in a game show announcer voice Time for a PTH trivia tidbit! Did you know that Rody Walker, the vocalist of Protest the Hero, actually couldn't jump rope? (http://ask.fm/RodyWalker/answer/108532870203)
Here you go. Hope you enjoy it. There are some heinous mistakes in there but whatever, yolo. from 2:00 onwards is fun as hell to play. Arif must have had a blast recording this if what I play is anything close to accurate.
https://twitter.com/ProtestTheHero/status/447844932519092224
There's another thread already about Arif here, where someone posted this: "I saw them Sunday night in Reno, multiple people in the crowd yelled/asked "Where's Arif?", Rody just ignored it until he mumbled "He's not with us.""
I'm pretty sure he's also doing gigs with The Double Cuts and other bands while this current PTH tour is going on. His play "The Double" had its run last year and won't be on again until 2015.
I asked Rody about it via his ask and got this as a reponse.
We just have to play the waiting game and have faith that it'll come soon. We were investing in the album rather than buying merch anyway, so we should just be glad Volition is as good as it is.
Oh man, that sucks. I just recently learned that the quality of any remaster is heavily dependent on the individual that actually did it... I narrowly avoided a Nirvana remaster that was basically ear-garbage thanks to Amazon reviews. I also waited on Kezia-X for the same reason. Let the band know (maybe by email?) and hopefully this won't be a $50 learning experience for you.
I'm also super disappointed that the Kezia remaster sucks! Damn. Who does it say it was remastered by?
Edit: ~~And for the record, 45 RPM isn't that strange. The majority of my new issue vinyls are 45, including my Volition. I actually only have one 33 1/3 (QOTSA - ...Like Clockwork).~~ I got these numbers backwards (my turntable has the speed buttons mislabeled)...
Yes, 45 RPM heavyweight vinyl is sort of an audiophile thing, I believe. My Queens of the Stone Age heavyweight 45 RPM sounds amazing (my best-sounding record by far), so it's disappointing that the Kezia-X one couldn't be as well. I was excited when I saw it was going to be premium quality. Too bad it's not premium sound engineering.