What happened with the planned shows in Zimbabwe and Botswana in Africa?
P: The guy setting it up for us said that the tension in Zimbabwe right now is really bad and it’s kind of like walking into a bar and there’s a tension, like a fight is about to break out. He said the streets are really quiet and everyone’s really tense, so he said it’s best that we just stick to South Africa. It’s unfortunate, but I think South Africa is a pretty big achievement in itself, so we’re happy with that, but it still sucks. F: Do you know if there’s a hardcore scene over there in Africa? P: That’s was the thing, like in China, there’s no hardcore scene whatsoever, there’s sort of a formation of punk, but there’s nothing really. It was kind of cool to go there and the kids were excited, it’s kind of interesting to see what the states would have been like before hardcore existed, seeing bands that were untouched by the pre-set ideas of hardcore, seeing them play loud and crazy music, like Bad Brains’ approach to music, really fast. So, it was cool to see that, especially in
