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Photo & Doctoring by Richard Stofle.
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BRIGHT LIGHT FEVER
How long has Bright Light Fever been together? What made you guys decide to spark this?
Matt: We've been together with this line up for about a year and a half. 2 of us were in the original version of BLF (Evan & Dan), 2 of us were in a band called Supermodel Suicide (Matt & Robbie). Both bands were on the verge of calling it quits when Evan got a call from Stolen Transmission Records. Evan combined both bands and kept the name Bright Light Fever, and we signed the papers. The rest is... history?
Introduce me to each one of you. nicknames, character flaws. personality traits.
-Evan: aka Tony Homefry, pension for french fries, and the main songwriter for BLF
-Don: aka Donovan Slade: Medicine Woman, former eagle scout, all around survivalist
-Matt: aka Dr. Hot, needs artificial warmth at all times, marijuana lover
-Robert: aka Soupy T, resident mexican, way into butts
"Sir Evan" and Matt are brothers. What kind of dynamic does that bring to the table? Do they ever gang up on you? Do they ever have family quarrels?
Matt: Playing in a band with your brother is almost like a sixth sense sometimes. It goes to both extremes I guess. We get more pissed at each other then we would ever get towards the other two dudes. We can say the most horrible shit to each other and be fine 10 minutes later. And it can really help in the writing process....we can kinda tell where each other wants to go.
Robbie: Fuck them, they try and act like they run this band. I would vote them off if this was The Amazing Race.
Sacramento. Are you all from there? Born and Raised?
Evan: Well pretty much. Matt, Dan & Me all grew up in Placerville, CA. With that being said, its a miracle none of us are on meth. Robbie grew up right near Sac though.
According to your discography, 'The Evening Owl' is your first release (10/24/06). What anticipations did you have? Were they fulfilled? Are you stoked?!
Dan: Once we heard that Joby (The Bronx) was going to produce the record, we got pretty excited. We knew that he would help us make the record we wanted to make. So yeah our anticipations were fulfilled. Now its been out since October, and we're trying to break that 250 units sold mark haha. They issue you Bubble Gum records for that instead of shitty Platinum.
Is 'The Evening Owl' or any of the Owl imagery a metaphor? What's the reason for it?
Matt: Its not a metaphor really... but recently we found out that this secret government group that meets in the redwoods in Bohemian Grove uses an owl for their logo. They pray to a giant owl statue and pretend to sacrifice kids to it. So we thought that was pretty fresh. We really just used the owl because we thought that it represented the feel of the record. We didn't have a name or artwork for the album until we were done recording it.
You guys have previously stated you don't want to limit yourselves to a specific genre or style.What directions does "having no limits" take to?
Dan: Extreme skiers don't have limits. Why should we? Rules are for fools.
Being said, you must have very eclectic influences. What might they be?
Evan: We like a lot of stuff....and yeah its kinda all over the place, but its all rock music for the most part. Some of our favorites are: Hot Snakes, Pleasure Forever, Ours, The Beatles, Tom Waits, Fugazi, Louie Prima, The Kinks, Van Morrison, The Byrds, Murder City Devils.
You guys have some upcoming shows. Which are you most excited for?
Robbie: Safari Sam's on the day after xmas should be fun. We love going into LA for a day or two. Any longer then that and we start losin' it.
Are there any tour plans in the works you might want to let us in on?
Evan: We're really stoked to head to Texas for sxsw this year. None of us have ever been...and we're hitting some other cool places on the way. We're coming to Texas ya'll.
What is your previous tour history like? Any horror stories for us? Funny ones?
Matt: We are constantly doing regional shows, but we've only done one "real" tour so far since we signed up with Stolen Tranny. We drove straight through from Seattle to Sacramento without a gas gauge and didn't have a problem. I think the worst thing that has happened is either running out of pot, or me cutting my hand open on our windshield wiper. Running out of pot was fucking insane.
Are you going to invite us (Godsgirls) to your show on the 26th?!
