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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