Gerard: We love it.
Frank: Yeah, it’s really good... it’s really hard to get into with the "I want to play a show now at 11:30." It's unlike any other show you've ever been on, you know what I mean? Uh, it's really cool. It's weird. It doesn't feel like you're on tour. It feels like you're a carnie and you're in some sort of circus.
Gerard: But in a good way.
Frank: You feel kinda weird.
Gerard: Yeah, you kind of feel like a traveling show. It's what you are. It's like a big fucking traveling show. It's definitely everything I thought it would be, but there's lots of surprises. Like a lot of things you find out everyday, like, "Where am I gonna take a shower?"
Frank: Yeah, sometimes you just give up on it.
Gerard: Yeah, I gave up for a whole week.
RM: How do you guys like the Gorge?
Frank: It's amazing. If I had a ticket for Warped Tour, I’d just be like WOW... Warped Tour is really cool and all, but this is just amazing. I would just stand on the edge and watch.
RM: You guys went to Boise last night?
Frank: Yeah yeah yeah. It’s really dusty.
RM: In five words, how would you guys describe your type of music? How would you guys describe yourselves?
Frank: Five words? Violently beautiful?
Gerard: Oh shit, that’s tight.
Frank: Ooh, chaotic?
Gerard: We do it with heart.
Frank: Heart. Heart. Does that work?
Gerard: Yeah. Spicy, I like that.
RM: What’s one of the most random questions you guys have ever been asked?
Gerard: Some bullshit about the exploding camel.
Frank: Yeah, that’s fucked up. But the best question we’ve ever been asked was the 8-bit Nintendo game.
Gerard: Oh yeah, the best random question was if you could tour with an 8-bit Nintendo game, what would it be, and we answered Ice Climbers.
RM: What’s your favorite songs from your past few records?
Gerard: Of them all? Or pick one each, or?
RM: Off both.
Frank: Off both.
Gerard: That means our favorite song we’ve ever written.
Frank: I’m actually going to have to go with uh, "I Never Told You What I Do For A Living."
RM: Who’s your favorite band to tour with?
Frank: Favorite band to tour with? Ooh.
Gerard: Who do we have like, reactions with. The Used are really fun.
Frank: They were. It’s weird because we have lots of fun with different bands but certain bands just become family.
RM: Okay, so what bands did you guys become family with?
Frank: Avenged Sevenfold. Very funny.
Gerard: Story of the Year.
Frank: Moments In Grace.
Gerard: The Used, for sure.
Frank: The Used, definitely. Thrice. I feel close to many bands. A lot of bands.
Gerard: It’s not that many, I mean like as far as like...
Frank: Yeah, I mean as far as like... oh my God.
RM: The number of guys you’re with?
Frank: Yeah. Like we’ll walking towards our bus right now and...
Gerard: They’ll be like four more bands that are like family.
Frank: We’d go into our bus right now and there’d be members of those bands just in our bus hanging out. They’re there more than we are, hanging out with each other.
RM: So with Redefine Magazine, every month we have a different color and next month’s is orange, so what does orange remind you of?
Frank: Halloween.
Gerard: PCP. Can I say PCP?
RM: Yeah, you can.
Gerard: Yeah, cause the windows I jumped out of... the plate glass window of the fourth floor? Orange.
RM: Favorite beverage.
Gerard: Rebel Monarch.
Frank: Uh, I don’t even know if they make them anymore. Ecto Cooler? I think?
Gerard: I hear you with that. I’m gonna put vodka in that one.
Frank: Oh god, that would be amazing.
Gerard: A little Hi-C carton with Slimer on it.
Frank: Green. It was good.
Gerard: It was on the shelf long after Ghost Busters was not even around.
Frank: Yeah, cause it was such a good drink. I like diner coffee.
Gerard: Diner coffee's great.
RM: But coffee tastes different at each diner you go to.
Frank: New Jersey diner coffee.
Gerard: New Jersey diner coffee is basically hot water and crap.
RM: So how is New Jersey?
Gerard: Amazing.
Frank: Amazing.
RM: Yeah, I’ve never been. West coast only for me.
Frank: I’m sorry.
