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Bad Religion Interview
from We Got Power #04, Fall, 1982

Allison "Mouse" and Kim "Ru" interviewed Bad Religion at the New Florentine Gardens June 18. Special thanks to Shawn Stern for the backstage passes.

Ru: So, we're all dying to know: are you going to go on tour?

Pete (drummer) Never!

Roadie: We would go to New York but we're too new wave.

Mouse: So how is the new album doing?

Jay: (bass player) Shitty!

Pete: Jay, shut up. The record's doing pretty good.

Mouse: Where's Brett? (guitarist)

Greg: (singer) Brett's not here.

Mouse: No kidding?

Roadie: Here's a relevant question. Greg, what was that in the LA Weekly about you and Greg Hetson doing a hardcore punk album together?

Greg: It's not punk, it's pop.

Jay: It's fuckin' Irish Spring.

Mouse: What did you think of doing New Wave Theater?

Jay: It sucked. They cut our interview.

Pete: Jay, shut up! It was pretty good.

Mouse: Did you get paid for doing it?

Pete: No way!

Greg: Yeah, we got about $1000.

Pete: Greg, shut up! Next question.

Ru: Do you have any plans for the future that are worth talking about?

Greg: We're doing another album.

Mouse: Where did you get the money for this new album?

Jay: Do you know how rich we are now?? I'm buying a new bass!

Ru: Are you aiming for commercial success?

Jay: NO!

Greg: Yes.

Jay: No. If it gets commercial I'll quit.

Greg: Godo. We're in it for the Cause.

Pete: Yeah, the Cause!

Mouse: Jay, isn't it a conflict with you being in both Bad Religion and Wasted Youth?

Pete: No longer! He quit Wasted Youth.

Jay: It just wasn't working out. So we (Wasted Youth) decided that maybe Bad Religion needed a bass player, so I was back in.

Mouse: When yolu were playing with both bands did it ever conflict?

Jay: Yeah, once Wasted Youth had to go to Phoenix and Bad Religion went to Frisco.

Greg: So we got Greg Hetson to play bass.

Mouse: Did you get into any hassles when you played the Country Club?

Pete: None at all.

Jay: When Wasted Youth played we got through four songs before they kicked us off.

Ru: What other bands do you like?

Jay: The Who!

Greg: Who?

Pete: You guys, shut up! Early Van Halen, Motorhead, and the Blades. They're great!

Mouse: Are you making any money tonight?

Pete: No, we're in it for the Cause!

Mouse: What is the Cause?

Greg: Pudding!

Jay: Jello Brand Pudding!

(talk goes on about pudding -- the Cause being Bill Cosby)

Ru: Do you really think you're the best band in LA?

Pete: Do we think?? We know!!

Greg: We're the best band in the world!

Jay: Who said we're the best band in LA?

Ru: You did, onstage at the Music Machine.

Greg: Roger said it.

Mouse: Do you have a lot of followers?

Roadie: Yeah, they're into the Cause.

Greg: Come on, not again!

Ru: Do bouncers ever hassle you when you play?

Greg: Yeah!

Pete: Not me!

Greg: Fuck you.

Pete: Greg, shut up. Bouncers are cool guys.