Apathetic Youth #61

What's up everyone this is the last interview of the year, also my band will play the last show of the year at No Thanx fest in Ventura if your interest hit me up. Anyways this week I interview Oreo Of Apathetic Youth there really known with Despise You and Final Draft from Inglewood. There Discography is out check it out here is the interview Enjoy.

 State your name and what band do you play for?

#Larry, and I play in a corrido band at marisco spots in Lennox.

How are you doing?

Just did some rayasos, so I'm feeling irie. Lawdamercy!

How did you get into punk?

What's that?

How did Apathetic Youth start as a band?

Got jumped by some cholos from Inglewood.

What was the line up?

Puppet, Dreamer, Big Bandit, Little Mosco, Donut, Tweety, D-Boy, Trigger, Rusty, Cisco, Psycho, Chico, Shady, Wee-wah, Tonga,

Cappadino, Cooter, Cranky, White Boy, Big C, Lloyd the Hemorrhoid, C-Low 1 Hunnid (RIP), J-Bear (RIP), El Galleta (RIP).

How did you guys get the name Apathetic Youth?

Phone-checked this rockabilly band w/ the same name.

How did you guys get the split with Final Draft?

Their agent contacted us and offered us a dub-sack of broken windows. An offer we couldn't refuse.

What was the best show that AxY played?

The Tupac and Chalino tour of 1999. 

How did you get into Hip Hop and making beats?

We saw Jay Leno and asked him for his autograph.

Any future Projects??

Home remodeling.

Any shoutouts you want to give?

Huh?

thanks for your time

https://apatheticyouth.bandcamp.com/releases

Tourist #60

 What's up everyone this week I interview one of the band know from Chula Vista Powerviolence. San Diego is know for some sick powerviolence bands out there so here is the interview with Tourist enjoy...

• State your name and what band do you play for?

Sam, I “sing” for Tourist.

Justin, [drums] Tourist.

• How you doing? 

S: Pretty alright.

J: Genuinely good.  

• How did you guys get into punk? 

S: There were a good amount of local shows with mixed bills featuring embarrassingly bad metalcore and deathcore acts as well as punk/hardcore bands when I was a kid. That and dial-up internet got the ball rolling.

J: Being a teenager.

• How did Tourist start as a band? 

S: Me and Gabe (guitarist) started Tourist in my garage in 2017. The band was originally gonna be called X-Force and it was gonna take a less serious approach than Tourist has ultimately taken. Straight edge powerviolence was the general idea.

J: I'm not sure, I just do what I'm told.

• What was the line up? 

S: When it started? Me on drums and Gabe on guitar. Since late 2019, it’s been me, Gabe, Justin, and Joseph (bass player).

• Whats the best show you guys have played? 

S: We haven’t played very many shows, which has made all of them memorable in some way. 

J: Park de la Cruz.

• How did you guys get the name  of the band? 

S: Blacklisted song. 

• I noticed that you guys have the shop cart as a logo how did you guys get that as your logo? 

S: The original album cover for Domestic Scene featured a shopping cart abandoned on a residential street. The cart just looked cool as a graphic so we’ve used it as a stamp/logo since.

• Whats your guys influences? 

S: We played a show once where someone came up to us after our set and told us “you guys sound like 2006” and that has been the sharpest observation anyone has made of Tourist. I write the majority of the music, so if you want specifics, I’d say I’m pulling from East coast powerviolence heavies like Scapegoat, Mind Eraser, Breathing Fire, and Wolf Whistle, as well as bouncier, groovier acts like Blacklisted and Cold World. Also the entirety of Hatebreed’s “Perseverance” LP.

J: Personally Meshuggah. I speak for myself though.

• Do you guys have any upcoming releases 

S: We have a 5 song EP called “Take Five” coming out soon. Currently writing an LP that will focus less on the blastbeats and more on the dirge, sludge, and grooves.

• any shoutouts you want give? 

J: My mother.

S: All mothers, really.

https://touristcv.bandcamp.com

Spazz/ 3 Wheel Motion/DJ Eons One #59

 

What's up everyone this week I have a good one I interview one of the dudes from Spazz... well originally, I was going to interview another member but this works  for me shit!! Im pretty Stoked on this one check out and enjoy!! 

State your name what band were you in?

Dan Lactose. I've been in a ton of bands/projects but most people would know me as a member of Spazz.

How are you doing? 

I'm good. Just stealing time from one thing to do another thing.

How did you get into punk? 

Through skateboarding. Looking at what shirts people were wearing and stickers. Making mental notes of bands to look for.

How did Spazz get Started?? 

Skateboarding again. Max and I were skating together and talking about bands we were really into at the time like Infest, Crossed Out, Ringworm, etc. He turned me onto stuff like Larm and NYC Mayhem. We wanted to try to do a project that reflected those influences. 

What was the line up? 

Max on drums and me on guitar. 

Were you guys going for the high and low vox??

Originally we were looking to have a vocalist. We asked a couple of our friends but no one wanted to make the commitment. Dan Hogan did sing on 2 songs on the 1st 7". That was all we could get out of him haha. 

