{"id":33171,"date":"2017-10-25T22:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T11:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=33171"},"modified":"2017-10-25T23:23:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T12:23:44","slug":"matt-caughthran-bronx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2017\/10\/matt-caughthran-bronx\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Caughthran of The Bronx"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWe\u2019ve been reborn, we\u2019re playing really, really well right now and everyone\u2019s hyped on the new record, the new songs sound just so mean live, everything is focused and really fuckin\u2019 good right now if I can say that without sounding like an idiot.\u201d<\/p>\n

From Release: Famous for leaving a trail of exhausted, boozy, sweaty and supremely satisfied bodies in their wake THE BRONX will be unleashing a reckless level of energy; no barriers, no pause for breath, just a barrage of scuzzy LA punk as they hit Australian stages this October and November. Their brand new album V is out now.<\/p>\n

In Las Vegas ahead of a couple of shows, Matt from The Bronx gave us a call to talk about the band\u2019s return to Australia, the upcoming shows with Pennywise, memories of Australia, their new album, and much more.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re headed back to Australia supporting Pennywise as well as a couple of sneaky side shows, what can we expect from a Bronx show in 2017?<\/strong>
\nChaos, man! We\u2019ve been reborn, we\u2019re playing really, really well right now and everyone\u2019s hyped on the new record, the new songs sound just so mean live, everything is focused and really fuckin\u2019 good right now if I can say that without sounding like an idiot. It\u2019s like I\u2019m just stoked, man, this whole tour we\u2019ve been in the zone and we got one day off before we come to Australia so there\u2019s no chance that that zone doesn\u2019t carry over so we\u2019re gonna be coming over and ready to play to rock man that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve just released your newest album \u2018V\u2019, a month in to its release what has the reaction been to this kick ass record?<\/strong>
\nGreat, man, you know great. People are loving it, but you try to stay a little detached from all that stuff and I think it\u2019s the smartest move for someone who has been through five records with Bronx and three records with El Bronx, you know it\u2019s best to just write the record and let it go you know what I mean? You still hear whether or not you want to you\u2019ll still hear if people like the record or they don\u2019t so I\u2019m stoked people are digging the record, it\u2019s got a lot of great responses so far and that means a lot to us. Like I said I try not to get wrapped up in it because it\u2019s a slippery slope and it can hurt just as much as it can feel good, but so far everything\u2019s cool and I\u2019m thankful, man, I\u2019m just thankful that the record\u2019s out.<\/p>\n

With \u2018V\u2019 did you set out to do anything differently this time around compared to your previous releases?<\/strong>
\nWell you know there was just a different kind of way about the band, we went through a lot on the industry side of things and on the personnel side of things for the last couple of years and getting to the point where we started writing this record it just felt like it was a unifying experience, it was definitely the most shared record we\u2019ve all done, you know Brad and Ken, you know Ken wrote the song \u2018Sore Throat\u2019 and that\u2019s his first official Bronx song that he\u2019s like written on guitar, and Brad played his ass off on this record and everyone was just really in it, so after a couple of years of the side of music that isn\u2019t fun, that\u2019s exhausting like going through management changes or labels or all the shit that comes along with it that isn\u2019t great, after having to dance with that shit for a couple of years and getting into the studio and just locking everything down and coming together and having everyone show up the way they did and just be ready to rule, it put the band up another level, it knocked us up another level and that\u2019s where we\u2019ve been since. So we\u2019re in a heightened place right now.<\/p>\n

This album also marks your first with a new drummer, what was it like working in the studio with new blood?<\/strong>
\nOh it was beautiful, man, we\u2019ve known Dave forever and Jorma is an amazing drummer so it was big shoes to fill for sure but Dave was ready and he worked his ass off on this record. The relationship has always been there between all of us, we\u2019ve been friends for years and Dave\u2019s obviously a monster musician, so there was never any hesitation about it, it was something that just came together like we knew it would. It was just all about making sure that the songs were good and if the songs were good we knew each instrument was gonna be great, so it was pretty easy to be honest with you.<\/p>\n

Back to Australia, the last time I saw you guys you were supporting Soundgarden back in 2012, but do you have a great memory you can share with us from a previous tour of Australia?<\/strong>
\nOh yeah man, I\u2019ve got about a zillion of \u2018em. I mean every time we come there is amazing, one of the fun shows and I always trip out that you guys don\u2019t do Halloween *laughs* we did a Halloween show on the solo tour last year and we went to a random party store and got all these terrible costumes and had one of the funnest shows that we\u2019ve ever had as a band and it was just shit like that, that tour was a blast, man. Now we\u2019re coming back with Pennywise and it\u2019s Halloween again so I think we\u2019re gonna have to dress up again. There\u2019s been so many, one of the great things about Australia for me is we feel so comfortable there and you have every day moments that are moments you\u2019ll never forget you know? Like we\u2019ve just had dinners there and something as so simple as going to dinner with your friends, we have just awesome friends there that we get to see at least once a year so it\u2019s like family at this point, so there\u2019s just all these little day to day things that just mean so much, man, the shows are always crazy, three nights at The Annandale is something I\u2019ll never forget to put that place to sleep, there\u2019s been so many. We\u2019ve done Soundwave, we\u2019ve done Big Day Out as Mariachi, like there\u2019s so many memories and we\u2019re so fortunate to be able to play all that stuff, man.<\/p>\n

