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One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: Pound
Feature — October 22, 2019
Ryan Schutte (Pound – baritone guitar) SPB: What led you to the baritone guitar as your instrument of choice? Schutte: I do a fair amount of hybrid picking which is more difficult on larger gauge strings. The baritone 9 string allows me to use lighter gauge strings, which …
Music: The Fest 18: Making FESTory
Feature — October 28, 2019
The Fest 18 begins this Friday, running November 1-3. Which means that the punk party has overtaken Gainesville 18 times, with literally hundreds of bands playing across dozens of venues in town each year. Some are regular music venues, while others are pop-ups that only do it for a …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: The Blind Shake
Feature — November 11, 2019
Jim Blaha (The Blind Shake - guitar) SPB: What type of guitar do you play with The Blind Shake and how did you pick that model? Blaha: For The Blind Shake I always was drawn towards the cheaper models like Univox, Tiesco and Danelectro (they were cheap when …
Music: The Fest 18
Feature — November 12, 2019
The Fest is a massive undertaking. It's 400+ bands over 3+ days. It's summer in October, as a certain band said. This year may have mostly trended around 70 degrees -- apparently cold by Florida standards, but that's still way warmer than the snowfall I see out the window at …
One Question Interviews: Cattle Decapitation
Feature — November 15, 2019
Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation) SPB: What is the worst you’ve been screwed by a venue or promoter? (No need to name names…unless there is.) Ryan: There's a guy named Mitch that runs a venue called Ground Zero in Spartanburg, SC. We were on a tour that was booked …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: Tired Of Everything
Feature — November 16, 2019
Will Butler (Tired of Everything – vocals) SPB: Tired Of Everything is your first time singing in a band. Between your first show and today, what have you done to shape how your voice sounds live? Butler: I would say, honestly, I still don't know what I'm doing …
Interviews: Drakulas
Feature — December 2, 2019
Gangs, porno, and video game addiction. That’s the hook right there, but we’ll keep going. With Drakulas, a band featuring familiar faces from Riverboat Gamblers and Rise Against, about to release a new album next year, SPB reached out to frontman Mike Wiebe to learn a bit more about the …
Interviews: Dillinger Four - 25th anniversary
Feature — December 2, 2019
A long, long time ago, Scene Point Blank sat backstage at the Triple Rock before a Dillinger Four show. The goal was to capture an oral history of the band. How they formed, what stood out in creating each record, and notable moments in their career. Basically a play-by-play from …
One Question Interviews: Just Friends
Feature — December 17, 2019
Brianda (Just Friends) SPB: Did you intentionally choose a name that’s impossible to Google? Brianda: Hahahahahahaha I had no part in that *three laughing emojis*
One Question Interviews: Kaada
Feature — December 26, 2019
John Erik Kaada (Kaada, Cloroform) SPB: What is your favorite album cover of all time? Kaada: We are currently planning the release of a new Cloroform album, and on band meetings we have discussed what to do next in terms of design and visual appearance. We dug up …
One Question Interviews: Much Worse
Feature — January 1, 2020
Ben (Much Worse) SPB: What was your first live show? Ben: First concert: Oasis/Black Crowes at Roy Wilkins [Auditorium] when I was in 7th grade. My old man got tickets through his work or something like that.
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: Lazerbeak
Feature — January 2, 2020
Lazerbeak (Shredders / Doomtree) SPB: To you, what is the most important element in your setup to get the best live sound? Lazerbeak: By far it's the MPC Rennaissance. I grew up making beats on the MPC 2000XL and it's really all I know as far as production …
One Question Interviews: Play Date
Feature — January 6, 2020
Shanti Wintergate (Play Date) SPB: What is the biggest different in how you approach writing a song for children as compared to writing a song for adults? Wintergate: I would have to say the actual approach and process is pretty much the same. We set out to make …
One Question Interviews: The Yawpers
Feature — January 7, 2020
Nate Cook (The Yawpers) SPB: What’s the worst or harshest thing that’s happened to you in the middle of a tour? Cook: We were in Bern, Switzerland. I’d spent the last 6 months unable to move due to a collapsed disc in my neck. It had finally stopped …
One Question Interviews: Radical Fun Time
Feature — January 21, 2020
Radical Fun Time SPB: What does DIY mean to you in 2020? How has it changed since you started playing music (has it)? PunX Rock $@M (guitar/vocals): !Radical Fun Time! is still living the Do It Yourself lifestyle! In this new Decade !RFT! attempts to do as …
One Question Interviews: Tim Buchanan
Feature — January 22, 2020
Tim Buchanan SPB: What do your parents think of your music? Buchanan: My parents love what we do now. They’ve always been supportive, but I think the more abrasive music I helped make when I was younger was confusing to them, as it would’ve been for many …
One Question Interviews: Smash The Statues
Feature — February 9, 2020
Tom (Smash The Statues) SPB: What is your favorite cover to play? Why? Tom: Covers could be really fun to play. Back in the days we played a bunch of covers that suited us both musically and lyrically. As a political band, you want to get your message …
One Question Interviews: Doc Rotten
Feature — February 10, 2020
Wes Bentley (Doc Rotten) SPB: Do you read press/reviews written about you? Bentley: Sometimes, for a review, I am more likely to read them because I want to see if it is a positive review. Interviews not so much because I was there and know what I said.
Interviews / Don't Quit Your Day Job: Wrekmeister Harmonies
Feature — February 14, 2020
The rock star image of packed arenas, traveling with an entourage, and partying amid crazy backstage antics and endless drama is almost patently false. Sure, it’s reflective of a few artists from yesteryear who have platinum records and shortened lifespans, but most musicians have day jobs – and not just …
