The Love Me Nots Interview!

Photo by Clint Kirk

This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on July 17th, 2013

What can I say about this band that far more skilled writers haven’t said already? A band that has been a Phoenix area pillar of Rock ‘N’ Roll prominence for quite a while now, they’re working on their sixth LP! For those of you who have yet to delight in the sounds of The Love Me Nots, I shall attempt a brief description. A lead singer that prowls around the stage radiating Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin and Chrissie Hynde, while pounding a keyboard so fervently as if attempting to exorcize demons from within its mechanical bowels. Then there’s that tall, ominous guitar player that’s relentlessly hurling down sonic depth charges at the hapless spectators. Not to mention a rhythm section sturdy enough to keep this out of controlled freight train on its rails and on a collision course straight towards your soul!

Interview by Jay Castro

Who’s answering the questions here?
Nicole Laurenne

Who is in the band and how do you earn your keep in it?
Nicole Laurenne – organ, vocals
Michael Johnny Walker – guitar
Sophie O – bass, vocals
Jay Lien - drums

Are all of you originally from the Phoenix area?
I grew up in the Chicago area. Michael and Jay are Phoenix natives but moved in and out of state occasionally. Right now Jay lives in Brooklyn, NY.

What is the bands origin story, how did you all come together?
Michael and Jay played in The Sonic Thrills, a great trash-rock band here in Phoenix, and Michael was looking to start a side project. He was shopping around for singers when came upon my old new-wave band, Blue Fur, and came to see a show. After the show he asked if I might be interested in fronting his new project. Eventually we got it together and Jay signed on. Christina Nunez from The Madcaps was our first bassist, followed by Kyle Barron from The Dames, and Sophie took Kyle’s place a couple of years ago. Jay left the band for a little while, replaced by Vince Ramirez from Flathead and then by Bob Hoag from Pollen, but when he came to a show of ours in Brooklyn, he decided to come back on board and we were thrilled to have him back.

A couple of you have another musical endeavor called Zero Zero, which is more electronic. How did that project come about?
Michael and I write a lot of other styles of music on our own, for licensing projects and whatnot, and I especially have a good time writing electronic-based pop. When The Love Me Nots decided to take a hiatus after touring and recording for about six years straight, we decided to pull together some pop tracks and put them out as a side project called Zero Zero. Michael and I did all the performances and recording on it in our home studio, so it was a real labor of love and a nice change of pace while the garage band was taking some time off.

With a line in the sand being defined clearer and clearer every day between electronic music and rock n roll, do you feel like electronic music really is taking over with younger audiences? Being on both sides of the fence so to speak, I feel like you guys have a unique perspective on this.
No, I think people still like great music, regardless of the genre. That may sound naïve, but when you talk to people about what they like, they usually have a pretty wide range of styles on their ipod playlists. In Zero Zero, we’ve tried to blur that line a little bit, with rock guitars over electronic-sounding stuff, and people have really responded to it. If you pay attention to what people are listening to on their own time (not fed by media sources), I think there is actually a wider tolerance for variety than ever in the US population.

With your style lying heavily in the 60’s with hints of New Wave and Punk, It’s hard to pinpoint obvious influences. What were some of your musical role models and why? Who inspired you to learn how to play music and pick up an instrument in the first place?
I studied classical piano from an early age and played competitively for many years. I didn’t really fall in love with pop music until later in life, although it was always around and I had some favorite pop tracks over the years. I liked Blondie, The Cars, Sinead O’Connor, Nirvana, The White Stripes – good beats, good melodies, not too complicated. When I met Michael, he introduced me to The Sonics, The Animals, The Seeds – blues-based garage that was deliciously primitive, huge and even lo-fi at times. It was like a light bulb went off in my head. I think until that moment my role as a keyboardist in a rock band seemed a little dull compared to everyone else jumping around on stage. Listening to those 60’s garage bands gave me all kinds of inspiration I didn’t have before.

If the band could tour with any band/musician from times gone by, who would it be and why?
The Animals. Elvis wouldn’t be bad either. I think those fans would really get what we are trying to do, and they wouldn’t have heard decades of garage yet so we’d have a real chance at making an impact on them. Plus, I would give my left foot to sit in the front row and listen to 60’s-era Eric Burdon sing “Inside Looking Out.” I figure I could make that happen if I was on tour with him. I’m sure I don’t really have to explain the thought of being on tour with Elvis. I think he would have dug The Love Me Nots as an opener.

