"These are our bodies right here. These are just our prototypes before we go to heaven, and uh, we’re making the most of it while we’re down here"...Tim

With rap influenced bands like Korn, P.O.D and Limp Bizkit taking over the radio waves and the Billboard charts, comes a new wave of bands integrating their sounds with the sounds of the afformentioned. Prototype has been able to create a unique blend of guitar squeals, aggressive and subdued vocals and a groove driven beat. But the sound is only half of what Prototype has to offer, they also bring  a passion for the things of God. Here they are to express their views.

GILBERT: “I am here today with Prototype. Prototype, I would like you guys to state your name, and what youplay, what you do, and what’s your occupation.”

JOSH: “Alright, I’m Josh and I’m vocals.”

PAT: “I’m Pat and I play the drums.”

DAN: “I’m Dan and I work at Blockbuster video and I play guitar.”

GILBERT: “Awesome. That’s very awesome.”

JOSH: “The bass player isn’t here right now.”

GILBERT: “Who is your bass player?”

JOSH: “Tim Morris is our bass player.”

GILBERT: “Ok, we at RHYTHMSTX, we want to know how you guys got started, and like basically how is it in the band. So, you guys can go one by one if you want.”

JOSH: “Alright we got started about four years ago, back in eighth grade doing some little Metallica wannabe stuff, and we broke up a couple times, got back together and now here we are with a serious band, four years later. That’s about it.”

GILBERT: “How about you Pat, Patrick?”

PAT: “I’m just here for the ride.”

DAN: “Well, just like Josh said, ever since we’ve been able to play we’ve been playing together. So we kind of like know basically what each other is going to do and everything. And um, this is really the first time we’ve been serious about it, we’ve been just doing it joking around and everything in somebody’s garage for four years off and on. This is uh, really the first time we’ve been serious about it, and so far it’s been pretty cool.”

JOSH: “Yeah, and words of wisdom if you want your band to work out then stay away from drugs and alcohol because it doesn’t help at all and it does not bring unity even if you think it will.”

PAT: “Because you forget what you played that night, when you wake up the next morning.”

JOSH: “That’s right. You forget what you are there for.”

GILBERT: “Punk rock guys.”

PAT: “That’s right.”

DAN: “Punk rock.”

JOSH: “That’s punk rock.”

GILBERT: “So, I want to know, we want to know how is it working with each other as a band?”

PAT: “I don’t like you guys.” (laughs)

JOSH: “I love them dude, they are all my best friends, so you know, what else can you say about it?”

PAT: “It’s like working with your best friend every day.”

DAN: “I can’t imagine being in a band with anybody but these guys, because I mean it’s just so cool to be playing with them as it is. So uh, this is just great, like the chemistry we have going and everything, like Josh said we are all like best friends and everything, all in a band so it’s pretty cool.”

GILBERT: “Do you guys ever like argue and fight and,

PAT: (Sarcastic) “Oh, no we don’t argue.”

GILBERT: “I don’t know what your style is, because I know with our band we have like different styles, like Chuck’s like, you know, he’s like Celtic Hymns and stuff and we’re like punk rock.”

PAT: “Tim’s like our alternative guy. You know like alternative garage stuff.”

JOSH: “I’m the punk and the hard core guy.”

GILBERT: “Amen.”

JOSH: “Punk rock baby.”

PAT: “I’m like hip hop hard core and he’s like,”

DAN: “I’m the Metallica man.”

JOSH: “He’s the metal head.”

DAN: “This is really where we all meet together.”

JOSH: “Yeah.”

GILBERT: “So how is it trying to put all these different styles of music together?”

PAT: “We do it.”

DAN: “It’s hopeful because like we don’t all play like the same instruments so each person contributes something different to the band so we can all have this kind of different sound coming into one form of music. You play hard and I play like funk and then Tim plays like alternative bass.”

JOSH: “If you listen to our songs we don’t have, we only have like three of the same sounding songs. The rest are all like, we got punk we’ve got some depressing stuff we’ve got some hip-hop, some hard-core, we’ve got it all. So we just mix our styles all together.”

