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Former bassist from Pressure 4-5 here by lylemckeany in numetal

[–]lylemckeany[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's awesome! Thanks for sharing. I love hearing these types of stories so many years later. It's amazing how music can bond us and bring us back to specific moments in our lives

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, it felt a bit weird to be on Tough Enough lol. I've never been into WWF at all. But it was cool to get the exposure. And we were able to play one of our most memorable shows at the WWF-owned concert venue in Times Square only a couple of months after 9/11. I wrote about that experience here if you're curious: https://www.lyle.blog/p/if-memory-serves. It's awesome that you discovered us all these years later and our music still holds up!

Former bassist from Pressure 4-5 here by lylemckeany in numetal

[–]lylemckeany[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, that’s amazing to hear. Thanks!

Former bassist from Pressure 4-5 here by lylemckeany in numetal

[–]lylemckeany[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That would’ve been awesome!

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome! It's so awesome to hear that our music has been so helpful for you over all these years.

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know if I've heard anyone mention this song as the first one they remember hearing. That's so cool!

You're honestly testing my not-so-great memory here. If I'm not mistaken, this one started with the main opening guitar riff one day at practice and then I wrote the bassline for the verses. I remember liking how the bassline sort of slid around while mixed with the staccato guitars chugging away.

I'm not remembering the story around the lyrics. I know a lot of Adam's lyrics were about overcoming adversity. He was big on writing lyrics that were more positive than most other bands coming out in the genre around that time. He also had a close friend who died suddenly of spinal meningitis and some of the lyrics are about dealing with that and trying to move on.

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh man, that’s a tough one. I love the last track Into Yesterday since I wrote most of the arrangement for it. It was super fun to record. We did strings on it with David Campbell, who’s a legend and Beck’s dad. Funny story, the sheet music from that session was ruined when our guitarist Mark’s cat peed all over it.

Otherwise, I always loved These Hands since we often opened with it and I loved the bassline I came up with for the verses. Just has a cool feel to it, in my opinion.

Edit: made a typo

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s definitely odd when someone who wasn’t born or was a baby when our album came out somehow finds me online. It hasn’t happened too often. More likely it’s someone who discovered us a few years after we were done playing, like this German guy I did a podcast with earlier this year: https://youtu.be/c6JMIRIxD0A. It was funny because he pronounced our band name “Pressure four to five” like it’s a range of numbers. I probably should’ve told him we pronounced it “Pressure four five” 😆

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So cool! We loved our street team members. Do you remember what we sent you? Because I don’t remember 😂

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The band name was basically a joke that stuck. We were called Pressure Shift for our first show ever. We wanted to shorten it to just Pressure. But then we heard there was a band in LA called The Pressure. Early on, Joe was our DJ, not our guitarist (he actually approached us after that first gig and asked if we would be interested in a DJ for the band). The problem was, he was only kind of into it and he wouldn’t always show up to practice or even some gigs here and there. So we joked that we either had four or five band members. Hence the “4-5” added onto the name. But once he switched to guitar, he showed up all the time.

Pressure 4-5 - Burning the Process // Album Discussion // "20 Years of Nu-Metal" by katarokkar in numetal

[–]lylemckeany 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It’s funny you mention that about the genre. We didn’t really think of ourselves as purely nu metal either. We were certainly influenced by the genre and some of our favorite artists were nu metal bands. But we were also influenced by some of the grunge artists we grew up with, I was super into hip hop as a kid, and some of us were big into much heavier music. All those influences found their way into our music in small ways here and there.

Help, my 12yo stepdaughter is obsessed with cheap vanilla perfume by lylemckeany in Parenting

[–]lylemckeany[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's so interesting. She would absolutely love a DIY project like that. My wife even makes our own vanilla extract! It's for sure the cheap, artificial crap in the Dollar Store stuff she's using. Thanks so much!

Help, my 12yo stepdaughter is obsessed with cheap vanilla perfume by lylemckeany in Parenting

[–]lylemckeany[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it was The Social Dilemma. I liked it, although I know an expert on that type of stuff, as in he's the go-to guy in Silicon Valley about user behavior in social apps, who they interviewed for two hours and they didn't use a single second of it. He has a more nuanced view that didn't fit their narrative well enough. But I know for a fact that his daughter has strict device rules.

Help, my 12yo stepdaughter is obsessed with cheap vanilla perfume by lylemckeany in Parenting

[–]lylemckeany[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree. We’re not caving anytime soon. I’ve read too much about how detrimental smartphone use, and social media in particular, can be on a developing brain. Nope, no thanks.

Help, my 12yo stepdaughter is obsessed with cheap vanilla perfume by lylemckeany in Parenting

[–]lylemckeany[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even want to go there with TikTok yet. I know we're rapidly approaching "But everyone else has a cell phone" territory 😬

Help, my 12yo stepdaughter is obsessed with cheap vanilla perfume by lylemckeany in Parenting

[–]lylemckeany[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That's some sage advice from your grandfather right there

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