The Last True Punk Band To Get

Punk Rock Will Never Die, Until Something More Dangerous Replaces It.

I Think One Of The Most Important Things Punk Brought Back Was The Whole Concept Of Staying Independent And Doing Things Yourself. It Made Music A Lot Less Boring In Any Category You Can Name.

Looking Back, I Didn't Realize Until Years Later What A Huge Influence Red Skelton Was In My Stage Demeanor With The Band. I Mean, I Always Liked Things That Were Funny, And Later I Realized That Having A Sly Sense Of Humor Was A Way To Get Attention And Even Respect In School.

I Don't Think It's Too Hippie To Want To Clean Up The Planet So You Don't Wind Up Dying Of Some Kind Of Cancer When You're 45 Years Old. It Enrages Me That These Big Cancer-research Organizations Can't Be Bothered To Man The Front Lines Of Environmental Protest.

One Of The Best Things That's Come Out Of The Seattle Protests Is The Birth Of The Independent Media Center. It's Not As Though The Independent Media Movement Wasn't Already There, But It's Given It Another Jump-start. There's The Feeling That Not Only Should We Report On Our Underground Culture And Our Own Situation, But Now We Have To Start Telling People What's Really Going On At A Time When Everything From Cnn To Usa Today Is As Tightly Controlled As Tass Or Pravda.