I recently read that out of all different art forms, music has the power to alter a person’s disposition the fastest. Do you agree with this? Do you have any favorite music that you can put on that will always lift you from a slump?
Absolutely. Music sets the scene more than anything else, even more than the lighting or the company. At our house we usually find ourselves putting on vintage tracks, like Chet Baker and Billie Holliday, or just basking in the negativity and putting on Nick Cave. But when I’m ready to jolt out of a slump, I think early records by The Hives and The Makers will usually do the trick.

What is the relationship with Atomic Au Go Go?
That’s our label. Michael and I started it up back in 2006 just to put out The Love Me Nots’ first record ourselves. Since then we’ve branched out in association with other labels (Bad Reputation, May Cause Dizziness, Project Infinity) for various releases, but we still basically do everything ourselves for the band and the label.

Your albums have been produced by Detroit producer Jim Diamond (White Stripes, Dirtbombs, Fleshtones). How did your relationship begin with him?
We liked his early White Stripes recordings and wrote to him out of the blue one day in a fit of courage. He listened to our demos and told us to come out to Detroit and do a record with him in four days flat, for a pretty reasonable fee. So, we did. And we never looked back. We count him as a good friend now, even taking him on tour with us to Europe once.

If a year from now you were celebrating the best year The Love Me Nots have ever had, what would you be celebrating?
A hit song.

What music have you unleashed on the world and where can people hear it or buy it?
We’ve released five albums: In Black & White (2007), DETROIT (2008), Upsidedown Insideout (2009), The Demon and The Devotee (2011), and Let’s Get Wrecked (2011). (The last one features essential tracks, remixes and French-language versions). It’s pretty easy to find them all on iTunes, Amazon, CdBaby, and the band’s own store site www.thelovemenots.com. Pandora and Spotify are popular places to find us these days too. We also regularly stock small record stores around the world when they come asking for a supply – Greece, Seattle, South Africa, Paris, Boston, all kinds of random places.

What does the band have in store for us in the not so distant future?

We are busy writing a sixth record right now, and hope to get back to Detroit this fall to record it with Jim. Before we record, we’ll schedule some US shows to get our blood boiling again. We’ve taken almost a full year off, so we’re all chomping at the bit to get back at it.

An interview with Transistors!

This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on July 17th, 2013

I first saw these guys open for Rock ‘N’ Roll titans Guitar Wolf in the fall of 2012. I had never heard of them prior, but after listening to some of their songs, I was looking forward to seeing them just as much as the headliners, and they did not disappoint. Three young guys from New Zealand that play punk rock music that sounds considerably better the higher the volume gets. Its fast, extremely catchy and they seem to be having the time of their lives doing it, which in turn makes anyone listening to it have a blast as well. What more can anyone ask of a stellar punk band? It’s a little Ramones, a little Angry Samoans, a little Buzzcocks, and a whole lot of fun!

Interview by Jay Castro

Who’s answering the questions here?
James

Who is in the band and what instruments do you play?
Olly plays drums and sings, Colin plays bass and sings a little bit and I play guitar and sing.

What parts of New Zealand are you all from?
We originally hail from Rangiora which is a small town in North Canterbury on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. We all live in Christchurch which is about half an hour away from Rangiora and is a big small town.

How did the band come together?
We all met on the first day of school at Rangiora High and we were in the same class. We started playing music a few years after that as a means of getting out of class and escaping small town tedium.

What music did you have in mind when starting out the band?
When we first started jamming in Olly's garage we thought we were playing sixties influenced pop music, The Kinks and The Beatles were some of our earliest influences but it turned out that the music we were playing was pretty rough sounding (due to our overwhelming lack of musical prowess), we got into punk and other weirder sounding bands pretty quickly and went from there.

What non-musical influences inspire you?
Lots of things really, people we know, relationships, getting older, crummy jobs. All the classics...

I know very little concerning New Zealand’s current cultural affairs I’m afraid. I know Flight of the Concords, and The Cramps concert video Rockin’ and Reelin’ in Auckland New Zealand. Is there a lot going on there musically you wish more people knew about?
We actually know two guys who were at that Cramps show! They said it was amazing. FOTC and Lord Of The Rings were the two things that were probably brought up the most about New Zealand while we were in the states and we were kind of expecting that but interestingly a lot of people would come up and ask us about Flying Nun bands, so that was pretty cool. When we played in Portland the singer of Mean Jeans hugged me when I told him I knew Alec Bathgate, because he was such a big Tall Dwarfs fan haha. There are a lot of sweet bands around at the moment that everyone should check out, some Christchurch bands off the top of my head would be: Salad Boys, Teen Fortress, Zen Mantra, X-Ray Charles, Ipswich. Up north there's Street Chant, The Situations, Rackets, Shaft, Beach Pigs, No Aloha, God Bows To Math...I know I'm forgetting a bunch, sorry guys...

I saw The Transistors when you opened up for the infamous Guitar Wolf last year. How did you guys land that prime position?
We were really lucky to be asked by The Wolf. We had already supported them on their NZ tour in December 2011 and Seiji liked us and was nice enough to offer us the spot on the US tour. He said we should go to Japan but that we "must harden liver first".

Was this your first time in the U.S.? If so, what did you think? Where was your favorite place you played?
I had been briefly when I was a kid but it was Olly and Col's first trip over. We loved it and had the best time. It was just the three of us with all our gear in a hired car and nothing but the incessant chatter of our faithful GPS guide, Tom, to steer us in the right direction. We played 27 shows in about 30 days and travelled 12,000 miles across 33 states. There were hardly any bad shows that I can remember but some highlights for me were Minneapolis, New York, Memphis and Philly. One of the best shows was definitely the Portland show and I'm not just saying that. We had a wicked time in Portland and we stayed with our friend Ruban and his awesome family, so that was really cool.

How do American audiences compare to the fans back in New Zealand?
On the whole the audiences were pretty responsive which was awesome, plus we sold a heap of 7"’s. It was cool playing in a place where nobody had ever heard of us or knew what to expect. Having said that, a guy in Bellingham asked why we didn't play Caving In, which is a song from our first record! That was crazy.

I recently read that out of all different art forms, music has the power to alter a person’s disposition the fastest. Do you agree with this? Do you have any favorite music that you can put on that will always lift you up from a slump?
Yeah I'd definitely agree with that. Often with certain songs or albums that I put on, I'll be instantly taken back to the time that I first heard them or a period of my life when I listened to them a lot. There are definitely certain records and bands that always make me feel good when I put them on, Wild Honey by The Beach Boys, the first Modern Lovers album, Let It Be by The Replacements are a few that come to mind. I always find the first two Big Star records really inviting, like a warm blanket. The third album not so much haha, I like that for very different reasons, if I'm in a slump and I put that album on I feel myself slumping down further.

Do you think Rock ‘N’ Roll can still be a vital and influential force for kids in this disposable age we live in now?
I think so for sure, I think loud raucous music will always have its place. If you look at any era of music there has always been a huge amount of disposable crap out there but bands have always been there doing their thing as well. I guess nowadays there's just an even bigger amount of disposable crap around. It sounds very cynical but I feel like the overwhelming majority of kids these days are probably spending all their time on the internet liking their friend's "selfy" photos on Facebook rather than doing anything worthwhile but I'd like to think there are still heaps out there who are using the internet to discover exciting bands and just generally expand their minds. There's a vast wealth of information at everyone's disposal and this is how things will be from now on so I suppose it just comes down to how you choose to use it all.

50 years ago people used to buy music and get their water free, now people pay for water and get their music free. How do you think this affects the music industry?
Like I said, there are definite pros and cons with the internet as a means of getting your music out there and it really depends on what you see as being important. The internet has completely changed the way the music industry works now and it'll probably slowly start to kill off the major labels and their whole model for doing things because like anything in evolution, if you don't adapt you die out and so far they seem to have just fought it as much as possible, it must have hurt them already. Smaller labels seem to have a much more sustainable approach and I think bands now more than ever can be their own gods and do everything for themselves. The perceived downside of everything being available online is that nobody's paying for music when they can just get it for free. As a band, we've never really made any money anyway so that doesn't bother me. If someone on the other side of the world can find out about our band and hear and download our music for free then I think that's awesome, I don't think being able to get music for free is necessarily devaluing it. I like how sites like Bandcamp allow you people to 'pay what you want'.

Where can people hear the almighty Transistors or purchase your music or merch?
All our music is available for download at our Bandcamp which is transistors.bandcamp.com
If you're a purist and you want Vinyl or CD’s off us you're best to email us at thetransistorsnz@gmail.com and we can send stuff out.
There are also a bunch of videos and live clips of us on YouTube, some good, some not so good - so beware!

What’s next for the band?

Our second record Is This Anything? is finally due for release soon on Arch Hill Records here in NZ and we're getting underway with demos for our next album too. Hopefully we'll be able to make it back to the states in the near future!

An interview with The Rebel Set!

