Vegas Nacy – An Xperience Interview

Vegas Nacy – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix.

RRX: Vegas, you are definitely one of the area’s best frontmen. I don’t know if you like that title or not, but I’m going with it.

Vegas Nacy: I love it. I appreciate that so much. I mean … I feel blessed, to be honest.

RRX: Absolutely, man. Obviously, you got a lot of things spinning in your life, so even to be able to have a band is a blessing.

VN: Yes, to have a band and have bandmates that you can get along with, laugh with, and have zero drama with, that’s such an extra bonus.

RRX: Oh, big time. Well, you’ve been around the block for many years in many different bands, and I’m sure things weren’t always the best, all the time.

VN: Yeah, you go through it all, and you learn to appreciate when there are some good guys behind you and alongside of you.

RRX: Well, having the right guys, knowing you’re all having fun together, is one of the big pluses. And of course, having the talent.

VN: Finding that whole package is tough. Faded Line was a band before me, started by the guitar player Jeff Manion in Western Mass … I wanna say they started in 2013, maybe 2015.

RRX: Right. But you being the killer frontman hasn’t been that long?

VN: Correct, I think I joined in 2022.

RRX: Yeah, that sounds about right, and now that you are in the band, that’s when all of us here in the 518, we’re like, oh s***, Faded Line. That’s when I became familiar with the band.

VN: Yeah, it actually really kind of took off, like you said. With my experience and my connections and stuff like that, it really helped boost the band to where Jeff envisioned it. Our original drummer parted ways for personal reasons, which I totally understand. That’s when we got Walter “Monsta” Ryan in the band.

RRX: Well, that doesn’t suck!

VN: He’s in Murphy’s Law now. He was in bands like Machine Head, Madball, Possessed, and the list goes on and on.

RRX: Oh yeah, dude’s got a resume.

VN: He’s got a resume, plus I’ve known him personally for 30-plus years. He’s just an amazing human and was a perfect addition. It was the smoothest transition; we didn’t lose any shows. We didn’t have to go off-grid for a while and do all this. It was just perfect.

RRX: Absolutely. And you’ve also been very active. You guys are always out there, constantly dropping stuff. I love the “Bury the Hatchet” song, too, by the way.

VN: Oh, thank you so much. That’s a fun one.

RRX: It just seems like you’re doing the thing, man. And to add to that, you’re opening up for Biohazard at Empire Live on March 22.

VN: That’s gonna be great. My first time opening for Biohazard was in ’95, and since then had done other shows with them. Faded Line started covering “Punishment” from Biohazard, and then we had Danny Schuler (drummer of Biohazard) get up and do the song with us. Now we’re doing the show, and it’s just a full circle moment of the whole history of kind of being in Biohazard’s crosshairs, here and there.

RRX: Oh, absolutely, people better get their tickets now, if they ain’t got them, that’s for sure.

VN: So that’s March 22. I know we’re not gonna be finished with it by then, but we are in the studio currently, finishing up our EP. Carlo, Mike, Jeff, and Walter are all done with their stuff. I go in tomorrow for another round, and I think I have one more after that. I have a couple of special guests I wanna bring in, and then the EP is gonna be titled “The Only Way Out Is Through.” I think we should be ready to rock late spring, maybe.

RRX: Well, whenever that happens, hit me up!

VN: Absolutely.

RRX: Also, big congratulations on winning the best hardcore band at the Extreme Music Awards.

VN: Thank you so much. Again, that was another great recognition. To be in a room full of your peers and just great people. What a night that was, it was just amazing.

RRX: Is there anything I didn’t ask about that you wanna get out there?

VN: Let’s see … I think we’ll be working on a video soon to go with the EP. Dave Parker is producing. He’s a member-slash-tech for Coheed and Cambria.

RRX: Oh, nice.

VN: Yeah, he’s incredible. As you’ve heard, “Bury the Hatchet.” I mean … he adds his own spice to it.

RRX: Oh, the production on that is awesome. Well, keep doing what you’re doing, man, and keep on fighting the good fight with Precious Souls.

VN: Thank you, my brother. Appreciate it.

RRX: You got it.

 

 

 

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