SILENT CIVILIAN Interview - Jonny Santos
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14 жыл бұрынBareBonesMusic.com caught up with Jonny Santos of the band SILENT CIVILIAN prior to a show on a stop on the "Fear Campaign Tour 2010" in support of Fear Factory. Jonny spoke with Evil G. on several topics ranging from his departure/hiatus from his original band SPINESHANK. Why he and the band needed a break and wanting to create something new the result of which was SILENT CIVILIAN. He talks about their new record, "Ghost Stories", just released on May 18, 2010, where it reached #21 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. How he wanted it to be a brutal new record with the classic staples of heavy metal, blast beats, grooving riffs and the vocal growls complimented by soaring melodic vocals. Jonny talks about his upcoming hectic tour schedule with both SILENT CIVILIAN, a short stint with SPINESHANK and then right back on the road with SILENT CIVILIAN. He also discusses his passion for music and the feeling of being blessed to be able to be in not just one but two bands who have and continue to taste success but never discounting the handwork and hardships that go with touring, whether it be a bus or a van and not riding the coattails of SPINESHANK. SILENT CIVILIAN had to live and survive on it's own two feet. "Ghost Stories" certainly seems to be the album that can set them apart. Plus quality live performance footage!
@CarInMyAss 5 жыл бұрын
Johnny is one of my favorite vocalists of all time
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
Totally talented. and making music again!
@sssummmak 3 жыл бұрын
@@magneteye is he?! With Silent Civilian or does he have a new project?
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
@@sssummmak Silent Civilian is in the studio right now working on the third album.
@Spainkiller 13 жыл бұрын
Johnny Santos should be bigger than he currently is. Popularity-wise. Not size-wise.
@magneteye 6 жыл бұрын
Yep. A talented dude.
@DarKKnightt07 12 жыл бұрын
He has great singing voice.
@pbeer418 5 жыл бұрын
Jonny Santos for the win!
@AK-47.762 2 ай бұрын
I've seen and met him several times with spineshank at Harpos Concert Theaterin Detroit MI. What an awesome guy he is.
@evilguy1991 13 жыл бұрын
NOOOOO I WANT MORE SPINESHANK!!!!!!!!!
@magneteye 4 жыл бұрын
How about both?
@-GRAVESITE- 2 жыл бұрын
Silent Civilian was so underrated
@ThePiranha76 14 жыл бұрын
one of my most favorite people. if you haven't met him yet, you should. :)
@patrickhamning1734 5 жыл бұрын
this band deserves more success
@kaiNeey 11 жыл бұрын
he totally fucking deserves more credit!
@superveggito2000 14 жыл бұрын
I met the entire band last night on 6-20-2010 in orlando. There was 4 opening bands before them and during the entire time Silent Civilian was hanging with the crowd, playing pool with fans, having drinks, It was a blast. Talked with jonny for a while about his music, he's a great guy, the guitarist Dave is a pool shark tho, watch out for him if u ever meet him!
@megaforceomar2996 5 жыл бұрын
I saw Spineshank touring with Adema sometime in the early 2000. I took two friends who never been to concert before, we didn't like Adema headlining, while they were playing we went outside, we saw Johnny Santos outside the venue, he was very cool, talked, took pics. I will always appreciate that. I hope someday I can see Spineshank or Silent Cilivian soon in 2019.
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
Jonny is the real deal. And a massive music lover. Love that guy!
@carlgoring2330 4 жыл бұрын
This band needs to be heard, I have loved spineshank from the start and I feel Jonny in what hes saying the last album was a bit poor but I still liked it, but this new band not a song I don't like on either album just pure sickness and its fucking amazing, glad I found Jonny again I thought he had disappeared, and I believe alot of fans out there are also thinking the same as I did.
@misterwiseblend 13 жыл бұрын
All killer, no filler... same quality across the board, like Pantera. Both bands have five stars across the board, nearly every song, in my iTunes.... Santos is a badass guitar player, as well....
