I’ve known David for more than twenty years, when we co-released the Tidal/Acabah Rot split 12" in 2002. Out of sight, out of eyes, so it was about time to catch up on what’s been going on in the meantime, and David, a great DIY idealist who has been doing his thing for more than 30 years now, has a lot to talk about:

- getting bullied by Oasis’ management

- touring Europe and sharing a record with Hot Water Music with his band Rydell

- Rydell’s bad luck having to cancel their US tour because it was scheduled to start two days after 9/11 happened

- a strange encounter with Soprano-style mafiosi in Italy

- being blown away by a Fugazi show in a townhouse on the English coast

- how he managed to stick around in the punk and hardcore world for more than three decades

- coming up on 340 releases now on his label Engineer Records

- writing and publishing books for Earth Island Books, born from his archival and collector ideas

www.engineerrecords.com

www.earthislandbooks.com

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