August 2008
13 posts
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Interview: The Hanks
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How did you guys start the band? Who gave you the most support?Shane: Bryan and Josh started the band at school in Oregon. They moved down to LA and we became friends. I joined soon after and then we met Phil at UCLA. Our family and fans have been incredibly supportive… patient! [laughs]How did you guys come up with your name?Bryan: Handsome And Newly Knighted Squires…. we...
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Interview: Brandon Kane of Lose The Name
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When did you realize you wanted to play in a band, and how did you all meet?
I heard sublime in ‘95 and picked up a guitar. After years of banging out sublime covers, I had a friend introduce me to strung out and from then on, I knew I wanted to do something like they were doing. We all met a few years later after playing in seperate bands. It just clicked from there.
How...
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Interview: John Whiteside of Versus The Ocean
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What made you start the band and how did you meet?
Me and Mike started playing in bands in 2004 after meeting in high school. We also met Chad around this time when we were playing in one of our old bands and when we started searching for a bassist we contacted him and he joined. Tyler was found on a local venue’s message board, he made a post on there about joining a band and...
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Interview: His Name Was Iron
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How did you guys start the band? Who gave you the most support? Can you tell us why you started the band and how you all met?
Well, we started the band because we wanted to do something fun. We’d all been in other various projects before, some really poppy, others really metal and heavy. We’ve known each other for years, some of us went to high school together and Sean...
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Interview: Era Brightwell of Okasite
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Being all the way from New Zealand how did you guys get hooked up with
Takeover Digital?
It was a plain old evening of surfin’ ‘round the net lookin’ for
something new and exiting, as ya do! I (Era) found the Takeover site
through the Hey Mike myspace page and immediately sent Takeover a
message of interest. We were blown away when we got a reply of
returned...
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Interview: The Upset Victory
*All questions answered by Spencer Van Der Zee (Bass) and Stephen Campbell (guitar) of The Upset Victory*
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So you recently signed to Take Over Records, how was that?!
Signing with TakeOver was extremely exciting and were looking forward to being a part of the TakeOver family. It’s just another avenue for getting our music out there!
In your blog, you said your second EP will...
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Warped Tour '08: A Cursive Memory
Interview with Colin of A Cursive Memory
So, you’ve been on Warped Tour for a whole week already. How do you guys like it so far?
Colin: Yeah. We’re loving it. It’s a really unique tour for us to be able to do because you get to play to such a larger audience than you’re used of playing to, in most cases, and on top of that like, at the end of the day you get to hang...
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Warped Tour '08: Farewell
Interview with Farewell
So how has Warped been so far? Any random experiences?
Kevin: Hot. Marshall: Hot, rainy…
Kevin: Naked.
Marshall: Naked…
Kevin: Food.
Marshall: Food is good, our RV is really stinky at times. Eww, we had to experience dumping the septic tank on our own.
Buddy: Oooh, check this...
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Warped Tour '08: Mayday Parade
Interview with Derek Sanders of Mayday Parade
So what’s the deal with the “Jamie All Over” music video? When is going to premiere?
Derek: You know, I don’t even know for sure right now. We’re kind of being updated on that as we go. I still haven’t seen like the final edit of it. We’ve seen a few kind of rough edits, but I’m definitely excited...
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Warped Tour '08: Against Me!
Interview with Warren and Andrew of Against Me!
You guys just announced your new tour for Canada, and you were recently touring in the UK, so you guys clearly spend a lot of time touring. So how are the different scenes, the different crowds?
Andrew: I think they’re all equally awesome! And I’m not just generalizing. I mean, of course it’s thrilling to go to the UK, to go to...
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Warped Tour '08: Gym Class Heroes
Interview with Eric of Gym Class Heroes
How have you guys been enjoying Warped Tour?
Eric: This is our third year on Warped Tour so we knew exactly what to expect. This has been a really fun time, all of our friends are out on it, and we’ve had some pretty crazy crowds.
So, your new album The Quilt is coming out soon, and you guys are going to go out on tour again, right?
E: Yea,...
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Warped Tour '08: The Academy Is...
Interview with Adam Siska of The Academy Is…
You’ve been playing new songs on Warped Tour, how has the general reaction been?
Adam: I think it’s been great. Unfortunately today, we had to cut one of the songs because our singer William’s throat isn’t feeling to well, and some of the notes he hits in the chorus are very very high, and we don’t want him to...
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SUR Warped Highlight: Miracle Dolls
Interview with Miracle Dolls
How did the band come together?
Desiree: Me and Danielle are twin sisters. We have been playing together since we were 13…it’s always been a natural collaboration.
Taz: Well, I met them through Myspace like all my other bands I played for…love myspace.
Were you always into music growing up?
Desiree: Definitely. I listened to oldies growing...