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Interview With

1. What is your name, how old are you and how long have you been in Blood for Blood? I'm Mike "Cap'n" Mahoney and I'm 23 and I've been in BFB since day one which was June of 1994.

2. Where are you from and where are the other members of BFB from? I'm from Boston just like everybody else in the band. Go Redsox!!

3. What bands have members been in prior to BFB? For Erick, Rob and myself this is our 1st real band. Ian used to be in Polyglot from Portland, ME.

4. How long has BFB been a band? We've been togther for 5 years now.

5. Has the line up always been the same? We've had 3 other bass playes but Ians been the best and hes been in the band almost 2 years.

6. Do you like touring in the states or europe more? I like touring period. Its what I do, its my job and I love it. The US is only better because its the best fuckin place in the world. Everything is what I'm used to and if the tour gets canned its a lot easier to get the fuck home.

7. What are your favorite bands to hang out with / tour with? Well we have had really good experiences with all the bands we've toured with. Recently, we just toured with FEAR which was awesome. They still rock after 20 years of doing this shit. We always like playing w/Madball, Skarhead, Earth Crisis, Murphys Law, Ducky Boys and Straight Faced. We hang out with a lot of people some in bands and some not.

8. What are your biggest influences? We all draw from many different elements but for me I'm really into Social Distortion, G-N-R, Sheer Terror, Madball, AF, old Biohazard, Raw Deal, Bad Religion, AC/DC, Dropkick Murphys, etc....

9. What bands did you listen to as a kid and what bands do you listen to now? When I was growing up I was pretty much the only kid at school into heavy music. I started with Aerosmith and AC/DC to Metallica/Slayer/Sabbath then to Wrecking Crew, Slapshot and Sick of it all and then I was just totally hooked on hardcore. Now I'm back to listening to more rock/punk shit.

10. What is your favorite BFB release? I like them all because each one represents a very different time for the band but I'd have to say the new ep just because its so fresh for me. Its cool to get away from the old shit for awhile and play some newer songs.

11. Did you change your style at all for the up coming "Living in Exile" album? Somewhat I think we did. We definitely found our sound on this record. The past releases all had different styles on them which I think is cool but on this ep I think all the songs flow together. The ep is more punk than our previous stuff but its just as mean and has more attitude than anything we've done before.

12. i heard you guys were featured on the Motorhead: Bulit for Speed tribute album, what song did you guys do and why did you choose the one you chose? We did Ace of Spades. I know most people think thats the cheesiest song to pick but we did it because we new some many people would be familiar with it and most importantly we knew we could make it into a BFB song.

13. Are you currently happy on Victory Records? Yes, very much so. A great bunch of lads over there.

14. Do you like playing shows in the New England area? We like to play anywhere as long as there is beer and lots of kids.

15. What type of band would you consider yourselves? White Trash Hardcore Rock-n-Roll.

16. What is your opinion of the U.S. government? Next ? not what this band is about. Go ask bands like Converge questions like that.

17. How do you feel abou the laws against underage drinking and smoking? Ya need to have laws to protect the innocent but I'm a firm believer that laws are meant to be broken.

18. Do you have any advice/ comments to any young bands tring to make a go of it? Find your scene, your niche and do it balls up. Don't hold back and don't follow trends.

19. Any final comments to the people? Lookout for our new Ep, "Livin' In Exile" due out on June 29th. Sounds from the streets on the eve of the apocalypse, white trash hardcore rock-n-roll. Its for the Wasted Youth, White Trash, Rejects, Outcasts, and all the enemy of society haten fools out there. BUY IT and tip your bartender.