MOUNTAIN
TAMER
BAND REVIEW
PHOTOS AND INTERVIEW
BY LISA CABRAL
How long have you guys been rocking?
Probably five years.
How many roadies do you guys have?
I would say a rotating constant of three.
Classified.
How many groupies are too many
groupies?
Science hasn’t reached that number yet.
We cannot quantify that. Infinite amount is
alright.
What was your best gig?
Man, I think Austin, Texas. Cheer Up Charlie’s. There was a show here too where I got
naked and it was like, really fuckin’ wild.
There were two shows in Austin that were
crazy cause we played a house show on the
4th of July and they do not fuck around on
the 4th of July in Austin, Texas. It was just
like fireworks in the house. We had to restart
the power like 10 times. People were skating
in the attic, doing kick flips and shit. Yeah it
was tight, that was probably the best.
What was your worst gig?
Here. So many. There’s so many bad gigs.
There was a gig where I broke a pedal and
this kid that played in like another band
wouldn’t let me use his. We’re like one song
in and I broke my drum pedal and we’re like,
“Yo guys”, they’re sitting like right in front
of the stage, like they just played, all their
gear’s on the floor and we’re like, ”Yo guys,
can we use your kick pedal?” And they like
(gave a strange look) and I just like lit up
and like blew up on ‘em. I’m like “Fuck these
guys! They’re not about community!”, and
they were all trying to talk shit to us. We