
Helene McKoy (Pouzza Fest)
In its third year, Montreal's Pouzza Fest is starting to look a lot like a north-of-the-border version of The Fest, and that's just the way the festival's organizers want it. That's because when Hugo Mudie and Helene McKoy conceived the idea a few years back, Mudie always saw Gainesville's annual throwdown as the model for a proper punk rock festival, and with three days (May 17-19), 12 venues and 150 bands, including American Steel, Crime in Stereo and Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, it seems that the vision has become reality.
Punknews interviewer Adam Eisenberg rang up organizer Helene McKoy to get the details on this year's festival, solicit some advice for newbies, and learn a little bit of French.