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Interview with Propagandhi
As they gear up for the busiest touring period in their long career, Canadian protest-punk veterans Propagandhi break the drought with Supporting Caste, their first album in four years. Truepunk speaks with drummer Jordy Samolesky about playing Italian squats and standing [Read More]
Interview with Fat Mike of NOFX
Fat Mike, the old punk who won’t lie down, tells Truepunk about success-hungry kids, the Scarface of Ecuador and NOFX’s new old-school album Coaster. NOFX – May 2009 By Steve Tauschke Hi Mike, are you guys still only touring about three or months a year these days? [Read More]
Interview with Marky Ramone
In their twenty-two years together, seminal turbo punks The Ramones wore out four drummers but none stood as tall and for as long as Marky Ramone. Born Marc Bell, Marky kept the beat for his New York City brudders for a remarkable 1700 out of a total of 2225 live shows. He [Read More]
Interview Funeral For A Friend
Last year saw some changes in the Funeral For A Friend camp. Having found a global audience early in its career, the now seven-year old Welsh quintet spent the middle part of this decade building an empire, successfully tackling the lucrative US and European markets, [Read More]
Interview Dillinger Escape Plan
In February of 2009 Steve had a chance to interview “The Dillinger Escape Plan”. The band had big plans for this year and even with nearly half the year over with the band is moving strong through the months. TDEP plan to release a new album this year and tour [Read More]
Unwritten Law
It pays to read the fine print. Just ask Unwritten Law, the veteran Californian rockers whose 16-year, six-album career make them ideal candidates for a greatest hits package. But having weathered four line-up changes and tenures on as many record labels, the / San Diego [Read More]
Interview with Avail
Avail’s throaty singer and damn nice guy Tim Barry is almost beside him with excitement. It’s just been announced that his long-standing Virginia quintet have been hand-picked by punk vets Bad Brains as supports at CBGBs as part of the legendary New York venue’s [Read More]
Ataris
Success won’t spoil The Ataris, Kris Roe tells Truepunk. Interview by Steve Tauschke with singer-guitarist Kris Roe. Interview takes place in 2001 When it comes to boy-loses-girl vignettes, The Ataris’ latest – and best – album End Is Forever is very much a [Read More]
Interview with Lagwagon
INTERVIEW WITH LAGWAGON – November 1998 Californian touring animal Lagwagon show no signs of slowing up as bassist Jesse tells True Punk. Interview by Steve Tauschke with bassist Jesse Buglione. You guys are on the road at the moment .. how’s it all going? “Great. [Read More]
