凄凉之地 - 美国Slam / Brutal Death Metal乐队Short Bus Pile Up专访

今天采访到的的来自美国的Slam/Brutal Death Metal乐队Short Bus Pile Up，组建于2005年的Short Bus Pile Up乐队最初由Tyler Sharpes一个人组建，最初的风格定义为Deathcore并且在2006年发行了第一张正式专辑“We Keep the Dancefloor Dirty with Bottles and Shit”和EP专辑“The Most Disgusting Thing Ever Created by Man... or Machine for That Matter”，这两张专辑发行之后乐队招募了其他的成员加入乐队，从一个人的乐队变成了一支完整的乐队，乐队风格也从Deathcore转变成为一支Slam/Brutal Death Metal乐队，2008年乐队发行了EP专辑“Putrid Pelvic Prolapse”，在经过掐前几张专辑的洗礼之后乐队与美国的著名厂牌Sevared Records合作发行了第二张正式专辑“Repulsive Display of Human Upholstery”一张经典的Slam / Brutal Death Metal的作品，低沉粘稠的吉他音色，缓慢整齐的Riff，让歌迷想起了非常多的经典Slam乐队，鼓手的表现非常稳定，军鼓和底鼓配的非常完美，只是贝斯的声音非常小，歌手粘稠低沉的嗓音也让所以歌迷印象深刻，这张专辑发行之后乐队在2016年宣布解散，2022年美国Been There, Scene That厂牌发行了一张Compilation专辑，无论是Deathcore或者是Slam Brutal Death Metal歌迷，如果你想了解一下Short Bus Pile Up乐队的历史，那么这张Compilation专辑是你最好的选择，2024年Short Bus Pile Up宣布重新组建，第一任鼓手David Dement和吉他手Elliot Ferguson回归乐队，2014年的歌手Bill Foster也回归乐队并且在2025年发行了一张EP专辑“Volumes of Dismal Manifestations Book I”，这张EP专辑也找来了中国台湾的歌手Larry Wang和美国歌手Damonteal Harris协助录制了两首歌曲，在新专辑发行之际杂志也与乐队取得联系进行了一次专访！

（V: 代表笔者 S: 代表Short Bus Pile Up乐队）

Today's interview is with Slam/Brutal Death Metal band Short Bus Pile Up from the U.S. Formed in 2005, Short Bus Pile Up was originally a one-man band formed by Tyler Sharpes, initially defined as Deathcore and released their first official album “We Keep the Dancefloor Dirty with Bottles and Shit” and EP “The Most Disgusting Thing Ever Created by Man...” in 2006. We Keep the Dancefloor Dirty with Bottles and Shit” and the EP ‘The Most Disgusting Thing Ever Created by Man... or Machine for That Matter’ in 2006. or Machine for That Matter”, after the release of these two albums the band recruited other members to join the band, and went from a one man band to a full band, and the band's style changed from Deathcore to a Slam/Brutal Death Metal band. In 2008 the band released the EP “Putrid Pelvic Prolapse”, and after the first couple of albums the band teamed up with the famous American label Sevared Records to release their second official album “Repulsive Display of Human Upholstery”. Display of Human Upholstery” is a classic Slam / Brutal Death Metal, with low, sticky guitars and slow, neat riffs, reminding fans of many classic Slam bands, the drummer's performance is very consistent, the snares and base drums are perfect, but the bass sound is very small, the singer's voice is very low, and the bass sound is very low. The bass is very small, and the singer's sticky, low voice also impresses so fans, after this album was released the band announced their breakup in 2016, and in 2022 a Compilation album was released on the US Been There, Scene That label, either Deathcore or Slam Brutal Death. Metal fans, if you want to know a little bit about the history of Short Bus Pile Up then this Compilation album is your best bet, in 2024 Short Bus Pile Up announced that they were reforming, with first drummer David Dement and guitarist Elliot Ferguson returning to the band, and 2014 Singer Bill Foster also returned in 2014 and released an EP in 2025 titled “Volumes of Dismal Manifestations Book I”, which also featured the help of Taiwanese singer Larry Wang and American singer Damonteal Harris. The EP also features Taiwanese singer Larry Wang and American singer Damonteal Harris, who assisted in the recording of two songs, and on the occasion of the release of the new album, the magazine got in touch with the band for an interview!

