gt.com: so, what have you guys been up to lately?

NATE: Lately, I've been up to doing music, because I'm trying to write songs for the next album.

JASON: Just hanging out, chilling.

GABE: I've been catching up on sleep. I've been sleeping about like 13 hours a day. You can ask any of the guys! I go to bed at like midnight and wake up at like 3 o'clock, because I love to sleep. So, that's what I've been doing!

NATHAN: I've been demoing a lot of the songs that we've been writing and writing, too, but Gabe is sleeping, because sometimes I'll try to demo them, and he'll tell me to turn the music down, because he says he's still sleeping and it's too loud! And, it'll be like 3 o'clock in the afternoon!

JEREMY: Lately, I have been chilling, trying to write, and hanging out with my "girly friend." That's it!

gt.com: we hear you guys had a rough start, (hint, hint -- San Fran). do you dare tell us more about that?

GABE: Yes, actually -- we started living in a one-bedroom apartment and all the guys had a bed, but I slept in the closet on this little cot. All the dirty clothes got put in that room, so I was sleeping with dirty clothes! And, that's the truth!

gt.com: how did you get stuck with the closet?

GABE: Well, everyone got to the apartment early, and I got there later that day. And, everyone's like, "Umm...we got our beds, but there's a cot in the closet if you want to sleep in there." So, that's how I got that!

NATE: And, every morning, Gabe decided to come out of the closet! ::laughter:: Ahh, funny joke!

GABE: Ohhh -- that one's been used a few times.

JEREMY: Every time, man!

gt.com: what has been your most memorable performance or meeting so far?

JEREMY: We did a show called the Jingle Ball in Sacremento. I would say it was definitely up there as one of the most memorable performances, because it was at the Arco Arena, lots of people there, huge show. We got to meet other artists on the bill, like Brian McKnight, Boyz II Men. That was just like very cool to meet them. I mean, you're dressing room is right down the hall! It was really weird. Established artists that we listened to growing up. That was...tight!

gt.com: how do you honestly feel about controversial artists, like Eminem?

NATE: I think, in a way, it's sad, because a lot of people listen to it, like many young kids. I was never exposed to at that age. We talk a lot about how our music can affect people, just because we believe that in the music that we do, that it'll positively affect people. I think that just in the same way, music with negative things can affect them, especially at a young age. That's when they're getting most of their development.

NATE: And, I think people are attracted to extreme things. Like, if someone does something that's extreme, it sells. We hope that we can kind of turn that around. And, be extreme about what we do; with good things. About the message that we have. A lot of people are like, "Let's ban Eminem." I don't know, he does have the freedom to do what he wants to do, but hopefully people will see that it's not very cool.

gt.com: got any crazy fan experiences?

JEREMY: Yeah, I have a good one! These fans gave us this video tape, and this was the most amazing thing I've ever seen. We've had crazy things asked of us, like "Spit in my water bottle that I grabbed from the stage," and stuff like that. But, these girls made a video acting like they were us! It was so funny -- they knew our dances and everything. There were five of them that had watched a promotional tape of us, so they knew our personalities. It was fun to watch, and see fans that know us so well. They made light of a lot of our personality traits that we have to live with everyday. It was funny they picked up on how we are sometimes and to see different perspectives of a fan's view on what we are like.

NATE: I had a fan say she needed to tell me a secret one time, and she tried to kiss me!

gt.com: awww!

NATE: That's psycho, it's not, "Aww!" I was like, "What are you trying to do? You don't even know me!"

gt.com: your song "Last Flight Out" has become a staple on Christian music stations. what do you want people to know about this song?

JEREMY: That if the call the radio stations and tell them to play it, they will!

NATE: Yeah, they will!

NATHAN: It's a great song -- it's produced by David Foster, and iit's a song that's kind of different from your normal love ballad out there, musically and lyrically. It's pretty much saying, "Girl, I love you so much that I'd take the last flight out." And, no one wants to take the last flight out, the red-eye flight. It means you'd do anything for her.

gt.com: the reality show, Making the Band produced a male group that's led skeptics to believe that it's easy to just take five guys, with good looks and voices, throw them together, and call them a success. so far, they've gained a lot of media attention. what's your take?

JEREMY: That's a good question! I think it is easy, if you go and do a nationwide search, through thousands and thousands of people. I think it probably would be easy to put together a band like that. I think what's really unique about us is that we found out about our band through word of mouth. We really feel that we're kind of handpicked to be doing what we're doing. We feel chosen to do this. And we take it seriously.

    Don't call these guys amateurs. Last August, the group performed for presidential hopeful Al Gore at the Democratic National Convention. "It was an opportunity that stemmed from our producer at 143 Records. He has a good relationship with Al Gore," shares Jeremy. He continues, "We thought it would be a great opportunity to take what we stand for and what we're about to that kind of venue. Stevie Wonder was there, and it was cool to see him." Adds Nate, "Out of all the artists there, I don't think he saw us...you know, because he's blind," causing an eruption of laughter.
    Those behind Plus One could just push the guys to the front of the line. "The Promise," their debut masterpiece, is produced by the veteran of the music industry, David Foster, (Eden's Crush, Whitney Houston), and Eric Foster White, (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys). "These guys really hear each other, really listen to each other when they sing," compliments Foster.
    "I don't think our message will be lost, because it's really engraved in our music," states Nathan. Jason agrees: "I think even beyond our music and the people we come in contact with, [the audience] can get to know what we're like, what we're about, and what we stand for." What they stand for is a positive influence amongst a sometimes negatively-charged society. And, that's a stand worth taking.