Shop Talk: "A Band Is Very Much Like a Polyamorous Marriage and I Am Very Glad To Be in a Happy One"

In The Red Records' Larry Hardy: "I Had The Stooges' 'Raw Power' by Late 1975, Way Before Punk Rock" (Part One)

Answering Machines: "I Started This Band To Have Fun and Do Whatever I Wanted"

Pack Rat: "One Thing That's the Same as the Original Vision of the Band Is That I Still Have No Idea What I'm Doing"

Pop Hysteria: "I Just Wish We Had More Hours in a Day So That We Could Play Together All the Time"

Porta D'Oro: "I Always Had a Problem Sticking with Genres, Even When Playing With Other People, I Always Ended Up Pushing the Boundaries of Whatever Kind of Music We Were Making for Better or Worse!"

Love Fiend: "Our Work in the Past Has Been a Little More Random and Disjointed, so We Wanted To Do the Opposite on This Record"

Self Improvement: Danceable but a Caustic Force

Ménage Détroit: "It Came Into Fruition Very Naturally. Duos Are Also Easy Because We Can Actually Communicate and Schedule Stuff"

The Spatulas: "It's Interesting to See What Develops From Opening Myself up to So Many Different Musicians"

Nag: "'Fear' Is About the Anxiety in Reality and the Anxiety We Create in Our Minds"

Bill MacKay: "I Tend Not To Go Much From Outside Sources or Concepts as an Inspiration"