Rock anthems have a funny way of coming and going.

Perhaps you were just too caught up in the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal or too busy watching “Titanic” to realize it, but there was a song you could not get out of your head – and it’s probably still there.

Illinois rockers Local H are responsible for making that special place in people’s memories with their popular hit, “Bound for the Floor.”

Although little noise from the band was heard on the airwaves since the gold-certified single’s success, the band itself has made few changes in its style and has continued to do what it had done best since lead singer and “whatever” instrumentalist, Scott Lucas, formed the group in 1987 with drummer and friend, Joe Daniels.

Since its first major release in 1995, the band has continued to produce albums, re-emerging back into the airwaves occasionally with singles such as “California Songs” and its most recent interpretation of Britney Spears’ “Toxic.”

With the semester coming to a close at Iowa State and the return of Veishea, students will have a chance to see what is possibly the loudest rock band comprised of only two members, as Friday, Local H bounds for the Maintenance Shop of the Memorial Union.

Chris English: So what have you guys been up to lately?

Scott Lucas: Umm, nothing. Just working on a new record, pretty much. It’s goin’ all right, it was scary there for a while, I had a little bit of writer’s block and I was starting to sweat it, but now it’s fine.

CE: Do you run into that problem very much?

SL: I can’t remember. Everyone tells me I always do. I don’t know if they’re just saying that or what. Part of the problem, I think, is just trying to figure out whether or not you have something to say and that’s the toughest part . when you dig down and you’re kinda like, “Wow, there’s nothing there and I don’t know what I want to say.” But once you figure it out it just comes pretty easy.

CE: How did you guys ever decide to take on a Britney Spears cover?

SL: We just liked the song. We were listening to it on the radio and we thought it would be a good idea to cover it. I mean, there’s a lot of music out there and I think a lot of it just kind of gets written off by people based on who does it or what it’s dressed up as. You gotta kind of look past the context of the song and look at the actual context . and you’d probably have a lot more fun with music.

CE: Checking out your MySpace page, I noticed you were listed as playing the “whatever.” What exactly is a “whatever” and where can I buy one? You’re just referring to your custom guitar/bass hybrid setup I take it?

SL: That’s how I roll, dawg. It’s like a running joke . if you look at the credits in all our records, I’m credited as playing something different. Yeah, I just play whatever I have to play pretty much. I think Prince is also credited as “whatever” on the Lovesexy record . I’m not completely sure.

CE: After being together for so long, has it ever come to the point where you have a popular song such as “Bound for the Floor” that gets played so much that you find yourself becoming like Styx with “Mr. Roboto” and you simply refuse to play it anymore?

SL: Well . I don’t think it’s as bad as “Mr. Roboto,” but you know when we don’t want to play it, we don’t play it. We’ve done tours where we haven’t played it and it’s not a big deal. I’m not ashamed of the song, so I don’t mind playing it.

CE: Is it pretty cool knowing that Local H has become known enough to have its own Wikipedia entry? Do you think more up-and-coming bands should add that to their list of “big arena” dreams?

SL: Doesn’t everybody have a Wikipedia entry?

CE: I dunno . I’m pretty sure you sort of have to be something before that happens.

SL: I’ll bet you’ve got one.

CE: I doubt it, but we’ll see.