witness rather than participate? I wish that more people in hardcore had the work ethic that those guys do. I mean I know the guys in Bleeding Through, they're great guys, you know, not really the scene I'm into, but I really admire their work ethic the amount of time and effort they put into their music. : What do you think of the current crop of successful hardcore bands, like Bleeding Through, Atreyu, who've become ubiquitous in the scene in such a short time? Later, on stage, Nate was on fire, rocking the bass and quipping wildly between songs, at one point opining tounge-in-cheekly that "Life is supposed to suck all the time." "It looks like a concentration camp,"I remarked. As we walked away from the venue to find some privacy, we joked about how scary the new 15 foot high fences surrounding the Pound were. I called Nate's cell at exactly six-thirty, and he came outside through a phalanx of gates and staff to meet me. Interview with Nate Newton, bassist for Converge October 14, 2004. ![]()
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