This interview was done with Buddy (Trombone) from Less Than Jake in May 2003, just after ‘Anthem’ had been released, and when they played the Kentish Town Forum.
RN: So how come it took so long to finish this record?
Buddy: I think it’s basically because we took a lot longer to write it, and whatever. When […]

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This interview was conducted in May 2003 when Captain Everything played the Verge in support of the Hanson Bros. Lewis, Jon and Rich were all present. The interview appeared in Rancid News #2.
RN: OK first question are you happy with the new record then?
R: Yeah really, really happy!
J: Yeah it’s great except we went into […]

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This interview was done at the Verge in May 2003 when Atom was touring with his record ‘Blah, blah…’. It was in Rancid News #2.
RN: So do you enjoy touring or do you get lonely being on your own?
ATOM: Well no … well on this tour I’m touring for four out of the six weeks […]

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This interview was done with Shadow Falls’ singer, Brian, when they played the Mean Fiddler in Spring 2003. It appeared in Rancid News #2.
RN: So generic question first - how’s the tour been going so far?
Brian: Yeah the tour’s been going great. The shows have been good. And besides been stuck in a tour bus […]

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This interview with the undead was conducted in the bowels of the Mean Fiddler sometime in April 2003. At the time of the interview Send More Paramedics was not a fully fledged band with three (?) of the members still playing in ‘And None of Them Knew they were Robots’. It appeared in Rancid News […]

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An interview with JS Clayden from Pitchshifter on their “final” tour, at the Cambridge Junction. Appeared in Rancid News #2.
JS: [looking at dictaphone] Professional pocket memo…
RN: Yeah it isn’t too professional though! Ok .. So what do you hope you’ve achieved as a band?
JS: Everyone always asks you that! I don’t think you have… When […]

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