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One Question Interviews: Reverend Horton Heat
Feature — February 27, 2016
Jim “Reverend” Heath (Rev. Horton Heat) SPB: You've played a lot of "out-of-the-way" cities over the years. What inspires you to set up a tour hitting some these oft-skipped over places? Is there a different feel when you play a city or venue that doesn't see as many national …
One Question Interviews: Mega Ran
Feature — February 27, 2016
Mega Ran SPB: What is your favorite record store (either locally or a discovery while on the road)? Mega Ran: It changes all the time, but a recent favorite is Lunchbox Records in Charlotte, NC. I'm not the biggest record collector, but this place had the largest and …
One Question Interviews: Shirlette Ammons
Feature — March 17, 2016
Shirlette Ammons SPB: What is the strangest trend you see in music (or in the industry vs the art)? Ammons: Strangest trend to me is how much people are relying on pop culture, particularly pop songs, for their politicization. I do celebrate and embrace the affirmation, momentum, and …
One Question Interviews: Brain Vacation
Feature — March 17, 2016
Brain Vacation SPB: Ecstasy, meth, or ludes? BV: We don't do drugs all that often, but our singer has seen Phish play a few times so there's definitely something going on there. We never really expected to release that information into the world, but there it is. Please …
One Question Interviews: Ejector Seats
Feature — March 17, 2016
Fluffy (Ejector Seats-bass/vocals) SPB: What was your first tape/record/or cd that you ever bought? Fluffy: That's actually a really tough question...I grew up with an older sister, so I was subjected to her & her pot smoking hippie friends playing a shitload of classic rock: Bad Company, Queen, …
One Question Interviews: Cherry
Feature — March 17, 2016
Russell Edling (Cherry) SPB: What was your first show? Edling: It was July 1999, I was 11. The show was an all-day thing called "Suckfest," run by a local guy in Barnesville, PA. Pretty much every band within 30 miles came and played. I was blown away, …
One Question Interviews: Southpaw Records
Feature — March 17, 2016
Rob Fales (Southpaw Records) SPB: Have you ever rejected album art from a band or artist? What goes into that process/decision? Fales: Yes, we've rejected album art from bands. It's not something we do too often, only two that I can recall. There was a Sandwitches record we …
One Question Interviews: France Camp
Feature — March 17, 2016
France Camp SPB: Who is the most overrated musician/band of all time? FC: Answer: Charles "the man" Manson. Not a big fan of his music, really dug his side project lol I'm giving you two. 2nd answer: Our answer would have to be Devin Gregory …
One Question Interviews: Wall of Youth Records
Feature — March 17, 2016
Eric (Wall of Youth Records) SPB: If you could universally fix one recurring issue in venues across the world, what would you fix? Eric: If I had my way, which never seems to happen, I would make the floors of all venues sloped slightly down toward the stage. …
One Question Interviews: Ghostlimb
Feature — March 24, 2016
Justin Smith (Ghostlimb) SPB: It seems people are often surprised when they hear of musicians holding higher degrees. Why do you think that is? Smith: I think the common view of music and “art” culture is that it is a crew of degenerates or hippies. I would …
One Question Interviews: World Be Free
Feature — March 24, 2016
Sam Siegler (World Be Free) SPB: What strikes you as the biggest change in recording an album between now and your first few recordings? Siegler: The first time I ever went into a studio to record drums was at Don Fury’s studio on Spring St. in NYC, I …
One Question Interviews: Gorilla Biscuits
Feature — March 24, 2016
Arthur Smilios (World Be Free, Gorilla Biscuits) SPB: What strikes you as the biggest change in recording an album between now and your first few recordings? Smilios: One word: technology. Analog tapes have been replaced by computer programs. When we were recording the GB 7" and Start Today …
One Question Interviews: Black Black Black
Feature — March 24, 2016
Black Black Black SPB: How do you approach writing/recording a song with a guest vocalist, such as “Let’s Bloodlet” with Dave Curran? Jason Byers (vocals): Dave and I have been friends for over 20 years. We first met in Cleveland, Ohio at the legendary Speak in Tongues venue …
One Question Interviews: Hunx & His Punx
Feature — March 24, 2016
Seth Bogart (ex- Hunx & His Punx) SPB: Do you read press written about you? Bogart: I guess if I see it and it starts off not totally boring or I feel like I did an interview and said something juicy, then yes.
One Question Interviews: Topshelf Records
Feature — March 25, 2016
Seth Decoteau (Topshelf Records) SPB: Do you accept demos? What is the most surprising demo you’ve received? Decoteau: Yes. I'd say the most surprising demo we've received was from Infinity Girl, which we ended up releasing.
One Question Interviews: James Burns
Feature — March 25, 2016
James Burns (Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers) SPB: In a book such as this, do you aim to capture the spirit of the band as a whole, or via specific windows in time? Burns: The Butthole Surfers existed in a time …
One Question Interviews: Damaged City Fest
Feature — April 8, 2016
Damaged City Fest SPB: Festivals are a continually popular concept, though varying in formulas. What do you think is best about a festival versus a “regular” line-up of 3-5 bands? Nick and Chris: We don't see festivals as an "alternative" to normal shows and prefer to view the …
One Question Interviews: Brian Cullman
Feature — April 7, 2016
Brian Cullman SPB: After working in film, journalism, and other aspects of the industry, what called you back to performing and recording original music? Cullman: I love working in movies, but there’s a part of the process that is just soul-destroying. On most movies, even low budget ones, …
One Question Interviews: DSGNS
Feature — April 7, 2016
DSGNS SPB: What’s the smallest crowd you’ve ever played to? Is it hard when such a thing happens and how do you adjust? DSGNS: The smallest crowd we’ve ever played for was about 5 maybe 8, can’t be too sure. It can sometimes be a bit of a …