How did you guys get the name Spazz? 

We needed a name to put on the reel in the studio. Spasm was suggested and then Chris came up with Spazz.

How did Chris Dodge joined Spazz??

Chris read an interview with Max in Atmosfear zine where Max was talking about our project and Chris got in touch with him.

What was the best or Tour you guys  played?? 

Our trip to Japan in 98 was unforgettable. We played Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

What was Spazz last show like? 

It was uncomfortably crowded.

How did you guys get Kool Keith on a track?

We recorded our 2nd album, "La Revancha", in 1997 which had a drop by Kool Keith on it. It totally bugged everyone out at the time (including myself) and I'm constantly asked to tell the story how it all came about so I figured I'd write it up here and give you all the real deal.

Spazz was heavily inspired by the underground hip hop explosion of the 90's. Hirax Max (drums) and I were avid listeners of college radio mix shows and I was DJing and collecting hip hop 12 inches and making beats much to the chagrin of some die hard punks. If you check out our lyrics there's tons of references to old hip hop tracks and we even named our 3rd album "Crush Kill Destroy" as an homage to Organized Konfusion homaging the MC's Ultra. I can safely say I was listening to a lot more hip hop than hardcore while we were doing the band.
Our friend Neil was a childhood friend of Dan The Automator and had met Keith with took a trip with Dan out to NY. Neil told of Keith's infamous peep show and video arcade route and told us Keith's pockets were bulging with change ready to begin the trek. He even brought Max back a signed promo poster for the "Four Horsemen" LP. I was jealous. One night, Max calls me up and says Neil had just called him to see if we wanted to meet Kool Keith up in SF. Max had school or something so he called me and said I should call Neil back ASAP. I called Neil, got directions and in my haste grabbed my recently purchased "Basement Tapes" LP that happened to be sitting out Keith was in town recording the Dr. Octagon LP at Dan's parent's house. I drove up to SF, met Neil in front of the house and we ended up chillin' in Dan's room while they were working on "Girl Let Me Touch You", waiting for them to take a break. The finished their take and emerged Keith emerged from the makeshift vocal booth. We chopped it up a bit and I showed him the "Basement Tapes" LP and he got pretty bummed. He asked where I got it and he said Ced was doing all sorts of shit with their material and he had no say in any of it. I told him where I picked it up and he asked Dan if they could go there tomorrow so he could buy one. Then he reached down beside Dan's bed and pulled out this huge blue duffle bag. "Do you like Max Hardcore?" he asked as he unzipped the bag which was stuffed full of VHS porno tapes. He started pulling out different tapes and talking about him. We talked porn for a minute. Somehow we started talking about metal bands (I think Neil told Keith he should check out Spazz or something). "Do you like Gorefest?" he asked. I told him they were alright "Do you like Autopsy?" I told him of course and that I knew one of those dudes. Keith was pumped. I told him I had a tape of the record we were working on and The Automator threw it in so we could check it out. Keith was bugging out on it. He asked if I could do that same guitar sound on the record they were working on. I said no problem and told him I would get in touch with them tomorrow. I asked Keith if he could do a shout out for us and we would put it on the record. Automator flipped the tape over and recorded Keith's drop that you hear on "La Revancha".

The next day I called the phone number Automator had given me to figure out if and when I could go back up to the studio and do some guitar. I never got through and they never called me back. "Andy Boy" is credited as playing guitar on the track and while I cannot confirm or deny it, Neil told me it was Andy from Attitude Adjustment. I was happy enough to chill with Keith and get that drop. To this day, it has to be one of the most bonkers hardcore / hip hop crossovers in the history of music. The Judgement Night soundtrack has nothin' on this!
A few days later Neil called and told us that Keith had mentioned Spazz in one of his new rhymes. What the fuck??? We never thought it would see the light of day until we heard "I'm Destructive". Holy shit! The line taken almost word for word from the conversation Keith and I had that night. And then Dr. Octagon drops and completely blows up, etc, etc. I'm not sure how many people who were listening to Spazz were also listening to Ultramagnetic at the time. but it seemed that EVERYONE was listening to the Dr. Octagon LP. A lot of people were catching the Spazz reference and asking us about it. I'm not sure if Keith ever got a copy of "La Revancha" (I'm still holding one for you, man), but I hope someone has played it for him at some point. It's one of my favorite records we recorded and I'm stoked to have a hip hop legend on it. Yeah, I know that this post is on some fanboy ish, but it's Poppa Large; the one, Rhythm X; KOOL MOTHERFUCKIN' KEITH!!

Dr. Octagon - I'm Destructive (Dreamworks, 1996)

Kool Keith - I'm Fuckin' Flippin' (Tuff City,1994)

what was the reason you guys broke up? 

Chris was relocating to LA and we felt at that point that the band had pretty much run its course.

How did you get into Hip Hop?? 

Literally found someone's pause mix cassette on the ground while playing baseball in elementary school. Totally changed my life.

