Adam already told you all about Good Luck Varsity. Now I’m here to get up close and personal with them. Enjoy the interview and be sure to check out Good Luck Varsity!

First off i just want to say thanks for doing the interview and best of luck with everything in the future.

Thank you for asking us! I think your website is a really awesome idea!

How’d you all meet?

The origin of Good Luck Varsity is a really long and twisting story but I’ll try to keep it short. Essentially my brother Evan and I both played in a band called The Rising Tide. When all was said and done at the end of TRT we we’re actually pretty relieved to be done with it because it had strayed so far from what we really wanted to be doing. At first we recorded a couple demos in our basement and put them online and then we eventually recorded our EP Head High Heavy Hearted. We used the EP to get potential band mates interested in joining us and put an application up online. Richie and Tim we’re already our good friends and they we’re an easy choice.
Drew and Dan both responded to our search online and after hearing both of them play we canceled all of our other auditions because we knew that this was going to be our line up

Jordan, those are some rad YouTube videos! Anything out there that people MUST see if they haven’t yet?

Haha thank you! I guess besides music editing and directing videos has always been something I’ve loved to do.
Everybody should definitely check out “No, Frankenstein” I did the editing on that video and actually won an award for it

7 Members, wow, thats pretty amazing. What’s your writing process like?

Well we actually only play with 6 members live. Our good friend Jeriah is filling in on Guitar and vocals while Tim is away taking care of some things.

We’ve just recently started to write new music for a new EP that we’re planning to record and release sometime this year. Generally somebody brings the shell of a song to practice and we all work together to fill it out.We just recorded our first real song as a full band on Sunday and we’ll be posting it sometime soon

Tell us a little bit about the meaning behind the song “The Show Must Go On.” We really like the upbeat sound and keyboard effects in it.

“The Show Must Go On” was kind of our way of laying The Rising Tide to rest. Evan and I we’re a little disappointed with the way that everything went down at the end of TRT and the song addresses some of those issues. The song is definitely different than everything else we’ve written and it was the first song/demo we ever released. It’s strange in that it’s extremely upbeat and happy sounding but the only really happy part is the last verse which basically says that despite the fact that one door had closed in our faces God was there to open another one with even better things in store. I guess that’s why the song is called “The Show Must Go On”. I don’t write the lyrics for the band but in my mind I see “The Show Must Go On” as a precursor to “Plan B” which has a similar message to that last verse that I mentioned.

What does everyone do when you guys aren’t jammin out?

Well you already know that I do videos sometimes, and I also like to go to the movies every chance I get. Evan spends a lot of time playing and coaching soccer, Richie is really into Airsoft and recently Xbox 360, Dan loves playing his guitar and Legend of Zelda games, Drew seems to really enjoy selling computers at Best Buy and reading the Chronicles of Narnia out loud and doing different voices for each character, Jeriah is really into watching reruns of One Tree Hill, and Tim loves creating new sandwiches out of strange ingredients.

As a band, what would be your dream show? (any venue, any line up, ect)

Oh man that’s tough. I’m sure every one of the guys would say something different but I think we’re all really looking forward to being on Cornerstone Festival this Summer.
I think that we are the only unsigned band on the actual festival which is really amazing

A shout out to any fans?

We have really awesome fans, we love all of the kids that come out to support us in our home town and at the Wayne shows which are always a huge success. We love playing free shows for our fans and I think that they really appreciate that. We try really hard to have at least one or two free shows every couple months as our way of saying thank you to all of our fans. We love all of you and without you we’d have really really boring weekends.

SORRY-OK-YES  hails from Italy and is about to go take on the world with there kick ass music, but before they do we had a chance to chat with them. Enjoy!

How’d you guys meet and how long have you been together?

Well, me (Davide Materazzi, lead singer and guitar) and Thomas (drums) first met because we had a common friend while playing a football match. I think we were 16 or 17. So we formed a punk/blues duo with rockabilly ingfluences. That was cool. Then we met Marco (bass) in September 2006 and we started this project. I think is going pretty good. But we always knew that we had great potential. It’s just a matter of perseverance and knowledge.

Are you excited to tour in the States?

Of course. It has always been our dream. ALWAYS. Last summer we played a dozen of shows in London. Then we played again in London in October 2007. And we’re playing in the UK about once every two months. The same will happen with the U.S. : if we’ll play 16 dates this year, next year they’ll be 40.
We have fixed ideas. Also, playing in Chicago and Detroit will be probably the best experience of my own life.

Tell us about your new album and the single that I’ve been hearing about.

Well, here’s the little story: we recorded our first promo in our home city (Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy) and we put it on myspace. Then a lot of messages, comments, requests arrived. The same old story that everybody know. Then we went to the UK with a lot of money in our pockets and returned home with no money. But after that tour, an indie label from Wigan (WIT Records) sent us a message offering a record deal. They were not the first to approach us but they were def. the best. So we went to Wigan and recorded the single and signed a deal for 2 more EP’s. The single is being mixed this week and it’ll be out very soon so stay tuned. The title is “i just want to be a DJ”. It’s something like – a very-fast-but-danceable-with-dirty-guitar-sounds-song with a killer chorus. It’ll be available on CD-Rom, limited 7″ vinyl and online stores.

