WEAK13 Press Photos/Wallpapers, a set on Flickr.
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WEAK13 Album News: Studio report by bass player Wesley Smith
Wez Smith/BassMunky studio report
“As soon as we had finished GO AWAY the first song of our new batch of music I knew John Stewart was the one to record our album. The whole recording process was a complete joy an just felt right! Never before have I personally connected with an felt comfortable with my music in the hands of a producer”
“He listens to our ideas an what we want and knows how we sound so the final recordings feel true to us as personalities and remain faithful to our live sound. Nick and Neel are amazing to work with too and are two people that from day one rehearsal we all just clicked and have never looked back! Plus the new songs we have been putting together mature us as a band even further, so with all the right people in all the right places at the right time”
“This album is gonna be a force to be reckoned with, a breath of fresh air in a stale music world, something different and one to watch out for, peace out” x
John Stewart of Project Studio 1410
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WEAK13 Press Photos/Wallpapers
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SEX PEST released in England by WEAK13
An official album teaser has been released on April 19th 2013 by British grunge band WEAK13. The teaser is a full music video for their currently unreleased song titled ‘Sex Pest’ which is one of the songs thought to be included on the forthcoming debut studio album by WEAK13 scheduled for late 2013. The music video is produced by Nick J.Townsend and was filmed by the company called Fifty Seven Studio www.fiftysevenstudio.com
‘Sex Pest’ is the second preview track to date from WEAK13′s new album, the other being their song (music video below) ‘Go Away’ which was released at Xmas in 2012 and was recently praised by Rock God Andrew W.K. in Kerrang! Magazine earlier this year. WEAK13 are currently unsigned and are still considering offers.
WEAK13 Album News: Studio report no.2 by drummer Neel Parmar
Neel Parmar – Photography by Mark Hopson
WEAK13 drummer Neel Parmar gives his second studio reports on the progress of recording the WEAK13 studio album in his own very exhausted words.
“Hey you sex pests!! let me tell you a story…….there once was a very very sensational Asian man (let’s call him Neel) who was a party animal, literally he would party all day everyday nonstop……now after a night of sex…(drugs) and rock n roll….oh and lots of tequila…..(neel likes tequila)…..oh and no sleep at all…..he had to go to the studio and place his drum tracks down for the best and most respected producer in the entire land……now after travelling for what seemed like forever and a day he finally got the local village of the best and most respected producer in the entire land (lets call him John) and he was met by ‘john’ who took him to the most magical place in the world……..a studio where ‘johns’ amazing magical skill (and coffee) helped neel get thru the day and not only get thru 1 track but lay down the groundwork for 4 other tracks as well as some special surprises for the listener when the album is released………..”
“Ok I tried to be creative with it but the facts are….im fucked….I haven’t slept for 2 days…..legal highs can get the job done when desperate………and sex on them lasts forever!!…..but oh yeah studio was awesome thanks to john being amazing at what he does we managed to get through a lot more work than I thought we cud do in 1 day …especially when I am a walking zombie…..the new song ……well lets just say it is catchy…..crazy……and made the pain in my groin go away….”
