Interview: Trash Talk

Kelly Murray distracts Trash Talk's Spencer Pollard from drinking for long enough to answer a few questions ahead of the band's Manchester gig this weekend.

Jayne Robinson

Date published: 19th Nov 2010

We're about to talk to the only band who gave us a nose bleed this Summer.

Welcome to a Q&A with TT. Or Take That, if you will.

Just kidding. They only made our ears bleed. Trash Talk on the other hand, did have us sporting rock's less elegant look at Leeds Festival: tissue up the nose, in public, in broad daylight, surrounded by press. It was only out of one nostril though, so we let it go.

Today, not much has changed; the Northern Californian quartet are still dragging their loud, sweaty, punk entrails in our direction. If your local bar runs out of alcohol supplies, all its furniture gets broken and certain body parts shake loose from your ribs as you watch them play, well, that's standard.

We're asking bassist Spencer Pollard some questions ahead of their Manchester gig at Moho this weekend because we're trying to distract him from drinking.

We're feeling pretty nosey. What's the first thing you did when you got up this morning?

I woke up, burped whiskey, took a piss, then drank a Ribena juice box. Crazy, I know.

You never stop working. What's the freakiest dream you've had through sleep deprivation?

The other day, I dreamt that Winston Churchill and I were mortal enemies, but it never became violent; I just kept taking his wallet. The dream ended when I crept up behind him and tore his whole back pocket off, wallet included, threw it into the air then did a reverse swan dive into a pool that was conveniently behind me.

Maybe that means you're skint from spending all your money on whiskey. How do you manage constant hangovers when you have to be in the back of a van every day?

It's been so long since I've had a true hangover. Maybe that means I'm a professional drinker now. Or maybe my liver has stopped filtering alcohol...

What's the most played album on the tour bus iPod?

Haha, tour bus? We roll seven deep in a sprinter and you can believe we're bangin' Waka Flocka's 'Flockavelli'. TTG: we're trained to go.

'Explode' By Trash Talk

You recently toured the UK in support of Cancer Bats, name your best bit.

All the free basement shows we played after the sold out club shows, and watching our friend Stan do his best British Darth Vader impression on Halloween. That was pretty good too.

You're on our side of the Atlantic a lot. Do you secretly love eating fish and chips and being rather cold?

No.

We believe you. You've travelled the world. Have language or accent barriers ever got you into trouble?

I speak every language fluently, so no.

That sounds like a fib. Tell us the truth about the most ridiculous situation you've found yourselves in touring with Cerebral Ballzy?

The tour with those guys has been surprisingly chill. We've definitely finished quite a bit of liquor along the way.

So we hear... You went to Japan in October, did you gain anything from Japanese music culture?

I wouldn't say we gained anything by going out there. I lost a couple of t-shirts though.

Perhaps if you weren't already fluent in Japanese, you could have learnt the language... You're playing your first headline show in Manchester on Saturday, are we going to have to clean up after you?

It depends on how messy you Northerners are? Multiply that by the amount of alcoholic drinks served, then divide that by 12. So, maybe?

Not sure; we failed long division by listening to loud music instead. Your live appearances have gone down phenomenally well with the music press but these are your last few shows of the year... How will you step it up a gear in 2011?

Haha! We've got more to worry about than who had fun at our shows! We're just going to continue doing our thing and let the dominoes fall where they may....

'Well Of Souls' By Trash Talk

Trash Talk are:
Lee Spielman - Vocals
Garrett Stevenson - Guitar
Sam Bosson - Drums
Spencer Pollard – Bass/Vocals

If you'd like to lend Trash Talk t-shirts, learn a foreign language or get intoxicated by standing anywhere near them whilst they burp whiskey on you, you can do so at Moho Live tomorrow, Saturday, November 20th.

Support comes from Cerebral Ballzy, Deal With It and Broken Teeth.

Starts at 6pm, tickets available on the door.