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Interview with the Spunk Lads

by Julio

Intro by Editor, Tyler Carey - Despite extensive fact-checking of all Great Hoboes pieces, we here at the ol' Hobo have been unable to verify the previous existence of the Spunk Lads. No extant playbills from CBGB's or the Continental list them as performing during their 1970s heyday. But here they are, on a seemingly never-ending reunion tour. It's odd...they all look like they're Americans in their 20s... Lower East Side Skater-in-Residence Julio met up with them recently. After an expensed bar tab of $200 (which he failed to collect on), Mr. Julio presented us with the following interview.

Ever wonder where the Spunk Lads went after 76'? We'll I found them and they're faring well in NYC. They've been playing a few shows here and there and if you manage to see them you're in for a treat. Lately a lot of those old original punks are getting back together and putting some great shows for their old fans. Most of these guys like the U.K. Subs are old as fuck but can still rock with the best of them. Somehow the Spunk Lads have managed to keep their looks but the plastic surgery must have cost them a bundle. I managed to get an interview with Nick Knickers, the lead singer from the Spunk Lads:

1. Where do guys hail from?
Hail? Caesarians!

2. What were some of your musical influences?
The Draft Riots, The Cultural Revolution, The Big Bang, Little Big Horn My Dad's secretary's IBM typewriter and The Way Outs.

3. Did anyone in the band ever skateboard?
Not until the skateboard was invented, no.

4. Where were you in 1976?
At the corner of Shaftesbury and Charing Cross Road.

5. What are your feelings on the Queen Mum passing away?
Sad, irrevocably sad. One of the world's truly great lap dancers is gone. She's undulating in God's lap now.

6. If you were a shoe what kind of shoe would you be?
A really big shoo.

7. What was the worst animal you been attacked by?
Eric Burdon.

8. What do you think of the following people:

a.Lou Reed?
Bad hair.

b.Iggy Pop?
Bad ass.

c.David Johansen?
Bad example.

d.David Bowie?
Bad depth-perception

9. Any final words?
Yes three in fact: Sesquipedalian, Supercalifragilisticexpialidociuos, and Strooth.