Oct 6, 2021
This week Jeremy interviews musician, artist, and label owner Jacob
Bannon of Converge / Deathwish Inc
Jeremy and Jacob go on a deep dive and talk early days of
Converge and his art career on this special episode of The First
Ever Podcast. On this episode the two talk being an archivist,
growing up in Massachusetts, early musical loves, how punk was an
introduction to being creative, David Bowie, how he started
Converge as the bass player, first time connecting with art, taking
photos at shows when he was younger until his camera was stolen, 31
years of Converge and reflecting on that, the role of being a
singer in a band, the first Converge show and how they chose the
band name, recording the first 7” in New Hampshire, early vocal
influences and how he found his voice, his first experience doing a
label, the story of the Boston is Burning comp 7”, self releasing
records, his first tour, the Summer of 1994, meeting Avail and what
he learned from them, visiting Epitaph Records on his first trip to
Los Angeles, juggling Converge and college, his brief time as a
teacher teaching “introduction to practical design and
illustration”, designing album art for bands, his design
relationship with Aaron Turner, the inspiration for starting
Deathwish Inc, designing “Opposite of December”, his first art
show, when Deathwish Inc grew beyond a small operation, and so much
more!
Discuss this episode with Jeremy and other listeners: