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1. Is Reagan Youth a racist band?
Fuck No!
2. Who are the original members?
-Andy Apathy played bass (R.I.P)
-Charley Tripper played drums
-I (Paul Cripple) played guitar
-Dave Insurgent sang (R.I.P)
These band members recorded New Aryans, Reagan Youth, Degenerated and U.S.A at 171 A Studios with Jay Dublee as the engineer, these recordings are lost and waiting to be found.
3. Who are the other members that played in the band?
Al Pike replaced Andy Apathy when he was fired and Steve replaced Charley Tripper when he left. When the band went across America in 1984, neither Al or Steve could do it, so Vic Venom replaced Al and Rick Royale replaced Steve. After a year, Rick left and Javier a.k.a Johnny Aztec replaced him. The band went out to California again in 1987 with Vic and Javier. Vic left the band before Reagan left office so they was no final Reagan Youth show.
4. Why did you guys get back together?
It was supposed to be a one shot deal and then CBGBs was closing and we were able to play there and we got booked again to several shows and it just took on a life of it's own.
5. What do you think of people who believes you are tarnishing Reagan Youth's legacy?
I believe they have a right to their opinion and I see it as a nice way to honor Dave Insurgent.
6. How did Degenerated get into "Airheads"?
A band name Degeneration submitted the song on a demo that they gave to 20th Century Fox. The people at Fox decided to use the song on the soundtrack and in the movie and when I was contacted I asked them if they could "Heavy Metal Shuffle" instead, but they already filmed the scene with the song and I had no real choice, but to allow them to use "Degenerated".
7. Is Reagan Youth going to put out new material?
I would love to do one last record, a concept album about Dave Insurgent, but the other band members will have to allow that to happen. So far, we have two new songs that we are playing and only one of those songs fits in with the concept.
8. Are you still going to call the band Reagan Youth with the new material?
Maybe...maybe not.
9. Why is the second album so different from the first album?
Sure, we did get better on our instruments, so that was obviously a factor, but Dave was badly beaten and left in a coma on the same night he sang on the recordings for the record was a bigger factor. Also, Vic showed up and played the bass uninspired (to say the least) and then he up and left with only half the songs being recorded. Dave made the decision, with Nicky Garratt's (the label owner) blessing, to have me play bass on all the songs, not just the songs Victor hadn't recorded. Unfortunately, some of the songs needed an entire band to be present in order for them to be played correctly. But songs such as "Back To Garden", "One Holy Bible" and "Queen Babylon" were around since the original lineup so they shouldn't be regarded as songs taking the band in a new direction. They are definitely Reagan Youth songs. And every song recorded was played live at one time or another between 1981-1989.
10. Why was Pat SpEd from Distraction chosen?
Because he was able to learn Dave's style, hit the notes and actually sound good fronting the band. Plus, he looks cool. He is also someone who I can collaborate with on the new material. 11. What happened to the band that Dave was ready to start after Reagan Youth?
It was called House Of God. Javier was still on drums and I was still on guitar and if you go to myspace (www.myspace.com/jojo_turk) or buzznet (http://paulcripple.buzznet.com/user/main) or youtube, you can see us playing a song called "In The Beginning" and then you'll hear what it was supposed to sound like.
If you want to know more about Reagan Youth log on to http://www.unitewebzine.com, they will have an interview up on that site soon. And also, check out these two interviews Dowload Pando to listen to R.Y's interview W/Crapple on The Left & Right Show that was aired on KRUX RADIO 8-15-07. Also, check out R.Y's interview with Mike that was aired on PIRATE CAT RADIO 8-13-07.
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