FADER magazine profiles DNA Test Fest and participating bands

Jamie Johns over at The Fader did a great Freak Scene profile of this year’s upcoming DNA Test Fest III and of some of the bands involved.

How and why did DNA Test Fest come about?
Sean Gray: I started a show on WMUC 88.1 FM College Park, Maryland called DNA IN THE DNA in September of 2007. My goal was pretty much to play what I liked. I really had no set agenda; it wasn’t (and honestly still isn’t) a punk show, an experimental, fringe show or what have you, it is just what I thought was good. We played and still play as much Gilbert O’Sullivan as we do China White or Keiji Haino. I started getting a lot of questions from bands if I’d play their stuff. Much of it, I noticed, had even been done live around the DC metro area such as Buckets of Bile, FNU Ronnies etc. Around the spring of 2008 I had this idea to just invite all these bands down to play in one fell swoop. Instead of me chasing all these bands around or booking shows one by one, I asked myself: “Why not just do a fest for…me?” I didn’t care if anyone came, I was prepared to lose money, and it was free (for better or worse).

You can read the rest of the article HERE!