<\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n[Everyone makes pained noises while sitting down]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Can I start the interview by asking you a question?<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Yeah, absolutely.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>What does C.C. stand for?<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Carmen Celia.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Ok, because I have decided if I ever have a child I\u2019m going to name them C.C. and it\u2019s going to be short for Cheesecake.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Oh that\u2019s great\u2026 Maybe I\u2019ll change my name to Cheesecake \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>No! This is like the Seinfeld where George tells the couple that Seven is a good baby name and then they take it. You can\u2019t have Cheesecake, it\u2019s going to be for my child. [All laugh]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>All right, should we start with name, pronouns, and instrument?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> That\u2019s a great way to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>Hogan, he\/him, singer<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Sasha, she, drums. Sasha, she drums!<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>She does<\/em> drum! Mike, he\/him, I play guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIvy:<\/strong> Ivy, she, for this tour I play bass.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Was Cher Strauberry ever in this band or was I just totally wrong about that?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Yeah! She was unable to come on this tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Totally fair, I get it. Are you guys all from New York then?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Actually I don\u2019t think any of us are from New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>The band is from New York. We all met in New York and all started playing music in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>I think we\u2019ve all lived in New York for varying amounts of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>When you guys started the band did you have any ideas of what you wanted it to sound or be like?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>No, actually. Sasha and I have been friends for a while and real early in the pandemic we were checking in with each other, being like \u201cWhat\u2019s up, how are you? Let\u2019s play music together!\u201d Sasha and I started jamming, and then I actually met Cher because I am a mover and I moved Cher from one apartment to right around the corner from my apartment and we started hanging out. Me and Sasha started jamming with Cher. Then when it came time to find a singer we were like, \u201cOh, who should sing?\u201d Sasha was like, \u201cWhat about that kid at shows who\u2019s a really elegant mosher?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Hogan has always had a really impeccable dance style. Just kind of like exuded a positive energy. I will amend your answer, because I think the one thing that I wanted to do was like\u2026 this is going to be a hardcore band but I wanted it to be very music-centric. Less concerned with aesthetics and more just being really hard, fast, and fun but not while compromising on any of the other things. So not saying \u201cOh, we\u2019re doing a this<\/em> kind of band, oh we\u2019re doing a d-beat band\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong> A lot of it came from jamming?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Yeah, and then Hogan ended up being the most perfect pick because he\u2019s a wonderful person and he does the\u2026 what did you call it?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Big monster, little monster.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>The perfect extreme noise big monster, little monster style vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>I feel like I don\u2019t even need to ask what that is.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Yeah, you know.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>You know how they say inside you are two wolves? Inside Hogan there are two monsters of varying sizes. <\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>It\u2019s like one of the Russian dolls where you take it apart. So do you write the lyrics, Hogan?<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>Yeah.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>It seems like with the song \u201c80HD\u201d the band name is more than just a band name.<\/p>\n\n\n\nI WONT TAKE YOUR MEDICINE<\/p>
STIFLED ENTIRE GENERATIONS<\/p>
PROMISE I WONT GO A KILLING SPREE<\/p>
OFF ON A TANGENT BUT IM ME<\/p>
EIGHTY HD<\/p>Lyrics to “80HD”<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>Yeah, I mean, it\u2019s just really silly. That one\u2019s really funny, I didn\u2019t write that one until the day we were recording. And it was just like, \u201cI can\u2019t focus on anything.\u201d I also definitely have ADHD and I\u2019m unmedicated and I\u2019m really stubborn about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>All of us do<\/em> have ADHD.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>We were talking about band names and we were throwing around a bunch and somebody said the band name we have. It was kind of like, \u201cOh yeah maybe, that\u2019s whatever.\u201d But I was like, \u201cThat\u2019s a sick band name. I really like it.\u201d And then it also happened that we all definitely have ADHD. I was formally diagnosed for sure when I was younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Yup, me too.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Hogan, your lyrics on that\u2026 You maybe didn\u2019t intend to but you spoke for the whole group.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan:<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>Yeah\u2026 that\u2019s why it took until the last day.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>That\u2019s kind of a perfect story for that song. So how has tour been so far? You\u2019re like a third of the way in, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>What is it, day five?<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Do you have a favorite moment so far?<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>Just kids dancing has been the best. Kids dancing on the bridge in Cleveland, kids sneaking into the Chicago bar to mosh. That shit rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Seeing a lot of friends. This is Hogan\u2019s first tour but me and Sasha and Ivy have all been in touring bands for a long time and with the pandemic and everything we took a big break from seeing friends all across the country. So for me it\u2019s been really nice to see a lot of old homies and especially\u2026 we got to play with that Spanish band Algara.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Yeah, I saw them when they came through here\u2026 soooo good and lovely people too.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Killer. Lovely people, and they\u2019re old friends so that was really nice. Another highlight is that we\u2019ve stayed at a lot of houses with animals which is sick.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Dude, I think we\u2019ve stayed with animals every single night.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>That\u2019s a way to plan a tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Lots of good dogs, lots of good cats.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>The whole thing has been very positive because this is also the band\u2019s first tour. We had done a little traveling together but it just so happened out\u2026 I mean, it\u2019s amazing touring with Ivy, she\u2019s great. And the rest of the homies we have with us are absolutely wonderful. Doing a tour right out of Covid I was kind of like, \u201cOh, I wonder how this is going to go\u2026 I wonder if I\u2019m still going to like touring.