BEN SIPTROTT (JEROME, MONSTERS)

Listen to this episode from BRUTALITY PODCAST on Spotify. This week we chat with Ben Siptrott, guitarist of bands Jerome & Monsters. With both bands making a comeback, we get into the humble beginnings of starting Jerome, VFW shows, Eat The Gun & gaining fame after the band's breakup, the Chicago deathcore scene, reuniting 15+ years later, new music, Monsters' reunion & so much more.BEN SIPTROTT: https://www.instagram.com/ben_jerome66/JEROME: https://www.instagram.com/jerome_il/MONSTERS: https://www.instagram.com/monsters_chi/Thank you to IndieMerchstore for sponsoring the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.indiemerchstore.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code BRUTALITY for 10% offBRUTALITY PODCAST MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.indiemerchstore.com/collections/brutality-podcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To support the podcast and gain access to behind the scenes, early access, bonus streams & more: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/brutalitypodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠All BRUTALITY PODCAST links(Discord, Youtube, etc): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/brutalitypodcast⁠CHAPTERS:[00:00:00] Teaser / Intro[00:01:26] Long time coming[00:03:35] Monsters reunion[00:06:17] Jerome / Monsters / Oceano crossovers[00:11:17] Jerome were young[00:13:35] Bands prior to Jerome & meeting Boz[00:21:29] Forming Jerome, early days[00:25:11] Recording with Joe Buras (Born Of Osiris)[00:28:21] Quebec tour & scene[00:31:36] IndieMerchstore[00:33:00] Viral Eat The Gun video & breaking up[00:36:54] Forgetting about Jerome[00:39:27] Short lived Chicago supergroup[00:46:44] Monsters vs The Monsters[00:48:02] Song title influences[00:50:41] Eat The Gun live[00:52:03] Boz[00:55:28] Chicago ethics[00:57:25] Going viral after the breakup[01:04:22] Revival deathcore bands covering Jerome[01:08:16] Getting the band back together[01:12:49] First show back[01:14:42] Physical media[01:16:44] Writing new music with Jerome[01:22:21] Recording the Skull Study EP, revisiting the old songs[01:27:01] Boz hadn't screamed since Jerome[01:30:44] Monsters material vs Jerome[01:34:06] Bulb SoundCloud demos[01:37:41] Monsters Canada tour[01:48:43] Fast food deals are a thing of the past[01:51:05] Possible Jerome reunion?[01:51:31] Top 5 deathcore bands[01:52:21] Underrated Chicago bands[01:56:00] Myspace deathcore revival