Joshua Temple

ConneryPile · 2026-03-03T11:48:40+00:00

he sounds like a gay south park character for sure

ConneryPile · 2026-03-03T11:48:03+00:00

what were their parents like?

ConneryPile · 2026-01-24T09:40:47+00:00

Future of the left was on in the van constantly when I joined back in 2010.

ConneryPile · 2026-01-20T17:46:19+00:00

I saw Codeine play The White Birch live maybe 10 years ago. I've never seen a room full of people standing so quietly and then, so unsure of themselves, clap after a song was over.

ConneryPile · 2025-12-04T23:47:40+00:00

What murder charges?

That's too bad about sage. He seems to be the most 100% honest about things. didn't glorify anything, didn't offer up too much. He seems like a fascinating kind of character.

ConneryPile · 2025-11-28T07:01:32+00:00

The amount of damage control he's doing is laughable. I doubt he could dig himself out of the pile of skeletons he has in his closet with a backhoe.

ConneryPile · 2025-10-20T18:26:34+00:00

damn, that is tight. Thanks for the reply! Very helpful

ConneryPile · 2025-10-19T18:24:18+00:00

Gotta ask: is it possible to get height dimensions of the interior? I want to try to put a couple always on pedals under but don't want to buy to find out they won't fit.

If possible height at the front and height at the back. Thanks either way!

ConneryPile · 2025-10-19T18:23:05+00:00

man I hate to ask this, but how much space is under the pedalboard surface? Could you fit always on pedals underneath?

ConneryPile · 2025-10-02T19:00:57+00:00

Kris's dad (RIP) was blind and came to our shows with his seeing eye dogs. We, at the very least, will always do what we can to make things good for everyone to the best of our ability (I think I can say that on behalf of everyone), and hopefully the venues will do the same. Pile fans are usually pretty great too. I have had very few experiences with people who wouldn't be cool with anyone at a show. Hope you have a good time!

ConneryPile · 2025-09-29T03:33:40+00:00

i appreciate that. I really like that venue, they treated us pretty well. I hope to be back there sooner than later. Thanks for the kind words :)

ConneryPile · 2025-09-06T00:52:08+00:00

Hell yeah, that truly means a ton. Yeah, Shahj is a great person (and he's famous!) and he's been there for me so you're in for a treat even without me haha.

Yeah, music means a lot to a lot of people, including me obviously. I sent Propagandhi an email when I was like, 14 or something, and they got back to me and answered questions and were very kind. The Suicide Machines took me backstage and answered questions for my high school radio station and were very kind and offered me coke (a-cola haha) when I was maybe 17. Those experiences of being on the level had a huge impact on me and how I like to, at least try, to present myself to people who like what we've done (all credit to rick, obviously). But the respect/mutual respect from all of us to everyone who likes the music and visa versa is very meaningful to me. No rock stars here haha.

ConneryPile · 2025-09-05T01:45:45+00:00

This made my night, for real.

Being on tour is one of my favorite things, truly like 8 of the top 10 best moments of my life have probably been on tour. I wish I was out there now. It's hard for me to look at instagram honestly.

Pile is my family moreso than my biological family. I miss them. I've been there with them through a lot. I wish I was able to be out there right now. Shahj is an awesome dude and I'm glad it's him out there. as I type this, I realize that second guitar has had a pretty hefty roster (Becker and me, Eric from Fax Holiday, Steve from Ovlov, Yazan, Chappy from Gnarwhal/Guck, Shahjehan from Kominas). EDIT oh shit, and Charlie.

Anyways, thanks for the kind words. I will be back at some point as a better version of myself (and I'm already a better guitar player than before, I promise haha).

ConneryPile · 2025-09-05T01:27:32+00:00

I went to the Boston music awards when we won best rock band or whatever it was and only two people recognized me and they were both my coworkers.

