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One of the band member John Speck, was interviewed by associatedcontent.com.

John was emphasizing a lot on how the band really put faith above all else.

Faith is not just the word tattooed across John’s knuckles; it’s a mantra, a punk rock manifesto and a state of mind, a musician must have when shooting for musical success

Speck also told AC about his previous band: Hoarse

“We put out two 7 inch singles and one of them got a ton of radio airplay. After that we released our first full length disc on RCA records, we did one of the early Warped Tours, etc…”

And went on saying:

“The goal of this project, (the inappropriately named band) The Fags was to try and make guitar driven music that was commercial enough to get on the radio.” When asked why this was the main goal of the aforementioned group Speck sighs and simply states, “When we would listen to rock radio at home in Detroit we just thought to ourselves, man this stuff sucks!!

My friends and I would ask ourselves what happened to artists like (early) Elvis Costello, The Replacements and The Jam. I mean I get the idea that everyone is trying to write a hit but we just thought that we could make something that was better than what was on the radio but what could also be a throwback to really catchy music filled with hooks and depth”.

Well John, you sure is one of the few breed in the music industry.

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