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By: Ginger Coyote
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Punk
Globe: How did you come up with "My Son the Bum"
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Brian Kroll:
While searching for music to take out of the library, I
did a search under
Rhino Records and stumbled on a collection called Allan Sherman - My
Son, The Box
It had album titles such as "My Son, The Nut" and "My Son, The Folk
Singer," so I took
it out...lol While listening to one of the albums, I asked myself
what I would name an album
if I did an electric Allan Sherman album...I started laughing and said
out loud,
"I know... My Son The Bum".... |
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Punk
Globe: Tell us who is in the band and who plays what?
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Brian Kroll: I
play most of the guitars. Ronnie Dee does all the
vocals and an occasional sax/keyboard part. John O'Reilly plays drums
and Bob Stander plays bass and
additional guitars. |
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Punk
Globe: Tell us where the band is centered
and how long you have been together? |
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Brian
Kroll: Long Island is where we put it all together. The
name My Son the Bum
came about in 2006 although we'd been working together before that.
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Punk Globe: Are
the members of the band all original members or have
you changed personnel?
Brian
Kroll: All original members so far.
Punk
Globe: I really enjoy the music it has a lot of good pop
hooks,
Who writes the material?
Brian
Kroll: I write the material.
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Punk
Globe: Who does the band count as influences?
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Brian
Kroll: The Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Offspring, Led
Zeppelin,
Alice In Chains,
T-Rex, Frank Zappa - the list is too long to print here...lol.
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Punk Globe: How
many recordings have you released and are they on a label?
Brian Kroll: Two
albums 'Beyond Therapy' and
'Are We There Yet?' are both on Wig City Records. Punk
Globe: Has the band toured?
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Brian
Kroll: Not yet. We've been trying to record as many albums
as we can at the moment. |
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Punk Globe: Can
you give the readers your Website address and My
Space address ?
Brian
Kroll: Our website is
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Punk
Globe: Do you have a Facebook page or any other special
sites
that you would like the readers to know about?
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Brian
Kroll: Yes, FREE ALBUM/SONG DOWNLOADS limited time
are available at
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Punk
Globe: Any touring or recording updates for the future?
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Brian
Kroll: We just finished mastering our new album on June
17th in N.Y.C.
and it will be out by the beginning of September.
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Punk Globe: Now a
real serious question!! If you could be one of the
girls on "The Facts Of Life"
for a day who would you be? Brian
Kroll: I'd be Blair Warner because I've been the male
counterpart of all the
others
at different times already...lol. |
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Punk
Globe: Any last words for our readers?
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Brian
Kroll: Yes, we invite you all to come to
our albums/songs for free and Pass Them On :<)) |
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Punk
Globe: Thanks so much for the interview. You guys Rawk!!
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