After Ail Interview

Interview with Ben Veau of After Ail

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc) 

"After Ail has been a band for many years. With many different member changes and even name changes. I am not the original member. The only past members I do know are Corey McKinstrey who was the original vocalist. Fill in guitarist, some kid named Chris. then a fill in bassist, a kid named Carl Gustafason who has been in many bands playing many different spots. The band finally became named After Ail in May of 2010. Basically the meaning behind the name is simple.. AFTER AIL: After Ailment. Ailment means pain/sickness/blah blah blah. So overall it just means the aftermath of a disease or something along those lines. Like I said, I never came up with the name! I can say that I have known the members of the band for 4 years. So the band has been around at least that long!!! We recently have been endorsed by Monogram Apparel, a clothing company that supports tours and the owner of it was in a band called Anomia which recently had their last show. R.I.P. Also we just picked up some amazing management with Nasty Promotions, my good friend Matthew Hebert (Our manager) who owns the company is heartfelt dude who puts up with a lot from the local music scene and literally spends his life doing this, helping bands, raising an awesome kid and being one hell of a guy! He deserves all the credit he can and he has been helping us as a band more than ever. Thanks Matt! You're the man!"

What are some of the band's influences?

"Some of After Ail's influences are tricky and you might not believe this but..... here they are!Korn. I Killed The Prom Queen. Behold Oblivion. Adestria. As I Lay Dying. The Faceless. King Conquer. Periphery. Welcome The Tide. Destroy The Runner. Born of Osiris.

Each band named (...and there are more...) influence each one of our members in a different way. Whether it is lyrically and vocalist wise for me. Double bass patterns, breakdowns, to the tuning of the drums for our drummer. To the riffs and melodic parts we have in our songs for our guitarist, and for our bassist, well he is all over the place. In a good way!!!"

What was your favorite show to play?

"Hard question man! I do believe that everyone in the band's favorite show was one date in Hartford CT at The Webster Theater. The guys were telling me the crowd was insane, people wanted pictures with them, autographs, the owner said they could come back anytime they wanted! I guess it was one hell of a show! sadly I was not in the band at that time.I can say our next show with local acts and very good personal buds of ours on June 29th which is personally my favorite local band A Wanted Awakening's CD Release show with: A Wanted Awakening. The River Neva. Still Silent. Drama Queen For 600. We Ate The Survivors. Flood of Arcadia. Heal The Destroyer. this show is going to go in the books man, all amazing bands and anyone reading this should definitely check them out!!"

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?

"Very easy dude...Periphery, Behold Oblivion, Born of Osiris, I Killed Everyone, The Faceless, Rings of Saturn, Adestria, Breakdown of Sanity, Welcome The Tide, Suffokate, Betraying the Martyrs, Argent Strand etc..."

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

"Well all I can personally say at the moment is that everyone keep your eyes and ears open for August. Some killer things are in the works. You will all love it! "

Do you plan to tour in the future?

"Touring is up in the air at the moment my man, 2 members in our band each have a kid, and one is getting married in a week. But hey, who ever said that can stop someone from living their dream. I personally want to tour the UK, but we will have to wait and see!

If so, where do you want to play most?

"There is no specific place we want to play the most, we want to play many different places playing as much as we can to get our music, name and message out there through my lyrics and through our heart for this.  All I can say to anyone is, it doesn't matter what genre you are, whether you play all breakdowns, open notes, or if you are nothing but guitar sweeps, vocal squeals and blast beats. It doesn't matter what you play, as long as that "genre' doesn't stop you from progressing as a band. Play what you want, write what you want, do what YOU want. Don't let anything get in the way of that. It is a therapy for music, and a hobby for few nowadays. release yourself through the music you play and write, and keep on shredding. Fuck."


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