10 - The Michigan Daily - Monday, August 12, 2002 WARPED Continued from Page 9 way our band was. When we went into the recording process, we were just recording what was right for us, no matter what record label we were on. And to be honest, I think it has almost been cool to have that as a reference point, having the Drive-Thru thing, just because we ended up seeing the contrast between the scenes that we play and our own. I think it's kind of cool. I like being able to give some- thing different to the kids that come to our shows. TMD - Well, some die-hard fans have noted that songs on the album, such as "Hurricane", "Cavanaugh Park" and ? Do PROB Any tin Fu4y c4n "Straw Dog", all sound different from their originals. What was done differently for the new album? AM - Well I think you're always going to have things sound a little differ- ent when you get to dive in. I mean the sounds on the record are so much better than anything else. I think before every- thing was a little bit more low fidelity because we didn't have the resources to make them sound as good as we wanted them to. And I think with us, we knew it was a problem that we knew we were going to have, but at the same time, we always want to come out with the best product and the product that makes us the happiest first, because otherwise you really can't be true to your fans. For us, ART S we don't ever want to back a product that we weren't 100 percent behind, and we had a chance to go in and record some songs with the kind of quality that we were really looking forward to. Like the songs you mentioned, we were really happy with the way they turned out. Like "Cavanaugh Park," we were able to add a 32-piece symphony too, you know; little things like that, little developments that happen as you grow as a band. And we stand by those songs. I think the thing that you'll find with most kids, it's kind of like whatever they hear first, they tend to like the most. So for us, in the long term of things, we saw the long-term potential of those songs. TMD - Would you disagree with being labeled as emo? AM - Yeah I would completely. I read this review of our record the other day that basically just said we weren't being true to "our emo-selves" or some- thing. And at one time I had this kid at a show come up to me and say, "You guys used to be so emo," like we had cast aside the "emo torch" we were carrying or something, you know? We're just a band that plays, and we consider ourselves a rock band just because we don't like the stigma associated with the other cate- gories we've been put in, if that makes any sense? We just play exactly what we want to play, and if that earns us some sort of emo title, it doesn't necessarily make me mad, or something, but I'd defi- nitely disagree with it. I don't think we consistently play slow, tempo-less, whiny music. TMD - What is itlike seeing your- self in magazines like Seventeen and YM? Do you get a say in the publicity or is it all just done for you? AM - Well, we obviously get a say, and we do as much as we can, but at zi The guy with the microphone is in the ban this point, we want to be in everything we can. With our band, our entire goal has been to put our music in as many hands as possible and out of any other necessity other than the fact that we want other people listening to us, you know? It's like some people view that as, a "sellout mentality," like all you want to do is sell records, and I think there is a place for me that might come from that, but for us it's just more like we're really about what we've done as musicians, and the more people who're listening to it, the better we feel. TMD - Do you have an explanation for your name because there's a rumor that MCA originally wanted it to be changed? 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AM -You know, (laughs nervously) I guess you can definitely say that, and I can see that. I've never been asked that, so yea, we probably are. But at the same time ... I really hope I don't get myself into deep shit with Hollywood or some- thing you know, but at the point that we were making that video, it was like every- thing you do in this business costs money, so you have to repay every cent of every- thing you do. So we found a place that we could do it cheaper and at a better price for our business ... and believe me, you don't see much money when you make records, you know? You can ask people who sell millions of records, they don't really see that much moneyeither.It's like paying off a $200,000 video or a $75,000 video; and the intention really wasn't just to save us money when we did it. The rea- son we did it there (Canada) wabcause we had two days off between tours and we were out there doing a New Found Glory concert, so we were like "We're in Toronto. They have a big film industry here. There's a director who wants to do it, and we're out there. So it wasn't really motivated by anything like "fuck Holly- wood" or something like that, but really more by time and convenience. Hut yea, there was definitely a price break involved. That I won't deny. TMD - This question you've proba- bly been asked a million times, butI have to get it straight ... in "If U C Jordan," what does the line "Did you make it in time to masturate" mean? AM - (laughs) You know I was just throwing everything at the wall, because I was so pissed at that kid, and it goes back to the history between the two of us. He had this website back in high school, where it was basically him and his buddies all discussing mastur- bation over the web. I don't know, it was kind of funny actually, but on this website, he had made a point to rip on our band, or something. This was like a stupid cheesy high school fight. 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