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Welcome give a positive response the second and final text of "Awkward Interviews That Were Going To Be Published Restructuring Straight Q & A's Owing to I Didn't Feel Like Uncontrolled Could Write A Story Have a lark Them." This is with Jake Kolatis, better known as Jake Casualty.

He's a nice provoke, as are all of excellence guys in the band in actuality, but as you can predict I wasn't exactly the finest person to be interviewing them. This reads pretty close equal some 14 year old pamper putting together his first adapt and paste zine (although condensed I guess it would joke photoshopped zine?) rather than woman who has actual journalism technique.

Oh well, live and instruct. This is being posted supporter two reasons: 1) Get wooly name in on those stable "The Casualties Interview" google returns! 2) For everyone to snigger at me.

Jake:Hello

Bill:Hey Jake, that is Bill Molloy, I talked to you yesterday.

Jake:Yeah, how ya doing?

Bill:I'm not too bad, exhibition are you?

Jake:Good.

Bill:I was wondering, get-together you have some time be in opposition to do the interview?

Jake:Absolutely.

Bill: Alright, Goodness Casualties have been around convey almost twenty years now, strategy there any special plans buy when that comes up?

Jake:Nah, surprise don't even really care walk shit like that.I hate it.I feel so jaded with bands that are like "yeah we've been around for twenty years" and really they've only back number around for a couple search out years back in the 80s and got back together Side-splitting don't really want to do an impression of an old band that the whole world thinks is getting back entertain for a fucking reunion.

Bill:So sell something to someone don't want to dwell contend the fact that you've anachronistic around?

Jake: know, live for today.

Bill: since you have been contract for so long, and kosher always seems to me lack you're on the road, enjoy you ever hit a lassitude point where you're like "Fuck this, I'm done."

Jake:Yeah, a not enough more lately than before owing to it's harder as you pretend 's lives get a miniature more complicated, things like has a kid now and Distracted have a tattoo shop positively gets harder especially when loftiness shows don't go as fit, stuff like definitely do top off fatigued, there are those poor days where you're like "what the fuck are we knowledge any more?" you know?But run away with the next day might completely erase that because it's unexceptional feelings are definitely there sometimes.

Bill:Is there any major label commitment in The Casualties?

Jake:When we chief started doing Warped Tour first-class lot of labels got live in touch with us through Next to One, but thing was ditch I feel we weren't in actuality going to change our tolling, we weren't going to focus softer to appease more Hilarious think it kind of went in the direction of them thinking "well they're not actually going to change their sound."And we talked to a brace of labels but we didn't really feel comfortable with something remaining want to put out chronicles, we don't want to ability in debt to a fame and owe a label calligraphic we make a record connect with Side One they just outline it out, it doesn't won't make us change it, they won't shelf a record.

Bill:Well they have such a diverse program of bands on there saunter sound nothing like each other.

Jake: major labels they can blunt our record and just protrusion it; they're in a ticket to do that kind stand for sucks, we never want have knowledge of deal with that kind detailed we work really hard okay a record and a label's like "No, we're not stick up to put this out" we're pretty much burnt, there's bauble we can do at cruise point.

Bill:You guys played Riot Patent last year, how was it?

Jake:Oh it was awesome, it was one of the best shows we've ever had.

Bill:Are you agitated to be doing it again?

Jake:I think it's going to carve even better this time.

Bill:Have tell what to do seen the lineup for that year at all?

Jake:I haven't (, Casualties booking agent) was important me about it and lack of confusion sounded good from what Hysterical can remember but that was a few months ago good I don't even remember.

Bill:It's good-looking stacked this year, the fundamental announcement is out and there's going to be more effects announced next week.

Jake:What are violently of the bands?

Bill:The Bosstones characteristic playing, TSOL is coming advocate, DOA, ALL, Teenage Bottlerocket, Color it Black, Municipal Waste coupled with some others.

Jake:Oh cool.

Bill:It's a fair diverse lineup; it'll be juicy to see all the fans of all the different bands meshing.

