The Mystery of John Ashcroft
Cybergrind/metal from northern New Jersey.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
We've been playing together non-stop for three years. We've existed under this name since April of 2005.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We have yet to play a show. We desperately want to play shows, though. At this point finding local shows is very difficult because we differ in sound from the other bands nearby.
Your musical influences
The Dillinger Escape Plan, Deep Purple, Maha-Vishnu Orchestra, Black Sabbath, The Doors, Circle of Dead Children, Humanzee, Norma Jean, The Chariot, The Locust, Hara-Kari Kitty, Ganglia, DeadDeadDeath, Daughters, HORSE The Band, Rocking Back and Forth To Create The Illusion of Satisfaction, Mr. Bungle, Eighteen Visions, Glassjaw, Rachel Joy Had It Coming, Tower of Rome, Dead To Fall, Between The Buried and Me, Muse, Bury Your Dead, All That remains, Ed Gein, Silverstein, Circle Takes The Square, Ion Dissonance, As I Lay Dying, The Deftones, Scissor Shock, Smile Adventure, Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck, Kindergarten Hazing Ritual.
What equipment do you use?
I forget what exact models we use, and I'm too lazy to find out right now, but here goes:
Washburn 7-string guitar
Yamaha synth drums
Crate stack with a B-52 head.
Crate Combo.
A huge Casio keyboard
A Roland keyboard.
A small toy Casio keyboard from 1991.
A small toy keyboard made by Kawasaki.
Another small toy keyboard from Kawasaki.
Creative MP3 Player.
Fruity Loops.
Hammerhead Rhythm Station.
Cool Edit Pro 2.
Tama swingstar 8-piece drumset.
Washburn six string.
B.C Rich six string.
Empty/half full mountain dew bottles.
Anything else?
We love girls, porn, Reeses, Twix, audio engineering, and great music.
