In Conversation: Rob Pennington of Endpoint
Thirty years later, this classic conversation from the original zine gets a fresh set of eyes—and the wistfulness in the room is palpable.
As far as interviews from the original Anti-Matter go, this one with Endpoint vocalist Rob Pennington from 1994 always seemed to go curiously under the radar. “Curiously,” I say now, because Rob and I go through several fairly weighty topics with a near-breeziness: Going on antidepressants, choosing to keep your virginity as an adult, working with victims of sexual abuse, and even suicidal ideation are only a few of the things that come up over the course of this conversation—almost casually. In retrospect, there were probably a couple of different things happening here.
For one thing, Rob and I were both much younger at the time of this interview and perhaps less equipped to truly approach these topics with the kind of sensitivity…