Yerkish has about had it with all this monkey business

Comments (0) By Jon Solomon Thursday, Dec 11 2008

Kaminski's words are as captivating as his vocals, and they often touch on political or media-based topics. The title of the album, Fear Conquers America — taken from a line in the song "A.P.," which features a mock newscast from 9News anchor Thanh Truong — is about how the media instills fear in the public.

"I just think of the teasers in the news where they freak you out, like, 'Ninety percent of American households have it and it could kill you,'" Kaminksi asserts. "I just hate how it seems that everybody is gripped now. Everyone is puppets, with fear as this thing that's keeping us all from doing what we're supposed to. It's one of those things where I sit there and I realize that everybody in America, everybody in the world, really, has some sort of fear, and it just seems like we keep layering them on.

Nate Huisgen (from left), Tim Kaminski, Brent Moran and Ryan Eschenbach are Yerkish.

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Yerkish CD release, with Aloft in the Sundry and the Inactivists, 8:30 p.m. Saturday, December 13, Moe's Original BBQ, $5-$10, 3295 South Broadway, Englewood, 303-781-0414.

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"When 9/11 happened," he goes on, "suddenly people were afraid of things they weren't afraid of before. Some people get so affected by it that it sticks with them. I just thought of that idea that fear will ultimately conquer America, because ultimately, enough things will eventually happen that everybody's going to develop some sort of fear. Who maybe wears gloves when they check their mail because they're still afraid of getting something in the mail? You just sit there and think about the psychological effect that things have and the lasting effects it has on people."