Petty Things unleash a murky, swirling psychedelic garage rock much like their forefathers did in The Seeds and The Count Five, and other bands in the mid to late 1960’s that still held on to their Rock N’ Roll roots, but just took it to a wildly new and chaotic level. Petty Things have tapped into the benevolent and malevolent spirits of the Sonorant Desert itself and channel these transcendental energies to us in song form, much like a Native American Shaman. If you listen to Petty Things songs carefully the mysteries of the universe shall be revealed unto you. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on April 24th, 2014 Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Please introduce yourself and how you contribute to Petty Things? Jordan: Hello, my name is Jordan Owen and I play guitar, sing, and write the songs for Petty Things. Where are you all from originally and how did you all meet and decide to play music together? Everyone in the band is either from Phoenix or Tempe,...

When I was trolling around on The Black Cheers Facebook page someone on there mentioned they sounded like Gary Glitter mixed with Bad Brains. At first read I threw my head back and scoffed at how absurd that sounded, but for some reason that really stuck with me. The more I thought about it, it wasn’t too far off the mark to describe these Boston blokes’s brand of melodic punk rock. Black Cheers hit pretty hard but don’t shy away from jabbing the melody with the left immediately following that right hook to the jaw. Boston has a rich Rock N’ Roll history and bands like Black Cheers just keep adding to that long and distinguished list. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on April 17th, 2014 Interview by Jay Castro Please introduce yourself (or selves) and how you contribute to the Black Cheers mob? Dan: Hey, I'm Dan and I play Guitar & sing, like a fucking ding-a-ling. Chris plays better guitar than I do, and sings back ups (He is mostly a kind and gen...

Imagine a 747 Jet Liner flying over The Atlantic at night in heavy turbulence. You’re flanked between Johnny Rotten on your left and Henry Rollins to your right. Suddenly the cabin pressure drops and the plane begins a sharp descent straight down towards pitch black ocean waters. Everyone assumes it’s the storm’s doing, but then you and your aisle mates look out the window and in between lightening flashes you catch the profile of that goblin from the Nightmare at 20,000 Feet Twilight Zone episode straddling the engine fiendishly tearing it to shreds. This somewhat describes what I experienced the first time I heard Cleveland’s Plain Dealers. They take ‘70’s British punk and tack it to a molten slab of 80’s American hardcore. And what you’ve got is some of the meanest, snottiest, white knuckle punk rock either side of the Atlantic has heard in quite some time. This interview originally appeared in Audio Ammunition on  Interview by Jay Castro Shock Treatment: Please introduce...