50-years-old and a long-time veteran of the free jazz circuit, David S. Ware personifies an ideology first explored by John Coltrane with his 1965 release, Meditations. With instrument-as-catharsis, not instrument-as-entertainment, free jazz endeavors for the transcendental, climbing ever closer towards God. David S. Ware personifies this ideology better than anyone else today, and with his 13th release, Corridors & Parallels, he has been successful in his efforts to push free jazz even further.

Though The Fartz released only one 7-inch EP and one album back in the day, with relentlessly driving guitars, guttural vocals, and all-out smashing of the drum kit, they were King of the Northwest Hardcore Scene, and nobody could match their original style and chaos. Over time their place in hardcore has become legendary. With an EP of new material due out in December, eP's Steve Weatherholt caught up with members Blaine, Steve, and Karl to find out more about this legendary Northwest hardcore band.