Planes mistaken for stars.THESE GUYS AVE GOT HAS ONE OF THE COOLEST BAND NAMES GOING, as well as a distinctive approach to playing heavy, aggressive, metal-influenced hardcore. The group consists of Gared O'Donnell on vocals and guitar, Matt bellinger on guitar and vocals, Jamie Drier on bass, and Mike Ricketts on drums. Please join us as Gared patiently endures this batch of stupid questions. Patrick Hughes Do you snowboard? I don't like snow. You live in Denver! Do you just hide in your house? It doesn't really snow here much; it's a big misconception. I thought it was like the North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. . How's Denver treating you? Good. We just finished three new songs for a seven inch called Spearheading the Sin Movement that's coming out on No Idea. What's the title about? It's about...spearheading the sin movement. It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a kids loosened up. Really, it's about how none of us love each other enough, and how we should all be fucking and rocking out more. If it were up to me people would be fucking in the streets. I hear y'all loosen up on stage. We go for it when we play live. If you're not going for it, what's the point? Any injuries? Halfway through a set I broke my guitar over my face. I thought, "I'm gonna have a black eye,", because I hit myself so hard. When I went to play, there were no strings because the guitar was in pieces. Where do y'all play? We'll play wherever. We try to play shows that are all ages. I love to drink and I love a lot of people that drink, but I don't want to be a jukebox. In a bar of 100 people. 98 have their backs to you. A show should involve everybody: That's what makes it fun, people going bananas. You seem to play songs that are harsh, but hopeful. That's what I'm going for. I listen to a lot of Motown, which is the exact opposite. Some of that stuff sounds happy but the lyrics or underlying themes are dark. It's like ghosts in the recording--something else going on. It's that way for us.' Our music might seem bleak, but we try to inject as much blue-eyed soul Blue-eyed soul (also known as white soul) is a term used to describe R&B or soul music performed by white artists. The term is a misnomer, in that the artists don't all have blue eyes. into it as possible. I want to paint a picture of the traps we fall in to, but also give the notion that you can get out. And I want people to know that even the nastier parts of our personalities are beautiful. I've learned a lot from the seedier aspects of life. Like what? All those things that make me the fantastic person I am today A lot of my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. music is nihilistic ni·hil·ism n. 1. Philosophy a. An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence. b. A doctrine holding that all values are baseless and that nothing can be known or communicated. 2. , but I've always had a problem with bitching and moaning and not backing it up or having a reason for it. It's a cliche, like teenage romance or something. Every 14-year-old kid in the world is full of angst. That's why Korn is so big. They play on the more volatile emotions. I could just write angry, depressing shit, but it'd just be an endless circle. What got you into punk? Skateboarding. Before I had a record player I had a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. , and I'd put on the Streets On Fire video really loud on my grandma's TV and skate up and down the sidewalk. I'm giddy this is for Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. . I work for Conspiracy Skateboards. They make big boards for burly, old, fat, drunk guys. I skate, but I don't go for it anymore. I'm afraid of hurting my hand. The other guys in the band count on me being there. Describe the other guys. Mikey is a cuddly cud·dle v. cud·dled, cud·dling, cud·dles v.tr. To fondle in the arms; hug tenderly. See Synonyms at caress. v.intr. To nestle; snuggle. n. Viking. He's the best-natured person I've met, even if he looks the spookiest. His nickname's Mongo Mongo Any of several peoples living in the African equatorial forest. They speak a dialect of a common language, Mongo or Nkundo, which belongs to the Niger-Congo language family. . We used to call him Fast Wreckless Mikey, which is a cool nickname. But he was like, "Why can't you call me something cool, like Mongo?" If you look up his name in the phone book you won't find it. You have to look under Mongo. Jamie smells. With most people that smell, it's kind of a secret, but he revels in it. When we get off tour, sketched Out about places to live, he s like, "Fuck it. Let's rent a practice space and live there." He'll sleep on top of the van in bad neighborhoods to watch our stuff. Matt is not quite a hypochondriac hypochondriac /hy·po·chon·dri·ac/ (-kon´dre-ak) 1. pertaining to the hypochondrium. 2. pertaining to hypochondriasis. 3. a person with hypochondriasis. , but he's a squirrely guy. You'd think he was on speed if you didn't know him.' If you see pictures, he's the one that looks cut. He's an amazing guy. They're all amazing guys. We're all best friends, first and foremost. That's why we play music together. What would those guys say about you? That I'm a drunk jackass jackass: see ass. . And a prick, because I got to do the interview for Thrasher. |
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