Features / One Question Interviews

Pinkish Black

SPB: You had a curious sample from an obscure British comedy on your first record - how did you come across Snuff Box and why did you include it?

Pinkish Black: We in Pinkish Black feel very akin to Matt Barry and Rich Fulcher. I would say their Snuff Box personas are like our spirit animals. …

Jake Orrall (JEFF the Brotherhood)

SPB: What do you like to do on a tour off date?

Orrall: Masturbate

Al Swacker (DJ, UnMutuals, Devil Baby Freak Show, SVK)

SPB: What is your favorite venue, past or present, to play or attend a show at?

Swacker: My favorite venue? Wow, not an easy question. I can think of 6 that come to mind right away and each is for different reasons. 

I could say the Pageant in …

Tony Marquez (Post Teens)

SPB: What is your favorite all-time record (and why)?

Marquez: I've never been a person who can truthfully name a "favorite" record because I'm constantly finding new (and old) records that blow my mind. But music has always been important to me. While growing up in Miami (in the mid ‘90s) I came across …

Kid Tsunami

SPB: What is your primary tour food?

Kid Tsunami: On tour I like to be taken to a yum cha spot....I love the togetherness of a dim sum meal, and I like to compare and find out which is the best one on the planet! So far nothing has beaten my hometown spot, Regal on Roe...but …

Andrew (Specialist Subject Records, Bangers)

SPB: Do any of your musician friends have tinnitus?

Andrew: I've actually had tinnitus for nearly 10 years and I can pin point the source of it to a Shai Hulud show in Newport, Wales. For years it was the bane of my life, now I think I've lost my hearing to the …

Digestor (GHOUL)

SPB: How's Creepsylvania this time of year? 

Digestor: Moist

Mark (Brown Brogues)

SPB: Assuming that you're not playing a show, what is a typical Saturday night for Brown Brogues? What does it involve?

Mark: If we're flush with cash we would go out in Manchester and drink posh cocktails and prosecco. If not so flush we would drink cheap beers at each other houses then go to …

Allen Maier (American Scarecrows, drums)

SPB: Do you wear earplugs when you play? Why/why not?

Maier: I have heard people say they wish they took better care of their hearing when they were younger. Playing almost every day I was getting tired of trying to fall asleep while my ears were ringing. The more I was playing the …

His Dream of Lions

SPB: Assign each member of your band to a character in The Breakfast Club.

His Dream of Lions:

Colby - Criminal - He thinks his hair cut is really cool (applicable to all members) 

Blair - Brain - He eats differential equations for breakfast

Seth - Princess - Like Claire, he …

Gypsy Eyes

SPB: What's your favorite movie sequel?

Gypsy Eyes: I'd have to say my favorite movie sequel is "2046" by Wong Kar Wai. It's the second in a trilogy of films, the first being "In The Mood For Love" and the third being "Days of Being Wild." The film is about a science fiction author struggling to …

Dominic DiCecco (Seagulls)

SPB: Have people confused you with Eagulls yet?

DiCecco: I called out sick from work once and it happened to be the day Eagulls played Atlanta, at The Earl. One of my co-workers had mistakenly confused my band with Eagulls and it appeared to him I called out of work to play the show. My …

James Goodson (Teen Death, guitar/vocals)

SPB: Who is your favorite band to see live?

Goodson: I think my favorite band to see live is AFI. Not only are they one of my favorite bands in general, they also kill it live. Every show feels special and epic: they always seem like they're giving it everything they've got. They …

Toby Driver

SPB: How have your musical taste evolved over the years? Do you think your “high school self” would appreciate the music you make now?

Driver: I think my aesthetics are still similar to what they were when I was in high school, but I'm quite a bit more open-minded when it comes to the social implications …

Richard Minino (Horsebites)

SPB: Do you think the digitalization of music has negatively influenced your trade as there is less emphasis on cover art?

Minino: Not necessarily because now bands are putting a lot of that lost income in their merch. If their record sales are down because of downloading then they just make other stuff for people …

Josh Weaver (Royal Thunder)

SPB: Do you have a favorite type of van or bus?

Weaver: Dodge Ram vans are definitely our favorite vans. I bought a ‘95 full luxury Dodge Ram van from my friend Johnny Collins for $200 around 2007-2008. It had 200k original miles on it and Johhny's band, Thunderlip, had used it for years. …

Austin McCutchen (Choir Vandals, vocals)

SPB: What is your favorite cover to play? Why?

McCutchen: Choir Vandals as a band has actually never done a cover, but for me personally I love covering any Elliott Smith song. Most of his songs are decently difficult so I feel accomplished after learning them and I feel such a strong connection …

Luke Schwartz (Loose Planes, vocals)

SPB: What is the worst stereotype you encounter when strangers discover you’re in a band?
 
Schwartz: The worst stereotype I encounter when people find out I'm in a band is usually that I'm rich. Normal people aren't aware of the fact that musicians are making a fraction of what they were ten years …

Krigeist (Barshasketh)

SPB: What are the origins for the name of the band? 

Krigeist: Barshasketh was something I read years ago in an occult text around the time I was composing the first demo. It refers to a subconscious pit of destruction relating to self-advancement.

David Vincent Kelling (Culture Abuse, vocals)

SPB: What is most ridiculous sub-genre name you’ve heard?

Kelling: Calling something a sub genre is fucking ridiculous in general, still rock and roll to me...