{"id":4071,"date":"2011-02-03T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T17:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=4071"},"modified":"2011-02-04T22:11:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-05T03:11:21","slug":"gimme-five-justin-williams-of-twelve-thousand-armies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2011\/02\/gimme-five-justin-williams-of-twelve-thousand-armies\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Justin Williams of Twelve Thousand Armies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4074\" title=\"twelve thousand armies live band\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband-300x177.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband-360x212.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband-120x70.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/ttaliveband.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>He may not be a decorated officer, but Justin Williams is master and commander of his own band of brothers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/12000armies\">Twelve Thousand Armies<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Luckily, the lads (typically Josh Moore, Carter Gaj, Ryan  Gustafson, Josh Pope, James Wallace, Jeff  Crawford, Tom Simson, and sometimes Mark Simonsen) of his crew play with instruments, not guns, and are set to release a record, <em>North Carolina<\/em>, this spring.\u00c2\u00a0 But before Williams and co can get there, we figure it&#8217;s about time he face down the five.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If you band were a breakfast cereal, which would it be?<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4073\" title=\"north carolina album cover\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/northcarolina.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 185px) 100vw, 185px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNot sure&#8230; What&#8217;s the cereal that&#8217;s best for you? Just kidding maybe some Food Lion knock off&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What instigated the choice of band name?<\/strong><br \/>\nI used the phrase &#8220;Twelve Thousand Armies&#8221; in a song lyric from my old  band The Talk and just liked the way it sounded as a band name. But i  hate when it&#8217;s written out as a number. I guess i should have went with a  different name?<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe the pleasures\/pressures of leading your own group.<\/strong><br \/>\nI don&#8217;t know about &#8220;leading a group&#8221;? But it&#8217;s awesome to have the  musicians i most respect playing my songs. As for pressure there is  none, we either play\u00c2\u00a0 shows and record or we don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4072\" title=\"justin williams\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams-360x270.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams-106x80.jpg 106w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/justinwilliams.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><strong>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nJust all my homies!!! Dudes i grew up skating with, All the guys i&#8217;ve\u00c2\u00a0  played with through the years, Just life in general. I get stoked on so  much stuff. But as for musical influences man there is just too much  shit to list.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (how \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nPRO SKATEBOARDER!!! It just wasn&#8217;t in the cards but i still skate everyday!!!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Keep your eye out to catch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/12000armies\">Twelve Thousand Armies<\/a> in action.\u00c2\u00a0 And by all means, give Justin a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He may not be a decorated officer, but Justin Williams is master and commander of his own band of brothers, Twelve Thousand Armies.\u00c2\u00a0 Luckily, the lads (typically Josh Moore, Carter Gaj, Ryan Gustafson, Josh Pope, James Wallace, Jeff Crawford, Tom Simson, and sometimes Mark Simonsen) of his crew play with instruments, not guns, and are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":4074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[311],"class_list":["post-4071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","tag-gimme-five"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4071"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4080,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4071\/revisions\/4080"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}