The Muslims

Formed in the wake of the Trump election in 2016, the Durham, NC trio of QADR (vocals/guitar), Abu Shea (bass), and Ba7ba7 (drums) quickly released a series of albums — The Muslims (2018), Mayo Supreme (2019), Gentrified Chicken (2020) — and their Inshallah: Tomorrow We Inherit the Earth (2020) EP before earning the opportunity to be heard through one of the most established houses in punk rock. With Fuck These Fuckin Fascists, the band’s debut on venerated punk rock label Epitaph Records, The Muslims are here to tell you why they’re the “right now” of punk rock. In a chance digital encounter, the long-running label slid into the band’s DMs to ask if they would be open to putting a record out with them. At first, the band was skeptical. “We had to have a conversation of like, ‘Is this actu...