(V: for the author S: for Short Bus Pile Up Band)

采访对象：Short Bus Pile Up（Short Bus Pile Up乐队）

采访时间：2025.05.03

V: 你好兄弟很高兴认识你，非常感谢你参加这次采访，我想这是你的乐队第一次接受中国杂志的采访，首先向中国馆的所有粉丝问好，Short Bus Pile Up成立于2005年，是一个历史悠久的乐队，当你第一次组建乐队时，你是怎么想到组建这个乐队的？

Hello brother nice to meet you and thank you very much for participating in this interview, I think this is the first time that your band has been interviewed by a Chinese magazine, first of all say hello to all the fans of the China Pavilion, Short Bus Pile Up was formed in 2005 and is a band with a long history, when the band was first formed by you, how did you come up with the idea of forming this band? How did you come up with the idea of forming this band?

S: 大家好，所有在中国的粉丝都在关注我们！谢谢你给我这个机会。就组建乐队而言，一切都很顺利。起初这只是我在大学时开始的一个有趣的项目，但随着它开始受到关注，工作和当地音乐界的朋友们对把它变成一个真正的乐队表现出了兴趣，所以经过一点时间和努力，它开始形成一个完整的现场表演。

Hello to you and all of the China-based fans out there checking us out! Thank you for this opportunity man. As far as forming the band is concerned it all sort of fell into place. Originally it was just a fun project that I had started up while I was in college but as it began to gain traction, friends from work and the local music scene showed interest in making it a real band so with a little bit of time and hard work it began to take shape as a full blown live act.

V: 你在2007年招募了一些崭露头角的成员加入乐队，你是如何邀请其他成员加入乐队的？你对新成员的工作满意吗？

You recruited some up and coming members to join the band in 2007, how did you invite other members to join the band? Are you happy with the work of the new members?

S: 当一些原始成员离开时，我们很幸运地很快找到了替代者，感觉他们与我们其他人相处得很好并增强了写作过程。事情总是进展得相当顺利。

When some of the original members left we were lucky enough to quickly find replacements that felt like they meshed well with the rest of us and enhanced the writing process. It’s always gone pretty smoothly with that.

V: 在新成员加入乐队之前的两个版本都是你自己完成的，我想当你独自写作时，你能够按照你想要的方式写歌，随着2007年新成员的加入，你的工作量减轻了很多，你能描述一下你的创作过程吗？你今年刚刚发行了最新的EP专辑，这张专辑的创作过程顺利吗？

The two releases before the new members joined the band were done by yourself, I guess when you were writing alone you were able to write the songs exactly the way you wanted to, with the new members joining the band in 2007 your workload has lightened up a lot, can you describe your creative process? You just released your latest EP album this year, did the writing process for this album go well?

S: 当只有我一个人做所有的工作时，我投入的精力要少得多。当时这只是一个有趣的项目，所以我不觉得我的目标是成为任何受欢迎的人。直到我得到了写作方面的帮助，乐队才开始真正专注于好的写作和有凝聚力的歌曲。有了最新的素材，这些歌曲甚至在我们休息之前就已经在创作中了，所以我们在为这张新EP完成它们时有很多工作要做。我们只是利用改革后的过去几个月来完成它们，这是一个快速而简单的过程。

When it was just me doing all the work I put a lot less effort into it. It was just a fun project at that time so I didn’t feel like I was aiming to be anything popular. It wasn’t until I had help with the writing that the band started to really focus on good writing and cohesive songs. With the newest material, those songs were in the works even before we took the long break so we had plenty to work with when finishing them for this new EP. We just used these past few months after reforming to finish them up which was a quick and easy process.

V: 你的每一张专辑都取得了惊人的录音效果，你的专辑都是在哪个录音室录制的？哪位制作人参与了你的专辑制作，2025年EP的录制过程进展顺利吗？

Which producer worked on your albums and is the recording process going well for the 2025 EP?

V: 你更换了新的Logo，新的Logo更精致、更漂亮，谁为你设计了这个Logo？你的专辑艺术品已经从早期的真实照片变成了漫画书设计，谁为你设计了这张专辑艺术品？

You have changed to a new logo, which is more exquisite and beautiful. Who designed this logo for you? Your album artwork has evolved from early real-life photos to comic book designs. Who designed this album artwork for you?

S: 我们的Logo是由Condemned的吉他手Steve Crow设计的。他做了很多早期的BDM和Slam乐队Logo，我们喜欢它的表现。我们很可能不会得到一个新的。至于专辑封面我上过平面设计学校，所以我制作了Putrid Pelvic Prolapse和Promo封面，但唱片公司要求Jon Zig为Repulsive做封面，我们决定在这张新EP中使用Gruesome Graphx。我们认为EP的艺术应该被简化，因为里面只有几首歌，我们一直喜欢80年代和90年代早期Death Metal发行的基本艺术。

Our logo was done by Steve Crow, the guitarist of Condemned. He did a lot of the earlier BDM and slam band logos back in the day and we love how it came out. We most likely won’t be getting a new one. As far as the album art I went to school for graphic design so I made the Putrid Pelvic Prolapse and Promo covers but the label asked Jon Zig to do the art for Repulsive and we decided to go with Gruesome Graphx for this new EP release. We figured the art for the EPs should be stripped down and simple since there’s only a few songs on them and we have always liked the basic art on early Death Metal releases from the 80’s and 90’s.

