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cable, Kilara, an early incarnation of Burn the Priest), none of which seemed to gel-but Conner likes to say "none of that is of much consequence now, because RPG has become its own entity." Far out? Wait 'till you hear 'em. They're practicing in the background as Brown takes his turn for this interview, and although there is currently only one guitar skronking and wailing, its thunder is indisputable-even over the phone it rattles teeth. And they're not simply dialing up to eleven going for it; RPG is loud in the literal and abstract. The intensity translates to Full Time, a 13-track, 30-minute dose of loud-fast-rules that grabs you by the short-n'-curlies and tugs just enough to draw blood. Throughout, RPG mines a panorama of influences from-we'll let Conner recite the litany of names: "...Grand Funk to early Aerosmith to Humble Pie to Bo Diddley to Fear to 45 Grave to the Frogs to the Sonics to John Prine to Cody Chesnutt to the Melvins to Harvey Milk to P.J. Harvey to the 13th Floor Elevators to... We listen to a lot of different stuff." So do a lot of other bands-it's what RPG does with their influences that matters. On Full Time, you can hear them flawlessly execute the rough soul of the Sonics or MC5 (dig Conner's soulful vocals on "Paralyzed"), the swagger of Aerosmith (it's all over "Early '72"), the rabid spunk of Fear ("Song of Evil"). And here and there, you can pick out moments of P.J. Harvey's intense insanity (or is it the Melvins' retarded fury?) and the Frogs' humor. RPG is diversely influenced, but hardly derivative-call them familiar but exhilaratingly fresh. "We've created a sound," Conner holds forth, "that puts all of what we like together without borrowing too heavily from any of it." Since forming, RPG has toured the U.S. exponentially, playing with the likes of Zen Guerilla, GWAR, Orange Goblin, Alabama Thunderpussy, Bad Wizard, The Brought Low and Lamb of God. They've enjoyed airplay in England (the track "Untuck It" recently trumped a tune by the Eagles of Death Metal in a head-to-head battle) and their friends in Lamb of God sported RPG T-shirts throughout their Ozzfest gigs this year (and MTV's Iann Robinson wore one on the air). As a result, they've amassed a devoted fan base throughout both countries that communes daily (with each other and the band) at RPGVA and sold over 4,000 copies of Full Time-before they hooked up with Arclight. They've even somehow found time to lens a feature-length documentary about themselves, titled High Performance. All of this notwithstanding, RPG remains grounded. To them, they're "just working"-and that's part of their charm. Their workmanlike ethos resonates in every aspect of their lives (they all maintain full-time-hence, ...