For those who don't know, the guy who co-founded SOUTHERN LORD was an sxe moshbro back in the '80s and early '90s, and had a terrible/lulzy hardcore band called BROTHERHOOD. Then after youth crew was cool, he was in ENGINE KID, a really shitty alternative rock band. After that he was in a drone band [...]

Tavis Smiley : I want to talk about the song, "Dreamer," that you dedicate to Dick (Gregory). Prince: Oh, well, when I saw the "State of the Black Union," Dick Gregory really moved me and a lot of my friends. I show it to everybody who comes over the house, especially White folks, because they need to hear that, so that they know more about all of us. Because what he said affects all of us. He said something that really hit home [...]

Engine Kid was a fairly interesting band to me and still is for the most part when I go back and listen to a lot of their material. Their sound took on a bunch of different influences that were easily detectable within their own music, however in the end they made it all work. Initially they got a bit of flack for sort of aping Slint's sound, which isn't necessarily unwarranted, they did in fact sound a lot like Slint in the beginning. The whole quiet/loud/quiet dynamic was pretty prominent and various mumblings throughout [...]