Scrapp! FIGHT MAGAZINE
May - 2016
43
Yeti:
I had this all planned out,
but with the huge news that is
shaking the music industry to-
day, I feel like I should ask this
before we start. Prince was an
absolute legend, what are your
thoughts on him and do you
feel that he has influenced you
in any way at all?
Taki:
He was such a prolific
and talented artist, both visual-
ly and sonically and he covered
so many bases. This is a huge
loss for the music industry. I
think one of the greatest things
about him is that you couldn’t
put him in a box. As an artist,
he was able to appeal to so
many different kinds of people.
Honestly, he’s an artist that I’ve
learned to appreciate more
over time. When I was younger
I really didn’t get it, ya know.
It just wasn’t my type of mu-
sic but there are a few songs
that I enjoy immensely. I’m not
going to sit here and say that
I am the largest Prince fan or
anything but I do respect the
fact that he was boundless. He
didn’t fit a category and that
boundlessness, I think, is the
sign of a true genius. I would
say that he is up there on the
level of Stevie Wonder or Jimi
Hendrix. His guitar playing was
phenomenal. That’s what a lot
of people who only know his
pop work may not know; he
was a shredding guitar player.
This is definitely a sad day and
an epic loss. He did leave be-
hind a ton of work though, so
he will forever live on through
that. He will be immortal in
that way for sure.
Yeti:
It is such a huge loss, and
so many people are feeling it.
My wife and I were both on
our phones having coffee and
she says, “Oh my god,” and
I didn’t even have to ask her
what she was talking about. I
asked if it was a hoax and she
was already looking it up. I
wasn’t a huge fan either, but I
love how he made not giving a
damn look so classy.
Taki:
This has really been a
year of huge losses. To lose
David Bowie and Prince in the
same year is just unbelievable.
It’s just a monster devastation
of the music world just losing
the talent of those two alone.
Yeti:
Alright! Now that that is
out of the way, let’s lighten it
up a bit and talk about some-
thing a little less somber. You
co-own a bar called Pinks in
NYC, right? How is that going?
Taki:
It’s great; I co-own it with
my brother and a close friend
of ours who is like family to us.
He is family. He’s our brother.
He actually used to play bass
in Eve To Adam. His name’s Avi
Burn. It’s a natural extension
really. Being in a band and be-
ing in bars; my brother and I
have been bartenders for years
so this all just seemed natural.
Rock and roll and bars just flow
together. It’s the East Village,
rock and roll, and great beers.
The theme of the bar comes
from 1950’s racing culture
when they would street race
for “pinks”... pink slips. So it
has that hot rod atmosphere.
It’s American muscle and whis-
key; you can’t go wrong there.
Add all that to rock and roll
and NYC and it’s a really fun
place. It’s really starting to get
some notoriety in the past six
or eight months. We’re really
proud of it.
We wanted to have a place for
everyone. A place you could go
and have a good time and not
kill your wallet; because it’s a
lot easier to go out and have
fun when you know you’re not
murdering your wallet. We’ve
got a great kitchen, a ton of
good beers, and live music
four times a week. We’ve got
some really great blues acts
that come in and some jam
bands, just about any genre re-
ally. We’re playing a show May
25th at Webster Hall and we’re
throwing a big after party for
the bands and our fans and au-
dience at Pinks, which is right
around the corner. That’s go-
ing to be a late night rager for
sure. We’re about to debut a
new VIP lounge and that might
be the first night that we have
that up and rolling.
Yeti:
The new single “Lucky”
is killer, I just caught it on Spo-
tify and it is honestly killer. It’s
just good straight forward rock
and I really like the sound.
Taki:
Thanks man, that’s al-
ways way better to hear than
“it sucked.” I’m glad you liked
it. Our recipe is kind of old
school with a touch of modern.
We try to focus on songwriting,
getting a great performance
and a quality recording. It’s not
a complicated system but is
