Truck Violence @ The New Colossus Festival (NYC)

(Karsyn to Chris): Pass me a cigarette.

Paul: I’ll give you a buck, Chris.

Chris: They’re so expensive if you guys want to pitch in.

Karsyn: I’ll pitch, hold on here. Check check check 50 cents.

Paul: That’s like two bucks.

Chris: Two bucks? Two bucks I can give you a cigarette.

That’s a good question, what ciggies are you guys smoking here in New York City?

Chris: A big mix. A big mix of everything.

Paul: American Spirits.

Chris: I’ve been smoking Parliaments. I did buy a pack of Camel Blues last night. I paid $12 for Parliaments in Brooklyn and then here I go… and they’re 20 fucking dollars.

Steph: Dave Grohl smokes Parliaments ‘cause I guess they were designed for the army?

Chris: Yeah and apparently you bite down on them while you’re shooting. That’s what someone told me in Brooklyn.

Paul: Chris you fucked me! You didn’t even give me a cigarette. You just took my 2 dollars.

Karsyn: Mind if I hit your lighter? That lighter is epic. My dad’s friend had a drawer full of lighters with naked women on it and naked women like playing cards. When I was younger, I was like, this is crazy. And I’m like, what fucking like 40 year old guy has this like stowed away in his kitchen drawer like that? What kind of person do you have to be?

Steph: I got it at a vintage shop called Search and Destroy 15 minutes from here.

Chris: Let me guess it’s all super expensive.

Karsyn: I didn’t know they had that here, I thought that was just a Montreal thing. Vintage. Not leather jackets. They have leather jackets here, I’ve seen them.

So, do you guys want to introduce yourselves?

Paul: Thomas, hit the ground running.

Thomas: Okay, yo. I’m Thomas Hart. I’m the drummer of Truck Violence.

Chris: And the CEO of Heartwear Clothing. CEO of Heartwear Clothing/crypto day trader by day.

Paul: What by night? You’re also a crypto day trader all day and night. No, I don’t do that. I’m eating a bodega muffin. Hell yeah. Chocolate chip, but it has, like, bread crumbs on it. I don’t know but they sprinkled something on it.

Karsyn: I’m Karson Henderson. For the record…what’s your name by the way?

Steph: Stephanie.

Karsyn: Stephanie just gave me a PCP-dipped cigarette.

Steph: So it should be a good interview.

Karsyn: I’m a nepo baby from Alberta. My dad owns all the oil fields. Oh, and my mother is…fuck, Phoebe Bridgers. I’m the vocalist.

Paul: I’m Paul from Truck Violence. My dad’s a woodsman. He’s known as the Moose in Ontario.

Karsyn: Yeah, literally. Self-professed.

Paul: Yeah. I play guitar.

Chris: I’m Chris Clegg from Truck Violence. Also the founder of CleggCoin, the cryptocurrency, and Tofer Nickel, the meme coin.

Paul: They’re both way up. The pump and dump. Don’t buy Tofer Nickel.

Chris: No, buy Tofer Nickel. That one’s been up, the other one’s down.

Karsyn: If you could rate who had the wittiest joke here at the end, that would be great. The wittiest entry. We’re all really funny.

So where are you guys all from?

Steph to Chris: We actually know each other from way back. You’re from Montreal.

Chris: Yes, from the cancer hole. The Dawson cancer hole smoke spot.

Steph to Karsyn: So you’re from Alberta?

Karsyn: Yup.

Thomas: I’m from Nova Scotia.

Do you have any, like, hometown bands that you love that you’d like to plug? 

Karsyn: Oh, shout out Empty Visionaries. Shout out, uh, Misery Tomb.

Paul: Rising Sun.

Chris: Shout out Le Torrent, ex bassist of Conflit Majeur who fucked off from the punk stuff and decided to do folk. And shout out the disbanded Piss For Pumpkin because they were sick.

Paul: Yeah, they were super sick.

Chris: That was definitely my favorite Montreal band and I’m sad they’re gone.

Thomas: I have one to shout out. It’s a band called Rumé Kover. It’s R-U-M-E-space-K-O-V-E-R. (pronounced Room Makeover).