Archive for the ‘Punk Rock’ Category
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February 7, 2006
So, we’ve been on time for three weeks in a row, it’s about time we fucked up again isn’t it? Well too bad, because this week we have another killer band you’re going to want to hear about. The band in question has not only toured the West Coast and Mexico and has plans to tour Europe. Not only are they the first bilingual band we’ve had on the show (remember ArnoCorps only sings in English). Not only do the rock hard enough to make your fat mom get up in dance. But, they also have a singer with a mowhawk that has to be at least 8 inches tall.
Who could possibly embody so much awesomeness and not distort this very plane of existence? None other than San Francisco’s very own La Plebe (which according to some on-line translator means The Populace). These guys probably personify everything rocking about good music; wide array of influences, solid work ethic, awesome tattoos and if that ain’t enough they also have horns! But don’t confuse La Plebe for a ska band. These guys are nothing but straight ahead, balls out rock music. So give them a listen, if not for yourself than for the fact that you can tell your friends you’re listening to a Latin influenced band (world music is all the rage amongst pseudo intellectuals these days). So just shut your mouth and listen and check out their shows. If you don’t thank me for it later you’re an unappreciative jerk.
So that’s all for this week. Be sure to check back every Tuesday as we push the very envelope of awesome to its breaking point. As always feel free to hit our comments section, drop us a line at soundscenerevolution@gmail.com, or try joining us on MySpace. Speaking of which, please tell us how to get more MySpace friends. Do we need to have crappy pictures of us holding cameras looking in a mirror? More pictures of Nariman shirtless? Or do we just need some shitty background with fairies and princesses and shit? Help us out so we can continue to bring you the high quality content that you want and deserve.
-Rich
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January 24, 2006
So, another week, another amazing new artist. This week we sat down in our studio (oh that’s right bitches we have a studio more on that later) with the South Bay’s very on Shinobu. Now, I came across these guys on one of the overly awesome Springman Records compilations. I was really impressed by their music and I was really surprised to learn they weren’t signed or bigger than they were. I knew it was our mission to sit down, interview and exploit Shinobu for all they’re worth before they blow up. So in a year’s time, when these guys are blowing up like your girlfriends waistline, you’ll know where you heard them first.
As for what it was like talking to them, I was really surprised. For making such rocking music they’re all pretty normal. Well, as normal as you can be for a band named after an anime cartoon that also has a member who is a video game tester. Still, you’re more likely to find these guys hanging out at your local arcade or midnight movie than at some awesome club or swarmed by groupies. Also, they love porn. Seriously, I think the topic of porn comes up no less than about 30 times in this interview, it’s insane.
In other news, we actually do have a studio…Well, sort of. See Nariman (the killer sound guy/sex symbol) runs a business that requires a warehouse and he’s nice enough to let me bring this fuck up of an experiment into the office. So if you want us to interview your band but you’re afraid we’ll stalk you, now you can come to our office and we’ll never know where you live! So now you bitches have no excuse for not talking to us, unless you’re too busy sucking ass to talk to us. So if you’re interested or if you just want to spread some love, hit us up at SoundSceneRevolution@gmail.com, or on our messages board or even on our killer MySpace account. You know you want to so don’t even fight the urge.
More updates next Tuesday so listen up or miss what everyone will be talking about next week.
-Rich
Posted by rich on
December 20, 2005
Happy Holidays!
Now that that’s out of the way, we (the fine men who bring you SSR) have an early Christmas, Chanukah and Kwanza gift for you all (they do give gifts at Kwanza, right?). This week we bring you an interview with the Bay Areas own The Cliftons! So why is this special? Two reasons, the first being that it clocks in at record time. Since The Cliftons songs are just barely over a minute each, it’s only fair that the whole interview is just over 14 minutes long. Scant by traditional SSR standards.
The second reason this broadcast is special is slightly more disturbing. Let’s just say there is currently a long list of death row inmates who would consider The Cliftons music, “sick and fucked up”. Needless to say it’s even odder to hear it when the members are talking to your face without the distortion of guitars or “singing”. That is why we ask you to take the following precaution: if you have children and plan to listen to this interview, please, kill them. Then they will never grow up having to live in a world where they know mommy or daddy listened to (and probably laughed at) this filth.
In all truth The Cliftons are a band that people either consider funny or stupid and offensive. Whether that is because one side “gets” the band or not we don’t know. However, we believe these guys are hard working musicians who deserve any recognition they can get. So check them out and send your hate mail to SoundSceneRevolution@gmail.com and we’ll forward it to the boys in the band.