What’s your song writing process?

I write all the songs at the moment. I just sit in my bed with an unplugged electric guitar and the songs come. Everybody can do it, don’t you agree?

A shout out to any fans?

Guys, don’t be shy. Come down and see us playing. That’s the best score for us. And talk to us, again don’t be shy. And…we love your messages on MySpace.

Don’t forget to add us on msn (1000+ contacts) so we can chat whenever you want, here’s the address: sorryokyes@hotmail.com

Look forward to seeing you in the states and good luck with everything!

Thanks a lot Paul, hopefully to see you in Michigan!

Your welcome guys, lookin forward to having you in the states!

Live YouTube Vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKRezDf3U-A )
MySpace ( http://www.myspace.com/sorryokyes )

I told you a few days ago that “The Day” was going to take over the west coast… and I’m not kidding. They offer a truly unique style, which can be captured when listening to songs like “Midwest Coast Girl.”

(click play button to listen to “Midwest Coast Girl”)

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We had a chance to ask the guys a few Q’s….

What’s the history of The Day?

Ever since high school, we have had a high interest in not only writing but recording music as well.(in fact, come to think of it, Adam and I, (stephen), have never recorded in a studio aside from our own or our uncles. Where that fact comes to play is with the creation of The Day. In an effort to understand the new recording system that Adam was developing over the summer of 2007, different song demos and samples evolved into full and marketable songs. Thus, into the production came jonny and ryan, who had been long time friends and musicians growing up with us. Although I (Stephen) go to school in san diego, which is far from close enough to fully function as a band, the songs were not complete until there was a full collaboration on the music through Adam and myself together with Ryan and Jonny as well. Now it is 2008, we have yet to play shows but we plan on touring California, at least, over the summer of this year. Although we all plan on staying in school, we also plan on promoting the band online and writing and recording as much as we can through the spring, summer, and wherever it takes us. To us, it is about the joy in writing and recording music, and response from fans that drives us to continue what we do.

Are you going to be planning a tour soon?

Summer 2008 expect to see a few dates lined up in Northern and Southern California.

We really love the songs; my favorite is “Never Ready.” Where do the inspirations for most of your lyrics come from?

To us, lyrical meaning in a song stands just as high as the musical content as well. Our lyrics are based upon real life situations, relationship experiences, family and even some spiritual issues at hand in our lives. Although songs that are solely based on relationship experience are most likely written by one member in the band, Adam and I like to collaborate and write together. “I’ve Been Screaming” is an example of such a song. Since we are brothers, this song applies to both of us. It relates to the time and situation of the move our family made in 2003 from California to Michigan, and our emotional struggle to bear with leaving our old band and never fully leaving California. (and look, here we are again!)

Two relatives in one band? Do you guys ever smack each other around?

Funny you say that, Adam and I just made a video blog to post on our site, and before we came to a final product, there was plenty of footage before of us bickering and coming to grips on how we were going to post and produce the blog (we actually even thought about posting that too because when we looked at it, it gave us a good laugh)! All in good favor, but to us, when it is time to be professional about our music, theres no trouble in putting our brotherly “Im older and bigger than you” motives aside. (But I mean hey, if your a solid band, you should feel like brothers anyway!) theres always gonna be some smacking around!

What do you all do when you’re not rocking out?

Well to be honest, we live pretty normal lives. Adam and Ryan go to Santa Clara University, I go to the University of San Diego, Jonny goes to school in Fremont, Ca. We work, we play, we jam. I would say our hobbies all differ but they range from things like photography, surfing, snowboarding, cars, partying, Mac computers, (Adam works at Apple.), and just hanging out having a good time with friends!

Anyone have a favorite TV Show?

Lost.

A Shout out to any fans?

All the classics, and anyone who enjoys the music! Thanks for the support you are all great and your acceptance of our music is what keeps us going!

We want to thank The Day again for taking time out of their busy schedule to chat. What you read today….that’s just the tip of the ice burg…check this out:

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They are on tour as we speak so be sure to check their MySpace page to see if they’re coming to your town!

Below is our chat with Brandon:

Where do the inspirations for most of your lyrics come
from?   

Inspiration comes from everywhere.  Our lives,
surroundings, the people we know, our dogs, food, or the
devil.  But, uh, food and cartoons mostly.

With six members music must be fun to write or maybe a
little hectic… how does everything usually come together?

It’s a pretty easy process. Someone will have an idea and
then the the others fall into place.
 
You guys are hitting the road again on March 14th, any
cities you’re particularly looking forward to rockin?

I can’t wait to see the west coast again. It’s going to
be a good time of year to be traveling, so I”m pretty
excited for the whole trip.

What’s your favorite tour snack?

Harvest cheddar Sunchips or Doritos and Cracker Barrel
cheddar cheese. I love food.

Any advice for bands across the world trying to get
signed?

Watch “Runin’ down a dream”  the Tom Petty documentary.
Then get a lawyer and don’t sign unless he tells you to.
Then, I don’t know…bypass doing what you love for
something that will sell.  I imagine that’s how people get
rich and famous.