Brothers Jimmy and Timmy Brown have tearing up the Inland Empire music scene for nearly a quarter of a century as Dose Of Adolescence. The band recently joined XOVR Records (pronounced crossover), the label owned and operated by Korn‘s Brian “Head” Welch and are preparing to unleash the upcoming new album Zircon Ave on 15 November. Ahead of its release, lead guitarist Timmy joined TGEFM for the latest of our Roll of the Dice interview series.
Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview. Congrats on the upcoming drop of “Zircon Ave.” What should TGEFM readers know about Dose of Adolescence, your history, formation and ethos? What’s next for the band?
Dose of Adolescence started in Southern California back in late 1999/early 2000. We’ve always just written music from our hearts. After the record comes out and we get into the new year, we plan on getting back out on the road.
You guys have been doing this for about a quarter of a century. The industry and world have changed so much in that time. What’s been the biggest change you’ve had to adapt to within the industry? What advice do you have for advice artists just getting started? What advice do you wish you listened to coming up?
Social media/promotion has changed a ton in the time we took off, seems to be mostly short music videos/reels is all people want these days. The best advice I would give people starting out is to do this because you love it and never let anything take away or compromise that love and just be real, I don’t know if anyone ever gave us that as advice but if they did I wish I would have listened to it because if you’re not careful the music industry can make feel pretty jaded over time.
One of our obligatory questions in these interviews also tends to be the one I have found most important on a personal level. Who are some bands on your radar that TGEFM readers may not know about, but you think they should know about?
Most of the bands I love are old school, one of my favorites to this day is Strung Out, they influenced a lot of our early music and I feel like they were a rad mix of punk and metal.
Was there anything I missed that you’d like to share or dive deeper into with our readers?
Our main hope in all of this is to spread some love and hope through our music and I hope people can relate to it and know they’re not alone. We love you guys thanks for everything.
Roll of the Dice is a short interview format with a variable amount of questions. A pair of dice is rolled and the total, between 2 and 12, is the amount of questions we can ask. All questions are given to the interviewee(s) at once, and no follow-ups are allowed. The interview may be lightly edited for content and clarity.
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
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