{"id":80184,"date":"2024-04-15T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=80184"},"modified":"2024-04-15T14:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T19:31:26","slug":"pyromaniacs-heavy-metalites-the-arsonists-from-st-joseph-are-burning-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2024\/04\/15\/pyromaniacs-heavy-metalites-the-arsonists-from-st-joseph-are-burning-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyromaniacs\/Heavy Metalites \u201cThe Arsonists\u201d from St. Joseph are Burning Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Ellen Miller<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When Lucy Goodman\u2019s little brother needed a new band member, she stepped to the plate, and thus, the Arsonists were born. The older sister advice we all look for and love comes through loud PUNK ROCK and heavy metal. It\u2019s a family affair.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy tells me that \u201cOur family slightly does revolve around this band, it\u2019s like our own little mutual project.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80185\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80185 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists-1.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lucy Goodman on drum collision! Photo credit: KU Architecture student Morgan Kime, @kime.photography.77 on Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Goodman siblings find their way to touch the band in many ways (Lucy plays bass and drums, Solomon is the lead singer), it\u2019s not just them that contribute to the boogie. Besides Lucy, who is a pre-med biochemistry student here at KU, her brother and the other band members (Izzy Luce, bass; Karson Wilmes, lead guitar; Mike Werner, rhythm guitar; Kaden Gibson, singer; Ava Kay, drums) are high schoolers shredding bass in their free time, between football games on Friday nights and winter formal. Heavy metal is always a priority. And homework&#8230; obviously.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80186\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80186 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists2-360x240.jpg 360w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists2.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Lucy Goodman, Ava Kay, Solomon Goodman, Karson Wilmes, Mike Werner, and Kaden Gibson performing live in St. Jospeh Photo credit: St. Joseph photographer John Bachman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lucy may be a few towns over from her bandmates, but they still make time to book and play gigs. \u201cThis band is important to me because not only is it a creative outlet for me, but I\u2019ve created strong, close bonds with each band member. We\u2019re like our own little family!\u201d No, literally&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_80187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-80187\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-80187 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Arsonists3.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-80187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) Singer Kaden Gibson and bassist Izzy Luce rock on in monotone black at a live show in St. Joseph, MO. Photo credit: St. Joseph photographer John Bachman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Arsonists don\u2019t just represent sibling love and hardcore metal, they represent the ways music forms connections, no matter the distance or age gap. It\u2019s all about being in communion with one another, forming one big, happy family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Catch this rockin\u2019, hootin\u2019 and hollerin\u2019 band live on April 20<sup>th<\/sup> for a scholarship hall event at the KU Event Center at 6pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Ellen Miller &nbsp; When Lucy Goodman\u2019s little brother needed a new band member, she stepped to the plate, and thus, the Arsonists were born. The older sister advice we all look for and love comes through loud PUNK ROCK and heavy metal. It\u2019s a family affair. Lucy tells me that \u201cOur family slightly does revolve around this band, it\u2019s like our own little mutual project.\u201d Although Goodman siblings find their way to touch the band in many ways [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":80188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,3232,4,3234],"tags":[2059,2336,8769],"class_list":["post-80184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-on-kjhk","category-live-performances","category-music","category-music-interviews","tag-live-music","tag-metal","tag-thearsonists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/ArsonistsCover.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80184"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80190,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80184\/revisions\/80190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}