Features / One Question Interviews

Cam Merton (Hidden Shoal Recordings)

SPB: What is your go-to karaoke song?

Merton: My initial impulse is to put on something from Harold Budd and Brian Eno’s Ambient 2/Plateaux of Mirror and hum along but apparently that’s against the strict rule set of karaoke. Failing that I have to find something in my very limited range so if …

Herra Terra

SPB: What's the most interesting thing that has happened to the band this summer, any show horror stories or has it all been good so far?

Herra Terra: On a weekend tour in Providence RI, our manager Marcus was helping us load the van on the side of the road. The side door was open and …

Mike Moynihan (Hollow Earth-guitar)

SPB: What do you listen to the most in the van?

Moynihan: For the most part, driver listens to whatever they want, which could honestly be anything. We all come from very different musical backgrounds, so our taste is pretty eclectic. What we like to do to make sure everyone wins is to make …

Steve (Hollow Earth, vocals)

SPB: What do you think of bands playing albums in their entirety as a tour concept?

Steve: I personally think it's great! In 2008 one of my all-time favorite bands, Local H, played 7 nights in a row in their hometown of Chicago to commemorate the release of their then new album. In chronological …

Haiduk

SPB: What do you remember of your first live performance ever?

Haiduk: I'd been talking to some friends from a local band about possibly, eventually doing one-man shows. So, without telling me, they went ahead and booked Haiduk and their band for a bar show 2 weeks later! The sound guy was somewhat confused when I told …

Bo Hansen (Heavy Times)

SPB: What club (that you've played) has the worst bathroom?

Hansen: There used to be this DIY show spot/skateboard ramp in Chicago called the Beerics. During shows, to accommodate all of the attendees, one of the "bathrooms" in that place was just a 5 gallon bucket in a pantry. That was pretty fucking gross.

Adam Sonderberg (Haptic)

SPB: What is the worst stereotype you encountered when people find you’re in a band?

Sonderberg: That the band must "rock." While I'd occasionally like to rock, I don't.

Jenks Miller (Horseback, solo)

SPB: What part of your live show do you find the hardest on sound engineers?

Miller: The biggest challenge in Horseback's live shows is getting the vocals to sit right in the mix. Most bands feature vocals at the front of the mix; I prefer our harsh textures to sit further back and blend …

Ryan Woods (High Dive/Defiance, Ohio)

SPB: After playing in a larger band (in terms of # of people in the band), how is it to tour with a 3 piece?

Woods: This is a perfect question for High Dive. In fact, we started the band with the purpose of traveling light, only three of us in Toby's station …

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 forward to ending Heartless with the people who have supported …

Henry Rollins

SPB: Have you found that your background as a musical performer has influenced your ability or technique in other media endeavors, such as acting, hosting, and interviewing subjects?

Rollins: Yes. In my opinion, they are all basically the same thing. They all require honesty, focus, guts and discipline.

Cory Von Bohlen (Halo of Flies)
SPB: What do you think of band’s playing an entire album as a touring concept?

Von Bohlen: I think its fine. considering everyone's fascination with the "glory days" of most bands and the times in which said records occurred, it makes sense. That, and I think we've all wished such and such band …