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Chaotic Metalcore in Mom's Basement
Pipe Bomb
Mitch talks about conviction, church membership, worship, heavy lyrics, and the unusual recording path behind Pipe Bomb.
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- "I want it to have some conviction"
- Meet Mitch of Pipe Bomb
- Growing up in the church
- The moment it stopped being his parents' faith
- Losing his dad at eleven, and the men who stepped in
- Why church membership mattered more than he expected
- "I need to catch up to my wife"
- Leading worship on Sunday
- Rereading the Bible from the start
- Balancing heavy lyrics with hope
- The Unabomber documentary and the name
- When it stopped being just a creative outlet
- A normal day
- Humming riffs into his phone at midnight
- Why some songs are almost impossible to play live
- His wife is his edginess barometer
- Fan questions: amps and dream rigs
- Guitars
- Four strings or five
- What changed between the EP and the album
- Writing "I Will Kill the Worst Parts of Myself"
- Depression, and being caught between two paths
- Working with a producer for the first time
- Lightning round
- What's next for Pipe Bomb
- How to pray for Mitch