The band EVERGLADE concocts intense metalcore. With abrasive guitar tones, silky smooth lead lines, deep bass and frenzied drumming, the band has crafted a powerhouse instrumental base to support a dynamic vocal tradeoff between guttural hardcore screams and melodic pop hooks. EVERGLADE, thanks to this mix, moves listeners both physically and emotionally. Jonny Finic handles guitar and vocal duties for the band.
What was the first concert you attended?
In 2012, the OG Knitting Factory. I went for a local band called Mistakes of the Fallen that I attended high school with at the time. The show was packed out, and it was absolutely diabolical. To see such showmanship and talent from people I shared an education with, and the love from this crowd of absolute strangers, was mesmerizing to me. That show was the beginning of my journey to becoming a full-fledged musician. The end of the show was even wilder: A fight broke out with some of the members, and I remember the vocalist barreling down the street after some mouth-breather clocked his mom in the nose during a mosh pit. Needless to say, I was hooked on the chaos.
What was the first album you owned?
Linkin Park, Meteora. Still one of the greatest albums of all time to me.
What bands are you listening to right now?
Invent Animate, Sleep Token, DIESECT, The Kid LAROI, and Allen Stone.
What artist, genre or musical trend does everyone love, but you don’t get?
Taylor Swift. I’m the kind of person who will give an honest effort to enjoy something new, especially if it’s important to someone I care about, but I just don’t see it. I get more entertainment from her snot rockets than the latest attempt to rhyme “Car” with “Bar.”
What musical act, current or defunct, would you most like to see perform live?
Invent Animate. Hands down.
What’s your favorite musical guilty pleasure?
Yuno Miles. Easy. If you don’t know who he is, go listen. Man’s a genius. If you disagree, DM me; let’s talk about it.
What’s your favorite music venue?
Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre just outside of Denver. Natural acoustics, and the view is astonishing. It’s at the top of my list of venues to play before I clock out.
What’s the one song lyric you can’t get out of your head?
“It’s in you I drown, in you I dream,” Invent Animate, “Without a Whisper.”
What band or artist changed your life? How?
Erra. Hearing that band for the first time stretched the limits of what I believed to be achievable in music. Jesse Cash, the guitarist and singer, has been an idol of mine since 2012. His tasteful mountain-man style riffs, his approach on musical composition, and his ability to play and sing so beautifully are unparalleled. The man is, for lack of a better term, GOATED. That band singlehandedly shaped the musician I’ve grown to be.
You have one question to ask one musician. What’s the question, and who are you asking?
Vessel, of Sleep Token: Was the mask always part of the plan for your vision behind Sleep Token? Or did you foresee all the peril associated with the fame Sleep Token would inevitably attain, and decide to hide your identity for a chance to still have a normal life?
What song would you like played at your funeral?
Makari, “Transient.”
Figurative gun to your head, what is your favorite album of all time?
Heavener by Invent Animate.
What song should everyone listen to right now?
If you want to check us out? “Down” by Everglade. My top song right now that I recommend? “Gethsemane” by Sleep Token.