Gerard: It’s sticky and beautiful and full of nature. Full of adventure and...
Frank: There’s so many adventures, really.
Gerard: So many earth tones in the setting. You know, in the sky, in the ground...
RM: What about the Kevin Smith movies? You know, Jay and Silent Bob?
Frank: They’re near Red Bank which is kinda far from us. We’re more actually towards New York City.
RM: Can you relate to them?
Gerard: A little bit.
Frank: A little bit. That neurotic bickering...
(In the background, you can hear sounds of an encore... the room they provided for us to do interviews in was kind of crappy; it was just a thin tent and it was really hard hearing through the sounds of the background music.)
Frank: Someone’s getting an encore. Bad Religion. I don’t really know if I relate to it as much as I think it’s funny. Cause we know these people. I guess we do relate to it like that. Dude, we know Ian. That guy.
Gerard: We know a lot of people that read comic books, hang out, hang around cd and video stores.
Frank: Yeah. In that way.
Gerard: Jersey is a very easy place to lose yourself.
(In the background, Bouncing Souls takes the stage.)
Frank: My favorite band. One of my favorite bands.
RM: I'll ask a couple more quick questions.
Gerard: Naw, take your time.
RM: Well, now we’re going to go into a little random stuff. If you guys could be a color Skittle, which color would you be? You can be a new one also.
Frank: Whoa. Can I make my own?
RM: Yeah, you can make your own.
Frank: Mauve.
RM: Why mauve?
Frank: Why not?
Gerard: Mauve’s his favorite color. Red sour Skittles.
RM: I guess I can’t really ask this cause I probably can’t know the answer, but, name your favorite groupie and why?
Gerard: Naw, we don’t have groupies.
Frank: Now, here’s the thing. Groupies are just creepy, creepy people.
RM: They kind of stalk you?
Frank: Yeah, and we don’t have favorites of those. We don’t like them. But we have friends. Favorite friends, gee, we have lots of favorite friends. Angela, Missy.
Gerard: Missy’s awesome; she’s my favorite. She did touring for Reggie and the Full Effect. Anthony.
Frank: Anthony, definitely. He used to actually do merchandising but now he drives. Yeah, we have this bucket of tour friends.
RM: You guys have a lot of tour friends. That's kind of funny.
Frank: It's awesome.
Gerard: That’s what happens, I mean kinda like...
RM: I mean, you guys are with them for what, two and a half months?
Gerard: And if you’re in a tour, people pick up on that and you meet other like-minded people. And then you have the people who are into it for rock reasons and don’t associate with you. That’s fine. It’s better that way.
RM: What kind of questions would you guys ask yourselves if you were in my place?
Frank: I got asked a question today about [Gerard].
Gerard: What?
Frank: I got asked if you were as crazy in person as you are onstage. I said it’s more endearing.
Gerard: Woo! In person, I don’t know, you’d have to ask Mikey.
Frank: Yeah, but it’s more endearing. You’re definitely... not... normal. But... good. Alright, alright, what would you ask yourself?
Gerard: Um... I got it. What kind of western civilization, part one or two?
Frank: What?
Gerard: What kind of western civilization, part one or two? And my answer would be two. You see that?
Frank: That’ll work. That's good... I think. That's just kind of like out there. Wait, wait, wait, 86’ Mets? Or 87’?
Gerard: 86’.
Frank: Mookie Blaylock?
Gerard: Gary Carter.
Frank: Alright, Gary Carter.
RM: Are you guys going to Portland? Cause that’s where I’m from.
Frank: Yeah, tomorrow. Then we go up to Canada.
RM: Vancouver.
Gerard: It’s incredible.
Frank: We’ve got a good crowd. You like our band?
RM: Oh, yeah, I love it.
Frank: If you could describe our band in three words, what would it be?
RM: You guys are definitely chaotic. So... you're interviewing me, huh? Seems like you guys kind of have a love for your music, you know?
Frank: Yeah, so is it love, or music?
RM: Love, love, it would be love. Chaotic love type of thing.
Gerard: Chaotic love, I like that.
Frank: Got one more. Is it handsome? Is it?
Gerard: No.
Frank: Aw, fuck.
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