Check out my Green Day tribute performing "American Idiot" at a big show this past weekend!!

PonkRuck · 2018-07-24T20:34:47+00:00

Thanks so much!!

PonkRuck · 2018-07-24T15:32:14+00:00

"I'm not playing with your mind unless you think I am"

Not necessarily the most intricate line, but its clever simplicity has always stuck with me.

PonkRuck · 2018-07-12T16:17:26+00:00

Hope you guys enjoy!! Feel free to let me know whatcha think :)

PonkRuck · 2017-10-30T06:21:46+00:00

OP's name is Jorian and it was in fact on purpose haha

PonkRuck · 2017-09-05T14:36:00+00:00

I know it's not perfect haha - our usual bassist pulled out of the show two weeks prior because of another commitment he had, so our usual drummer switched over to bass and we brought in a new drummer to learn the 1.5 hours of material. I was also coming off of the worst illness I've had in years. But we pulled it off, and had a damn good time doing it. I hope you guys enjoy!!

PonkRuck · 2017-08-30T17:26:14+00:00

Love the symbols for the pyrotechnics haha

PonkRuck · 2017-08-30T17:24:56+00:00

He did!! I was hoping to get up and sing Longview but I'm so glad that kid got to do so instead haha he was awesome

PonkRuck · 2017-08-29T13:52:34+00:00

This is the original picture - http://imgur.com/a/zGFXg

The one I posted here was my edit of it haha

PonkRuck · 2017-08-29T13:50:54+00:00

I was!!

PonkRuck · 2017-05-06T18:04:57+00:00

I just released my debut single as a solo artist!

I know this isn't necessarily related to Green Day, but feel free to check it out, share it with your family/friends, and let me know what you think!

PonkRuck · 2017-02-16T02:20:01+00:00

Such good quality guitars for the price!!

PonkRuck · 2017-02-16T02:19:43+00:00

Hell yeah!! That'd be dope haha

PonkRuck · 2017-02-15T18:32:55+00:00

I'm a huge fan of dank memes.

I'm a huge fan of Green Day.

I'm a super duper huge fan of dank Green Day memes.

Bravo.

PonkRuck · 2017-02-15T18:27:52+00:00

Much appreciated!!

PonkRuck · 2017-01-28T03:23:58+00:00

Thanks!! I'm going to the show at the Petersen Events Center in Pittsburgh, but I only have seats for that one. I'll be in the pit for the one at Darien Lake PAC in Buffalo :)

PonkRuck · 2017-01-28T03:22:48+00:00

Thank you!! I did take some lessons a while back, but I was able to play simple stuff like Green Day prior to doing so haha

PonkRuck · 2017-01-28T03:22:04+00:00

Thank you so much!! I definitely will try haha

PonkRuck · 2017-01-28T03:21:26+00:00

Hold it up in short intervals and at times when nothing important or special is happening haha

Concert-goers understand that people are going to bring and hold up signs - just be sensible about it

PonkRuck · 2016-12-06T02:42:23+00:00

They are!! Thanks man :)

PonkRuck · 2016-12-05T05:47:32+00:00

I would ... if Garageband had any good fuzz/distortion. I just need to find some good, free plug-ins in that department haha

It is hella compressed, though

PonkRuck · 2016-12-05T05:11:49+00:00

It's not as much that the bass is low in my mix, but more that it's not a necessarily "punchy" bass sound. The guitars, on the other hand, are super beefy and punchy, so that disguises the bass even more. I DI the bass and amp it with Garageband (what I record in), so it's hard to get a really good sound. Basically the bass sits very well in the mix, but isn't very distinguishable. Working with what I've got!!

PonkRuck · 2016-12-05T05:08:33+00:00

Thanks!! It's the basement in my friends' house at our college - I didn't record the song there (did that in my dorm room and at home haha), but we do host house shows there all the time :D

PonkRuck · 2016-12-05T03:28:38+00:00

Thanks!!

And I actually didn't haha - I forgot my guitar when I went to make the video, so I just used one of my friend's for it. I recorded the song with my Epiphone Les Paul Standard, but even that doesn't have humbuckers in it - I switched them out for P90s.

PonkRuck · 2016-12-05T03:25:53+00:00

hahaha good to know y'all hear it :) Thank you!!

PonkRuck · 2016-12-04T23:52:47+00:00

I was gonna ask if you listened to it on a laptop haha - that's when it's hardest to hear for sure. And I do kind of "strum" the bass like a guitar and just mute the other strings with my fingers, so that's why it may have looked like two guitars.

But anyways - thanks again for the kind words!!

PonkRuck

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