SAY ANYTHING will perform with Angels and Airwaves this Thursday at the Val Air Ballroom at 7 p.m. Photo: http://myplay.com
Q: What can audiences expect from your show?
A: I’d like to think it’s a more intense kind of raw experience seeing us live on record where we’re pretty put together and tight. It’s a very visceral, chaotic sort of punk rock experience.
Q: How have you grown up through music, through the band?
A: I’ve lived a really challenging existence. I think kids appreciate that, and I think that’s what being in a rock and roll band is all about. In a way you’re like a spoiled, prissy diva because people are placing importance upon everything you do, your creation, your lyrics, your personality, even your personal life. On the other end, it really is a kind of daunting, challenging existence because it’s hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle, you’re pushed to the edge spiritually. There’s no other profession like it.
Q: What advice do you have for young musicians?
A: Enjoy it, and make sure you’re in it for the right reasons, and even if you’re not, just enjoy making the music, that’s what it’s about. If you’re still trying to earn your stripes you have to treat it like a medical student going to medical school …. You have to work your ass off at first …. I think anyone that loves music is capable of that.
Q: What can audiences expect from your show?
A: I’d like them to know that we are just as connected to the music as they are. I think many times when you go see the band they put on the blasé, we’ve done this a million times, whatever type of a attitude. We try to approach it as if what would it be like if someone who loved our band had the opportunity to play our songs? I try to echo what I see in the audience as opposed to having them look up to me and say, ‘Oh God, I could never do this.’ It’s more like, ‘Oh, this is sort of what I was expecting.’ Hopefully, that’s what we get across.
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