[Music] even though their name is fun these guys
even though their name is fun these guys
even though their name is fun these guys know how to be serious darris aho –
know how to be serious darris aho –
know how to be serious darris aho – every note I have a room hi I’m Rebecca
every note I have a room hi I’m Rebecca
every note I have a room hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and
Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking with the band about
today we’re speaking with the band about
today we’re speaking with the band about politics and downloading music wait for
politics and downloading music wait for
politics and downloading music wait for catastrophes imagine and they’d scare me
catastrophes imagine and they’d scare me
catastrophes imagine and they’d scare me into changing whatever is I am changing
into changing whatever is I am changing
into changing whatever is I am changing into thematically what kind of themes
into thematically what kind of themes
into thematically what kind of themes are you guys interested in writing about
are you guys interested in writing about
are you guys interested in writing about and I mean are you what at all
and I mean are you what at all
and I mean are you what at all politically minded I personally tried
politically minded I personally tried
politically minded I personally tried and stay out of it and try and stay
and stay out of it and try and stay
and stay out of it and try and stay within my head as much as possible and
within my head as much as possible and
within my head as much as possible and so that might sometimes that translates
so that might sometimes that translates
so that might sometimes that translates to certain things uh I think a lot of it
to certain things uh I think a lot of it
to certain things uh I think a lot of it just being ashamed sometimes of what’s
just being ashamed sometimes of what’s
just being ashamed sometimes of what’s happening what’s going on but that
happening what’s going on but that
happening what’s going on but that that’s usually the extent that I go is I
that’s usually the extent that I go is I
that’s usually the extent that I go is I just kind of keep it to my myself and
just kind of keep it to my myself and
just kind of keep it to my myself and kind of just express my my frustration I
kind of just express my my frustration I
kind of just express my my frustration I think the politics comes in with
think the politics comes in with
think the politics comes in with whatever platform roommate or we not
whatever platform roommate or we not
whatever platform roommate or we not have so like any of us like specifically
have so like any of us like specifically
have so like any of us like specifically Nate writing lyrics but you know even
Nate writing lyrics but you know even
Nate writing lyrics but you know even like stuff that Angela’s or I would do
like stuff that Angela’s or I would do
like stuff that Angela’s or I would do like there’s there’s no politics in
like there’s there’s no politics in
like there’s there’s no politics in lyrics but I think that I don’t think I
lyrics but I think that I don’t think I
lyrics but I think that I don’t think I know that any influence that we may have
know that any influence that we may have
know that any influence that we may have over anyone or any soap box if we can
over anyone or any soap box if we can
over anyone or any soap box if we can stand on like we have and would continue
stand on like we have and would continue
stand on like we have and would continue to use not as like a like a big general
to use not as like a like a big general
to use not as like a like a big general thing just like random s stuff but you
thing just like random s stuff but you
thing just like random s stuff but you know specific things that mean a lot to
know specific things that mean a lot to
know specific things that mean a lot to us me biggest thing is gay rights I
us me biggest thing is gay rights I
us me biggest thing is gay rights I think that’s like I don’t think I know
think that’s like I don’t think I know
think that’s like I don’t think I know saying that it’s the human rights issue
saying that it’s the human rights issue
saying that it’s the human rights issue of our generation and it’s gotten to the
of our generation and it’s gotten to the
of our generation and it’s gotten to the point where no one has the right to
point where no one has the right to
point where no one has the right to stand inside anymore it’s almost like if
stand inside anymore it’s almost like if
stand inside anymore it’s almost like if you’re not saying something you’re sort
you’re not saying something you’re sort
you’re not saying something you’re sort of acting the problem I wouldn’t get up
of acting the problem I wouldn’t get up
of acting the problem I wouldn’t get up and talk about how pots should be
and talk about how pots should be
and talk about how pots should be legalized you know I actually think it
legalized you know I actually think it
legalized you know I actually think it should but I don’t really care and like
should but I don’t really care and like
should but I don’t really care and like you know and I could be argued this way
you know and I could be argued this way
you know and I could be argued this way or political issues or money or the
or political issues or money or the
or political issues or money or the economy there’s so many angles but when
economy there’s so many angles but when
economy there’s so many angles but when it comes to talk about basic human
it comes to talk about basic human
it comes to talk about basic human rights it means no angle there is no
rights it means no angle there is no
rights it means no angle there is no angle for basic human rights and I think
angle for basic human rights and I think
angle for basic human rights and I think that that’s what’s so just unfortunate
that that’s what’s so just unfortunate
that that’s what’s so just unfortunate and
and
and fact that there could even be another
fact that there could even be another
fact that there could even be another side is pretty outraging I think the
side is pretty outraging I think the
side is pretty outraging I think the biggest part of the issue is for people