There most likely won’t be a new interview next week. We might, however, post a full download of songs from artists we’ve interviewed. This all depends on how lazy we are. Regardless, don’t expect an interview but check back just to keep our website hits up. Until then keep the feedback coming and be sure to tell your friends about us and join our myspace “friends” list, it’s what Tom wouldn’t want you to do.
-Rich
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December 13, 2005
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We here at SSR promised you a big, ground breaking interview this week. Today, we deliver on that promise. Our guest today is a member of a band that is known for being as elusive as they are hard rocking. But, through constant vigilance and a surprise ambush we nailed this exclusive. And today we share the fruits of our labor with you, in this exclusive interview with Propagandhi.
Well, I suppose not the whole band but rather the outspoken Jordy-boy of Propagandhi (AKA Jordy, AKA Jord). The whole thing came to be shortly after our interview with the previously mentioned Greg MacPherson. When we mentioned the request to talk with Propagandhi Greg happily helped us snag Jordy in our trap. Luckily, for us, Jordy was really cool and really polite about the whole thing. While this may not be our funniest interview to date it is certainly one of the most interesting and informative.
Also, if you got to see (or wanted to see) Propagandhi’s tour down the west coast you may be interested in our interviews with other bands from that tour, including; Western Addiction, Greg MacPherson, and Jesse Luscious (Of The Frisk). We would also like to announce our final stage of whoring with the start of SSR’s own MySpace account. If you want you can check out news, postings, pictures and general tomfoolery there. Also, you can add us to your friends list so we look really cool. Plus, if you add us I promise some 14 year old girl will hit on you via Myspace (we, however, are not to be held responsible for the repercussions of such events).
So enjoy the interview and be sure to drop us some comments at SoundSceneRevolution@gmail.com, on our message board or on our new fangled MySpace account. Keep coming back in the weeks to come for more amazing interviews and shit you just won’t find anywhere else.
-Rich
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November 8, 2005
Another week, another fully ground breaking episode hear at SSR. We had the high honor of not only talking with a majority of the members in one of Fat Wreck Chords newest bands, but we also conducted said interview in Fat HQ. That’s right, the multibillion dollar industry behemoth opened their doors to us and we even got a personal tour from Jason of Western Addiction. Let me just tell you now Fat HQ is pretty much just the way you would envision it, from the leopard and zebra print carpet, right down to the heated toilet seat in the otherwise unsuspecting restroom.
But enough giving you a peak at the high life (besides if you were important enough Fat would have let you into their inner sanctum). This interview is hands down my favorite in our short history. The guys in Western Addiction are funny, interesting, and most of all they can talk your ear off. Well, maybe not all of them, but certainly Chicken. In all honesty, this is a band I was really excited to talk to, and after talking to them I can see they are honest guys who really love what they do.
If you get the chance check them out live, since they have a bunch of shows coming up with Propaghandi (check their website). Also, if you’re still not sure if you want to pick up their album check out the compilation Protect that they’re on it’s a good cause and it’s cheap. Feel free to hit us up on the comment section or at Soundscenerevolution@gmail.com, especially if you want us to waste your bands time.
-Rich
Posted by rich on
October 25, 2005
So the original goal of this Podcast was to get local and underground artists. Until now the underground part was a part of the deal we never kept up, until today. Today we are posting our interview with Bay Area punk rock staple Jesse “Luscious” Townley. Jesse has been in numerous bands (The Blatz, The Criminals, The Frisk), worked for well known indie labels (Look Out!, Alternative Tentacles), worked several positions at Berkley’s now famous Gillman St., written for several local and punk rock publications (including AMP), posts on sites like Punknews.org and is generally a kick ass individual.
The one fault about Mr. Luscious? The man can talk. The full unedited interview ran over 80 minutes long. Sadly, we had to edit a lot of the interview to save bandwidth and make it easily digestible. However, the whole, unedited interview is available for download on the site. The sound quality is slightly lower but that’s to keep the file size down since it’s so long.
Anyhow, please listen as this is probably the most interesting and well informed interview I’ve ever been lucky enough to be a part of. Hell, we even throw in some songs from The Frisk just to keep it interesting. And if that’s not enough by listening you can learn what prompted Jesse to say, “With enough kicking the Smurfs will learn”.
Tune in next week, were we should have an interview with Mike Park, owner of Asian Man Records and general nice guy. And as always any comments or questions please hit us up at soundscenerevolution@gmail.com or use our comment section.
-Rich
P.S. I forgot to mention it took forever to edit this thing and we were all exhausted by the time we were done so if there are any “minor faults” just try and let that slide, okay?