V: 我觉得有趣的是，你之前的两张专辑“We Keep the Dancefloor Dirty with Bottles and Shit”和“The Most Disgusting Thing Ever Created by Man... or Machine for That Matter"不被认为是你的作品？你为什么不承认这两张专辑是你的作品？

I find it interesting that your previous two albums "We Keep the Dancefloor Dirty with Bottles and Shit" and "The Most Disgusting Thing Ever Created by Man... or Machine for That Matter" are not considered your works? Why don't you acknowledge that these two albums are your works?

S: 这些都是我自己做的，当时乐队对我来说只是一个笑话和有趣的项目。在MySpace上发布后，我们决定组建一个完整的乐队。就在那时我们录制了“Putrid Pelvic Prolapse”EP，所以我们不认为这是同一个项目，尽管乐队同名，我们保留了这个名字，因为我们觉得原始项目的大多数粉丝都会喜欢我们作为一个乐队所做的事情，所以当我们当时在金属人群中有很多追随者时，创造新的东西是没有意义的。

Those were all done by myself when the band was just a joke and fun project for me to play around with. After they were released on MySpace we decided to make a full band. That is when we recorded the Putrid Pelvic Prolapse EP so we don’t see it as the same project despite the band having the same name. We kept the name because we felt like most of the fans of the original project would enjoy what we were doing as a band so it didn’t make sense to make something new when we had a good following from the metal crowd at the time.

V: Gore, Depravity, Sick humour, Perversion是你乐队音乐的一些主题，你为什么选择它们？你想通过这些主题表达什么？你也写歌词，谁写这些歌词，是什么启发了他们？

Gore, Depravity, Sick humour, Perversion are some of the themes of your band's music, why did you choose them? What do you want to express through these themes? You also write lyrics, who writes these lyrics and what inspires them?

S: 说实话，随着时间的推移，歌词从仅仅以恐怖主题为乐，变成了更有条理地看待连环杀人和酷刑所涉及的内容。现在我们有了一位新歌手，我想让他为所有新材料写歌词，所以最新的EP都是由Bill写的，我认为他在保持我们最初的感觉方面做得很好，同时消除了厌女症和当今的不利话题。我们认为音乐应该与时俱进，其中一些触发话题不需要在我们的音乐中描绘出来。话虽如此我们仍然播放我们的旧音乐，但并不总是同意我最初写的主题。我们现在是成年人，看待事物的方式与十几岁时不同。

To be honest, over time the lyrics went from just having fun with horror themes to a more methodical look at what serial killing and torture involved. Now that we have a new vocalist I wanted him to write the lyrics to all the new material so the newest EP was all written by Bill who I think did a fantastic job of keeping the feeling we had originally, while removing misogyny and unfavorable topics of the current day. We think that music should evolve with the times and some of these triggering topics don’t need to be portrayed in our music. That being said we still play our old music but don’t always agree with the topics I originally wrote about. We’re adults now and view things differently than we did when we were teens.

V: 你的乐队早期的风格被定义为Deathcore，直到新成员加入你才变成了一个Brutal Death Metal风格的乐队，你为什么改变你的风格？

Your band's early style was defined as Deathcore and it wasn't until the addition of new members that you changed to become a Brutal Death Metal style band, why did you change your style?

S: 当我开始这个项目时，Deathcore和Cybergrind真的开始在MySpace上成形，但当我们聚在一起组建一个真正的乐队时，我们想更认真地对待事情，深入到我们都非常喜欢的一种类型中，那就是Brutal Death Metal。

Deathcore and Cybergrind were really starting to take shape on MySpace back when I had started this project but as we all got together and formed a real band, we wanted to take things more seriously and dive into a genre we all really loved which was Brutal Death Metal.

V: 你早期的专辑是自行发行的，直到2010年你才与著名的Sevared Records厂牌发行了第二张官方专辑，2022年你在Been There，Scene that上发行了一张合辑，你是如何与这两个唱片公司联系并合作的？你对这两个唱片公司所做的工作满意吗？你计划在哪个唱片公司发行2025年的EP？

Your early albums were self-released and it wasn't until 2010 that you released your second official album with the famous Sevared Records label, and in 2022 you released a Compilation album on Been There, Scene That, how did you get in touch with these two labels to work together? Are you happy with the work you've done with both labels and on which label are you planning to release your 2025 EP?

