2"Boy

the artist

2"Boy is my band. My sister is in the band, too. 2"Boy got started in 1992 in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. We play loud rock music.

My favorite 2"Boy memory is when kornsmut opened for us. There were these really fucked-up guys in that band, one of whom I slept with (Matt, the drummer), but I'm sure he doesn't remember that. Anyway, the decided it would be cool to throw shit at the audience, and they picked up some of our equipment and smashed it. I lost my best amp that night. Matt's sweat smelled like cheap beer.

the art

I don't think I like the term art. I like to think of our music more as a direct expression of our emotions (and thoughts, when we have them).

the beret

I don't wear berets because I have short hair right now and glasses, so they look like hell. I went through this big beret period in like 1990 when I was reading a lot of Kerouac and I thought I was a poet. I got over that real fast. I have my hair died white right now because I live in New York and I like to see what colors it will turn as it collects airborne debris throughout the day.

Our first album, Rubber Balls and Liquor, is coming out this summer. This guy we know in Lodi, California, has a studio and is going to help us do it. It is going to be on our own label that doesn't have a name yet. I'll say one thing, though: Rubber Balls and Liquor is not coming out in vinyl. Eddie Vedder needs to surrender the dream that he is a lost member of Led Zepplin. He needs to give it up. And what is that bullshit about defending kids from the 70s? Um, Eddie, 1975 called and they want you and your crappy-ass vinyl no-video bullshit back. I hope that you can hear our cool record, because it is going to be some shit.

Submitted by (aeb23@columbia.edu), on Thursday, April 13, 1995, from New York, NY