{"id":6920,"date":"2025-11-24T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/with-84-days-randy-bradbury-and-cameron-webb-take-the-fucking-power-back-right-away\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:30:00","slug":"with-84-days-randy-bradbury-and-cameron-webb-take-the-fucking-power-back-right-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/with-84-days-randy-bradbury-and-cameron-webb-take-the-fucking-power-back-right-away\/","title":{"rendered":"With 84 Days, Randy Bradbury and Cameron Webb Take the \u2018Fucking Power Back Right Away\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/lead84-Days_Chinatown1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"830\" alt=\"84 Days band members Cameron Webb (left) and Randy Bradbury in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Credit: Steve Appleford)\"><figcaption>84 Days band members Cameron Webb and Randy Bradbury in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. (All photos by Steve Appleford)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Randy Bradbury\u2019s life changed at 15. After being raised on a steady headbanging diet of Foghat, Black Sabbath, and Ted Nugent, he discovered a dangerous new sound called punk rock. It was the end of the \u201970s, and many years before he would become the bassist for melodic hardcore heroes Pennywise, but that first taste of punk sent him hurtling down a path he\u2019s been on ever since.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe minute I could get out of the house, we were going to see as many shows as possible,\u201d says Bradbury, who grew up in Long Beach, California, hitching rides to the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest in Orange County and Hollywood clubs like the Starwood and Whisky a Go Go. \u201cIt was a landscape of discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More from Spin:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/jimmy-cliff-obit\/\">Reggae Pioneer Jimmy Cliff Dies At 81<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/billie-eilish-james-cameron-3d-film\/\">Billie Eilish 3D Concert Film Coming In March<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2025\/11\/oasis-wrap-reunion-tour\/\">Oasis Wrap Triumphant Reunion Tour In Brazil<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At the moment, Bradbury is sitting outside a coffee place in L.A.\u2019s Chinatown with his friend Cameron Webb, the Grammy-winning producer-engineer (Mot\u00f6rhead, Kelly Clarkson, Megadeth). Together they have a new band called 84 Days, created around a fresh batch of rock songs written and sung by Bradbury. The project\u2019s debut album, <em>84 Days<\/em>, was released November 7, and is a lively fusion of punk and other influences.<\/p>\n<p>Webb says he hears a mid-\u201990s flavor in the songs, which were recorded at his studio in Huntington Beach, California, with the help of No Doubt drummer Adrian Young. Bradbury, who has also written songs for Pennywise, says the music of 84 Days is the kind of material that his day job never wants from him, as Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge has told him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFletcher is very witty,\u201d says Bradbury, grinning, in dark shades, a black long-sleeved T-shirt, and graying beard. \u201cHe\u2019ll say, [<em>growls<\/em>] \u2018Why the fuck do you waste your time writing that shit?\u2019 I write a lot of stuff like that. So when I went in to write these songs, I wasn\u2019t writing them for anybody. I was just gonna write songs for myself. That\u2019s all I did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradbury and Webb are just steps away from the former Hong Kong Caf\u00e9, one of the birthplaces of L.A. punk rock in the 1970s. Bradbury never made it to the Hong Kong Caf\u00e9 back then, but vividly remembers many other nights in the city as a teenage commando discovering the Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, Plasmatics, and more. He only missed out on seeing the last-ever show by the Germs because it was a school night.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown5.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown5-340x230.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown5-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown5-498x337.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>He got up to L.A. any way he could, and he remembers the riot that erupted at Baces Hall with Black Flag and the Adolescents in 1980. \u201cAll the cops were out front and it turned into a riot because all the Black Flag shows were turning into riots then,\u201d he says. But seeing Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski in action made a lasting impression. \u201cI was like, that\u2019s what I need to do! I need to be that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On another night, he was at the Whisky seeing the Go-Go\u2019s, then firmly part of the L.A. punk scene. Bradbury was slam-dancing that night. \u201cI got up on stage and I flipped everyone off and I dove off the stage\u2014and the seas split,\u201d he says with a laugh about the crowd, \u201cand I just landed on my back. The wind\u2019s knocked out of me, the bouncer\u2019s grabbing me, and threw me out in the alley. And I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh, I can\u2019t breathe!\u2019 Who knows, maybe I broke my back. It was messed up for like three months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was then that he realized he\u2019d rather be playing music than stage-diving. But whether he was in the crowd or in the spotlight, the punk movement felt like \u201ca revolution\u201d that opened his mind not just to new sounds, but to a way of thinking and to generally questioning authority. He recreates that moment of revelation in the lyrics of the 84 Days song \u201cDon\u2019t Trust the Government,\u201d as Bradbury sings: \u201c1980\u2014driving up to Hollywood \/ With the cassette player on \u2026 DIY\u2014just do it all yourself they would say \/ We need to take the fucking power back right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a house with shag carpeting and I was pulling the fleas off my leg every morning before I went surfing,\u201d Bradbury remembers. \u201cThere was a lot of waking up. I thought there was an important message in the music we were hearing, and it felt obvious to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Webb was born in 1972, so he wasn\u2019t old enough to get out to the clubs until the late-\u201980s to see Jane\u2019s Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Webb was also in bands starting at age 15, but eventually veered into a career in the recording studio, learning from major record producers like Terry Date (Deftones, Pantera).