How did you get into Deejaying and your Dj name?? 

At some point I had 2 mismatched belt drive turntables and hooked them up to a Radio Shack mixer I already had. Started messing around and buying more gear. I was listening to local mix shows on the radio and started buying 12 inches. 

how did you get the band 3 wheel motion?  not alot of people know bout this band? 

That was something we came up with when Mark and Jon from Charles Bronson were visiting me. We came up with the concept and wrote most of the lyrics on a drive from Reno to San Francisco. Over the next day we wrote some riffs and tried to arrange it and then recorded it the next day. There was a small tape release of it and then it kinda faded into obscurity. 

That split with Healer is sick how did you link up with them? 

Justin from Warthog Speak hit me up because he was releasing the demo on a 7" and he wanted to know if I was down to send him some beats for the other side.I've known Tony for a long time and wanted to do something cooler than just send in some random beats so I came up with the concept for Dank Goblins and hit up some homies to see if they were down to help record it.

Do you have any future Projects?

I have a track on the new There's No More Room In Hell compilation which comes out next month. New Grand Invincible LP/cassette on Iron Lung sometime soon. Everything has been submitted but all the plants are so backed up records are taking forever to come out. Also split instrumental tape with a homie on a new label (not sure if I can announce the details yet). Working on an EP with Big Sammy and some new GI stuff. Working on the cover art for a new Yegg War release as well.

Any shoutout you want to give?

Thanks for the interview Marco. Shout out to all my Doomryderz West Bay Koalition family. RIP Stinkweed RIP Big Boy

Last question will there be a Spazz reunion?? 

Nope.

Thanks for your time Dan Spazz forever!!!!

https://spazzbandcamp.bandcamp.com/

Chimpowa/Elephant Mace #58

What's up everyone here another interview from the homies that are from Rose Park and they say there side of the story here is the interview with the Rose Park heroes.. enjoy 

State your name what bands were you in? 

Nick Childers I played in Elephant Mace and Chimpowa, fillers for other projects but mainly created for the two. 

Isaac Morales

Elephant Mace & Chimpowa

How you been?? 

Issac: Been chillin'! Working and living that family life! 

Nick:I've been well staying busy. Going out to the forest as much as I can these days. 

How did you get into punk?

N: as for exposure to punk I'd say it was early. I have family members that had local music on cassettes and on wax. Stuff like Heavy Artillery, Cruda, ill repute, Rudimentary Peni things like that

how did get into punk? 

I got in to punk through my uncle. He took me to my first show and I got thrown in the pit. I Think I was in seventh grade. After that I was hooked with going to shows. I started  listening to a bunch of punk music, whatever I could get my hands on. Burnt CDs, found friends that were getting into punk too.

how did Elephant Mace start as a band?

N: Elephant mace started as a band when we found a singer id say. Alex and Isaac lived next to me growing up and we've practically learned our instruments together. We had written the instrumentals for rotting soul when we had Marcus over and it all clicked 

I: Shieeet...Possum, Nick and I were always having Jam sessions. We knew Marcus from high school and starting hanging out more with him I think our Freshman year in college. One day Marcus came over while we were jamming out  and jumped on some vocals. Then someone said we should start a band since Marcus was down to get on the mic. Haha I think that's how it went down.

What was the line up?

N: All we needed was a bassist after that. So we wrote religion destroyer with Crazy D, enjoyed the collab and that lineup seemed to stick for a while 

Alex - drums / vocals

Isaac- lead guitar

Nick- rhythm 

Crazy D- bass

Marcus - Vocals

What were some of the influences for Elephant Mace? 

N: We had a big thing of bringing our influences in. We all generally liked the same music. So meshing our ideas was always the fun part of writing in this project. That and like I said earlier we all learned together. Easy example of this is say Alex is feeling a bit creative and we run with it. At the core he's Punk as fuck so we ran with it and out comes " tired of your shit" Great way to deal with writers block as well. We would do this for every member. Id say our biggest influences to get back on topic was everyone playing around us at the time. Nardcore was big and kind of had its own bubble. We all vibed off each other. 

I:Damn, for Elephant Mace...well for me I would say a mix of all kinds of music. Early Nardcore, punk, power violence, hip hop groovy shit and definitely local bands that we would go see at shows. A lot of our friends were in other bands too and I just wanted to make music that we liked and hopefully our friends would like. Too many bands, friends and influences to list. Haha fuck it, Spazz, Infest, ILL Repute, Decimus *Decimator, XmalcomX, El Mariachi, Full Blown Aids, SOAD, mostly wanting to play shows alongside the homies.

How did you guys get the name Elephant Mace?

It was just an inside joke we had, where we practiced there was some bear mace I think Marcus left. It stayed there and around our first few shows we needed a name and the idea of what could be harder than bear mace happened. Good weed, good people, and funny ass convo led to it mainly 

How did Elephant Mace end and How did Chimpowa start as a band? 

