Me - So far, what has been your worst experience while on
tour?
Roger - breaking down three times on one tour missing 6 shows
and having to buy a new transmission that still doesnt work correctly
causing us to pay for hotels for too long ending in a large amount of
debt.
Me - How did you get started with the bass, any other
instruments that you played first?
Roger - when i was in kindergarten i was introduced to the
piano. took lessons 2nd grade to 3rd grade. in second grade i was
intrduced to the drum set. 4th grade stopped paino and got a drum set
for my b-day. around that time my brother had been playing the guitar
for a couple years and so i got interested in that. I got an acoustic
guitar in 7th grade and an electric my freshman year. I played drums in
a couple bands and guitar in a couple bands since 95 and in 98 i
joined no motiv and im still attempting to learn the bass guitar
Me - Any pet(s)?
Roger - one bunny rabbit named fred
he's neato
had him a year or so
Me - I gots a kick ass dog named baydog
Roger - fuck yea dude.
Me - When do most of the songs get written, on the bus?
Spare time?
Roger - when we are alone thinking too much
Me - does everyone from the band contribute lyrics?
Roger - no its all from jeremy's heart
Me - that's coo
Roger - we all help with the music though
Me - how does a song take form, does he make up some
guitar to the lyrics,
or does max ever think up the sound and the lyrics fall
into place?
Roger - first someone comes up with the song structure, if its all
good we dont do anything to it if it needs help we all add to it. if jer
wrote the song then he might have lyrics already. if not jer writes the
lyrics eventually
Me - Any favorite past times?
Roger - um i used to like to play baseball with my friends and
basketball too....
Me - Any other creative outlets besides music?
Roger - i have my crappy website and um.....yea thats about it
:)
Me - Any favorite movies besides Matrix? :)
Roger - hahaha....i love: good will hunting, glory daze,
radiohead:meeting people is easy, the sixth sense, indiana jones and
the temple of doom, all the back to the futures, spaceballs, this is
spinal tap, etc....
Me - Back to the future is great, every seen waiting for
guffman?
Roger - nah but i heard of it
i saw like 5 min of it
in face to faces bus actually
Me - it's pretty funny, i think it was written by one of the
spinal tap peoples
Roger - awesome! max's dad produced the music for spinal tap
he was in the movie for like 2 seconds
Me - that's way cool!
Roger - yes totally its rad
Me - do you ever swear when you break your picks?
Roger - i dont really break my picks
Me - how long have you known Max, Pat, and Jeremy? All
through school?
Roger - i've know max since junior year in high school and i met
pat that year and jer that summer i think...they were done with HC at
that time so i just saw them around and i saw max in school and in
yearbook class... so we had all been friends for a couple of years
Me - any pet peves?
Roger - can't think of any
i dont think so
Me - any more compilation projects in the works that I
should keep me eyes open for?
Roger - for no motiv? i think we are going to be on a punk
comp on therapy records i think
hopefully we will finish our split cd with our friends the
Whereabouts
Me - yeah no motiv, cool.
If ya had one wish?
Roger - oh um
if i had one wish
id have a fucking girlfriend
:)
Me - good wish! I feel your pain
Roger - yep yep
it hurts
Me - how were you at school, quiet, mischievious, etc.?
Roger - i was pretty quiet til 7th grade then i wanted to be a
gangsta
that was interesting
fucked up 8th grade kinda
Me - I like giving my teachers hell sometimes
awe thats not nice
if they dont deserve it at least
Me - Ok, I just took the blue pill. Who's ass is that?
Roger - that is um bill from the NJ punk band paid in full....i
think
Me - Who would win the fight, Elmo, or OJ Simpson?
Roger - elmo woudl win
cuz he's bad ass
yes he is
Me - last question, what was the best thing that has happened
on tour?
Roger - um....there is no one best thing
basically being able to play with lots of cool bands
meeting and making new friends seeing the coutnry
Me - that would be sweet
Roger - yes
Me - thanks for takin the time for this interview, really nice of
you
Roger - no prob at all it was fun
