In Conversation: Patrick Kindlon of Drug Church
He is widely recognized as one of hardcore's most cutting and provocative figures. But there is compassion in Patrick Kindlon's critiques.
Almost every interview I've ever done tends to feature a few tangents or asides that are mostly too irrelevant to publish—and that’s to be expected. These things go where they want to go. But during the course of my conversation with Drug Church singer Patrick Kindlon, we made a conscious decision to completely derail ourselves for at least 45 of the 120 minutes we spent together. That’s not typical. None of those digressions made much sense to publish; the bulk of it, honestly, was him asking me questions. But the spirit of our diversions told me everything I needed to know about a person who has been called, at multiple turns, difficult, contrarian, and even controversial. They showed me a Pat Kindlon who is curious, compassionate, and although certainly eager to p…