2002

8-26-02 @ Hamilton St. Cafe & Stage (Bound Brook, NJ) w/Doosu and Red Animal War // Hamilton St ///

2003

5-14-03 @ Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Futureman and Juvenile Grips. 9:30 5$ // The Brighton Bar ///

5-29-03 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Fortunato, Give Me Danger and Interference. 9:30 21 // The Court Tavern ///

6-14-03 @ Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Sketch and Zelda Pinwheel // The Brighton Bar //

7-25-03 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ The Break, Let It Burn, Chris Batten, Silence The Fall // The Court Tavern///

8-1-03 @ The Common Ground (Brattleboro, VT) w/ Meghan Storm, The Vermont Nuclear Wasted, The Fever Few, Thee Black Onee, Mong Hang

8-2-03 @ 146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Galaxy Down, Sovenskya 4:00

8-3-03 @ 146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Meghan Storm, Silent Film Score, Into The Looking Glass 4:00

8-16-03 @ 146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ ...Then Came Silence, The Fever Few, The Grillers 2:00

8-16-03 @ Spring Lake Heights Community Center (Spring Lake, NJ) w/ Valandora, Denver In Dallas, The Letdown, Rdx 7:00

9-13-03 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Fuse, Digested Flesh, Jack Nebraska //The Court Tavern //

9-24-03 @ 146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Rescue the Past(on tour from DE) and Fanshen

10-13-03 @146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Boys Night Out, Worthless United ALL AGES!! Doors at 6pm

10-21-03 @ 146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Outsmarting Simon, Ben Barnett (Kind of Like Spitting), My Shining One, Transit ALL AGES!! Doors at 6pm

10-30-03 @146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) HALLOWEEN SHOW w/ Green Room, Meghan Storm Doors at 6pm FREE!!! w/costume ALL AGES!!!

11-02-03 @146 New St. (New Brunswick, NJ) w/The Killing Gift, Jack Nebraska, and DJ Kid Chemistry (The Low End Theory, Signal/Noise)

11-07-03 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ All the Dead Pilots, Clydesdale, Kid Kodiac (18 Doors at 9pm) // The Brighton Bar //

11-14-03 @ The Mr. Roboto Project (Wilkinsburg, PA) w/ The Gunshy, Sixtyfour, Solara, Cloud 9 // The Mr. Roboto Project // $5 Doors at 7pm

11-22-03 @The Sanctuary (Stroudsburg, PA) w/ The Preps, Imidazole, High School Football Heros, The Ruckus, Too Short Notice, Slightly Askew //The Sanctuary //

2004

1-10-04 @ The Brighton Bar 121 Brighton Ave. (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Violet, Clydesdale, All The Dead Pilots (18 Doors at 9pm) // The Brighton Bar

Fri 2-13-04 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Shane Gooding, Convict Orange, Chiaro Scuro, Give Me Danger, // The Court Tavern//

Thurs 3-11-04 @ The Brighton Bar 121 Brighton Ave. (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Walter's Alter Ego, and Green Room (18 Doors @ 9pm) // The Brighton Bar //

Sat 3-27-04 @ The Starland Ballroom (Sayreville, NJ) Surf & Skate Fest Battle of the Bands (Day IV) w/ HAIV Transit, Broken Values, The Saturday Morning Special, Self Denial, Denver in Dallas, One Step Away, Canon Law, Surfing Amy, Nowhere to Go, Drunk at the Berkeley, Midd December, Someday Never, 3 Under 6, Fake Knife, Tripvision, Burnt to Ashes, FKP, Omnium, Gray Lines of Perfection, Preowned, The Prime, Aspen It Is, For The Record, Tomorrow's Mistake, Fairway, Famous Last Words, Skyler, The Skies Farewell, Forevers End, The Silence Factor, Kid Go Home, The Troublemakers, Citizen Uprise, Forgiving Winter, From Downtown, Red Light District, Ultimatum, and Too Short Notice // Starland Ballroom //

