Full name: Sir Daniel Patrick Sullivan the first

Age: 17 Weapon of mass destruction: My lovely, soothing voice tittilates audiences both young and old. Describe yourself shortly: I am a hopeless romantic and an overly big loser who just so happened to start singing in a band and still didn't get chicks. Describe your view on you and your band's music: I can't really pinhole it. I'm very happy with where the new stuff is headed, and hopefully, when the new disc comes out, I won't hate it so much that I give away my own copy. That's all I can really hope for, I guess. People always say, "Oh your band sucks, I hate emo," but I never said, "Hey guys, look at us, we're 'emo.'" I just play what I like playing and sing about things that are important to me. If you don't like our music, that's fine. Don't go to our shows, don't buy our CD. But don't slap the "emo" label on us and dismiss us like we're trying to copy other bands and fall into a whole big trend, because that's not what we're doing at all. I'd like to be thought of as original, but you can't force originality. I can't speak for the entire band, but I try to be as true to myself in my lyrics as I can, and if that is found to be original, then I'm glad. But I can only write about what I know. I just try to do it as cleverly and creatively as I can in order to add a fresh perspective to topics that, even though they may be tired and old, still are influential, because they are things that are important to everyday people in everyday life. Girls, isolation, the past vs. the present vs. the future, growing up... there's a million of those recurring themes in our music, but they're things that mean a lot to a lot of people. Band who really got you into playing music: Less Than Jake are my idols. My friend Matt Boucher got me into them a long time ago. I'm not a big ska fan in general, but these guys are just so amazing. It conveys a sense of hope. The music is so upbeat and catchy, and the lyrics are so accessible. Regardless of what the subject matter, every song has a creative angle, there's always a situation or a person or an example or something to tie everything in, to relate a mess of emotions back to an example, and for me, that's what good lyrics are all about... finding a way to put all your feelings and outbursts into a song that can relate what you're thinking to what someone else is thinking. Even though some songs may seem negative, they never dwell in it. There is always something positive, and that's what really seems to drive it all for me. There are tons of bands I can site as influential to my wanting to be in a band, most likely too many to list. Music heroes: Vinnie Balzano (drummer and lyricist from LTJ), Chris Conley (Saves the Day), The Beatles, for bringing so much originality into popular music. Eric Clapton, for kicking so much ass. THE A - LIST Favorite bands, influences, etc.: Less Than Jake, Sublime, Saves the Day, Phantom Planet, Jimmy Eat World, Ben Kweller, Incubus, the Offspring, John Mayer, Yellowcard, The Beastie Boys, Green Day, Taking Back Sunday, The Eleventh Hour, Andrew WK, Tom fucking Petty, and a healthy amount of classic rock. TOP FIVE: Favorite albums: Less Than Jake - Hello Rockview/Losing Streak (I rotate between these two periodically, because I can't make up my mind... I think Pezcore sneaks its way to the top occassionally too), Eric Clapton - Cream of Clapton, Saves the Day - Can't Slow Down, 4. Limp Bizkit - Three Dollar Bill Y'all (I don't care, that CD was so original and experimental... and then they came out with Significant Other and shot themselves in the foot), Sublime - S/T Favorite songs: Less Than Jake - "Help Save the Youth of America From Exploding," John Mellencamp - "Small Town," Aerosmith - "Janie's Got a Gun," Saves the Day - "Sell My Old Clothes, I'm Off to Heaven," Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird" Favorite lyric: "The only thing that's real are the kids that kid themselves." - Ben Kweller. "Literate and stylish, kissable and quiet... That's what girls' dreams are made of." - Taking Back Sunday Occupation: I work at the Consumer Value Store, otherwise known as CVS, home of the Whopper... Err.... Wait... What do you do when you're not playing in Sixfinger?: I'm a director at heart. My dream is to write and direct movies about things that matter, or even things that don't. It's just a hobby. I have a video camera with me like wherever I go. I don't think I could survive long without one. Favorite 6F memory: "So it'll be like band practice... Just with more people!!" "There's a fox in my foxhole!" Favorite place to play: East Church and Foster (although we never played it) were the best places on Earth. R.I.P. You single?: Yes, for the moment (a rather long moment). Any piercings or things of that nature (cough Dan Gibbs cough)?: No ma'am. I used to have my ears guaged, but uh... That was in my younger years. What do you look for in the opposite sex (or in Kevin's case the same sex)?: A pretty face and a nice smile has always made the world disappear for me, haha. But, in the long run, the most important thing is what's behind the smile. I need someone who I can just talk to... someone who's just as much a friend as they are a girlfriend... which I guess explains why I haven't been getting laid much. Have you ever been in love?: This is a Greg question if I ever saw one... FAVORITE: 6F song: "Sixteen and Counting" Line from a 6F song: "And they say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but this one just falls so far short of a conversation with you." Books: Fear Nothing, Firestarter Movies: Clerks, American Beauty, Fight Club, Face/Off, BASEketball, Office Space, Super Troopers, Almost Famous Foods: I'm all about the spaghetti, and the pizza. Get me up on some of that, and I'll be a happy man. People: People who have an open mind. The best people are the ones who can talk to you about the most random shit but still make sense out of it. Quotes: "There will always be kids playing in bands in their basements. That's how it all started. Everything else is just shit." - Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day. "No, Jess, I think you're getting us mixed up with Sixfinger." - Bill Knaus. "What did the clerk say? 