JUNKYARD - "I Suppose In A Sense We Are Back... As Long As It's Weekend Gigs!"
October 7, 2008, 16 years ago
JUNKYARD is featured in a new interview with Sleazeroxx.com. An excerpt from the discussion can be viewed below.
Sleaze Roxx: This year you guys released an album, a live DVD, launched a new website, played Hollywood and toured Spain. Is Junkyard back?
Pat Muzingo (drums): "I suppose in a sense we are back...as long as it's weekend gigs! Put it this way...you won't see a full blown USA Tour. Its just not gonna happen. We all have great careers in the entertainment and web business."
Todd Muscat (guitars): "Our careers and families are priority #1. We toured all over the place 'back in the day' and really don't see going out on the road (in the USA) as something that would further the band's popularity."
Pat Muzingo: "All of us were at this game way before Junkyard started. Chris Gates and Brian Baker have been at it since 1980 beginning with MINOR THREAT and THE BIG BOYS and Todd Muscat and I have been doing this since '83 starting with DECRY. I guess people don't realize that all our bands prior to Junkyard were quite popular and influential in the punk scene. If you ever get a chance rent the critically acclaimed documentary American Hardcore. You will be surprised just how big some of our old bands used to be. Anyhow with Junkyard, we are what we are. If ya like us and we are playing...fly out and see us. Every time we play a gig people fly out to see it. We know that some people can't scratch up the money to fly out but that's what YouTube is for. Sure, we can never rule out a small mini tour, like eight days, but it has to be in places where we want to vacation...like what we did this year in Spain. I have been over there many times with my old band SPEEDBUGGY and I really wanted the guys in Junkyard to experience what I had experienced. Plus I knew that we would be treated way better then Speedbuggy. Buggy is/was a fun band but nowhere near as popular as Junkyard. Junkyard (for the 5/6 of us) is a fun way for us to hang with each other and get out of the house every once in a while. We are not looking to revive our career and live off the band again. I guess that's why it's so fun when we get together and play....no drama. For the fans that come out it's definitely not a stale performance."
Go to this location for the complete interview.