AbsolutePunk interviews two Bands who Love the Beatles

"I love the Beatles. They took music and made it their own. I don't want to sound like them or be them. I respect them for trying to do other things. Experience is the best thing for a writer and I try to experience as much as I can."

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Obviously we love The Beatles. We love a lot of older bands. I think that's one thing why people might compare us so much to those types of bands. When we recorded we tracked everything live. It's a little bit looser. It's a little bit more like a band. But a far as any conscious decision, we just wanted to write the songs we wanted to write.

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Saves the Day/Say Anything Collaboration

When Chris Conley was asked about it he answered, "david and I recorded a full-length with max and coby in january. max and I share lead vocals and we each play guitar. david plays bass and coby plays drums. the songs were 50-50 compositions between me and max (max would write the bridge to my songs, and vice versa) and david wrote one song. we don't have a name for the side project yet, but we have a finished album. there are eleven original songs and one cover of a song by ween called "even if you don't". we're in the process of getting a deal to distribute the music, although right now there is no time set in stone for the release of the album. we'll keep you posted. if the album comes out this year, there's a small chance we will tour in support of the CD. so keep your ears peeled!"

UltimateGuitar.com Interviews Joe Trohman

"The other day I went to a Japanese restaurant and then to Target, and I got bugged. But just last night, I went to a jazz bar. Nobody bugged me there. So it all depends upon where I go to hang out. It’s never that bad. Honestly, most people are like super cool, and they’ll just come up to me and shake hands, and that’ll be it. But it rarely gets out of control."

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