Features / One Question Interviews

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.

Latest One Question Interviews

Bad Cop/Bad Cop

One Question Interviews • April 27, 2016

Stacey Dee (Bad Cop/Bad Cop)

SPB: How did you hook up with Fat?

Dee: I was playing pool with Fat Mike after a Loved Ones show that my old band opened for. We were at the Eagle in San Francisco. I made him a bet and if I won he was to write a song I got to sing …

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The Blind Pets

One Question Interviews • April 27, 2016

Joshua Loggan (The Blind Pets – guitar/vocals)

SPB: What do you like to do on a tour off-day?

Loggan: Anything outdoors! I absolutely love to swim or see something new. Best day off I have ever had was at Earthquake Lake in Yellowstone with my band and a fat sack of chronic! GOOD TIMES!

 

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Moonraker

One Question Interviews • April 27, 2016

Nick Sucks (Moonraker – bass/vocals)

SPB: Basements or bars?

Both. They both have their appeals and drawbacks. Basements are normally DIY and all ages, essentially a subterranean house show. Since we live in California, we love to play basements because those types of shows are pretty rare here. Cops aren't usually called because of the sound being contained …

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Phobia

One Question Interviews • April 27, 2016

Shane Mclachlan (Phobia)

SPB: What is the most thankless job in the music industry?

Mclachlan: Well, as for me being a vocalist, I'm the guy everybody wants to talk shit on, spit on, and blame everything on. Nobody fucks with the bass player: he is always the nice guy. So my job is thankless in the sense of …

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Damaged City Fest

One Question Interviews • April 8, 2016

Damaged City Fest

SPB: Festivals are a continually popular concept, though varying in formulas. What do you think is best about a festival versus a “regular” line-up of 3-5 bands?

Nick and Chris: We don't see festivals as an "alternative" to normal shows and prefer to view the two types of events as separate entities. I think if …

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NOMADS

One Question Interviews • April 8, 2016

Mocaine (Nomads)

SPB: What’s the worst job you’ve ever had?

Mocaine: When I was 19 years old I got laid off from my record store job and had to scramble to find work. I got a job at a sex shop attached to a strip club in downtown Seattle. Thought I was gonna be doing retail. Ends up …

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DSGNS

One Question Interviews • April 7, 2016

DSGNS

SPB: What’s the smallest crowd you’ve ever played to? Is it hard when such a thing happens and how do you adjust?

DSGNS: The smallest crowd we’ve ever played for was about 5 maybe 8, can’t be too sure. It can sometimes be a bit of a hit to your ego, and the band morale may wane …

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Brian Cullman

One Question Interviews • April 7, 2016

Brian Cullman

SPB: After working in film, journalism, and other aspects of the industry, what called you back to performing and recording original music?

Cullman: I love working in movies, but there’s a part of the process that is just soul-destroying. On most movies, even low budget ones, there’s so much money involved, and so many people who …

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James Burns

One Question Interviews • March 25, 2016

James Burns (Let's Go to Hell: Scattered Memories of the Butthole Surfers)

SPB: In a book such as this, do you aim to capture the spirit of the band as a whole, or via specific windows in time? 

Burns: The Butthole Surfers existed in a time when there was no internet, and literally no way of …

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Topshelf Records

One Question Interviews • March 25, 2016

Seth Decoteau (Topshelf Records)

SPB: Do you accept demos? What is the most surprising demo you’ve received?

Decoteau: Yes. I'd say the most surprising demo we've received was from Infinity Girl, which we ended up releasing. 

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Hunx & His Punx

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Seth Bogart (ex- Hunx & His Punx)

SPB: Do you read press written about you?

Bogart: I guess if I see it and it starts off not totally boring or I feel like I did an interview and said something juicy, then yes.

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Black Black Black

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Black Black Black

SPB: How do you approach writing/recording a song with a guest vocalist, such as “Let’s Bloodlet” with Dave Curran? 

Jason Byers (vocals): Dave and I have been friends for over 20 years. We first met in Cleveland, Ohio at the legendary Speak in Tongues venue in 1995. Dave was on tour playing bass with Unsane. …

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Gorilla Biscuits

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Arthur Smilios (World Be Free, Gorilla Biscuits)

SPB: What strikes you as the biggest change in recording an album between now and your first few recordings?

Smilios: One word: technology. Analog tapes have been replaced by computer programs. When we were recording the GB 7" and Start Today at Don Fury's, we were using what was then cutting-edge …

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World Be Free

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Sam Siegler (World Be Free)

SPB: What strikes you as the biggest change in recording an album between now and your first few recordings?

Siegler: The first time I ever went into a studio to record drums was at Don Fury’s studio on Spring St. in NYC, I was 14 years old. It was for Youth of Today, …

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LATTE+

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Chicco (LATTE+)

SPB: If you could put together a four or five-piece "all star group" of players from classic punk bands, who would be in it? 

Chicco: Well, it's easy for me:

Ramones first line-up it's the greatest all-star punk rock band ever!

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Ghostlimb

One Question Interviews • March 24, 2016

Justin Smith (Ghostlimb)

SPB: It seems people are often surprised when they hear of musicians holding higher degrees. Why do you think that is? 

Smith: I think the common view of music and “art” culture is that it is a crew of degenerates or hippies. I would argue that at the crux of these initially DIY scenes …

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Wall of Youth Records

One Question Interviews • March 17, 2016

Eric (Wall of Youth Records)

SPB: If you could universally fix one recurring issue in venues across the world, what would you fix?

Eric: If I had my way, which never seems to happen, I would make the floors of all venues sloped slightly down toward the stage. I'm a pretty tall person so I always feel like …

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France Camp

One Question Interviews • March 17, 2016

France Camp

SPB: Who is the most overrated musician/band of all time?

FC: Answer:

Charles "the man" Manson. Not a big fan of his music, really dug his side project lol

I'm giving you two.

2nd answer: Our answer would have to be Devin Gregory and the Fire Department.

There’s a band that took …

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Southpaw Records

One Question Interviews • March 17, 2016

Rob Fales (Southpaw Records)

SPB: Have you ever rejected album art from a band or artist? What goes into that process/decision?

Fales: Yes, we've rejected album art from bands. It's not something we do too often, only two that I can recall. There was a Sandwitches record we removed a penis from (for obvious reasons). Then there was …

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Cherry

One Question Interviews • March 17, 2016

Russell Edling (Cherry)

SPB: What was your first show?

Edling: It was July 1999, I was 11. The show was an all-day thing called "Suckfest," run by a local guy in Barnesville, PA.

Pretty much every band within 30 miles came and played. I was blown away, I saw this band called Nine Lives from NY that …

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