FROM THE VAULT: INTERVIEW WITH WES JAQUES (2019)
🖊️ Originally published by AEA Zine
Before Ash&Ink. Before the declassified files. Before the bans, the blog, and the dark romance takeovers—there was Metal Coffee PR and a very loud, very unapologetic dude named Wes Jaques.
This interview from 2019 is a time capsule. I was running a PR company that helped over 300 metal bands get signed, hosting syndicated radio shows, and throwing elbows in the underground scene like it was my damn job. (Because it was.)
What’s wild is how much of this still rings true. I wasn’t just hyping bands—I was building the bones of the Ash&Ink movement before I even knew her name.
🔻 Here’s a taste:
“I have had massive clients and I have had bands that don’t even know how to set up a PayPal account. What matters to me is that you are serious and want to work.”
And that’s still the rule: be serious, or get the hell out of the inbox.
💬 Want to know where the chaos started? This is the fuse.
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🗣 Drop a comment or email horrorinkbooks@icloud.com if you were one of those 300 bands.
📎 Reposted with permission from AEA Zine
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