@brandonbalderrama935 2 жыл бұрын
I used to see Jonny Santos play at the Roxy in Hollywood and a bunch of backyard parties back in the 90's. The band he played with was Basic Enigma. They played with another band called Swinside Circle. Jonny and Rob Garcia of Swinside formed Spineshank. I would do anything to hear the Basic Enigma demo cassette tape that I bought after one of the parties. Jonny fucking rocks!!!! "we're sick of it!!!! you aint nothing but a punk!!! we're sick of it!!! You aint shit!!!"-Jonny Santos of Basic E
@user-qz8yh4jn8t 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Jonny! Where you going? We are need your songs!! I belive in you!!
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
shhh, he' s been writing new songs. I heard some rad shit!
@megaforceomar2996 5 жыл бұрын
Please bring back SPINESHANK, if any of the members read this, please do a reunion tour. Please do a GoFundMe page for it. Total support.
@aarontrainor9918 4 жыл бұрын
Same with Coal Chamber
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
@@aarontrainor9918 Spineshank reunion is small chance, bad blood unfortunately.
@aarontrainor9918 2 жыл бұрын
@@magneteye Jonny and Dez rather stick to Silent Civilian and Devildriver
@thefakederekrufle 14 жыл бұрын
I wish there were more videos like this, thats all i have to say. kbi
@GtaMoviesGuy 11 жыл бұрын
His hairstyle from 2003 Roadrage era was way more awesome.
@DownfallDarkness 4 жыл бұрын
GtaMoviesGuy Lol, absolutely. 2003 was a way better time for lifestyle & culture, period. I'm personally not a fan myself of this whole "cultural shift" we have going on in modern society. Fuck it. I disassociate myself from it as much as possible; just for the sake of my own sanity & happiness. All that being said, Spineshank is obviously gonna go down as the peak of Johnny Santos' career.
@sssummmak 3 жыл бұрын
@@DownfallDarkness I am stuck in 90's early 2000's and I am happy
@23Belligerent 13 жыл бұрын
Been listening to spineshank since 03 or 04, I strongly support that band and when Silent Civilian came out I bought the record without hearing it first, lol. Worked out pretty damn good id say. I'll continue to support both bands. Roadrunner Records has a tendency to water down bands, they've done it more than once to more than one band. Also, I JUST started learning the guitar, I'm having to teach myself since I have no one to really show me but one of these days maybe I can learn some of thi
@thorsten_cit 14 жыл бұрын
finally an interview with sc
@enfurno 14 жыл бұрын
@superveggito2000 I hung with them after the show in Vegas on 7/9. They are completely down to earth and fun guys. It really is great to have an artist that is down to grab a case of beer after the show and shoot the shit. Hell we even watched some American dad. They respect their fans to the fullest, and that is what makes Silent Civilian the greatest metal band. Keep rocking guys!
@ExzoSSG 5 жыл бұрын
He is one of my favorite vocalists. One day I was roaming the isles of a music store and at random, I picked up a Spineshank album. Knowing nothing about them I decided to buy it anyway. I never regretted that decision. I love how he made it a point to make every song unique from one another. When he said "I listen to the first 2 tracks and I"ve listened to the whole thing" makes so much sense to me. I used to be a big Stained fan and the last few albums they made were just terrible. Every song on the album sounded the same, it was like listening to the same song on loop. Not having control over your own content is one thing that kills bands. This is what makes Silent Civilian stand out.
@SugarJRay 5 жыл бұрын
Ha! nothing better than picking up a random cd at the music store and it totally blowing your socks off. I never heard of Spineshank til a couple weeks ago and I've been listening every day now, interesting how I didn't hear of them all these years cuz I'm familiar with most of the other nu metal bands.
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
@@SugarJRay They were a best kept secret!
@syairazihaziq9642 7 жыл бұрын
3rd Album pleaseee
@Morgoblinator 3 ай бұрын
Am I the only one who found this band ins 2023 and is watching this in 2023?
@fallenangel900 13 жыл бұрын
@ElectroFret21 i disagree. the new album is just as intense as their original if not more. if anything their finding their sound just in time
@deathGaurdian 13 жыл бұрын
how old is this vid?
@Ojthemighty 13 жыл бұрын
dam streight
@ms13626 8 жыл бұрын
Nu metal guys always turn into "metal" guys
@deathshead4485 6 жыл бұрын
That is very true..yes they do
@revivedfears 5 жыл бұрын
Nu metal is still a metal sub genre though, so they always were 'metal guys'.
