An assault theme, bulletproof vests and gas masks, Take The Hill is taking on Tucson, AZ. Started in 2009 when Jake Campbell and Phil Humphrey had been writing a song together and decided to use the name of the song for the name of the band as they were striving for a name that was as aggressive as their sound the name fit perfectly.
Troy Veltre joined the band around January 2010 and their singer Mike Miller joined around the end of March 2010 driving from Yuma, AZ for about a month before making Tucson his official home. Mike Lars joined around the middle of August 2011.
The band considers themselves to be all around metal with a broad spectrum of influences and do not consider themselves to be or fit into one type of music they are progressive, underground metal but radio friendly. As the bands’ many influences, Nirvana, Korn, Pantera, Johnny Cash and many more their main influence and inspiration comes from one another and the fact that each member can play multiple instruments makes for a well rounded band.
As a band they are comfortable criticizing as well as helping each other, the band is both strong and solid. Practicing 3 days a week for a few hours like religion the band lives their music. The goals of Take The Hill is to have fun, play outside of Tucson and to amass a huge following and have sell out shows, the band like their sound plays large and lives large.
Before a show there is always an array of emotions, being nervous, feeling excited, pumped and having fun and when the show is over, so is the rush but there is also a relief and a calm that the band knows they played hard and played great. Take The Hill hopes those that go to see them get it, what they are about and the music they perform.
In closing the bands advice to the readers, those who play an instrument or are even in a band, never stop and don’t quit, listen to everything musically and open your mind. Remember it’s not how often you play but how much you play, never treat playing like it’s a competition and always rebel against the trend, be different, be yourself.
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