Your minds been under pressure.

Its a diamond thatll never ren I'm Glenn Richards and this is WUFT Amplified, showcasing some amazing local ar for your listening pleasure.

On this episode, we're going to Ill Star, featuring some famili in the Gainesville music scene.

Patty Goodson on bass, guitar an Ale Gasso on guitar, and Michelle Nunez on drums.

With their son “Unfortunate,” here's Ill Star o WUFT Amplified.

I am the virus of your mind.

(Unfortunate, unfortunate) The source of it you cannot find (Unfortunate, unfortunate).

Im in the air you breathe and now you are diseased.

Your spit, your blood belong to (Unfortunate, unfortunate).

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting to die.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting.

You are my one parasite.

(Unfortunate, unfortunate).

I try to rid your sacrifice.

(Unfortunate, unfortunate).

Your host is compromised, shedding the light inside.

On your deathbed you still lie.

(Unfortunate, unfortunate).

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting to die.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting to die.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting to die.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting to die.

Are you ready to die?

Were waiting.

If we were to fall, you would fa like you always do, but before, you would stab me like I always I met a new pathology, new point of view but I, I can take it, I can take it, I can see through.

I could feel them pouring salt into my wounds.

I would feel them pouring salt, pouring salt.

Silent revenge was the only way Silent revenge, to make it stop, make it stop!

Dont put me out yet, Ive got shorts on you, you know its true.

You tried to burn me from the inside, but Im already fried, yeah!

A decent attempt from indecent m I, I can take it, I can take it, I can see through.

I could feel them pouring salt into my wounds.

I would feel them pouring salt, pouring salt.

Silent revenge was the only way Silent revenge, to make it stop, make it stop!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

I could feel them pouring salt into my wounds.

I would feel them pouring salt, pouring salt.

Silent revenge was the only way Silent revenge, to make it stop, make it stop!

That “Silen Revenge” from Ill Star on WUFT Amplified, “Unfortunate” ahead o I feel very fortunate to have these familiar fixtures of the Gainesville musi here with us today.

Patty Goodson on bass, longtime member of the Gainesville band N Ale Gasso is here, longtime member of Thunderclap and many other groups in Gainesv and Michelle Nunez on drums.

Also in a Gainesville band called Piss Test.

So tell us how this Gainesville supergroup came together.

We started in 2021 during the pa We were all feeling pretty low.

Through mutual friends we got together and started writ that kind of fit the attitude of And we all got along really wel and thought we wrote some good s so we decided to stick with it.

I know, I've seen you guys a couple of times.

Did you expect it to, like, become a full time, you know, second project for the rest of you?

I did.

I really enjoy writing songs and just having Ale and Michelle co the way they did and make them something like bette than I could ever think they cou super awesome so, deciding to st it was a no-brainer for me.

So besides the pandemic, what else are some of the influe for Ill Star?

Just a lot of hard personal things that we all go through and seeing how society is changing for the good and the But we like mostly writ about the negative and bad stuff It's a good way to kind of chan that angst into something produc Well, let's hear one more.

This is “Cough It Up” from Ill S on WUFT Amplified.

Your minds been under pressure.

Its a diamond thatll never ren and its a different kind of ans you will leave before you measur Cough it up!

I cant be there for you, baby.

Cough it up!

Just explode, just explode.

Cough it up One day youll feel better, mayb Cough it up, just explode, just explode.

My curse is never endin and todays the day youll find You will never be relinquished.

I hope you know, Im the one, Im the one.

Cough it up!

I cant be there for you, baby.

Cough it up!

Just explode, just explode.

Cough it up One day youll feel better, mayb Cough it up, just explode, just Revelation, you revel, you revel Revelation, you revel, you revel Cough it up!

I cant be there for you, baby Cough it up!

Just explode, just Cough it up!

One day youll feel better, may cough it up, just explode, just Theres a bad storm rolling over not exactly sure how their cloud They let me sin and, theyre in Its the pressure that takes ove Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

Its a black hole in the night s Forced headlights, forced headli Its the darkness in a sick sky.

Failed brake lines, failed brake The weather changes, but youll grow colder.

When the sun sets, you are in ch The world is breaking, but I co thats the pressure that takes o Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

Its a black hole in the night s Forced headlights, forced headli Its the darkness in a sick sky.

Failed brake lines, failed brake Theyre gonna find a way to take We gotta find a way to go under.

Theyre gonna find a way to take We gotta find a way to go under.

Me, me, me, me, me, me, me.

