Murray the Thief - Jul 4 @ El Rio

Dave Phillips - Guitar
Noah Heldfond - Bass/Vocals
Mat Heagerty - Vocals/Guitar
David Walker - Drums


LittleBook: Why did you start a band?? Murray the Thief: We missed playing punk rock!

LB: How did you find each other?? MTT: Duck Butter (Dave) and Noah played together in Company Car and talked about starting a side project. At the time Dave also played in Ninja Panther with David (our drummer), so we stole him and called up Mat who had once auditioned for Ninja Panther to see if he wanted to play. He did. Then Duck Butter and David quit Ninja Panther and we started Murray The Thief. We are basically a band of pilfered musicians.

LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??- MTT: Throwing bottles off a roof at douchebags in the Marina while Duck Butter was house sitting.

LB: Where do you practice? What do you drink at practice? What do you do at practice when you’re not practicing? MTT: We practice in downtown SF. We drink PBR and/or Tecate. David is a pretty incredible dancer so when we aren’t practicing we usually make him entertain us with a jig. We also like to stand outside and tell people going to the Supper Club that through our studio door IS the Supper Club.

LB: What's the hardest thing about being a band in 2009? MTT: It’s hard to find good bands to play with.

LB: What's the best thing about being a band in San Francisco? MTT: You might get to play with Maldroid.

LB: What do you want people to know about your band, what are you doing next?? MTT: Next two things are recording and touring.

LB: What's up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it?? MTT: We’re in the middle of fine tuning all our songs before recording. Not sure where we’re gonna do it yet but we’ve got some good ideas. Ideally I’d like to have Willie Samuels from Nutone Studios do it.

LB: Favorite local Band or a memorable show?? MTT: There’s too many good shows that I’ve seen to name just one but most recently we saw Propagandhi again at Slims. Those guys are just fucking awesome all around. So good I almost forgot they were Canadian!


LB: Favorite venue to Play?? MTT: Bottom of the Hill. Hands Down.

LB: Have you played the El Rio before? What do you like it? MTT: No, we haven’t actually played at El Rio before. But Mat works there so we do a lot of drinking there.

LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice?? MTT: We all have pretty bad Psoriasis on our nipples and it makes us self conscious. So…no.

LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig?? MTT: Duck Butter. The cheese under his fat rolls can get pretty gamey.

LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual?? MTT: Beer

LB: Where do you think live music is heading?? MTT: Live music isn’t going anywhere. The Dj’s can try to take over but real musicians will always be appreciated.
LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free , do you offer free downloads?? MTT: Let ‘em have ‘em.