S: 当我们和Gutted Out一起在东海岸进行短途旅行时，我们遇到了Barrett（Sevared的老板）。我们的最后一站是New England Death Fest，我们在那个音乐节上向所有唱片公司赠送了宣传片。Barrett喜欢舞会的外观，很高兴看到我们的现场表演。我们演奏完第一首歌后，他在舞台边走近我，说如果我们愿意，我们就签约了。剩下的就是历史了！我们喜欢他为我们所做的一切。几年后Been There Scene在Instagram上联系了我们，询问我们是否愿意与他们重新发行我们自己发行的EP和Promo，因为这是他们喜欢为MySpace时代真正成长的乐队做的事。他为自己的品牌提供的服务和辛勤的工作令人难以置信，我们喜欢他为我们所做的一切。这是一次有趣的有限运行，我们认为这永远不会得到适当的发布，我们很喜欢。

We met Barrett (the owner of Sevared) while we were doing a mini tour up the east coast with Gutted Out. Our last stop was New England Death Fest and we had given our Promo to all the labels and distros at that festival. Barrett loved the look of the Promo and was excited to see our live show. After we played our first song he approached me on the side of the stage and said we were signed if we wanted it. The rest was history! We loved everything he did for us. Been There Scene That contacted us years later on Instagram asking if we’d like to rerelease our self released EP and Promo with them since that is what they like to do for bands that were really growing during the MySpace days. His offer and hard work for his label was incredible and we loved what he did for us. It was a fun limited run of something we thought would never get a proper release and we loved that.

V: 你选择在2016年解散乐队？是什么让你解散乐队的？2024年你的乐队发布了重组的广告，是什么让你再次重组乐队？

You chose to break up the band in 2016? What made you1 disband the band?In 2024 you band advertised to re-form and what made you re-form the band again?

S: 2015年到2016年，我们都很忙。我们有孩子出生，新的职业占用了我们很多空闲时间，我们同时失去了练习空间和旅行车，这让我们很难继续下去。我们从来都不想结束乐队，所以当我们都意识到事情已经平静下来，我们有机会进行改革时，我们决定回来，释放我们分手前付出的努力。从那时起，一切都很顺利，我们将继续带来新的音乐并在有能力的时候进行现场演出。我们很高兴能回来！

In 2015 leading into 2016 we were all very busy with life. We had children on the way, new careers that took a lot of our free time, and we had lost our practice space and tour vehicle all at the same time which made it hard to continue. We never wanted to end the band so when we all realized things had calmed down and we had the opportunity to reform we decided we should come back and release the hard work we had put in before we split up. Since then things have been running smoothly and we will continue to bring new music and play live when we are able. We’re very excited to be back!

V: 首先祝贺你的乐队今年发行了最新的EP，我是你的忠实粉丝，我收藏了你2010年的官方专辑"Repulsive Display of Human Upholstery"，你不像大多数乐队那样依赖纯粹的抨击，而是向听众释放各种各样的音乐风格，从Old Scool Prono Grind段落到Devourment风格的抨击到Jungle Rot式的重金属死亡金属，当然所有常见的元素都存在：美丽的圣歌、低音、沉重和很多乐趣。以一种引人入胜的方式演奏圣歌、贝斯、挑战重力的爆炸声和刺耳的颤音旋律，每一首旋律和鼓声都是精心制作和节奏的，确切地知道应该如何构建大满贯，利用爆炸节拍来建立紧张感，并在乐队的一系列节奏中释放出来。你对你的工作有什么想法吗？与旧专辑相比，新专辑有什么变化吗？

V: First of all, congratulations to your band for releasing their latest EP this year. I am a loyal fan of yours and I have collected your official album "Repulsive Display of Human Upholstery" from 2010. Unlike most bands that rely on pure criticism, you release a variety of music styles to the audience, from Old Scool Prono Grind passages to Devon style critiques to Jungle Rot style heavy metal death metal. Of course, all common elements are present: beautiful hymns, bass, heaviness, and a lot of fun. Playing hymns, bass, gravity defying explosions, and piercing vibrato melodies in a captivating way, each melody and drum beat is carefully crafted and rhythmic, knowing exactly how to construct a grand slam, using explosive beats to build tension, and releasing it in a series of rhythms of the band. Do you have any ideas about your job? Is there any change in the new album compared to the old one?

