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\n<\/a>\u201c\u2026as far as He Is Legend as a core it\u2019s pretty much the same. It feels the same, we\u2019re pretty much in the same situations, we have a lot of new life and new excitement for what we\u2019re doing, but we\u2019re just brothers you know, we love each other and we hate each other *laughs* I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Bio: Impulsive is a word that comes to mind when thinking about Wilmington, NC band HE IS LEGEND. Their sound is best described as rock and roll although; it can be difficult to predict what direction their next album might take. Refusing to be pigeon holed into one sub-genre, they choose to write songs that can be unique and polar opposites of each other, but still assuring you that you\u2019re listening to HE IS LEGEND. Pulling influences from bands like Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins, they crafted an aggressive and faster sound with those defining elements.<\/p>\n

In Wilmington North Carolina, we chatted to front man of He Is Legend, Schuylar about the band\u2019s return not only to Australia for Soundwave but also their return to the world of making music\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019re headed to Australia to play the massive Soundwave Festival, how pumped are you to be part of this bill?<\/strong>
\nWe are pretty pumped my man\u2026 pretty, pretty pumped. The lineup alone, I\u2019m just stoked to be able to go and see so many amazing bands.<\/p>\n

Is there anyone you\u2019re stoked to be sharing the tour with?<\/strong>
\nI mean Faith No More, because that\u2019s like my childhood, and that\u2019s one of the coolest things ever to be able to catch that show and see many of them.<\/p>\n

The last time you toured here back in 2007 Soundwave had its first national year, have you heard anything about the festival itself from anyone who\u2019s played it before?<\/strong>
\nWell I\u2019m just excited to play anywhere, we\u2019re pretty grateful for any chance we get, just being that far away from home and meeting people that you were never supposed to meet and rockin\u2019 out, I think it\u2019s just an honour, it\u2019s very cool. It\u2019s kind of surreal that we\u2019re coming back. I don\u2019t even know which bands are playing the day we\u2019re playing, I don\u2019t know what sidewave shows we\u2019re doing but we\u2019re down to ball out man. It\u2019s gonna be dope though, I\u2019m pretty sure Trash Talk did it last year and I followed them vicariously through their Instagram or whatnot, but it\u2019s cool to see such a cool festival and be able to go and be part of something like that, I mean Australia is one of the most beautiful countries I\u2019ve ever been to, man, so , so, so pretty.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been to Australia before, back in 2007, do you have a great memory of that tour that you can share with us?<\/strong>
\nYeah, I do, I remember the last day, we might have had a few drinks or whatnot, so it\u2019s a bit foggy, but the last day we were there we were in Perth and we went to the ocean and I\u2019m on the Atlantic ocean and there on the other side and easting oysters over there was so surreal, I grew up eating from the ocean, so it was nice to see the beach there and touch sand on the other side of the world and look up at the sky and all the hippy shit, it was great.<\/p>\n

Your newest album \u2018Heavy Fruit\u2019 was released last year, your first in five years after a five year hiatus, why was now the right time to get the band back together?<\/strong>
\nWell we had talked about writing and whatnot, me and Matt, Adam and Steve had jammed or whatever but Steve had gone on to do other things and went to school or whatever and we didn\u2019t really have the full component of the band and it wasn\u2019t until we found Sam that it felt right to get back on stage. Then the other parts of the band started to fall in place so it just made sense that we continue and play shows, write music, and then finding DENNY now too is like it added even more life to the band, so it\u2019s just timing and whatnot. We were younger and had been doing it for pretty much ten years nonstop\u2026<\/p>\n

How if in any way had the dynamic changed between the band now compared to where it was left in 2009?<\/strong>
\nI mean the dynamic definitely changes when you add new members, but as far as He Is Legend as a core it\u2019s pretty much the same. It feels the same, we\u2019re pretty much in the same situations, we have a lot of new life and new excitement for what we\u2019re doing, but we\u2019re just brothers you know, we love each other and we hate each other *laughs* I wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n

What was it like coming together again to create new music?<\/strong>
\nIt was great, I think we all needed some sort of aesthetic outburst and it was just like when you\u2019re a creative type and you don\u2019t create well we were all doing our own thing but He Is Legend as an entity has a force and I feel like it\u2019s Papa John buying his old Mustang, buying the car that you drove when you were sixteen and getting back in it and smelling it and having all those memories come back, it\u2019s amazing.<\/p>\n

What would be the best way to describe your live show to someone that hasn\u2019t seen you before?<\/strong>
\nFunky maybe, like sexy, I think. It\u2019s fun and it\u2019s rock and roll.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next for He Is Legend?<\/strong>
\nYou\u2019ve kind of got to balance the touring with writing and the home time, but we\u2019re hoping to be on tour as much as we can man, we\u2019ve got plans to write and we\u2019ve all been working on some stuff, but we\u2019d like to be putting out another record and that\u2019s kind of the idea, but also come from Australia to do some touring for South by South West and then our hopes are maybe to be in Europe for all the summer festivals in Europe, then some recording in there, so that kind of caps off a pretty good year.<\/p>\n

So it\u2019s fair to say that He Is Legend is back now and ready to keep going?<\/strong>
\nOh yeah, man, definitely, definitely, we never felt better it\u2019s great.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s predict the future, so finish this sentence for me, by the end of 2015, He Is Legend will\u2026<\/strong>
\nHave another album?<\/p>\n

You say that as a question *laughs*<\/strong>
\nWell I didn\u2019t want to say have another album out because what if it takes us that long to do it and it comes out in 2016, by the end of 2015 it would be nice to have another album, whether it\u2019s released or not, who knows? That comes with red tape and that\u2019s sticky\u2026<\/p>\n

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Catch He Is Legend as part of Soundwave 2015 at the following dates:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

SATURDAY 28 FEBRUARY & SUNDAY 1 MARCH, 2015
\n<\/strong>OLYMPIC PARK, SYDNEY & BRISBANE SHOWGROUNDS, BRISBANE\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

soundwavefestival.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0facebook.com\/soundwavefestival<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0twitter.com\/soundwavefest<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Wilmington, NC, USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Adam Tanbouz \u2013 Guitar, Matt Williams \u2013 Bass, Sam Huff \u2013 Drums \/ Percussion, Schuylar Croom \u2013 Vocals, Denis Desloge – Guitar<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> Facebook page<\/a><\/p>\n

Latest Release:<\/strong> \u2018Heavy Fruit\u2019 (Out Now)<\/p>\n

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