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Todays #BlackHistory Metal Spotlight goes to #AlexisBrown of #StraightLineStitch

"The most important thing for me to do while doing music is to keep making music, to keep continuing to speak life and hope to the ones who believe that there isn’t any. " (https://rockyourlyrics.com/transparency-interview-with-alexis-brown-straight-line-stitch/)

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Transparency - interview with Alexis Brown - Straight Line Stitch

RYL: Your new EP “Transparency” will be released by the end of june, which is the main challenge that you encountered while recording it? What does it mean for you, lyrically speaking? Straight Line Stitch: The main challenge we faced while working/recording the album were the family deaths of some

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"I started to go to my local music store.. and man I was relentless... one of my old guitar players.. answered an ad and we had a band then it fell apart. But I just kept at it you know, I was just going from band to band, recording by myself, just doing whatever I could to get my name out there.

I finally found a real band.. we played some shows with Straight Line Stitch and when my band started to kind of disband, I sort of jumped.. So it’s just a big, long mess!"

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Alexis made her first appearance on the bands second album "To Be Godlike". In 2007 they released their first video with her #Remission

They started opening for big names such as Slayer and Mastodon. And played Jägermeister and Vans Warped Tour

full video on youtube:
https://youtu.be/JsXK1w0Yrm4

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Straight Line Stitch "Remission" official video

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"Well, I definitely have to give credit to my brother.. I would always give him a hard time.

I would say, “Why are you listening to those bands? Why are you listening to a band name KORN?” 

I actually fell in love with #KORN. That band inspired me to join a band, to front a band. I wanted to feel like #JonathanDavis; I wanted to embody Jonathan Davis.  I got on stage, and I found myself.  That’s kind of how I got my own identity. "

from https://musicexistence.com/blog/2015/06/23/interview-with-straight-line-stitch-with-so-many-people-saying-that-this-band-is-washed-up-this-ep-is-a-testament-to-us-not-being-dead/

Interview with Straight Line Stitch: “…with so many people saying that this band is washed up, this EP is a testament to us not being dead…”

When Alexis Brown joined Straight Line Stitch in 2003, it proved to be a much needed change for the band. Fueled by a new sound, Straight Line Stitch began making a name for itself beyond the boundari

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The band released its first national album When Skies Washed Ashore in 2008 with followup album The Fight of Our Lives in 2011.

This one reached #5 on Billboard Heatseekers and #34 on the top Independent Albums chart.

"We decided to name it that because we struggled to stay in the game.. I know all bands go through it but not a lot of bands survive it.. it's all about the fight and how you fight the battles."
https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/2011/01/straight_line_stitch_believes.html

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Straight Line Stitch believes in its fans

Straight Line Stitch frontwoman Alexis Brown says she feels the most important aspect of being in a band is talking to and hanging out with her fans.

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The good times hit a speed bump in 2012. Guitarist Seth Thacker and drummer Kanky Lora stepped away from the band.

They picked up guitarist Kris Norris (A Cancerous Affair, Darkest Hour) and Ian Shuirr on drums. They also began the search for a new label.

“I think as a band we are looking forward mostly to just getting back to basics, and at the very heart of that is hitting the road and letting everyone know that Straight Line Stitch Is still going strong.”

https://www.theprp.com/2012/04/20/news/straight-line-stitch-seeking-new-label-home-confirm-spring-u-s-tour/

Straight Line Stitch Seeking New Label Home, Confirm Spring U.S. Tour - Theprp.com

Guitarist Kris Norris (A Cancerous Affair, ex-Darkest Hour) will rejoin Straight Line Stitch for their immediate touring plans (see below.) Straight Line Stitch are currently free agents and are shopping for a new label home. Writing is already underway for their next album, which they hope to have recorded by the years end.…

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Both members stayed for the 2012 tour before leaving. This was followed by more lineup changes. Guitarists Jackie Bergjans Andrew Mikhail and drummer Joey Nichols all had short runs before they finalized their lineup with Drummer Scott Haynes (Deadsun, Mindset Defect) and Guitarist Michael Gleeson
for 2015s Transparency.

https://youtu.be/BH17NvMYMuo

Straight Line Stitch - Human Bondage

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