Influncer #66

What's up  everyone  hope everyone is good me I'm trying to get over a weird cold. this week I interview the Dynamic Duo Drum and bass from San Diego. here is the interview with Influncer Enjoy.

State your name what band do you play in? 

Tommy - Drums/Vocals
Julian - Electronics/Bass/Vocals
Our band is Influencer.

How you doing?? 

Tommy - Tired, how about yourself?
Julian - Decent. Thanks for asking us to do this interview!

How did you get into punk?? 

Tommy - Tony Hawk's pro skater came out when I was in 6th grade and it all went downhill from there.
Julian - My tio has a punk band that started in the 90's. They're called Discriminados. I was introduced to a lot of music growing up.

How did Influencer start? 

Tommy - Started as a quarantine project. I got bored of sitting around and doing psychedelic drugs recreationally. So I decided to go to a studio and just start recording. Then Julian joined shortly after and helped with recordings. The main goal was to make a Hardcore/Powerviolence project that didn't take itself too seriously. And now it is what it is.

How did you get the name influencer??? 

Tommy - Influencers are not good, they make people feel bad about their lives and people look up to them so it’s pure irony

What influences do you guys have??? 

Julian - I'm really into the energy that people have when they perform live and you can feel that they enjoy what they're doing. I love seeing and hearing people express their passion.
Tommy - Christian Death... Rudimentary Peni... I don't know. (Tommy is screen printing right now, he wasn't sure how to answer)

What's the best show you guys played??? 

Tommy - We haven't played many shows. The Pig City/Thra show was fun. We're excited for March 30th with HKFY, FAMILY VACATION, DISEASE, and MADRUGADO.

Julian - I played a show in Mexicali with an old band called Swine//Overthrow. During our set someone broke a hole in the wall of the bar. It was a mural of John Lennon's face. After we played, the singer of Calafia Puta punched through the ceiling and tore the lights out during their set.

Any future projects in the work or releases you guys have??? 

Tommy - We have a split with MADRUGADO coming up and a split with LACKING. After that we are going to be on a compilation for KNOCHENTAPES.

Julian - I am currently working on a drone/noise tape for a project called "sleep as a form of escape"

Any shout-out you want to give?

Thank you to everyone who supports us in any way. Thank you to anyone that buys our cassettes/shirts and listens to our music. We make everything ourselves and we put a lot of passion into both the physical and digital releases. We are thankful for all the love we have received.
This is a short list in no particular order. If you're not on this list, we still love you.

STOLEN, MADRUGADO, FLESH VOMIT, ANDY@EXTRA GRAPHIC, SERGIO(PESSIMISTA), ROPEMAN, SIDNEY HESTER, WOODY HARRELSON, OG CRAFT MEALS TEAM (CHEF MARCUS, DOM, JOE, JEREMY, SYDNEY, JAN), ANGELA, CURLY SUE, OLIVIA and RAIN, TOMMYS MOM, AMELIA (product 3 mugshot), JORDAN(outlet), @GLENDANZIGOFTHEMISFITS, LARA (Bivouac), LOTION, JIZZY, DISSLATE, CONCILIO CADAVERICO, SPACE BAR(TYLER, BOB, ANDY, JIMBO), HIPPIE MIGUEL, AMIR, CIUDAD MUERTE, UNCLE CHARLIE, DARK FRIENDS, HEAT(r.i.p.), PLANET FLESH, HECTOR, LIZ, JOSEPH, TIO LOUIE, DANNY(r.i.p), DERICK(r.i.p.), HANDS(r.i.p.)
We'll have more on our next releases. 
Thank you Tone for working with us and CRUSH DEATH. 

Influncer