MTV NEWS: I suppose we should chat about your Video Music Award nomination for Best New Artist in a Video. When did you guys get the news that you were nominated?
JASON MOSS: Somewhere on the Warped Tour I got the news. I can't remember where, but I remember getting the news, but don't ask me where we were.
STEVE PERRY: We were rolling down the freeway at some point probably and it was a big surprise...I was like, "What? It is? What is it?" We were all very surprised.
MTV NEWS: Are you familiar with the artists that you are nominated with?
STEVE: Some of them. Let me get this straight, it's Natalie Imbruglia, right? Familiar with her, not that kind of familiar! Mase, I don't know much about Mase, I must confess.
JASON: I'm somewhat familiar.
STEVE: Um, what are the other ones?
JASON: Fastball.
STEVE: Fastball. We know those guys real well. We slapped those guys around a couple of times on tour. And uh, who else is it?
MTV NEWS: Chumbawamba.
STEVE: Chumbawamba, yeah they're label mates--the anarchists--see I know some stuff. We have no chance.
MTV NEWS: But it's a thrill just to be nominated.
STEVE: Oh yeah, it's a thrill to be nominated.
MTV NEWS: See, now you can finally say that.
STEVE: That is great. I've never said that! I've wanted to do two things in my life. One was to say, "It's a thrill to just be nominated," and the other one is to at the end of Jay Leno when everyone stands up and the credits go and you know with the monkey next to me--I did that! I've done those two things now.
JASON: So we quit, thank you.
STEVE: Thank you very much.