state your name and what bands you were in:
Alex Hughes. I’ve played in too many bands but most notably Hatred Surge, Insect Warfare, Iron Age, Mammoth Grinder, Machine Gun Romantics and Holy Money.
How you doing Alex???
Hanging in there. Weird times!
How did you get into Punk??
Sex Pistols were probably the first “punk band” I heard but Nirvana and Green Day were probably my gateway bands. I was mostly into metal. In junior high I switched schools and made friends with some skaters that were into Epitaph & Fat Wreck bands. But when a buddy of mine moved away after 8th grad, he got way into grind and power violence and started sending me mix tapes. That was the real turning point.
How did Machine Gun Romantics get started???
I was playing drums in a metalcore band called Tana’ri and Mikey who played guitar was also into 80s DC hardcore and stuff like Infest, Spazz and Charles Bronson. He said we should do a fast band and I was down. We had seen Ryan do vocals in a band and liked what he could do so we invited him along.
was it the same line-up when you guys started??
We had a couple bass players through the years: Angel Martinez and Kevin Hirth played a few shows with us but Beau Beasley was with us for most of it.
how long were guys a band??
2002-2005
Then Knuckle Scraper???
Correct.
Was it the same line up as Machine Gun Romantics??? for people that don't know and are into Spazz Worship this is one of the sickest bands.
Much appreciated! It was me, Mike and Beau.
how did it start??
We parted ways with Ryan while working on the MGR LP and split the vocals between the 3 of us and changed the name.
what were the influences for Ks??
Same as MGR with a heavy focus on Spazz.
I would say Gulf Coast Powerviolence, We Are and Mo Money Mo Problems are my favorite tracks.
Thanks!
How did you get the name for Machine Gun Romantics and Knuckle Scraper??
Mike came up with MGR. He was watching a lot of mob movies. I thought Knuckle Scraper sounded tough as hell and an appropriate Spazz reference since we were all doing vocals.
The Gulf Coast Powerviolence track reminds me of the Man is the Bastard track that talks bout the California bands.
That’s the one. A little on the nose but that was the point haha!
what was the best show or Tour you did with Ks???
We never toured. Only played 4 shows. Best show was at Walter’s in Houston with Some Girls. We were bummed that Das Oath cancelled their tour but we made the best of it. We thanked a bunch of power violence split 7”s and Rahi was the MC for the whole set claiming he was Mumia and talking shit about Some Girls being posers haha!
How did the band come to an end??
I was still living in Denton and Insect Warfare was getting off the ground and staying busy so we just said fuck it.
would there be a reunion show??
Nahhhh.
Then it was Insect Warfare / Hatred Surge???
The Hatred Surge demo and Insect Warfare demo were recorded in 2004 when MGR was still a band.
How did those bands start???
I started Hatred Surge while living in Denton. I liked MGR but I wanted to play something really abrasive, low tuned and heavy. I didn’t start Insect Warfare. You’d have to ask those guys how it came about.
What was the line up for Insect Warfare/ Hatred Surge??
I did 3 shows as a one man band when Surge started. I just did bass and vocals over the drum tracks for the first 7”.
Insect Warfare was Rahi on vocals, Neal on guitar and Frank on drums. Beau joined on bass. When Neal got kicked out, Beau moved to guitar and I started playing bass. The first tour we did was that lineup. Hatred Surge was also sharing Beau and Frank on the first two tours.
How did you get the name for Hatred Surge / Insect warfare??
My friend and roommate Jeff suggested Hatred Surge when we were talking about unused Napalm Death song titles. Again, you’d have to ask the Insect guys about the name origin.
what was the influences for Insect warfare / Hatred Surge??
Hatred Surge: Napalm Death; Despise You; Infest; Assück; Crossed Out; Discordance Axis; Plutocracy
Insect Warfare: Napalm Death; Carcass; Repulsion; Terrorizer; Brutal Truth; Excruciating Terror; Discordance Axis; World; 324
I told u earlier I regret not seeing you guys when you guys played at Sound and Fury in Oxnard.. One of the best ones how did you guys get to play that fest???
I can’t even remember haha! I feel like Iron Age had been asked and we told Todd that Hatred Surge and Mammoth Grinder shared members and we could all caravan out there together. Something like that.
how did you get the collaboration with Iron Lung? that split was one of the sickest splits. that just blew my mind listening to it.
After doing a couple tours with Iron Lung as my backing band for Hatred Surge, Jensen came up with the idea. So I flew up to Seattle and we wrote and jammed for a few days and then recorded. It came together pretty quick! Very proud of that record.
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