In Conversation: Richie Birkenhead of Into Another
For the second edition of Anti-Matter's "reunion interview" series, Richie and I venture out to discover how much we’ve evolved over the past 29 years. As it turns out, a lot.
Richie Birkenhead and I only knew each other marginally when we met for our first Anti-Matter interview in 1994. Our bands played shows together and we had close mutual friends, but that interview was the first time we ever really talked. Which is why I was so surprised that it got so real, so fast. I’ve already written about how Richie’s openness about going to therapy put me on a track that may have saved my life, but that original interview was also the first time I publicly brushed up against matters of grief and surviving abuse—issues I’ve been trying to work through my entire life—if even only a little.
When I thought about doing a second “reunion interview” with someone from the original zine, Richie was an obvious choice. Not only is he incredibly smart and articulate, bu…