Arma Angelus

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Arma Angelus - Misanthrope

"Looking back on the period of my life is so funny to me. I can't believe I took myself so seriously (which I say about every ten years, and will again soon I'm sure). We were kind of the younger kids in the Chicago hardcore scene I had grown up on everything from Everlast (the hxc band) to Screeching Weasel to Los Crudos. I played in a couple of different bands--Extinction, a bit in Race Traitor--but Arma Angelus was the first time we were allowed to run the show. I remember when writing "Misanthrope" I was really angry. My aunt had just passed away from a disease called Lupus which attacks the body's own immune system. I guess it was about my thought that it made more sense for companies and practices to treat people than to cure them. This was all the "well-researched" 18 year old's uneducated emotional perspective. Kind of hated how deep my screaming got on this record. Haha. The band was kind of a revolving door. Hurley played bass on the demo. Trohman went on tour with us and "7 Angels". "Hey Chris" played bass for most of it though Tim from Rise Against played bass and sang on the first record. Its funny, at the time, Fall Out Boy was Arma Angelus's side project. We had just a four track demo on cassette tapes. We kind of just joked around. At the end the last two shows, it was pretty much the guys from Fall Out Boy and Hey Chris playing bass--Patrick on drums and Joe on guitar at a show, Andy on drums at another. We stopped doing Arma after awhile not because FOB got big (we hadn't at all), but I think I got tired of screaming every night and I definitely got tired of a scene where there were a lot of people just yelling, "Mosh you f*ggots" into a microphone. Its funny, we still write Fall Out Boy songs like we wrote hardcore songs, only there is more thought put into the melodies I guess. I always look back on Arma with a fondness. Fun van tours. Got the chance to play Hellfest and even CBGBs (from which Hey Chris stole urinal cakes). We weren't very big. We lifted a lot from Damnation AD. Anyway, I'll never be bitter about it and appreciate the era. Even if I had weird bleached hair or dreadlocks. Haha."
- Pete

Thanks to Pete for taking the time to participate in this feature with us!

Thanks for making the right life choice, Pete.

Lol.

That's cool of Pete for commenting on this.

oh wow. to think this couldve been fall out boy

Arma! Nice, thanks for posting this.

Originally Posted by Anton Djamoos

Got the chance to play Hellfest and even CBGBs (from which Hey Chris stole urinal cakes).

Eww.

i always wonder if they will do one small show again

Good move with the whole Fall Out Boy thing..

They're so bro, haha.

Good feature.

Band was solid. I prefer Racetraitor though.

I really enjoy this feature. I hope for some more gems soon.

I like this band, listened to them a longggg time ago and forgot the name since. Good stuff

Talk about before they were famous...
this is pete wentz AND Tim from Rise Against