EATING GLASS
While Eating Glass may one of the newest additions to the local
hardcore scene, the band has some veteran help behind their new
vinyl EP, Feed Them To The Vultures. Recorded with Jason
O’Young, the 7–inch features Jeff Beckman (Haymaker) artwork
and is being released on High Anxiety, the label started by Chris
Colohan (Cursed). Eating Glass are some of the younger set
offering the newest take on a long standing tradition. “We’re all
pretty young but we’ve started going to shows at a really young
age so I’d say we’re young veterans of the scene,” smiles vocalist
Jose Lopez.
With Spencer Arnott (drums), Jason Whitney (bass), Ryan
Rogers (guitar), and Jason Pottruff (guitar), Eating Glass members
come from Burlington, Hamilton, Kitchener and Toronto
geographically. Musically the members of Eating Glass come from
the same sludgy stew that gave birth to some of their
inspirations. “Playing shows with bands like Cursed, To The Lions,
Vatican Chainsaw Massacre and others in small rinky dink places
are always a good time and the energy you get from playing small
crowded places like that is like nothing I’ve ever felt before,” says
Lopez. “There’s just something so positive about being in an
environment with other people that share the same views that you
share and that are there for the music and the message, not the
fashion and the merchandise.
“I don’t really care what people end up calling it,” he adds on
the band’s genre. “To me it’s not hardcore or metal or punk or
thrash or any of that, it’s just Eating Glass. Being put into a
specific genre isn’t what’s important to me; the message behind
the music is what I’m interested in. I want people to read the
lyrics and open their eyes to what’s happening in our world.
“We’re a society that’s driven by war, religion, money, and
corruption and everyone just seems to be okay with that. But
