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Providing the rhythmic glue for Black Flag’s mid-80s heyday was just a starting point for bassist/songwriter/singer Kira Roessler. Now, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning dialogue editor (that’s half an EGOT!) based in LA, Kira still finds time - in 30-minute increments - to lay down intricate, dueling bass lines with her sometime bandmate (and ex-husband) Mike Watt in dos, while also releasing her first solo album in 2021, the aptly titled KIRA. Ms. Roessler bristles with insight and self-deprecating humor in this long awaited chat.
KIRA (https://kittenrobotrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kira) (solo album)
Black Flag (https://www.blackflagband.com/)
Dos (https://dossanpedro.bandcamp.com/album/justamente-tres)
AwkWard (https://bassawkward.bandcamp.com/album/in-progress)
Buy yourself a custom Kira bass (https://www.garzguitars.com/basses) from Garz guitars
Grab your bonus cups and strap on your ear goggles (kinda mixing band references here) to drink of the wisdom of one Karl Alvarez, the fleet-fingered fellow who anchors and propels power pop deities Descendents (as well as their alter-ego combo, All, who are no longer active).
As with many of...
Published 05/15/24
(Do I really need to write any show notes after coming up with that title?)
It’s time to pick it up with Horace Panter (nickname: Sir Horace Gentleman), the man whose elastic lines launched generations of skanking acolytes. From their shambolic/iconic “Saturday Night Live” performance in 1980...
Published 05/01/24