Interviews

By Liz Elkind

Brooklyn-based Bomb the Music Industry is one of those bands that you hate to categorize because it seems to go against everything the band stands for. Namely fun, and yes, punk rock, too. As I interviewed band member Jeff Rosenstock before the show at DC’s 3rd Street Co-op (a cooperative house with an art/bike-punk vibe where shows are held in the basement), I was reminded of early Against Me!, and not just because of both bands’ fondness for exclamation points and quirky song titles. I appreciated Jeff’s laid-back, do-it-yourself approach, and I was knocked out by the energetic, fun-as-hell show. The basement was so packed with the dancing audience singing along to every song that as soon as I descended into the room, my camera was fogging up. But back to our conversation: Jeff explained that he was representing some dozen more band members that weren’t on the Bring Your Own Band Tour, a trip down and back up the east coast.