I: When we ended Elephant Mace, We just wanted to go for a different sound. Possum and I were always jamming out and making up new songs. I knew he always wanted to get on vocals too and I was down as well. Just liked matching vocals in my head to the riffs I was making. It could have been handled better when we got everyone together. I was koo with everyone, Marcus is a cool dude. I know he was upset. I had fun playing with Elephant Mace, mad memories. Like our first show being at that ridiculous house party in Ventura and Marcus screaming his fucking lungs out cuz the PA went down! That shit will always be the dopest! Hahaha

I: Chimpowa started after Elephant Mace. It was 3 of us from EM, Nick, Possum and myself. We wanted to play faster and we wanted to try out vocals. Like I was saying Possum and I were always jamming out putting shit together and always changing shit up. Back then it was always us 3 kicking it going everywhere and jamming out together.

N: It was just availability over time. Crazy D and Marcus had other shit going on and we just kept playing. Kinda just turned into Chimpowa naturally 

how did u guys get the name chimpowa?

N: Hahah that was all Alex hahah he was on a wild one and just kept saying it a trance! 

I: 

Hahaha yeah the story behind the name is ridiculous. Back when Possum and I would hit each other up to have a smoke sesh we would ask "Hey you wanna get high?" In a hood ass accent. Haha and each time we called we would slur it more and more until it stopped sounding anything like that. Eventually one of us said "Ay Chimpowa?" And then that just became the code word for sesh. Then we just named the band Chimpowa.

what was the best show you guys played in either band?? 

I: I think the best show we played was at that Ventura house party that got completely trashed! Backyard shows and living room shows were always the best! 

N: Mmm best show prabally varies depending on who you ask. But one that stood out for me was this show we played out in OC with Sordo. We went out together and it was just a badass day, get there and we met Bridge and tons of other local greats at that time. Isolated warehouse show where everyone that was there played in a project. That's what it was about for me haha 

How long was Chimpowa a band and how did the band end?? 

N:And it ended how it started really. Availability. We all branched out and did our own things. We never lost touch! 

I:Idk how long we played in Chimpowa for to be honest. And I couldn't remember what our last show was. I don't think our last show was supposed to be a last show, I just remember that we were going to take a break. I had a kid on the way and I started working a lot and didn't really have time to practice or jam. Possum started  other projects and Nick was doing his thing too.

Do you have any projects in the works? 

I: I haven't had any projects or anything. I know Possum had a few. I did want to get everyone together, get some legit recording, play another show and finish some songs that we never got to finish. 

Any shoutout you want to give?

N: Shout out to Isaac Morales, Alex Topete, Matt and Marcus Urango, Albert Mesa, Ferna, Fuckin Fabian, Tones- gracia for the chat!, Angel C,  Sordo - Gerry you the shit! , Perkins Rd, and anyone who appreciates local talent. Get off the fuckin internet and make some shit! 

I:Shout out to all the friends that would go to our shows, Angel Castillo was always a big part with helping us out. With the art work, Elephant Mace Demo CDs, rides. Eddy Cahue for the dope ass recordings, Halfbreed, Jimmy, The Rosepark homies, Decimator, WoodPushers, Sordo for sure, Urango Bros., Bands we used to play with. 

Thanks for your time 

    

https://chimpowa1.bandcamp.com/

No Comply & ANSOJUAN#57

What's up everyone??? This week we have a cool interview and a treat... I interview Justin form No Comply, ANSOJUAN. He talks about his bands and how he's into Deejaying.. Also Happy belated birthday to him and he is going through some things I will leave the go fund link on the bottom. Here is the interview enjoy.

State your name and what band do you play in?

Yo, what's up Tone?! I hope you're doing good. So.. let's do this. 

Today is Thursday, May 6th, 2021 & my name is Justin Abare & I play (Bass, Theramin, Turntables, other Noise devices) in the Florida based, Drum & Bass band, NO COMPLY.

How you doing? 

I'm chilling, preparing to record for a split 7". We've finished everything for the No Comply - East Coast Powerviolence DISCOGRAPHY (1997-2014) 12"inch + CS Tape, & that's at the plant & Test Pressings should be arriving any day now, Tapes, too. We've also got a split 7" w/ Sidetracked that is basically done, both bands have recorded & they're both mixed n mastered, also we've got the artwork done, we just need to tighten up some things & that'll be out by Summer, or later. The NxC/THEY LIVE split is what we're going to record for next. And there's a ANSOJUAN mini-Discography being released, too! Mad things going on. 

All things aside, my health is in a pretty harsh state now, this has been going on almost 11 months now, and it's steadily getting worse. 

But I've been keeping my head up, mental state solid and grounded. All by doing projects w/ my son, my friends, mostly as of late, working on those #5 different music projects for NO COMPLY & ANSOJUAN. 

