Punk Globe: Hi Thanks for chatting with us. Can you give a little history about yourself and how you got into music?

Lone Creep:It all started with my parents. My Mom told me that when I was young, every night at bedtime, she gave me the choice between a bedtime story or listening to “Hey Jude”. The story goes that I chose Hey Jude every night.
They took us to lots of concerts when we were young and there was always music in the house.
I became interested in playing music in the early ‘80s when New Wave was the thing. I formed a band called The Creeps with a few friends in March of ’83. The first song we ever played live was “Mongoloid” by Devo.
The Creeps were around for 7 years or so and we enjoyed playing to decent-sized crowds in Colorado Springs and the front range of Colorado.
Within a year after forming, my influences had completely pivoted to raging angry Punk Rock. The catalyst was when I heard Discharge’s “Possibility of Life’s Destruction” on the local college radio station in the middle of the night. That was the big turning point and still influences a majority of what I do. From the fierce energy to the often social/political lyrics. I I do like to throw in relatable angry songs about stupid shit in addition to the serious socio political stuff. I don’t like to be serious ALL the time.
In the years since The Creeps disbanded I’ve noodled around with playing guitar along with fave bands, but I didn’t get back into writing original music until about 8 years ago. I’ve played with a few bands here in Albuquerque in the last few years, but nothing stuck. Tried to put together a The Creeps 40th anniversary album a few years back, but other band members were too busy to really dig in and get it done. So, I decided to just go solo and become LONE Creep. In case you were wondering where the name came from 😊

Punk Globe: First song you learned to play?

Lone Creep: In its entirety, I’d have to say “Knife Edge” by GBH. Those guys were one of my biggest influences back in the day as well.

Punk Globe: What track are you most proud of and why?

Lone Creep: That’s gotta be my recent tune “Everyone Can Go Get Fucked”.  It’s simple. It’s catchy. It’s relatable.

 Punk Globe: Favorite Sandwich?

Lone Creep: You do NOT want to go there lol 😊
My family owned a sandwich joint which I worked in for many years. I’m gonna have to go with corned beef and swiss with lots of horseradish grilled on pumpernickel. With crappy potato chips and a pickle. BOOM, perfection.

Punk Globe: Tell us your music making process.

Lone Creep: I come up with a riff idea in my head. Usually when I’m totally alpha-state napping. I snag a drum loop, load it up and start working out the riff. Or I have NO riff, and I fire up a drum loop and just start playing guitar until something cool surfaces. Sometimes I’m just a conduit.
Once the first riff is on tape I start working on the chorus, bridges and any transitions in the same way. Because non-linear editing is so cool, I can then arrange all the pieces in a way I think flows well. Then I usually edit, rebuild or embellish the drum loops and record all the guitars and bass again.
Then I drink a few beers and just start screaming whatever comes to mind into the mic. I usually have no idea what the song is going to be about until this point. I used to actually write lyrics but I find it suits my style better to record each line on tape and delete/adjust along the way.
Four beers or so later, the song is done for the most part. The whole process usually takes place in one Friday evening after dealing with friggin’ work for a week. I see that as one of the few advantages to being a one-person band. Can’t pull off a whole tune in one night with three or four other people and an engineer involved.