Interview: The Pack AD (Oct 2009)

photo credit: Justine Warrington


The Pack AD will be heading to New York to play at the CMJ 2009 Music Marathon and Film Festival. They were selected to play at CMJ 2009 by applying via their Sonicbids account. A long time ago, I used to work in the same bookstore as Maya.


Please identify yourself(ves) for those reading, what you do in the band and who else plays in the band.

This is Maya Miller - drummer, organizer, and exactly one half of The Pack A.D. Becky Black plays guitar and sings and is exactly the other half of The Pack A.D.


When did The Pack A.D form and how did you come together?

We were in another band with a couple other friends that didn't work out but from it we discovered that we played really well together so we kept it up, just the two of us.


What do you find so inspiring about the blues?

They're a perfect marker as to what to steer away from. Ha, apologies, you've really caught us at a time of change musically. We both love the blues but we never set out to be blues players and in point of fact, we're not. We rock out and incidentally, all rock comes from the blues.


Are there any emerging local bands that you really like?

In Vancouver: Thee Manipulators and Canaries.


Do you ever miss not having a bass player?

We've never had a bass player in The Pack. We never will. Can't miss something you've never wanted.


You'll be traveling to New York to play at CMJ near the end of October,

what makes this festival worth crossing the country for or is it just another show?

It's always worth it to play New York and what better way then CMJ. Campus Stations are crucial to newer bands.


Are there any bands that you want to see while you're there?

Methinks, that once again, we will not be there long enough to do anything but play our own shows :(


What's your favourite song from the 80's?

I believe Becky's current fave is Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco. For me, err, Paint a Rumour by The Eurythmics.

But to be honest, neither of us listen to stuff from the 80's...should we be? Are we missing a trend? Gasp.


What's the coolest thing you've ever bought?

Recently, a pair of boxers with the map to London's tube lines on them. Hard to come up with the coolest thing ever, most things are really cool at first and then to be honest I lose track of them.


Thanks for doing the interview, you have the last word, say what you want to say.

Come to ours shows at CMJ and bring all your drunk friends and tell everybody because that's they way it should go down. People digging a band and sharing it.



http://thepackafterdeath.com
http://www.myspace.com/thepackad