It's 6 p.m. at Dungeon Studios in North Miami, and, as Wire once said, there's something strange going on here tonight. A shock wave of catchy, heavier-than-lead, industrial guitar is blasting from one cinderblock bunker. It's the kind of thrash-core that's allowed sloppy punk rockers to drink for free all over the world for years. It's tough -- music to kick someone's ass to. It's hard to fathom how Juan Montoya -- the diminutive 10-year veteran of tech/emo bands Pontius Pilot, Ed Matus' Struggle, and Disconnect -- could be the man responsible for it. How can this master of pretty melodies, octave-rich chords, and...
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