ABOUT LEADSUCKER
Leadsucker is a pummeling, frenetic punk band made up of three members who all use pseudonyms to hide their true identities. They are drummer Sam Terrace, bassist Austin Welch, and guitarist/vocalist P.J. Hearn. The groundwork for what would become Leadsucker was started after Hearn got a job as a government employee. At first ecstatic at his new position, and desiring to make a genuine difference in peoples' lives, he quickly became disillusioned and disgusted at the mismanagement, ineptitude, and massive waste of both money and resources that he saw firsthand. After several complaints to his superiors failed to yield any noticeable results, aside from making him targets of several smear campaigns within his own office, Hearn quit his post, and used his anger as the jumping point for a new band. He enlisted help from two friends of his, and Leadsucker was born. The band quickly earned notoriety when they decided to blur out their faces in all promotional photos, in an effort to prevent positive identification and retaliation from Hearn's former government agency. "Hey, it would be one thing if we were teenagers doing this from our parents' basements," he said in defense of the decision. "But we've got wives, kids, and full-time jobs, so it's not just about our safety."
It's evident from the outset the point the band is trying to make in "Burn", their debut album, which is about as confrontational as music can be. But Hearn is quick to point out that the hatred conveyed in the lyrics does not come out of a hatred for his country, but rather, what this country has become. For the most part, his lyrics are straightforward, yet well-researched, and he sincerely hopes they will open some people's eyes to the country around him. "We are bred to ignore 'conspiracy theories', or anything that goes outside mainstream thinking," he said. "We are angered when we hear things that don't fit into the ideas of what we believe this country is, or what we want it to be. But sometimes you start believing what you want to believe so much, that you simply ignore the realities of the situation. This country is a mess, but not quite an unsalvageable one. Sometimes half the battle is simply realizing there is a battle...it's a constant struggle between us 'commoners', and the higher-ups that want to take our rights away. But most of us don't think that can happen, because we've been raised to believe this country is so great."
"Burn" will be released August 28th, and will be the debut release from Toxic Highway Recordings.
It's evident from the outset the point the band is trying to make in "Burn", their debut album, which is about as confrontational as music can be. But Hearn is quick to point out that the hatred conveyed in the lyrics does not come out of a hatred for his country, but rather, what this country has become. For the most part, his lyrics are straightforward, yet well-researched, and he sincerely hopes they will open some people's eyes to the country around him. "We are bred to ignore 'conspiracy theories', or anything that goes outside mainstream thinking," he said. "We are angered when we hear things that don't fit into the ideas of what we believe this country is, or what we want it to be. But sometimes you start believing what you want to believe so much, that you simply ignore the realities of the situation. This country is a mess, but not quite an unsalvageable one. Sometimes half the battle is simply realizing there is a battle...it's a constant struggle between us 'commoners', and the higher-ups that want to take our rights away. But most of us don't think that can happen, because we've been raised to believe this country is so great."
"Burn" will be released August 28th, and will be the debut release from Toxic Highway Recordings.