Artrodese Interview
August 7, 2026
I had to look it up, but Artrodese means a fusion between joints. why was this name perfect for your project? Hey Paul! Thanks for taking the time to do an interview with Artrodese.Really appreciate it! The name Artrodese refers to a fused artificial joint. I have a couple of those in my body because of Rheumatoid Arthritis. I thought it would be a fitting name for the things I do with this project. Coming from a fast thrash background (as far as I know — sorry if not!), why move to a totally different way of expressing yourself through music? Yes! I’ve been making fast music since the early nineties. Most people know me from bands like Jesus Cröst and Sick of Stupidity. Because of the Rheumatoid Arthritis, I wasn’t able to play fast music anymore, so I decided to do something different.Rotterdam, my hometown, is famous for its...
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Snot Wheels Interview
August 6, 2026
Mark from Heroin Skateboards always has the best designs and graphics and they always seem to fit together so well. Everything is in it’s place. The originator of the egg shaped board now presents a new wheel company: Snot wheels. Armed with a amazing team of curb destroyers: Dead Dave, Jake Snelling, Vinny Delfio and more – Snot wheels are quickly moving to the top of the food chain. Remember don’t eat the snot, skate it. Interview done in 2023. I heard you on The Nine Club – great episode! So, I know how you came up with the Heroin skateboards name – but, how did Snot come about? You always have such amazing designs and brand identity. How do you get the colors, the fonts? Do you think of a name first?I had a few names in mind. Played around with all of them a little bit, but when...
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Pull The Plug Patches Interview
July 24, 2026
In 2020 I did a interview with Pull The Plug Patches, that blog crashed and I was able to get some material back and am posting it up here. Pull The Plug Patches is based in Australia and make some amazing patches as well as pins from some totally EPIC metal bands! They started small and are now one of the main sources to outfit your battle vests, backpacks and whatever else you want to dress up. The age old question – will the merchandise outlast the music?No, it is the music that matters most. Merchandise is just a way to connect with the music. Patches in particular give fans something to hold on to in an age when most people are listening to music digitally. In some ways the patch has replaced the CD in terms of the physical connection that fans have to the music. But that’s not what...
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Heroin Skateboards Interview
July 24, 2026
So in 2021 I did a interview with Mark from Heroin Skateboards – That blog has since crashed and we were able to save some of the information from that site. Here is one interview I was able to save.Heroin Skateboards is one of my favorite board companies and all the graphics and the overall feeling of the company is amazing and something everyone should see and experience.And come on? Egg graphics! The whole line is amazing and you can tell how talented Mark is when you see all the graphics he comes up with. How did you come up with the egg graphics? It’s a eggcelent idea! Did you get it while eating breakfast?Shimizu said he wanted a 90’s style football/egg shaped board. It was about 2015 I think. I was 50/50 between drawing a cartoon football or a cartoon egg, not a big sports guy, so the egg...
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Corn Skateboards Interview
July 24, 2026
With so many skate brands popping up – what makes Corn skateboards stand out?I think it’s pretty easy to just slap a graphic on a piece of wood. Most of these new brands are just short term clout chasers who will get burnt out after a few years once the cash runs out. That’s an opinion. That was never the idea behind what I do. I’m an artist, and I think painting on rectangles is boring. The first skateboards ever made were hand painted in some way. Following the tradition of the original roots of skateboarding art, every corn skateboard has been hand painted 1/1s until recently. Lately I have been doing some collabs exploring the boundaries of what this brand can be while working with artists that I admire. This has allowed me to print graphics on boards while giving back to the community that gave me the foundation...
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Thorn Skateboards Interview
July 24, 2026
Thorn Skateboards born in 1996 in chicoutimi, Québec Canada. After 4 years of business an a lot injuries I quit skateboarding for 20 years. 2020 during the covid I decided to get back in the business to help young skateboarders in their sport. We did this interview back in 2023 – enjoy! I’ve very unfamiliar with the Quebec skateboard scene – is it big? A lot of skaters and spots? The Quebec skateboard scene its no so bad! We have a lot of festivals like “jackalope ” and others smalls contest or sk8 shows. We have great riders in Quebec, we have locals brands, indoor skateparks and many sk8 shops across the state. We you go to high school, you can have sport studies and you can choose skateboarding. We have nice spots too, diy, pools, streets spots etc. Do you think skateboarding is at a good point now? When...
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Severe Interviews
July 11, 2026
These interviews were done many years ago with Travis of SEVERE. Enjoy. LAND OF MORONS INTERVIEW:Okay, first off introduce yourself… travis drake aka the warden aka $ilk Nasty What has been the biggest influence on getting you into hardcore and the punk scene? I grew up in southern Alabama throughout the 80’s and 90’s so finding punk was pretty much luck. there were these kids in my school who had a band(this was 94?) that sounded like nirvana but faster,when we all started high school they all had mohawks and the band sounded like early screeching weasel. I really dug them, and we were all friends and i was really getting bored with grunge/heavy metal.I moved to Oh in 96 and had zero friends that year, so I just got deeper and deeper into punk music. Harkins(the other singer of KIA) was the first person to turn me onto fast...
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Wrex Cook Interview
August 6, 2023
Wrex Cook is an amazing skateboarder living in Colorado. He shreds both vert and street alike. He also helps out greatly with his local skate scene and getting kids on boards. This interview was done in 2023. What are some of the biggest changes you have seen in the skateboard industry in the last 5 years? Honestly, I would have to say acceptance. I find it incredible that skateboarding has been accepted in such a large way. I mean people can actually make a living off of it now, and we’re seeing it in the olympics. I never thought it would come this far, especially because I’ve done time for it. Who personally is your biggest influence in skateboarding? My biggest influences have been the Alba Brothers, Brian Brannon of JFA, and I’ve always been a fan of Shogo Kubo and his ability on a skateboard was phenomenal. Being in...
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