Propagandhi

Matt and I drove all the way to Kentucky to see Propagandhi, and it was well worth it. This interview, which has been cut short due to my voice recorder being lost, still covers some pretty decent information, most importantly, details on their songwriting process.

PL: State something interesting about yourself.
TK: Interesting? I have two permanent injuries from thrashing too hard.

PL: How has having a second guitarist changed the dynamics of the band?
TK: I think its made it easier for Chris to play live, because Beav is taking over and Chris can relax and have more fun with less worry. There's a spectrum of sound and it helps when someone's guitar cuts out. It adds another person to write songs with and it adds another person to add songs to the mix. All around, its good. Beav's a nice, quiet guy. On this tour, he's been my room buddy.
PL: He's only been in the band for a few months, right?
TK: Actually, its been a year now. But, I guess for the general public, its only been a few months. I think maybe November or something.

PL: How has your song writing process or new songs coming?
TK: Pretty good. I've got four tunes going, and Beav's got some. Chris has six or seven more. We haven't crossed each other's songs too much. I've practiced mine with Jord and Beav separately. There still aren't any lyrics. I've got some ideas, but nothings on there yet. I've heard pieces of Chris'. We're just getting them together a little bit with one person and then adding all together.
PL: Is there any sort of time table with recording, or are you just taking it as it comes?
TK: We're hoping for next Spring, so it'll be a little faster than before. We're gonna get home and start working on it.
PL: What style are those songs along the lines of?
TK: I think we try to always keep doing something different. We always look at what we didn't like about the last record and head in a different direction from that. We try to keep the elements we liked about the old stuff and then go in a different direction. And, to try and not solve musical problems the same all the time.

PL: Has the current state of the world impacted your songs musically?
TK: Its hard to say because these things were always going on for us, even when Propagandhi started. I was actually thinking about that just sitting in the van. People talk Democrats now and that the Iraq War is not good. Now they say that, but this has been going on since I was in high school in 1989. And now, its 20 and fucking 07. Thats almost 20 years. I was scared and mad about that when I was a kid. I don' feel more angry, but I feel...maybe its more focused.

Interviewed by: RF
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