![]() What’s a circle pit? “A form of violent, aggressive dancing or "slamming" during punk shows that stays within the confines of an open, circular area in the middle of the floor,” according to Urban Dictionary. He can take a joke … He's got some really messed up jokes, actually,” Henry says, laughing.Īlien Weaponry’s Metal Days slot was a massive hit with the crowd, who formed a huge circle pit in front of the stage. Luckily the band all got along well with director and cameraman Kent Belcher: “Kent was really cool to work with, he's really easy to get along with. ![]() “You just feel like you're really gross, and sweaty and you're just like, ‘I don't really wanna appear on camera like this,’” Henry adds. And it was like, head in the game,” Henry says.īeing filmed was challenging too: “Sometimes I'm having a shitty day, and I feel like I don't come across well,” Lewis says. The bassist would get up to 11 hours a night “sleeping like a baby”, whereas Henry and Lewis, who are self-described insomniacs, would sometimes stumble back to their tent “no kidding, at six in the morning”.Īlthough nights out were fun, “When it was work time, it was work time. Sleep was a challenge for the band as they got used to life on the road.Įthan got “way more sleep” than the de Jong boys, who were more inclined to go out partying. I just froze there and I barely played, because it was so scary. “That was kind of terrifying for me,” Ethan says, “I had all these parts I had to sing and stuff that I just didn't. He was 12.Īlien Weaponry’s first gig as a trio was at Henry’s high school, Bream Bay College, in the small Northland town of Ruakaka. A couple of years later they recruited their friend Ethan to play bass. “We were just in the lounge pretty much jamming for the first couple of years,” says Henry.Īfter swapping around instruments for a while, Henry eventually ended up playing drums and Lewis guitar and vocals. There were 400 people there a drop in the ocean compared to the thousands they'd be performing for at Wacken.Īlthough the band are young – Henry (drums) is 18, Lewis (guitar, vocals) and Ethan are both 16 – they didn’t find success overnight.Īlien Weaponry began in 2010, when 10-year-old Henry and his 8-year-old brother, Lewis, decided to form a band. "I think the most eye-opening thing up until we left New Zealand, was our album launch party," says bassist Ethan. Before the band left for Europe, they had no idea how they'd be received.
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