7.5 ?'s with Thorr-Axe

Thorr-Axe are a rad doom metal band from southwestern Indiana. Expect to hear a lot from these dudes in the future as they are on the upswing motherfuckers!

1. Give me a background on thorr-axe please.... who are you, how'd you guys meet, why did you start dooming, etc?

We all went to high school together. Travis (the drummer) and I had been wanting to doom it up since November of 2007, but the original incarnation of Thorr-Axe didn't come around until about that time in 2008. We wanted to play real, genuinely heavy music, since there really isn't any in our neck of the woods. Travis played bass and a friend of ours did drums for about two shows, and then we split. We reformed in August of '09, switched Travis over to drums and picked up Mitchell McKinney on bass, and recorded our first EP in January of 2010 at Basement Rage with Bob Fouts. Ever since then, we've been gigging out all over southern Indiana and seeking to expand even further. We just wrapped up recording our first full length album, which will be titled "Wall of Spears" at Basement Rage with Bob Fouts.

2. while recording at basement rage with bob fouts, did he ever fart so nastily that you threw up or almost threw up? if not, next time you see him feed him chili dogs. Did he do any dumb shit when you recorded with him?

Fortunately, we never had any toxic meltdowns during the recording process. He didn't do any dumb shit by any measure of the word, haha. He DOES make some balls-deep cookies, though...

3. favorite 5 albums or the moment?

Burzum - Filosofem
Krallice - Dimensional Bleedthrough
Reverend Bizarre - II: Crush the Insects
Warning - Watching From a Distance
Sleep - Holy Mountain

4. I just found banana peel by computer, that i forgot about... do you think anyone has ever really slipped on a banana peel? do you guys eat bananas often? How brown do you let them get?

My dumb ass has at least once, haha. So because of that, I have some PTSD about bananas, sou they're kind of a no-go for me. I don't know about Roach or Mitch, though.

5. You guys seem young but have some rad tones and tunes happening. What gear are you all using?

Tucker (Me):
Guitars: Agile Valkyrie 2 Floyd Rose (DiMarzio Super Distortion pickup in the bridge slot) and an Ibanez IC400 Iceman.
Amps: Live, I run in stereo. I run a 50 watt Laney Pro Tube AOR and an 80s Peavey Butcher, each with their own 4x12.
Effects: I boost both of my heads with one of the 666 Dragonfly BM-1 black metal pedals, and I use a Boss DD-3 delay for solos.

Mitchell (Bass):
Bass: Ibanez 90's TR50.
Amps: Peavey Mark 3 300 watt head into a Peavey 2x10/1x18 cab and an old off-brand 1x15 cab.

6. I notice that you guys covered Dragonaut. Bulletwolf also has done that song a few times. Y'all ever fuck up the song like we do? (i'm lying, Bulletwolf never fucks up..ha!)

The only fuckup we usually have is playing it too fucking fast, haha! It's this stoned-out song, and we just have to fucking blast through it for some stupid reason.

7. favorite pre-show meal besides hot dogs?

Shitty gas station taquitos and red bull!

.5  ....about tire pressure?
Fuck if I know what that means, haha.

-Tucker of Thorr-Axe