Grab your s'mores, your bug spray and pack your bags as Riot Squad Media is about to take over Northeast Pennsylvania with Camp Punksylvania! The 3-day festival with multiple stages and amazing national and local acts like The Suicide Machines, War On Women and A Wilhelm Scream, will take place from 1 September until 3 September, tickets are available here. Before his performance, Scott Reynolds (yes, that Scott Reynolds from ALL) joined TGEFM to briefly discuss his upcoming appearances at Camp Punksylvania for the latest installment of our Camp-centric Roll Of The Dice interview series. Check it out below and I'll see you at the campfire!
Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview! You are gearing up for Camp Punksylvania in the coming months, what does the festival circuit mean to individual artists like yourself?
I honestly haven't really played many festivals. So I guess not a lot. I'm just happy to get out and play my tunes.
You have been part of such influential acts that mean so much to so many of us. Does the high bar you've set for yourselves in the past help, hinder or affect your creativity today and to what extent?
I set a high bar??!! Awesome!! My creativity comes in waves. It always has. So I don't actually think I've set any bar at all. I just let nature take its course. I'm glad you feel that way about my stuff! Thank you!
What pieces of advice do you have for the up and coming acts performing at Camp Punksylvania?
Keep trying. Never surrender. And someday you'll have $1,200 in your bank account, and a 2006 Escape in your driveway, Just like me (except I don't have a driveway).
What's the state of the live scene from your point of view? We are living in a “just deal with COVID” world and everything about this timeline is some level of completely fucked. What impact, if any, do the current cultural and political landscapes have on the two of you and your music?
The two of us??? How did you find out about my split personality???!!
Any summer camp worth its salt knows there needs to be a lot of different activities to participate in. What activity would you be in charge of if Camp Punksylvania was an actual sleepaway camp?
Rock fighting, or ignoring each other.
End of the season Campfire; What song are you performing?
“Waterloo” by Abba
Camp Punksylvania is a smorgasbord of fantastic acts. Which bands are you most excited to see on each stage?
The best ones!!
Was there anything I missed that you'd like to share or dive deeper into with our readers?
Nope
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?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
