Photo of Grant by Rockaway Photography Interview conducted with DSA vocalist Grant Peligroso  Shock Treatment: Let's start off with a roll call! Who’s all currently in D.S.A. and what does everyone do in the band? Grant: If you come and see us play you are likely to see me (Grant) on vocals with Chas on Guitar, Marty on bass and Harry on drums. We sometimes have other members come back and stand in, so you could also see Mike or Jack on drums and Wonder Boy on bass. Side Effects by DSA Shock Treatment: What’s the band’s origin story? How did you all meet and decide to play music together? Grant: Originally we met through skateboarding and music was our creative outlet during the winter months and/or when the weather was bad. Photo of Harry by Rockaway Photography Shock Treatment: On your Bandcamp page, you describe yourselves as skate punk. What do you think is the bond between punk rock and skateboarding that has been pretty much unbreakable for decades? Grant: We describe ourse...

Photo by Don Denton  Shock Treatment: Let’s start off by telling me who’s currently in the band and what does everyone do to earn their keep? Ty: I am Ty Stranglehold. I do the yelling. We also have Rayce and Tyrone on guitar, Donnie on drums and Silent Mike on bass. Shock Treatment: How did you all meet and decide to form the mighty Knife Manual? Ty: We are all members of a skateboard crew called Teem Shitty. Rayce, Tyrone and original bass player Dan had already been jamming and I found myself looking for a new band to sing for. Tyrone started on drums but really wanted to play guitar, so he suggested we try his roommate Donnie get behind the kit. He ruled and it clicked instantly. This was in 2019. By the end of 2024 Dan bowed out and our old pal Mike had just moved back from the UK and was looking for a band, so we asked him. Now we're locked in and moving forward. Step 1. EP by Knife Manual    Shock Treatment: What bands do you feel primarily added to the Knife Manua...

Fear, rejection, heartbreak, loss, betrayal, these are some of the things that have started wars between nations. These are also some of the things that nations have inflicted upon its own people. Causing bodies and souls to tear apart from one another. Leaving only a husk of a person to carry on with daily routines without emotions like joy, excitement or anything that makes life worth living. We have become mechanized drones in a hive, made simply of flesh and gas. Our minds are driven into madness and we begin to drift into an alternate reality. A reality that runs parallel to ours only far more sinister. This is where Oslo's Stabber resides, a reality that gains more and more residents daily. In a world where billion dollar corporations have raped, pillaged, and commandeered every art form, every outlet of human expression, everything we have that reminds us that we actually still have souls. They have left us with their own, pre-approved versions of humanity that we are suppos...