NEW FAITH
Straight outta Los Angeles California, here's an interview with
Joe V of New Faith, a familiar band in the NYHC scene that has
relocated to the city of angels!
Chris D'Alessandro: How'd you wind up in Los Angeles and how long have you been there?
Joe V: I wound up here cuz rejuvenate had just finished a European tour and broke up when we returned home and my other band down low wasn't doing much. I was miserable in NY didn't have a good job and the rents were getting outta control, basically I saw NYC going to shit since Gulliani came into office. Numerous clubs have been shutting down and now CBGB will be gone by the time this is in print. our music scene is under attack it feels. I'm tired of the police state we live in, in NYC the local government is abusing the power they have and we are paying for it. I've been in la since April 06
CD: What made you decide to get New Faith together out there in LA?
Simple, you have to understand the way I think, I am not happy if I'm not doing a band, like I said in the last answer the bands i was playing in were over with so I new it was time to move on and I'd need a band. I was done in NYC. I had been thinking of reforming new faith for awhile LA was the perfect situation to do this so I had a friend here who said I could stay with them until I was on my feet so I immediately started looking for band members and a job. I found the members got a job and here we are with a few shows under our belt and more coming. I chose LA cuz I'd been here years ago and didn't wanna leave I loved it. I knew it would have changed since I last was there but I'm having a blast here!
CD: How has your band been received out there?
JV: Right now yes on a small scale we've only played a few shows but the response has been fuckin' great and were getting asked to do more shows.
CD: How's that hardcore scene in LA? Music scene in general?
JV: All the bands I met so far all play fast old school hardcore punk which I love. there are a lot of other kinds of music which seem to be pretty popular. but California seems to love there hardcore/punk the old fashion way loud, fast, and chaotic!
CD: What kind of bands are popular out there in the clubs?
JV: It's seems there is a wide range of shit here, a lot of metal all genres is big, punk is big here, and of course these indy type bands are everywhere
CD: I gotta ask man, NJ is overrun with cheese ball cover bands (and this is spreading to NYC by the way!) that sell out like to crowds of like 3000! Is LA like that, are cover bands king?
JV: Yeah it seems to be a lot of em judging by the adds the clubs have in the papers, but I don't know what type of crowds these bands pull or how many. I'd hate to see our clubs nation wide being over run by them. write your own damn music dammit! I hope we never see the day when there is a Cro-Mags or Agnostic Front cover band that would be getting ridiculous
CD: What kind of guitars / amps are you using these days?
JV: I have a B.C. Rich Bich a re-issue of the old one they made in the 70's and an Ibanez double cut away like Joan Jett used to play. The head I use currently is a Randell RG 100 ES 150 watts and a Marshall 4x10 cab wired in stereo
CD: Have you run into any ex NYHC people out in LA?
JV: I've spoke to Met from Too Damn Hype Records he's out here, Joey Image (ex Misfits) Afsalve and Jywanza from Crisis (excuse my spelling on there names) and Tony Costansa (ex crisis, machine head, crowbar) Tony is playing drums in new faith now I might add. I heard Ezac is here (too many bands to mention that he's played with but you know who I mean!), Todd Youth, Gigi from Step Too Far & A.D.D. though I've yet to speak with her face to face.
CD: Where did you find the other members of your band?
JV: Word of mouth and the internet, I hunt musicians down like a bounty hunter!
CD: What LA bands should I check out?
JV: Oh shit there are tons of good bands, check out... Bad Reaction, Knife Fight, Broken Needle, Tippers Gore, Rabbies, c.o.p., the Scuffs, Start The Panic, dsnf shti the list can go on for ever
CD: Do you miss the NY scene?
JV: Yes I do, but not the bullshit of the city, I went back a few weeks ago to play a show with Down Low, I missed playing with those guys but everyone is complaining about the same old shit how NYC is going down the tubes.
CD: Where can your music / merch be found?
JV: Contact us here.......... http://www.myspace.com/newfaithjoev
There is 4 songs on that site.
We have a 9 song CDR of a record that was never mixed or released, shirts, stickers, and patches just email for info
CD: Thanks, anything else you want to add?
JV: I can't add I'm terrible with math haha!
Thanx Chris. I'd like to see the old Faction Zero come to Cali for a tour (Rob, Dave you and Brian) liberation was the bomb!