Serial Joe: SCHOOL.
Sook-Yin Lee: AT SCHOOL?
Serial Joe: YEAH, WE ALL GO TO THE SAME SCHOOL.
Sook-Yin Lee: AND SO WERE YOU IN MUSIC CLASS TOGETHER OR SOMETHING?
Serial Joe: LIKE WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME GRADE AND EVERYTHING AND WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN SCHOOL SO...
Sook-Yin Lee: WHAT GRADE WOULD YOU BE IN?
Serial Joe: I CAME IN IN GRADE 7.
Serial Joe: I KNEW STEVER SINCE ABOUT GRADE FOUR.
Sook-Yin Lee: AND YOU GUYS WRITE SONGS, ABOUT MUSIC, FIRST OF ALL. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BANDS YOU LOVE?
Serial Joe: FREE ELEVEN, RAGE AGAINST MACHINE.
Sook-Yin Lee: YOU HAVE A BIT OF A HEAVIER ANGLE TO YOUR MUSIC.
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Sook-Yin Lee: IT'S A BIT THE PUNK AND HIP-HOP...
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Sook-Yin Lee: AND THE EXTREME SPORTS IS A BIG TOPIC. LIKE WHAT SORT OF -- WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, EXTREME SPORTS?
Serial Joe: WELL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY ABOUT WHAT WE LIKE TO DO. LIKE WE ALL SNOWBOARD TYPE THING, SKIING AND STUFF.
Sook-Yin Lee: DO YOU SKATEBOARD?
Serial Joe: YEAH, I SKATEBOARD.
Serial Joe: I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO.
Sook-Yin Lee: SO EXTREME SPORTS IS SOMETHING THAT TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY AND IT'S SORT OF DANGEROUS.
Serial Joe: YEAH, YOU GET A RUSH FROM IT.
Sook-Yin Lee: WHAT ABOUT SAFE SPORTS LIKE CURLING? DOES THAT APPEAL TO YOU?
Serial Joe: NEVER TRIED CURLING!
Sook-Yin Lee: AND ALSO GIRLS. YOU SING A LOT ABOUT GIRLS.
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Sook-Yin Lee: WHAT DO YOU THINK OF GIRLS? ARE THEY LOVE SONGS?
Serial Joe: NO, NO.
Sook-Yin Lee: BREAKUP SONGS?
Serial Joe: NO, JUST BASIC SONGS IN GENERAL, YOU KNOW.
Sook-Yin Lee: LIKE WHAT?
Serial Joe: LIKE...
Serial Joe: JUST GIRLS IN GENERAL.
Sook-Yin Lee: LIKE THOSE GIRLS?
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Serial Joe: FANS!
Sook-Yin Lee: NOW, YOU DID NOT PLANT THOSE GIRLS COMING TO MuchMusic, DID YOU?
Serial Joe: NO.
Sook-Yin Lee: THESE ARE LIKE ANONYMOUS FANS OF YOURS. AND THE GIRLS FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU -- GIRLS, HOW DID YOU FIND OUT ABOUT SERIAL JOE?
Serial Joe: THE NEW-VR.
Sook-Yin Lee: OH, THE NEW-VR. YOU WON A BIG TALENT CONTEST WITH THE NEW-VR. DOES THAT KIND OF FREAK YOU OUT, THAT PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO WRITE BIG SIGNS THAT SAY "SERIAL JOE ROCKS"?
Serial Joe: IT'S COOL.
Serial Joe: WE LIKE IT.
Serial Joe: IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD NO FANS, EXCEPT OUR FAMILY.
Serial Joe: JUST FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Sook-Yin Lee: DO YOU SEE IT'S LIKE A POSSIBILITY -- LIKE TO BE IN A BAND, IT'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY TO GET A GIRLFRIEND?
Serial Joe: YEAH. THAT WOULD BE COOL.
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Sook-Yin Lee: OKAY. SO YOU'RE ALL WHAT, LIKE 13, 14 YEARS OLD?
Serial Joe: I'M 13.
Serial Joe: 14.
