Shock Treatment: Let's start off with a roll call! Who’s all in Criminal Kids and what does everyone do? RYAN - I’m Ryan. I bitch, I moan, I light up every room I’ve ever walked into and I just so happen to play guitar and sing in this band. I probably couldn’t do a backflip so don’t ask me to. CHRIS - My name is Chris, I play bass in Criminal Kids. I also like to watch Ryan light up those rooms he enters. Sometimes I participate in society. BOB -I’m Bob. I play the other guitar that Ryan doesn’t play. I also, don’t think Ryan could do a backflip. Criminal Kids by Criminal Kids Shock Treatment: The band is currently based in Chicago yeah? Is there a good rock ‘n’ roll scene out there? What are some other Chicago bands you guys like playing with? RYAN - Yes! The city that gave you Lincoln logs, Chess Records and the first self sustaining nuclear reaction. That depends how on the nose you want to be with the definition of Rock N Roll. In the literal sense? Not at all. Not personally...

Photo of Grant by Rockaway Photography Interview conducted with DSA vocalist Grant Peligroso  Shock Treatment: Let's start off with a roll call! Who’s all currently in D.S.A. and what does everyone do in the band? Grant: If you come and see us play you are likely to see me (Grant) on vocals with Chas on Guitar, Marty on bass and Harry on drums. We sometimes have other members come back and stand in, so you could also see Mike or Jack on drums and Wonder Boy on bass. Side Effects by DSA Shock Treatment: What’s the band’s origin story? How did you all meet and decide to play music together? Grant: Originally we met through skateboarding and music was our creative outlet during the winter months and/or when the weather was bad. Photo of Harry by Rockaway Photography Shock Treatment: On your Bandcamp page, you describe yourselves as skate punk. What do you think is the bond between punk rock and skateboarding that has been pretty much unbreakable for decades? Grant: We describe ourse...

What do you do when the shadows are out to get you? When the very walls come alive and attempt to subdue you physically, mentally, and spiritually. When the floor begins to open up and attempts to swallow you whole like an enormous beast with an unquenchable appetite. Nowhere to run, no one to call out to for help. These lifeless lands that were once kissed by innocence and sunshine; now, all that still resides draws strength and stimulus from something else. Something far more malignant. This is where Credit Card has established its habitation. This is where this record was birthed, for better or worse. Devil's Night / Dead Internet by CREDIT CARD Detroit's Credit Card has so much going for it on so many levels. On one hand, you can compare its sound to gloomy industrial bands like Front 242, with some hints of Honey's Dead -era Jesus and Mary Chain and a dash of Depeche Mode thrown in for melancholy that comes around every now and again. But there are deeper caverns in th...

Photo by Stefan Scott Shock Treatment: Let’s start out by telling me who is currently in Gossip Collar and what does everyone do in the band? Victoria: vocals, guitar Tom: guitar Mark: bass Caleb: drums (our original drummer was Megan) Shock Treatment: How does the songwriting process work for your band? How is a Gossip Collar song usually born? Does it start with a lyric, a hook, a mood? Victoria: There are different approaches, and that keeps it interesting. we all contribute. usually the music comes first and then I figure out how to sing over it but it has happened the other way around where I have some lyrics in my head and then we put the chords beneath. I kinda believe the songs exist in a parallel universe and it’s our job to tap into them. Some core principles- keep it simple, keep it dark, make sure it’s music we want to dance to. For lyrics I take a lot of inspiration from the past - like old texts and myths like roman poets and shit like that. spinning silk for parasites b...