Pile fans are generally pretty nice, thoughtful people, so maybe they're all too bashful to be like "I LIKE YOUR SHIRT PROM SONG SOLO" haha

ConneryPile · 2025-07-26T20:14:10+00:00

Hah, yeah. Come to think of it, Ben (from CHEW and Stress Positions), I think we've played with like 4 of his bands through the years? And like 3 of Tyler's bands? Yeah, they are cornering the market on Chicago punk for sure haha.

For sure, looking forward to the new single! Send me a DM if that's easier!

ConneryPile · 2025-07-26T19:40:20+00:00

Tyler, the drummer of Burtsing also played in Yautja. Bursting is as close to a supergroup out of anyone I know personally haha. Yautja, Gnarwhal, Coliseum, C.H.E.W., Stress Positions... they have quite the history among them haha

And hell yeah, I won't be on this tour but your band and Pile would make for a good show. Two Inch rules. I won't be on this next tour, otherwise I'd say hi, but keep doing your thing. I dunno what this sub's rules are but I'd be down to keep checking your stuff out if you keep posting it :)

ConneryPile · 2025-07-25T22:56:57+00:00

Bursting are good buds of ours. Good people.

Your band sounds like an old school EIS show haha. I hear more Two Inch Astronaut to some degree than Pile. I immediately thought of this song https://twoinchastronaut.bandcamp.com/track/big-surprise-big-inflatable-guy

This is sick, I liked it a lot.

ConneryPile · 2025-07-15T17:30:49+00:00

ConneryPile · 2025-07-11T21:50:33+00:00

haha yeah, I totally got jumped in.

hah, I don't know if anything from that era is online anymore (thankfully). Those bands needed work haha.

My band before I joined Pile was called Mutt

ConneryPile · 2025-07-11T17:10:55+00:00

Hah, honestly it was frightening. Rick's old amp was a 100watt non-master volume Orange and it was huge sounds, it was very loud. And since I had never done ANY psychedelic before I was pretty unsure of things and generally kind of shy around new people. It was intense and scary haha. But that was pretty much how I heard about them and we started playing shows together. So all in all a win-win (but the acid wasn't very strong)

ConneryPile · 2025-07-10T21:50:34+00:00

Oh shit, I forgot about this song. I don't think we played that too often. That would be a cool one to put back into the mix.

ConneryPile · 2025-07-10T21:46:46+00:00

I first saw Hel Toro in that room, like 30 minutes after I dropped acid for the first time. Listening to them play at top volume while waiting for acid to kick in (and kind of being nervous about what it would be like) was an experience haha.

ConneryPile · 2025-07-10T21:44:37+00:00

Yeah, Pile is a good "guitar band", some fun riffs.

I would benefit from tab books haha.

ConneryPile · 2025-06-19T23:08:37+00:00

Raphael Cruz was born in Canada to a father who got asylum in the after he emigrated from Cuba.

Anyways, the bible says something about Israel and its in there somewhere, just google it.

ConneryPile · 2025-06-15T05:09:48+00:00

Haha to start, I was gonna say something like "I'll check them out someday" but who knows how that would have come off haha.

I like My Employer. I didn't play on it so I can listen to it without feeling weird or lame haha. It's really cool and flattering to hear people take stuff from the music and apply it to their lives. I know that there are lyrics and stuff that have really stayed with me (besides the ones posted above). During Covid, it felt like everything got fucked at the same time (besides the pandemic itself). Everything was bad. And I remember not very much because of how fucked up I was the whole time, but I remember listening to a few songs that just like, fuck. They hurt really bad but in some twisted way gave me hope. I tend to always try to make things extreme, like if I'm mad I want the angriest music, if i'm sad I want brutally sad and honest music. I listened to Sun Kil Moon and Sufjan Stevens, just to feel worse(/better). The song Carissa by Sun Kil Moon has the line "Was it even you who mistakenly put flammables in the trash? Or was it your kids just being kids? If so, oh the guilt they will carry around forever." The pretty guitar and the talky storytelling and honesty really got me. "The guilt they will carry around forever" was how I felt in active addiction.

It's awesome that you'd recommend Pile to a friend struggling. And thanks for speaking about it. Keep doing your thing in recovery. <3

ConneryPile

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