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AAR
the All-American Rejects

October 5, 2002.  The last night they were on the CKY tour. Webster Theater, Hartford, CT

(Editor's Note: If this looks like chaos, it's because it was. There were close to ten of us in this room, with people coming and leaving at will. Including noisy members of Leisure and CKY. Listening to this is the equivalent of holding your tape recorder into a crowded room and trying to pick one person's voice out. Everyone was talking all at once and it made it very hard, but here's what I pick up best)

Josh: Is it true you're named after a Bikini Kill album?

Tyson: Who?

(everyone laughs)

Tyson: We came up with the name when I was 13.

Nick: Who's Bikini Kill?

Josh: I'm not really sure. They just have a CD called "Reject All American".

Nick: So?

Mike: There's a Green Day song that says that too. That's more recent. Stop living in 1986.

Josh: But I was only 6 then...

Nick: Me too! Wait... What year did you graduate?

Josh: '98.

Nick: Me too!

(high five)

Tyson: I'm graduating class of 2000... and 7.

(everyone laughs)

Tyson: Next.

Josh: What is Oklahoma like?

Nick: Oklahoma is ok. It's not a lot of cowboy hats and stuff people think it is.

Tyson: We played at this place called Willy's. Garth Brooks played there once.

Nick: Yeah, there's a house he lived in and it says on the front something like "Garth Brooks lived here from '87 to '88".

Mike: We have bands like the Flaming Lips and Smiley Pants.

Tim: And Aquaduct.

Josh: The Aquabats?

Tim: No.

(everyone laughs)

Nick: There's no "g" in our alphabet though. It goes "a b c d e f h i j k l m n o p..." Everyone always says stuff like "goin", they never use the "g".

Josh: Do you think it will be harder for you being a band and maybe becoming more successful than other bands since you're so young?

Tim: Well, we'd never treat anyone like CKY is treating us.

Nick: We wouldn't want to be in a situation like Bad Religion opening for Blink 182.

Tyson: Bad Religion got raped on that!

Tim: Didn't they make fun of Blink 182 too?

Nick: We wouldn't let something like that happen.

Josh: Is it true that after Doghouse you'll be signing with Dreamworks?

Nick: What?

Tyson: Who said that?

Josh: The Break.

Nick: We have no comment.

Tim: Nothing yet.

Nick: Maybe if they make us some cassette tapes we'll think about it. I can't get our album on cassette through Doghouse.

(At this point, someone in CKY knocks on the wall. I knock back. One person notices, who I'm not sure who he was but he was in a pink shirt. I explain to everyone what happened, and everyone starts hitting the wall and screaming)

Josh: Is it harder being just two guys writing songs?

Tyson: Not really.

Tim: I hate the studio and all that. Plus we [Mike and I] have friends.

(Nick flipped him off)

Josh: How exactly do you come up with your sound?

Nick: We don't go in saying we want it to sound like...

Tyson: I drive in my car with the windows open and the songs just come. Then he [Nick] makes it sound good.

Nick: It comes from here. (grabs crotch)

Tyson: What do you think we sound like?

Josh: Nothing.

Tyson: Good.

Josh: Anything else?

Tyson: Yeah, if you're ever in Tennessee, check out pumpkin chuckin'.


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