Interview with Dustin
"When you get to tour Japan as a band, this is for most an unreal experience, and can at times show that your band is reaching out to a lot more people than you think. With The Punches have just come back from touring out there, so equipped with this amazing experience, and their new record 'Seams and Stitches' this can only show that these guys are well and truly ready to take on whatever comes next!" Can you tell us about the formation of With The Punches? Jesse moved back to NY in 2007 after his band in Austin, TX broke up, we'd always talked about starting a pop-punk band, so we started writing songs on acoustic guitar in my basement. We found Shane through a Myspace Music classified ad, and that was when the band actually became real. Shane brought his best friend Joe to play guitar. When Joe left we found Vinny through an ad on craigslist and Mike has been friends with Shane and Joe for years, so when we needed a bass player he fit right in with us.
How did you get to the name 'With The Punches' and what did you want it to mean to your fans? "With The Punches" came from the song "Roll With The Punches" by Carry On who are one of my favorite hardcore bands ever. It was just a phrase that resonated with all of us, we've all been playing in bands for years and had them fall apart for one reason or another, since we didn't really know how far we would be able to take the band we just named it something in reference to having watched bands fall apart and kept trying.