'Bemis is everywhere? Bemis surrounds you?'" - Dan "Bemis Road" Gibbs Clothes: Savers is the place to go. Funny vintage t-shirts are so much better than the fake Abercrombie ones that cost 19 dollars more. Seriously... vintage is cool BECAUSE it's vintage. You found it, it kicks ass, and you paid less than five bucks for it. If you buy mall brand stuff that is designed too look vintage but costs thirty-five bucks, it defeats the whole purpose. And any pair of shoes under twenty dollars is prime. Trust me, you'll wear them forever. I got a pair of blue New Balances for ten bucks over two years ago, and I'm wearing them right now. Comic book: Spider Man was too classic. You were NOT, I repeat, NOT a Spider Man fan if you just watched the cartoon. If you didn't read and love the comics for every cent they were worth, you were NOT a real Spider Man fan, you were another Fox Kids drone. ...Toothbrush!: Oral B (I just wanted to be able to answer "Oral B" to something). What is the most tragic experience you've gone through: I dunno, if you have to rack your brain for an idea here, then you've had a pretty decent life. What is the greatest experience you've gone through: Playing in this band. Seriously. Ever since I stepped up on stage, I knew this was gonna be a blast. I was right. What is your biggest fear?: Not existing. Like, dying, and then just... not existing. It's a horriffying thought, really. Like death is one thing, if there's a heaven or some place to go to, But my biggest fear is the idea that when you die, you just... don't exist anymore. Like, you will never think another thought. It's just really scary to think about. What else scares you?: Not a whole lot. Flying insects. Girls with small heads. What is your biggest dream: Just to make a living doing what I love, I guess. I don't want to spend my life dragging myself out of bed in the morning to go work at a job I hate till I retire. What do you hope to do in the present?: Keep rocking out, and just enjoy the years I have while I'm still young. What would you change about the past?: Nothing, I suppose. Your past is your past. You can't fuck with that, you gotta appreciate it for what it is. I think I would make another "Super Danny," if given the chance. IF YOU COULD... Live anywhere: Southern California. Meet anyone: I don't know, really. See any band not together or dead: Sublime, or the Beatles. Be anywhere right now: On stage. People you couldn't live without: The band, you guys are my best friends. Also to Matt Boucher, Matt Lubas, Charlie B (CJB!), Emilie, Steve, Dan, and Tom Quincy Orszulak, and if I forgot anybody, try to forgive me, sorry. People you could definitely live without: I've let most of my old vendettas go for now, I think. Anyone I don't like pretty much knows who they are. Other shoutouts: Dave and Chris Gallerani, Shady, Bri, Shawn Carter (the honorary camera guy), Gage and Wilson Boone, Bill Knaus (the man with much wisdom), Matt Samble, the OTHER two guys in Scattered (haha), Jay Latorre, Joel Brown, Chris McCrimmons, the almighty Califf, my buddy TRIM Montmeny (haha), Shan, that whole Sixteen Acres/Wilbraham crew that goes to like all our shows, Rob Soucy, Matt Spence, anyone who has our band name in their screen name or e-mail address (Joe), and anyone who comes out to see shows and support us in what we do. Anybody else who I didn't mention who thinks they should be on this list, then you probably should be. I'm doing this kinda quickly, so... sorry. Thank you's: Scattered, the Eleventh Hour, I Am Disaster, Lost Inside A Rubix Cube, the Skeptics, Original Copy, FATE, Rotten Fun, Infamous Jake, Kelly Drive, the rhyme-spitting Jay Crisis, any band that's travelled to play our show, and any band we've shared the stage with in general. Thanks. Thoughts on the life we live: I think more kids should come out and see a show every now and then. I remember a few years ago going to a show and seeing the Grand Prixx play, and like five kids with their arms wrapped around Jay's neck, just trying to sing into the microphone. To me that was always the coolest thing - just watching a whole ton of people love your music and sing every word. I think there's a lot to gain from the experience of being in a local scene. Meet new people, discover some new music, just have fun. More people should go to one, even just to bring some friends, hang out, and watch some bands play. Also, I hate the tag "emo" that everyone throws around. It's such a dirty word at this point. Kids use it either to describe any band they like, or any band they don't. Ninety percent of the bands who people throw the emo tag at are not "emo." If you really want to get technical with that shit, New Found Glory is not in any way an emo band. Saves the Day is not emo. Neither is Blink 182, or Midtown, or any other band you may hate just because all your friends do. Jimmy Eat World is an "emo" band. The Promise Ring is an emo band. So is/was Sunny Day Real Estate, and Texas Is the Reason, and the Juliana Theory. There's a million more, but as far as I'm concerned, "emo" is just short for "emotional," and in my opinion, all good music should have a lot of emotion in it. Without emotion, there's no passion, and without the passion, what's the point of music? I suppose with all the people with horrible enough taste in music to actually listen to shit like Nelly and Jay-Z, that might sound like a foreign idea. But basically, if you don't like a band, don't like the band. Just don't use a term like "emo" that pidgeonholes a lot of really good bands and biases people into not giving really good music a chance. There's a lot I could say, I always have a lot to say. But that's my big thought for now. Thanks for listening. I have to go call the Dad Legend hotline.