Ages ago (i.e. October of last year), Scion held the Scion Garage Fest and showcased a bunch of — you guessed it — garage rock bands. One such band, which doesn’t exactly exist anymore, is Costa Mesa, California’s Japanese Motors, a band made up of surf enthusiasts and one professional surfer in Alex Knost.

But, as they insist in the following interview brought to you by Scion A/V, Japanese Motors were definitely not a surf rock band, despite winning an OC Music Award for surf rock.

The band discusses this topic as well as punk rock, the Orange County music scene, and Mudhoney’s fans not liking them. Check out the video below: