I remember the first time I saw Swingin’ Utters in Mesa AZ (with AFI in tow!) back in the mid 90’s I was floored. I thought punk like what the Swingin Utters brought to the table, with that much melody, soul and ferocity was dead and gone. Vocalist Johnny “Peebucks” Bonnel has since been involved with a few other bands including Filthy Thieving Bastards and more recently Druglords of The Avenues which just released a new album (their 2nd full length) on Red Scare Records in May of 2013. Druglords play a brand of tuneful straight forward punk with heaps of charisma and passion that’s been a trade mark of a Peebucks band since the very beginning. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on  Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Please introduce yourself and how do you contribute to Druglords of the Avenues? I'm John Bonnel and I do vocals, lyrics and album art in the band. Where are you all from originally? JB: I'm from Santa Cruz, Ca., Matt Grayson is from M...

When I first heard the full-length album Point of Action (on LP on Deranged and CD on Dirtnap Records) by Impulse International I felt an overwhelming sadness and disappointment. Sad and disappointed in myself that a record of this magnitude can exist in the world since 2009 and I am barely hearing it in 2013! Boy did I miss out on this one (I still hang my head in shame as I am typing this). Impulse International set loose music that’s got elements of catchy as a cat’s claw punk rock bang, power pop groove amid stabs of new wave strut while holding hands with 1960’s, mod , and r & b cool. This band somehow chews all of this together, swishes it around and spits it out in your face, and the taste is delectable. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on November 18th, 2013 Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Who’s answering the questions here? Adam: This is Adam, a.k.a Julius Buck, a.k.a Captain Beef Shield ST: Who is in the band and how do you all ear...

Yes most members of Livids have been in some super fantastic bands in the past. Truthfully, when investing your hard earned beans on some vinyl, does this really matter to you? The fact is the proof has to be in the pudding you got in front of you. Livids not only delivers the evidence quite adequately but also rams that pudding straight down your craw! Fun, fast, melodic Rock ‘N’ Roll punk out of Brooklyn NY that leaves a scorch marks like an 88 mile an hour DeLorean ran over your face! Here’s hoping they get a chance to unleash the fury on the rest of America soon, because we can certainly use more bands like this here. No politics, no preaching, no agendas, just a good time. The way rock n roll music is supposed to be! This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on November 5th, 2013 Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Who’s answering the questions here? Daniel Kelley Eric Davidson ST:  Who is in the band and what instrument do they play? Jami Wolf – ...

I like to try to describe a band’s sound just so the reader can have some clue of what they’re reading about. With a band like The Sex, it makes this task a tad difficult. The AZ punk trio just self released their second EP in June of 2013 and it’s all over the early punk rock spectrum. It has hints of melodic Stiff Little Fingers riffs; the vocals sometimes remind me of The Violators, all delivered with Sham 69 urgency. Everything else you need in the mix that makes a punk band enjoyable is in there too, but I’ll stop here. So never mind the labels…here’s The Sex! This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on November 5th, 2013 Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Please introduce yourselves and how you contribute to the Punk Rock Sex machine? CO: Punk Rock Sex machine. I like that. My name is Casey O’Brien and I play guitar. I normally write the base of the songs and the rest of the dudes and dudettes write the rest. KM: I’m Kate Mexal, my job is vocals and ...