The Matches Interview - 17-10-05



- With Matt of The Matches -

1) How has your response been in the UK?
The response has been excellent! People in the UK get excited when opening bands play and that is encouraging.

2) Reel Big Fish are super funny guys... Any good tour stories/classic moments that stand out from this recent tour?
Every day expect the unexpected with those guys. Numerous funny moments happen. They are a great band to tour with.

3) For your band personally, how would you compare playing England to Australia?
They are similar in that the audience goes nuts. England is colder than Australia. I ate more Indian food on tour in the UK.

4) What song of yours are you currently most proud of?
Songs that have yet to be heard by the listening public.

5) I've heard word that you plan on working with Mark Hoppus. can you fill us in?
Mr. Hoppus will be lending his production skills (go buy the new Motion City Soundtrack album!!) to a couple songs on our next album.

6) What would you say the key ingredients are to making your music?
Collaboration and anal retentiveness (that's not a sexual reference kids...)

7) How would you describe your music, in terms of food and an eating experiance?
An Indian buffet! Spicy and cool at the same time. With a side of naan of course...

8) Do you tend to have pre conceptions when it comes to writing your music or does it more often just flow?
We just let it flow in a non-hippiesh kind of way.

9) Can you give us 5 other bands that you'd recommend people check out if they loved your music?
Motion City Soundtrack, Elvis Costello, El Pus, Refused, Stone Temple Pilots

11) What has been the best thing that has happened to your band thus far?
Getting to have our record out and tour the world. Cliched but true.

12) Who would you consider to be the biggest dickhead in rock music today?
The girls in the B-52s were quite the divas when I used to work at a concert venue. I was suprised! In terms of a dickhead though, I would have to say Fred Durst. Cliched but possible true.

13) What do you enjoy doing in down time?
Reading, sleeping, watching TV shows on DVD

14) If you could designate body parts to describe each band member, who would be what?
Jon-penis, Shawn-brian, Justin-heart, Myself-arm

15) After your West Coast Tour with Less Than Jake... What will you guys be up to?
Finishing writing and recording our next record! But good people of the UK please go buy our current record, it's out on Golf Records and we need you to buy it so we can afford to come back over as soon as possible!