Names and insturments?
Yo Paul! the band has always been and probably will always be:
brendan - vocals
matt - guitar
trevor - bass
edson - drums

How did you get to know eachother?
the band started when brendan, edson and myself (matt) all met in highschool and skated together and shit. then we were in this other band but we wanted to start a fast hardcore band thats sounded like charles bronson and mk ultra but with militant straight edge lyrics. it was a good idea then and i think it still is. even though we dont sound like those bands anymore really.

What do you try to get across in your songs?
well basically everyone always asks us if our song lyrics are serious. especially ones like "X If being negative is wrong i dont want to be right X" where we sing about killing kids that smoke and shit. well, none of us have ever killed anyone but we hate kids that fuckin smoke cigarettes in our face, and we sure as hell would like to kill them some day. so to sum it up were just trying to sing about straight edge and how much we can eat.

Why do you do this?
The same reason i hope everyone else in a band does, because its fuckin fun as hell! weve played shows everywhere from new bedford to albany to pennsylvania and everywhere we go we always meet fuckin awesome kids. its fun to hang out with kids that even though they may live in a different town or state you know you have something in common with them because you both love hardcore music. just keep it fun!

Influences gotta have 'em?
ok so like i said before on our very first 2 tape demos (which thankfully we only made like 5 of them each) we were a total CB and MK ULTRA rip off band. then somewhere in between the first 2 demos and the official demo "the youth is out there" our sound matured a little i guess you could say. and now on the beaten straight 7" and upcoming split 7" with self defense i dont even know what the fuck we sound like anymore.
but our influences range from early 80s hardcore like minor threat, youth brigade, LARM!, to late 80s youth crew shit like straight ahead to present day bands like tear it up. all those influences our music and attitude. its funny because in the van on the way to shows we even rock ACDC, Danzig and Guns n Roses. also brendan and i fully support Andrew WK bringing rock and roll back to the mainstream. let it be known

The song "Revenge Of The Hardcore Nerds," what is the motive behind that?
ok, this song has some sort of weird controversy around it, or so ive gathered from a few kids. the song is not bashing or making fun of nerdy kids in the scene. the song is saying all those kids that stand in the back, take pictures, set up shows, write in zines, run record labels etc etc are the fuckin kids that keep this scene strong. a lot of times the kids moshing their faces off up front dont do half the shit that the kid watching the door in the back will do to support the hardcore scene. so thats all there is to that.

What have you accomplished so far?
Im definitely proud of how far this band has come in its 2 years or so of existance. yeah we got off to a slow start and played really bad at our early shows, but who gives a fuck, we had a shitload of fun!
we've self recorded our own demo and 7", the 7" was put out by our friend john from NY on my trust records. we then just recorded our side of a split 7" at our friend greg's studio in CT, and that record will be out soon. and no we are writing brand new songs hopefully for an upcoming 10" or LP if we can find someone to put it out for us. so im definitely happy with that so far. we also are touring the entire country for 3+ weeks with THINK I CARE this august and i couldnt be more fucking excited about that!!

What do you want to accomplish?
i hope to be able to keep having fun with this band and always strive to write better music but keep it fuckin fast! i also hope we can release more records (so if anyone out there has a shit load of money to toss up in the air by putting out our new songs get in touch), play a lot more shows and fuckin tour!!

Are you hardliners or peaceful kids?
i kinda touched on this above. if anyone has ever talked to us at a show you will know that we are really nice guys. yeah we have "militant" or "hardline" straight edge lyrics but chances are if youre not : blowing smoke in my face, driving drunk, or acting like a complete fucked up fool than youll be fine and cool to talk to.

Do you try to preach sXe ideas at shows or just play?
well, the few times that ive grabbed the mic while we were playing it usually ended up in some really bad attempt to be funny, and then no one laughed, and then after the show brendan would be like yo man what the fuck was that all about? so i try not to talk much...
but when brendan yells out stupid shit in between songs usually its just to be funny or to get a reaction out of people. who knows if it works or not....

Any recordings done yet?
Yup... CD demo (out of print) beaten straight 7" (email xalfredx@aol.com to order one)
oh and always check our website (xfilesx.cjb.net) because whenever we record new shit we always put songs from it on there.

Any plans for further recordings?
split 7" with self defense.
and hopefully this summer a 10" or LP out in time for tour.

How do the local kids treat you?
man, new bedford is the fuckin shit! we love all the kids here. i just wanna say whats up to all the cool kids in the action taken, POLICE BEAT, RnR, Say Goodbye and all the other NB kids and bands that have always kept new bedford hardcore alive.

Have you ever had any big fights at shows?
no one has ever fought while we were playing. other than one time at a show in CT our friend Tim wrestled with brendan during our set. if you didnt know they were friends it might have looked like a fight.
we fight amongst eachother on the way to shows a lot. usually because edson forgot to bring something or because trevor is screaming something in my face while im trying to give edson directions.

Tell me a funny story....?
Hmmmmmm let me see......
when we played the halloween show in winchendon last year brendan smashed a toilet bowl on the floor after the first song. we put a chocolate bar in the toilet on purpose to look like a shit and brendan grabbed it and ate it. shawn , the guitar player for think i care, thought it was a real shit and ran outside and threw up. thats the best i could do!

Have you ever had any bad injuries from moshing at a show?
Ummmm nothing too bad. at the second edge day show some dude landed on my fucking head after stage diving. i walked around confused for a minute or 2 but i was fine. brendan fucked up his finger by smashing that toilet on himself at the halloween show . thats all i can think ok.

Favorite horror movie? Why?
im not big into horror movies but the best ive ever seen was Deadalive the unrated version. theres just nothing in that movie that they didnt do. theres even a fucking intestine that chases people around and chokes them. great movie!

That's it, thanks... last words?
great questions, great site!!! keep it going and keep it fun!!!

Matt XXX

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