Our Impunktu Interview with Wormworld 8 Panel Zine

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12:30 in the morning, you've been drinking entirely too many Kratom teas, and have been introduced to too many people to count. The show's been going since 8:00. Bands have played, dancers have danced, drag queens have diva-ed. Now, the last act of the night: a band called WormWorld. Raw, energetic traditional punk—the kind of music you can't help but move to. And just like that, all the energy comes rushing back. The bodies hit the floor. Fat bodies, thin bodies, tattooed bodies, disabled bodies, femme bodies, masc bodies, shirtless wonders, bald headed baddies, djinns, vampires—other assorted ghouls and of course, the dipshits who snuck booze into the venue—all moving like marionettes, their punk puppet masters jerking them to the same riotous riffs. The energy from the night, from earlier in the day, from rushing to get here—it all surges up like a coke nail in those final moments of the show.

On the last track, the very last song, the explicitly anti-genocide track "Terror Dome", they shout: "Free Gaza, free Palestine. This one's for all our brothers and sisters in Palestine." Then the riffs kick in, pure energy. Pure energy. Because you came for the show, but you checked your phone. Maybe you stepped outside for a smoke, scrolled Tiktok, tapped through your feed and there it is, the reminder. Yeah, there's a genocide happening while you were dancing. There's a genocide happening. Right now. While you're drenched in sweat and lust and bad decisions. And that's why, when the singer screams "This is for Palestine!", the energy hits harder. That's the solidarity.

I fucked with WormWorld heavy, and their sound was killer, loved their message. The venue is closing, the exhaustion is setting in, it's not the most optimal time, but knew I had to get the word out on this band. So as they're packing up—loading drums, breaking down gear—I manage to grab the lead singer of WormWorld for a quick, off-the-cuff interview. We talk counterculture, the harsh reality we live in.

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