BLESSTHEFALL INTERVIEWED AT TASTE OF CHAOS ON 3/21/2008 I sat down with BLESSTHEFALL in their dressing room before the show and asked them some questions. We had an exciting conversation about their hometown, brick breaker, farting and so much more. You know an interview is going to go well when the band is willing to discuss bodily functions. They were very sweet and if you have not seen them live then do it. They put their all in their performance and really stole the crowd. Forget about L.L. Cool J., the ladies love these guys! The screams from the girls behind me were almost as loud as the music. Pick up a copy of their latest cd, HIS LAST WALK. Lena: What city has been the best so far on the TASTE OF CHAOS tour? BTF: I’m going to say Detroit, that’s definitely the most fun show we’ve played so far, that and Milwaukee. Milwaukee was pretty cool and the first Jersey show we played, what was that, it wasn’t Asbury? I liked Asbury. Pretty much all of the shows. Oh yeah, Hampton that was pretty good. Lena: So, just everything has been good. BTF: Oh yeah, pretty much the whole tour has been great overall. It’s pretty awesome! It’s been a lot of fun.
Lena: Who has the strangest hobby and or hidden talent? BTF: Strangest hobby? Matt likes to fart a lot. He enjoys it and does it so much and giggles so much. Other than that I don’t know, we are pretty normal and just get on our laptops and listen to itunes and download music illegally, ha, ha. It’s great and ironic. I can’t really think of anything weird that we do. Lena: You guys don’t knit sweaters or anything like that? BTF: Not really! I like playing brick breaker on my phone. Yes, that’s what I do. I think anyone that owns a Blackberry that’s all they do is play brick breaker. Lena: Yeah, same here. We are going to wear out the little trackball. BTF: (Jared to his band mate) Yeah, see you don’t know because you don’t have a Blackberry. You have to get with the ages. Lena: When you write a song what generally comes first the music or the lyrics. BTF: Definitely, the music. Usually, the process goes this way, the guitar players just basically write all their parts and then we bring in the drums and we get all the drum parts done and then we bring in bass and then we get the vocals and lyrics done last. We make melodies sound better with maybe a double chorus or something. I guess that covers it. Lena: How is the music scene in Arizona? BTF: It’s awesome; a lot of kids come out just to have a good time. It’s where we grew up so it definitely helped us get to where we are. We drew a big fan base and that helped us get noticed by a label and management. Those kids are the reason we are where we are today. Our fans are just incredible. Lena: Are there a lot of clubs to play at? BTF: Yeah, some are shutting down but they are starting to open up a couple of new ones. There is one that we play all the time called the Clubhouse. It’s right downtown and that’s the heart and soul of where we play basically. Lena: Describe your sound. BTF: I’m trying the think. What do you think Eric? A lovechild between R. KELLY and BON JOVI. I’m going to say JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE with a bit of AS I LAY DYING and little hints of T-PAIN. Yeah, I don’t know actually we have a lot of, even though people can’t hear it at times, really heavy rap influence. We love rap mostly. In some songs you can even bob your head. I think overall it’s a hardcore metal, sceamo band, to be bold. Lena: What is with the moose? BTF: The moose? Lena: Yeah, the moose? BTF: We had a band back in the day and our old singer was named Moose. I found this moose head in my garage and I put it on my drum set. Ever since then I’ve always had it when we went out to play. Even though he is out of the band the moose is still with us. He has his own myspace. Lena: Yeah, I saw that and I was wondering what it was all about. Lena: What has been your favorite band to tour with so far? BTF: BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE. They are my favorite band ever so I’m super stoked to be on this tour. As for music, I loved playing Warped Tour mostly because of AS I LAY DYING. I watched them almost every single day. As for people, it’s definitely SILVERSTEIN. We just got so close with those guys. Those guys are the nicest guys in the world. Yeah, we love those dudes a lot and I can’t wait to tour with them again. Lena: What is going to be your next single and video? BTF: The next single, well, we are writing a new cd right now so we haven’t really chosen one yet but we have a video coming out for the song, RISE UP. That should be out in a couple of weeks. Yeah, that is probably going to be our next single. We don’t really even play that song, either. That’s kind of the most pop song we have and I don’t want to say radio friendly because it is still not but it’s the catchier song. We did a video with Travis Copash and it should be out in hopefully two weeks. I’m excited for it.
Lena: Do you guys get a lot of radio play especially in Arizona? BTF: I know we have been on the radio, not like mainstream more like satellite radio. I know we’ve been on that. We used to be played at a lot of German dance clubs all the time. We used to get messages about that all the time like, oh, I heard your song at this German dance club. I’m like, cool! So we get a little bit but not too much. Lena: So what do you do on your day off? BTF: Rest or drive it depends on if it’s a long drive or not but we usually just go and get a hotel and just relax and hang out. We watch some TV and catch up on ROCK OF LOVE or something on our laptops. We are fans of all the VH1 shows. We love them! We get to hang out and be normal for a day. Lena: What is your next tour going to be and who are you touring with? BTF: We are going to do a short little run with a band called, SCARLET DRIVE and THE BLACKOUT. That’s a short five day thing after TASTE OF CHAOS. We are playing BAMBOOZLE and then we come home and write our cd for a very long time and will be recording it hopefully in the summer. We don’t have any tour set in stone after that we have some talk but nothing set. Lena: You are not doing WARPED TOUR? BTF: No, we will be recording our cd in July that’s why we are not doing WAPRED this year. Lena: It must be so hard doing the Warped Tour outside in the heat all the time? BTF: Yeah, we did it in a van last year and we did the whole thing. It was so brutal but it was seriously the best thing that we have ever done. It was so much fun. Lena: Did you get a lot of fans from that? BTF: Yeah, it was like camp. It’s definitely the best tour that we have ever done career wise. It was just fun and everyone hung out everyday. It was just rad! Crimson: What are you favorite rappers? BTF: My favorite is T-PAIN but I also like EMINEM. EMINEM is just a lyrical genius. I like BUSTA RHYMES. Eric is more of the techno guy. He likes ENYA. Lena: ENYA? She’s not really techno. BTF: Yeah, she’s like psychedelic wave and punk. I don’t know. Lena: Do you guys have any pets? BTF: Yeah, I think we all have manly dogs. Lena: Big dogs or those really little ones? BTF: Ha, ha. I actually have cats and a goldfish that I won at a fair two years ago and it’s just massive right now. It actually ate the other fish that were in the tank and it just keeps getting bigger. Band member’s dogs consist of a Wiener dog, a Shiba Inu, a Westy, and a Pomeranian, Lena: So, no one has a Great Dane? BTF: I used to have a Black Lab but died. I love big dogs. It seems that people in bands never get big dogs. Yeah, when we toured with FROM FIRST TO LAST they had these little dogs running around their bus. Well, I guess it’s practical if you are going to bring them on tour with you. Lena: I guess we are all set! I’ll let you guys get back to work and you can play brick breaker. BTF: Thank you very much for taking the time to do this interview. Lena: Thank you for
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