Quite literally, a one question interview. Also known as 1QIs, we post these first to our social media on a near-daily basis, with the archival piece here. Check 'em out.
Jeff Lohrber (Enabler)
SPB: How do you choose your t-shirt/merchandise designs?
Lohrber: When we approach t-shirt designs or album artwork, we do our best to make it fit with the overall feel of our music. We are a dark, pissed, aggressive band, but I feel that there is a little more substance behind the music and emotion than your typical …
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Andrew WK
SPB: What is your favorite thing about touring Europe or foreign countries?
Andrew WK: My favorite thing about touring Europe and foreign countries is THE PARTYING!
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Lauren Denitzio (The Measure [SA], The Worriers)
SPB: What was your first tape (or cd or record)?
Denitzio: The first cassette I ever bought was Gin Blossoms "New Miserable Experience" in 1993. I was nine years old and ordered it from that Columbia House mailorder catalog. Hey Jealousy was my first favorite song, and I still think that band is …
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Blag Dahlia (Dwarves)
SPB: How do you choose your album art?
Dahlia: Well, SPB, I could say that we didn’t choose the art, it choose us. Then again, that would be bullshit.
Our most famous cover is still the Blood, Guts & Pussy LP. The idea was mine, a direct parody of the Samhain ‘Initium’ cover. The iconic shot was …
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Jello Biafra
SPB: What do you think of bands playing albums in their entirety as a touring concept? Is it a way to reinvigorate the album format?
Biafra: It's a way for someone as versatile as the Melvins to keep playing their hottest towns several times a year, and never play the same set twice.
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Frank Turner
SPB: How old were you when you first picked up an instrument?
Turner: The first instrument I came across I couldn't pick up - it was my mum's piano, which had been her 21st birthday present from her folks when she was younger. It was in the corner of the living room and I used to mess around …
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