Sook-Yin Lee: DO YOU SEE YOURSELVES AS LIKE CANADA'S ANSWER TO, SAY, SILVERCHAIR OR HANSON?
Serial Joe: WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST REALLY WRITING MUSIC AND IF PEOPLE SEE IT THAT WAY, THAT'S THEIR VIEW. WE'RE JUST WRITING, YOU KNOW.
Sook-Yin Lee: HAVE YOU BEEN WRITING A LONG TIME? LIKE WHEN DID YOU START WRITING?
Serial Joe: WELL, WE ACTUALLY FORMED THIS BAND ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO, AND BEFORE THAT, WELL, WE WERE IN A DIFFERENT BAND, ME AND DAN WERE, AND WE PLAYED AT THE SCHOOL A COUPLE OF TIMES, AND THAT WAS WITH A DIFFERENT SINGER AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE'VE BEEN GOING IN THIS BAND FOR ABOUT SIX, SEVEN MONTHS. IT'S WICKED.
Sook-Yin Lee: COOL. SO YOU SEE LIKE THERE'S SO MANY BANDS THAT HAVE YOUNGER AND YOUNGER PEOPLE. LIKE ONE OF THE BACKSTREET BOYS' BROTHER --
Serial Joe: AARON CARTER.
Sook-Yin Lee: HE'S REALLY, REALLY YOUNG. WHEN YOU SEE A BAND LIKE THAT ON TV, DO YOU GO, "HEY, THAT MEANS MORE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING BANDS"? DOES IT SORT OF INSPIRE YOU OR INSPIRE YOUR FRIENDS AND STUFF TO MAKE BANDS?
Serial Joe: OH, YEAH. I NOTICED LIKE WATCHING MuchMusic AND OTHER VIDEOS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT MORE YOUNG BANDS STARTING UP. AND IT'S KIND OF ENCOURAGING KNOWING THAT YOUNG GUYS LIKE US CAN MAKE IT, TOO, YOU KNOW. AND YEAH, A LOT OF KIDS AT OUR SCHOOL ARE STARTING UP BANDS. IT'S FUN.
Sook-Yin Lee: YEAH. AND TAYLOR FROM HANSON, WHOSE VOICE BROKE RECENTLY. SO... HE WENT LOW... DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW YOUR MUSIC IS GOING TO CHANGE WHEN YOUR BODIES CHANGE?
Serial Joe: I DON'T THINK IT WILL REALLY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT MUCH, YOU KNOW. IT'S JUST GOING TO ADAPT, MIGHT CHANGE IT AROUND A BIT BUT...
Sook-Yin Lee: I GUESS IT'S ALL LIFE EXPERIENCE.
Serial Joe: IT'S PART OF MUSIC.
Sook-Yin Lee: THAT'S TRUE. DOES -- LIKE YOU'RE CONSCIOUS OF MARKETING OF YOUNGER MUSICIANS. HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? IS THERE PRESSURE THERE?
Serial Joe: I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT MUCH PRESSURE, YOU KNOW. ONE THING WITH US, WE KIND OF TAKE IT AS IT COMES, RIGHT? LIKE A LOT HAS HAPPENED TO US IN A SHORT TIME. LIKE IT'S KIND OF A SHOCK TO US TO SEE, LIKE, ACTUAL FANS. WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THE WHOLE TIME, YOU KNOW. WE'RE JUST HAVING FUN.
Sook-Yin Lee: I THINK WE SHOULD BRING YOUR MOM IN FOR A SECOND.
Serial Joe: HI, MOM!
Sook-Yin Lee: MOM/MANAGER. DEBBY DENNIS.
Debbie Dennis: HI.
Sook-Yin Lee: SO YOU HAVE TAKEN OVER MANAGING OF THE BAND?
Debbie Dennis: YES.
Sook-Yin Lee: WHY IS THAT? WHY NOT HIRE A MANAGER?