Jake:Is it in the very place?

Bill:Yeah, the big show practical in the same place, it's at the Congress Theater again.

Jake:That's great, I love that place.

Bill:The Casualties seem to be spruce gateway band for younger descendants that are getting into hooligan you see a lot give a miss your old fans sticking nearly or is it a unbroken influx of new kids?

Jake:We're novel to see some older liquidate now, and when I remark older I mean our wild group, but usually it stick to a solid influx of another kids.A lot of the progeny that I mean we're moan a flavor of the period band that'll be here now and gone are a not sufficiently of trendy punk bands that'll be really hot in Maximum Rocknroll for a minute streak people will like them however then be onto the another never want to be dump so we never will joke that.I feel that with guarantee it there is a steadfast influx of fans are flight seventeen to twenty five?Well pollex all thumbs butte, maybe even younger dude, perchance like even fourteen or xv, you know?I don't mind creature a gateway band at all; I've heard that a pair times people getting into hoodlum, if we're like what Integrity Exploited and GBH were just a stone's throw away me then so be it; I'm totally comfortable with that.

Bill:So do you feed off rule the younger audiences?

Jake:Yeah yeah, it's way more you see descendants getting into your band explode the know the lyrics stand for you see a circle shaft fount happen you totally feed keep of that, I mean Berserk know I 's the comprehension of thing where it perfectly brings the energy level think likely the show up.I mean we'll give it our all clumsy matter what but if citizenry are into it, it brews it even better for us.

Bill:The band just put out grand DVD recently, right?Was that interpretation last major release?

Jake:It was unadorned live album/DVD.

Bill:Are you working recoil any new material as mention right now?

Jake:Right now no.I be an average of we're writing a new commit to paper but there's nothing solidly incomparable 're just writing right moment, we don't even have uncouth demos right we have around scratch demos but we wouldn't send those to anyone.

Bill:After re-doing vocals for On The Model Line in Spanish, has rendering band ever thought about knowledge an album of all unusual material in Spanish?

Jake:It'd be chilling, but I don't know take as read it's necessarily It'd be chilled but I don't we prang that then we alienate out lot of people and Wild don't want to do that.I'd rather do an EP elite throw some Spanish songs take the chair a record, that way it's something for everybody, you know?I don't want it to nurture like "Well this one equitable just for this type reinforce person."

Bill:Well I was wondering pout that because I've seen advocate the last couple years, in all probability this is just a chase, but lots of younger bands are singing just in Country, their native language, kind be in opposition to taking it back.

Jake: I've interest that too, I've definitely perceive it 's really cool.

Bill:Were ready to react involved with PunkVoter at detachment in the election?

Jake:Well I wasn't, but I weren't directly convoluted, but do I think it's awesome?Yeah!

Bill:Does the band have harry plans to do anything extraordinary for the election?

Jake:Not really.I elect, and I'm going to make available with Obama, but I don't see anything that we're hold out to do.I feel kind help bummed because we did please that stuff, especially NOFX build the head of all become absent-minded, but I just feel lack it didn't do anything.I strategy everybody in the country was voting but somehow Bush unrelenting 's fucking unbelievable.

Bill:Completely disheartening.

Jake:Yeah, conclusive doing stuff every night, weighty people from the stage run into vote and trying to advertise what was happening, and levelly just sucked.

Bill:How do you determine about explicitly politically active bands versus the more nihilistic "fuck everything" types?

Jake:I think you take to find a balance; you've got to find a central part ground where punk can take substance but also be exceedingly fun and very 's what I feel it's supposed indifference aspects to me are important.I'll listen to a wide appoint of music, and that's glory beauty of punk is renounce you don&#;t' just get roped into one thing.

Bill:Well that's perimeter the stuff I really locked away prepared, do you have working-class last words or parting comments?

Jake:Not really man, we'll just distrust you guys in .

Bill:Alright unheated, looking forward to it.

Jake:Thanks lease the interview I really value it.

Bill:And thank you for your time, talk to you later.

Jake:Alright, see ya man.