Interview with Stickup Kid!

-Who's Stickup Kid?

SK: We are a Pop Punk/Hardcore band. Tony sings, Bo plays guitar, Jonathan plays bass, and Cameron drums. We are from San Jose, CA...It's in the Bay Area

-Listening to your stuff you guys remind me of Lifetime, Kid Dynamite, Saves the Day and shit like that. Who are your biggest influences?

SK: Well shit, those are some of our main influences haha. Other bands we love are Latterman, Agent, A Wilhelm Scream, Title Fight, The Wonder Years, Crime In Stereo, Shook Ones, and many others. Basically any music that has some fucking heart to it

-I know you guys haven't been a band for very long. What has been your favorite/most memorable show with Stickup Kid?

SK: One of my favorite memories was when we went down south to play a couple house shows. We had one on New Years Eve, that was a lot of fun. It was mostly all ska bands, but god damn those guys rage hard haha. And the other one was mostly hardcore/punk bands. Great show, I know we all got kicked and punched a few times. I guess we call those scars and bruises great memories. That was a great weekend. Great music, great people, and some great new friends.

-What are some Stickup Kid inside jokes?

SK: Well I always fake punch people, I never actually hit them, I just get really close...Although there have been a few rare occasions where I accidentally hit Cam, Tony, and Jonathan in the mouth haha. Tony is known for being the cockiest son of a bitch ever. We blame it on his hat. Whoever wears it becomes an arrogant asshole. Jonathan always jokes about being so fucking edge. Which is true, we offered him a sip of beer for 100 bucks, and he turned it down haha. And Cameron, jesus that kid and his self asphyxiation haha, if theres a plastic bag in his sight, he'll walk over to it, and just put it on his head haha don't ask why, he wont even tell us haha

-Hahaha, What will the fans be getting the next couple months from you? I heard something about merch! ;]

SK: Finally some merch! You heard right, we got shirts, probably sell them for somewhere around 10 bucks, we're pretty excited about that. and finally our EP recording is coming to an end. It's gonna be 5 songs, With three new songs and new recordings of our demo songs. We just have to go in and mix basically and then we'll package them and what not. We were thinking if you buy a shirt, you'll get the EP for free. And if you want it just by itself, it'll be 3 bucks. And we plan on getting some stickers as well. But we're excited to finally start our band fund haha

-What do you guys love to eat?!

SK: TACO BELL. That's a unanimous decision for us. haha

-What has been the coolest/funniest moment with the band?

SK:After we played our set in Inglewood around New Years, this dude Zack was literally STEAMING. That dude rages so hard hahah. It probably happens to a lot of people, but it was all of our first time seeing a human being's head steam. Another funny moment was the Stickup Kid wrestling match, shit was epic. We hope to have a 4 man ladder match someday. I would say that whole weekend was filled with some of the most laughter I've seen/been part of. But really the coolest part of being in this band is meeting so many cool people. Every show we've played is filled with new bands, and new people to just talk and hangout with. That experience is better than almost anything.

-This is probably a hard one to answer but what SUCKS the most about being in a band? AANNNDD What is the coolest about being one? What have you learned in the little time you have been Stickup Kid?

SK: The hardest part of being in a band is our age range. Cameron is 15, Tony is 18, I'm 19, and Jonathan is 21. It makes it a little more difficult to go on weekend trips/small tours since half of us are still in High School. But so far it's worked out pretty well. The best part of being in this band is that we're all great friends who have the same goal: Play fucking music while having some fucking fun. The day the fun stops is the day that we stop. We just want to play as many places as we can, and meet as many new friends as we can. So far in the short 4 months we've been together, I've learned that we are like a family, arguments come and go, and shit can be tough sometimes, but the love we have for music and each other always stays.

-Yeah I get you... Well thanks a lot for the interview! Any last words?

SK: Thanks a lot buddy. Check out our friends: Latch Key, Paper Tigers, Point of View, The Story So Far, Second To Last, Shadows, Forever Temporary. Great dudes, great music. Support music with a beating heart, its all they got.

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