GILBERT: “Is there anyone that influences you guys to play this style of music, or that keeps you going like a mom, a dad, a pet squirrel or something?”

JOSH: “I don’t really have that many people backing me up aside from the guys that I play with and our friend Mike, he’s like our number one fan. That’s probably it.”

GILBERT: “Mike’s awesome.”

JOSH: “Mike is awesome.”

PAT: “Like for the love of music, no one really backs me up, I just love playing.”

DAN: “Well, I don’t want to work at Blockbuster the rest of my life, and uh, this is really the only thing that can separate me from everybody else in the world, so I want to go with this one.”

GILBERT: “Where do you see you guys in the future, like playing where, hopefully where do you guys want to be at?”

JOSH: “We’re going to be at the Blockbuster Pavilion next year, baby.”

PAT: “We said that four years ago.”

JOSH: “That’s right. We will be there though.”

DAN: “We’ll be there sometime.”

JOSH: “That’s our goal.”

PAT: “We’ll break in and jump around on the stage.”

GILBERT: “Ok, this is an individual question, first Josh, um, what’s your goal as in the band of Prototype. What do you want to like, what’s your goal, to see yourself at or to reach, or what kind of crowd do you want to reach?”

JOSH: “My goal is to get up there and to basically play for God, and have God play through me, and to show people what it is to live a Christian life, and just kind of be an example to people. I don’t really care who we play for just as long as they are listening to the words. Just as long as they get out of it what they should be getting out of it.”

GILBERT: “Pat...”

PAT: “I don’t know, I guess it’s basically like missions and stuff. It’s like my form of missioning. People go to different countries, we play music. In a way that’s going to different countries. Different styles of music different styles of language.”

DAN: “Um, could you repeat the question?”

GILBERT: “What is your goal as Dan in Prototype? What do you want to do, what do you want to reach? What’s your like...”

DAN: “Well, the way I see it, God has given me a gift, and everybody else in the band a gift to, uh play music and to make music like this so, my goal in Prototype is to give back to God what He has given me. It’s like my form of worship up there and hopefully people in the audience will uh see us worshipping and try and worship back.”

GILBERT: “As a musician or as a vocalist, how would you rate yourself from one to ten?”

JOSH: “I’m not going to rate it by number, I’m going to say we’re better than some but not as good as others.”

PAT: “Yeah.”

GILBERT: “What about you Dan, I know you’re like pretty cute up there and all.”

DAN: “Maybe a two, I don’t know. It depends on who you ask, really. Don’t ask me. I don’t know. Yeah, I don’t really play, I just hit a note and just push some petals and it makes some pretty cool sounds.”

GILBERT: “How many gigs have you guys had so far?”

JOSH: “I think this is five.”

GILBERT: “Five.”

DAN: “Yeah, this is number five.”

GILBERT: “How’s it been playing, the crowds, and how have your crowds been and how do they like your music?”

PAT: “The last crowd was good.”

DAN: “Yeah, the last crowd was good. It was cool, where people come off the streets and thank us and it was cool.”

PAT: “I love it like when the crowd interacts. I don’t like it when they just sit there.”

JOSH: “Our last shows before that were people from our school, they had to be there, so.”

DAN: “Yeah, they were forced to watch us.” (Laughter all around)

JOSH: “They didn’t really like us because they don’t like our music. This is going to be fun though.”

GILBERT: “Oh yeah, this is going to be really cool. Well, anyways, this is Prototype signing off. Thanks a lot guys.”

GILBERT: “Today we are with Tim Morris from Prototype, he was kind of late, so we will interview him now. He is the, what do you play Tim?”

TIM: “I play bass.”

GILBERT: “Tim, we would like to ask you a few questions about the band, Prototype. Who named the band? Can you tell us who named the band?”

TIM: “Uh, Josh. Josh named the band. I think he was working one night and it just popped in his head or something like that.

GILBERT: “Does it have any meaning to it, Prototype?”

TIM: “Yeah, um these are our bodies right here. These are just our prototypes before we go to heaven, and uh, we’re making the most of it while we’re down here, so uh, that’s basically what it means.”