This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on July 11th, 2013

Most bands that I hear from my hometown of Phoenix, Arizona either make me recoil or their music goes totally without notice. I don’t know which is worse. However, every now and again I hear one that makes me want to root for. One that gives me hope that all is not lost in an ocean of second rate metal dinosaurs and uninspired blues copyists. One of those bands is The Rebel Set. They glide at their audience on a wave of reverberation that is wrapped up in classic noir and surf guitar mystique in the midst of a garage punk assault. The band takes the better parts of Rock N Roll from times ago and mixes it up with a dose of their own allure. Sounds easy enough, however you have to know which parts to excavate and which parts to lend your soul to. That’s been the recipe for rock n roll since its conception and the Rebel Set have become master chefs at this delicacy.

Interview by Jay Castro

Who’s answering the questions?
Joe is.

Who’s all in the band and what instruments do you play?
Joe - guitar,vocals
Katey - organ
Jeff- drums
Brandon - bass

Are you all originally from Arizona?
All but Jeff, he is from Arkansas.

What or who originally made you decide to pick up an instrument and start/join a band?
I hung out with these teenage metalheads when I was 12 and they were constantly trying to start bands. My dad had a guitar so I decided to give it a shot even though I hated metal.

What influenced The Rebel Set’s look and sound?
Probably growing up listening to my dads 60’s records along with the 90’s garage rock I was into in my youth. As far as the way we look, we all just dress the way we dress anyway so I guess we are influenced by our own good taste in that regard.

You guys just did a “mini” tour all around Southern California, how do you feel that went?
It went great. We tend to go over a lot better outside our hometown much to our dismay.

As populated as the Phoenix metropolitan area has gotten, culturally, it has a long way to go compared to other cities this size. How does the Phoenix/Tempe music audience take to the band as opposed to other parts of the country?
We tend to get a lot more support and go over a lot better with audiences in other parts of the country. Therefore, we try to get out of town as much as possible.

What is Silver Hornet Records?
It is a front for a criminal enterprise. They put out our records so we don’t ask questions.

When you buy a record, you get cover art, liner notes, even pictures of the band. You get something tangible. With digital music, you have an album title and a band name. If you’re lucky, a tiny quarter sized picture of the album art. Do you think the MP3 has killed the romance for Rock n’ Roll?
In a way, yes. Having a physical copy the sound quality is better and seeing the artwork that goes along with the music definitely enhances whatever feeling the artist was intending to convey.

Reading some of the press the band has gotten, people have said how dark your music is. Were you aware of this when you were writing the songs or did this come as a surprise after everything was laid out?
That was a total surprise. We never intended to be dark and I really don’t think we are very dark. We have a lot of songs in minor keys which I guess sounds darker but that was definitely not our intention.

People used to buy music and get their water free; now people pay for water and get their music free. How do you think this affects the industry and especially the artist who is just trying to make a living?
I think this is good news for water artists.

Where can people hear the band?
Well, they could go to our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/therebelset to get links to our music online. If they happen to be in Arizona, or California or Nevada they can check there for announcements on our upcoming tour dates.

What’s next for The Rebel Set?
We will be making a new album, which should be out in the fall and rereleasing our last 7” this summer. Keep your ears peeled.

The Ricky C Quartet Interview!

This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on July 2nd, 2013

Anyone who thinks good rock n roll is defined by how fast some pompous ass can fondle a fret board or how high some overpaid wanker can vocally hit some hideous high note is sorely mistaken. Good Rock ‘N’ Roll has always been about heart and gusto, in fact any good art is for that matter. Judging by what is passing as rock n roll in the main stream now days, it’s easy to lose optimism. However, any person that thinks this torch has been smothered out long ago isn’t looking in the right places. There are still bands breathing the truth and vigor of the forefathers. Take for example The Ricky C Quartet. They have taken queues from some of the greats and serve it to you lean and mean. They are now in possession of the aforementioned torch, and they’re burning it like a supernova.

Interview by Jay Castro

Who’s answering the questions here?
Ricky C, Joe the Dog and Jimmy Jones


Who is in the band and what instruments do you play?
Ricky C/ vocals, Joe the Dog-guitar/ b vocals, Jimmy Jones-drums/ b vocals and Sam Hall-bass/b vocals


Are all of you originally from London?
RC-Jimmy Jones and Sam Hall are from Essex, Joseber is from Spain and I am from Brazil.


