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Any good stories you want to tell us?
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Adam: We play in a space where there are regularly people coming in and out while we
practice. This day, we had a promoter named Dave Merschbrock coming to meet us and hear us at
practice. While we're practicing, a couple of people come in and listen to us, like usual. We
finish our set and sit down and chit-chat with the people and after about 5 minutes, I casually
ask "when's this dave guy getting here?" I felt really stupid when one of the people we were
talking to raised his hand and said "now". Mike and Nick will never let me live that down...
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Who are the band's musical influences?
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Nick: We all have different favorite groups in the band. For me, it's a lot of hard rock
and metal. Stuff that has heart in it.
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What is your musical background like?
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Nick: I started playing guitar when I was 11 and haven't stopped yet. Since then, I have been
in bands my whole life.
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Adam: I started playing bass in the 4th grade when our bassist dropped out. I was tired of
playing saxophone. I bought my first bass about 2 months later and ended up falling asleep while
practicing blues lines. I played in the most popular hard rock band in the area in high school,
did some session recording work, and then took a 4-year-long hiatus while I was in college. When I
moved to Kansas City, I thought that it would be cool to be in a band again and joined up with a
fairly well-established local indie-pop band. I ended up going to college back in Vermont for
another year and dropped out of that band. When I returned, I thought that I had been away from
music long enough. That's when I started searching Craigslist...
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Any other members in your family that are musicians?
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Nick: My brother is a pretty good drummer. My grandfather and grandmother were singers and
my mom was in an orchestra for a while.
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Adam: My entire family is pretty musical. My mom was an opera singer and music major in
college; my mom and dad met in all-state chorus. And both of my younger brothers both play guitar.
My brothers and I can still be heard jamming at neighborhood-rattling volumes from time to time.
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What is the top reason why you want to play music?
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Nick: I love it, I write these songs and the reaction we get from the fans at shows keeps me
inspired.
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Adam: I get asked this question a lot. Actually, the best reason for me is that there is no
reason for me - most musicians end up poor! But, even knowing that, there is still something inside
me that NEEDS to play music. I think it's how I express myself, get my creative juices flowing,
whatever. Plus, it has been said that chicks dig guys in a band, haha.
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What has been your best show?
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Nick: We played a show at the Beaumont Club a a while back, it was an awesome venue to play,
I have seen some great shows there, we rocked very hard and the sound was great and ended up
catching the attention of some big names in the music business.
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Adam: Definitely the Beaumont Club... cool venue, great music festival, awesome sound. I
love the feeling of being on stage and feeling my legs vibrate as the bass and drums rock out.
Didn't hurt that I went back the next day and, as I'm in the bathroom, I hear some people talking
about how hard our band rocked last night!
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