Q.) Where and when did you guys start? A.) We got our start in the Summer of 2000 in Erie, Pa. We actually were in the process of moving to Pittsburgh to go to school. Q.) What�s your favorite non punk band? A.) My favorite Non-Punk band would have to be (at this time) Dead Prez. I�m not a big fan of some of the stuff they spit but as far as Political Rap artists go dead Prez are the fucking shit! Q.) What�s Your favorite punk band? A.) My Favorite Punk band of all time is Operation Ivy. However my favorite punk group right now would have to be Against Me! Q.) Do you like to do anything besides play music? A.) I like to make/design my own shirts and build bikes. I also love to go to shows all the time. Q.) Do you have a job, besides being in a band? A.) I do have a job outside of the band. When I�m not on tour with The Code I work at A-F Records. I have the best job in the fucking world it keeps me involved with music 24/7 and I wouldn�t have it any other way! Q.) What�s your favorite CD? A.) My favorite CD right now is Against Me S/T on sabot records. I also really like the new Rise Against record a lot. There�s also an new band on Eyeball Records called Voice In The Wire who�s debut record is fucking phenomenal. Do yourself a favor and make sure you check them out!!! www.voiceinthewire.com or www.eyeballrecords.com Q.) Would you ever have one of your songs play in a commercial? A.) This is a hard question to answer. I guess I would have to say that it would really depend on the product and the company that it was representing. I would never fucking want to hear a CODE song selling Nike shoes or passing as a Wal-Mart jingle. I would really want to do some research if it ever came to this. Q.) Why did u start a band? A.) We started The Code because we loved playing punk rock. We didn�t set out to get huge or anything. When your young you want to have as much fun as possible and rocking out was our idea of fun. The Code was also a way to put out some of our ideas and hopefully create a dialogue between us and the rest of the world. I believe that if you have something to say than stand up and speak your mind� Don�t keep that shit to yourself. The best part of the underground punk scene is that ideas, no matter what they are, can be represented. This is a very important thing that we must never let die. Q.) What was your favorite show u played? where was it? A.) We played a show in Ithica, New York in an old abandoned trailer. It was one of the first shows we played so we were just getting started. We showed up to the address that the kid gave us and were like �where�s the show?� There was nothing and no one around but a few houses and an old ratty mobile home. We must of drove up and down the road a hand full of times looking for a building where a show could be held at. Finally we seen a few punk kids and stopped to ask them if they knew where the show was. They were like �right here� and they pointed at that old ass ratty Mobile home. We we�re like �Thanks� and then we rolled up the van window and just sat there. It was very quiet in the van for a few moments. Then I spoke up and said �Well Shit happens!� and everyone agreed. We had made a plan that if there wasn�t 30 kids at the show we were gonna just fucking leave. Anywhoo to make a long, very interesting, story short by the time we played the fucking trailer was packed and the show went off. It wasn�t the greatest show we�ve ever played by far but the experience was more than worth it! Q.) What was the last show u saw, was it good? A.) We just got done with a handful of days on the warped tour. I watched The River City Rebels every day almost. Those guys are fucking sweet. I love watching them rock out. They made my day everyday and if you haven�t seen them yet make sure you do. You won�t regret it!!! Q.) Why did u name your band the code? A.) The name �The Code� comes from the reaction I had to watching my peers grow up, constantly being told that they had to do this and do that or they would never do anything good in this life. I like to refer to those people who do everything by the book as living by the code. I actually use that line in one of our songs �40 Hour Week� �Do you ever wonder why, why your life has passed you by You're a slave to the code, working 9 to 5 The 40-hour fight for freedom has put you one foot in the grave You're no American dream, you're the American slave� Q.) Any last comments? A.) Yeah, I think that it�s important that we remember to keep an open mind and question everything we hear see and read. No matter if it�s on the news or in the lyric sheet of your favorite bands new album. If you truly believe in something you owe it to yourself and to the rest of the world to really know where you stand. Just because someone says something doesn�t make it a fact. Just because something is popular right now doesn�t make it the truth. We are more than a demographic target market� we are real people with real ideas and concerns and don�t you forget it! |
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