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One Question Interviews: Shellshag
Feature — December 15, 2013
Shellshag SPB: What are the origins of the Y-microphone? Shellshag: Our custom, Flying V mic stand was invented by Shell. We started facing each other at practice since we used a stand-up drum kit and there were just two of us, but we were already used to …
One Question Interviews: Death Blues
Feature — December 15, 2013
Jon Mueller (Death Blues, Volcano Choir) SPB: How do you choose your album art? Mueller: Each record is unique, but the aim is always to have the art say something about the work that the music cannot, to have it be another voice in communicating the idea. Sometimes …
One Question Interviews: David Daniell
Feature — December 15, 2013
David Daniell SPB: Who is your favorite band to see live? Daniell: I don't have one, I have two: The Necks, and Swans. In the last few years I've seen Swans three times and The Necks at least 8 or 9 times. Swans = sheer physical intensity. The …
One Question Interviews: Escapist Records
Feature — December 15, 2013
Michael Phillips (Escapist Records, former Scene Point Blank editor and writer of 500+ reviews) SPB: Basements, bars, or both? Phillips: Bar shows verses basement shows has been a long running debate in the DIY community. And while I have yet to ever skip a show because of location …
One Question Interviews: To Live a Lie Records
Feature — December 15, 2013
Will Butler (To Live a Lie Records) SPB: What’s your favorite music-related film or documentary? Butler: Most of the time I respond to a question and ramble off all the potential ones until I arrive at a conclusion. To save you me actually mentioning ten movies before I …
One Question Interviews: Sundowner
Feature — December 16, 2013
Chris McCaughan (Lawrence Arms, Sundowner) SPB: I take it by the multiple baseball references in your songs that you're a fan. What are your thoughts on the recent doping scandal? McCaughan: Hold up! There's cheating and steroids in baseball?!! C'mon. Are we really so surprised by all this? …
One Question Interviews: Paper Tiger
Feature — December 16, 2013
Paper Tiger (Doomtree) SPB: How does Doomtree travel? Do you all pile into a van or bus? Paper Tiger: We have a van named Mountain. If the tour party and merch/gear are too big for the one van we will rent a minivan to roll along as well. …
One Question Interviews: Stuart Dahlquist
Feature — December 20, 2013
Stuart Dahlquist (Asva, ex-Burning Witch) SPB: What is a city or country you’d love to play but never have? Dahlquist: One city or country is tough because there are so many places I'd like to play and haven't... I guess you could throw a dart at a …
One Question Interviews: Iron Chic
Feature — December 21, 2013
Mike (Iron Chic, Dead Broke Rekerds) SPB: What was the first tape/cd/record you bought with your own money? Mike: Green Day - 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours CD
One Question Interviews: Planning for Burial
Feature — December 23, 2013
Thom Wasluck (Planning For Burial, Music Ruins Lives) SPB: What is the last record you didn’t care for on first listen but has grown on you since? Wasluck: At first this will sound bad because they are my friends, but I'm going to say Sunbather by Deafheaven, though …
One Question Interviews: Perhapst
Feature — December 23, 2013
John Moen (Perhapst, Decemberists, Stephen Malmus & the Jicks) SPB: Writing a solo record is a much different project than writing with a band. How did your approach on the new record vary from when you put together the self-titled release? What did you learn or adapt in the …
One Question Interviews: Soviettes
Feature — December 23, 2013
Annie Sparrows (Soviettes, FM Wired, Lil Happiness, God Damn Doo Wop Band) SPB: What’s the worst thing that’s happened to you on tour? Have you ever been stranded or had to cancel? Sparrows: Yes, I TOTALLY got left at a gas station in the middle of nowhere by …
One Question Interviews: Neurosis
Feature — December 23, 2013
Neurosis SPB: Personally speaking, what is the least favorite record you’ve released (of your own records, that is)? Why? Neurosis: No regrets. Everything we have ever done and been a part of has made us who we are today. Each is crucial to our evolution as a band …
One Question Interviews: Ufomammut
Feature — December 24, 2013
Urlo (Ufomammut) SPB: Who is the most overrated band or musician of all time? Urlo: Surely, the most overrated band of all time is an Italian trio called Ufomammut.
One Question Interviews: Old Wounds
Feature — December 24, 2013
Brandon Gallagher (Old Wounds) SPB: Are trucker bombs allowed in the van? Have any stories? Gallagher: At first, I had no idea what a trucker bomb was, so immediately I went to urban dictionary and found out that it simply means "pee bottle." I honestly don't think I …
One Question Interviews: Ancient Shores
Feature — December 26, 2013
BJ Rochinich (Ancient Shores, SPB columnist) SPB: What got you interested in film beyond casual observation? Rochinich: I took a psychology of cinema class in college that showed me what I'm seeing when watching a film. The audio and cinematography that construct a film can be looked at …
One Question Interviews: MDC
Feature — December 26, 2013
Dave Dictor (MDC) SPB: What was the largest and smallest crowd you’ve played to? Dictor: The largest crowd was at the With Full Force Festival in what was East Germany with Motorhead, Agnostic Front, US Bombs, The Distillers. There was said to be 50,000 people there. Ozzy Osbourne …
One Question Interviews: Full of Hell
Feature — December 27, 2013
Dylan Walker (Full of Hell) SPB: What do you think when fans run onstage and sing into the mic during a song? Walker: I think it’s cool. It means the kids actually enjoy the music and the lyrics mean something to them.
One Question Interviews: Destroy Nate Allen
Feature — December 27, 2013
Nate Allen (Destroy Nate Allen) SPB: What’s the story behind your band name? Allen: I had played music as "Nate Allen" for a few years in San Francisco. Nobody really cared. I had done a few northwest shows but for the most part the music was just mediocre …
