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Steve Soto R.I.P. Jun 28, 2018 17:23:13 GMT Dayodead likes this

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Post by petrolino on Jun 28, 2018 17:23:13 GMT

Steve Soto has died aged 54. Soto was a member of Agent Orange and Adolescents.

"My cousins decided to ditch The Beatles and go all in with the Rolling Stones, so they gave me all of these Beatles records that they had. By the time I was five I was listening to The Beatles and that just kind of got me. When I was young, I was never like, oh I want to be a fireman, pilot or an astronaut—I wanted to be in a band. It seemed like that was just cool and something I was interested in. The other record back from that era that really floored me was Johnny Cash live at San Quentin. I always call that the first punk rock record that I ever listened to [laughs]. His attitude towards the guards, just everything was awesome. The way that he was, was just so punk. Music is something that intrigued me right from the gate.

You could call it fate or whatever but, when I was fourteen, my father worked for the city and someone had left at one of the park bandstands a Hofner bass, the kind that Paul McCartney played! It sat in the lost and found for a year or so and finally my dad went to the police chief and said, “This thing has been sitting here for almost two years…” and he said, “Give it to your son.” So I got this crazy Hofner bass and then it was on!

Yeah. Sadly though, when I started playing in Agent Orange... that bass is like a hollow bodied bass and there was so much feedback from it. It didn’t sound good loud. I traded it for a Fender bass, which I wish I never did. I wish I would have held onto that thing forever. Punk rock was calling though and I had to be loud and aggressive."

- Steve Soto, 'Conversations With Bianca'

Thanks for the music.

R.I.P