WPB Magazine Fall 2016 | Page 30

west palm beach magazine doesn’t shave, and is known as Boesy, and even known in some countries as DJ Poolside.” our music and positive vibes. We promote love, hope and peace... not hate, anger, depression and violence.   Their full length album “Bright Roads Ahead” was released in
February 2012. We caught up with the band in between gigs at joints like The Square Grouper and CityPlace to get the low down on the past, present and future of Making Faces. What was it like to play China and the Warped Tour to whole new audiences? How did you guys get together and how long have have you been playing together? The band has been together since 2011.  We have all met different ways. Craigslist is how we met our drummer and keyboard player. Neither are serial killers, thank God. Our bass player was the security guard where I live, and he looked bored and saw a bass in our car one day so the conversation started. A few weeks later, he joined the band and left the security gig for rock stardom! What are some of your music influences? We have been influenced by the best bands, artists and ultimate creators like:  Sublime, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 311, James Brown, Prince, Less Than Jake, Fishbone, Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, Michael Jackson, and God. We love music with groove and lyrics with substance. What are some of your favorite places to play? We prefer any spot where people are into live music, like to let loose and have fun. Some of our favorite regular spots are: Conchy Joe’s (Jensen Beach), Copper Blues (West Palm Beach), Margaritaville Resort (Hollywood), The Inlet (Fort Pierce), Kahunas (Deerfield Beach), Propaganda (Lake Worth), Brogue’s Downunder (Lake Worth), and Gilbert’s Resort (Key Largo). We’re all about positive vibes and putting a smile on your face. We like the audience to leave in a better mood with an enhanced well being. Our goal at every show is always to gain fans by impacting people with 30 China was awesome! The Chinese people are excellent hosts. It was so fresh and different. They loved our music and made us feel so welcome, like we were the Beatles or something. They put us in the same hotel that Michael Jackson had stayed at. We played a city called Zhangjiajie, where Avatar was filmed in its breathtaking national forest. We played SunFest and a lady in the audience was connected to the government of Hunan. She said we were her favorite band and invited us to play festival shows out there a few months later. I didn’t believe it at first, but when she started emailing contracts in Chinese and kept telling us to get our passports, I knew it was real. We didn’t know exactly what was happening until we got over there. A leap of faith is always good. The Warped Tour was a great experience as well. We played it two years in a row and enjoyed the crowd energy and passion the audience has for new music. Even though there are many stages and bands, it is organized very well and has been going strong for like 22 years!  We love interacting with the crowd and meeting the other local, regional and national acts. We would love to do it again on a bigger scale! As far as some of the national acts we’ve had the pleasure of opening for, Barenaked Ladies were very friendly humorous Canadians. I love their style and songs. Reggae artists like Shaggy, the Original Wailers and Yellowman were all super cool and down to earth too. It was great being able to share the stage with all of them. Collie Buddz was the nicest and most humble artist we’ve ever hung out with. Soul Asylum was great too, they have so many good songs.   Passafire, Tribal Seeds, Badfish, Slightly Soopid, Less Than Jake and Rebelution are other bands we’ve had the honor of wpb magazine - premier lifestyle magazine in west palm beach opening for. We try to keep our shows fun and unpredictable based on the venue, crowd and the length of the show. Because our “Roggunk” sound is appreciated by many audiences, we base the actual set-list on who the audience is that night. We have great flexibility in our style and have yet to play for an audience that did not like our show. We haven’t played for a death metal audience yet, but they would probably like us too... hopefully!  Any more recording coming up? New album coming out tail end of 2016.  “Sunny Side Up” will have 10 new songs. The first single “Put Your Roots Down” was actually released May 10th.   April 1st was the anticipated date we had set in case it would take longer. And it did, so we publically announced “April Fool’s” on that date. It is different from 2012’s “Bright Roads Ahead” because it has more of a coherent band sound. We’ve branded ourselves as a new genre of music called “Roggunk,” a blend of rock-reggae-funk. On this album, songs were arranged by the whole band. “Bright Roads Ahead” was more of a studio project produced by myself and former drummer Scott Aitken. Stylistically, it spanned more genres and there wasn’t as much of a band arrangement and “sound.” We are constantly enjoying the journey and feel that working hard and putting on every show like it’s our last. We’d like to brand ourselves more as our selfdescribed “Roggunk” style and gain more fans regionally, as well as internationally.  “Ready to Get Sweaty” is a song that has recently become a crowd favorite. The groove is infectious and people can’t help but to move and sing along. It’s an all-around fun song to perform and hear. “Put Your Roots Down”, “Cemetery” and “Paradise” are other songs most frequently requested at shows. They have strong rhythmic qualities and positive messages attached to them. Keep on the lookout for new Making Faces songs to be released. Support local music by coming to see us at a show. We’ll be sure to put a smile on your face!