WASTED TIME interview

1) Ok who's in WASTED TIME right now?

Earlier in the year, before we recorded the "Futility"LP, we added Alex D to bass and moved Zach to 2nd guitar. Mick's still on other guitar, Brandon's still on drums, and I'm (Mark) still singing. Right.

2) Lemme say im always shocked to find out bands like WASTED TIME coz its hard to listen ,especially todayin America , a band that sounds so "american" since everyone except fews in the States are trying to copy whats come out from the abroad hardcore punk scenes.. im i correct?

Different folks, different strokes really. It's just the style we were trying to play when we started due to digging it and there being a lack of it in our area at the time. We were in Europe this past summer and I thought it sucked that a large amount of the bands over there were biting off the same sound so many bands in America do; that early 80's California sound which is neat and all but it kind of weirded me out. I guess I had too high of hopes going over there expecting to hear bands sound like Inferno (Germany), Indigesti (Italy), or Moderat Livkdation (Sweden) or something. Oh well, again, different folks and different strokes.

3) Whats happening right now in America? I do see there's alot of divisions between the kids but not just from a city to another , its more fragmented - its from to scene to another!. You know "FUCK! if you listen to Casualties you are not allowed there,we listen to Terror!!" or " Man we cant go along,we listen to Doom,you listen to Minor Threat they sucks!!" and stuff..shit by the way

While I cannot speak for all of America, I can see it somewhat in Richmond. You never really see a band like Government Warning play with Down to Nothing. It is what it is, I have friends that are strongly set and into both sides of the spectrum and just like their shit. I listen to what I dig and it's cool, yo.

4) Still i do see ALOT of bands coming out with sponsors for their instruments , sponsors from their label,sponsors even for every shit they do...Fuck em all,who need that kind of promotion if they sound all the same,aint i right? You can see this thing just clicking on their myspace - just ads for a product to sell but no substance for what concerns the music and,more important, the message! What do you think about em?

I bet getting free shit is cool, otherwise I can't really relate nor would I personally wanna put forth the effort to whore myself out into such a thing. We are not career-core, nah mean?

5) Name you personal top five of best bands you ever listen to - not only americans and not only hardcore and punk bands!

My list changes daily, but I'd say Poison Idea, Leatherface , The Wedding Present, Cause For Alarm, and Meatbrick and The Jailbirds.

6) Do you think the internet have "damaged" someway the creative edge of the bands? I mean,its extremly hard to find a band able to be personal and at the sime time record music also aable to inspire their contemporaries.Right now,i highly doubt someone else will ever record another "The Kids Wll Have Their Say" (SSD of course) or another "Age Of Quarrel" just to name a monolith for what concerns american hardcore punk.The high freedom that the web had to offer seems to have bizzarly,limited the creativity of lots of musicians - the more is the choice of tastes you get,the more generic sound the mixing of it all togheter... (fucking long question,i do know,hahaha hope to have been clear enough!)

Personally, and as for the rest of the members of WT, we got into hardcore before the internet really took such a strong hold on things so it isn't too big of a deal to us. Everything is easier now for sure, which is cool but it also takes the personality out of it all I guess. It's a double edged sword, but I'm not too worried about it. It has definitely led to way too many bands existing though. I'd prefer quality over quantity any day. I'll take good bands that write good records over some retards with recording gadgets on their computers and songs they wrote in 2 minutes any day.


7) Time for the --- RANDOM QUESTION ! : Why hardcore kids shouldn't be rich scumbags with nothing to do?

"Do what you want, but just don't do it to me" -Choke. Or something like that, I think I'm high?

8) How do you guys find out to be part of hardcore? life changing LPs or 7"s?

Fight, fuck, cokedust. And "Epic" by Faith No More. And Misfits - all.

9) Anything you want to add?

Thanks for the interview. I notice you're from NYC, or at least that's what the Myspace thing says. Just heard about Angry Stuart, RIP. It will be different going to a show up there and not seeing him again. Rest in Power. Ian Dickson, love you.

