GIMME DRUGS

Admittedly a “drunk mess,” elusive frontman Skokos reminisces about how Gimme Drugs got their moniker. “Jeff from Modern Life Is War was getting a tattoo of a squid that said ‘Gimme Danger’ and I thought it was the most ridiculous thing. So then I got a tattoo [of] a pot leaf and this dude’s like, ‘Do you want it to say something?’ So I said, yeah, ‘Gimme Drugs.’“ And while you’d expect it to be an apt title for a stoner rock band or maybe even some clever hippies, Skokos goes on that, “Even if we are a bunch of fuck-ups, we’re not into being some stupid heavy drug band. It’s kind of aggravating, people expect to see a bunch of dumb potheads, and talk themselves into believing we are a stoner rock band even after they see us. I’d rather look at it as a social observation than we’re the band that parties all the time.” Adds Cochrane, “It’s like a science experiment.”