There’s lots of bands out there that are working really hard and doing all the stuff that we’re doing. What do you think it might be about Yob that’s capturing the attention of all these publications that never covered doom? Before totally annihilating the crowd, as anticipated, we got to chat about gear, songwriting, his solo work, the Irish bouzouki (keep reading) and what it’s like to get the attention of The New York Times and The New Yorker – two publications that generally aren’t known for their love of doom metal.Īnna Blumenthal: Yob is probably the only doom band that’s getting covered in The Times and the New Yorker. June’s shows in New York, followed by an Austin date, held particular significance, as they were the first shows since Mike’s two operations and long hospitalization earlier this year following an almost deadly bout of acute diverticulitis, a debilitating intestinal disease.Īside from having shed some weight and swapping out stage beers for a carton of coconut water, Mike showed up to Saint Vitus bearing no signs of having battled for his life just months earlier. When they played a sold out three-night run at Brooklyn’s Saint Vitus bar this past June, people up front were crying during “Marrow”, probably Yob’s best-known song.
Reports of seeing them live are not dissimilar to descriptions of religious experiences. To the initiated, their name is spoken with awe. He’ll never utter a bad word about any person, band, or piece of gear, bristles when anyone says Yob is better than any other band, and even assured me at one point that he knows “exactly jack and shit.” But you know what, Mike? Too bad! Because Yob is an amazing band, and most people are convinced you do indeed have ninja powers.ĭoom metal kings Yob seem to hold a special place in the hearts of even the most hardened metalheads. I don’t think Mike Scheidt is going to like that I’m calling his interview “Ninja Powers”, because he’s pretty much the most humble person I’ve ever met in my life.
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