{"id":9849,"date":"2015-01-27T22:02:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=9849"},"modified":"2015-01-27T22:02:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T22:02:55","slug":"the-ripperz-tear-to-shreds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2015\/01\/27\/the-ripperz-tear-to-shreds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ripperz :: Tear to shreds"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Ripperz hail from small town Manitoba with a unique folk-tinged rock sound that always gets the whole crowd singing along. The dynamic 3 piece is made up of Chris Sawatzky(Guitar\/Vocals), Mark Wiebe(Bass) and Travis Warkentin(Drums). Stylus was able visit the studio for a chat with Chris and Travis.<\/p>\n

by Liam Marsch<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Stylus: When did the three of you start \u201cThe Ripperz\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ripperz:<\/strong> The summer of 1999, we were going into grade 11.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What is the origin of the band\u2019s name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Jesse and the Ripperz from Full House.<\/p>\n

Stylus: How has your music evolved since you first started writing songs together?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Our first stuff was very punk-based and mostly about girls. Eventually we stopped caring about<\/p>\n

sounding like someone else or fitting into a specific genre. Now its what ever it needs to be to<\/p>\n

make the song.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Do you think being from a small town has impacted your music at all?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Absolutley, the whole next album is about being from a small town.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What is the band\u2019s favourite song to play live?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> On My Way because we barely have to do anything. The crowd takes over the song and sings it<\/p>\n

for us.<\/p>\n

Stylus: For all the gear heads out there, what can you tell me about your instuments?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Guitar: Gibson SG or Les Paul w\/ wood finish through a vintage amplifier.<\/p>\n

Bass: Fender Precision Bass through an Ampeg SVT bass rig. Drums: Yamaha Beech Custom Abso-
\nlute, Tama Iron Cobra pedals, Sabian cymbals and Meinl hi hats.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What is the most memorable gig for you guys?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> When we played at The Zoo and one of our hometown fans got a little belligerent and the<\/p>\n

security had to kick him out.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What local band would you choose to open your show?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Danger Cat… love those guys.<\/p>\n

Stylus: When does the next album come out?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> We are going start recording at the end of February so mabye by Fall 2015.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What is the bands beer of choice?<\/strong><\/p>\n

TR:<\/strong> Coors Banquet and Half Pints<\/p>\n

Be sure to check out The Ripperz at this years Big Fun Fest as they join Gold Mountain and Triggers<\/em><\/p>\n

at The Windsor Hotel on Saturday January 31st.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ripperz hail from small town Manitoba with a unique folk-tinged rock sound that always gets the whole crowd singing along. The dynamic 3 piece is made up of Chris Sawatzky(Guitar\/Vocals), Mark Wiebe(Bass) and Travis Warkentin(Drums). Stylus was able visit the studio for a chat with Chris and Travis. by Liam Marsch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[563],"class_list":["post-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}