Your name:
Daniel Campbell.
Where are you
from?
Bloomsburg, PA,
but the band is from Ashland, PA.
Name of band:
Condition
Oakland.
Who else is in
your band?
Tyler Troutman
is vocals and guitar, Billy Jusinski is on drums, Zack Houser is on keyboard,
and myself play the bass and do backup vocals.
How would you
describe yourselves?
We are a country
hardcore folk punk band. It's really hard to explain. We are an acoustic driven
band that plays country folk punk but with the mentality of a hardcore band.
Who are your
main influences musically?
As a band I
would say we are most influenced by Against Me!, Lucero, Alkaline Trio and
Chuck Ragan. Our individual influences are very different and it shows
when we write songs together.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
I'm honestly
just happy playing shows every weekend and hanging out with my best friends,
but it would be nice to be able to tour further and longer and play and a much
larger scale.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
I can't really
just pick one, it's a tie for first place. In May of 2013 we played our first
out of states show up in Montreal, Canada, at the Pouzza Fest with a ton of great
bands, and that was incredible. The other is back in March of 2013 we got to
open up for the Menzingers, and that was just an incredible wild show and I was
just beyond excited to be apart of it.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
I'm sure there
are tons of moments I wish I could forget, but every bad moment has always been
made up with a better moment. We could go play a show 100 miles away and only four kids come out to the show and we don't get paid, but then at the end of the
night those four kids will all buy our merch and make sure we get home safely. So
I can't say there is a moment I'd like to forget.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
I think as a
whole the song "I was an Anchor, I was a Safe Place" is the best song
to truly represent our music. Tyler writes all the lyrics and all the guitar
and he brought that song to practice and everyone just added their own special
flare to it and I feel that song shows off whatever in the band is capable of
doing with their instruments.
Where can we
listen to it?
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Anything else
you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
We just released
a new music video for "I was an Anchor, I was a Safe Place" not to
long ago, and we're playing the Pouzza Fest in Montreal, Canada again this year
in May, and I hope you enjoy the music and stay in touch. Thanks for Q&A!
Always cool to see the guys in COHC getting some viral respect. They deserve so much more then they have. Do I dare call them Hometown Heroes? They give our scene a good name, to bad no one around here cares unless its hardcore or popular people in the band. Long live 570!
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