Stop Worrying and Love The Bomb

Formed somewhere between the Black Cat and Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, DC, (Stop Worrying and) Love the Bomb was born out of breakups. Sal Go’s (guitar/vox) and Mike’s (guitar/vox) old bands (who cares) used to play shows together, so when the two met by chance at a Jay Reatard show in 2008, they talked bands, their respective failed relationships (Sal’s band/Mike’s girlfriend), and the new-found abundance of free time on their hands. On the walk to get chili dogs after the show, they decided to form a band in the vein of The Reatards, Teengenerate, New Bomb Turks, blah blah blah. Sometimes the results have been in that ballpark, other times the sound is a little different, but it’s the same basic idea; short, fast, meat-and-potatoes punk. They soon added Nathan on drums, whose previous experience was indie rock and CCR covers, so punk seemed like a natural progression. When original bass player Thomas left the band to become an LDS missionary, Curt was brought into the fold. Curt plays in lots of bands, and Mike and Sal had been in bands with him. In fact, there’s a good chance that you, too, are bandmates with him. SWALTB makes sure sets are under 25 minutes, had their debut 7 inch EP come out in Jan 2012 on Big Neck Records, to be followed up with an LP on Big Neck in early 2013, and hates when band bios end with some statement about a band’s future plans including “world domination. We're a band.