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DiSCORDER: Why is your latest release (on Fat Wreck Chords) entitled Leche Con Carne?

Tony: On our first U.S. tour last year we were saying the stupidest things in Spanish that we could possibly think up. Everyone was chipping in with what little Spanish they knew. When we couldn’t come up with a name for the album, one of the stupid sayings, ‘Leche Con Carne’, came up. We all thought it was kind of cool. It sounds like the name of a Police album or something!

Why have you gone through six guitarists since forming in 1987?

Tony: I don’t know, it’s some weird Spinal Tap thing like they had with their drummers!

Jackson, how long have you been with No Use For a Name?

Jake: Three or four months.

What were you doing before?

Jake: I worked at Fat Wreck Chords.

Tony: That’s why it was so easy to find him! The first thing we did when we lost our last guitarist was call the label. Mike had just hired this guy who played guitar. Mike was kind of bummed out because he was losing such a good worker, but it just had to be that way!

The band has put out two full-length releases, Incognito and Don’t Miss the Train, prior to signing with Fat. Also, The Daily Grind, the album just before Leche Con Carne. How has your sound changed since ’87?

Tony: It’s definitely changed a lot if you listen to one of our old 7 inches and then to the newest album. There’s a progression of writing influences from when I first got in the band. It had a much harder edge, and Chris Dodge, the vocalist then, used to just yell. I sing more than yell, so when I was forced to sing with the band because we couldn’t find a replacement (when Chris left), I did more melody lines and mixing of the hardcore music...

What’s next for No Use For a Name after the Warped Tour ends?

Tony: Going home to play some shows around California. Take a little break and start writing some new material. We’ll hopefully have a new album out by next summer sometime.

Any plans to play Vancouver?

Tony: We’d like to follow up this show. We’ve never played here before. It’ll be weird to be see if anybody like us here!