Punk rocker CHIODOSUPPLY went from being a band to being a solo project these days. Since going this route, music has been released, with plans for shows but nothing too big but more small. The man behind this project, talks with us about this below.
1. Please tell us about the history of your band and its members.
ChiodoSupply started as the voice of Model Citizen, a band that thrived in the shadows for decades, breaking bones in basements, getting banned from venues, and vanishing before the lights even cooled. We were less a band and more a movement with no map. These days, ChiodoSupply is a solo project, just music that I needed to get off my chest.
2. What’s the origin of the band’s name?
"Chiodo" means "nail" in Italian. Supply means there's plenty more where that came from. It’s a tribute to my family name and a play on words for an old family business named Key Auto Supply, my grandfather started. Unfortunately, I never got to work there because my old man sold it for a bunch of cocaine when I was a kid. : )
3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?
Base is a tricky word nowadays. I’ve lived out of vans and sometimes cities that don’t even exist on Google Maps and now I am basically a nomad. But if I had to pick a dot on the map, I’d say San Diego has my heart. Also, I spend about half my time in Puerto Rico, its got more soul, struggle, and beauty than most places and I can relate to that.
4. How would you describe your style?
It’s punk rock dressed in Americana’s clothes, like if Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer got into a knife fight at a gas station. I sing like I’ve lived it because I have. It’s storytelling with scars. I also hate perfection and you’ll hear in my music that I literally run from it.
5. What have you released so far and what can someone expect from your works?
I released a solo record called 1919, which pulls back the distortion and replaces it with mandolins, porch ghosts, and working class grief. Before that, Model Citizen released enough underground chaos to make the FBI start a file. And they did. Expect truth. Expect edge. Expect to feel something. You might even cry, I still do occasionally in the middle of a set.
6. Do you have any new music in the works?
Always. Already have a 2nd ChiodoSupply album about half written and am going to be looking for a label that can help me produce and release it. As proud of 1919 as I am, I know that my next record needs to have more production and a team that believes in it for it to reach it’s full potential. But my success with 1919 has given me confidence in my writing.
7. How about playing shows and touring, have anything planned out?
I am doing my best to put together a band, but since I have been doing this all on my own, any shows for now are going to be of the small, intimate type and really, those are my favorite anyway.
8. What plans do you have for the future as a band?
To keep evolving. To keep disrupting. My music combined with my social media presence gives me a platform to really build something that connects punks, poets, outlaws, lovers, not just as fans, but as a community. The genre doesn’t matter. The truth does.
9. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?
Start at my website, www.chiodosupply.com, You can stream 1919 and the Model Citizen archives on all major platforms. Merch, vinyl, and the occasional zine can be found here and there. TikTok and Instagram is where I stir shit up daily, if that’s your poison.
10. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?
That I am doing this because I love creating, I love music and it’s cheaper than therapy. Every word you hear and feel on this album came from my own gut wrenching experiences, the same experiences we will all have over a lifetime. They will build you and they will break you, but music will probably save you.
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