S: 谢谢你的好话。我们总是根据我们所有的影响写一些感觉自然的东西，因为我们都喜欢各种各样的金属风格，所以我们把它们都融入了我们的音乐中，试图创造一些新鲜的东西。我们新音乐的唯一变化是，我们觉得我们之前的歌曲没有尽可能流畅，所以在写新歌时，我们试图确保一切都是连贯的，而不是把歌曲的各个部分串在一起组成一首歌。我们希望它们都能顺畅地流动。

Thank you for the kind words. We have always just written what felt natural based on all of our influences and since we all like such a wide variety of metal styles we integrated them all into our music to attempt making something fresh. The only change in our new music is that we felt our earlier songs didn’t flow as well as they could so when writing the new songs we tried to make sure everything was cohesive instead of song parts being strung together to make a song. We wanted them all to flow well.

V: 你去过很多节日，哪些节日给你留下了深刻的印象，你能描述一下气氛吗？你回到了2025年，现在有什么节日邀请你参加吗？如果有一天中国组织者邀请你在中国演出，你会为你的中国粉丝表演吗？

You've been to a lot of festivals, what festivals have impressed you and can you describe the atmosphere?You're back in 2025, are there any festivals that you've been invited to at the moment? If one day Chinese organizers invite you to perform in China, will you give a show for your Chinese fans?

S: 我们喜欢玩音乐节，因为你总是能够建立联系，结识你通常在巡演中看不到的乐队。我们来自一个建立联系并不像通过乐队的社交网络联系乐队那么容易的时代，所以这就是为什么我们总是参加盛大的节日。我不能说我们在参加的音乐节上有很多不好的经历，除了一个在我们演出前被取消的音乐节。我们被要求在5月底在瑞士参加摇滚地狱音乐节，这将是我们第一次出国，所以现在我们可以在国外演出了，中国肯定是我们很想去的地方！

We love to play festivals because you’re always able to network and meet bands you normally wouldn’t be able to see on a tour. We come from a time when making connections wasn’t as easy as contacting a band through their social network so this is why we always hop on great fests. I can’t say we’ve had many bad experiences with the festivals we’ve played aside from one that was canceled before we got to perform. We’ve been asked to play Rock The Hell Fest in Switzerland at the end of May which will be our first time out of the country so now that we are able to do shows abroad China would definitely be a place we’d love to play!

V: 除了发行一张EP专辑，你的乐队在2025年还有哪些新的工作要做？

What are some of the new things your band is working on in 2025 besides releasing an EP album that you can reveal to people?

S: 我们非常专注于再次完善我们的现场表演并写更多的材料。我们的计划是在未来几年发行多张EP，然后发行一张完整的专辑。从几乎没有任何事情中恢复过来是困难的，但到目前为止我们做得很好。正在开发的新商品以及一些良好的联系将使我们能够为每个人推出一些有趣的东西，让我们感到兴奋。

We are very focused on perfecting our live act again and writing more material. Our plan is to release multiple EP’s and then a full album in the next few years. Coming back from practically nothing has been difficult but we’re doing well so far. New merch in the works along with some good connections will allow us to put out some fun stuff for everyone that we are excited about.

V: 你们是一支伟大的乐队，就像我之前说的，我是你们乐队的忠实粉丝，我听过你们所有的专辑，我收藏了你们2010年的官方专辑，我会一直支持和追随你们，我希望通过这次采访能让更多的中国歌迷关注你们，支持你们的乐队，最后你有什么想对中国歌迷说的吗？

You guys are a great band, like I said before I'm a big fan of your band, I've listened to all your albums and I have your 2010 official album in my collection, I'll always support and follow you guys, and I hope that through this interview I can get more Chinese fans to pay attention to you and support your band, is there anything you'd like to say to your Chinese fans in the end?

S: 首先，再次感谢你们的支持和采访机会。我们喜欢向那些可能不了解我们的观众展示自己。对于所有的中国粉丝，我们希望有一天能借此机会让你们感受到我们的野蛮！没有你们，这一切对我们来说是不可能的！我们接受国际订单，所以我们的Bigcartel上有CD和T恤供订购，我们希望这能像对我们一样让你们感到兴奋！爱你们，保持健康！！

Firstly, thanks again for the support and the interview opportunity. We love the exposure to a crowd that may not know about us. To all the Chinese fans we hope to make it out that way at some point so that we can bring the brutality to you! Without you guys this wouldn’t be possible for us! We do international orders so our bigcartel has the cds and shirts for ordering and we hope this excites you all as much as it does us! Much love and stay sick!!