Nada Mas Basura are a great punk band out of San Antonio. They have a great live set which they have shared throughout the Southwestern US, sharing the stage with some awesome bands. They currently have only released a demo, but are working on releasing more stuff. I got the band to tell their story...
Introduce yourself…
We are Nada Mas Basura from San Antonio,TX
Rob on Drums
Ricky on Bass
Prater on Guitar/Vocals
How did the band start?
We met around late 2003, or early 2004 through Rob's sister Dina. Ricky and Rob used to jam together in High School (2002-2004-ish) in a band called Fire at Will, Prater was playing in a couple of bands around this time, but both broke up only after a short time. Fire at Will also came to an end soon after .
A friend of Prater's named Noe approached him in 2005 about starting a Horrorpunk band called The Dreadnauts, so he recruited Rob and Ricky to join. This lasted about 3 years (off and on) until Noe left.
After taking a year off from being a band, Rob played with other groups here and there. In 2008 Ricky & Prater traveled in England, Wales, & Ireland for a couple of weeks. While on the trip Prater wrote lyrics to what would eventually become the basis for the new direction and formation of Nada Mas Basura!
When they returned to San Antonio, Prater talked to Rob and Ricky about starting a new band from scratch...but not set out for any particular genre. We carried over one song from The Dreadnauts days and wrote, rewrote, and reworked some punk rock, ska, surf songs, and even a reggae tune.
We played our first show in September of 2009 and have being playing ever since.
How did you come up with the name?
Some time in 2008 Prater was working long hours as a Gas Station clerk, passing the time reading magazines off the shelf. In one he came across an article about violence against Emo kids in Mexico. In the article the journalist was interviewing a group of young metal-heads and punk rockers who were attacking the Emo kids. The reporter asked one of the guys what he identified as, a punk rocker or metal-head? He answered, "Nada Mas Basura, I'm just trash."
Prater wrote that down thinking It would make a good name for a song or a band, It became both.
Who would you say are your influences?
LIFE. We write about what we know, what we've been through. Our families, our friends, our jobs.
Musically, we listen to everything from Punk Rock, Ska, Country, Tejano, Irish, Tex-Mex, Surf, 50s & 60s Rock N Roll, so It's kinda hard to narrow it down.
2tone bands like Bad Manners, The English Beat, and The Specials are a big influence. As are punk bands like The Dead Pets, The Clash, The Ramones, Choking Victim, Sex Pistols, Operation Ivy, and Agent Orange. Others like The Cure, Joy Division, Texas Tornados, Shane MacGowan & The Pogues. That's pretty much just the tip of the iceberg.
What is the punk scene like in San Antonio?
We don't really have a punk scene here in San Antonio anymore, at least from our perspective...not the punk scene that we grew up with anyways... and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
The punk scene we were a part of in San Antonio was a long standing one stemming all the way from when the Sex Pistols played at Randy's Rodeo here in 1978. But from what we understand, the punk scene didn't really get going here till about the mid 1980s. Alot of bands that we saw as teenagers when we started going to shows around 1999-2000 had been around since the early to mid 1980s, so when we came up and finally had bands of our own that would play with these guys we were pretty excited.
But it became very repetitive, the same bands on the same bill, at the same club every weekend, the same songs over and over, no one was writing anything new. It became very stale.
Now in San Antonio exists a MUSIC scene. It's all DIY & DIT, bands help each other out, no matter the genre. Everyone has shows with everyone and it's not a cliquish scene anymore for the most part, yeah here and there a few but not many.
Describe the song writing process...
After running through our existing set, we'll just sit and fuck around for an hour so showing each other new riffs we've come up with, or come up with stuff off the top of our heads and play it until it sounds good. Prater will take that and try to write some lyrics to it and he brings it back and we arrange it in a way it sort of makes sense.
We've been playing together for a long time so it's really easy for us to understand what the other is trying to get across to us, or wants from us on a certain song.
What have you released?
So far we have released a 4 song demo that we hand out at shows. It was recorded in our buddy Anthony's shed in May or June of 2010.
We are currently recording with Phillip Luna, he's a booking agent for Boneshakers Bicycle Pub and is a musician with jazz outfit Royal Punisher and rock group Fear Snakeface.
We've laid down music and vocals for 7 tracks and we are going in this weekend to finish up some lead and backup vocals, and to mix the tracks. Hopefully we'll have enough money to press a 5 song E.P. for release in January 2013. Also we are planning a 7" vinyl split with our friends (and Rob's other band) Knockin' Chucks, shooting for a mid-summer release for that.
Who are some of the bands you have done shows with?
National Acts: Agent Orange, Calabrese, Everybody Out!, Destroy Everything, Dr. Chud's X-Ward.
While On Tour: The Rebel Set (Phoenix), Social Concern (Sacramento), Ollin (Boyle Heights, Los Angeles), Nuclear Victims (Atlanta), Greg Esparza of Thee Midniters (Los Angeles)
Local and other Texas Acts: Pinata Protest, Viet-Ruse, Blue Means Go, American Swine, MiraLook, Ovary Action, Pussyfoot, Lisa Frank, Las Hijas de la Chingada, Robo Tumble, The Dementers, Flametrick Subs (Austin), Bacchanalian Bliss(Laredo), Without Profit, DUB Gideon, No Time for The Old In And Out, Eric Montoya/HOME, The Phantomatics, The Moriartys, Elvis Cantu & The Babymoons, Fear Snakeface, Los #3 Dinners, Knockin Chucks, Kon Madre, Jiffy (Corpus Christi), Broke Dick Dogs, Ted F. Bundy, & Say Revenge
Do you prefer to do shows at large venues or small clubs?
It's all good to us. We'll play every chance we get, we don't have a comfort zone so we are always looking for a new place and new people to play for.
Have you toured?
Yes, we hit the road with our friends Viet-Ruse for the DO I LOOK ILLEGAL TOUR in July of 2010. It was our gear, clothes, and 10 people stuffed into a 15 passenger van for 2 weeks. We played shows in West Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Is there a favorite band you like to do shows with?
The band we haven't played with before. We like gaining new drinking buddies and having a variety of bands to play with, it keeps it fresh and fun...so any bands who wanna do a show swap with us and play in S.A. contact us.
We play alot with Viet-Ruse, Knockin' Chucks, Pinata Protest, and Elvis Cantu & The Baby Moons.
Is there a favorite place you like to do shows at?
This bar BONESHAKERS is great, it's one of our favorite places. So is HITONES, it's a new place but it is quickly becoming one of the best bars in town.
We like any place that treats musicians with respect and doesn't allow shady promoters and production companies to fuck bands over. We aren't money hungry or anything but we believe that if YOU (the bar, the promoter, the production company, the touring band) has a good night...then WE (the bands) should have a good night too. If the show didn't do as well as you expected then at the very least a generous bar tab.
What do you see is the future of Nada Mas Basura?
We want to tour some more, release some more albums, and keep making music as long as we can stand being around each other.
How can people contact the band?
nadamasbasura@yahoo.com (easiest #1)
http://www.myspace.com/nadamasbasura (we no longer keep up with this one but you can check it out anyway)
http://www.facebook.com/nadamasbasura (easiest #2)
http://www.twitter.com/#!/NadaMasBasura
http://www.reverbnation.com/nadamasbasura
Some Video Links:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRzF01Dm1bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbL5ug_9THI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok0e5B7hxgI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_drq3AJ_DHc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA1XYgGoS3M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TasMLMjdGU4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5c0nsQH8EAY
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