Sangre de Toro | Richard Horne (bass), Jeff Williams (drums), Brett Bradford (guitar) | Photo by Michael Crawford In 2012 Max Brody, who for 15 years played drums with me in Sangre de Toro, Areola 51, and Insect Sex Act, moved back to Seattle to be with family. How did the project come about? Tell us where you first met Win Wallace, John Paul Keenon Orozco and Ezra Reynolds? Win Wallace, Brett Bradford, and Rey Washam | Photo by Ezra Reynolds Now it seems very difficult to get everything done that I need to do, and I wish I could just stay home and play guitar for my dog. The problem was we couldn’t play shows to make money, so we only recorded sporadically, as we could afford to.Īt first it was very difficult not having anything to do and being at home all the time. The first year was pretty much “nothing.” The next year we started to pick up the pieces with the record. Our music went into a state of estivation during lockdown. We didn’t think it would be two years though…WTF. A month later we gave up paying rent on our rehearsal space since no one knew how long it would last- a wise move it turned out. Our lockdown started in March 2020, pretty much when SXSW decided to cancel all shows. I played acoustic guitar for my dog- a lot. The pandemic was extremely difficult for musicians. It’s been a surreal clusterfuck, for everyone, worldwide, but the record’s done and we are very pleased with how it came out. It’s all a bit blurry…three different drummers, a global pandemic, two years in lockdown. The photo posted in January, 2019…John Paul had been on hiatus for months before that, so we must have started around October 2018. It was Win Wallace, Rey Washam, and myself working in the studio. I don’t even remember exactly when we first went into the studio, but a “memory photo” I posted on Facebook “four years ago” popped up the other day. What was it like for you to get back to the music? You weren’t active for several years now.īrett Bradford: Yes, ‘Suckling,’ the album has just been released. Suckling consists of Brett Bradford on guitar/background vocals, John Paul Keenon on drums, Ezra Reynolds on vocals/organ/piano/cello and Win Wallace on bass. Also making appearances are Jeff Pinkus (Butthole Surfers / Melvins) and Frank Garymartin of legendary Houston experimentalists Pain Teens. The record is Bradford’s first new music in years, and also marks his first new collaboration with Scratch Acid drummer Rey Washam (Ministry, Tad, Helios Creed) since 1986. Their debut album was recently released via Australian Cattle God Records. Scratch Acid | Brett Bradford | Suckling | Interview Suckling is a fantastic new band featuring guitarist Brett Bradford of the 80’s noise rock pioneers Scratch Acid.

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