biggest part of the issue is for people
biggest part of the issue is for people to understand that it’s not a gay issue
to understand that it’s not a gay issue
to understand that it’s not a gay issue it’s a everyone issue so people like us
it’s a everyone issue so people like us
it’s a everyone issue so people like us who are straight and come from different
who are straight and come from different
who are straight and come from different places in the world and different
places in the world and different
places in the world and different religious backgrounds carry more weight
religious backgrounds carry more weight
religious backgrounds carry more weight in the sense that we’re the people that
in the sense that we’re the people that
in the sense that we’re the people that need to be talking now you know of
need to be talking now you know of
need to be talking now you know of course you know gay people have been
course you know gay people have been
course you know gay people have been talking forever and they’re gonna
talking forever and they’re gonna
talking forever and they’re gonna continue but you know with civil rights
continue but you know with civil rights
continue but you know with civil rights it wasn’t until you know white people
it wasn’t until you know white people
it wasn’t until you know white people started marching with black people that
started marching with black people that
started marching with black people that they got it wrong attention so I think
they got it wrong attention so I think
they got it wrong attention so I think that’s a big thing right now is for
that’s a big thing right now is for
that’s a big thing right now is for everyone to kind of stand up why you
everyone to kind of stand up why you
everyone to kind of stand up why you wanna stay oh my god
wanna stay oh my god
wanna stay oh my god [Music]
you guys have made a couple of songs
you guys have made a couple of songs over your career available free for free
over your career available free for free
over your career available free for free demos why did you choose to do this and
demos why did you choose to do this and
demos why did you choose to do this and what is your take on the whole illegal
what is your take on the whole illegal
what is your take on the whole illegal download situation as a band I think
download situation as a band I think
download situation as a band I think where we were coming from there were
where we were coming from there were
where we were coming from there were certain expectations just coming from
certain expectations just coming from
certain expectations just coming from other bands and I think that it was
other bands and I think that it was
other bands and I think that it was important for us to make songs available
important for us to make songs available
important for us to make songs available to say this is who we are here people
to say this is who we are here people
to say this is who we are here people tell me that without the internet we
tell me that without the internet we
tell me that without the internet we would have sold this many more records
would have sold this many more records
would have sold this many more records and so on and so forth but without the
and so on and so forth but without the
and so on and so forth but without the internet we wouldn’t have had the
internet we wouldn’t have had the
internet we wouldn’t have had the exposure to sell the amount of records
exposure to sell the amount of records
exposure to sell the amount of records that that we’ve sold and especially as a
that that we’ve sold and especially as a
that that we’ve sold and especially as a band who who really has done it
band who who really has done it
band who who really has done it independently to start out with it’s so
independently to start out with it’s so
independently to start out with it’s so much more important to make things
much more important to make things
much more important to make things available to your fans to let you know
available to your fans to let you know
available to your fans to let you know that you appreciate what they’re doing
that you appreciate what they’re doing
that you appreciate what they’re doing and that not just that um you want their
and that not just that um you want their
and that not just that um you want their money I think everything that didn’t
money I think everything that didn’t
money I think everything that didn’t work for Metallica is exactly what works
work for Metallica is exactly what works
work for Metallica is exactly what works for us it’s nice to be in a time period
for us it’s nice to be in a time period
for us it’s nice to be in a time period when you know the smaller brands are
when you know the smaller brands are
when you know the smaller brands are more control like we’re not we’re not
more control like we’re not we’re not
more control like we’re not we’re not trying to fight it we’re doing the
trying to fight it we’re doing the
trying to fight it we’re doing the opposite we rather people steal our
opposite we rather people steal our
opposite we rather people steal our record and then come to the show and
record and then come to the show and
record and then come to the show and support us that way it’s a better way to
support us that way it’s a better way to
support us that way it’s a better way to support a ban really buy a record once
support a ban really buy a record once
support a ban really buy a record once you know a few kids on this tour come to
you know a few kids on this tour come to
you know a few kids on this tour come to three or four shows in one area and buy
three or four shows in one area and buy
three or four shows in one area and buy merchandise and maybe they wouldn’t do
merchandise and maybe they wouldn’t do
merchandise and maybe they wouldn’t do that if they had to like go to samboni
that if they had to like go to samboni
that if they had to like go to samboni buy the record for 19 dollars you can be
buy the record for 19 dollars you can be
buy the record for 19 dollars you can be a fan in a lot of different ways and you
a fan in a lot of different ways and you
a fan in a lot of different ways and you can support in a lot of different ways
can support in a lot of different ways
