Naked and Shameless = Drunkabilly

Complete the sentence. Naked and Shameless are...

Drunkabilly (good times and strange salvation).

Describe how the Beer-Naked wedding came about.

Buck realized how much he loved beer. Dave said, "if you love beer so much, maybe you should marry beer." It was a phenomenal event.

What is essential to every Naked and Shameless song?

A theme or a concept and a boatload of references.

Every Naked and Shameless show?

A quorum of drunks to whoop and holler.

Why should I have your music in my collection?

Because there will be times where you'll have to tell someone to check something out...because it really shouldn't exist...the kind of stuff you'll remember at 3am when the party makes that turn...

If you could write and perform a song with one artist, who would you choose? Why?

Buck: Tom Waits. He has a man crush on Tom Waits.
Dave: Mojo Nixon. Unbeknownst to Mojo, he's the godfather of drunkabilly. Or William Shatner.

What would you be doing if you weren't making music?

We get into plenty of trouble, even without the music. We're always looking for other ways to document the madness.

The Utah County Swillers: unhealthy country punk

The Utah County Swillers is a punk band from Provo, Utah. In this interview, Scott discusses why you should have the band's CD in your collection, where is the best place to hear its music, and what he would be doing if he weren't making music.

Complete the sentence: The Utah County Swillers is...

A band of unhealthy and unhygienic punk rockers from the heart of Utah County, Utah.

Why should I have The Utah County Swillers in my collection?

It's the best anthropological record of a tiny subversive class of suburbanites from the center of the most politically Conservative hell hole in the U.S. of A.

What is the best place to listen to your music?

ABGs Libation Emporium in Provo, Utah. It's the best place to see any band. If you don't dare come to Provo, we also play most of the major dive bars in Utah and occasionally make it out of the state. We just got back from Colorado where I'm afraid we seriously wore out our welcome. We've also got a CD for sale on all the major on-line music stores. It's called Polygamist on the Big Bender label. Of course, there's also Radio Free Bakersfield, the best roots music show on the Internet.

What should I expect if I attend one of your shows?

A cheap cover - only a few people - over consumption - lots of country punk about the usual topics: drugs, bad women, religion, booze, trucks - spitting, jumping, kicking, swearing - the occasional fist fight - etc.

If you could write and perform a song with one artist/band, who would it be? Why?

It's a toss up between, Elvis Hitler, Mojo Nixon, and the Waco Brothers but probably the Waco Brothers because it would be such an unlikely combination. We love them, but I'm sure they'd hate us.

What would you be doing if you weren't making music?

Making something I'm sure, probably tattoos, hot rods, zines - something bad.