Peace love and sex for hire
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Drummer Neel Parmar of WEAK13. Photo still provided by Fifty Seven Studios and taken from the forthcoming WEAK13 music video
Check out Neel Parmar below in the WEAK13 music video ‘Go Away’ released last Xmas (Dec 2012)
WEAK13 Album News: Interview with producer JOHN STEWART
John Stewart – Producer and engineer for the WEAK13 studio album
This month we interview John Stewart who is the producer and engineer for the WEAK13 studio album which is currently in production. The preview track ‘GO AWAY’ has set the high bar already and given fans a lot to look forward to. Will he reveal any studio secrets and what happens behind the scenes? John Stewart speaks his mind about working with WEAK13
“I’m fascinated with the relationships between the recording engineer and the artist. This is one of the fundemental foundations that a lot of the albums I love has, for example Kyuss/QOTST and Joe Barresi, Nirvana (Nevermind) with Butch Vig and Andy Wallace, Tool’s Lateralus with David Bottrill, Trent Reznor and Alan Moulder. These are obvious examples but you get the idea”
“A lot of bands work to a tight budget and recording sessions can be a quick fire, ‘how ya doing, let’s try and build a two year relationship in 5 minutes oh, you wanna sound like NIN in a day’ etc and what you get is what you get. When you’re the biggest band in the world and can budget for months this is great, and the top pros have years of experience and know how to get the best out of a band, and these are bands that know exactly what they want (and maybe the PR guy too)”
“The WEAK13 sessions so far have been a chance to create a bit of an ongoing project, and I get to explore different ways of working with them. I read an article a while back regarding the QOTSA Lullabies To Paralyse album where Joe Barresi explains how he went to watch them rehearse to get a live feel of the then new material and they spent the first couple of days experimenting with pedals and sounds…’wow, this is what I want to do’ was my exact thought”
“What about the all important money? Well lets just say, if I really dig the music, we can sort something out. I really like what WEAK13 are trying to do with this album. I can’t say too much but I see a band who have finally clicked. The songs I’ve heard so far are just great. You know its good when you hear the first 4 bars and can already hear how the whole thing is going to sound. Also, egos are left outside, cause these guys are also taking a chance with me, giving me time and freedom to try out different techniques. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but the recording process is a game of patience and problem solving”
Photo by James Kriaun
“I’ve enjoyed very much speaking to each of the band who know exactly what they want from their sound, and that can be challenging but also exciting. Nick and I also have a very similar musical starting point and love a lot of the same kinds of music, so that connection is invaluable. Wes has such an eclectic taste and is very aware how the bass as an instrument sits in all types of different musical genres. Neel has been fantastic and is prepared to take time to get his drum technique captured (I’m not just talking, sound, I’m talking style)”
“My roots are band orientated but as a guitarist (using the term loosely) I had a lot of fun working with Nick using a Diezel VH4 and multi miking a custom Soldano cab. The Cab has both V30 and GT12 75 speakers so the variety of tone was brilliant. Without giving away too many secrets it would be safe to say that the recording process as a whole so far has been far from your conventional band sessions. The learning curve has been good; for example, I have learnt not to leave Neel alone (insert personal band joke here)”
“At the end of the day if I can capture the essence of this band and put it on CD, I will be very happy. After all,its like photograpy and capturing that moment, a snapshot in time”
Words provided with permission of John Stewart.
WEAK13 – Photography by Mark Hopson
WEAK13 Album News: Studio report by drummer Neel Parmar
WEAK13 drummer Neel Parmar reports on the progress of recording the WEAK13 album and shares a few secrets…
Neel Parmar – Photography by Mark Hopson
“Jancjancjsdamvjdsanvkjvka but in a good way!! The new studio is amazing, but what is a studio without an amazing producer?! John Stewart is probably one of the only guys who could ever be up for the task of knowing the current sound of WEAK13!! While keeping our own individual sounds and personalities on the tracks he has also found a way of making it all come together in what can only be described as an outburst of oldskool grunge with a big hit of crazy!!”
Neel Parmar in recording studio
“The tracks so far for the new album (i’m not meant to tell anyone anything about it but it will be like having a defribulator on ure head at full power) have come together amazingly, and all the ideas and crazy techniques really are allowed to run free…for example on our latest track I just happened to be left alone in the studio with a female companion (I would put her name but well I couldn’t be arsed to get it) and well let’s just say….I accidentaly pressed record on the desk and lets just say …it worked!”
Project Studio 1410 vocal booth
“Who would have thought that the 3 of us who each come from completely different musical backgrounds could come together and create music with such passion and creativity?! All i can say about the new album is that it will give you the same feeling you got when you first listened to your mother singing you to sleep with a car in the street blasting out sexy motherfucker by Prince………what only happened to me??………
peace love and sex for hire..”
(Studio Report by Neel Parmar)
Photography by Mark Hopson
NEWS: Vocalist of British band WEAK13 injured during music video shoot
NEWS: WEAK13 Vocalist and Guitarist injured during music video shoot. Photo provided by http://redreelproductions.tumblr.com
The vocalist and guitarist Nick J.Townsend of British grunge rock band WEAK13 was recently hurt during the filming of the band’s new music video (scheduled for release summer 2013). The front man collided with a cameraman and received a powerful blow to the head after coming into contact with the camera which resulted in him being thrown across the floor of the film set in full view of the extras and production team. At the time of the accident the singer songwriter assured everyone that he was totally okay and able to continue with the filming, later on it was discovered that he had totally ignored health and safety and hid a mild concussion. The following day Nick J.Townsend was told off by the Fifty Seven Studio team for letting them continue with the filming of the music video of which he was the producer of as they were very concerned about his safety. Despite the injury, he carried on for two hours and all the work for the music video was completed.
