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Much thanks to the boys of Allister for taking the time to do this interview.
Robbie: What’s it like being on a big label like Drive Thru?
Robbie: What are some of your favorite bands to play with?
Robbie: What’s the hardest thing about being on tour?
Mike: Not being at home.
Robbie: When things get hard, what keeps you guys motivated?
Robbie: If you guys weren’t in the band, what do you think you’d be doing right now?
Robbie: What do you guys do when your not on tour?
Robbie: What’s the last cd you bought?
Robbie: What’s your most embarrassing moment?
Robbie: What color is your toothbrush?
Robbie: What advice would you give to any upcoming musicians like me trying to make it big in this industry?
Robbie: Do you have any final words?
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Tim: It’s cool.
Mike: Money.
Kyle: Money…Ferarris…Girls…
Tim: Yeah, seriously.
Mike: Lots of booze.
Tim: Beer…yeah that’s great.
Kyle: I mean they’re not a huge label or anything but its pretty big.
Robbie: Well for that type of music.
Tim: Yeah.
Robbie: What’s your favorite song to play live?
Mike: ‘Overrated’.
Tim: *laughs*
Mike: I love playing that song.
Kyle: ‘Sweet Child of Mine’.
*everyone laughs*
Tim: Probably ‘Somewhere on Fullerton’.
Tim: August Premier.
Mike: Fall Out Boy.
Kyle: Trouble Is.
Tim: Trouble Is.
Kyle: Yeah, Fall Out Boy.
Tim: Fall Out Boy.
Mike: Umm.
Tim: Umm, Home Grown definitely.
Kyle: Finch
Tim: Less Than Jake was pretty cool.
Mike: Yeah, Less Than Jake. The Teen Idols were pretty cool.
Tim: Yeah, The Teen Idols.
Robbie: Who were some of your major influences?
Mike: Spinal Tap and Green Day.
Tim: Screeching Weasel, The Ramones…
Kyle: Space Hog.
Tim: Space Hog.
*everyone laughs*
Robbie: What’s your favorite thing about being on tour?
Tim: Party Day.
Mike and Kyle: Yeah!
Tim: Party day is definitely my favorite thing about touring.
Kyle: Today is party day.
Tim: Today is party day because it’s the last day of the tour. So we designated it party day.
Kyle: If you don’t have a beer in your hand…you flunked.
*my cousin interrupts the interview*
Cousin: Mother fucker! Today’s party day? At midnight I turn 21 tonight.
Tim: Oh wow that’s awesome. I’m buying you a beer.
Mike: Well then you’re invited to party day.
Cousin: Seriously man. I went and got my ID before I came up here tonight.
Tim: That’s amazing.
Tim: Yeah.
Mike: For a long period of time.
Tim: I’d say waking up everyday hung over. Kinda sucks *laughs*
Kyle: The fact that we have to. *laughs*
Tim: The love for the music.
Mike: The fact that if we don’t do this, then we have to do real jobs and this is way cooler than any real job.
Tim: And this is just so much fun regardless of how many kids ever show up at the shows. Playing live in front of people and writing songs and being able to record cd’s and touring different countries and all over the U.S is absolutely amazing.
Kyle: It’s almost like one of those things where when you start feeling unmotivated on tour and you kind of get in that low. You just gotta stick it out and then you have a good show or something cool happens where you have a good time and…
Tim: Or you get on the party bus in Lawrence, Kansas.
Kyle: You get on the party bus in Lawrence, Kansas.
Tim: I’d probably be back in school getting another degree.
Mike: I’d be looking for a job as a graphic designer.
Kyle: I would probably be…
Tim: Slow jacking himself in the van.
*everyone starts laughing*
Tim: I delivered pizzas for awhile. That was kinda fun actually. I don’t know, just sit at home or go to bars.
Kyle: I barbeque. I grill full time.
Tim: I watch Cubs games a lot. I’m a big Cubs fan.
Mike: I watch Sox games. I golf a little bit here and there.
Tim: Yeah, we golf.
Kyle: Golden Tee.
Tim: Golden Tee.
Kyle: I play Golden Tee.
Kyle: Year of the Rabbit. I just bought it yesterday and it’s fucking amazing.
Mike: I bought "Endorsed By You" by The Gamits.
Kyle: Good CD.
Tim: What was the last cd I bought...? I think the last cd I bought was...
Kyle: ‘Jagged Little Pill'?
Tim: *laughs* I think that was it. Wait, I already have that one.
Mike: That new B2K record?
Tim: *laughs* Yeah. I think it was a Led Zeppelin greatest hits record.
Robbie: What’s the craziest thing you’ve done on tour?
Tim: On this tour, or any tour?
Robbie: Any tour.
Mike: The party bus has to be up there somewhere.
Kyle: The party bus was good.
Tim: Yeah. When we were in Lawrence, Kansas we somehow ran into these people and it was this kids 21st birthday. So he rented this old school bus and just filled it with nothing but booze and drunk people.
Kyle: Frat boys.
Tim: Yeah, frat boys…kind of weird but kind of fun. And we honest to god drove around town bar hopping for a good 2 hours and just drank beer on this party bus, throwing shit out the windows and just being absolutely out of control.
*some of their friends brought them over a 40+ porno magazine*
Kyle: Shut up dude. Get out of here.
Tim: Oooh what’s this? *looks at the magazine* Yes! Party day just gets better!
One of their friends: That’s some party day reading material.
Tim: 40 +...This rules!
*one of their friends said something about Tim’s mom*
Tim: Why? Cause you wanna fuck her?
Friend: Exactly.
Tim: I got a really hot mom.
*everyone laughs*
Tim: I was really drunk at a show a few weeks ago and I fell over on stage. That was pretty embarrassing.
Mike: I sit down for the show so I don’t fall over.
Tim: One of these days you gotta be so drunk that you fall off your drum stool.
Mike: I was kind of embarrassed for him but he was so drunk it didn’t matter.
Tim: It’s all part of the fun.
Kyle. Yeah I’d say falling on stage is the worst. I took a nasty spill in Dublin, Ireland.
Mike: It was bad for him because it was a really big show. There were like 2,000 kids there.
Kyle: It was like the first note of the first song and I ran across the stage and tripped on a cord or something and just flew head first into the stage.
*Tim is reading the cover of the porno magazine*
Tim: Hey guys check this out…..neighborhood nymphos, swinging sluts, and cheating wives…*laughs* That’s awesome.
Kyle: I feel that Kyle should be in that sentence somewhere.
Tim: and Kyle. Wow it really says that!
Kyle: White and green.
Tim: I think blue.
Mike: Yeah mines white and blue I think. It’s one of those electric ones.
Tim: So every time he wakes up, we think he’s sticking weird shit up his ass with a vibrator.
Kyle: But really he’s just sticking some weird shit in his mouth. *makes vibrating noise*
*everyone laughs*
Kyle: Practice.
Mike: Yeah just keep playing.
Tim: I’d say play absolutely as much as possible.
Kyle: Nobody can say no to good songs and persistence.
Tim: Yeah exactly. Anytime you have a chance to play no matter where it is…play it. Make flyers for your shows and go let people know that you’re playing. Even if people hate your band, the name is still gunna get out and people will recognize your band. Then eventually you’ll get kids to come out to your shows.
Kyle: Once you start drawing kids, then labels will start coming to see you.
Tim: I’m gunna go slow jack myself to this 40 and over porno magazine that my friends just got me.
Robbie: *laughs* Thanks guys.
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