Young Poor & Angry Press

So you just wrapped Brothers, how was that experience?

We wrapped that two years ago actually, well, just about. It was fun but so long ago I don’t recall many of the details.

You’ve been in a lot of movies. Big and small. What’s been the most enjoyable experience filming experience thus far?

I just finished a movie called UNSTOPPABLE that Tony Scott directed and that was very enjoyable. I don’t know that it was “the most” enjoyable movie I’ve done but being the most recent I will go with that one.

Tell us about the Star Fucking Hipsters project?

Sturgeon (the lead singer, formerly of Choking Victim, also the lead singer of Leftover Crack) is a friend of mine and he mentioned that he thought it would be cool if when they came through LA they got some footage of me beating him up in an interrogation room. My brother-in-law who introduced us decided that we’d shoot their entire video here and we just went about doing that. It’s for their new single called 3000 MILES and it should be up on YouTube or available on their MySpace soon.

What was one of your favorite episodes of Boy Meets World?

The first one, I had to grab Corey and slam him into a locker. It was also my first acting job.

As a follower of yours on twitter I noticed a tweet about making the Breakfast Club into a TV show. You expressed a slight disgust for such allowed to be possible.. what are your thoughts on the latest craze (so-to-speak) of taking old classic films, and even 80’s and 90’s TV shows, and re-vamping them for ‘’today’s generation’’?

We as a society seem to have run out of ideas. Sucks for us.

Going along with my previous question do you think they will ever remake Boy Meets World? If so, would you want to make an appearance in the show?

That’s funny. Laughing Silently To Myself

What prep work did you do to get ready to play Seth Ryan in American History X?

I was really into the LA ska scene in the early 90s and familiar with the skinhead subculture so I knew something about it from the beginning but I had to play basically my worst enemy. I tried for a while to look back at what kind of music or tattoos those guys were into but my only real contact with them was in fights. The director pulled in some guys from OC and I had to bite my tongue while I listened to them spout their garbage philosophy. I really hope I made them look like idiots, that was my main focus.

The tattoo you had in the movie is of an American Oi band named Anti-Heroes. Any thoughts on their lawsuit?

Maybe if they  hadn’t done such a spot on cover of Skrewdriver’s Anti-Social, Nazi morons wouldn’t have been into them.

Did you ever see the fucking sailboat? Cause I damn sure know I didn’t.

Yep, I sure did.

What have you been listening to lately?

Al Green, Gallows, Star Fucking Hipsters, Symarip, Mariachi El Bronx, Op-Ivy, John Holt, Contropotere, D’Angelo, Amebix, Against ME! Those are the most recent bands I’ve forced upon my kids. The list changes almost weekly.

How long have you been into hardcore and punk rock?

Since I was a kid. When I was 12 I started getting dropped off by my mom at the Reseda Country Club for the all-ages shows, that’s where it started.

You grew up in Manhattan and you’re in California now. Which coast’s music do you prefer?

I wouldn’t know. I like what strikes an emotional chord in me and it doesn’t really matter where it’s being made. I left Manhattan when I was really young and didn’t really grow up with NY Hardcore like the kids out there. If I was gonna go see a NYHC show, like the Cro-Mags or Gorilla Biscuits when I was a really young kid I made sure to go with a big group, those shows were a lot of fun but attracted a rougher crowd and there were always fights. But NO ONE back then was doing that fucking lame “hardcore dance.” The first time I saw that was at a Madball show 5 or 6 years ago and I was bugging out, like what the fuck are these kids doing?! I’m sure it’s what my parents would’ve thought of a pit way back when but there’s a beautiful aesthetic to a good pit and these “karate kids” look like a bunch of morons having epileptic fits…

What’s your take on all these new school hipster kids and the Rod Stewart hair?

I don’t really understand it. I don’t know what a “hipster” is really either. I thought they were the kids listening to folk and always about to kill themselves but now there are these other “hipsters” with flock of seagulls hair and eye-liner that don’t really seem like they’re suicidal but they want it to look that way. Bizarre.

Has fatherhood mellowed you a bit? I know you let some rage out on Twitter occasionally.

Yeah for sure. I’m not allowed to fight anymore, that’s my wife’s rule but I stick to it and also you want to set a decent example for your kids. I have daughters so we try to use words to defeat people in any kind of altercation. That’s what I’m trying to teach them. Or that’s it’s alright to be wrong sometimes too and even though your mad or freaked out, realizing that you’re wrong and admitting it can make all the frustration go away. If I had sons we’d just be at the MMA gym all the time and fighting with people and it’s be fun but less cerebral and there’s something really good about thinking clearly.

I see you are a supporter of Invisible Children. Do you happen to know about Outlet Thru Noise? If so, what are your thoughts?

I know nothing about them, I’ll look into it.

I have some Silly questions for you:

Twitter or MySpace?

TWITTER BITCHES

Beatles or Rolling Stones?

Both are awesome but I would put on the Beatles before the Stones…

Xbox or Ps3?

Not allowed, wife, kids etc…

Coke or Pepsi?

100% COKE, but not for quite some years as I’ve been dieting.

UFC or NFL?

NF-who? UFC!

King of the Hill vs. Family Guy?

Family GUY!

Alcohol vs. Pot ?

Been sober for almost 9 years so neither, but I am pro legalization.

Marvel vs. DC ?

Which released Sandman? (Editor’s Note: DC Comics….)

Sex Pistols vs. Ramones ?

As a kid the Pistols seemed to embody Anarchy better, as an adult my kids have not been exposed to them but will request Blitzkrieg Bop by name and I doubt that I have any Pistols on record or CD…Maybe an old cassette.