P.E.S.T. – featuring members of original-era Missoula hardcore punk bands includes Jeff Diction from Deranged Diction – are set to release their third EP via Drag Bunt Records on August 9.
P.E.S.T., featuring members of original-era Missoula punk bands includes, on bass, Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, Dave Parsons of Humpy, Sasshole, the Juveniles and more, handles vocals. On guitar, you have Charlie Beaton, of The Banned, and his VTO bandmate and back-up vocalist Erika Fredrickson. Matt Bainton of Shot Stereo and Voodoo Horseshoes handles the drums.
Interestingly, for this group Jeff Ament is credited as Jeff Diction, the pseudonym he used at the time of Deranged Diction, his first Montana hardcore punk group active in the early ’80s (and briefly reformed in 2009).
Below you can listen a track from P.E.S.T. EP 3, Flathead Monster.
Born in Reggio Emilia in 1980. He created pearljamonline.it in 2001 and wrote the first edition of “Pearl Jam Evolution” in 2009 along with his wife Daria. Since 2022, he is behind 2 podcasts: “Pearl Jam dalla A alla Z” and “Fuori Orario Not Another Podcast”. He has collaborated with Barracuda Style, HvsR, Rolling Stone, Rockol and Il Fatto Quotidiano. He continues relentlessly to try to find “beautiful melodies that say terrible things”.
Favorite song: Present Tense
Favorite album: No Code
Favorite bands/artists other than PJ: Tom Waits, Soundgarden, Ramones, Bruce Springsteen, IDLES, Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital, Dead Kennedys, Mark Lanegan, Cat Power, R.E.M.