{"id":9842,"date":"2019-12-15T05:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T05:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=9842"},"modified":"2019-12-08T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-08T11:49:25","slug":"the-slop-interview-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=9842","title":{"rendered":"The Slop Interview Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Introduce The Slop.\u00a0 Who are you and what do you play?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mickey – Guitar\/Vocals<\/p>\n

Kiki – Drums\/Vocals<\/p>\n

When and where did the Slop come together?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kiki had a band called Lost Cat,\u00a0They had a studio in LA and when they couldn\u2019t make it to practice we would swoop up on the spot and jam for fun. This was about 2015 ish<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Where did the name come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It probably came from Hasil Adkins song \u201cThe Slop\u201d, but it wasn\u2019t like we heard the song and named ourselves The Slop. We were listening back to our recordings one night on the way home from jamming, by this time we had a couple songs together and we just started laughing at ourselves because it sounded so sloppy but it was still kick ass! Hence, The Slop was born.<\/p>\n

What\/who were your influences growing up that made you want to be in a rock and roll band?<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s always so many to name, but of course like The Beatles, Elvis, New York Dolls, Stooges, Dead Moon, The Ramones, Link Wray just off the top of the head<\/p>\n

Describing yourselves as 77 punks and the antidote for zipper booted punks of the last 20 years there must be kindred spirits you’ve bumped into on your travels?\u00a0 where do you think you fit in in today’s scene?\u00a0 there is always a circle of life as far as fashion and music trends come and go.\u00a0 Who will you spearhead the scene with?\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Honestly, we paid some guy to write a bio for us we didn\u2019t exactly want to describe ourselves as 77 punks, buuuuut, we\u2019ve played with Cheetah Chrome once at The Shitskey A Go-Go and we got asked to play with Agent Orange but it was kind of a far drive and the budget was full so we had to pass cuz we\u2019re rockstars like that hahahaha jk, but seriously we were just too tight on cash to bust that mission.<\/p>\n

And as for the scene… Fuck the scene! WE WANT THE AIRWAVES! 1 2 3 4! ….. just kidding. I\u2019d say were somewhere inbetween the garage rockers, the teenie boppers and the boot stompers. I don\u2019t know, We hardly fit in at all. You either love us or you hate us.<\/p>\n

Tell us a bit about recording the album?\u00a0 How did the songs come together?\u00a0 What about recording it did you have a plan? producer in mind? what about the songs how many did you have written?\u00a0 how long were they there being road tested?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh God, it was a fucking nightmare. We basically taught ourselves how to record for this record. In retrospect we probably should\u2019ve just went to a studio, but we didn\u2019t want to pay somebody to do some half ass shit with our shit. We didn\u2019t want to be rushed and get stuck with some dinky ass recordings that didn\u2019t do us any justice. We wanted it to sound kind of like the US Horrors first album like trashy, fatty, lo fi.<\/p>\n

Long story short we recorded that bitch in a few months, we\u2019re happy with it. For the most part. We had been playing these songs for like 2 years, these and a few other songs that we scrapped that might be on the second album, who knows. We just wanted to have them recorded so we could focus on new stuff.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What is next for The Slop?\u00a0 2020 a new record? Singles?\u00a0 Tour?\u00a0 a European tour maybe?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We just put out two Halloween singles on iTunes and Spotify and all that gnar .. We actually recorded those at Lolipop\u00a0 which changed our opinion about recording studios. We had had a lot of fun, Iggy was great to work with.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re gonna be remastering and re-releasing a Christmas song called Mr. Santa Claus mid December.<\/p>\n

We plan on releasing a couple singles starting in February leading up to a full length album by Spring\/Summer. Followed by a European tour BAYBEE! We\u2019re super stoked.. we have a couple dates set up in France, Spain, and Belgium. We want to go to the U.K. but our tour manager said it\u2019s gonna be a little tricky because of Brexit, but our fingers are crossed!<\/p>\n

Album reviewed Here<\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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