Catching Up With Ceremony

Originally from the San Francisco Bay area, Ceremony (formerly known as Violent World) released their own concoction of musical mayhem in the form an EP, titled Ruined, in 2005. Six years and three full-length albums later, the hardcore punk five-piece found themselves in strange waters under their new label, Matador Records. Ceremony released their fourth album, Zoo, in February 2012. The record’s 12 tracks unveiled a new sound filled with clean textures and more old-school punk rock song structures. Paste caught up with Ceremony’s frontman, Ross Farrar, on his way to the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta, Ga. The band was...  read more