Interview by Brian Moss, Photo by "Shanty" Cheryl Groff
Blake Schwarzenbach has become a subculture luminary over the past two decades. Distinguished by his lyrical capacity to expose the human condition, Schwarzenbach has been the subject of admiration, praise, idolization, backlash, and rumor. From 1988 to 1996 he fronted San Francisco's Jawbreaker, a band that redefined and revitalized American punk. Following a move to New York after Jawbreaker's breakup, he formed Jets to Brazil, where hi
Paul Pena,who's played with everyone from Jerry Garcia to B.B. King, is coming out of the musical shadows, thanks to the award-winning documentary Genghis Blues. He's also blind, and sick, and entirely tired of living.