163: Atom Willard (Against Me!, Rocket from the Crypt, Angels and Airwaves, The Offspring)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Atom Willard joined Rocket from the Crypt when he was still in high school. During his ten-year tenure with the band, he honed a unique style, balancing punk rawness and precision. Atom tells Joe about: his Catholic upbringing in San Diego; his early fascination with Kiss (who would soon be displaced by bands like Iron Maiden); his time with bands like Rocket from the Crypt and Against Me; figuring out who he is outside of a band context; how he defines musical greatness; and how he is trying to be a better person.

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0:00.0	Honestly, if everybody played the drums a little bit every day, we'd all be happier people.
0:19.3	This is Joe Wong.
0:21.5	Welcome to the Traffset, where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
0:26.4	I want to play something for you.
0:35.6	It wasn't blowing me, no was he sort of jerk,
0:40.0	his scripts and bruises show out through the house.
0:42.1	All is part of change.
0:48.0	Yeah.
0:51.2	We're winning, we're winning, we're winning, we're winning. You're hearing Boy Chucker
1:08.0	by Rocket from the Crip
1:10.0	My guest Adam Willard on drums.
1:14.1	Adam joined the San Diego band in 1990, while he was still in high school,
1:19.1	and over the subsequent decade, he honed a highly tuneful style,
1:22.7	which achieves a rare balance of rawness and precision.
1:27.0	Since leaving Rocket from the crypt,
1:28.3	Adam has worked with the offspring,
1:30.3	Angels and Airwaves, social distortion,
1:33.3	and is currently the drummer for against me.
1:36.3	Aside from his work as a drummer,
1:39.3	Adam also occasionally works as a music journalist.
1:42.3	I spoke to him at Trapset H.Q on a noisy day in downtown Los Angeles.
1:49.3	And now my conversation with Adam Willard.
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