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“We’re just balls to the wall rock and roll.” A tagline that parallels that of many classic acts such as The Doors, The Ramones, and Green Day, Vintage is bringing the punk back to punk rock. But don’t label them a punk rock act.
“Our first album is all different styles,” rhythm guitarist Julian Pancer expressed.
“The album ended up being some sort of an almost concept album, even though we didn’t mean to. All the songs kind of relate to one another,” lead guitarist and singer Matt Bergman said. “It’s all about being teenagers, and just pretty much experiences. It’s just about living everyday, and having dreams. Punk rock is good in its purest form, but it’s not pure right now.
But were they trying to make their self-titled debut an eclectic concept album?
“We just wanted to go into the studio and just get it done and have something to show for our work,” Bergman said.
Being in a rock band and making it big is often a pipe dream. But Vintage is about the music and the attitude, not the money and the fame and the girls.
“It’s all about rock and roll, and the lifestyle; the whole mystique. Everything there is about rock and roll,” Bergman eagerly protested. “Having a good time, but not too much fun. Good enough that you’re going to survive and get through what you’re going through. Some money is nice. We sell our CDs for six bucks, and our concert tickets for eight. It’s not like we’re making a huge profit. We just want to keep prices low so that everyone can come and have a good time and not have to be pressured into saving up money to come and see us.”
“(Rock and roll) is all about not caring, and going up on stage and playing your hardest,” Pancer said. “Right now, we just want to get our name out in the open to let people know who Vintage is.”
This attitude has led Vintage through a lot of changes in their two year career.
“When Matt was starting Vintage, me and (drummer) Ari were in a band called Resin,” Pancer said.
After playing a show together in the summer of 2003, the two crumbling bands decided to form one united band of social outcasts. Vintage was now complete, with the final product consisting of Pancer, Bergman, Ari Greenberg, and Andrew Greenwald (base).
“Everything at the show worked out so well that we just decided to collect ourselves together, and get rid of our base player,” Pancer said with a laugh, in reference to the base player of Resin.
In their short history, Vintage has acquired a reputation for creating controversy in true punk rock form.
“There was this concert at school, and we were supposed to have time to play eight songs, but after two, they told us to stop,” Bergman reminisced. “And we’re not gonna stop, cause we practice a lot, and we’re just? we’re not gonna stop.
“First the vocals go, and then my guitar goes. Then the base goes, and then I told the drummer ‘If you stop playing, I’m gonna kick you out of the band.’ So we kept trying to play for five minutes until the teacher made him stop, and then I just freaked out and told the principal to ‘f*** off’ and she deserved it too.”
But as an up-and-coming band in the Toronto underground scene, is that the type of reputation a band like Vintage wants to maintain?
“No, not at all,” Bergman quickly replied. “It was just a situation that had to be handled. I wasn’t just going to sit down.”
Pancer added, “When the s**t goes down, you gotta hike up your socks and you can’t be afraid to voice your opinion.”
The majority of new rock bands go through years of non stop touring and promoting before they get a chance to be an opening act for a rock show. Vintage, however, doesn’t know what opening feels like, as they have only been the headliners.
“It always just works out this way,” Bergman said. “Cause we’re the only one’s who actually know what the hell is going on. We’re pretty smart guys. We know how to put a concert together.”
“If you want to do something right, you do it yourself,” Pancer added.
But such confidence doesn’t always put butts in the seats. So how does Vintage address this issue?
“It always works out in the end, cause we work hard,” Bergman said.
Apparently their sentiments are accurate, resulting in consecutive sold-out shows. With success starting to sway in their favour, a hot topic in rock music right now is selling out, and that really bothers Pancer.
“Everyone’s gotta sell-out to a point. You have to earn a living. But it’s when you’re standing on posters in your boxers for teeny-boppers; you’re taking it a little too far.”
With the pressures of school and being teenagers, where does Vintage see itself in the next five years?
“We can’t predict, but we’re not going to push anything. We’re just going to see what we can accomplish by ourselves without any industry types of people screwing us over. Right now, we’re just trying to create a buzz, and we’ll see what happens. The goal is just to keep playing music. If something like [a record deal] happens, it’s a great thing. You can’t expect something like that to happen. We’re still developing as people. We’re just trying to have fun and play, and we’ll see what happens. We just want to play with out friends and keep a community together. That’s why we’re playing with our great friends B-Ray and the Sunshine Kids who represent ska music the way we do rock.”
Overall what does Vintage as a group hope fans walk away with after listening to a Vintage record?
“Hopefully a headache.”
To hear some sample tracks of Vintage or purchase their self-titled debut, go to vintageonline.ca.
