Audio By Carbonatix
It’s tough staying punk-rock.
Although the ideal itself has never officially been defined, die-hard supporters of the genre have long claimed that to be a true punk-rocker, you must shun mainstream music and always remain a dark, oily stain on its bright shiny surface.
What if, in spite of a punk band’s best intentions of ignoring the mainstream, it finds them anyway — does that still make them punk? Single File, they couldn’t care less. How punk is that?
In late 2006, the band’s song “Zombies Ate My Neighbors” began getting consistent play on the radio after lead singer/guitarist/bassist Sloan Anderson submitted the song to a “Best Band in Denver” contest sponsored by KBPI. The station passed on the song but gave it over to the more alternative-friendly KTCL, which put the song into regular rotation and gave the act exposure to legions of fans who had never heard them before.
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Fri., April 3, 7 p.m., 2009
