1. Describe a memorable, outrageous, funny, bizarre, and/or unique
situation you've experience on stage, with a band member, manager, club
owner, soundman, fan, record company, etc. Be descriptive.2.
ADAM: We went to Oakland to play at a friend's wedding and booked a show
at a club that sounded great. The promoter even offered to pick us up at
the airport and said he could get us amps and a drumset so we only had to
bring our guitars. Of course, we learned that he quit days before but were
assured we would be supplied with equipment when we got there. We weren't
and the sweethearts from the other bands were so unsympathetic that we
could only get one amp out of them. So I got up and did a song with just
me & my guitar plugged in. Then I invited the rest of the band to come
onstage and join me. Everyone jumped around and played like they were
plugged in (including Nasr on air drums) but I was the only one making
noise. Good times, good times.
1. How would you describe the personality and sound of your band? 2.
JASON: Captain Kangaroo meets Wilco after eating Pop Rocks and Mr Pibb
ADAM: or any other Dr Fake sodas. I collect the cans. 35 so far!
Everyone needs a hobby....
1. What do want to know from your fans and/or A&R guy/gal?2.
JASON: Is that Rod Stewart rumor really true?!
1. Why would a record company want to sign you? How are you different
from any of the other million bands out there?2.
JASON: Collectible Rookie Cards.
ADAM: A million good responses to idiots who yell out for "Freebird".
1. What is your PLAN to MAKE IT ? What is MAKING IT mean to you?2.
ADAM: Our plan to make it is fairly complicated. We've got graphs,
charts, whiteboards, and clipboards. We will use them. Repeatedly.
REPEATEDLY! Making it means that we can afford to have a huge lighting rig
at our stadium shows that explode on cue during the first song so that only
one light works. Playing the Reading Festival in England would be
incredible but we feel like we're making it right now. Every little step
is fun because we're not jaded YET. Whether or not we get signed or
hugely famous shouldn't matter as long as it stays fun. It just so happens
that we keep getting noticed for having fun and, if we're lucky and sleep
with the right people, we'll "make it" by Carson Daly's standards.
1. Would you be interested in participating on camera as a part of a
documentary/reality series?2.
ADAM: Only if we can repeatedly quote the girl from the Real World who
cried "IT WASN'T NOT FUNNY!" when her roommate pulled a sheet off of her.
xoxo
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