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One Question Interviews: Liar in Wait
Feature — December 3, 2013
Jim (Liar in Wait) SPB: What makes for a good host when you sleep on a stranger’s floor? Jim: A good host gives you a floor to sleep on period. If you're lucky enough to have 4 walls for an evening, that's amazing. Anything is better than a …
One Question Interviews: Mammoth Grinder
Feature — December 3, 2013
Chris Ulsh (Mammoth Grinder) SPB: What is the weirdest description you’ve heard of your music? Do you think it’s accurate in any way or can you see where it came from? Ulsh: In the earliest years of our band we played a show in downtown Dallas. I don't …
One Question Interviews: Among Giants
Feature — December 3, 2013
Greg (Among Giants) SPB: How many vans have you had? (Any stories?) Greg: We've been using my Mom's minivan to travel around for the past two tours, but we're finally getting our own minivan this summer so we can tour a bunch more. One time Zach ripped the …
One Question Interviews: Sutekh Hexen
Feature — December 3, 2013
Sutekh Hexen SPB: What was your favorite band in high school? How do they influence your songwriting today? Sutekh Hexen: One of my favorite bands in high school was Nirvana. The track "Negative Creep" off the Bleach album was so damn heavy AND fast, which at that time …
One Question Interviews: Heartless
Feature — December 4, 2013
Rick (Heartless) SPB: What are you expectations of how your final show(s) will go, from an emotional standpoint? Rick: We are ending on good terms and at a time when we are still relevant, so I expect the shows to be both sad and exciting. We are looking …
One Question Interviews: The Careeners
Feature — December 4, 2013
Dave Drobach (Careeners fka Grabass Charlestons) SPB: If you met your character Dale in real life, would you hang out with him/have a beer? Drobach: Absolutely. Complex characters are always worth getting to know over a beer. Don't get to know Dale as a specimen in a cage. …
One Question Interviews: Pastepunk
Feature — December 5, 2013
Jordan Baker (pastepunk) SPB: What has been the hardest transition as you’ve let Pastepunk go to rest? Baker: The hardest thing by far has been when I hear new music for the first time and feel a sudden urge to write about it. My mind hasn't let go …
One Question Interviews: Amy Oden
Feature — December 5, 2013
Amy Oden (filmmaker, From the Back of the Room) SPB: What is your favorite music-related film or documentary? Oden: Rise Above (the Tribe 8 documentary) is probably my favorite music-related documentary, because it illustrates how the band's politics informed their performance.
One Question Interviews: Mayfly Records
Feature — December 7, 2013
Bob (Mayfly Records) SPB: What are your feelings about Spotify and the ongoing royalties debate? Bob: For me, Spotify is a powerful tool. I have limited distribution and my promo is nowhere near as far reaching as I'd like (this of course is no knock on anybody, but …
One Question Interviews: Adam DeGross
Feature — December 7, 2013
Adam DeGross (photographer, Pay Attention) SPB: What is the hardest part about taking photos in a rock club or basement? DeGross: The hardest part about taking photos in a standard rock club depends. If it's a really big band, the hardest thing to do is to just …
One Question Interviews: Ides of Gemini
Feature — December 7, 2013
J Bennet (Ides of Gemini) SPB: What is the fewest people you have ever played to? Have you returned to that city or venue? Bennet: We played to about 10 people in Hannover, Germany, on my birthday last year. We have not been back.
One Question Interviews: Early Graves
Feature — December 8, 2013
Chris Brock (Early Graves) SPB: What is the secret to a successful tour? Brock: There is no secret to a successful tour. Defining what a successful tour is means a lot of different things to a lot of different people and you have to hope that you have …
One Question Interviews: Swingin' Utters
Feature — December 9, 2013
Darius (Swingin’ Utters) SPB: What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a long tour? Darius: I go to the Taqueria Vallarta on the west side of Santa Cruz!
One Question Interviews: Birthday Suits
Feature — December 9, 2013
Hideo (Birthday Suits) SPB: What do you like to do on an off date during a tour? Hideo: It's depend on where. If it's in a bigger city, I'd like to eat something good and walk around. If it's in a smaller city, I just stay in a …
One Question Interviews: Brokedowns
Feature — December 9, 2013
Kris Megyery (Brokedowns) SPB: How has parenthood changed playing in a band for you? Megyery: This question was sent on June 6th which happened to be the day my 2nd son was born....Did you plan that? Are you a warlock? Parenthood hasn't changed playing in a band …
One Question Interviews: More Than Sound Collective
Feature — December 9, 2013
Mario Parra (More Than Sound Collective) SPB: What’s a record you love that would surprise people? Parra: I've always considered my taste in music to be diverse, in a limited sense; I never stray too far from pop punk, hardcore, ska punk, emo, and the like, basically because …
One Question Interviews: Some Will Never Know
Feature — December 11, 2013
Pim (Some Will Never Know, Said And Done) SPB: What was the first live show you attended? Pim: First live show in general? Might be a local (nu-metallish) band at my school. Once a year there were these sporting events combined with people from the school …
One Question Interviews: The Taxpayers
Feature — December 11, 2013
Phil (The Taxpayers) SPB: What is the band’s most common junk food while on tour? Phil: From scratch....(heavy sigh)...workin' on it...um...would eat a snake...let's see....mostly snakes...I don't know man, I'm just off this flight, my creative juices...I think mostly we eat creative juice...
One Question Interviews: The Blind Shake
Feature — December 11, 2013
Jim Blaha (The Blind Shake) SPB: What is my day job and how does it affect my schedule as a musician? Blaha: Well, right now I work at a coffee shop on East Lake St. in Minneapolis. It's gold to me because the owner lets me tour whenever …
