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Members of the band PUP: Nestor Chumak (bass), Steve Sladkowski (guitar), Zack Mykula (drums) and Stefan Babcock (vocals/guitar), photo by Vanessa Heins

Pushing Their Comfort Zone: PUP’s Stefan Babcock on coping with mental illness and the band’s return to New Orleans

September 1, 2022 by: Dalton Spangler

It’s no surprise Stefan Babcock, frontman of PUP, works through mental illness by writing songs and making fun of himself. But as far as coping mechanisms go, there really couldn’t have been a better pair to build a punk band’s voice than that. Babcock’s songwriting not only made the band’s music catchy but relatable, and they’ve only honed the craft of self-effacing screeds and earworm melodies over their career. And with the release of their new album, The ...

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