New Jersey Stage Issue 73 | Page 53

The Dirty Rats at the moment. We would love the opportunity to possibly work with other bands in the future, especially through some split 7-inch records. What personal sacrifices have you had to make to maintain the success of the band and has the pandemic reduced those sacrifices? We’ve all had to build our lives around touring and the band these past few years. Now the pandemic has given us the time to become more organized and focused on what our plans are for the future, as well as giving us time to catch up with family and friends. The last three years have been a wild bull ride, and now it’s like we’re in a paddleboat, everything is on pause in many ways but still moving forward. The entire world is getting used to the new normal and so are we. Working retail jobs isn’t the most glamorous, we’d all rather be in a basement in Buffalo playing to a beer-soaked mosh pit of people Watch a video for “Pity Date” by Houston and the Dirty Rats NJ STAGE - ISSUE 73 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 53