In Conversation: Ryan Savitski of One Step Closer
In Conversation: Ryan Savitski of One Step Closer
On the eve of a major album release, Ryan Savitski looks towards the future of his band with excitement. But he'll also be the first to admit: Excitement can be fear through the lens of courage.
Even after all this time, I still feel like one of the most profound moments in Anti-Matter history is that moment in 1994 when Mike Judge tells me that he’s 27 years old and I say, “Wow, that’s a pretty long time to be doing this thing.” To which he responds, “Yeah, eleven years, man,” with all the resignation of a senior citizen. I was 20 years old at the time. That entire exchange was 30 years ago. Mike and I are still doing the same things we were doing back then, playing in hardcore bands and making a zine. And it no longer feels like forever ago. Time is funny like that.
I thought about that exchange the more my conversation with One Step Closer’s Ryan Savitski developed, and “develop” is really a good word for it: I love the way this talk slowly unf…