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Over the course of the three days of this year\u2019s Governors Ball festival on Randall\u2019s Island, was there to share the festival experience with our readers \u2013 the sights, the sounds, and the highlights. We also had the opportunity to chat with a few of the artists after their sets at the festival. One of those artists was NYC\u2019s own SKATERS<\/a>, who played early in the afternoon on the final day of Governors Ball.<\/p>\n

SKATERS has released their full length debut album Manhattan<\/em>\u00a0in February 2014 on top of their early 2012 Schemers<\/em> EP. Singer Michael Cummings sat down with \u2019s Steve Malinski to talk about the festival, Manhattan<\/em>, and about what\u2019s going on in the SKATERS world.<\/p>\n

SKATERS is kicking off a fall tour<\/a> Labor Day weekend in St. Louis with over 25 stops until they wrap it up mid October in NYC and NJ.<\/p>\n

Steve Malinski:<\/strong> We\u2019re joined here at Governors Ball with Michael Cummings from Skaters. How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n

Michael Cummings:<\/strong> Good, how are you?<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Really good, thanks. That was an awesome set you guys had on the Honda Stage a little while ago.<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Thank You.<\/p>\n

\"Michael<\/a>
Michael Cummings of SKATERS at Governors Ball 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SM:<\/strong> What was it like to play a big festival like this in your hometown?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> This is the first one we\u2019ve done \u2013 the first festival we\u2019ve played in New York. We\u2019ve only done club shows (our own shows), you know, so this was the first time for this kind of experience. It was good because I don\u2019t think we\u2019ve played an all age show before, so we saw a lot of kids out there which was nice to see. I mean, it was a mixed age crowd but in the city you don\u2019t get a lot of all ages shows, you know what I mean?<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Yeah definitely. So you guys have your debut album which came out in February. What Can you tell us about that and how the momentum has picked up from there?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Putting a record out is a good way for people to find out about your band in a way because they can finally listen to your music. We hadn\u2019t had a record out for the good first year of our band, maybe a year and a half. We only had an EP out which we put online so when we finally for the record out it was like a culmination of all this time that we had spent forming this band, so finally we had a product we could push publicly. So far so good to keep promoting it. It\u2019s been fun.<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Looking back before that first year and a half, what was the beginning of SKATERS like?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> We\u2019ve only been a band for two years, meaning from day one. We kind of had a lot of obstacles at the beginning because Josh didn\u2019t live in America when we started. He was coming back and forth so we\u2019d play for three months and he would go back. So we just did a lot of planning, you know? We\u2019d book a bunch of shows in advance and play then Josh would disappear for three weeks then we\u2019d do it all again. Eventually the record deal and everything came later. It was like a homegrown kind of thing for a while.<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Now that you\u2019ve got the record deal and an album out, what\u2019s the touring schedule like?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Yeah, we\u2019re touring a lot, doing a bunch of US shows with a US tour coming up in the fall. After this we\u2019re going to Europe and Australia. I really want to go to Japan but that\u2019s not really booked\u2026<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> You had a European tour earlier this year too, right?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Yeah we did a lot of touring in the UK. That\u2019s kind of where we got our start.<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> And you played a bit over there with Drowners, another one of the NYC bands here at Governors Ball. What was your experience playing a tour with them?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> They\u2019re actually really close friends of ours. Matt, their singer, played guitar in our band \u2013<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Really? We spoke with him on Friday.<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Yeah. He played guitar with us for about eight or nine months or something like that. So yeah, we\u2019re really tight with them, you know? They\u2019re our friends \u2013 he fixed our guitar strings today.<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Cool, he mentioned that he would be hanging out for your set today. So have you guys been hanging out at Governors Ball throughout the weekend?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong>I was here yesterday but didn\u2019t come Friday because we were playing another show. But yesterday we played a show in the morning here in the city on a rooftop and then we came here and caught The Strokes, which was fun.<\/p>\n

\"SKATERS<\/a>
SKATERS with ‘s Steve Malinski (center) at GovBall 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

SM:<\/strong> Any other bands you\u2019re looking forward to seeing?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> To be honest, I\u2019m kind of beat so I might not catch too many other bands today. It\u2019s mostly play-press-play-press-get the hell off Randall\u2019s Island somehow. It\u2019s not exactly easy to get here! But yeah, otherwise I\u2019d be catching some of the other bands. I really want to see Interpol, haven\u2019t seen them in a long time. Saw them once in the Middle East which was maybe 2002\/2003 when they were first coming up \u2013 a really small show which was crazy. We saw them there and at a stadium or small hockey rink but haven\u2019t seen them at a festival.<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> On one hand you have that garage-punk sound but on the other you also have a post-punk type of sound. What kind of influences to you draw on for that mix?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Mostly like you said, a lot of post-punk bands from the late 70\u2019s\/early 80\u2019s. A lot of what was going on in New York and London. So, a lot of Ramones, Modern Lovers, The Clash, Buzzcocks, a lot of the classic punk bands. Stiff Little Fingers, \u00a0Mission to Bhurma, bands like that, you know? Talking Heads\u2026<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> I heard you do a Ramones cover out there too, right?<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Yeah, because\u2026New York!<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Hah. Hey, here\u2019s a cool idea \u2013 do a classic punk cover show or album, something like that.<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Full record! That\u2019s not a bad idea \u2013 what are we gonna call it?<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Hmm. Not sure! We\u2019ll have to think about that one. Last thought for you. If you could collaborate with, sit in on stage with, or record with another artist, who do you think that would be? Time travel is allowed.<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> I\u2019m trying to think\u2026 If we had to make a record with someone I think it would be really cool to make a record with Phil Spector and if it was a musician I would say Probably have Joe Strummer produce the record. I don\u2019t know how that could be bad. That couldn\u2019t be bad, right?<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> Not at all.<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> If we could get Phil Spector and Joe Strummer to produce our next record\u2026<\/p>\n

SM:<\/strong> That would be pretty sweet. Well, I know you have to get going so thanks a lot for taking a few minutes to chat with us at .<\/p>\n

MC:<\/strong> Yeah, thanks for having me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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