As for NxC releases, there's gonna be #2, possibly #3 for 2021 & the 4th for 2022 & the ANSOJUAN release will be 2021. Along w/ those releases, I've also been doing a lot of selling, buying, trading, giving away & receiving pkgs. Everything from vinyl, cds, tapes, dvds & merch of my own extra copies of No Comply, Ansojuan & A Product of Six Cents stuff from 1993 through 2015. Most of all, I've been meeting lot's of awesome new friends. so... with rad new bands I've met & new friends I've made plus, working on those music projects (all of this stuff) has been hella therapeutic for me. Haha

How did you get punk? 

I got into punk through Skateboarding, Friends, and just having a wide open mind for any music, liking specific songs from Skate videos that I'd get. And circa '89 through '92, I watched Skate videos, but loved the punk stuff I heard in it, I started noticing the music was just as gratifying to hear as the Skate tricks were to watch. 

I didn't know what I was hearing, but I knew I liked it. & through friends like Mike Henley who was a fellow Skater & big fan of Cryptic Slaughter & Born Against, so I was quickly a fan of both bands. he had a mini ramp & other friends & Punks & Skaters like Travis Ginn of AssholeParade who Skated there. T. Ginn has taught me damn near 50% of what I learned back then about punk / HxC. 

While Skating the ramp inbetween runs on the ramp, Travis or Mike would tell me what band was playing on the boombox, and they'd tell me about labels, like Justin... "this is the Bllleeeaaarrrggghhh 7" compilation on Slap A Ham Records" you should get this record if you can find it. That's when I started to look for Slap A Ham records, bcuz every release from SAH just slapped. 

Travis Johnson (of Ansojuan, AssholeParade, Buttons & Outliers) helped me out w/ picking out 7"s & 12"s when I was 1st starting my vinyl collection, or getting records, he'd tell me what bands he'd already established as good, but going by band to band was hit or miss, he was the one that guided me to other labels that had equally sick music. Everyone played a part in the way my Skateboarding evolved into Punk. Because Punk is Skateboarding, & Skateboarding is Punk. 

But learning about new labels & bands, and I'm speaking on when I was just super young & just hyped on Skating & realizing that the music I was beginning to love, had a direct correlation with each other. They connected perfectly, but it was a grandiose puzzle to piece together. 

Back at the house where the mini-ramp was, it was around 5pm & I'll never forget... A postal worker coming up & handing Mike a pkg from the Pushead Fan Club, & the postal worker jokingly said here's your package of Pus.. Head? Haha. So, 5 mins later, I immediately asked Travis G. what that pkg was & i asked how I could get one. He explained I'd have to get on their mailing list. He stopped & said, oh.. Actually you'll have to join the PUSHEAD Fan Club to get those rare pre-releases in fan club only colors & special pkging & he went on about how he'd release amazing Septic Death Rec's & other sick bands & they were Ltd to just Fan Club members. And bcuz I'd just heard Septic Death & other Pusmort releases, so I was sold & w/in that month I was a member of the Pushead Fan Club & I have some crazy rare releases that were released just for the Fan Club members. That's how it started for me. That's how I got my 1st taste of what true blue HxC Fast Thrash just Punk af, ya heard? 

 

How did  Ansojuan start as a band? 

ANSOJUAN started w/ Me on Bass/2nd Vox [Justin Abare] &... on Drums/Cymbals [Joe Shernoe]. We were in #2 other bands "prior" to Ansojuan. 

So, our band before Ansojuan was called 5th3rd5th (but it was spelled like) PhifThirdPhifth. The thing is, me & Joe had descent songs written for PhifThirdPfifth yet we had 2 of our older friends who liked HxC Punk etc. Yet, we slowly realized you can love HxC & you can join a band, but if you are going to progress, and just simply play.. You'll need to play & practice together. 

Annnd... They weren't really into practicing & when we played shows or just impromptu gigs, it showed!  So other active bands in St. Augustine & Gainesville Florida noticed this, too. Travis Johnson said, I've got a Guitar & an old amp, & I'm down to play, start up a band? We got together & it was going good & found out that he was inbetween cars so we (1st) Joe & I were known as the TRIBES. The proverbial Ansojuan practice Taxi  So, we obvi quit the band 5th3rd5th, I implied that above. and said let's do this right and we'll just have a 3 piece. Travis was so what we needed, I finally had someone to bounce ideas off of & vice-versa. We actually drove & picked up Travis for band practice. It was super rad. We ended up playing our songs we knew, & he learned those & got em down perfectly. After that, our next song was gonna be our 1st & that's when we really bonded as friends, and that was because we started writing our songs with direction, intent, for a reason, because we loved it so much. We decided to get our 1st Demo tape done, we opted to go to a studio to do it. So, we did, and our 1st Demo tape was really good. A lot of ANSOJUAN Tapes were sold & traded to other Distros

What was the line up? 

The line-up for ANSOJUAN was Travis Johnson (Guitar/Vox) // (Myself) Justin Abare (Bass/2nd Vox) // Joe Shernoe (Drums/Cymbals) // Allen Fulkerson (Hi end Vox, occasionally). 

Travis moved on to playing Bass for AssholeParade. 

Joe & I started No Comply. 

Allen just chilled & stayed a fan but didn't really like performing.

