Total Chaos

by Su Chon

RAD What have you been up to since touring with the Offspring this summer?
Ron: We're working on a new record.
Jeff: The first one's good you know, a lot of our songs are based on anti-racist, you know, it's a big issue with us 'cause you know, people can't function, this world can't function until we get along.
RAD: Where are your girlfriends that were here at the last show?
Jeff: Last time, that was our last show, and so the girls just met us up here.
RAD: And you just hung out?
Jeff: Yeah.
RAD: How was Berkeley?
Jeff: We were supposed to have one more show after there, but our van broke down.
RAD: So it fell through?
Ron: Yeah, we didn't get to play.
Jeff: It broke down in the middle of, it's called Wells, Nevada, and so, we didn't have that much money and we needed a new alternator. So here the gas station attendant is trying to say, "Well, I'll knock money off if you get your girlfriends over here to take pictures with me." You know shit like this. He's all, "For ten dollars, y'know onell, "For ten dollars, y'know one of 'em, I'll knock ten dollars off if one of 'em comes over, twenty dollars if they both come over...
Ron: ...they flash boobs and shit...
Jeff: ...yeah, my girlfriend is kinda stacked, right? She's got hooters. He's all, "Get your girlfriend over here, and I'll knock off quite a bit for her." You've got this fucking, horny-assed gas station attendant, man.
RAD: Well, there's nothing in Nevada so what do you expect.
Jeff: Well, he wanted something.
RAD: So are you going to carry on with this anti-racist theme in your next album?
Jeff: It always will, we always will.
Ron: Always, actually our next album is good. We're doing "The End of White Supremacy" tonight.
RAD: How long have you been touring now and are the crowds receptive to your music?
Ron: We're two weeks into it. Last time you saw us, we just got off a six week tour and it was our second to last show that we played. The Bosstones crowd in Los Angeles were pretty receptive and then Portland was pretty receptive, but we ran into places where they've been less than receptive to us. We were originally playing right before the Bosstones, now we're playing before the Voodoo Glow Skulls just because the crowd seems to work with them better. Thork with them better. The VGS have actually been around longer.
RAD: Have they?
Ron: Oh yeah. Well they're friends of ours, too. It looks like they're going to be on Epitaph, too.
RAD: Are they really ska or are they more punk?
Ron: No, they're a punk band with a horn section is what I think they are. I think you'll find them really enjoyable. They're pretty crazy, they like open up with this Ozzy Osbourne thing with the horns and stops real fast and they get into this real aggressive horn-oriented punk. It's, they're unique.