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By Kaitlyn Emslie-Farrell<\/strong><\/p>\n The classy way to do an interview on a Sunday evening is to meet in a local punk venue, the King\u2019s Hotel, have a few beers and laugh around a table for a couple hours. Oh yeah, we also talked about music. I met with Zip R Head of Trouser Mouth and we decided to go raw with the interview. Beer first, work second. Laughs everywhere in between. Let\u2019s have a good time with this.<\/span><\/p>\n Trouser Mouth is a known name in Winnipeg\u2019s punk community, as well as many other cities, but they didn\u2019t exactly aim for that fame. \u00a0\u201cIt was a joke band, nothing was supposed to be serious,\u201d says Head. \u201cThe only thing that keeps us going is the fact that kids still buy the albums. I just can\u2019t believe I said the word kids.\u201d All jokes aside, it can be tough to put the effort in decade after decade, but the motivation is always there. \u201cNo, it\u2019s getting the chance to play with a lot of bands I worshipped as a kid. It\u2019s not about money it\u2019s about fucking doing great gigs and fucking giving a shit. Going to a new city that you’ve never played before and you\u2019ve got 40, 50, 60 kids spewing every word to your song. That\u2019s fucking weird. That\u2019s as weird as it gets,\u201d says Head. \u201cWith this band I never expected more than the stupid four track recorder shit that we used to do. Release an album, oh people really like us? Oh people are asking us to play with them? Oh we should do another album. That\u2019s really how it was.\u201c \u00a0Hey whatever works right? Trouser Mouth are a good example of band making music simply because they\u2019re having a good time doing so. <\/span><\/p>\n The band consists of four guys. We\u2019ve got Hot Johnny on guitar, Pantonio Tubesock on bass and vocals, TS Beats on drums, and of course Zip R Head on guitar and vocals. Now that the band is two decades into their existence and thousands of albums have been sold, where should they go next? The answer is Japan. Trouser Mouth are hitting seven cities in Japan for eight shows, plus one in Vancouver along the way. \u00a0Their pal Ken Fleming of SNFU did the booking and it\u2019s way too expensive to wuss out now. They expect to get their asses handed to them but that\u2019s only if they manage to get through customs with a suitcase full of panty hose. For those unfamiliar with Trouser Mouth, the panty hose is their ever popular head gear. Costuming is all part of the performance and the Trouser Mouth experience. Japan should get it just as good as Winnipeg does.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s all fun and games until somebody slaps down a bill. Oh yeah, this is real life. Flying a bunch of dudes and their panty hose out to Japan comes with some hefty airfare costs. The boys threw together a fundraiser show to hopefully help combat some of those costs. They\u2019re playing the King\u2019s Hotel at the end of the month with four other local bands who like to get loud. The Rewd, The Day Traders, MK Ultraviolence, and Chernobyl Wolves are all up on the bill to fill the house with punks looking for a good night. <\/span><\/p>\n I know what\u2019s going through your head right now. You think it\u2019s great they\u2019re going to Japan and all and you\u2019re supportive and such but really what do you get out of it? Well, according to Head it\u2019s quite doable to get live footage of shows in Japan with ease. So there is hope for a tour video. Then you can enjoy Trouser Mouth\u2019s Japanese shenanigans from the comfort of your own home.<\/span><\/p>\n Support Trouser Mouth\u2019s dangerous idea to travel the world at the King\u2019s Hotel on April 30<\/span><\/i>th<\/span><\/i>. Door cost is a suggested donation of $10.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Kaitlyn Emslie-Farrell The classy way to do an interview on a Sunday evening is to meet in a local punk venue, the King\u2019s Hotel, have a few beers and laugh around a table for a couple hours. Oh yeah, we also talked about music. 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