GILBERT: “That’s awesome Tim. Um, Tim can you tell me how you like playing in the band Prototype?”

TIM: “It’s fun, it’s fun.”

GILBERT: “What are your views in the band, like what do you want to see yourself maybe in ten years or something like that.”

TIM: “Oh man, um. I don’t know. I really don’t know, it’s whatever the Lord brings us. We’re playing, we’ll play as long as we can play you know. And being up on stage is just great, playing for God and everyone out in the crowd you know.”

GILBERT: “Um, Tim how is it working with so many different people because I know like Josh is kind of like punk rock and Pat’s kind of like, you know he’s kind of like Metallica, and you know, they are all just different styles and you are more of a musician when it comes to stuff and you want things your way, so how is it working with just so many different people?”

TIM: “Um, actually it sort of helped the band because we put all of our sounds pretty much together and we come up with some pretty unique sounds I guess. So, it’s coming out pretty good and um we basically, we just do our own thing. If we have an opinion about how someone’s playing we’ll tell him right off, and if they wanted to the sure, if not then, you know it sounds good, so. It works out.”

GILBERT: “What’s your main focus in Prototype, like, I know lots of different people have different focuses, and they want to reach a certain crowd, but what’s your main focus as the bass player in Prototype?”

TIM: “Um, first I’m playing for God and second just to have fun, you know. If it gets too serious, you just go along and stuff, you start putting things in front of God and stuff and then He’ll take it away from you, so.

GILBERT: “Um, I know with Out of Place and Solid Mind, they love to eat at Denny’s. Where does Prototype like to eat at?”

TIM: “Somewhere cheap, because we’re poor.” (laughs)

"It’s like my form of worship up there and hopefully people in the audience will see us worshipping and try and worship back."...Dan

GILBERT: “That’s the punk rock way. So um, so how do you like the guys in general? I know you guys have been playing for awhile, how long have you been playing and how is your relationship? I know you guys are really close and stuff?”

TIM: “Actually we started in eighth grade as a speed metal band. I don’t know if you know anything more pathetic than a bunch of eighth graders playing speed metal, but we started and then we just quit and then we just started playing just by ourselves, you know just playing and decided to get back together and we were playing some punk rock for awhile and then it just sort of turned into this kind of style. They are all my best friends, though. I’ve known them all for so long, so.

GILBERT: “Um, what would you say um, just like the band in general and like, just in general, just give me some stuff that you can just, something that just comes to the top of your head about the band that, that kind of grabs your attention that you like or that you dislike or, because I know you guys like, Josh bought a PA and you guys like upgraded your instruments and stuff and kind of like tell the people out there, um, if they are trying to start a band, some advise you would give them.”

TIM: “Um, I don’t know. Um, for me I was like sort of embarrassed to play anything until we had a lot of equipment and stuff, um. that was just me. Starting a band, just practice a lot, um don’t be afraid to get up on stage and say what you’ve got to say and so what you’ve got to do and just have fun.”

GILBERT: “If you could play with any band, what band would you play with?”

TIM: “Out Of Place, Out Of Place.”

GILBERT: “(laughs) Out of Place. Everyone says that. Um, let’s see. Tim, can you tell us as a musician how would you rate yourself one through ten?”

TIM: “As a musician? Um, I don’t like to rate myself at all, um let’s see, um I don’t know. As a musician I feel like I can always learn more, always go to the next level, um but right now I would say I’m um a little above average maybe around six.”

GILBERT: “Is there anyone that inspires you, influences you to be in this band, or like to keep going?”

TIM: “Um, actually, let’s see, my Grandpa gave me my first guitar and basically my dad playing just made me want to play, so that’s what made me want to play.”

GILBERT: “Can you tell us, what’s your favorite movie?”

TIM: “Favorite movie would probably be the classic Star Wars. I don’t know about the new ones.”

GILBERT: “Classic Star Wars.”

TIM: (laughs)

GILBERT: “Praise God. Thank you Tim.”

TIM: “Alright.”