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Walt Lafty of Silvertide on New Music, MMRBQ and More
Walt Lafty of Silvertide with Brent Porche
MMRBQ returns on Saturday, September 21st to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion in Camden, and we’re stoked to welcome Philadelphia’s own Silvertide back to the stage.
During a live broadcast with Brent Porche from Dolan’s Bar, Walt Lafty of Silvertide joined us on air to talk about our upcoming festival, how they came to the decision to do a live reunion, climbing the walls of Red Rocks, unintentionally one-upping Scott Weiland while on tour with Velvet Revolver, the band’s connection to mega-producer Andrew Watt, the status of new music and more.
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Brent Porche: This is gonna be the first time you guys have hit the stage collectively together since 2013, right? I know you did a TLA show for us, but you did a couple of Flint, Michigan, shows after that, did you not?
Walt Lafty: I did. You had to do the Machine Shop (in Flint).
BP: I know you guys have teased some pictures up online, like the Zoom picture of the guys with all your lovely faces: American rock band Silvertide is an American rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1] Originally named Vertigo, Silvertide was formed in January 2001 in Northeast Philadelphia. At first, the band was signed by J Records, and they released their first EP American Excess in 2002. Their first full album, Show and Tell, was released in 2004 and produced by David Ivory.[2] After completion of their debut album in 2003, Silvertide hit the road and toured straight until 2006, most notably in support of Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, and Mötley Crüe in the summer of 2004, and Alter Bridge in 2005. On March 4, 2005, the band performed their single "Blue Jeans" on an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.[3] In 2006, M. Night Shyamalan featured Silvertide in his film Lady in the Water. Silvertide was featured on the soundtrack with their covers of Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" and "It Ain't Me, Babe". In February 2006 the band made their second appearance on the cover of Origivation Magazine. The photoshoot took place whi 7/10 To start off with, I actually liked this movie, and at first I couldn't understand why some many people hated, but upon reflection i can see what some people reacted to so harshly. Copyright ©yambump.pages.dev 2025•
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Not a great movie, but certainly not as bad as you've heard
One thing I liked about the film is the simple story, or more accurately, the atmosphere. M. Night has always been better at creating a mood than fleshing out a story, but the premise of Lady in the Water works for me: It about people reacting to a fairy tale happening in real life. This concept probably put a lot of people off, the fact of the matter is this concept hasn't been used a lot (but it has been done before, i.e. Peter Weir's "The Last Wave", a deeper and more philosophical film), and people aren't used to it. Like I said, I liked it, but most of my friends thought it was stupid.
The main thing that people hated was M. Night's own acting in the film, and on this I agree. He was without a doubt the worst thing in the film. It was a disgusting example of self-indulgence an