First off, can you state your name and what you do
in the band?
Arthur- Guitar
Cameron - Vocals + Keyboards
From what I understand, you guys just started off as a
joke band, how did that come about?
Arthur - my friend pat wanted to start a band along the lines of horse the
band and I was doing two other serious bands at the time so he convinced me
to jam with him and we sort of asked our friends to join.
What made you guys decide to make a real band out of
this?
Arthur - We started playing a lot more shows and our local draw was starting
to pick up. Also I wanted to tour full time and my other bands couldn’t
really do that.
Were you a full band when you released your first 3
song demo?
Arthur - Yes, but we went through numerous amounts of line up changes before
and after we did that.
The change in dynamic and overall song structure
improved tremendously from your demo to your full length, how did that
evolve?
Arthur - When I joined this band my skill level was higher then everyone, so
when we started playing together we all progressed a lot more.
Where does your band name come from and does it have
any real meaning?
Arthur - We just wanted something original, no we don’t get all the girls!
Cameron - None of us are even arsonists.
You have already completed 5 tours already in your
fairly new existence, how has the touring experience been so far? How have
the fans been treating you?
Arthur: It has been amazing especially for booking it all on our own. Each
tour has been progressively better. This upcoming summer tour with Elysia
and Knights of the abyss is the first tour being booked by an agency.
Cameron: All the touring has been amazing and everyone has been really nice
and supportive.
Do you have any fun or interesting tour stories yet?
Cameron: Alabama haha
How did you hook up with Process records?
Arthur: Pretty much our friend Joel was trying to help us get a cd out and
now he is becoming more serious about his label. We definitely wouldn’t be
here right now if it wasn’t for him.
You are heading out soon for the Captain America is
Dead tour, how did this come about and what are you guys expecting?
Cameron: we've known both bands for awhile now and the agency that's booking
the tour asked us to join them and we were more than happy to go on tour
with them. I think every night is going to be awesome and full of joy and
joyness.
Every song on Hits from the Bow is so unique, how was
the writing process for this album?
Arthur: I pretty much wrote half the album a week before we recorded, the
other half of the songs we have been playing for half a year live.
Are you guys writing any new material yet, and when do
you think we can expect a new album?
Arthur: We just finished recording our brand new cd with Zach Ohren up in
Oakland. Our album "The Game of Life" should be out in August on a label
soon to be announced.
I see that a lot of newer bands are your influences,
are there any older bands that affect your style of music as well?
Arthur: We pretty much listen to everything, everyone listens to different
music.
What bands are the members of AGATG listening to at
the present time?
Arthur: Here is what is normally played in our van: Dredg, Incubus, The
Faceless, Dream theater, MXPX, Taking Back Sunday, Dying Fetus, etc.
What is the scene currently like in Santa Cruz?
Arthur: its a lot of younger kids now, its constantly growing and changing.
We always love playing at home and without them we wouldn’t be here.
If you could tour with any band's past or present,
what would your dream tour be?
Cameron: The Faceless, Animosity, MXPX, Taking Back Sunday
Well those are all the questions we have for now,
thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. Any last
words?
Arthur: Thank you. We enjoyed it.
Cameron: Charlie the Unicorn is awesome.
