Interview With Mike Ness of Social Distortion: Skeletons On Parade Cecilia Martinez October 27, 2010 Interviews 1 Punk rock anti-authoritarian rule No. 63: Music is ageless. As proof, ask Mike Ness, guitarist and vocalist for cow-punk band Social Distortion. After 32 years in existence, the group’s fusion of punk and co...
Interview with Jay Bentley of Bad Religion: Crossing Over Cecilia Martinez October 20, 2010 Interviews 1 The Ramones recorded 14 studio albums, while The Clash and The Adolescents made six. On Sept. 28, Bad Religion released their 15th record, The Dissent Of Man. The event marked a milestone in Bad Religion’s care...
Interview with Fat Mike of Me First And The Gimme Gimmes: Wing (and Fennel) Man Cecilia Martinez October 20, 2010 Interviews Fat Mike said the CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival is stupid. But that won’t stop the decadent musician and his band of merry punks, collectively known as Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, from rotting up the ...
Interview with Les Claypool of Primus: Odd Man Out Cecilia Martinez October 8, 2010 Interviews Primus is an acquired taste. Once you let the band’s quirky tunes covered in heavy bass riffs and peddler-sounding vocals sit on your tongue for a bit, you either love it or hate it. But let anyone in on the fa...
Juliette Lewis and the Romantiques: When Worlds Collide Cecilia Martinez August 18, 2010 Interviews Whether playing a delightfully demented, gun-happy natural born killer or manipulating mic cables into lassos as a sultry blues-esque songstress, actress/musician Juliette Lewis is the definition of a performer...
Interview with the Cat Empire: Feral Funk-Masters Cecilia Martinez July 28, 2010 Interviews Undoubtedly, the only thing The Cat Empire has in relation to felines is in the band’s name, instigated by an illustration from percussionist/vocalist Felix Riebl’s younger brother of the furry creatures toting...
Rasputina @ Le Poisson Rouge Cecilia Martinez July 27, 2010 Concerts 1 NEW YORK, NY—An “Oh shit” slipped from my lips as the brawny watchdogs (a.k.a. security guards) at the front doors of Le Poisson Rouge informed me that there were only 15 minutes left to the main act’s set—a qu...
Interview with Travis Clark of We The Kings: Warped Coronation Cecilia Martinez July 15, 2010 Interviews 2 The view from his eighth-floor hotel room in Hollywood crammed Travis Clark’s eyes with images of bustling boulevards besieged by swarms of visually ant-like, yet starry eyed folks searching for what he has alr...
Carney @ The Bell House Cecilia Martinez June 23, 2010 Concerts 1 BROOKLYN, NY—Cecilia’s Daily Rant No. 4378: If you’re going to pre-game (meaning have a few drinks before arriving at a venue in order to avoid spending all of your hard earned pennies at the bar), make sure th...
Interview with Against Me!: Crosses To Bear Cecilia Martinez June 3, 2010 Interviews “The ideal environment in listening to this record is getting into your car, going on a road trip, and smoking a joint.” That’s how Against Me! vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabel describes the band’s soon-to-be-re...