You guys are all from different bands (The Blowouts, The Ten O Sevens, Johnny Throttle) Did the Ricky C Quartet begin as a side project for you guys?
RC: It began as a “proper” band, we never considered the Quartet as a side project. Now none of our previous bands exist anymore but The Quartet has survived…

JTD: Me and Ricky C used to play in Johnny Throttle. Ricky C was a crap drummer but he was very good at writing love songs and singing them, so he used to come to my place and record love songs on a 4-track cassette recorder. Then we just put the band together with some friends and now it’s our main band as Johnny Throttle split up, as well as the Blowouts.

JJ: At first for me, yes. Now its proper full on!!


You guys named Slaughter & The Dogs and Radio Birdman as musical influences for you. What elements, if any, do you think early Aussie Punk had that some of the British bands lacked? What about vice versa?
RC: I personally think that the fusion of Rock ‘N’ Roll with the rawness of punk was what the Australian bands had at their best; keyboards, harmonicas, tambourines, acoustic guitars and a big influence of Stooges and MC5! I can’t think of any element the Aussies lacked, honestly. On the other hand the British have always been the greatest inventors of Rock ‘N’ Roll styles. The Saints and Radio Birdman were influenced by The Rolling Stones and I think that shows how important the British are for Rock ‘N’ Roll in general.

JTD: Aussie punk was less fashionable, more primitive; it wasn’t absorbed by the mainstream as English punk was. When the Saints first came to England in 1977 the punk kids didn’t like them because they didn’t dress like “punks”, but they had more attitude and kicked ass more than many bands here. On the other side, being backed by the majors as many English bands were, allowed them to record more and also tour more and in better conditions which I think is a good thing cause now we got all those wonderful records.

JJ: Can’t explain that one, both have their different sounds, both great.


The Ricky C Quartet has only been around for a couple of years and you are already getting such great praise from a lot of people. Do you feel any pressure to continue to live up to the honors?
RC: It’s obviously great to see your music being appreciated but greater than that is seeing the people who believed in the band since stage one showing support. I don’t particularly feel any pressures, as long as we continue to play with our hearts and we continue to play with fun; everything flows naturally.

JTD: I haven’t noticed getting such great praise, to be honest. The record is getting good reviews but we still haven’t been approached by anyone offering us thousands of pounds. We just like to play our stuff and have fun, if people like it then that’s great, but there is no pressure so far.

JJ: Don’t feel like we’ve got anything to live up to, but it’s great when people love what we’re doing.


Do you find it important for any musician, no matter what kind of music they’re playing, to remember their musical roots, if so, why?
RC: Without a shadow of a doubt. I started to listen to punk rock when I was 14. Throughout the years, I found out other musical genres and other forms of Rock ‘N’ Roll. Then I realized that the punk rock bands I liked were influenced by other Rock ‘N’ Roll genres. I think your musical roots represent part of your history as an individual, and it represents your teenage years and you should never forget what you were unless you used to like Boy George (LOL).

JTD: Well, I guess it is important, but evolution is also important. We stick to our roots because that’s the music we like, but trying different things is also important, I respect that a lot, whether I like the result or not.

JJ: If you feel like you should, don’t think it’s important.


I recently read that out of all different art forms, music has the power to alter a person’s disposition the fastest. Do you agree with this? Do you have any favorite music that you can put on that will always lift you from a slump?
RC: Oh yes… I think music can definitely give you an injection of energy when you are down. I don’t have a specific favourite music but I have couple of songs that help me to feel good when bad times come; Southern Girls (by Cheap Trick), More Fun (by Radio Birdman), Shake Some Action (by Flaming Groovies), I Can’t Pretend (by Barracudas) to name a few. Oh… I’m a big fan of Onyx (hip hop) their mad energy is contagious…

JTD: I agree and your neighbor will agree too if you play music too loud in the middle of the night. His disposition is very likely to get altered fast. I like listening to calypso and rocksteady to cheer up. It makes me feel like I’m in the Caribbean and that’s a cool feeling.


Keith Richards said that people who are buying MP3’s and not records are being short changed. Do you agree with this? If so why or why not?
JTD: People were much more short-changed when buying CD’s instead of vinyl for double the price a few years ago. That was the greatest rip-off in music history and it’s time for the industry to pay back. At least Mp3s you can download them for free. I support piracy, by the way, it’s a good way to know if a record is good before buying it at a gig, hence helping the band and not some big corporation. Mr. Richards didn’t complain about CD’s, did he? He was probably making good dough out of them back then.

RC: Joe the Dog has said everything…


What has been the most memorable show The Ricky C Quartet has played, good or bad? Where was it and what made it so unforgettable?
RC: Montpellier in France was great. We were all very drunk and we were one of the latest bands to play in an open air festival. The area was packed. Ironically we were extremely tight and people went mental. That was the bollocks.

