A great mix beetween old and new punk, metal and some other sounds. Here's the interview with False Alliance a cool band from L.A.!

Hi guys, let’s start from the beginning: how did u meet and when did u decide to create the band? Try to introduce yourselves to Italian readers.
Danny - vocals, guitar: False started seven years ago. There were all different members at that time. Me being the only original member. Over the years, we have come to what we are now. The current line has been around for over a year.
James - bass, vocals: I met Alex, the original drummer in highschool. We jammed together a couple times so when it came time for False Alliance to get a new bassist. He asked if I would try out.
Beau - drums: I first started playing with the original False Alliance back when I was in 7th grade. I met Danny and David online and they were looking for a drummer. I would skateboard down to David's and we would jam all the time and we played one show. Then I was shipped off to boarding school. I then joined back up in 2001.

Why did u choose the monicker False Alliance, is there any particular reason or some hidden meaning behind it?
Danny: False Alliance was a combination of two names, which I have forgotten. We liked the name False Alliance for a few reasons. One of them being, at first we werent too sure Exactly what it meant, but over the years we (and many other people) have been able to apply this title to their lives.

Listening to your songs I suppose that your musical influences are pretty different. I think that there are some elements of The Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion and Black Flag’s “old” punk, but there is also something that makes me think to Offspring’s new Skate Punk, or even Metallica, but passing from The Beatles to Red Hot Chilli Peppers. What do u think about my point of view? Which were the bands that mostly impressed u since when u were kids?
Danny: Your point of view is right on the money. I love bands like the Dead Kennedy's, Bad Religion, and Black Flag. They are my major influences. James is a Metallica fan, and I think all of us like the Chili Peppers to some degree. They are just a great band.
James:Your point of View is right on.We all differ in musical interests. I listen to everything from funk and jazz to punk and metal. Right now I am going back to where I started with metal like old Metallica and Pantera but also things I missed like Iron Maiden and newer stuff like Shadows Fall, Death By Stereo, and Avenged Sevenfold. I do like some punk like Rancid, AFI, Dead Kennedys, Subhumans...etc, but most punk bassists aren't that good. It's like they picked up some guy that looks punk rock and gave him a bass to follow chords with. I've always like things that grooves as well as rock so probably my biggest influence comes from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. I've also been known to dabble in the likes of Victor Wooten.
Beau: My drumming has allways been heavily influenced by NOFX, Pennywise, Lagwagon, and that whole late 90's sweep of fast newschool punk. Metallica, Pantera, Children of Bodom are my more metal influences. The music that I enjoy to play the most besides punk rock would have to be reggae (dub, jungle, dancehall) and new school hard rock i.e. Incubis, 311, Deftones.

Is there any particular technique u adopt to realize your songs? Who writes down the lyrics and who composes the instrumental parts? Is it a “team work” or an individual one?
Danny: Usually, I will write a riff and show the band. I tend to have the basic structure for the song complete, then everyone writes there own lines. I write all the lyrics.
James: Danny writes the main gist of it and the lyrics. We all take his main idea and tweek it around until it makes everyone happy.
Beau: I don’t really think that the song writing is really up to everyone. Everyone more or less just listens to what Danny wants us to do. Once we understand the song, we then fine tune our own sections.

Your music is original and the lyrics, with humour and dilemmas make people think about what’s around them and the kind of world they’re living in. The words of “Bonfire of the Constitution” says that super powers are our biggest enemies. What do u mean by super powers and why do u find them so dangerous?
Danny: In Bonfire of The Constitution the superpower im reffering to is The US. There are a few superpowers in the world. A superpower is pretty self explanatory. A country with wealth and great military power. Basically a country to be afraid of. That is the purpose. It's kind've giving the world a message to "not fuck with us". The reason that superpowers are dangerous is because not only do they have a strong grasp on the rest of the world, it's hard for the Citizens of a superpower to realize the type of politically incorrect control there govt. has on the rest of the world, because essentially they are being controlled themselves through media.

In “Man vs Man” u remember that society’s most important interests are money and fucking petrol, things that make people to forget war victims and crimes! What is your opinion about the last war against IRAK and terrorism lead from George W.Bush?
Danny: I believe that our latest war against Iraq was horrible and sad. We specifically went to war out of fear of weapons of mass destruction. Ok, we are done with the war, we ruined there country, we have control of the oil, but did we find any weapons of mass destruction, no. And the sad thing is the media will not reflect much of this. It is horrible
James: Something needed to be done. I'm not saying that it was the right thing but some sort of action was deffinately needed. Saddam didn't have weapons of mass destruction...yet. If he did, there was no way we would have invaded. We would have stood back and talked (i.e China). But that doesn't mean he wasn't in the process of making them. There is no way anyone except a Political Science Major could even begin to make a intelligent arguement on this.
Beau: I think that shit is fucking scary and it really puts life into perspective. Fuck Bush! Fuck War! All I want to do is play my drums and not get bombed on.