POWER interview

I was in a state of shock the first time i've heard POWER through myspace (dont twist your nose fucknuts,this is how it goes if ya can't go to the shows - i do know Eurpe sucks but who cares! hahah)...not much because of their shirts ala "I survived Jurassic Park" & stuff - nor for the fact that two of them seems to be like the classic all american redheads you'd met at school BUT full of tattoos...As aslways it was the music : thunderous,raging,pumping HARDcore ,a far away formula from the standard "chug-chug" macho sound.And that's a rare quality ,if you ask me..
Check them out - they deserve your support.




1) Please introduce the band! Who's in POWER currently?

currently in power is Griffin on guitar. Ricky on Bass.Benn on Drums.Dirty on guitar and I sing my names Evan.

2) what about the influences?

influences for me personally well there's tons of bands but some of the ones I really feel that mean a lot are Metallica , Danzig , No Warning(Canada) , Bad Brains and Life Of Agony (their demos i wonder ? XGIXX)

3) Are the singer & the guitarist brothers or what?

Me and Dirty are not brothers wish we were but were not.

4) Whats the current deal for a record? No chance to see it soon? (i have to ask because well....i need it!! who cares if its just a 7" ... put something out goddamit!!

Our 7 inch is finally out and we have tons to sell so definitely pick one up.

5)What do you think of the current state of the hardcore punk scene today? it sucks hard ? how to develop it in a good way?

I feel like our scene is lazy and I am just as guilty.People I think just are like "that shows not gonna be wild so there's not point" so shows then are poorly attended.I feel like what sux is bigger hardcore bands come on these stacked tours,which are fun and cool, But makes it feel like a concert not some personal chow which is the reason so many people are drawn to it i fell like. Everyone involved in this scene needs to start making more of a effort to go to more local shows no just 10 for 10's and last show tours.




6)Whos straight edge in the band? what do you think about it?

Theres a few of us who are Straight Edge and its definetly important to me and i think that its awesome when people dedicate themselves to it but its a thing you do for you not anybody else





7)Any crazy gig situation ? how many gigs you have played until now?

The wildest show we have played I think is we played somewhere in the midwest and it was in this huge like punk squat mansion that had this recording studio in the basement that was made to look like a legit batcave and was super dark and gloomy everything was damp. So were playing and we did a Suicidal Tendencies cover on tour and we started it and this dude started getting real stoked. Moshing super hard and he was punching in the air and hit a light bulb into my face and i was bleeding all over and i didnt realize it at all so everyone was looking at me all crazy for the rest of the set.



8) Best music do you listen to aside of hardcore? lemme say The Mummies rules!

Non-hardcore would be The Alligators a local indie rock band from bremerton shits good

9) A remarkable thing about POWER is that no one in the band seems to care a fucking fuck about the whole "thug" image which seems to dominate in the current generation of hardcore...what do you think about those gangastas? why they want to seems so retarded?

Its just how they role I feel like its not a huge part of it but it happens sometimes when they act like dicks but you gotta deal sometimes


10) Its widley acknowledged that hardcore is associated with outcasts ,misfits,weirdos,freaks,drunkhards & junkies ... so what does lead you guys there?

I like being apart of it cause its an outlet from this schedule of life like work money responsibilities.I can just cut loose with my friends to music i love to be apart of.

11) THE RANDOM QUESTION !! : God is broke? why christiancore still exist?

It exists because people are goofy.God is goofy.

12) If violence would be a solution...

Violence is not something i would suggest first off but sometimes u have to be more forceful then talking.

13) Why POWER?

Me and Dirty were at a show and this goofy guy we know was like"why werent you guys at the First Blood show last night" or something like that and we like to trick people so I said our new band played last night so we couldnt make it but we really just didnt care to go. He asked the name and Dirty just said POWER so when we actually started the band thats what we went with.

14) Favorites/life changin records ?

Life changing records... Meatloaf "Bat Out Of Hell",Metallica "Master Of Puppets" and Danzig-1 thru 3.

15) Anythingto add?

Were gonna be doing a full US in the spring so come see us rock out.Listen to Ill Intent( www.myspace.com/illintent206 )all day everyday



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