Like the Bruce Wayne of punk rock, Hayden Menzies lives a double life – he’s a visual artist by day, making paintings collected worldwide, or designing record covers, merch and tour posters for bands, while by night trading paint brushes for drum sticks touring the world in his incredibly popular punk band METZ (SubPop Records). His experience as a professional musician has given him insight into making art for music that most never get to experience. We talk about designing records, screen printing posters, directing music videos, growing up in military families and so much more.
Two days before this episode aired, METZ were back on the road for their first tour in nearly two years (due to Covid-19). After their first show, in California, their trailer was stolen with much of their music gear inside. We don’t discuss this incident on the podcast as it was recorded before, but want to send out our heartfelt support to the band as losing all your gear after your first night back at your job is a terrible way to get back to playing music.
Show some love – Buy METZ records and merch here:
US Store – https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/metz
Canadian Store – https://royalmountainrecords.com/collections/metz
EU/UK Store – https://www.musicglue.com/metz
Tour Dates & Tickets – https://www.metzztem.com/live
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METZ live – not from their Newfoundland show, but I wasn’t able to find any from their trip here. That said, it looked pretty much like this. :^)
Example of Hayden’s free form tour videos that led to him working with Savak.
43:00 – A screen shot from the moment in METZ’s video “Dry Up” that shows Chris Slorach’s RD bass in pieces.
53:40 – a couple projects Jud has designed for Blue Rodeo