interview Archive
21 Dec 2012
The 2012 Marshall Crenshaw Interview, Part One
Marshall Crenshaw has enjoyed – sometimes endured – a long and varied career. And while said career has been consistently lauded by critics, commercial success has sometimes proven more elusive. […]
07 Dec 2012
The Record Collector Interview (of me!)
Tables have turned: today I humbly present an interview that appears in the current issue (December 2012) of Record Collector (UK). It’s a Q&A hosted by celebrated (as in, way […]
30 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Five
Bill Kopp: How did you come to have Elliot Mazer co-produce? Did you pick him or did Capitol say, “Here’s the guy.” And how do you think his presence affected […]
29 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Four
Bill Kopp: There was no Dūrocs II. Was your deal with Capitol a one-off or were you dropped? Ron Nagle: I don’t even remember how we were informed. I think […]
28 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Three
Bill Kopp: So you guys were originally signed by A&M, but – as I understand it – that was around the time that A&M figured out it didn’t know what […]
27 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part Two
Scott Mathews: [The music on Dūrocs] does run the gamut. You’ve got songs like “No Fool No Fun,” and other songs we wrote from the deepest of our hearts, in […]
26 Nov 2012
Interview: Dūrocs’ Scott Mathews and Ron Nagle, Part One
File Dūrocs under Records You Probably Never Heard. Released in 1979 to critical plaudits but commercial indifference, the sole album from the “group” of the same name quickly went the […]
25 Oct 2012
A Really Big Shoes Interview, Part 4
Continued from Part Three… Bill Kopp: So Ignition is the first new Shoes album in 17 years. It’s an obvious question, but why so long? John Murphy (bass/vocals): It sounds […]
24 Oct 2012
A Really Big Shoes Interview, Part 3
Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: I think Shoes fans – especially ones outside the Midwest – think of you more as a studio band. Why don’t you play out […]
22 Oct 2012
A Really Big Shoes Interview, Part 1
Shoes are that curious breed: a powerpop band that’s consistently lauded critically, but that makes only occasional modest commercial inroads. They’ve been plying their trade – catchy, muscular, hook-filled rock […]