"My mother refuses to change our number."
Not By Choice guitarist and vocalist, Glenn "Chico" Dunning, says that fans have yet to meet him at his doorstep, but he's very polite when they phone him at home.
"I don't want to be rude to anybody. My mother usually answers the phone and takes care of it," says Chico. "It's flattering and hasn't really become a problem."
Currently, Chico is enjoying a week off and still has so much excitement left in him from the tour that he and the rest of the guys completed in late September.
"It was amazing! I've never had so much fun in my life!" he says. "There was so much that had to be done at a certain time and if it wasn't, people would freak out. There's a meet and greet at a certain time, the show had to be done at a certain time. It was kind of like school� well OK, I wouldn't say that. School's just never than fun."
Of course, since NBC was teaming up with Sum 41 on the tour, it was a wild time and much was learned from their fellow Ajax punksters.
"One drink we learned from Sum 41 was Jack Daniels and 7UP," Chico admits.
In addition to "Jack and 7," the NBC crew was also turned on to Jagermeister by a guitar tech friend. But don't be mistaken, the band didn't just sit around and drink all tour.
"Finding time to eat some days is hard, but you always have to make time to sit down and relax. Nothing really super weird or strange has happened," Chico says. "After each show we'd stand at the merch table and sign stuff for an hour. We love that."
What's next for Not By Choice? There will possibly be a string of university shows scheduled for the band in the coming months, so keep an eye on campus listings. Also, in mid-November the clan will be setting up to film their second video, "Now That You're Leaving."
"Everything is so new," Chico says of his continuing adventure. "We've never been to radio stations and television stations, it's all new to us. Sometimes it's the coolest parts of the whole trip. I've been on TV a few times and I like it."