Soundslide Interview Project- Jon Huber

Jon Huber: A Hardcore Musician at Lyndon
A LSC senior shares his involvement in a unique kind of music

Jon Huber, a Senior Music Business Industry major at Lyndon state, explained that he has only been playing hardcore music for two years.

When Jon first arrived at Lyndon, he joined a SKA band called Defeat the porpoise. The second band in which he still records with is a hardcore band called Perceptionists.

Jon was first inspired by hardcore music in high school when he started going to a lot of hardcore shows. He met a bunch of other guys in college who were into the same music and interested in the idea of starting a band with him. That’s when Perceptionists started.

Huber explains how it has been hard booking shows for hardcore music at Lyndon. “Public safety doesn’t support the dancing involved in hardcore music,” said Huber. Hardcore music shows have become a little more popular in the last couple years. Perceptionsists have found quite a few shows in the last year.

The instruments Huber uses in his band are two electric guitars: an Ibanez RG series and an Ibanez Ironlable 7 string, along with and an acoustic: Martin 6 string acoustic. The Sheffield cabinet and Behringer head are both amplifiers. Huber explained that the Behringer is used when the band plays their music live.

The band records most of their music at their house. Their recording station is set up in one of their rooms. It includes two speakers, two computers screens, and other equiptment. They have also used the recording studio on the college campus.

Jon is still making music with Perceptionists. “We’re just going to release our recording as a studio band right now and see if they pick up any attention.” Huber said about his band.

“I think hardcore music will be in my future,” Huber adds about his plans for the future. “I’m a senior MBI major, so I’m definitely planning on being in the music business for the rest of my life.”


Contributions to this slideshow/interview are as follows:
Band Photos: Ashley Heath
Other photos: Diana Herlehy
Audio (voices): Chris Moriarty (interviewer), Jon Huber
Audio (recording): Audacity.
Music: “A man, An Image” by Perceptionists (intro) and “I Lead the Horse to Water and it Drown” by Perceptionists (outro).
Slideshow: Soundslides