YOUR QUESTION:

03/15/2021 Sam Chambers

While you were (thankfully) never a ska band, do you ever regret even flirting with that shit? I can't listen to the self-titled for that influence, preferring intelligent music like Disco Volante and California, or REAL music like your metal stuff.

MY ANSWER:

Hell no I don’t regret it. Bands like Fishbone, Oingo Boing, The Specials, Bad Manners— we were digging all that stuff. And I still appreciate a good Madness video from time to time. I respect your opinion but ska is just another way of arranging chords and melodies, like everything else.