Fallout Interview

The fol­low­ing is from the now-offline (at the time of this writ­ing) Star City Punk web­site. It’s unclear what year the inter­view is from, though Fall­out’s last release was in 1992.

The three mem­ber band called Fall­out may be based out of Roanoke but have gar­nished more atten­tion inter­na­tion­al­ly than they have on the local scene. The pop­u­lar­i­ty of their music in the Nether­lands and Aus­tralia has sur­prised the band, but record sales are record sales. Fall­out con­sists of André Bur­roughs on gui­tar (also in the band The Make) Dave Fue­glein on bass (Capri­corn), Marc Hamel on drums and the gang on vocals. Their discog­ra­phy cur­rent­ly includes a 10 song cas­sette and a 5 song red vinyl 7″ record on the Hit Men Enter­tain­ment Label. The three guys wan­dered into the V office to answer a few ques­tions before a semi-glam­orous pho­to shoot in the alley.

How long has Fall­out been togeth­er?
Six long years.

Why the name Fall­out?
It has been so long we don’t remem­ber. oh yeah. we were going to name the band nuclear some­body and the fall­outs and then we short­ened it.

What kind of music do you play?
Punk rock 1977 style. Like the Clash, Ramones, Sex Pis­tols … good stuff.

Describe punk rock.
Web­ster calls it a form of rock music usu­al­ly per­formed in a hos­tile, coarse offen­sive way, but Mr. Web­ster is wrong. It is not offen­sive.

Why does­n’t Fall­out play more often?
A lot of peo­ple ask us that. Gigs are hard to come by out of town. There are a lim­it­ed num­ber of clubs and tons of bands. Local­ly we don’t want to wear out our wel­come.

What do you feel about the local scene?
We under­stand the demo­graph­ics of the area and can’t com­plain. The scene in Roanoke is a lot bet­ter com­pared to 6 years ago. Most peo­ple go main­stream, but we wish more peo­ple would try alter­na­tive music. We think they would like it.

Describe a typ­i­cal Fall­out fan.
Groovy. Rang­ing in age from 13 to 30. Many types of peo­ple seem to enjoy our music even if they don’t like punk rock.

Fall­out has received some good reviews in pub­li­ca­tions like Max­i­mum Rock N Roll, Flip­side, and Tan­gent. How does that feel?
Cool.

What is more impor­tant in your music, emo­tion or vol­ume?
Def­i­nite­ly emo­tion.

What is more impor­tant, fame or mon­ey?
Emo­tion.

Best thing about being in a band?
See­ing how peo­ple respond to the music. We love to hear pos­i­tive feed­back.

What is the worst thing?
We can’t always afford to do what we want to do.

Who would you like to open for?
The Clash reunion, which will nev­er hap­pen, or pos­si­bly the back­up band for Iggy Pop’s next tour.

What does the future hold for Fall­out?
Play­ing, hang­ing out, play­ing, hang­ing out, play­ing, hang­ing out, record­ing a new 7″ to be released in the spring, play­ing and hang­ing out.

Any last words?
Play­ing and hang­ing out.


—Inter­view by Bug­gi