Dan “Soupy” Campbell (The Wonder Years) and Jon Diener (The Swellers) Talk About The Life Of A Musician And The State Of The Industry

June 20th, 2013

Adrian Garza

Leading into their bands’ appearances on the recently commenced Vans Warped Tour, Soupy from The Wonder Years and Jon Diener of The Swellers did an interview with BLARE magazine. The two musicians talked about life, growing up in the punk community, having a firsthand look at how things in the industry have changed due to technology, and even how people have come to appreciate music in different ways than before.

Follow the jump to read the full interview, done by the folks over at BLARE.

SOUPY: What’s great now is that everyone has a shot. I don’t think we would have been successful in 2004 because we wouldn’t have been able to sign to Drive Thru or Vagrant and that would have been the end of it. That was the beginning, middle and end for the type of music we wanted to play. Maybe it’s a good thing it doesn’t happen anymore or maybe it’s a bad thing, because I remember getting Letting Off The Happiness by Bright Eyes, I played it and thought, “Oh my god, I just wasted $15, this is so fucking bad” but then I realized I spent $15 and I should really try to like it. So I invested myself in the record and after a couple more spins I started liking the odd song, then I started loving a few songs and soon enough I loved the whole record. Now Bright Eyes is one of my favourite bands of all time. I think that now there’s a difference because people can spin the track once on YouTube, decide they don’t like it, and then that’s the end of it forever.

Read full interview at BLARE.