L.A. punk legend talks about some of his musical exploits, past and present.

As the frontman for Fear, Lee Ving has been an icon of L.A. punk rock, and he later did substantial work in Hollywood movies and television shows. Years ago, CITIZINE was a able to publish interviews with former members of Fear, Spit Stix and Derf Scratch, but getting an interview with Fear’s lead singer and primary songwriter was always an elusive task.

Just recently, we finally made contact with the band’s ringleader, andjust in time for Fear's 2009 national tour. From his current base in L.A., Lee was glad to talk about his pre-Fear musical career, the rise of Fear, and some upcoming releases on the horizon from Mr. Ving’s extensive back-catalog.

The first in a series of interviews with Austin business owners and entrepreneurs.

I’m here with Harlan Dietrich, who is the co-owner and manager of Brave New Books, which is a unique bookstore here in town. What’s different about Brave New Books compared to other bookstores in Austin?

Brave New Books is cut from a little different cloth. We aren’t a mainstream box bookstore that you would find that has your typical array of bestsellers. The normal format for a bookstore is something we don’t try to follow. In fact, we sort of take the opposite business model, and the less you’ve heard about it, the more we want it in the bookstore. So, the “least-sellers” is what we focus on, and this is because we specialize in suppressed information.

Co-founder of Dischord Records talks about life in punk rock, and his latest projects and Q&A tours.

Ian MacKaye is Washington, D.C. punk rock. Beginning his recorded career with high school punk band Teen Idles, he went on to found Dischord Records, lead seminal harDCore band Minor Threat, pioneer emo-punk with Embrace, and create some of the greatest, smartest guitar rock of all time in Fugazi. These days, he's recording with his partner Amy Farina as The Evens, caring for their infant son Carmine, periodically conducting live Q&A sessions for fans, and continuing to run Dischord with founding partner (and former Minor Threat drummer) Jeff Nelson.

Longtime drummer for The Ramones looks back on the band and talks about his many recent tours, keeping The Ramones extensive catalog alive for audiences around the world.

Marky Ramone (born "Marc Bell") was The Ramones' drummer for the larger part of their career, serving from 1978-1983 and again from 1989 through the band's 1996 retirement. He is also the only member of the classic Road To Ruin line-up to have survived the tragic 2001-2004 string of deaths (Joey and Johnny from cancer, Dee Dee from heroin overdose), and has thus reluctantly become the resident Ramones historian and spokesperson. Before the Ramones, Marky played on classic records by Dust and Richard Hell & The Voidoids; since the Ramones, he's released two records by Marky Ramone & The Intruders as well as performing on CDs by the Misfits, Osaka Pop Star, Joey Ramone, The Ramainz, The Speedkings and Teenage Head. He is also working on a book!