Its a black hole in the night s Forced headlights, forced headli Its the darkness in a sick sky Failed break lines, failed brake We gotta find a way (find a way) gotta find a way (find a way), forced headlights, forced headli We gotta find a way (find a way) gotta find a way (find a way), failed brake lines, failed break This song is called “Oil Spill”.

Why stop now?

Youre kidding yourself, youre kidding yourself.

No!

And now your secrets out of sor but now I know whats real.

Spill, spill, spill, spill!

I know your secrets out of sorts, spill, spill, spill, spill, but well I know whats real.

Dont stop yet, youre beating yourself, youre beating yourself down.

And now your secrets out of sor but now I know whats real.

Spill, spill, spill, spill!

I know your secrets out of sort spill, spill, spill, spill, but well I know whats real.

And now your egos out of luck, spreading quickly into an ocean tainted with oil.

Its only value is to speed up w forgotten, youre sinking faster than you t and now you know whats real.

Dont stop yet, youre beating youre beating yourself -- down.

Stop it right now, bleeding cont Stop it right now, bleeding cont They tell me its in my head, but in my mind, Im fatal.

Stop it right now, bleeding cont Were artificial.

Were artifici Were artificial.

Stop it right now, bleeding cont Stop it right now, bleeding cont They tell me its in my blood, but in my veins, its lethal.

Stop it right now, bleeding cont Were artificial.

Were artifici Were artificial.

Were artifici Were artificial.

Were artifici Were artificial.

Were artifici That's “Bleeding Control” from Ill Star on WUFT Amplified Spill” and “Failed Brake Lines” ahead of that.

So Gainesville music scene many, many years, 40 years though a punk rock haven.

What is i about Gainesville and aggressive Because the weather's so miserab it makes everyone angry and you got to get it out someho But it's lovely outside.

Oh, yea You mean it's the heat.

The heat, the heat.

And the pollen, and the humidity Okay.

Thats my guess.

I dont know.

Alright.

Where can people find ou more about Ill Star and, like, y where you guys are going to be out, music that you've got avail So you can go to AshtrayMonument That's our label.

They have our EP up for sale.

We also have our Bandcamp and so presence, like most people do, Instagrams.

So a question from the peanut ga Carmen wants to know your punk musical influences.

Definitely.

Its hard to speak for everyone but for me, I grew up in Coco, which had a really great music c so Green Goblin Project and we'll feel on some way some of my friends and hometown that really helped me start.

Obviousl like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, M Dag Nasty we like the Dischord Records stu What about you, Ale?

Well, you know, my influence are very heavy and they're all f And it would be more like Floor and Torch and Cavity.

And those are all the sludge met Struggle?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Love them.

The name of the band, where did Ill Star come from?

Ale actually came up with it.

Ill Star is a nautical term, meaning bad luck.

Like if you've ever heard the te an ill starred captain.

So we just took our really positive attitudes and took a positive nam and is two positives make a nega I don't know.

So tell us about the positivity of “Unconscious Cyanide.” Man.

Once you listen to thi and if you ever read the lyrics, you'll be inspired to be like a or a motivational speaker.

So Ill let you guys look into t on your own, and then you can just send us a DM and let us kn how it inspired you to be a grea Alright.

Well, with “Unconscious Cyanide here's Ill Star on WUFT Amplifie Blind eyes, they take their toll They follow you until they strip fabric of reality, but I will steal your soul, I will make you think of me while you are sleeping.

Wake up screaming, wake up plead were you dreaming?

I want no more, I want no more o What I cant control, I want no this.

Red lights, they see you foil.

They will make you stop when you want more, a quick move will settle the sco and Ill make you go ‘til you reach the cliffs edge and you are hanging.

Wake up screaming, wake up plead were you dreaming?

I want no more, I want no more o What I cant control, I want no more of this.

Get up.

Get up.

Get up.

Get up.

Get up.

Ive got poison in my mind.

Get up.

Unconscious cyanide.

Get up.

Ive got poison in my mind.

Get up.

Unconscious cyanide.

That's “Unconscious Cyanide” from Ill Star on WUFT very Amplified tonight.

Find out more about WUFT Amplifi and see other episodes at WUFT.org/Amplified.

I'm Glenn Richards.

Thank you to Ill Star for being Thank you for watching.

We'll see you next time.

Why stop now?

Youre kidding yourself, youre kidding yourself.

No!

And now your secrets out of sor but now I know whats real.

Spill, spill, spill, spill!

I know your secrets out of sorts, spill, spill, spill, spill, but well I know whats real.

My dopamine.

My serotonin, my dopamine.

My serotonin, my dopamine.

My serotonin, my dopamine.

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