So obviously things change over time, but what would you say is the one thing that\u2019s stayed the same over your time together in The Bronx?<\/strong>
\nJust the drive, since day one the drive has been the band overall, the band is the most important thing and the survival of the bad means everything to us and that hasn\u2019t changed since day one, it\u2019s been about we\u2019re gonna make this work, this is what we wanna do and no matter what gets thrown at us or no matter what happens on any level at any given time the band is gonna continue to go and that\u2019s one thing that stays true. We\u2019ve been through a lot of bullshit, we\u2019ve crashed vans, fuckin\u2019 family members died, our first bass player James left, there\u2019s so much in life in general on an individual basis that makes it hard to maintain being in a band. Just outside of splitting your income, just everything, but the drive in this band to continue and to keep going will never die and that\u2019s been the one constant the whole time.<\/p>\n

On the other side of that was there one piece of advice you were given from someone when starting this band that has stuck with you through the fifteen years that you still refer back to today?<\/strong>
\nYeah. One of the first tours we did was The Bronx, The Spits and Rocket From The Crypt and I remember in Vancouver and it was like one of our first shows in Canada, shows in general outside of California and we got done playing and there was a big old line at the merch booth and I ran back to the merch booth and I was like freaking out trying to help everybody, I was like losing my mind and I was so overwhelmed and didn\u2019t know what to do and Pete the bass player from Rocket From The Crypt comes up behind me and goes over my shoulder and says \u201cMatt, just relax\u201d *laughs* he goes \u201cjust relax, it\u2019s all gonna be good everyone just wants a T-shirt it\u2019s cool, don\u2019t worry about it they\u2019ll wait\u201d and ever since then it\u2019s kind of like that\u2019s the key I think, if you can find a way to relax in this climate it becomes just a thousand more times enjoyable than it already is, if you can slow things down and just be yourself in any moment throughout the day then it just makes things feel a lot better, so that\u2019s definitely the one thing that I\u2019ve learned that I still follow to this day and it\u2019s helped out a lot, man. So thanks, Pete.<\/p>\n

I have to ask, when do you think we may see the next Mariachi El Bronx album?<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019ll be somewhere down the line for sure, there\u2019ll be another one, it was just time to take a little bit of a break for El Bronx, it was just something that you don\u2019t want to do it, obviously because you love it you know but the reality of it is if you really want to focus on one of the bands you have to put the other one up for a little bit. So it was time to make a Bronx record, we were super excited to do it and so now it\u2019s Bronx time for right now, but El Bronx is still playing shows, we\u2019ve got two shows in December coming up in LA and a couple of things outside of that. So everything\u2019s all good in El Bronx world it was time to just chill for a little bit and let people appreciate it a little bit now that it\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

Lastly let\u2019s look ahead to the future, finish this sentence for me, in 2018 The Bronx will\u2026<\/strong>
\n*laughs* in 2018 I\u2019m gonna say The Bronx will have toured South America, we\u2019ve never been there, I\u2019ve never been to South America and it blows my mind that we haven\u2019t been there as a band yet, especially with El Bronx too, so that\u2019s one of the major goals I have for next year for this band is just getting to South America and experiencing that part of the world and playing music over there so I\u2019m hoping that is something that happens.<\/p>\n

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TOUR DATES:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 26 October \u00a0– \u00a0Corner Hotel, Melbourne \u2013 18+ (Headline Show)\u00a0Sold Out
\nFriday 27 October: Forum Theatre, Melbourne \u2013 18+ (With Pennywise)\u00a0Sold Out
\nSaturday 28 October:\u00a0Eatons Hill Hotel, Brisbane \u2013 Licensed All Ages\u00a0(With Pennywise)
\nSunday 29 October:\u00a0Enmore Theatre, Sydney – Licensed All Ages\u00a0(With Pennywise)
\nMonday 30 October \u2013 Oxford Art Factory, Sydney \u2013 18+ (Headline Show)
\nTuesday 31 October:\u00a0Nex, Newcastle \u2013 18+\u00a0(With Pennywise)
\nThursday 2 November:\u00a0HQ, Adelaide \u2013 18+\u00a0(With Pennywise)
\nFriday 3 November:\u00a0Metropolis, Fremantle \u2013 18+\u00a0(With Pennywise)<\/p>\n

Tickets are available from\u00a0www.tickets.destroyalllines.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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

From:<\/strong> Los Angeles, CA, USA<\/p>\n

Band members: <\/strong>Matt Caughthran \u2013 Vocals, Joby J. Ford – Guitar, Ken Horne – Guitar, Brad Magers \u2013 Bass, David Hidalgo Jr. – Drums<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.thebronxxx.com<\/a>
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\nLatest Release:<\/strong> V (Out Now \u2013 White Drugs \/ Cooking Vinyl Australia)<\/p>\n

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