<\/p>\n<p>The producer-engineer first met Pennywise backstage at the House of Blues chapter that was then adjacent to Disneyland. After complimenting the band on their first three albums, he told them, \u201cYeah, your last couple records don\u2019t sound so good. You guys need to step it up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought they were gonna kill me,\u201d Webb says now, laughing. \u201cI wanted to work with them. So I just put it all out there. \u2026 I chased them for a year. And then one day Fletcher calls: \u2018Do you wanna do a Pennywise record?\u2019 And I go, \u2018Fuck yeah, I do.\u2019 He goes, \u2018We want to start next week.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Webb ended up recording three albums with Pennywise\u2014<em>Reason to Believe<\/em> (2008), <em>All or Nothing<\/em> (2012), and their most recent, <em>Never Gonna Die<\/em> (2018)\u2014and got to know the band well. So when Bradbury experienced a burst of songwriting that began during the COVID pandemic, he shared what he had with the producer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hadn\u2019t written for about five years. I hadn\u2019t been in the studio and then the COVID thing hit. We\u2019re sitting around, I\u2019m not working. I was trying to day trade,\u201d says Bradbury, describing his growing frustration. \u201cSo I\u2019m like, I need to get back in the studio. I\u2019m just going to start writing. I was kind of purposeful.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown4.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown4-340x237.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown4-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown4-498x348.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>At the same time, his mindset was that no one would ever hear the songs, since they weren\u2019t likely to work for Pennywise, and he had no other outlet for them. Since 1996, he\u2019s been the band\u2019s bassist and a contributing songwriter, but in the past, his Pennywise songs tended to be \u201cfor color for the album, because I write a certain style,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Webb adds, \u201cI saw him submit songs to Pennywise for a long time, and sometimes they were too slow or too different. And so when he sent me a bunch of songs, I said, \u2018Well, are these just B sides for Pennywise that they didn\u2019t accept?\u2019 He goes, \u2018No, these are fresh things I did.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Webb loved what he heard, and they decided to go into the studio. Anything that sounded like it could work for Pennywise was set aside. \u201cTreat that for your full-time job, your band,\u201d Webb recalls advising him. \u201cBut these other ones, Pennywise is not going to want these kinds of songs, but these are rad songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In time, Webb\u2019s role grew beyond producer to collaborator and band member, sometimes playing bass while Bradbury sang and played guitar. \u201cHe\u2019s technically the boss in the end,\u201d Webb says of Bradbury, \u201cbut if I don\u2019t like something, I\u2019m going to push pretty hard. I\u2019m going to be stubborn as fuck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradbury adds, \u201cI don\u2019t like to micromanage. Cameron\u2019s great. I\u2019m going to let him do his best job.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1726\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2-340x489.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2-1068x1536.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown2-498x716.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Their chosen band name came both from a meaningless phrase Bradbury\u2019s has used now and then, and also from one of his favorite books, George Orwell\u2019s <em>1984<\/em>, which he first read as a young punk rocker. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize how much of an impact that was going to have on the way I see the world, but it does a lot,\u201d says Bradbury. \u201cIt\u2019s very relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The album opens with the driving, catchy \u201cMockingbird Brains,\u201d which was also released as the band\u2019s first single, with a colorful music video playfully filled with conspiracy and paranoia elements. In the song, Bradbury\u2019s vocal begins: \u201cMedia mockingbirds, zombies hypnotized \/ Cage-painting parrots squawking vomiting lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like people aren\u2019t thinking for themselves,\u201d Bradbury says of the lyrics. \u201cWe\u2019re all influenced by our algorithms, and if the algorithm senses that you have a certain preference now, that\u2019s all you\u2019re gonna get. Then you think this is how the world is. You\u2019re crazy if you don\u2019t agree, and now everyone wants to kill each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the recording, they recruited Warren Fitzgerald of the Vandals for some additional guitar, and on drums signed up Young, who had always said he was available for projects, paid or not. \u201cAdrian said, \u2018Hey, I\u2019d love to play drums on your record, but I don\u2019t want to be in another band,\u201d says Webb. \u201c\u2018I\u2019m already in a band.\u2019 So it\u2019s like, okay, that\u2019s cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe plays amazing,\u201d says Bradbury. \u201cTo have Cameron produce it, and Adrian playing drums on it, I\u2019m like, \u2018Okay, this has a chance to be as good as I can imagine.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1808\" src=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-647664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw-340x512.jpg 340w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/static.spin.com\/files\/2025\/11\/84-Days_Chinatown3bw-498x750.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"><\/figure>\n<p>Erik \u201cSmelly\u201d Sandin from NOFX is now on drums for the band, and will be onstage when 84 Days plays a few West Coast shows in support of the Vandals in December. Webb will be on bass, and more concerts are planned for 2026. \u201cYou don\u2019t have anything if you don\u2019t have a great drummer,\u201d says Bradbury. \u201cI love playing live. I love playing in the studio. It\u2019s the best thing ever since the time I was 15 years old and sat on the edge of my bed and started learning Dead Boys songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Bradbury does a lot of singing in Pennywise (with harmonies, backgrounds, etc. alongside frontman Jim Lindberg), this is his first time as the central voice on an album. It\u2019s been a new challenge for the punk lifer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that we\u2019re playing a live situation, I\u2019m like, \u2018I can\u2019t breathe!\u2019\u201d Bradbury explains, laughing. \u201cWhy did I do an extra chorus here? Wow, there\u2019s a lot of lyrics there! So we\u2019re working those out. We\u2019re gonna put together a cool live show.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>84 Days band members Cameron Webb and Randy Bradbury in the Chinatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. (All photos by Steve Appleford) Randy Bradbury\u2019s life changed at 15. 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