@DiZzAzZtErPrOdUcTiOnS 5 жыл бұрын
Like fuck we all do, I'll always keep it Nu.
@aarontrainor9918 4 жыл бұрын
Jonny and Dez fafara
@DownfallDarkness 4 жыл бұрын
@@DiZzAzZtErPrOdUcTiOnS EXACTLY. This made me smile. As a kid, I was always spiking my hair & subconsciously repping Nu Metal (& I didn't even know what Nu Metal was back then; I was way too young. I thought it was just "modern rock" back then.) During my high school years (late 2000s/early 2010s), I admittedly boarded the whole metalcore scene & had my "emo phase." Now as an adult, I've fully evolved back into nu metal-& I've grown enough to the fucking point where I can say; this is my fucking culture. Always has been. Won't see me ever becoming or "graduating" into a "metal guy." No thanks. That just isn't me. Went through that entire phase already & came back to my roots; full circle. Y'all can keep your skinny/fitted shit; I like mine baggy. Always keep it Nu, man. No other style in this life has spoken to me like Nu Metal has, & still continues to do!
@babushkaboi4256 3 жыл бұрын
Man I wish I knew what he’s been up to now
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
Silent Civilian is in the studio recording the third album
@babushkaboi4256 3 жыл бұрын
@@magneteye whaaaaaa where’s the sourceeee
@magneteye 3 жыл бұрын
@@babushkaboi4256 im friends with them. I've heard a few demos. Coming together nicely. You could also follow jonny_santos_official on Instagram.
@torjoint4683 Жыл бұрын
@@babushkaboi4256 i think it's gonna be real
@mygyel0526 2 жыл бұрын
He Looks Like A Half Pinoy In My Opinion Said For My Friend hehe
@ChaelSonnen000 Жыл бұрын
Shit bro, i saw the thumbnail and felt horrible for Mark Wahlberg for half a sec
@Seargent_Scraps 4 жыл бұрын
Screw those greedy record companies. They will destroy your sound until it turns into pop music if they can.
@patrickhamning1734 5 жыл бұрын
wait..... self destructive pattern was their best album.... how could it have been disappointing?
@ElectroFret21 14 жыл бұрын
These guys are NOT the same without Tim Mankowski and Chris Mora. They have lost the sound that made the original album great. They might as well go by a different name. I don't care what Jonny says. The new album ISN'T better. But at least it's not bad either.
@ElectroFret21 13 жыл бұрын
@fallenangel900 Jonny is the only original member left and he's not much of a song writer or guitarist. The two guys that did 90% of the song writing are now gone and have been replaced by a couple of guys that sound average by comparison. You have to admit, Tim was a great guitarist and Chris was an insane drummer. And now, the only thing that identifies this as a Silent Civilian album is Jonny's voice. He's ruining SC just like he's currently ruining Spineshank.
@ElectroFret21 3 жыл бұрын
@@magneteye I think YOU'RE high responding to a 9 year old comment that was a response to another person's comment that got deleted on a 10 year old video. Sleep it off, bud.
@revivedfears 8 жыл бұрын
He's bullshitting when he says he was pissed at Roadrunner for making them more melodic. It was mainly Santos that wanted to make melodic stuff, hence why after Spineshank he formed Temper which was even more melodic. But then a few years later metalcore starte blowing up so he forms Silent Civilian to get in on that trend. I like the guy but I hate bullshitters.
@cabalofdemons 8 жыл бұрын
What is Jonny and the band up to these days?
@revivedfears 8 жыл бұрын
Nothing with regards to Spineshank unfortunately.
@cabalofdemons 8 жыл бұрын
revivedfears That sucks. I saw Silent Civilian March 31, 2006 at the Darkside in Atlanta. It was a killer show with Dead Rites and Deconstruct.
@revivedfears 8 жыл бұрын
cabalofdemons silent civilian were cool, ghost stories had some great tunes. They don't really have anything special though to set them apart from the countless other metalcore bands.
@cabalofdemons 8 жыл бұрын
revivedfears Musically they were better than most of the bands that broke out between 2002-2008. Sure the band didn't achieve the same acclaim as Lamb of God, Shadows Fall or Chimaira. However, the band was one of the better second tier metalcore bands during that era.
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