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Interview
with Adam and Davey- 1996 Q: How did you guys hook up with Nitro Records? Davey: We sent them a demo tape before we put out our first album on Wingnut recods. We never heard back from them until after the album came out and this guy named Jason. Who was working for them kind of looking for bands. Called me upand said "I really love the demo that you sent us a long tima ago, and the CD. I really like even more and do you want me to play it for Dexter?" and I said yep and he played it for dexter and I guess Dexter really enjoyed it. Q: What happened with Wignut, did you just kind of say "see ya"? Davey: yes indeed, see ya Q: How was that, were they good for you?? Adam: Well it was good in the sense that our record was out and it served as a demo to keep moving forward. Q: Did they push it (Promote??) Adam: No not really. They didn't really do anything. It turned into a big.... and it's still a big mess, but the good things I can say is that the records out Q: So you guys are from the East Bay right? The kings of gilman street?? Davey: Now we're the dis-owned boys boys from Gilman Street Q: What? Did you sell out? Davey: Yeah we, sold out Adam: We sold out to an indie label Q: You've got to be kidding me, I live in the sticks, I don't understand this soap opera that is southern california punk rock. Davey: Well, see, we're Northern California Punk Rock. Q: Ok, I can't even pronounce this song "Yurf rendenmein"... Davey: Your friend and mine... Q: Oh... OK, you've done it twice, on first and second lp's why?? Davey: When we were talking to Dexter about putting out the record on Nitro, he said he really liked that song and wanted it on the record and we said OK. Q: It's not gonna be like a face to face thing with "Disconnected" is it? Davey: Absolutely not Q: Anything chaos-like happen yet on this tour? Adam: Our van broke down in New York City Geoff: Almost started a riot in Toronto Davey: It was all my fault. It's such a crazy long story, do you want it? Q: Sure Other three guys: NO! Adam: I'll try to tell the story and Davey will interject certain important things I'm leaving out. But basically, we were playing in Toronto and it was a crazy show and the bouncers started being really rough with kids. At one point we had stopped and it looked like everything was mellowing out and suddenly the guy, the bouncer, lurches through the crowd and slaps this kid. Davey: Ignoring my requests to leave the kid alone. Adam: And it shooked us all and somebody said something they shouldn't have said and the bouncer had to run out of the building before he was killed. The crowd was chasing him. That really upset him so he.. shall I go on? Davey: Yeah, after the set I did apologize for telling the crowd to get the bouncer, I was very angry at the time. After the set I went up to the dressing room to get some water and he and the rest of the bouncers followed me up and locked me in the room. They were threatening my life, holding bottles to my face and one of the guys from Lifetime ran out to get help but they locked the door and they had a bouncer at the bottom of the stairs preventing anyone from coming up. The owner of the club was preventing them from killing me. We went downstairs and some kids were calling their friends to take me somewhere and hide me there when the cops came. Q: Do you guys miss not being covered in MRR? Is it really hurting your sales? Mark: We made the cover Geoff: It basically cut our sales in half Davey: Yeah, we made the cover Q: Oh, the jumping out the window one? Mark: We're on the little stock sheet Q: Hey you are up there with Green Day Adam: That's ridiculous, the company that we're in on that stock sheet, Rancid, Green Day, Offspring... Mark: We were very Honored Q: You guys are friends with Rancid aren't you? Davey: Rancid are Amesome!! Geoff: They take a lot of shit at home. Kids that never would have heard of punk if Green Day, Bad Religion, Rancid, and Offspring hadn't been on the MTV are the ones giving them shit most of the time anyway. Davey: These little kids that don't have a clue Q: I always thought selling out was changing your musical style to conform Adam: If even that, I mean you can never say what's a sellout and what's not if your're not the person who's is making the music. I mean what if they did change their musical style, maybe they wanted to........
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