anti-flag, i knew very little about them when i interviewed them in september or so of 1995 other than that they were pretty good and a bit silly. enjoy.

ANTI-FLAG
A - Andy Flag (bass/vocals)
J - Justin Sane (guitar/vocals)
P - Pat Thetic (drums)

WHICH IS WORSE: POOPING IN YOUR PANTS OR SNEEZING ON YOUR DATE?
J - sneezing
A - No, I like sneezing
P - I'll refrain from that one. Sarcasm doesn't work when it's too close to reality.
J - That's the psuedo intellectual thought for the day.

WHAT IS PUNK?
P - Andy's hair.
J - Andy's dick.
A - I'm punk by the book (he he he).
J - when you tatoo "I'm punk" on your forehead.
A - No, punk is when even your dick is studded . . . and you don't even need a french tickler baby!
P - When you sew zippers on your pants that don't do anything.

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE RISING MAINSTREAM POPULARITY OF "PUNK" BANDS AND THE ENTIRE SUB-CULTURE?
J - I like it cause on the radio, they play Greenday and Offspring. And I'm serious about that. It goes in cycles. Punk has been mainstream for 20 years. I mean - it's so wimpy I don't even consider it punk. Greenday's not punk, they're just a bunch of candy asses. Exploited is punk. When they start playing Exploited on MTV then I'll be worried.
A - One thing that really is good about all of this is that people are more educated as to what punk is. Less ignorant fucks come up to you on the street and ask, "Are you like a skinhead or som'n?" Do I look like I'm a fuckin' skinhead you fuck? . . . I got a fuckin' mohawk and a leather jacket. There's no flight jacket, american flag, or shaved head here.

WHAT HAS LEAST INFLUENCE YOUR MUSIC AND BAND?
A - Frosted Flakes.
J - Oh . . . that fusion jazz, I fuckin' hate that shit.
P - That's a good answer. That says it all.

WHAT ARE THE 5 WORST ALBUM EVER MADE?
P - 33 piano masterpieces.
A - Yeah, that does suck. Michael Jackson, Bad, and Anti-Flag 1 thru 5
P - We haven't created them yet, but we know they're gonna suck.

WHAT IS THE BEST PET YOU EVER HAD AND WHY?
A - my monkey. Cause it was the easiest one to fuck.
P - I had hermit crabs that got out and I found them under a pile of clothes. They were all rotten.
J - Pat had this hermit crab cemetary in his backyard, and they were all named Hermie (he he he).
A - I had a jerbel named herpies.

DO YOU HAVE ANY "LUCKY CHARMS?" DO THEY WORK, HOW DO YOU KNOW?
P - my chain link, cause I haven't been beat up with it yet.
J - I don't know cause I can't keep them long enough to find out.

WHO WERE YOUR IDOLS 5 YEARS AGO?
P - Andy and Justin (he he).
J - Mario Lemiex, Joe Green, Frank Lamberdt, Willy Rodson, Rod Stargel . . .
P - it's Rod Woodson stupid
A - you fuckin' jocks.

ASK ME 3 QUESTIONS AND I WILL ANSWER THEM

1 "What is your name? What is your quest? What is your favorite color?"
UUUMMM, ARCHIBOLD, TO UPHOLD THE RULE OF THE MIGHTY RHUBARB AS KING OF ALL THAT IS CELERY-LIKE, AND A KINDA PERIWINKLE COLOR.

2. What punk rock band was Buster Poindexter in before his hit single , "Feelin hot hot hot", and his movie appearences in "Scrooged" and "Car 54 Where are you?" ? (oooooh, punc rok trivia)
OH, NOW THAT IS EASY!! THE RAMONES OF COURSE!! OK, OK IT WAS BLACK FLAG. NO, SERIOUSLY FOLKS, GREEN DAY. (THE NEW YORK DOLLS MAYBE...)

3. What do you think is worse? Puking on your date (very early in the relationship), or gettin' poop all over you when your getting it on with your partner. Sicko!
NEVER HAD EITHER HAPPEN, AND PROBABLY NEVER WILL, SO I GUESS I'D GO FOR THE SECOND ONE, THAT IS PRETTY BAD. ALTHOUGH UT DEPENDS JUST WHAT IS BEING "GOTTEN ON." I MEAN IF IT IS A REALLY BIG PAIR OF PANTS, THEN PERHAPS THEY ARE NOT YOURS AND THE PREVIOUSLY OWNER HAD BLADDER PLOBLEMS, BUT IT IS LIKE SUN-TAN LOTION THAT YOU ARE BOTH GETTING ON HEN IT IS YOUR OWN FAULT I'D THINK IF YOU KEEP SPREADING IT.

REVERSE INTERVIEW!! GIVE QUESTIONS FOR THESE ANSWERS:

HHHMMM, MY RING FINGER I SUPPOSE, IF I MUST CHOOSE, BUT THAT IS REALLY A TOUGH ONE.
J - what finger do want to stick up my butt? Up my mom's butt?
A - There is no way to question that answer.

HIS WORK IN ROCKY III PROBABLT THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION. THAT WAS WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE STUCK WITH.
J - Rocky was better than the porno movie Sylvester Stallone did.
A - "yo Adrien!!"

I HAVE A BIG METAL ONE. I MEAN, IT WORKS, BUT IT IS FALLING DOWN ALL THE TIME AND I AHVE TO GO PUT IT BACK UP. I SHOULD REALLY GET A NEW ONE.
A - Pat's cymbol stand.
P - Yeah my cymbol stand.

OK, BACK TO NORMAL.....

WHICH IS BETTER: SEEING YOUR FAVORITE EPISODE OF KNIGHT RIDER OR EATING A BOWL OR FRANKENBERRY?
J - Knight Ryder
P - Frosted Flakes ( that was not an option- ed.)
A - Neither they both suck!

SO WHY ARE YOU SO AGAINST FLAGS? DID THEY EVER HURT YOU?
A - I got beat up by a flag once (he he he). No but seriously, we used to be ANTI-SHEET, but once the 3 of us were hangin' out and a bunch of guys jumped us. They rolled us up in a flag and beat the shit out of
us. Thus ANTI-FLAG.
J - We were in denial of it, but hypnosis helped us come to terms with it.

WHO WOULD WIN IN A FIGHT: SPACE GHOST OR THE BLUE FALCOLN?
J - I don't even know who the fuck blue falcon is.
A - Who cares, I'll wrap 'em up in flags and beat the shit out of both of them.

ANY RAD UNKNOWN OR LITTLE KNOWN BANDS TO PLUG?
The Gain, Anti-Product, Splatter Punx, Reagan Squad, The Splits, The Unseen, God Squad, The Twerps, Population Control, Pressgang, I-Farm, Harriet the Spy, My Whitebread Mom, the Loveless, The Dread.

TWISTED SISTER OR RATT?
J - Ratt by far.
P - Yeah
A - Fuck that, Twisted sister.

ANY FINAL COMMENTS / SLOGANS / THREATS / ETC?
Tony Painter of Pet UFO is a complete fuckin' asshole. We feel no remorse in saying this.

Thanks guys!! keep punkin' in the free world.
ANTI-FLAG
P.O. Box 71266
Pgh, Pa 15213
(412) 683-4870 (Andy and PAt)
aawst6@pitt.edu