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Is
this your first time in the UK and what brings you here? |
| Matt |
Yes/
Promoting ‘Foiled’ our new album |
| Ryan |
No,
been here on vacation, touring brings me. Isle |
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How
long have you been together and how did you start the band.? |
| Matt |
12
Years. Justin and Ryan started the band as a duo. |
| Ryan |
13
YEARS, Justin and I went to High School together. |
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Which
other bands do you admire and why? |
| Matt |
Radiohead,
Cooper Temple Clause – For being creative and taking risks. |
| Ryan |
U2,
Coldplay, Red House Painters, Idaho, they play music for themselves. |
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Is
there any other band or individual that you would like to work with?
|
| Matt |
Perry
Farrell – he’s very talented on many levels. |
| Ryan |
Any
one that views music on the same level trying anything. |
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The
bands line-up has changed a few times over the years, do you still see
any of the old band members. |
| Matt |
Rarely
– this is the best chemistry ‘the original family’ |
| Ryan |
No |
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Where
do you get the names from for your albums |
| Matt |
Different
experiences derivative of current experiences. |
| Ryan |
Justin
comes up with them, from meanings in the songs and the album as a whole |
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Describe
your writing and recording process. Do you all get together to write or
do particular members just work together. |
| Matt |
Sometimes
Justin is the primary songwriter |
| Ryan |
Justin
usually sketches the idea, and we fill in the blanks. |
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You
used to be managed by Justin and Jeremy’s Parents, do they still
play an active role in your career. |
| Matt |
Still
play an active role as some of my close friends – my ‘surrogate
parents’ |
| |
No,
not career, but in our social and family life. |
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Are
there any particular countries you would like to tour in and why?
|
| Matt |
Japan
– fascinated with the culture. |
| Ryan |
The
World. |
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If
you could swap places with someone for a day, who would it be and why?
|
| Matt |
Whoever
happens to be directing a will Ferrell movie – I’d love to
laugh my ass-off watching him first hand. |
| Ryan |
I
like who I am, that’s a hard one. Maybe Mozart, or Beethoven. |
