Pump Gas is a really good rock n roll punkband
in the same vein as Social Distrition and that
type of music. Really good and so good that I
had to ti interview them…april-2020
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
-2013 Jerry (Voc/Guitar) and Tobi (Bass) started
Pump Gas as a school band .
We had our rehearsal room at a Junkyard.
After school we played a lot of Shows in our
Region and recorded our first Album “Silence
will never come” in 2014 . But with a
different Drummer.
2016 we found our new Drummer “Yogi”. We played
from there on 2 years a lot of shows too. In
2019 we started to record our new Album “Still
Wild”
Please tell me a little about every member in
the group right now, age, family, work,
interests and something bad about everyone?
Earlier bands? Other bands on the side?
-Jerry
(Voc/Guit): 22,
Student, interests in music, vintage cars and
everything from the 50’s and 60’s Plays in his
second Band called “The Backyard Lights”
Tobi (Bass) : 25,
Bricklayer Master, interests in music, cars and
bikes. Plays in “The Backyard Lights” too
Yogi (Drums): 32,
metalbuilder, interests in music and playing
football. Had a earlier Hardcore/Punk Band
“Gorilla Brawl”
I can hear much different influences but mostly
garagerock and old punk? Favorites from the
past?
-We
have a lot of influences from classic Genres
like : Rock’n’ Roll, Blues , Country and of
course early Punkrock. We call our stil “Punk’N’Roll
:
Favorites from the Past are : CCR, Rolling
Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash.
And of course bands like Social
Distortion, The Gaslight Anthem and
Blackstone Cherry etc.
Pump Gas are you satisfied with the name? How
did it came up? You weren’t afraid that some
other band would be named like this? Which is
the best bandname you know?
Oh yes Pump Gas is the perfect name for us ,
it’s a other synonym for Gasoline.
We came up for the name because Jerry is a big
fan of Vintage Cars, Hotrods and Dragsters. And
Pump Gas is a common term in that Scene.
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-The Best thing in playing live is, if you can
see that the crowd comes to see you and likes
your music. Its nice to see, that your music
makes people happy at concerts. You can bring
your complete Energy on stage, and share this
moments with your Band members and of course
with the audience. No matter if there 50 people
or 500.
And that’s the reason why we are addicted to
play Live.
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-We Like Club shows, but of course we would like
to play more festivals in the Summer months .
(So if you know something? J )
The worst Place is maybe Child Birthdays. We
make the wrong music for this HAHA.
How is to play this sort of music in Germany
right now? Which types of bands do you have
concerts together with?
-It’s difficult: In Germany we have a lot of big
established bands, but for regional Bands its
more and more difficult to play in bigger and
more known locations or to get a good opening
act for the bigger bands.
We had play with a lot of different Band types.
From Hardcore, over Pop till metal.
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-STRAIGHT OUTTA GARAGE!!!
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-With Punkrock or Rock, we found a good genre to
make our music.
But we don’t see us as Punks, we sing about the
normal live. Love, Dreams and maybe
Problems in Live . Just the Simple Live.
We can’t sing about broken homes and a broken
Childhood because everyone of us had a good
Childhood and a good home. So it wouldn’t be
true we think.
Which song/album or group was it who took you
into punk/hardcore?
-Difficult
to say but maybe Social Distortions “White
Light, White Heat, White Trash” Album
What shall a young guy do today to shock their
parents as the way we did when we were young?
They have already seen everything
-Maybe the parents have already seen everything
haha, but we prefer to don’t schock our Parents
How is it to live in Germany right now?
Politically? Fascists? Coronavirus?
-In
Germany is it very good to live
culturally and educationally. For young people
there a lot of big chances for the future:
School, Universitys or Trainings.
Fascists and other people who support violence,
don’t have place in our Society.
Of course the Virus brings a lot of changes in
our normal Life but we are not the only ones
.The complete World has this Problems. We hope
in a few weeks everything will be normal again.
Together we will do it!
Is there any good bands from Germany right now?
Is the
punkscene/metalscene/hardcorescene big? How is
it in your hometown?
-We have a lot of good Rock Bands in Germany.
Especially in Germany we have a very big
Hardcore and Metal Scene. But Punk is not
already dead, we have a big crossover scene in
Germany too.
In our Hometown we have a small Music scene, the
most people know each other from concerts or
something.
What do you know about Sweden? Have you been
here sometime?
-Jerry
was in Sweden 3 years ago. He did a roadtrip
with his dad, they drove with their 54 Chevy ,
to a very big vintage car meeting in Sweden.
They liked it in Sweden very much!
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-We
like the “Backyard Babies” very much.
Your lyrics, who does them and what influences
you? Never in german? Do you play any covers?
-We
sing about just the normal simple Life. About
Love, Dreams and problems in live. We tried at
the beginning to write a few songs in German,
but it wasn’t the same. In English our songs
have a better “Flow”.
