Pop Evil
Frontman Leigh Kakaty on getting punched in the face, rock‘n’roll therapy, and teenage run-ins with the law.
NOBODY COMES TO Pop Evil for a quiet night. Citing such play-on-10 stalwarts as Metallica and Stone Temple Pilots, the black-clad heavy mob from Michigan have shaken the room since their formation in 2001. And seventh album Skeletons is perhaps the band’s most seismic yet, splicing an alt.rock edge with a hit of metalcore, alongside lyrics that seem like primal-scream therapy for a world facing down its mental health demons. Singer Leigh Kakaty tells us more.