9 Shocks Terror

9 Shocks Terror have been terrorizing the Cleveland rock scene with their brand of brutal hardcore for almost a decade now. The band has toured the US and beyond, released several singles and a couple of albums, and generally made a name for themselves in the underground music scene. Not surprisingly, the local media hasn’t paid much attention. While the future of 9 Shocks is somewhat uncertain at this time, I still wanted to do a feature on these guys because, well…they rock. Vocalist Steve, after much prodding and poking, finally agreed to answer my questions.

Utter Trash: Who’s in the current 9 Shocks lineup?
Steve: I don’t know, man. We’re hardly a functioning band at the moment. We just played in Albany, New York a few weeks ago, and as far as I could tell, Kev was playing guitar, Wedge was drumming, Tony was bassing on the bass guitar, and I was singing. If I have my way, Kev will be out of the band and playing «Johnny B Goode» down at the B&G lounge by the end of the month.