Today we’re proud to bring you our seventh interview in our on-going Vans Warped Tour coverage. Today’s interview in with Dave McWane of Big D & The Kids Table – one of the biggest names in ska-punk at the moment.  They’re a band filled with energy and creativeness, that invented a new style that they dubbed “Stroll” and never seem to have a moment’s rest.

An hour before they took the stage for their one and only Warped Tour appearance this year, I ran into McWane and asked him a few questions. Of note, he talked about completing a new album:

We also have a new record coming out soon called the Damned, The Dumb and the Delirious. It’s going to be total ska-punk and it should be out in the fall….I think this is going to be really fast, loud; I don’t think there’s going to be any slower songs on it. It’s going to be really balls to the wall. We just wanted to do that because we realized those songs are more kind of fun to play live.

He also talked about the mixture of styles on The Warped Tour saying:

I always had a joke that fans would get really pissed off if they saw the bands backstage. Because a lot of kids define themselves by “I like Gallows” or “I like All-American Rejects” or “I like Rancid” and “you don’t like this so I don’t like you.” What they don’t understand is backstage everyone pals around and everyone’s friends. NOFX is friends with 3Oh3!. So the bands get along, the bands don’t care but the fans sometimes define themselves by the bands. I think Warped Tour at least does that for the bands; the kids still might draw a line in the sand but the bands learn to get rid of that judging.

I’ll go on tour and I’ll be like “man, I hate that band so much” but then in a week I’m like “but they’re the nicest guys I ever met.”

The full interview, including a fantastic comment about The Millionaires, can be read here. Check back soon for more interviews with the likes of Polar Bear Club, The Casualties, Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Pretty Reckless and more.