When you're a lifer, you're a lifer, and Toby Jeg is a lifer if there ever was one. Incubating his label Red Scare Industries in the early '00s at Fat Wreck Chords, he eventually moved the label to Chicago and then continued to operate it as a rogue cell of international subversion as he traversed the country and later the globe. Over that time, he's nurtured and broke some of the most beloved punk bands of the past 20 years, and also put out some of their best punk records (imo! But, no, really.). He's now (as previously alluded) celebrating 20 years of raucous, drunken revolt with a comp full of fresh new tracks from comrades and cronies alike, featuring contributions from old-school standbys like The Falcon, Cobra Skulls, The Menzingers, Elway, and Bollweevils, recent signees like Laura Jane Grace, fellow prols like Dead to Me, and a whole bunch of people Toby just likes and thinks are cool. You can check out our limited hangout, featuring ramblings and reminding on punk back in the day, signing of underdog superstars from Nowhere, USA, and get an insider's brief on the assembly of the 20th-anniversary comp below:
