LMYE Promotions - Say Anything interview

So who has been your biggest influence both in the beginning of Say Anything and now?

As in when I first joined Say Anything, who influenced me then and who�s influencing me now?

Okay. When I first joined Say Anything I was going through a Nirvana phase. I was being really influenced by Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. Those are two bands that I was really into then. Now-a-days I�ve been listening to a lot of Pedro The Lion, a lot of instrumental music, things of that nature.

Where did the idea for the �Alive With The Glory of Love� video come from?

We were in the van one day on tour, quite a while ago, about a year and a half ago, and we were watching this goofy movie called �Hot American Summer.� Then we were trying to think of video ideas and then we thought of a way to metaphorically, do it like a love story and have a children�s summer camp, which is what �Hot American Summer� is about. That was around the time that I think we had that idea.

Do you ever have people tell you that being featured on MTV or on the radio is a somewhat negative thing because you�re selling out?

A lot less often than you�d think. It doesn�t really happen that often at all. I thought that it would, but it doesn�t really happen often at all. Everyone is more excited.

So the show tonight, how do you guys like Rhode Island? Have you ever been here before?

I have. I do like it. I don�t know very much about it, but it seems pretty cool. The Newbury Comics at the mall is pretty cool. Seems like a small place. Cops wear funny hats.

If you could play a show with any band, who would it be and why?

Most likely, Nirvana. You can�t play a show with them because Kurt Cobain is not alive, but I am very inspired by him and I would love to play a concert with him and Dave Grohl at the same time.

Do you get a lot of hometown support?

The band is from L.A. I�m personally from San Diego, but we do get a lot of hometown support. Los Angeles has been supporting us for quite some time.

How does it feel being featured on the show tonight, being sold out and what not?

Feels great. It�s cool. It�s nice to play a good show for a radio station that has been helping us out. It feels good.

Where do your song titles come from?

I don�t know, I don�t name them.

So your current band member Parker Case was formerly in Jamison Parker, I was wondering, were you a fan of theirs previous to him joining the band?

I didn�t listen to them, no personally.

Do you know how he joined the band?

Yeah, our current manager used to manage Jamison Parker before they broke up. We were looking for a sixth member, and then he was like, �Hey Parker can do the stuff that you want him to do, Do you want him to join the band?�

Do you know what will be the next song released from �Is a real boy�?

On the radio and stuff?

Yeah, like the radio, music video.

Most likely, �Wow I Can Get Sexual Too.�, but it�s up in the air.

Is there a song on the album that means a lot to you, that sticks out from the rest?

Me personally, yeah. It�s called �Orgy of Critics.� It�s very, kind of angry, kind of fast, really gets me adrenaline pumping because I like that a lot.

What are you guys doing after the show, anything good?

I don�t know. I don�t really feel that well. (laughs)

Speaking of which, your song �Wow I Can Get Sexual Too� is amusing and I just wanted to know, where did you get the idea for the song?

I didn�t write the song, Max did, so I don�t know where he got the idea from. Probably from the idea of just phone sex, cyber sex, things of that nature.

I don�t know if you can answer this one, but the song �Every Man Has A Molly� , do you know if that�s a true story or not?

Can you add to that?

I can�t because I didn�t write it, again. I just know that it has true parts.

Oh, okay. So it�s half and half?

Are there any big tours coming up for you guys?

No we�re recording next. We�re not touring. This is just our last four or five shows that we�re playing for a little while.

Are there any bands out there right now that you think people should be aware of?

Yes. The bands that opened on this tour. Days Away, Brazil, they�re all really good bands that people should be aware of, and Piebald also has a new album coming out in the beginning of next year. Also, they�re good.

The last question is, how is touring in another country as opposed to the U.S.?

It�s really different. It�s really crazy. Just like, being in a different culture, having to possibly speak a different language, or get accustomed to the money. All these things which you have to do in your every day life. Sometimes the fans are a little crazier, but we do have crazy fans. It�s hard to really gauge that. It�s really fun though. It�s experiencing the world.