A Minute with Chris Gunn from the Hunches (Part Five)
K: What’s the scene in Portland like? What do you think about Eat Skull - have you played with them and are there other groups up there that sound similar? Is there a NW/Portland sound?
CG: The big bands in Portland are worshipped by the papers and the unconscious masses and they are atrociously bad. Modest Mouse, Decemberists, 31 Knots, Death Cab for Cutie or whatever. It’s like pirate theater rock or something; a bunch of spoiled thespians whining about coffee and the problems they are having with stretching their ears. There are a lot of bands with a violin and a “crazy” drummer or some shit like that. There are still bands that only listen to the Misfits and Psychobilly and there are still bands that think that garage is and always will be the only genre of music that matters. Tribal tattoos are everywhere.
