Panache Magazine

Where are you guys from?
Dennis: We live in town. In Eureka.
How long have you guys been together?
Dan: How long have we been together?
Dennis: We have been together for years. Since June of this year.
Has it always been all three of you guys?
Dennis: No Dan and I, we had a two-piece for awhile, and then we realized we needed a bass player. So we got hooked up.
Dan: Like two months ago.
Dennis: Yeah, six weeks actually. A little over six weeks we have been playing with Andy. Our friend Brandon hooked us up with him. We are eternally greatful.
Do you guys have regular shows going on locally?
Dennis: We play the Vista on a regular basis.
Dan: We played this place in Arcata once. They hated us. It was kind of cool. They didn't really respond; a bunch of little trust-fund activists. It was kind of fun though, but irritating.
Do all your friends come to the shows?
Dan: We don't have many.
Dennis: But they come.
Dan: All four of them.
Dennis: Yeah, my friend comes.
Do you guys have any demo tapes or cds out?
Dennis: We are actually recording a cd tomorrow. We have a couple leads on other recording things that sound pretty exciting. We record at home all the time and we have tapes. I don't have copies of them or anything, you know, whenever somebody wants one.
Do you sell them?
Dennis: We give them, whatever,... or trade.
When was your first show at the Vista?
Dan: August, wasn't it?
Dennis: Could have been.
Dan: I think it was August. We opened for Dodgeball; a ska band from San Diego. That was fun.
How would you describe your music in five words or less?
Dennis: Sissy Core!
Dan: Snail Core!
I like sludge!
Dan: We play slow and we,...ugh...., Dennis writes songs. We both write songs. We make up songs and I try to tell stories.
What bands have inspired you?
Dan: Countless. Tom Waits. Clutch. I'm a follower of Sleep and Melvins and the new Alanis Morissette Album rocks, I don't care what anybody says. Vanilla Ice.
Dennis: The new one.
Dan: Yeah, its good.
Do you listen to Garbage at all?
Dan: I've heard them. They haven't really lived up to their potential yet. Their last album sounded like the one before it. But they definitely have potential.
Dennis: Well, what do you have to live up to when your name is Garbage?
Dan: True.
What have been your local inspirations?
Dan: Sake, 14 KT Sedan,
Dennis: Kawasake. Trailer Hitch Rocks. Yeah, and we like Paxil Haze.
Dan: Yeah, we like Paxil Haze.
Dennis: I like Couch; Chris's old band.
Do you guys like being close to the crowd?
Dan: Yeah. It would be nice if people touched us. I would like them to do it anonymously.
What would you do if someone threw himself at your feet at a show?
Dennis: Oh boy, whatever he wanted me to do. (laughs) For a dollar I think. Oh, if he threw himself at me, I would say, "Got a rolo?"
Dan: What the hell was that?
Dennis: Because I couldn't really afford them (rolos) , cause I'm not really rich.
Anything odd ever happen at your shows here?
Dennis: People clap.
Dan: Yeah, That was about the weirdest I think. We need enthusiastic people to come to our shows and do active things regardless of what we are doing.
Dennis: Usually Paxil Haze is here, and he gives us an enthusiastic response. He is a cool guy.
Do you flyer your shows?
Dennis: Yeah, we always do.
What are your views on fashion?
Dan: I like to dress nice alot. I got a job where I can't do it because I get all dirty and shitty.
Where do you work?
Dan: I work at a second-hand store. It's kind of hard to do up here; buying new clothes. I just moved up here. What I wear is what I got.
Where did you move from?
Dan: The Bay Area. We are moving back next year.
Dennis: Well, he is moving back I'm tentative.
Dan: Well we might be moving back, Andy is not though. Yeah, fashion is a good thing. But, it's lacking in this town.
Where did you shop in the Bay Area?
Dan: Everywhere. Up on Telegraph, up on Haight. Macy's, JC Penny's.
Do you like Wasteland?
Dan: Yeah, that is a cool place.
Ever shop in the Dragstore?
Dennis: Drugstore?
Dan: Dragstore. No, not really. It's a little too flashy. Give me five more years and I will be dragging.
Dennis: Five more years.
What age range do you think you hit with your music?
Dennis: Probably, the same age we are, you know; mid-twenties.
Dan: Mid-twenties. All the acoholic, heroine-addicts.
Dennis: We haven't really hit people yet. People give us encouraging words though.
Dan: Some people usually stick around after we stop playing. They are really nice to us. They clap and say they liked it. Its the same four people every time.
You don't bring the audience to hate you?
Dennis: No, not yet. But, we are working on it, you know. (laughs)
Is there anything you want Humboldt County to read?
Dan: I have got a few things that I would like to get off my chest:
Take a bath!
Get some good clothes.
Don't smoke so much pot!
Don't drink all day!
And come see us play.
And there is a Melt Banana/Trailer Hitch cd for sale at the Vista for ten dollars.
Dan: (looks at Dennis) What are your final last words, tough guy?
Dennis: Oh.(looks at Dan).... Don't listen to this guy.
Dan: (Smiles) Ignore the smile.