What does the final hidden track say exactly? Why did u decide to include this particular outro!?
Danny: The final hidden track was my message machine. I used to live in an apartment that was in a bad neighborhood. We had some good times there. That is my landlord on my machine threatnening to evict me like usual. He was cool though, really. Sometimes we would smoke and drink together and have good times. But when I had parties, and there were fires in front of my door, he got mad. We decided to use this outro, because it went hand in hand with our Intro "Hawthorne" The city the apartment was in.

I was very impressed by the opening page of your web site. There are Adolph Hitler and a mock cover of “Time”! Do u really think that democracy is today in a serious danger and that the ideas of nazism, smartly masked, can be still able to charm and capture people?
Danny: Absolutely.
James: Damnit Danny, change the front page.
Beau: Our whole state of existance here is America is in a state of danger.

Do u believe that music can help people to open their minds and to reflect? Do u think that music can make people better?
Danny: Like Sublime has said. "The one good thing about music, is when it hits you, you feel no pain". Music is the most beautiful thing in the world to me. I will always be involved with it.
James: Music is a far more powerful form of media than movies. Music is subliminal in a way. You hear a song, it reminds you of a whole different time in your life. Movies can't do that in the same way as music.
Beau: I think that music can change peoples lives. Music is emotion incarnate!

I like the cover of your debut album very much. Is there some particular meaning beyond it?
Danny: A good friend of ours did the logo, and some of our songs reflect upon war, so Beau created a war explosion image in the background. To the right of the album there were two children. We thought this was a great thing to show, considering there are always a lot of "innocent children" affected by war.
Beau: When I designed the cover of the album, I kept in mind what was going on in the news, as well as trying to create an asthetically pleasing album cover. It basically represents the war and bombing. I designed the whole album to revolve around the same nuclear contemporary theme.
James: Looked cool.

So u shared the stage with The Angry Samoans, The Distillers, The Deviates and the 1208, and even with Bang Sugar Bang during Kiss or Kill Club nights! What do u think of these bands and their members? Is there any live show u liked the most? Why?
Danny: We know the Deviates and Bang Sugar Bang most personally, and they are awesome guys and gals. The Distillers were cool too, although I was the only member in False Alliance when we played with them.. It was a great show. They are such a huge band now, it's incredible. They are still great. Bang Sugar Bang has helped us get our name out to the Hollywood scene. In fact we have a show with them tomorrow at the Garage. It's going to be great.
Beau: Those are some cool bands. Bang Sugar Bang are fun to get drunk with. My favorite show would have to be at barely legal skate shop when they had the halfpipe in.
James: Don't forget TSOL. It's kinda cool that we can play shows with suck different sounding bands and still get a good reaction out of them.

Is there any song of yours u’re particularly linked and u like to play the most?
Danny: “In Need of Direction”
James: I am linked especially to “One Last Song”. It is about a friend I had since Kindergaeten who died in a car accident in 2000 on his way back to school in San Diego. It has the hardest bassline I've written and the backing vocals live are very emotional.
Beau: I love Hawthorne and I love Proactive. When we first started writing Hawthorne, that was the only song I practiced on my own every day for about 3 hours straight. I love other songs that are not on the album.

U realised a video of “Bonfire of the Constitution”. Great! Would u like to tell us something about this experience? Did u find any problems working with Jon d’Amico, who directed also the videos of Silver Needle and Bang Sugar Bang?
Danny: Filming that video was sooo much fun. We just drank a lot of beer, and skated all day. Then we had to work, and sing along to our song. But, it was so much fun. Jon d' Amico is awesome. He really helped us out a lot.
Beau: Creating the Bonfire music video was a blast. Every aspect of the production was fun. Jon d'Amico is a great guy to work with.

Is your last album selling well? Did u contact any labels interested in your work? Is there any new materials already done? What’s in False Alliance’s next future?
Danny: Our new album sells pretty good at shows. We sell it in a lot of local record shops in the south bay. We sent it to a lot of Labels, but we havent gotten much response from them. We have gotten really great reviews on places like Punk News (www.punknews.org) and your site as well! In our future.. We hope to get a label that will help us with what we love most. Writing music, recording, and touring. The entire experience is great.

This last on The Rock Explosion is a kind of ritual question: your favourite drink, record and pornostar.
Danny: Guinnes Irish Stout, Adolescents Blue Record, and of Couse.... Jenna Jameson.
James:Jagermeister, Led Zeppelin 2, probably Jenna just like everyone else.
Beau: Chocolate Milk, Morning View/ Science/ Make Yourself (Incubis), Traci Lords

Ok guys, the interview is over. Would u like to say goodbye to Italian fans? Can we hope to see u on stage here? Thank u so much for your cooperation!
Danny: Maybe someday we will be able to tour through Italy... We really hope so!
James: Goodbye, hopefully, your welcome
Beau: Thanks for the interview!

Intervista realizzata da Bruno Rossi.
Traduzione realizzata da Margherita Realmonte.