Is there any subject that you never will write
anything about?
-We
don’t want to write any political Songs.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
Which is your most political song? Is it
important to get out your opinions in music?
-We
decided at the very beginning that we don’t want
to be a political Band or do some Political
speeches at our shows. Everybody should build
his own opinion. We don’t support violence in
which way ever that’s clear, but we don’t want
to be a political band. We want that the people
can forget their daily problems at our show and
can have just fun. If we could reach this,
we would be very happy.
Best political band/artist?
-Of
course Bob Dylan and maybe Bad Religion.
Do you think that music(lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music? Do you have any examples on that?
-Music
can move mountains. We know a lot of people who
had difficult times and found comfort in Music.
That’s one thing what makes music so important
you can find the right music in whatever
situation. Music can bring you comfort, or can
makes you happy. That’s fantastic!
Your favorite recordcover alltime? Who does your
recordcovers? And do you have any good
recordstores in your hometown?
-One of the best Record covers are The
Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers.
Jerrys Brother did all Album Covers for Pump
Gas, he has a Tattoo Shop in Germany.
In our Hometown, we have a very big Recordstore.
You find every time something awesome there.
Is it important to get out physical records of
your stuff? Why or why not? Vinyl, CD, cassette,
what do you prefer if you could choose whatever
?
-Of
course today it’s very important to release your
stuff on the digital way, so everyone can listen
to your music.
But we prefer to have CD’s , where you can hold
your work in your own hands and see the artwork
and everything.
Please tell me a funny thing which have happened
during your career and under some gig?
-A
very funny thing was our second gig, some guys
ask us if we would like to play a gig in front
of a small café . There was a big Party, but
unfortunately the wrong Party for us – it was a
Children Party. So the Children and their
Parents didn’t very like our music HAHA.
How does your audience look like? Which people
do you miss on your concerts? Which is the
biggest band you ever have played together with?
-We have a very mixed audience at our shows,
from young till old. But it also depends in
which location you play a show.
We were the opening act for the Austrian Band
called “Turbo Bier” we also were under the last
Top 3 Bands who could be the opening act for the
Scorpions. But sadly we didn’t get the final
step.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favoriteconcerts and five most important things
in life?
5 Records:
Bob Seger: Night Moves
CCR: Green River
Social D: Sex Love and Rock n Roll
Falco: Falco 3
Tom Waits: Closing Time
5 Concerts:
Bruce Springsteen
Iron Maiden
Pennywise
Social Distortion
H20
5 important things in Life
Sex , Love , Rock n Roll, health, be satisfied
First, last and most expensive record ever
bought?
-The First record Jerry bought was a Bruce
Springsteen Essential Album
Tobi bought a Michael Jackson collector CD. It
costs over 60 Euros and Jerry losts it :-D
And Yogis first record was a Pennywise CD
Is it boring with interviews? Is it much
interviews?
-No. We are very happy to get a Interview and a
Review in the Skrutt Magazine. It’s always nice
to know, that people are interested in our music
and what we do. So we have a premiere too, it’s
our first international interview we feel very
honoured. At this point we would like to say
thank you very much.
Do you care about reviews? Which is the most
peculiar you ever had, with this band or any
other band you have been to?
-This is our first Review with our new Album
“Still Wild” it it´s very interesting for us to
get an interview and what other people think
about this record. It’s our first Review too.
Which bands do people compare you to, is it
boring that people compare you to other bands or
is it understandable?
-We often get compared with Social Distortion.
But it’s okay Social D are definitely one of our
heroes. But we try to do our own thing and
working on our own special sound. We think our
new Album “Still Wild” is a good example for
this.
If you could choose five bands from the past and
the history and nowadays and both dead and
living bands to have a concert together with
your band. Which five have you been chosen?
-Good question!
It would be : Mötorhead, CCR, The Rolling
Stones, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Seger.
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music? Have
you any good examples on that?
-Music
is a good way to get out of frustration. You can
find in every Life situation the perfect music.
If you can identify with songs or artists, maybe
you can change your person. Everyone has role
models and maybe that will change the lifestyle
of people.
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-Luckily
we get no odd questions in interviews. We
hope that will be in the future too.
Which is the question you want to have but you
never get. Please ask it and answer it?
-Can I buy you a brand new Bandbus ?
Yes for sure!
Futureplans for the band
-We released our new Album “Still Wild”
Now we want to play more and more Shows, but not
only in our region.
One of our dreams is to play a European tour,
see some different
countrys and have a good time.
So if you guys know a good location or
festival in Sweden? Let us know !!
For yourself?
-We
think stay happy and healthy is very important!
Wisdomword?
-Its
never to late to start all over again!
Something to add?
-We want to say thank you very much, to get an
interview and a review in your magazine. We are
very honoured.
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