This is an interview I did with Self Decay back in September 1998 in Poughkeepsie, NY.
SELF DECAY
TX: Introduce yourselves.
Vinnie: My name's Vinnie, I play bass.
Brandon: I'm Brandon, I'm the voice.
Alex: My name's Alex and my turn on's are hairy women and dirty bathrooms.
TX: How long have you been together.
Vinnie: Almost two years.
TX: What's been the best show you've played so far.
Vinnie: CC's...
Alex: CC's Memorial Day Fest. It was insane, there was six hundred kids packed into the club, everyone was dancing.
TX: Who else played?
Alex: One 4 One, E Town Concrete, With One Intent...
Brandon: Krutch...
Vinnie: Mushmouth, Burnside.
Alex: Strength For A Reason, a bunch of other bands.
TX: Who would you like to play with?
Alex: CroMags.
Vinnie: CRO MAGS! CRO MAGS!
(Vinnie makes sure his wish is caught on tape)
Brandon: Agnostic Front.
TX: What are your plans for the near future?
Alex: We have a CD coming out in mid October.
Vinnie: I'd like to have sex with three women.
TX: What label is the CD on?
Alex: Time Serve Records, it's Kev from Bulldoze's label. One 4 One, Bulldoze and Terra Zone are on it
Vinnie: Setback, Denied...
Alex: Setback, Denied are both on it.
TX: It's pretty new right, he was in jail?
Alex: Yeah, He's still in jail, He'll be out in about a month, month and a half and he's been doing it for about six months or a year now.
TX: So how did you hook up with them (Time Served)?
Alex: Um..One 4 One helped us hook up with them. We sent them a tape. He came to see us, he liked us. I had to go and meet Kevin in Jail and talk to him.
TX: That must have been interesting?
Alex: Yeah, he's the coolest guy. People talk a lot of shit but he's totally not what I expected.
TX: Did you meet anyone nice at prison?
Brandon: He met this guy called the pumper.
Vinnie: He offered him brown sugar, you know, who wouldn't want brown sugar? He turned him down.
TX: Did anyone offer to toss your salad?
Alex: Many times
TX: Did you guys already record your new CD?
Alex: Yeah, everything is laid down, we're just going for the mixing and mastering tomorrow.
TX: And when will that be out?
Vinnie: Mid October.
TX: Will we be able to get that through like Victory or whatever?
Alex: I'm sure you'll be able to get it through every distro you probably can imagine.
Vinnie: I believe Victory has stopped its distribution (of other labels), but Very will have it, Revelation probably will have it.
Alex: If nothing else, you can order it through us.
TX: Who's your favorite band in the scene right now?
Vinnie: I'm really liking Blood For Blood and One 4 One right now.
Brandon: One 4 One.
Vinnie: I have One 4 One in the CD player everyday. I still listen to the CroMags although they're not exactly new.
Alex: The two CD's we're really into right now are Blood For Blood and One 4 One...definitely.
TX: Do you guys go for the really heavy stuff?
Vinnie: We like old school.
Alex: We're both, we're open minded with music, Shai Halud is fuckin' awesome.
Brandon: Hardcore just like, doesn't fuckin' exist anymore.
Vinnie: We go from Shutdown to Bulldoze and everything in the middle.
Brandon: A bunch of little posers in the scene so hardcore is non existent now.
Vinnie: All those Paper gansta's (he laughs)
Brandon: You don't know to differenciate hardcore from any other kind of music so It's not hardcore anymore.
TX: So what happened with your old drummer, now you guys got Rigg, he's working out well?
Alex: Yeah our new drummer Rigg is fuckin' amazing, we're pshyched to have him in the band. Our old drummer just didn't work out, there was a lot of different issues, but we're still friends with him.
Brandon: We're just very happy Rigg's our drummer.
Vinnie: Rigg's more dedicated and more into the band.
Brandon: And Rigg's got a car.
TX: You guys got any shout outs?
Vinnie: Big shout out to Vanishing Point.
Brandon: Counteract...comin' up hard.
Alex: A shout out to Dan from One 4 One who for the record is not gay.
Vinnie: That's not true, he is gay. Bulldoze, Elevate, Neil Diamond, Johnny Cash
Brandon: The biggest shout out goes to KFC and Adam the big gay knob.
TX: Kentucky Fried Chicken?
Vinnie: Colonel Sanders, Blindside, Theory X Fanzine, and all the kids that come out.
