We Got Power #04, Fall, 1982
Allison "Mouse" and Kim "Ru" interviewed Bad Religion at the New Florentine Gardens June 18. Special thanks to Shawn Stern for the backstage passes.
Ru: So, we're all dying to know: are you going to go on tour?
Pete (drummer): Never!
Roadie: We would go to New York but we're too new wave.
Mouse: So how is the new album doing?
Jay: (bass player) Shitty!
Pete: Jay, shut up. The record's doing pretty good.
Mouse: Where's Brett? (guitarist)
Greg: (singer) Brett's not here.
Mouse: No kidding?
Roadie: Here's a relevant question. Greg, what was that in the LA Weekly about you and Greg Hetson doing a hardcore punk album together?
Greg: It's not punk, it's pop.
Jay: It's fuckin' Irish Spring.
Mouse: What did you think of doing New Wave Theater?
Jay: It sucked. They cut our interview.
Pete: Jay, shut up! It was pretty good.
Mouse: Did you get paid for doing it?
Pete: No way!
Greg: Yeah, we got about $1000.
Pete: Greg, shut up! Next question.
Ru: Do you have any plans for the future that are worth talking about?
Greg: We're doing another album.
Mouse: Where did you get the money for this new album?
Jay: Do you know how rich we are now?? I'm buying a new bass!
Ru: Are you aiming for commercial success?
Jay: NO!
Greg: Yes.
Jay: No. If it gets commercial I'll quit.
Greg: Godo. We're in it for the Cause.
Pete: Yeah, the Cause!
Mouse: Jay, isn't it a conflict with you being in both Bad Religion and Wasted Youth?
Pete: No longer! He quit Wasted Youth.
Jay: It just wasn't working out. So we (Wasted Youth) decided that maybe Bad Religion needed a bass player, so I was back in.
Mouse: When you were playing with both bands did it ever conflict?
Jay: Yeah, once Wasted Youth had to go to Phoenix and Bad Religion went to Frisco.
Greg: So we got Greg Hetson to play bass.
Mouse: Did you get into any hassles when you played the Country Club?
Pete: None at all.
Jay: When Wasted Youth played we got through four songs before they kicked us off.
Ru: What other bands do you like?
Jay: The Who!
Greg: Who?
Pete: You guys, shut up! Early Van Halen, Motorhead, and the Blades. They're great!
Mouse: Are you making any money tonight?
Pete: No, we're in it for the Cause!
Mouse: What is the Cause?
Greg: Pudding!
Jay: Jello Brand Pudding!
(talk goes on about pudding -- the Cause being Bill Cosby)
Ru: Do you really think you're the best band in LA?
Pete: Do we think?? We know!!
Greg: We're the best band in the world!
Jay: Who said we're the best band in LA?
Ru: You did, onstage at the Music Machine.
Greg: Roger said it.
Mouse: Do you have a lot of followers?
Roadie: Yeah, they're into the Cause.
Greg: Come on, not again!
Ru: Do bouncers ever hassle you when you play?
Greg: Yeah!
Pete: Not me!
Greg: Fuck you.
Pete: Greg, shut up. Bouncers are cool guys.
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