The Flatiners: Beating Butts (New Interview)

“You gotta make that the interview headline. The Flatliners: Beating Butts.”

Those were the orders given to me by The Flatliners‘ Chris Cresswell last Sunday as I sat with him and Scott Brigham in their van at the Pawn Shop in Edmonton for my fourth interview with the band in less than a year. Having talked to them on so many occasions, I feel that I’ve started to get to know them pretty well. That familiarity helps turn the interview into a friendly conversation – one that jumps off into many directions, oozes sarcasm, is random and is oh so much fun to read. I can’t think of any other way a conversation about The Flatliners joining Dead To Me on Matt and Mondo’s Power Hour to do a Clash cover could turn into the band deciding to name their new album “Beatin’ Butts and Takin’ Names.” We shared stories of being compared to Macaulay Culkin, Earthworm Jim and Brad Pitt (guess who gets confused for who), discussed Paul Ramirez’s proclivity for smoking and how it fascinated The Mighty Mighty Bosstones‘ Dicky Barret, we talk about the crazy nights that Fat Wreck puts on during SXSW, getting matching tattoos with Riverboat Gamblers and how they wish they played next to a rave every single night.

You’ll be hard pressed to find a more entertaining interview and I, for one, can’t wait until I get the chance to talk to them again.

Read the interview here.