Antifreeze is the latest band to have signed to Kung Fu Records and their release “Four Letter Word” is the latest release from the label. I had the chance to ask some questions to the band about them, their new album, their favourite music, and some other things too, so , here what they said…

1.Antifreeze: why this name ? Do you like fire or do you hate ice?

Neither. Actually the name doesn’t mean anything specific. Jon and Derek
just thought it sounded cool when they started the band. After that the name
just stuck.

2. How did you get involved with the guys from the Ataris and Kung Fu ?

The short story is we saw the Ataris and gave them a demo. The Ataris put in
a good word for us. Later we met Joe Escalante and everybody at Kung Fu
while on tour in California. They signed us an hour after the meeting.

3. How old are you and where do you come from ?

Tim is the oldest at 23. Then it goes Mason 22, Derek 21, and Jon 20. We
are all from Appleton, WI.

4. How is the punk scene in your town and in WI in general ?

Well, we are always impressed with our turnout in our town with a population
of only 67,000. The scene in WI is actually pretty good for the small amount
of people that live here.

5. What are your musical influences?

That could be a long answer but some of the major ones are: Weezer, Blink
182, Green Day, and The Ataris.

6. What are you listening to right now ? I am listening to your record…

All four of us listen to different things. We all have different tastes in
music and it makes our own songwriting more diverse.

7. In your song “Bunkruptcy” you talk about the money you spend for a
girl…did this thing happen really to one of you ? By the way, if I were in
the same situation, have you got some advice for me , to stop spending money
without losing the girl ?

Actually the song is about the emotional price you pay for falling in love
with somebody. The stuff about money is a metaphor. As for advice… we’re
the last guys you should ask for advice about relationships. :-)

8. In general, the lyrics of your songs, are about something that happened
really to you ? I am thinking of “Is He Your Boyfriend?” or even “Cyber
Sweetie”…

Our songs are about things that happen in our lives. Sometimes the songs are
not about a specific event that happened, but the stories are used to convey
our feelings nonetheless. “Cyber Sweetie” is about an online relationship
that Jon had, but “Is He…” is more of a fictional event.

9. Will you tour or are you touring right now ? I heard you should tour with
The Ataris …

Right now we are about to start touring alone. We would love to tour with
the Ataris but they’re pretty busy guys. We haven’t had any tour offers yet,
but we’re not going to sit and wait for the perfect tour. We just want to
get on the road and meet our fans.

10. With which bands would you like touring ?

Anybody who will take us. Honestly.

11. This is your first record…did you find it difficult to record and that
stuff?

Yes and no. Everything didn’t go exactly as planned. It took a little
longer then we had thought to record the record. But in the end it all came
together and we’re very happy with the result.

12. The title “Four Letter Words”…what does it refer to ? I mean, you wrote
some songs as “Love”, “Hate”, “Care” on the cover …but there are also some
bad worse with 4 letters, like “S*it”…why did you chose this title…

We were comparing those words “love, care, feel…” to the dirty ones…
sometimes love can be a dirty word too.

13. By the way, why is the cover almost all black ? Don’t you think there is
a kind of opposition with being antifreeze ?

We wanted it to be black because the title and subject matter isn’t very
happy. The cover really wouldn’t have gone with the subject matter if the
cover was yellow with polka dots.

14. One last thing before I go: have you got a favourite quote and something
to sya to the kids out there ?

We don’t have a quote, but we’d like to thank all of our fans for their
support. We are constantly amazed by the reactions we get from our fans.
It’s still weird to think that we even have fans. It’s really a great
feeling to write a piece of music that is special to you, and then have other
people enjoy what you’ve created.

15. Thanks a whole lot – hope to see you soon at the show … bye…

No problem. We’re always happy to answer questions!