97 - VULVODYNIA: South African Deathcore & New Beginnings

Garza sits down in-person with South African deathcore band VULVODYNIA. https://www.facebook.com/vulvodyniaslam SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! VULVODYNIA is: Luke Haarhoff - Guitar Lwandle Prusent - Vocals Kris Xenopoulos - Guitar Tom Hughes - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Lwandile’s Not Into Drugs  03:13 - Chilling at an AirBnB For Days Off 04:55 - Band Member Intros 05:17 - Quick Band History 08:17 - Lwandile Playing Guitar & Singing Live 14:09 - Bob’s Burgers 15:51 - Benefits of Quitting Social Media 18:20 - Always Trying to Grow as a Musician 19:35 - Suicide Silence “Bludgeoned to Death” Guitar Play-through 21:48 - Discovering Heavy Music 22:40 - Limewire 24:30 - All Shall Perish 25:27 - Upbringing in South Africa 26:01 - Getting Mugged in South Africa 29:28 - Samsung Sponsorship 31:50 - Portable Rigs for Live Shows 34:24 - Acquiring Visas is a Nightmare 35:30 - Navigating the Industry as a South African Band 39:13 - Dealing With Poachers in the African Desert 41:52 - Inequality in South Africa 43:45 - Cool Earrings & Nate the Merch Guy 46:00 - Guitar Thumping w Tosin Abasi 48:56 - Practicing Guitar 50:44 - Getting Inspiration & Writing Collaboratively 53:39 - New Album & New Beginnings 56:06 - Sold Out Tour with Angelmaker  57:05 - Crossing the Canadian Border Sucks 58:12 - Vancouver, Portland & Seattle’s Rough Areas