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"You can find another guitar player to replace me and another bass player to replace Pete and another drummer to replace Bil – you can find people to do the jobs – but it really wouldn’t be the same."

“We’ve been working on a new album called Street Punk. It has a more punk vibe to it; it kind of is more inspired by early LA bands like Germs, Redd Kross, Black Flag and that kind of stuff."

As we wait in anticipation for Wax Witches' debut LP 'Celebrity Beatings', we caught up with Alex Wall - the dude behind it all!

“We’ve got an EP coming out this year that’s already been recorded, and then we’re working on recording a bunch of other stuff even right now, and we’re writing a lot.”

“I really wanted to come back, I really did. The last time I was in Australia was so long ago, I think it was ’98 and that was when I was over there with Pulp and I’ve never played on my own. I want to come to Australia to see some real friends!”

“When I’ve been going through the songs wondering which ones to play on this tour it’s quite a novelty knowing that for 90% of the audience it will be the first time they’ve heard us play these songs."

“I guess there have been a couple of folky bands that have paved the way for us in America. I think it was maybe the right music at the right time for the American market. "

“I’m pretty much doing a club tour this time around, which I don’t always do, so that’s kinda nice, actually – ‘cause I’m usually on some big festival and now I’m gonna do a few club dates instead."

"I’d rather be compared to the people who I have a lot of respect for, who aren’t in those circles. I don’t want to be before some five-year-old who can sing the National Anthem and after some magician, that’s not my thing.”

“Including all the shit high school efforts, it’s like the sixth or seventh album I’ve done. So it is your debut record, but it isn’t, in another way.”

"Before I did my first album, which I really didn’t wanna do, I maybe would have thought I couldn’t handle it. But now, I really think it’s important that it’s out there and people ask me questions because there are some people that don’t know how to deal with it."