‘Punk bands’ Archives
Interview with Longway
Orange County, California has had a strong representation in the punk rock world with bands like The Vandals and Agent Orange having their origins there. Now, the straightforward punk rockers known as Longway can be added near the top of that list. The band has toured [Read More]
Interview with Leftover Crack
Tell us a little about Choking Victim. Sturg: Well, I had a band with Alec called No Commercial Value in High School and he quit to join a band called Agent 99, this is around 1992. When we tried to replace Alec on bass with our new guy Sascha the other singer was leaving [Read More]
Warp 11 Interview
Although recovering from a long Tranya binge on Rigel IV, I managed to squeeze some answers out of Captain Karl (bass, vocals) of the rogue Starfleet Corps of Rockers infantry division, Warp 11. The band was hungover, so apparently only Karl had the power of speech. John [Read More]
Interview with Control
CONTROL is a street punk band from Britain that has just released what I believe is the one of the greatest debut albums in their genre. It was my pleasure to catch up with singer/songwriter Iain…. I was lucky enough to hear the demos for this record over a year ago, in [Read More]
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]
The Percocettes
One fine day in early 2006, a determined Cole Della-Zucca picked up a guitar, and told her friends she was going to start a band, eventhough at the time she couldn’t sing or play the guitar. A bit later, Toothless George was playing Cole’s guitar at a party in [Read More]
Interview Donots
Interview by Carlo (carlo@truepunk.com) with Ingo. Hello there Ingo! How are you doing and how are the Donots guys doing in 2008? Hi there, Carlo! Thanks for asking, we’re doing pretty good! Actually we’re the happiest people in the world at present since our headlining [Read More]
Mindset
With their music self-described fast, old school hardcore. Mindset definitely sticks to their roots by playing hardcore the way it was meant to be played—raw, angst-ridden, brash, and unapologetic. Mindset is a band that doesn’t back down. Growing up in Maryland, [Read More]
Less Than Jake
Buddy Shaub’s touring schedule with Less Than Jake sometimes gets the better of him – but he’s taking it all in his stride. The affable trombonist reveals he recently ended another taxing stint on the road with his fellow Floridian ska-punkers, barely [Read More]
