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An interview with Druglords of The Avenues

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...