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One Question Interviews: Gnarboots
Feature — May 9, 2014
Adam Davis (Gnarboots) SPB: What is your least favorite genre of music? Is there an artist who is an exception to said rule? Davis: My least favorite genre lately has been punk rock. For all of the chest thumping about originality, rebellion and chaos, you would be hard …
One Question Interviews: Teens in Trouble
Feature — February 27, 2024
Lizzie Killian (Teens in Trouble - vocals/guitar/songwriter) SPB: You’re in North Carolina, but work closely with Asian Man Records in the CA Bay Area, right? How did you get so involved with the label, given the distance between you? Killian: I'm actually from San Francisco and lived in …
One Question Interviews: The Abruptors
Feature — January 30, 2024
The Abruptors SPB: Who is your favorite band/artist you discovered on your last tour? Mike & Toni: I think we're going with The Filthy Radicals: high-energy ska punk. A real treat to watch and hang out with!
One Question Interviews: Powernap
Feature — May 21, 2015
Hugo Mudie (Powernap) SPB: What is an oreosmith? Mudie: When I was a kid I had an uncle who worked for Christie (the company that makes the Oreos). His name was Danny Mudie. When Areosmith released the Pump album, the Oreo brand was going to make Steve Tyler …
One Question Interviews: The Atom Age
Feature — August 15, 2023
The Atom Age SPB: What do you listen to in the van/who decides? The Atom Age: We have a standing rule of absolute silence in the van. This allows each of us to do as we please, listen to tunes on headphones, sleep, ponder, or weep. Having no …
One Question Interviews: Doki Doki
Feature — August 1, 2023
Doki Doki SPB: Who is a band that’s been taking too long to release their next record? Randy Moore (guitar): Alkaline Trio!! Donnie Walsh (bass): Yes! He ain’t wrong!! Lucy Giles (drums/vocals): I would say Henry Chadwick, because I cannot wait for him to put out …
One Question Interviews: Small Crush
Feature — July 25, 2023
Logan Hammon (Small Crush-vocals/guitar) SPB: How do you choose your album art? Hammond: I love to design my own album art to reflect the feeling of the album. Making it handmade is my favorite way to do it, so it really feels like my art coming to life. …
Regular Columns / Only Death Is Real: Only Death Is Real #2
Feature — April 20, 2019
Welcome to the second instalment of Only Death Is Real. This time round we swing from power electronics to decaying cosmic black metal, giving equal coverage to EPs, full-lengths and splits. Click on the title and you’ll find yourself on the relevant Bandcamp page. Axebreaker - Brutality in Stone …
One Question Interviews: Sweet Gloom
Feature — July 12, 2023
Jaake Margo (Sweet Gloom – vocals/guitar) SPB: You covered “Jaded” for the Operation Ivy tribute. Why that song (and did you have a second choice)? Margo: "Jaded" was always my favorite Operation Ivy song, so when the opportunity came to cover it, I jumped on the chance. …
One Question Interviews: Hard Girls
Feature — July 10, 2015
Hard Girls SPB: What is the most valuable thing you’ve lost on a tour? Morgan: Mostly we lose things like phone chargers and sunglasses, shirts and t-shirts, crap like that…I guess you could say we’ve all lost our wide-eyed innocence on the road…SIGH… We have lost 2 …
One Question Interviews: Koo Koo Kanga Roo
Feature — October 28, 2015
Bryan (Koo Koo Kanga Roo) SPB: You see to perform on a lot of varied bills from kids stuff to hip-hop shows and Warped. Do you prefer to mix up the audience you play to or do you prefer a headline-type club show? Bryan: We prefer everything. It …
One Question Interviews: Grumpster
Feature — September 8, 2020
Noel (Grumpster – drums) SPB: You just released a new 7", following last year's full-length. What is your favorite format of record (EP vs LP) to listen to as a fan? Noel: LPs! We feel like a longer release can be more cohesive, and indicative of the artist(s) …
One Question Interviews: Cayetana
Feature — April 1, 2017
Kelly (Cayetana) SPB: If you could universally (and magically) fix one item at venues around the world, what would you upgrade or change? Kelly: If I'm being very honest, I would want to wave a magical wand and make all venue bathrooms private, single use, clean, beautiful, great …One Question Interviews: All People
Feature — November 13, 2017
Greg (All People) SPB: What are the origins for the band name All People? Greg: We first came up with the name for our band while waiting in the airport on our way home from the Asian Man Records 15 year anniversary shows in 2011. D-Ray and I …
One Question Interviews: Ogikubo Station
Feature — January 30, 2019
Maura (Ogikubo Station) SPB: How did Ogikubo Station come to be? Maura: I was visiting my sister in Oakland and hanging out with my friend Danielle Bailey from the band Jabber in San Jose. Danny had posted some photos of us hanging out and Mike called Danny to …
