Do The Red Chord have day jobs?
We should. We don’t, necessarily. Our drummer was working at a pizza parlor, but I think he got fired because he wasn’t a very good employee. I run a record label called Blackmarket Activities—I’m actually at a show right now with two of my bands playing, From a Second Story Window and Animosity. That’s what I do. That’s not to say that I make enough money that I shouldn’t have a job, but I don’t have a job outside of that. One of the guys does roofing and stuff like that. It’s just a free-for-all. It’s not a very glamorous life. Between tours, it’s just trying to scrounge up money however you have to whore yourself out. The band doesn’t necessarily pay the bills. We make a living off it. It’s not a very great living, but at least we get to play music. Clients was based around people you met while working at a pharmacy. Can you talk about some of these characters? OK, [about] which one would you like to know? How about Antman? Antman was a bright guy. His real name was Tony, and I used