The American Underground Punk Scene, Though, Is

Truth Is, Right Now Two Bombs Could Drop Out Of The Sky And Blow Up This House And Whatever Building You're In And Just Obliterate Dischord And Pitchfork. And There'll Be Some People Crying, There'll Be Some Slow Singing, But For 99% Of The World, It Won't Even Affect The Fly On Their Soup. Most Of The World Never Have, Or Ever Will Hear Of Me, Fugazi, Or Pitchfork. Right Now, Someone Just Got Killed In Ukraine. Do You Feel Any Different?

I Just Have Work To Do; I Just Do It.

It Doesn't Hurt Me On A Personal Level, But It Hurts Me On A Larger Level Of Like, Why Are People So Stupid? Why Do We Have To Go Through These Unnecessary Exercises. Fight Crime, Don't Fight Me. If You Really Want To Make A Difference Don't Fight Me Or Fugazi.

I'm Not Talking About What Came Later [after The American Underground Punk Scene], Indie Music, Or Whatever You Want To Call It, But The Music That Came Before That - That's An Important Story. So Many Interviews With Musicians Get The Time Or Context Wrong. You Have These Older Bands, Usually Men, Who Tell Stories About "oh, We Got Into This Huge Fight, This Guy Punched That Guy," That's The Wrong Sort Of Story. My View Of The Time Is Truly Pioneering.

You Can Hear A Real Shift. You Listen To The Late 80s Recordings, You'll Hear Us Engaging With The Audience, Dealing With The Issues Surrounding Punk Shows At The Time. Back Then, People Thought You Had To Be A Skinhead And Beat The Crap Out Of Everybody When You Went To A Punk Show. Come The Early 90s, When You Had This So-called Grunge Stuff And When Videos Became So Dominant, You Had This Totally Huge Shift In The Culture Of Shows.