58: Jacob Bannon (Converge): It Took Me a While to Find My Voice and I Eventually Had to Let Go and See What Happens

The First Ever Podcast

Jeremy Bolm

Music, Arts, Music Interviews

5.0 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This week Jeremy interviews musician, artist, and label owner Jacob Bannon of Converge / Deathwish Inc

Jeremy and Jacob go on a deep dive and talk early days of Converge and his art career on this special episode of The First Ever Podcast. On this episode the two talk being an archivist, growing up in Massachusetts, early musical loves, how punk was an introduction to being creative, David Bowie, how he started Converge as the bass player, first time connecting with art, taking photos at shows when he was younger until his camera was stolen, 31 years of Converge and reflecting on that, the role of being a singer in a band, the first Converge show and how they chose the band name, recording the first 7" in New Hampshire, early vocal influences and how he found his voice, his first experience doing a label, the story of the Boston is Burning comp 7", self releasing records, his first tour, the Summer of 1994, meeting Avail and what he learned from them, visiting Epitaph Records on his first trip to Los Angeles, juggling Converge and college, his brief time as a teacher teaching "introduction to practical design and illustration", designing album art for bands, his design relationship with Aaron Turner, the inspiration for starting Deathwish Inc, designing "Opposite of December", his first art show, when Deathwish Inc grew beyond a small operation, and so much more!

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1:02.0	The first ever podcast. I am your host, Jeremy Bollm. And if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form
1:27.9	that led them to where they are today. I am coming to you from Orlando, Florida. My band,
1:33.7	Tusha Amore, is on tour with thrice and self-defense family. Currently, Thrice is playing. They're
1:40.9	playing on the floor above me, so you probably hear maybe a little bit of bumping and maybe just overall sound of a band playing.
1:49.0	But this is what happens when you are dumb enough to have a podcast and be in a band and try to think you can do both at the same time.
1:56.3	My guest today, Jake Bannon of Converge, They just put up a brand new song in support of the
2:03.0	upcoming Blood Moon record. So I figured this was a perfect opportunity to get Jake on the show.
2:08.8	We go deep, deep, deep back into early Jake Bannon days. We talk a lot about his time in art
2:16.8	school, as well as the Genesis of Converge. It was a lot about his time in art school, as well as the
2:18.2	Genesis of Converge. It was a really awesome talk, and it left a lot of room for him to come
2:23.2	back and pick up from where we left off. But before we get there, I want to talk about my friends
2:29.0	at Discovered Magazine. Discovered is an international print counterculture magazine encompassing the best of
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