In Converation... JJ Anselmi And Sam McPheeters

Published: April 10, 2020, 10 a.m.

b"J.J. Anselmi is the author of Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-metal; and Heavy: A Memoir of Wyoming, BMX, and Heavy Fucking Music. He\\u2019s played drums in several heavy bands, including In the Company of Serpents and Former Worlds. He\\u2019s currently the drummer of Drainage, a sludgy metalcore band from Long Beach, California.\\n\\nSam McPheeters was born in Ohio and raised in upstate New York. In 1981, at age twelve, he co-authored Travelers Tales: Rumors and Legends of the Albany-Saratoga Region. Starting in 1989, he sang for Born Against, Men's Recovery Project, and Wrangler Brutes, touring seventeen times across North America, Europe, and Japan. Since 2009, he has written for Criterion, Vice, and The Village Voice, among others. He currently lives in Pomona, CA, with his wife."