Bitter Lake Presents Soundwaves Ep. 35: Trapped in the Electric Purgatory w/ Jonathan Brown

2020-06-01

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"You're pretty cool for a black guy" "You're not even that black" "You still play that crazy ass white boy music?" Too "black" for the white audience to easily consume, and too "white" for your black peers and family to take seriously from time to time . For people like Jonathan Brown and I being a black dude in heavy music can be like existing in a never ending state of "purgatory". We attempt to maneuver through these paradoxical worlds. I was lucky enough to get some time to talk with my friend, sometimes bandmate, and all around good dude Jonathan Brown about our pla...

"You're pretty cool for a black guy"

"You're not even that black"

"You still play that crazy ass white boy music?"

Too "black" for the white audience to easily consume, and too "white" for your black peers and family to take seriously from time to time . For people like Jonathan Brown and I being a black dude in heavy music can be like existing in a never ending state of "purgatory". We attempt to maneuver through these paradoxical worlds.

I was lucky enough to get some time to talk with my friend, sometimes bandmate, and all around good dude Jonathan Brown about our place and role in heavy music, growing up black and punk in the midwest, the current events with police killings and protests.

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