Fri 4-09-04 @ The Brighton Bar 121 Brighton Ave. (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Sonic Element, Cleric, and The Green Room (18 Doors @ 9pm) // The Brighton Bar //

Sat 6-19-04 @ The Attic (Kettering, OH) w/ Redhanded, Head Art for Disco, Pancake, and The Adversaries 9:00PM // The Attic //

Sun 6-20-04 @ Curly's Coffee (Amherst, NH) w/ Lost in a World of Ghosts, The Bedroom Mile 6:00PM //Curly's Coffee //

Fri 6-25-04 @ "The Clinic" on Hamilton St (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Fake Knife, The Soldiers of Misfortune, The Stand In, and 1 more (if you know their name let us know).

Tues 7-06-04 @ "The Killing Center" on Plum St. (New Brunswick, NJ)w/ Memento Mori, Thirty Story Dreams, Dresden, Crayon Rosary, and All Rattle And Dust //

Mon 7-12-04 @ The Compound (Fitchburg, MA)w/ D.U.I //The Compund //

Thurs 7-22-04 @ "The Island" at Horseshoe Lake (outdoor stage), (Roxbury, NJ) w/ Royden, Speaking of Silence, 7:00pm

Fri 7-23-04 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ kid kodiak, what about frank?, 9:00pm, 18 // The Brighton Bar //

Sat 8-21-04 @ Krome (South Amboy, NJ) w/ Bear vs. Shark, Liars Academy, Codeseven, BEDlight for blueEYES, and Pallas Athena $10//Excess DB///

Fri 9-3-04 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ The Extraterrestrial Jesus Christ, Bind // The Brighton Bar///

Fri 9-10-04 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) w/ Tonight We Dance, The Ergs, and Don Juan Destroyer //The Court Tavern///

Sun 9-12-04 @ The Brighton Bar, (Long Branch,NJ) w/Bubble/Gum, The Ratchets and Let it Burn 10:00 7$ 18 //The Brighton Bar///

Tues 9-14-04 @ Hamilton St Cafe and Stage (22 Hamilton St, Bound Brook, NJ) A "Wearemetal.com" show w/ Gods (Ex-Zao), The Breakout, Societys Finest and Years Spent Cold. 6:00 // Hamilton St///

Sat 9-18-04 @ The Court Tavern (New Brunswick, NJ) Andy Diamond presents "Diamondpalooza" w/ Chris Batten & the Woods, Benchpress 3000, The Gallows, The Killing Gift, Static Radio, Lexington Down, Merciana, My Shining One, Scream Hello, Signal/Noise and DJ Alf(Ex-Number 5, The Fire Still Burns). 4:00 21 //The Court Tavern///

Mon 10-18-04 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Faultlines //The Brighton Bar ///

Thurs 10-28-04 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ The Westies, Clydesdale // The Brighton Bar ///

Fri 10-29-04 @ Hamilton St Cafe & Stage (Bound Brook, NJ) "Mischieffest" w/ Hari Kari, The Kiss Cut, Undying Morals, Derringer, & Burn The Tyrant // Hamilton St ///

Sat 10-30-04 @ "The Loft" on Sandford St (New Brunswick, NJ) The last shows ever for The Scarlet Letter and The Degenerics also playing The Ratchets, Quantice Never Crashed, & Del Cielo

2009

Fri 01-09-09 @ Overnight Sensations (WRSU 88.7 FM) w/ Jared Migden and Geoff Pape // WRSU ///

Sat 01-10-09 @ The Brighton Bar (Long Branch, NJ) w/ Hrny Worms (CD Release), Razor Blazers, and Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick // The Brighton Bar ///

The Apathy Code

Members:

Jason Montagna-Vocals, Guitar,

Brian de Mello - Drums,

Michael Murphy - Bass (Quit 9-18-04),

Ryan Eger - Guitar, Vocals ( Quit 6/04)

and at one point Trevor Ramen played drums.

A quick side note: I can't format this interview like the others because of the in-depthness of the answers (which I would like to thank Jason for!) so I'm just gonna let him explain all of this and leave out the "From" and "Sounds like".

