CEREMONY: Never the Same Band Twice (With Ross Farrar & Anthony Anzaldo)

This week we're joined by vocalist Ross Farrar (instagram.com/rossjfarrar/?hl=en) & guitarist Anthony Anzaldo (instagram.com/anthonyxfamily/?hl=en) of the great CEREMONY (instagram.com/ceremony/?hl=en)...

From childhood friends to lifelong bandmates, we learn all about their individual introductions to punk and hardcore music and how that eventually lead to the fateful formation of now legendary bay area hardcore band, Ceremony.

From the aggressive hardcore origins of their demo, first 7", and first 2 LPs, to their first big evolution and breakout Rohnert Park, all the way to their newest (and possibly best) album Tell Me Your Dream, we discuss everything in between, and the many "Gauntlets" in between that got us here.

A thoroughly fun, fascinating inside look at what is truly one of the defining underground bands of the last 20+ years. Enjoy this monumental 3 hour chat.
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00:00:00 - Start
00:02:00 - CEREMONY
00:04:52 - Rohnert Park, California
00:12:46 - Ross & Anthony's First Bands (Hammer Time)
00:17:31 - The Origin of Ceremony
00:28:39 - RUINED 7"
00:43:17 - VIOLENCE VIOLENCE
01:01:14 - Pardon This Interruption...
01:03:27 - SCARED PEOPLE EP, Signing to Bridge Nine
01:12:28 - STILL NOTHING MOVES YOU
01:23:15 - ROHNERT PARK
01:38:39 - Rohnert Park Live at the Hollywood Palladium
01:46:14 - Signing to Matador
01:50:43 - The List of Every Ceremony Show Ever
01:53:02 - ZOO
02:10:08 - THE L-SHAPED MAN
02:14:58 - Ross Goes Back To School
02:19:43 - Reception To L-Shaped Man
02:30:21 - Relapse Records & IN THE SPIRIT WORLD NOW
02:39:18 - How Ceremony Handled 2020, Almost Breaking Up
02:43:16 - TELL ME YOUR DREAM (CEREMONY'S BEST RECORD?)
02:58:01 - Misconceptions of Ceremony
03:05:00 - Top 4 Hardcore Records