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GRINDERMAN’S JIM SCLAVUNOS: PUT UP WITH CRAZY PEOPLE

November 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Grinderman is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in a new and naked form, and you can see a great deal of that nakedness in their very potent new video ‘Heathen Child.’ We conducted two separate interviews with two of the Grinders. Here drummer Jim Sclavunos speaks about his plan to buy a tank and become the last musician in the U.S.A. This interview by Chris Ziegler

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TEENAGE JESUS AND THE JERKS: NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY DISGUST ME

October 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Teenage Jesus and the Jerks were arguably one of the most feralized bands on the No New York compilation and Lydia Lunch would only penetrate deeper and deeper from there. A one-shot reunion show in New York last year has become a mini-tour that will visit L.A., but after that, says Lunch, it’s done and buried. Brutalization follows. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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