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📸: @tylerrhorner by @islander

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To all the people who come to shows, buy the shirts, sing the songs, and keep this whole thing alive:

If a band ever treats you like they’re the rockstars and you’re just lucky to be in the room with them, that tells you everything you need to know about them.

Without you, there is no show. Don’t forget it. 🦂 by @islander

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Islander have released a studio version of their cover of Deftones’ “Back To School (Mini Maggit).”

The alternative metal outfit previously teased plans to cover the White Pony single live this past June and began performing it during their summer shows. Today, August 11th, they shared their recorded take on the track. by @islander

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All you have to do is ask, right? by @islander

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8 days ago

Anyway, here’s wonderwall by @islander

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9 days ago

Guys wake up we did it. We found a time machine by @islander

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11 days ago

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15 days ago

Stage dives rule. But it’s never easy leaving family. by @islander

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17 days ago

Fred gets it 🤌🏽 by @islander

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20 days ago

Now you know…

Criminals - feat. Sonny Sandoval of P.O.D. by @islander

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21 days ago

I’ve had people asking me why I wear the paint.

Basically, I love wrestling. Sting is my favorite wrestler, and I’ve always been intrigued by wrestlers who wore paint. When I became friends with Sting, I mentioned to him that I was considering wearing paint onstage. He told me what he uses, and it kinda went from there.

I don’t have a specific signature design. I just do whatever I feel like doing that night.

What I didn’t expect was how much the process of putting it on would affect the way I approach playing shows. It helps me focus. It makes me take a moment to actually think about what we’re about to do instead of just going through the motions.

It’s easy to put the paint on when you’re playing in front of a thousand people. It’s the nights when there are 10 people there that it almost seems to matter more. It reminds me to approach both shows the same way.

The less glamorous part is that we tour in a van and I don’t always have somewhere to wash it off afterward. I’ve washed my face in truck stop and restaurant bathrooms plenty of times. Usually that means I still have paint around my eyes, in my sinuses, or just enough left over that it looks like I’m wearing eyeliner even though I genuinely tried to get it all off.

Every once in a while, a venue has a shower and we feel like kings. Although it’s probably best not to think too hard about what has happened in that shower before we got there. But yeah, I respect bands that wear paint, masks, costumes, whatever. I know I’ve said some stuff about it being lame when bands wear full black out paint on their arms and necks… (and before anyone gets their panties in a wad, this is not about a particular band) but it was more so because I want people to be original and know why they’re doing something instead of doing it because it seems to be “the thing” at that moment. But also, doing that every night takes more effort than people probably realize. However, I don’t really consider the paint a costume or a gimmick for me. It’s just become part of how I get myself into the right headspace to perform….

And I love wrestling.

That’s pretty much it. 🤷🏽‍♂️ by @islander

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25 days ago

Just found out we played Louder Than Life yesterday.

Anybody get video? by @islander

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