Photo still provided by Fifty Seven Studios and taken from the forthcoming WEAK13 music video (2013)
Drummer Neel Parmar of WEAK13. Photo still provided by Fifty Seven Studios and taken from the forthcoming WEAK13 music video
The Fifty Seven Studios production team for the WEAK13 music video are in good spirits even though there was cause for concern about the health of Nick J.Townsend during the filming process. The music video is intended to be made public April/May 2013 and will be used for the new never before heard WEAK13 single which has been engineered by producer John Stewart of Project 1410 Studios. Nick J.Townsend assures fans that he is in good health and apologised to Fifty Seven Studios for his lack of professionalism during the music video shoot, he said “Everyone put so much hard work into the music video that I didn’t want to ruin the day and stop the production, looking back now I realise that this was a reckless decision that I made as a producer but thankfully everything turned out okay”.
Crowd shot moment during WEAK13 music video shoot. Photo provided by Red Reel Photography. http://redreelproductions.tumblr.com (augmented@hotmail.co.uk)
Extras and the production team were all stunned when they saw Nick fly across the room, had he not been wearing a straight-jacket at the time of the filming he may have been able to have avoided the accident. After a fifteen minute break the shooting continued and Nick J.Townsend continued for a further two hours of filming. The vocalist is now in good health and only suffered a mild concussion. The band WEAK13 would like to alert anyone making a music video to take health and safety serious and not make the same mistake. After the accident Nick laughed with the extras on set whilst making a reference to the character Basil Faulty from the BBC comedy Faulty Towers and said “Polly!…she can’t be trusted to run a hotel without me, I’m perfectly fine…now where are the Germans?”.
Special guest appearance in WEAK13 music video by Mistress Satine. Photo provided by Red Reel Photography. http://redreelproductions.tumblr.com
Wesley Smith the bassist of WEAK13 on set during the filming of the new music video. Photo provided by Mark H.Roberts http://www.mhrobertsphotography.com
WEAK13 drummer Neel Parmar on set looking worried as singer receives blow to the head. Photo provided by Red Reel Photography. http://redreelproductions.tumblr.com
Fifty Seven Studios although delighted with the finished results were not happy that Nick J.Townsend shrugged off his injury. There were hugs all round though after and the music video was completed. Photo provided by Mark H.Roberts. http://www.mhrobertsphotography.com
Photographer Mark H.Roberts on set of WEAK13 music video. Mark has provided much of the band’s live and studio photography since 2009. This photo however was taken and provided by Red Reel Productions.
Shot taken during WEAK13 music video. The finished music video will be released to the public Summer 2013 and is hyped to be the best music video the band has released to date. Photo provided by Mark H.Roberts http://www.mhrobertsphotography.com
Bassist Wesley Smith of WEAK13. Photo still provided by Fifty Seven Studios and taken from the forthcoming WEAK13 music video
Exclusive: First peek of WEAK13′s brand new 2013 music video.
The 10th official music video for WEAK13 has been officially said by the band as “The best one yet!!”. However the band have said the music video won’t be seen publicly till April/May 2013. The company Fifty Seven Studios undertook the direction and camera work and the video itself was produced by the band frontman and guitarist Nick J.Townsend. Filming all took place in Stourbridge United Kingdom on February 9th 2013 at Base Studios and featured an impressive turnout of special guests including members from the bands Left For Red, Police Bastard, Birthrite, Massive Head Trauma, Spearmint6, Beloved Breakdown, My Haunting Revenge and many more plus top metal DJ Jimmy Darko.
Taken from the forthcoming WEAK13 music video (2013). Photo still provided by Fiftysevenstudio.
Photos have been released by the bands regular Photographer Mark H.Roberts who was on set with fellow photographer Richard RedReel. Details about the song and the music video are being kept top secret until the release of the bands next single which is planed for Summer 2013. Members of WEAK13 have said that this next music video will be “One for the fans“. The band is still busy working on their debut studio album which remains untitled.
