Quite literally, a one question interview. Also known as 1QIs, we post these first to our social media on a near-daily basis, with the archival piece here. Check 'em out.
Douglas Busson (Yuasa-Exide)
SPB: Health problems led to this project as well as a new way of physically playing guitar. What is it like to listen to these songs? Do they take you through that discomfort again?
Busson: Listening back to the early albums doesn’t cause me any discomfort (except for my discomfort at how repetitive I was …
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Trent McIntyre (Yellfire)
SPB: What is the worst job you've ever had?
McIntyre: Almost every job I've had has been what most people would consider to be shitty. One of the rougher ones I had was around 2006 or 2007, when I was about a year or two out of high school, and had just moved to Seattle …
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Arjen (Youff – guitar)
SPB: Who is your favorite 1990s artist?
Arjen: That is a hard question because most of my record collection exists out of bands from 1980s and early 2000s with some exceptions. These exceptions are the bands I grew up with as a teenager. They're not all worth mentioning. Nevertheless, one album worth mentioning is …
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Young, Planetary (Trevor Villagrana)
SPB: What is your favorite 1990s artist/band?
Villagrana: If you knew me growing up, or, hell, if you met me five minutes ago, you’d probably guess my answer to this question is Blink-182.
And, honestly, most of the time, you’d be correct.
However, albeit somewhat surprisingly, the first band that came …
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Daniel Feldman (Yo No Say)
SPB: What is the worst stereotype you encounter when people find out you’re in a band?
Daniel: To be honest people are generally pretty supportive and intrigued when they find out I’m in a band. I’d say the worst stereotype through, is that we must be broke because we’re musicians, even though it’s …
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Jason (Young Turks)
SPB: How big is your record collection?
Jason: I have about 250 records. I started collecting when I was about 16. I hated high school so I started doing independent study so I could play in a punk band with older guys, and get a full time job so I could buy more gear. That …
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Wesley Henderson (Yankee Brutal)
SPB: What's your favorite band you discovered on your most recent tour?
Henderson: That question is not one I can answer outright. In the span of a 3-month US tour, you'd hope to play with a lot of awesome bands. And we absolutely did! I can only break it down to a top 5 …
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