How successful was the Beyond the Pale festival?
SVT: Perfect. It was pulled off without a hitch. Everyone cooperated so well to make this thing happen from the venue to all the artists to the people helping us organize. When it actually happened, we knew that we were doing something artistically cool. Our brains were like, “We love these bands. This is gonna be great. Nobody’s done this. This is gonna be cool.” But we didn’t realize until it was happening that it was an emotionally very heavy and very important event. From the audience, to the people working the venue, to all the bands involved, everybody was caught by surprised and totally blown away. It was emotionally very charged. There were no idiots. There were no problems. No assholes. It was just perfect. MU: Now did Neurosis put that together or was it Neurot Recordings? SVT: Not much difference there. It was us. It was primarily all out of my house, where all these ideas came from. Me and the band conceptualized it. I went out and contacted people. My wife and a friend of