How did No Comply start? 

We started No Comply by having Travis Johnson (w/ only good vibes for him) had to stop playing in Ansojuan because he was moving to Gainesville, FL. which is 1.5 hr's away from our town, St. Augustine, FL. So Travis was moving there to live with his Girlfriend & also to play Bass for AssholeParade. Because their 1st Bassist Chris Campisi couldn't keep playing for AssholeParade & Travis saw a perfect fit. 

He was already good friends (as Joe & I were, too) w/ everyone in the OG AssholeParade line-up. Travis started playing for them but had to keep coming back to St. Augustine where Joe & I lived & where we were still playing, but they were just the Drum & Baselines for Ansojuan songs. It was like we were waiting for another Travis to come along & play Guitar & sing main Vox again. 

So Joe & I kept playing, but now my set up was a louder Crate Bass Cab + Head, using a new Big Muff OG pedal, not the reissue, & got a new Ibanez, too. So Joe got some new cymbals, a new snare head & other shit for Drums I still haven't learned yet. But we were at my parents house as they were about to sell it & we were talking about our band while skating in my house in my empty hallway. Joe said "do you like what we're playing, bcuz we'd learned #3 new Powerviolence/Fastcore type songs & they were tighter than usual. I told Joe I loved what we were playing. & that's when he said, did you want to keep playing like this, no Guitar, no Singer, just me & you playing & I'd do the Vox & play Bass & Joe also got a new double bass pedal for his set, too. So he'd keep playing Drums / Cymbals .. But Joe asked me something while we were there. He said, what should we call ourselves. So I skated down the hall & back. Joe started skating down the hall & tried a kickflip & fell. The next trick he tried was a no comply shuv it. I didn't know he had those. & I said dope no comply to front side shuvit & he (again) said, so what's the name? We both stopped & I said what do you think of that, no comply? It's saying we're Skaters, double meaning, like.. We don't comply with society shit & ppl trying to stop us from Skating or doing Shows, it was NO COM PLY! We literally thought our idea for a name like that was ingenious. & it was, It caught on quick & we didn't have to do that much changing ... & it follows our simple motto,  So I started putting these new riffs in an approach to Metal, Grind, PV, Fastcore, Thrash, etc. We just kept exploring & playing. & while in my parents house that day, that was the day NO COMPLY was solidified & made 100%.

What was the line up? 

The lineup was originally from 96' to Joe Shernoe (Drums/Cymbals) // me Justin Abare (Bass/Noise/Screams) // Martin Britton (Guitar/Growls)

How did Will join the band? 

Will joined organically from him releasing a NxC release before we'd even met in 2005 going into 2006. Which was the 4 Bands To Drain Your Pool 4 way split 12". We started working on getting my A Product of Six Cents II CD Comp going & he started giving me bands to use & he was helping me so much I asked if he'd be down to co-release

the Comp w/ me. So we did that, then he & 625 Thrash, released the XBRAINIAX split in 2006 summer. After that, Will & I met at the THIS IS FOR YOU FEST in 2007/08, that's when The BACKSLIDER / NO COMPLY - split 7" popped up & I was gonna release it by myself & I started working w/ a guy named Ian, he did Drum Machine tracked out stuff, like ANb style, and since that was so far from NxC's normal sound, I asked him if he'd be down to learn some songs & have him do some vocals & some noise. He did, and it came out rad sounding, so... That ended up being the Backslider / No Comply split Tape, then split 7, the 7 fell thru & I released it as 1 sided & Will co-released that, too. So Will would do these amazing noise tracks & just not release them. Seriously, like a full LP worth of Noise, he'd have it & just send me all of it & say use this part here & this part for this intro. So he started to really put his footprint into the band, more so than anyone else who asked me to join. So by Will just being his awesome self, I saw he was riding with me on NxC & we didn't say it was like "official" until we were doing a Split w/ Bastard Noise & Suppression, and Will was taking everything super serious, recording & writing his own pieces at this point. So it solidified itself, Will was & had been a member of NxC since 2008.  

What is the current lineup? 

Justin Abare // Will Butler // & (alternating) on Drums is Pat Forrest & Andres Wade

How did Ansojuan & No Comply get the name? 

Ansojuan got the name from phonetically goofing around with AND SO ON... And we went from AND SO ON & ETC, to AND SO ON... But it was literally horrible for fliers like, these bands playing and so on... So we thought of spelling it like AN SO JUAN. So that was just super young, goofing around, but it worked. 

As for No Comply, I explained this already above, but after Ansojuan disbanded, my Drummer Joe & I were Skating & talking about our band, mind you, doing this in my parents completely empty house they were selling. As we were Skating, he did a front side No Comply & we talked about the trick, the solid state of it, so old school, yet still such a rad trick when done right. We started thinking No Comply would be a sick HxC band name, we were Skaters, we were in our renegade mode of anti-authority & what not. But saying it now, No Comply, we didn't comply with our music, all the bands in town sounded like Rancid, Bad Religion, epitaph records surf punk stuff. So we wanted heads to know, we Skate & don't like the lame shit, again young but still in a direct shot of what we wanted our band to stand for & sound like. 