Give them a listen: www.purevolume.com/theapathycode

How long have you been playing together?

That question is hard to answer. The Apathy Code has gone through many different phases. I'll give you the band history.  In the summer of 2002 I started writing things with Ryan and we booked a show for August 29th as The Apathy Code.  I went away for a few weeks, when i got back i couldn't get in touch with Ryan, so I had Mike Murphy who i had been in a previous band with fill in.  Him on synth and bass. Me on guitar and vocals.  In the Fall all 3 of us started writing songs together and we got our first drummer Trevor.  Trevor quit and we didn't find a drummer until January.  In the meantime we recorded the (alternate versions) of Structure Vs. Compulsion and No Alarms in Mikes attic with acoustic instruments. de Mello joined the band in January and we recorded a demo with The Apology and  An Obstruction to Speech in March at Technical Ecstasy in New Brunswick.  Those recording ended up on Thick Red Moment.  We Played our first show at the Brighton Bar in May.  Soon after we moved to a house in New Brunswick and had shows in the Basement.  We played a lot in the next year with the same line-up.  In March Mike quit.  We decided we should record the songs we had been playing live before he left so we went back to Technical Ecstasy and recorded Thick Red Moment.  Mike decided he wanted to stay.  A few
months later Ryan quit.  We've played as a 3-piece ever since and our Cd has Just been released. Mike Has now left the band for good and the future of The Apathy Code is undetermined.  We are hoping Ryan will re-join and we can just find a new bass player.

Who would you consider to be your biggest influence?

My personal biggest influence was probably Neil Young.  He has a biography called Shakey.  That man has become my hero.

What made you want to join a band? 

I think it was a combination of Pearl Jams No Code album and not really having any friends in High School that got me to really love music on a level that I hadn't before. So i started  playing music and writing songs.  I started to get into underground music and going to shows and stuff and that's when I felt I  NEEDED to be in a band.  It wasn't so much a decision as a compulsion.

How'd you learn to play an instrument?

I guess it was like summer 1995.  I had always been into music but at that time I found myself in the hospital in New Brunswick for a week undergoing major surgery.  It was explained that I would be in bed for like a month or 2 and it would be a full year before i could resume any type of physical activities.  My parents got me a guitar.  I guess i was 15.  That September I entered a new school where I knew no one.  And music really became my life.  I took some guitar lessons.  I learned a bunch of cover songs, but not really any theory. and that's how I learned to play. I've never really resumed any physical activities. haha.  I'm not really answering the questions you've asked me am I? Sorry. I'll try harder.

Who are some of the bands you've played with? 

Some of my Favorites have been Fanshen, Outsmarting Simon, Bear Vs. Shark, Codeseven, Liars Academy, Boys Night Out, The Break, This band called Gods was real cool. The Grillers, The Killing Gift. and My Shining One. We've played with The Fever Few and Meghan Storm a few times and they are always awesome.  We just played with Let It Burn and this band called Bubble/Gum and both those bands were really cool. We are supposed to be playing with Del Cielo and The Scarlet Letter at their last show on October 30th. Hopefully we can get our shit together before then because I really love those bands.

Have you been in any other bands besides this one?

Yeah I did a band when I was younger, and right now I'm playing with a band called Silhouette with Jason from This Ship Will Sink and some of the guys from Is This Real and Kill Crush Destroy.  I don't know if it is going to work out with me, but what they are doing is really awesome.  So if anyone should get a chance to see that band they should go see them.

Do you have a favorite part about being in a band? 

Writing songs, playing them for people. RECORDING!!! I just wish I could afford to do it more.

Do you have a least favorite part?

Driving, fighting with band members.  All the politics involved.  And the compromises.  I think that is why Neil Young is so awesome. He completely avoids that.

What plans do you have for the future?

I'm hoping we can keep The Apathy Code going for at least another LP and a tour.  I want to do an acoustic record by myself soon, and I hope I can fit into this new band. If none of that works out i will just keep writing songs if nothing else.