Matt: No. Sorry, it would just be too great of a distraction for Robbie. I told you, he's way into butts. I'm kidding, we'd love to have you all. Consider that your invitation.
Even though you have JUST released a record, have you already begun brainstorming another? Is there anything you would change about your new release or are you happy with it?
Evan: Yes we are. We just finished another new song over the weekend. The new songs we've written are a good amount darker then the songs on The Evening Owl, and we're diggin that. A lot of people have voiced that our record is a little too eclectic, but we think it flows well. So no, I don't think we'd change a thing.
What do you hope to achieve with Bright Light Fever... whether it's playing with Green Day or traveling with your friends, or even making one million dollars?
Matt: Ya know, everyone talks about money being the "root of all evil", but money fuckin rules. We just bought a Nintendo Wii with money. Pot costs money. So a million bucks would be cool. But we really just want to be someone's favorite band. I'm so excited when one of my favorite bands puts out a new record, or comes through town.
Do you use your band guy card to score chicks?! Or are you all happily taken?
Matt: I might be the only happily taken dude in the band right now, and I'm not sure if me playing music had anything to do with scoring my girlfriend. All of my bandmates are so good looking, the band guy card would only hurt their attempts.
Do you find it negative that girls might find that as an attractive quality in you?
Dan: We're all pretty fuckin geeky when it really comes down to it. So if that's what makes the girls take notice of us BLF boys, then so be it.
Who is the cutest boy in the band?
Dan: Oh wow, we're all sooooo cute. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say ME. Check out the goods ladies.
Why should people listen to your band?
Evan: Cause no one cares about us right now. You could be that one guy who discovered us. Then once everyone else starts liking us, you can say you liked us way better "before we sold out".
What makes you, as Alternative Press mentioned, an essential to our ipods?
Robbie: I donno, they said it. We assume they said it because its true.
If you could compare your music to any band, who would it be?
Dan: We're more like a great meal then we are like other bands out there. So my answer is Breakfast.
Who do you hope to play some shows with in the future?
Matt: Playing with 400 Blows & The Bronx was cool. We'd love to play with bands like Man Man or Gosling or we could just play with our roomates band Bridges for the rest of our lives and still be happy.
How do you feel about the growing popularity of alternative porn sites such as godsgirls?
Matt: If anything contributes to making sex & nudity less of a taboo in America... I'm game. Robbie watched porn almost everyday I think. Also, porn costs money... just a call back confirming what we said earlier about money totally ruling.
We're obviously the best, so what do you guys like about Godsgirls.com?
Evan: The pretty girls. Plus it says God in the title.
If someone asked you about us, what might you say?
Dan: That its such a great website, full of pretty girls. Also, once you sign up for the site, you get to enter the members area. Once you are actually in the members area, money just starts pouring out of your computer. I should be in charge of your marketing.
Who are your favorites? If you could send your eternal love to any of us, who might it be?
Allie, Misha, Superna, Tiffany-Anne, Gia, jesus I don't know. You girls are God's girls for a reason right? Because God chose you to model for this site? God only wants to see the finest ladies on the internet. Those are a few favorites though. We haven't seen all of you yet.
What makes you happy about having your band and this contest on our site?
Matt: That there is a dude out there with his dick out hoping to fantasize about some tattooed godsgirls... and he is right about to finish and sees my face and totally loses his bone-dog.
Wanna say anything to the people potentially entering our contest? (like, would they care if I stole the skateboard because I love owls and have the sweetest owl tatty or if godsgirls kept it for our own??!)
Matt: I would say, don't enter the contest peeps. She wants the damn skateboard, so give it to her. Do you really have an owl tattoo? I wanna see it. I got one too. Thanks for the interview Godsgirls! Your site rules. We can't wait to see it up there on the site. Please email a pic of your owl tattoo! I will trade you for a pic of mine.
Our websites:
www.brightlightfever.com
www.myspace.com/brightlightfever
www.purevolume.com/brightlightfeverofficial
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