Senses Fail (backdated) March 2007 excerpt

As of recent, Mike and Garrett have been kick starting their own side projects. Do you or anyone else in the band have any plans to start one of your own?
BN: Yeah, I'm going to start a side project with our guitar tech.

Any plans for what you're going to call that?
BN: I don't know what we're going to call that. But, it will be something really interesting.

Yes or no: Midtown reunion on the same stage as Senses Fail? You've got Heath...
BN: Yes. Definite yes.

Given the opportunity to play with anyone– past or present, alive or dead– what would your ultimate [tour] lineup be?
BN: I'd like to play with Black Flag and I'd like to play with Bad Religion. The Refused. That would be a pretty cool show.

Everyone has a hero as a child. Who was yours and why?
BN: Luke Skywalker. I don't know, I just always pretended to be him. I thought he was cool, thought he was badass.

We're going to have a dance party right now. What are the first five songs that come to mind to get it started?
BN: Michael Jackson. I think any Michael Jackson song. Rob Bass. M.C. Hammer. Shit… 2 Live Crew and Michael Jackson again.

What's the most embarrassing tour story you can think of, whether it happened to you or anyone you know?
BN: When we played with The Early November one time, the bass player knocked out their singer. He was like… knocked out. He couldn't finish the rest of the set. It was by accident but it was pretty funny, actually.

What do you think is one of the most pressing problems in the music and/or entertainment industry today from your perspective as an artist?
BN: That… labels do not understand that the music industry has changed. You can't do the same format you have to… well they're like catching on a little bit. But, I feel like they're still going by the old model with how things are supposed to work and especially what expectations of bands are supposed to be. And it doesn't really work like that.

If you weren't in Senses Fail right now, what do you think you'd be doing with your life?
BN: I don't know… working for a video game company? Doing something like that. Or, something in music.


the full interview can be read at: www.hollyanne.net