{"id":22742,"date":"2014-08-29T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=22742"},"modified":"2014-08-29T07:23:00","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T21:23:00","slug":"robert-ortiz-of-escape-the-fate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2014\/08\/robert-ortiz-of-escape-the-fate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Ortiz of Escape The Fate"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"
\n<\/a>\u201c\u2026that\u2019s my favourite tour or festival show or whatever you want to call it, in the entire world, man. When we played there literally man that\u2019s a story I\u2019m going to tell my grandchildren is when we played Soundwave, it\u2019s my proudest moment of being a musician\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: Most recent album, \u2018Ungrateful\u2019 was a rebirth of ESCAPE THE FATE in many more ways than were originally intended when the album was being written.\u00a0 \u201cWe spent 2 years coming up with excuses,\u201d says drummer Robert Ortiz \u201c We were writing the record, rehearsing for a tour, never thinking we were \u2018ready\u2019 to get out there again.\u201d\u00a0 Once the band finally took a step off the ledge, it separated those committed from those who were ready to leave the fold\u2026 They are going to tear Australia a new one next year and it seems apt that if I was to quote a lyric from \u2018One For The Money\u2019 from \u2018Ungrateful\u2019 well, \u201care you ready motherfuckers? Are you ready? Let\u2019s go\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In the middle of his last set of leg reps so he can get ready to \u201cgo Down Under and bring some thunder\u2026\u201d we chatted to Robert of Escape The Fate about playing Soundwave both past and coming next year, as well as new music and more\u2026<\/p>\n

Welcome to the Soundwave bill! Are you pumped to be a part of this monster festival for 2015?<\/strong>
\nYou\u2019re asking me how do I feel? Fuck yeah man, that\u2019s my favourite tour or festival show or whatever you want to call it, in the entire world, man. When we played there literally man that\u2019s a story I\u2019m going to tell my grandchildren is when we played Soundwave, it\u2019s my proudest moment of being a musician, of being an artist, and playing that festival a few years ago was my proudest moment and it was very excited and I\u2019m super, super excited to go back.<\/p>\n

As you just said, you\u2019ve played the festival before in 2010, do you have a fond memory of that tour you can share with us?<\/strong>
\nAbsolutely, I\u2019m reliving it right now as I was giving you the answer to your last question, it was in Sydney, it\u2019s amazing that with the chaos that goes on with the shows and the insanity of playing in front of how ever many thousands of people, and I have a vivid memory because back then I was carrying a camera around with me and for everything we did, now I have someone to do that for me *laughs* but at that particular time I had the camera with me and I\u2019m backstage talking to Craig, cracking some jokes *laughs* and I\u2019m thinking \u2018alright there we go, there\u2019s the office\u2019 and little did I know that just behind the curtain where I was standing that there was twenty to thirty thousand people out there waiting to watch us play and when I stepped out onto the stage, my mind was just completely blown and honestly dude, that\u2019s the moment in my life right there where you reach a point as an artist where you can say I made it, and that was the moment. Everything after that and everything before that it didn\u2019t matter because that moment right there was pretty much what I was searching for my whole life.<\/p>\n

Anyone in particular you\u2019re excited to be sharing the bill with?<\/strong>
\nI know that Slipknot is on it and we have the fortune of sharing the stage with them a few years ago during Download and dude, you talk about influences and inspiration\u2026 that band deserves everything, I love that band, their show is hands down one of the best in the entire world, so obviously I\u2019m excited to share a stage with them for sure. Then of course, I hear it every single day of my life that I look like this guy, so I\u2019m very excited to be sharing the stage with Slash *laughs* but I might have to change my look up before we get out there. I met him twice, once as a teenage kid when it was cool for me to look like him because I looked like a fan, then once as a musician I interviewed him and that was the most embarrassing moment of my life, the most nerve wracking and I had to look him straight in the eye and ask him if anyone had ever told him that he looked like me *laughs* someone dared me to do it so I had to do it. I know I look like him, he\u2019s an inspiration, I won\u2019t shy away from that, I know I do, but he\u2019s fuckin\u2019 rad lookin\u2019 so I don\u2019t care. My mom blessed me with curly hair and I\u2019m gonna keep it and see how that goes, but I\u2019m excited to share a stage with him that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

So for those that haven\u2019t seen Escape The Fate before, can you give us your sales pitch to draw them to your stage?<\/strong>
\nWell here\u2019s the thing about Escape The Fate, it\u2019s a very chaotic being, you never know what to expect at a show and that\u2019s what\u2019s been really crazy to me as you never know what you\u2019re going to get out there, you get up there one day and it might be the best show you\u2019ve ever seen then you go out the next day and everything\u2019s falling apart and there\u2019s guys falling off stage *laughs* so you never know what you\u2019re going to get and that\u2019s really the beauty of Escape The Fate. No matter what you get, it\u2019s going to be special.<\/p>\n