\u201d And now I\u2019m like, \u201cIt\u2019s the best thing ever.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>You guys have something on Bandcamp called LP Promo<\/em>, does that mean there\u2019s an LP coming?<\/p>\n\n\n\nAll: <\/strong>Yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>What was the process for that like?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>We recorded it\u2026 a couple months ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Yeah! It\u2019s been chill. I have a recording studio which makes everything easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Sasha is the owner and operator of Artifact Audio in Brooklyn which is like a staple of the New York punk scene. She\u2019s recorded a fucking ton of amazing punk bands and other bands, all sorts of bands. So it\u2019s really nice. We were literally playing songs and then Sasha would hop up and press stop. It was cool being able to do that ourselves and take our time with it. The way that fucking all the vinyl pressing plants are right now, it\u2019s just slow as shit. So, I don\u2019t know\u2026 we were told like six-ish months?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> Yeah, which is pretty fast for right now. So hopefully it\u2019ll be out in like six, seven, eight months maybe?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Knock on wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>I can\u2019t wait to hear it. Something to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Hell yeah, thanks! And 90% of what we played tonight is LP stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>We\u2019re playing pretty much all new stuff with the exception of like two songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Yeah, there was a lot of stuff I didn\u2019t recognize but I liked it. What other sort of creative projects are you guys involved in?<\/p>\n\n\n\nIvy: <\/strong>I sing for a band called True Body. It\u2019s like\u2026 I don\u2019t know, I hate using genre descriptors but people just say it\u2019s post-punk.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Very good band.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>I\u2019m doing drums in another band but we haven\u2019t decided on a name yet. We\u2019ll have our first show in like a month in New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>I have a few other bands. Church Clothes, Firewalker, Persona, solo stuff\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan:<\/strong> What\u2019s it called, is it Pretty?<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Yeah, Pretty is the name of the band.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>It\u2019s hard to find on Bandcamp! <\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> I know. Last Death is the name of the solo stuff. And then I make a lot of music by myself, I make a lot of, like, metal\u2026 or kind of like a grindcore band right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>I also play guitar in a band called Vaxine.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Oh, I saw you guys when you came to Philly! Wait, who was the headliner for that show?<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike:<\/strong> Oh hell yeah, awesome! It was Chaotic Dischord.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>That was a fun show! That was my last show at home\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Awesome\u2026 I also play bass in a band called Scalple.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>Oh yeah, I saw you guys at Something To Talk About.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> Good ass band.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.:<\/strong> I thought you looked familiar, now it makes sense. <\/p>\n\n\n\nMike:<\/strong> I was in a band called Children With Dog Feet that just broke up that was kind of like Rudimentary Peni style. And then right now\u2026 I started jamming with another friend because I miss playing bass because Scalple is on hiatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>Oh yeah, I totally forgot I have this sort of a country project.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> Oh yeah! Nelson Hogan is the country name\u2026 Incredible, sad fucking country.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>That\u2019s great. The show I do\u2026 there\u2019s not really<\/em> a theme behind it but it\u2019s called Ear-Bleeding Barndance. I try to play like punk shit and country shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Oh my God!<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>That\u2019s fucking perfect!<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>That\u2019s it!<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Hogan is your guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>I have a tape on Bandcamp\u2026 it\u2019s called Under The Table<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nC.C.: <\/strong>I will check that out, it sounds right up my alley. I guess the last thing is, do you guys have any advice for people starting bands, going on tour, trying to get into DIY for the first time?<\/p>\n\n\n\nIvy:<\/strong> Just do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHogan: <\/strong>It seems like anybody can do it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\nIvy: <\/strong>And anybody can.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>Be creative. Look around and see what resources you have and really fully apply yourself and be willing to learn to use what you have which I think is a thing that \u2013 not to be an old woman about it \u2013 is sort of getting lost. I see less self-reliance. You have something, it breaks, you figure out how to fix it. You have a tool, you learn how to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\nhead vs. brick<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nC.C.:<\/strong> It\u2019s weird because it\u2019s easier now than ever. If something breaks you can fucking YouTube it, but also people see so many people that are so good at shit online that I feel like people get\u2026 I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m like, \u201cNo dude, if you like it just like start a band or do something<\/em>!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha:<\/strong> Yeah, yeah! You can record yourself, you can do whatever. And the other thing is if you feel like you\u2019re lacking, don\u2019t be afraid to team up with other people. Don\u2019t be afraid to collaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>For me, I grew up around a lot of really crazy musicians and it was really discouraging, you know? Because I had this fear that I would never pick up a guitar and play it. And then it was like, at a certain point, I was just like, \u201cFuck it. I\u2019m going to fucking do it.\u201d I started playing music with friends and the best way to get better at something is just to play with people. It\u2019s fucking scary and everybody is self-concious about their musical abilities but just fucking do it, you\u2019re never going to know. Also, some of the greatest punk bands of all time suck\u2026 when The Stooges started they didn\u2019t know how to play their instruments. So fucking think about that, man.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSasha: <\/strong>But also don\u2019t be afraid to strive to be really sick too. Definitely learn, take your time, know that you need to grow\u2026 You can push to bust through mediocrity and be really sick. Anybody can be insanely good at something, it just takes a lot of hard work. Practice. Whatever. Work hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\nMike: <\/strong>Don\u2019t doubt yourself. Always keep pushing. 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