SplatterTribe: If you could, just start out by introducing the band...

Scott Gould: Yeah, we did a bunch of that in Charleston. We did a bunch of shows, like the College of Charleston does a battle of the bands thing there and it’s pretty big for the region. We played that and won that and from there we got our manager and after our manager it kinda snowballed downhill from there.

SplatterTribe: What made you guys get interested in learning the music and Jazz theory?

Scott Gould: We were just really interested in it, man. I don’t know what peaked it, but we wanted to take it to another level. (We wanted) to know what we were doing on our instruments. I mean, I went as far as to take vocal lessons for a year and a half with this really cool chick back home. She was an Opera singer for a long time. She taught me the basic… technique that you can do to help save your voice. You know (how) to sing properly and all that stuff. When you’re playing six, seven days in a row, man, it gets tough.

SplatterTribe: How quick did it go from being a local band trying to get something done, to being a national act too busy to do anything?

Scott Gould: Yeah, it was pretty quick man. After we did the record there was a little lull there because the label wanted us to wait till we actually released it. Then once we did, they were, basically, “get your asses out on the road!” (laughs) You know what I mean?

SplatterTribe: Was it shock to the system playing that many shows or was you guys already playing that much?

Scott Gould: No we weren’t. It is a shock but, I mean, its fun. You are out there doin what you want to do. There’s nothing like playing live to us. That’s the butta (or butter), you know? Yeah, it is a big change. A lot of it is like…sleep…you know what I mean? You have to think about certain things. I think the most important thing on tour is that you rest and eat as well as you can. We’re aligning all of that stuff now.

SplatterTribe: How long have you been out now?

Scott Gould: We’ve been out now for four weeks.

SplatterTribe: Do you feel like you are getting adjusted?

Scott Gould: Yeah, I feel like (we are) slowly. We’re starting to get adjusted. This is our second tour. We were out with Sick Puppies for three and a half weeks and now we just joined the Hard Drive Tour with Saliva and Rev Theory, but yeah, it is. It’s going pretty good and I think we’re adjusting well.

SplatterTribe: Getting back to the album, the first albums usually have songs that date back as far as the artist, how far back do some of the songs on your debut go back?

Scott Gould: Yeah, some of the songs on the record date back to when we first, kinda, started. I mean our single ‘Sex Ain’t Love’ was a song that we’ve have for years. We just re-tweaked it and wrote some new lyrics, a new chorus for it and stuff like that. Then some of them are brand new. We wrote during the recording process. Some of them actually made the record. It’s kind of like a balance of both, like a journal, if you will.

SplatterTribe: How much recording had you done before the roadrunner sessions?

Scott Gould: We’d done some stuff back home with some friends that have studios and stuff like that, but this was our first major recording. You know, getting to the studio and being in there for six weeks, doing it every day; getting to joke around with your producer and your engineer. It’s a fun process. It really is.

SplatterTribe: You said you did some writing in the studio. Did you go in with ideas or did the whole major studio session inspire you once you got there?

Scott Gould: I think it was a little bit of both. (We) definitely was inspired by the area we were in. We were in Nashville. It was beautiful down there. It was a place called Franklin, actually. It’s a little bit south (of Nashville). It’s like where all the Country artists live. We recorded at a big Country studio, actually. It was pretty cool to see all the pictures on the wall of people that have recorded there. Those are the things that bring inspiration and then we had some ideas that we wanted to work out and see where they went. (See) if they would actually make the record and some of them did. So we were happy we did it.

SplatterTribe: Did you have many songs left over?

Scott Gould: Ha, It’s funny you say that. Yeah, we kind of went through our repertoire pretty good for the record. There’s 13 songs on it, but you’re looking at 30 plus songs to pick (from). We depleted it pretty good, but we look at it like a bank. You know what I mean, like a savings account. We like to put ideas in our savings account and save them up for the next one. We’ve been working pretty good on that, and yeah, there’s some good ideas floating around.

SplatterTribe: What was the process like narrowing down the songs to what was used on the album?

Scott Gould: Well, luckily you have a producer and a A&R guy from the label that helps out with that, but it’s pretty tough, you know? Each song, you have some kind of attachment to. But all and all, we’re a brand new band and our first record has to go out there and smack people in the face and shake them a little bit so that they understand and they pay attention. We want it all killer no filler.

SplatterTribe: Where were you when you received the first copy of your debut album?

Scott Gould: I was at my house actually. Our drummer dropped a copy off. When I got off work, I got home and saw it. It was pretty bad ass. I have to say that that was a definite moment, that fuckin’ stuck out.

SplatterTribe: So tell us a little about the video for ‘Sex Ain’t Love’…

Scott Gould: Well, we flew out to L.A. and we originally had a whole different kind of idea. We were gonna do a goof on the whole airplane, security (TSA) kind of thing. We went out there and we filmed that and then we filmed on the soundstage with us just rockin’ out. The label and everybody wasn’t too keen on the way it looked. So when we came back to Charleston, we have a home bar that we always hang out at called A.C.’s and we just got some friends that had some hand held video cameras. We went in there and got drunk, acting like ourselves, you know what I mean (laughs). They filmed it and sent it back to the production crew and they put it all together for us. It turned out really well, we like it.

SplatterTribe: What do you guys have on tap for the near future?

Scott Gould: Not everything is confirmed just yet, but I know we are gonna finish up this Hard Drive Tour sometime in the middle of May. Then after that, we jump on back with the Sick Puppies again for another run. Then I think we’re doing some festivals over the summer and in August… It hasn’t been confirmed yet, but possibly going out in August for six weeks. Trying to stay busy man, you know?

SplatterTribe: Are you doing any writing at all out on the road or are you still getting used to the touring thing?

Scott Gould: I don’t know if it’s about getting used to it at all. I mean, the focus when you’re on the road is promote our album, right now. I mean, it just dropped last month. So I’m not really focused on writing too much right now. I’m just focusing on selling CD’s, keeping my voice in tip top shape, trying to rest as much as I can and sell merch.

SplatterTribe: So out on tour, can you tell the difference in crowds from state to state?

Scott Gould: Yeah, you can. You can tell different regions do better numbers in merch and stuff like that. When you play a college you have poor college kids who want to buy beer and not your record, you know? So yeah, it’s a little bit different from here and there but, all in all, it’s been really good for us. We played our first Arena show with the Sick Puppies and that was pretty bad ass because we had never played an arena before. You walk out on stage and there’s a couple of thousand people setting there staring at you (laughs)...

SplatterTribe: Did it go well?

Scott Gould: It went really well, yeah. We had our best night in merch and CD sells and everything. It was awesome.

SplatterTribe: OK, man, I’ll let you get back to your day, is there anything else you want to add?

Scott Gould: The thing I would want to tell people is come out and see us live. It’s not a lot different from the CD but it definitely has that raw energy. So, yeah, if you can, come on out and check us out. (Now) we’re gonna get some food man, I’m starvin’…

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