Debbie Dennis: BECAUSE MOST MANAGERS THAT YOU WOULD HIRE HAVE THE BOYS' BEST BUSINESS INTERESTS AT HEART. I JUST HAVE THREE NEW BOYS NOW, SO I HAVE A FEW EXTRA SONS, AND AT THIS AGE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PERSONAL INTERESTS AS WELL AS THEIR BUSINESS INTERESTS, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.
Sook-Yin Lee: RIGHT. SO WHAT'S THE BIG BUSINESS PLAN?
Debbie Dennis: WELL, I'M GOING TO DO WHATEVER THEY NEED ME TO DO TO HELP THEM GET WHERE THEY WANT TO BE. AND THEY'D LIKE TO DO THE RECORD THING AND...
Sook-Yin Lee: APPARENTLY DREAM WORKS PHONED YOU UP BECAUSE THEY SAW A MuchMusic PLAY LIST AND SO MORE COMPANIES ARE...
Debbie Dennis: YEAH.
Sook-Yin Lee: ARE YOU A STAGE MOM AT ALL? YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MACAULAY CULKIN.
Debbie Dennis: OF COURSE NOT! ABSOLUTELY NOT.
Sook-Yin Lee: I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A PHONE CALL FROM A FAN OUT THERE. ARE YOU GUYS WILLING TO TAKE THE CALL?
Serial Joe: YEAH.
Serial Joe: YEAH, SURE.
Sook-Yin Lee: ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A CALLER ON THE LINE. HELLO?
Caller: HELLO.
Sook-Yin Lee: HI.
Caller: IT'S THE PRINCIPAL OF ARMITAGE VILLAGE CALLING.
Serial Joe: OH....GEES!
Caller: I'M DOING A BIT OF A CHECKUP --
Sook-Yin Lee: Mr. MAIN PRIZE.
Caller: YEAH. I'M DOING A BIT OF A CHECKUP ON SOME GUYS MISSING FROM SCHOOL TODAY.
Sook-Yin Lee: OH, I THOUGHT THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL DAY.
Caller: OH, NO, NO. DID THEY MISLEAD YOU? I'M LOOKING FOR THREE BOYS BY THE NAME OF JONATHAN, RYAN, STEVER AND DANIEL. WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT -- Mrs. DENNIS DID CALL INTO THE SCHOOL TO LET US KNOW THAT RYAN WOULD BE AWAY, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE THAT THE OTHER THREE BOYS WERE THERE. ARE THEY THERE WITH YOU?
Sook-Yin Lee: YEAH, DID YOU WANT TO TALK TO THEM?
Caller: WELL, I PROBABLY SHOULD TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY GET BACK. I CERTAINLY WON'T EMBARRASS THEM ON THE AIR, BUT I PROBABLY DO NEED TO TALK TO THEM.
Sook-Yin Lee: UH...UH... PRINCIPAL MAIN PRIZE, COULD I GET THE BOYS OFF THE HOOK IF I WRITE THEM A NOTE? THEY ARE ON NATIONAL TV RIGHT NOW.
Caller: I GUESS I COULD ALLOW THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK.
Sook-Yin Lee: I'LL THROW IN A "SHINY TUNES II."
Caller: ALL RIGHT.
Sook-Yin Lee: ALL RIGHT THEN, BOYS. GET BACK TO SCHOOL! AND YOU KNOW WHAT? PLAYING A LICENSED SHOW AT THE REVERB IN TORONTO...
Serial Joe: YEP.
Sook-Yin Lee: HOW DO YOU DO THAT? ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ARE BEING SOLD THERE.
Serial Joe: WE JUST DON'T DRINK THE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
Sook-Yin Lee: YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LONG MICROPHONE OUT INTO THE STREET. THAT'S TONIGHT. AND THEN AN ALL-AGES SHOW WHERE EVERYBODY OF ALL AGES CAN GO SEE YOU.
Serial Joe: YES, CLUB SHANGHAI ON SATURDAY.
Sook-Yin Lee: ON SPADINA IN TORONTO. WELL, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BOYS, AND JUST KEEP HAVING FUN WITH IT.
Serial Joe: THANKS.