\u2018Ungrateful\u2019 has been out for a while now, have you guys begun working on new material at this stage?<\/strong>
\nActually we\u2019re full into it right now, me and Thrasher last night right before a show and actually right after it as well, we were going over some new stuff and just jamming. It\u2019s in the very early stages right now, we have one song nearly complete, it\u2019s going to be a bit of a challenge this time around, lots of things have changed, so it\u2019s going to be different but we\u2019re very excited about it. We\u2019re definitely leaning more towards a straight ahead rock, like metal sound, it\u2019s awesome, like I think what we tried to do with \u2018Ungrateful\u2019 last time was kind of cut some of the B.S. from it, and this time around even more *laughs* just more straight forward, not in terms of structures and things like that, but it\u2019s really going to be centred around guitars and riffs and solos and more of that as opposed to trying do experiment. So whatever comes out of our heads I can assure you it\u2019s going to be a lot more of a band vibe, a lot more metal.<\/p>\n

You just pretty much answered my next question which was in terms of evolution musically within the band, is there a clear set path on who you\u00a0 are or do you find there still may be some experimenting to do along the way?<\/strong>
\nOh there\u2019s always experimenting to do, there\u2019s always room for growth, there\u2019s always room for experimentation, it\u2019s whatever comes. I feel like I would prefer not to experiment too much with sounds and things because I\u2019m a rock guy, I love metal, I love rock, I like guitars, drums and vocals but there\u2019s always room to try things out with different people, I\u2019m not shutting that out at all. We may write an entire album that\u2019s comprised of different songwriters and singers that we just got in a room with and tried different things you know? We\u2019ve talked about writing with different guys who are friends of ours because we just enjoy their style and that\u2019s just sounds like a fun thing to do and we\u2019ve always been into doing that, we\u2019ve always been into trying different people so we can learn more, but this time around it\u2019s something we may end up doing but we look forward to more about getting into a room together and just playing as a band and jamming and doing what you want to do when you start up a band because that\u2019s how it is. If we want to start fresh and to move forward we have to go backwards that\u2019s what Kevin or Thrasher as he likes to be called says, and if we want to write something on computer, we\u2019ll write something on the computer, I\u2019m not putting any limits on what we do, whatever comes, comes, song writing there\u2019s no formula, it just comes but we have wanted to jam more, that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been talking about over and over is just getting together and playing when we can feel the music out, instead of listening so much, we can feel it.<\/p>\n

Well I can\u2019t wait to hear what\u2019s next\u2026<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s gonna be scary to be quite frank, but it always is, every time we go on a new adventure we never know what\u2019s going to come, and we\u2019ve gone through every up and down you can think of, this band has gone through nine lives nine times *laughs* so there\u2019s always a thing about going into a new chapter, but you keep going and look to what the future holds.<\/p>\n

Lastly, as I\u2019ve done with everyone this year, let\u2019s predict the remainder of it, so finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2014 Escape The Fate will\u2026<\/strong>
\nHave most of a great album done\u2026 *laughs* hopefully all of a great album done I should say *laughs*<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Catch Escape The Fate as part of Soundwave 2015 at the following dates:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 2015
\n<\/strong>BONYTHON PARK, ADELAIDE<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY, 2015
\n<\/strong>FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE, MELBOURNE<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 1 MARCH, 2015
\n<\/strong>OLYMPIC PARK, SYDNEY<\/p>\n

SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 1 MARCH, 2015
\n<\/strong>BRISBANE SHOWGROUNDS, BRISBANE<\/p>\n

General Public tickets on sale FRIDAY 29 AUGUST 9am local.<\/p>\n

2 DAY FESTIVAL TICKET $188.00 + BOOKING FEES.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 DAY FESTIVAL TICKET $132.00 + BOOKING FEES<\/strong><\/p>\n

For tickets and more information head to<\/p>\n

soundwavefestival.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0facebook.com\/soundwavefestival<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0twitter.com\/soundwavefest<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Robert Ortiz – drums, Craig Mabbitt – vocals, Kevin “Thrasher” Gruft \u2013 lead guitar, TJ Bell \u2013 rhythm guitar, bass.<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.escapethefate.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest release:<\/strong> Ungrateful (Out Now \u2013 Sony Music Australia \/ Eleven Seven music)<\/p>\n\n

\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t