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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: The Gunshy

Feature — May 9, 2014

Matt Arbogast (The Gunshy) SPB: What is your favorite restaurant to hit while on tour? Arbogast: Spiral Diner, Ft. Worth, Texas Spiral Diner is one of my favorite restaurants anywhere. Whenever we're nearby I make it a point to stop here for some awesome, healthy food. They're …

One Question Interviews: Ghost Mice

Feature — May 9, 2014

Chris Clavin (Plan-it-X Records, Ghost Mice) SPB: You released the DVD with all of your releases in a digital format. Where did the idea come from? Clavin: We didn't, we talked about it, but we didn't. The idea was and still is, when the label ends, to make …

One Question Interviews: The Rackatees

Feature — May 15, 2014

Kolin (The Rackatees, drums) SPB: What is the longest (in time) that you have been on tour? Would you do it again? Kolin: Our nine-day tour throughout the Southeast U.S. last September is the most consecutive days we've toured thus far. We know that's not much at all, …

One Question Interviews: Paul Needza Friend

Feature — May 15, 2014

Paul Needza Friend SPB: What do you think of band’s playing a record in its entirety for a tour concept? Paul: I suppose that depends on the integrity of the album in question. If there's only a couple choice tracks on the latest record, then maybe the band …

One Question Interviews: Toxic Pop Records

Feature — May 15, 2014

Mike Riley (Toxic Pop Records/Firestarter Records) SPB: While the meaning of Toxic Pop's name is fairly obvious, how has its meaning changed to you since the label was first formed? Riley: The label was formed in 2007 as a "sister" label to Firestarter Records, which I had been …

One Question Interviews: Low

Feature — May 15, 2014

Alan Sparhawk, Low SPB: What's a record you love that would surprise people? Sparhawk: Barbara Streisand's Greatest Hits

One Question Interviews: White Murder

Feature — May 22, 2014

Hannah Blumenfeld (White Murder) SPB: What is the worst job you’ve ever had? Blumenfeld: Substitute teaching. I was way too young and it was just complete chaos all the time: all grades all categories. One day in the middle school I lost it and called a student a …

One Question Interviews: Guitar Wolf

Feature — May 22, 2014

Seiji (Guitar Wolf) SPB: How did your recent US tour with The Coathangers go? Seiji: The girls are wonderful. Their songs are full of great ideas. They inspired us a great deal. The way they raise the excitement in the later half of the show was simply great, …

One Question Interviews: RJD2

Feature — May 22, 2014

RJD2 SPB: What do you like to do on a tour off date? RJD2: On an off date when I'm touring, two things dominate my day: food, and craigslist. That's pretty much it. So I'm on Yelp, asking on twitter, texting friends, etc to make sure I'm eating …

One Question Interviews: The Julie Ruin

Feature — May 22, 2014

Sara Landeau (The Julie Ruin) SPB: Did joining The Julie Ruin feel like a new band, or like you were joining one with an already-established identity? Landeau: It felt like a brand new band, which it was. In retrospect, we probably should've changed the name because it’s the …

One Question Interviews: Ghostbot Records

Feature — June 4, 2014

Andrew Schubert (Ghostbot Records, recording engineer)SPB: Besides music, what other arts are you into? Schubert: Music is what I'm most passionate about. It's how I mark time and set placemarks in my life. I can remember events by what song was playing on the car stereo. But I …

One Question Interviews: LA Zinefest

Feature — June 4, 2014

Bianca Barragan (LA Zinefest organizer) SPB: If forced to choose, what is your favorite LA-based zine (currently active)? Barragan: After thinking about all the LA-based zines that are awesome, I'm going to have to say that my favorite right now is Razorcake because their latest issue was awesome …

One Question Interviews: The Men

Feature — June 4, 2014

Ben Greenberg (The Men) SPB: What’s a record you love that would surprise people? Greenberg: Bill Frisell - Have A Little Faith Bill Frisell is an amazing guitar player who has released many, many, many records that I never listen to. Have A Little Faith was the …

One Question Interviews: Gnarboots

Feature — June 4, 2014

Aaron Carnes (Gnarboots)  SPB: What is the ideal format to a show line-up? (How many bands, genres, etc.?) Carnes: I always liked lineups that were diverse. Shows with only one style of band is so boring. Back in the day when G.N.A.R.B.O.O.T. Adam and I were in ska …

One Question Interviews: Sex Rays

Feature — June 6, 2014

Joe Holland (Sex Rays, Violent Shifters) SPB: Do you wear earplugs when you play? Why/why not?.  Holland: I almost always wear hearing protection at rehearsals, shooting range style "ear muffs" are the best, in my opinion. In most cases I do wear earplugs when I go to shows …

One Question Interviews: Activator

Feature — June 6, 2014

Shannon T. Moore (Activator, lead singer) SPB: How did you “discover” punk rock? Moore: I discovered punk rock on few different occasions in a few stages of my life. Starting with all of the media hype of the Sex Pistols and all of the times Sid Vicious was …

One Question Interviews: The Jesus Lizard

Feature — June 6, 2014

David Yow (the Jesus Lizard, artist, Qui, Scratch Acid) SPB: How has aging affected your musical performance? Yow: Dunno if it's due to aging, but I have almost no desire whatever to play in some full-time musical outfit. SPB: Is touring a larger physical burden? Yow: …

One Question Interviews: Razorcake

Feature — June 6, 2014

Chris Pepus (Razorcake) SPB: What is your favorite thing about working with print media? Pepus: Most of my writing appears on the web, but I still prefer to read, and write for, print. When I get a zine or a book from an independent press via U.S. Mail, …

One Question Interviews: Peelander-Z

Feature — June 13, 2014

Peelander Yellow (Peelander-Z) SPB: What is your favorite music-related book? Yellow: I never read music-related book!!! I have to learn a lot of things without music-related book!!! music-related book never teach me how to dance "My dance"! music-related book never show me how to kiss …