How did A Product of Six Cents get started? 

I honestly started A Product of Six Cents because of 625 Productions aka 625 Thrash. I was doing my comp A Product of Six Cents 7" (9 band comp) & I had Spazz on it & through my correspondence w/ Max & others on the Comp. I always noticed Max's stuff the most, because it had 625 written on it, fliers, letters, just everything & it was not only eye catching, but it was just a rad idea. At that time, Travis J. from AssholeParade & myself were also putting together a VHS comp tape & it was something (again) we were doing & distributing & I started having ppl writing it, or addressing it to my house. Packages for A Product of Six Cents c/o Justin of No Comply. Shit like that. So I started releasing lil things like the Ansojuan demo tapes, the NoComply demo tapes, I made #50 APOSC shirts. It was just rad!

What was the best Tour or show you have played with either band? 

There's so many, but one stands out for NxC & it might not be our best, def could've used more crowd going nutty, but it was av small venue & so.. that had to have been a show in August of 1997, the lineup was: 

No Comply, Assholeparade, Palatka, Pisspoor, Short Hate Temper & COMBATWOUNDEDVETERAN & it started off small and by band after band, it got darker, more crowded, more rowdy, by the time AssholeParade played things were breaking, furniture, guitar & bass strings & even someone's cabinet. But that'd be up top. 

Any future projects your doing at the moment? 

Yes, we're doing: 

1. NxC - "East Coast Powerviolence"  DISCOGRAPHY (1996-2014) - 12"inch + CS TAPE 

[on: 625 & To Live A Lie]

2. NxC/THEY LIVE "To the Max" - split 5"inch 

[on: 625 & To Live A Lie] 

3. NxC / SIDETRACKED - split 7"inch 

[on: To Live A Lie]  

4. ANSOJUAN - "Southeast HxC" DISCOGRAPHY (1994-1996) 7"inch + CS Tape

Any shoutout you want to give? 

Everyone! 

You, TONE.. & Culpa for getting brutal & for interviewing me & the both of us sending each other shirts, vinyl, tapes, thumb drives, posters, patches, stickers, we treated each other with some rad stuff! 

Also Wanna shout out to... 

Will Butler / TO LIVE A LIE, 

Max Ward / 625 THRASH, 

Eric & Blake Ellman of THEY LIVE + HEALER / Jay Tichy of SIDETRACKED 

Travis Ginn of ASSHOLEPARADE / 

Matt Gauck @veganpatches.com / 

Mike Vinatieri of CAPITALIST CASUALTIES / Pat Forrest of BLACK GAFF + NxC / 

Andres Wade & Travis Johnson & many more. I have so many more, but I've written more in this interview than I've ever written. Haha. I'm long winded.

What Bands influenced you ? 

The usual bands you'd expect: 

Crossed Out, Charred Remains, Hellnation, Neanderthal, Stikky, Cyclops, Infest, PHC, Man is the Bastard, Spazz, Capitalist Casualties, Suppression, Assück, Dystopia, No Comment, The Locust, Charles Bronson, Cryptic Slaughter, Septic Death, Stumpy, Born Against, Copout, Peter Mangalore, Lack of Interest, Slave State, Avulsion, Short Hate Temper, Exhumed, AssholeParade, Despise You, Noothgrush, Gasp, Apartment 213, They Live, and I'll leave it there. That's a perfect band to leave it on. (I know I'm forgetting a few, but that'll have to do).

Thanks for your time Justin..

Thanks Tone, it's been a babbling pleasure my brother, peace. 

Justin/NxC 

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Lack of Interest/Peter Mangalore #56

Whats up everyone this week I had and enjoy this interview i got hooked up by Parker from Boston.  I talk to Trevor Fairbanks he told me his history in the powerviolence scene and how he turned into an author of novels. Can I also mention he was in one of my band influence band Peter Mangalore and was in Lack of interest for a short time. Enjoy 

State your name and what bands did you play with? 

Trevor Fairbanks (aka VOR) I was the singer for PAIN! (a short lived punk group with Mitch Brown and Paul Chatem) I was the bassist in RITUAL (an LA black metal group in the 90's) and, of course, the short-lived vocalist for LACK OF INTEREST, SCALP-LOCK and peter mangalore. My last gig was as the guitarist for an instrumetal surf bar band called THE MYSTERIANS. 

How are you doing?

Same old same old.  Still gratefully standing on this side of the dirt. I'm really happy to be doing this interview although it seems weird to me that people want to know, or even care about, music I made over twenty years ago. Guess maybe we were doing something right.

How did you get into punk??