can support in a lot of different ways we’ll love to forget the fact that
we’ll love to forget the fact that
we’ll love to forget the fact that there’s many ways to support a band
there’s many ways to support a band
there’s many ways to support a band they act like if you steal the record or
they act like if you steal the record or
they act like if you steal the record or you know buy the record you’re you’re
you know buy the record you’re you’re
you know buy the record you’re you’re like horrible there’s an endless stream
like horrible there’s an endless stream
like horrible there’s an endless stream of ways to get support a bit I don’t
of ways to get support a bit I don’t
of ways to get support a bit I don’t know I I can also argue for the other
know I I can also argue for the other
know I I can also argue for the other side as well especially because we we do
side as well especially because we we do
side as well especially because we we do make I think a lot of times our intent
make I think a lot of times our intent
make I think a lot of times our intent is to make records that people can hear
is to make records that people can hear
is to make records that people can hear all the way through and I think that
all the way through and I think that
all the way through and I think that nowadays with the internet and because
nowadays with the internet and because
nowadays with the internet and because of all the stuff somebody some so many
of all the stuff somebody some so many
of all the stuff somebody some so many things are single driven and is someone
things are single driven and is someone
things are single driven and is someone I love old records and I love I love
I love old records and I love I love
I love old records and I love I love kind of you know the ebbs and flows that
kind of you know the ebbs and flows that
kind of you know the ebbs and flows that happen with that and I think that a lot
happen with that and I think that a lot
happen with that and I think that a lot of the emotion does get lost when you
of the emotion does get lost when you
of the emotion does get lost when you when you don’t own the record or at
when you don’t own the record or at
when you don’t own the record or at least that that’s how it’s been for me
least that that’s how it’s been for me
least that that’s how it’s been for me if I legally download a record which I
if I legally download a record which I
if I legally download a record which I usually don’t do
usually don’t do
usually don’t do I’d end up treating it like I crap you
I’d end up treating it like I crap you
I’d end up treating it like I crap you look at the Beatles iTunes thing and
look at the Beatles iTunes thing and
look at the Beatles iTunes thing and like Penny Lane like raced up the charts
like Penny Lane like raced up the charts
like Penny Lane like raced up the charts and it’s almost like offensive to
and it’s almost like offensive to
and it’s almost like offensive to imagine people hearing Penny Lane
imagine people hearing Penny Lane
imagine people hearing Penny Lane without all of Metro mr. tour coming
without all of Metro mr. tour coming
without all of Metro mr. tour coming before it because like you know it
before it because like you know it
before it because like you know it doesn’t make any sense without it it’s
doesn’t make any sense without it it’s
doesn’t make any sense without it it’s like the first breath of fresh air on
like the first breath of fresh air on
like the first breath of fresh air on that record yeah yeah that’s a big
that record yeah yeah that’s a big
that record yeah yeah that’s a big concern too it’s not it’s not even like
concern too it’s not it’s not even like
concern too it’s not it’s not even like about them with the money that comes
about them with the money that comes
about them with the money that comes with it I think it’s about the
with it I think it’s about the
with it I think it’s about the appreciation that I’ve noticed from
appreciation that I’ve noticed from
appreciation that I’ve noticed from buying a record and from illegally
buying a record and from illegally
buying a record and from illegally downloading a record that’s that’s
downloading a record that’s that’s
downloading a record that’s that’s really all that matters to me is it
really all that matters to me is it
really all that matters to me is it feels good to own something I feel like
feels good to own something I feel like
feels good to own something I feel like a part of something it’s even not about
a part of something it’s even not about
a part of something it’s even not about the money it’s just more about like the
the money it’s just more about like the
the money it’s just more about like the fact that you’re giving something and
fact that you’re giving something and
fact that you’re giving something and getting something back and that’s that
getting something back and that’s that
getting something back and that’s that makes you think about what you’re
makes you think about what you’re
makes you think about what you’re getting if we take care of our audience
getting if we take care of our audience
getting if we take care of our audience I feel like they would take care of us
I feel like they would take care of us
I feel like they would take care of us and they feel like we’re already
and they feel like we’re already
and they feel like we’re already experiencing that so it’s definitely not
experiencing that so it’s definitely not
experiencing that so it’s definitely not something the stresses us out because
something the stresses us out because
something the stresses us out because people who come to our shows have
people who come to our shows have
people who come to our shows have already proven to us that they’re really
already proven to us that they’re really
already proven to us that they’re really happy to support us you know even in
happy to support us you know even in
happy to support us you know even in moral reasons comedy shows I’m just
moral reasons comedy shows I’m just
moral reasons comedy shows I’m just trying to get some sleep
trying to get some sleep
trying to get some sleep thank you very much guys thank you thank
thank you very much guys thank you thank
thank you very much guys thank you thank you
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