*Will takes Mic*

Will: *smiling* Well we don't have much time here.

Matt: So now that you've had John for awhile, what do you think of having a 4-piece set up?

Will: Better then a 3-piece...

Joe: It adds more depth to our sound.

Will: That's the one! We have two guitars, so we can do better guitar harmonies and stuff. It's way better then me having to cover both guitar parts...and not being able to pull it off.

Matt: Ever think you'll move to a 5-piece set up?

Joe: No.

Will: Not a chance in this world. No. There's no way.

Matt: Any reason?

Joe: Well, in order to do that, one of us would have to sing. The thing is we both sing, but to have leadsinger without an instrument and another person with an instrument singing...I mean...what's the leadsinger going to do when he's not singing?

Will: Yeh. But if we ever do, we'll probably get keg players.

Joe: Keg players!

Will: Like...Slipknot *snickers* Yeh, keg players...

Joe: Mushroomhead!

Will: But then I'd say he'd get on drugs, so we'd fire him.

Matt: Ok, moving on...You have a new CD coming out soon, anything you would like to say about that?

Will: I dunno...it's going to have some of the songs from the EP on it. Ok, go ahead Joe, I can tell you want to say something smart right now.

*gym gets quiet*

Joe: Whoa...weird.

Will: Got quiet, yeh I know.

Joe: I dunno, it's going to be better then the last one.

Will: Yeh, way better then the "She's a Killer" EP.

Matt: Do you feel you've "matured"?

Joe: *acting smart-alec* Actually our sound has matured much since the last CD we have released.

Will: Yeh, it has.

Matt: Ok...uhm...

Will: What are we going to call it?

Joe: I don't know.

Will: Me either.

Matt: What's your goal for 9Ball? Would you like to be up there on TRL all the time, or would you rather stay more underground-ish?

Joe: Actually, I'd go about in-between. I'd like to get "Starting-Line-Big"

Will: *joking* I'd like to be TRL's number one, every day.

Joe: 'Cause, you know...The Starting Line...their new video is played on MTV2, and you see it once every couple of days. But it's not like, their like....I'd like to be Starting Line.

Will: Yeh, i'd like to be on TRL everyday and eventually i'm going to take over Carson Daily's job. Does he still do that job?

Matt: No

Joe: I'm going to take over Canada, and call it "America 2: The Next Adventure".

Matt: *laughs* Would it bug you, having kids you like you just because you are the "in" thing?

Joe: Well...wait...do they buy the cds?

Will: Do they buy the CDs and the stickers and the patches?

Matt: ...Yeh.

Will & Joe: No. *laughs*

Matt: What fan or fans really make you happy to be doing what you are doing and give you the drive to keep going when you are down?

Joe: What fans?

Will: Anybody who comes to shows. I dunno, i've never really been down about the band...it's always just kinda been alright. I mean, it's better then alright I guess.

Joe: The thing is, we rock out even if there is no one out there.

Will: Yeh, we played a show once, and I think you were there...and there were just 10 people there...and most of it was just the other bands, and we rocked out...we rocked out hardcore?

Matt: You mean like that Jitters show?

Will: No, not Jitters. The smallest show we've ever played, which I think was Dominos.

Joe: Dominos...

Will: Yeh, Dominos was our smallest show.

Joe: ...Like ten people out of a hick-town came to see us, but we still rocked out.

Will: Yeh, we still rocked out. Yeh.

Joe: You know, you can rock...when there's no stop.

Will: You can't stop the rock.

Joe: You can't stop the rock, Brock.

Will: To hell with the Devil....Go ahead...

Matt: Is there any particular record label you'd like to be signed to?

Joe: Drive-Thru.

Will: Drive-Thru, definitley.

Joe: Tooth and Nail.

Will: Tooth and Nail, yeh. Tooth and Nail, is like my biggest kid dream. That would be like being Batman for me, kinda.

Matt: ...Without all the bad guys...

Joe: I'd like to get signed to Drive-Thru.

Will: Bettie Rocket, Tooth and Nail, Drive-Thru. Drive-Thru...let me think...maybe Future Destination, they have good distribution. Maybe Side-One Dummy would be cool.

Joe: Actually, I think Drive-Thru...would be my favorite. All of my favorite bands are on Drive-Thru. I don't see any, you know...bad faults for Drive-Thru.

Matt: Ok. Out of all the shows you've played, what's been your favorite so far?

Joe: My favorite show...

Will: My favorite show was probably...man. Either...Summer of the Fall or Battle of the Bands at the Rural Development Center.

Joe: I'd say the Battle of the Bands. Just because the crowd was good.

Will: The crowd was definitley fun.

Joe: But i'd say our best set we've ever played would be Master Musicians Festival.

Will: Yeh, Master Musicians was good too.

Joe: The crowd wasn't that responsive, but we played a good set.

Will: Yeh.

Matt: So what's been your favorite band to play with so far?

Will: Favorite band to play with?

Joe: The biggest band we've played with is...

Joe and Will: ...Pax217.

Joe: But my favorite band to play with would have to be...

Will: Maybe The Twirpentines...

Joe: Did we ever get to play with Good Intentions?

Will: No, we never played with Good Intentions.

Joe: Well, then NOT Good Intentions...

Will: But, probably Change58.

Joe: *leans into mic* We are actually going on a tour with Change58! Called the "5 Ate 9 Tour"...

Will: Get it?! Like, not a-t-e...not e-i-g-h-t.

Joe: 5 Ate 9...But yeh, Change58 is good.

Will: Let's see, you also have Bad Joke...and The Twirpentines. The Twirpentines probably.

Matt: SPM Maybe?

Will: They're good...

*Second Hand Heroe's guitarist James yells "Second Hand Hero!"*

Will: Nah, Second Hand Hero sucks...

Joe: Twirpentines.

Will: Twirpentines.

Matt: Ok, last question. What have been your past infulences in the past, and how have they changed to help you develop your current sound?

Joe: *laughs*

Will: My past-influences-in-the-past...

Matt: Shut up, I wrote this early!

Joe: I dunno...MxPx....

Will: Punk bands...you know. Dude, back in the day I used to listen to Rap...and then Country.

Joe: *acting smart-alec again* Well our past-influences-in-the-past would have to be more surrounded around MxPx and Blink-182 but now we are going twoards a more Starting Line feel...

Will: Starting Line, and maybe a bit of Ace Troubleshooter.

Joe: A little more complex then the Blink and MxPx stuff.

Will: More parts.

Joe: What we're doing is, we're going for depth. You know? You want to leave one of our shows crying, because it's so beautiful you know.

*Will starts cracking up at this point*

Joe: Like a new born baby.

Will: *still laughing* Kind of...

Joe: It's like, it's like...when you buy the ticket to our show.

Will: No one BUYS tickets to OUR shows...

Joe: When you buy a ticket...it's like you've been impregnated, right? And when you get there, your baby pops out and your so happy!

*Volleyball team starts making a freaking loud ruckus in the gym*

Will: No, dude...what it's more like...is...like...wandering aimlessley into wherever we're playing and like...spending all of your money, and later you cry because you realize you bought our crappy cd.

Joe: Newborn baby!

Will: Newborn baby!

Joe: Cut!

*Will turns the recorder off*