As a teen-ager I started off by listening to a lot of thrash, mainly MEGADETH, METALLICA, ANTHRAX, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, etc. My first concert was ANTHRAX with PUBLIC ENEMY, if you can believe that. Although I dug the speed and intensity of thrash metal none of the songs really related to me in any way. I was a kid with long hair and a skateboard. What did I know about nuclear war or any of that? Then I heard the self-titled MISFITS album and everything changed. The song 'Teen-agers from Mars' immediately became my personal anthem. Because I was a fan of old horror movies the lyrics really resonated with me. I also liked the more primitive approach to song-writing, the bare basics of power chords without a lot of solos or flashy technical stuff. That seemed to have more of the intensity that I was looking for. Then I met Mitch Brown who was way into death metal at the time. I was way into punk, but we would go to shows together. I would take him to see YOUTH BRIGADE and he would take me to see BRAINSTORM and a lot of the LA undergrund bands. We kinda discovered hardcore when I was a senior in high school and it was a style of music we could both relate to.

 

How did you get in Lack of Interest??? Alot of people probably don't know bout it I know you were one of the key vocalist of Lack of interest.

The LACK OF INTEREST/SLAVESTATE split was actually the first 7 inch I ever bought (I mostly bought CD's, LP's and tapes at this time). I completely fell in love with the band and got to see them play at the Hong Kong Low (the only other band I remember seeing that night was DOGMA MUNDISTA) and I got to meet Bob through Mitch. A few months later I met a guy named Ron Kuka (aka Tugnut - Rest in Peace). Me and Ron were jamming for a while, him on drums and me on bass and vocals. Then he told me that LACK OF INTEREST were looking for a singer. I auditioned and, for some reason, got the gig. I was twenty years old at the time.

Is there any other Lack of Interest recording your on??? 

No, just that one record that never got released. I'm actually surprised that anyone has ever heard that thing. It's the exact same recording as the Double Whammy split with SPAZZ just with Rick's vocals instead of mine.

Did you leave lack? 

Oh, they kicked me out. I was mad at the time but now, hindsight being twenty-twenty, I see the reasoning behind it. They had a definite vision for LACK OF INTEREST that I just did not fit.

You started Scalp-Lock and Peter Mangalore at the same time? 

SCALP-LOCK came almost immediately after my time in LACK OF INTEREST. I knew Sean Soccocore from shows, etc. He gave my phone number to Scott Burton (aka Kincaid). They were starting a band and needed a singer. I was a singer and needed a band.

How did you start Peter Mangalore??

peter mangalore came right after I quit SCALP-LOCK. I met Steve because he was a high school friend of Max's (the bass player for SCALP-LOCK). Me and Steve hit it off immediately, sharing a mutual love of skateboards, alcohol and literature. And I knew Mike Flores (aka Rookie) from his time in EXCRUCIATING TERROR. Both of them were in RUIDO. For some reason Mike was out of RUIDO but he and Steve continued to jam and I just sort of joined up with them.

 My band is influenced by Peter Mangalore and I was trying to read the lyrics and it said it was from the Bible?

The name peter mangalore comes from a Charles Bukowski novel (Ham on Rye). The front cover of the 5 inch is a photo of Robert E. Howard. Pretty much everything we did have something to do with literature. I always really looked up to a lot of the political bands that we were playing with but I have no real political affiliations of my own. Still, I wanted to sing about something that was important to me so I chose books. Most of the peter mangalore lyrics are taken right from the novels I mention, therefore the lyrics don't really make any sense if read on their own. So instead of having a lyric sheet I put a Bibliography in the liner notes so if someone wanted to know what the songs were about they could go find those books at their local bookstore and or library. 

Did you play any shows with any of the bands?? 

PAIN! did five or six shows, mostly at the Hong Kong Low. RITUAL was about the same. I did a few shows with LACK OF INTEREST including a Fiesta Grande which was a lot of fun. SCALP-LOCK gigged around for a few months and we got to play with CAPITALIST CASUALTIES and a few memorable shows with CROM. peter mangalore played ONE time and that always bothered me. I really wish peter mangalore had gone on to do more stuff. Out of the three hardcore bands I did peter mangalore was definitely my favorite.

How did you switch from writing powerviolence songs to writing novels, what inspired you to make the switch?

Well I was always a novelist/poet so it was more about making a switch from writing prose and poetry to playing music. And when I was done playing music I just went back to writing novels. Playing music is a lot more fun. No one offers to buy me a drink after I write a good poem. No one claps or whistles after I write a good chapter.

What was the 1st novel you wrote?

I wrote my first novel the summer between fifth and sixth grade. It no longer exists but I have self-published work from high school. Since then I've self-published about ninety books through RAW YOUTH PRESS and TELSTAR LITERATURE.

Is there any novels your working on?

Right now I'm working on a rather long book called ALLISON'S OBLIVION. I'm going to have it out sometime in July, self-published through the TELSTAR LITERATURE imprint. ERIC C. HARRISON from GRIEF agreed to do the cover art. He's done art for me before and always delivers. I'm hoping he'll get me something soon.

Any shoutout you want to give ? 

Rest in peace RON KUKA. Rest in peace SHAWN ELLIOT. And rest in peace GRANDPA.

Thanks for your time 

I got the time. Thank you for the interest.