JTD: We went on a mini tour to Portugal, with the Ten-o-Sevens, a couple of years ago, in October. Summer in London had been crap and it was still sunny and warm there. We went swimming every day and it was a great holiday. The gigs were also good. Thanks Victor!

JJ: We played this open air festival in Montpellier last year, hair blowing in the wind, the lot!


If a year from now you were celebrating the best year the band has ever had, what would you be celebrating?
RC: A world tour.

JTD: Probably that someone from a major had come and given us thousands of pounds to live and make records without having to worry about work. We would also like to go and tour America and Australia.

JJ: A world tour.


What music have you unleashed on the world and where can people hear it or buy it?
RC-The Ricky C Quartet- demo CD
Small species-7”ep (available on No-Front-Teeth Records)
The Ricky C Quartet-LP (available on www.therickycquartet.com and Wanda Records)
And in few weeks our new single 7” Sweet Revenge will be out on our website and on Wanda Records.
People can buy our music on ITunes and Amazon too.


What does the band have in store for us in the near future or not so near future?
JTD: We got a very good 7” coming on Wanda Records, and a bunch of songs for our second LP which we expect to record before the end of the year.

An interview with Legendary Wings!

This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on July 2nd, 2013  

To try and place one label on Legendary Wings sound would not do it justice. For one, it’s an album that could have only been conceived by youthful vitality. Oh sure all the good elements are there; a touch of the ol’ lo-fi rock n roll and power pop. However it also has an element of charismatic Lookout Records punk pop that the label put out in the early to mid 90’s in its heyday. Whatever it may sound like is irrelevant, its rock n roll with magnetism and hooks so contagious it’ll wrap itself around your head like an Alien Face Hugger. But unlike an Alien Face Hugger, you don’t really want to tear it off. Hicks, Vazquez……..stand down!

Interview by Jay Castro

Who’s answering the questions here?
Jeff

Who is in Legendary Wings and what’s your contribution?
I play drums, Scott plays guitar and sings, and Matt Wing plays bass.

Are you all originally from the Kalamazoo MI area?
Yeah.

What is the bands origin story?
Me and Scott were all, “god damn there’s a lot of shitty bands in Kalamazoo!”
And then we were all like, “we should make a shitty band!!”

What influences did you have in mind when starting Legendary Wings?
RATT

You’ve listed Booze, Nintendo Wii, and Records as some of your interests. Have you ever combined all three activities? If so, how many records were ruined?
We combine the three before every band practice...and the only thing that got ruined was my right shoulder during a heated Wii bowling match. It popped out of its socket and I almost died.

If you guys could tour with any band/musician from past or present; who would that be?
Ratt.

I recently read that out of all different art forms, music has the power to alter a person’s disposition the fastest. Do you agree with this? Do you have any favorite songs that you can put on that will always lift you from a slouch?
“Invasion of your Privacy “by Ratt makes me want to live. ….so does any song by the free credit report.com band. They slay.

Is there any story behind the name for the LP “Making Paper Roses”? It sounds rather poetic and profound.
It is totally poetic and profound and deep and would take hours to explain.

Do you think Rock N Roll can still be an influential force for kids in this disposable age we live in today?
Nah.

The LP “Making Paper Roses” is on Dirtnap Records, how did that relationship begin?
We sent Ken (Dirtnap guy) a demo a couple years ago…and he said he liked it….then we didn’t hear from him for a while…then he hit us up and asked if we wanted to do a record and we said “yeah, that’d be great man.” We couldn’t be happier with how the record came out!! Ken hooked it up. HELL of a label.

You guys are on tour supporting the new album now. What has been the most memorable Legendary Wings show the band has played? Where was it and what made it so unforgettable?
We played in New Orleans with Buck Biloxi and the Fucks. We put a bunch of stickers on the back of Buck Biloxi when he wasn’t looking. He didn’t notice because he was high on poppers. Then we peed on his leg and had a good laugh about it. That last part might be a lie.

What music have you unleashed on the world and where can people hear it or buy it?
New single on PELICAN POW WOW records outta New Orleans!! Split with Buck Biloxi and the Fucks!! Might be sold out but I think Goner Records still has some. We also have our full length floating around record stores and websites. You can buy it from dirtnaprecs.com

What does the band have in store for us in the near future?
Workin’ on a new album this summer!!! Prolly play a few shows too…hit us up!