Nov 3, 2026 · 1 hr 38 min · 14 segments
I'm so pleased to host Cedric Ross on the Couch Riffs Podcast! IMIJ was a hugely important band to my formative times in the 90s Seattle music scene and I was a big fan, for sure. The band is…
Cedric RossGuest
Mike SquiresHost
It's not in New York or in L.A. And I'm curious what it felt like as an all black rock band coming and playing shows.
I like to think that it would be a different experience today, but did you experience any resistance or awkwardness? Because it was a...
I mean, there certainly were moments that, you know, had us, questioning you know what exactly how are we being perceived here because this doesn't seem like this is working out the way that i thought it might um on one hand on the other hand um there was a lot of like we're playing music like everybody else, we're having a great time or this sucks, just like everybody else's experience of this sucks.
But there were a few notable other situations that did occur that weren't really cool.
I remember, what was it? We used to have Seattle Weekly, and then there was something called the LA
We got approached by a writer from LA Weekly who had reached out to me and asked, Hey, I wanna do a feature on your band.
And as he started asking questions, he was really trying to find out, we think that there's a lot of, he was saying, we think there's a lot of racism in the music industry.
Can you give us some examples of racist situations you've had? And when he asked, I was, you know, genuinely like, no, I mean, like, I think he specified like, you know, like the way that you're being booked and things like that.
It's not in New York or in L.A. And I'm curious what it felt like as an all black rock band coming and playing shows.
I like to think that it would be a different experience today, but did you experience any resistance or awkwardness? Because it was a...
I mean, there certainly were moments that, you know, had us, questioning you know what exactly how are we being perceived here because this doesn't seem like this is working out the way that i thought it might um on one hand on the other hand um there was a lot of like we're playing music like everybody else, we're having a great time or this sucks, just like everybody else's experience of this sucks.
But there were a few notable other situations that did occur that weren't really cool.
I remember, what was it? We used to have Seattle Weekly, and then there was something called the LA
We got approached by a writer from LA Weekly who had reached out to me and asked, Hey, I wanna do a feature on your band.
And as he started asking questions, he was really trying to find out, we think that there's a lot of, he was saying, we think there's a lot of racism in the music industry.
Can you give us some examples of racist situations you've had? And when he asked, I was, you know, genuinely like, no, I mean, like, I think he specified like, you know, like the way that you're being booked and things like that.
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