No Comply hits the ground running with shows this 2022-2023 school year. No Comply, a successful band at McNary prepares for this year full of stage shows. 

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“We are our own band but we kinda follow after Green Day,” Kaiden Luke said, a guitarist in No Comply. 

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Luke is excited to experiment outside of his normal genre of funk-rock this school year. He has been in No Comply since the 2021-2022 second semester. 

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“Our band works really well together,” Luke said. He uses the strategy of listening to drums and bass to figure out his ques and to keep himself on track. Luke’s band has a talent for, “ being able to pick up any song and play them easily.” Lukes's favorite song he played is Everlong by Foo Fighters at one of last year's shows. 

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“I saw the openings for Flight and No Comply. Originally I wanted to audition for Flight but missed the audition,” Tyler Payne said, the drummer for No Comply. 

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Payne has an extensive backround in percussion in different bands, and symphonies in Salem. He totals about eight years of experience. 

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“We work on intricate details during rehearsals,” Payne said about No Comply.  He loves the different variety of players in his band. 

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Everyone has a different experience with different genres in the band, combining to make what is now known as No Comply. Payne wants to play a punk or a rock show sometime in the future. As he is a senior this year, making plans for his future is an important thing. 

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“I'm getting my percussion ability into its greatest shape for college,” Payne said. 

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“I really like it when we play Psycho Killer, we made it our song,” Jayden Schroder said, the bassist of No Comply. 

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Schroder has been in the band since the second semester of the last school year. He appreciates the community of his band and APT in general. 

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Schroder's end goal is to “get No Comply’s name out there.” He feels it's an important thing if they want to stay together after Schroder, Kilby, and Payne graduate.

 “I'm definitely putting my full heart into it,” Schroder said. He prepares to take on another step after he graduates and wants to continue with his band but also succeed in college. 

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Schroder has been playing bass since he was in seventh grade. He liked it a lot and, “would listen to more music with bass guitar in it,” to increase his interest. 

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“I work really well with all of them,” Schroder said. He normally listens to bass and snare on drums to keep his place in a song. 

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“We do [...] decide everything band related, as often as we can,” Zachary Kilby said, the lead singer of No Comply.

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Kilby is one of the prominent members who formed the band and helped build it to where it is now. As No Comply has grown, Kilby was auditioning anyone he could for No Comply, but this school year No Comply has narrowed their band members to four. 

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“I'm feeling good, I've got a solid group I'm working with and I'm really optimistic for the rest of the year,” Kilby said. He isn't very worried about whether or not No Comply will stay together, that's something he wants to worry about when the time comes. 

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He is very proud of how far his band has come and how far he has personally come with his own music. Kilby would like music to identify him more than it does. He sees that happening with time and better knowledge and growth in his music career. 

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“When we run into something that sounds off we fix it and run it again,” Kilby said. No Comply is very focused on their music and how they can create equal opportunities for each other and grow as a band as a whole.

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