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 TS = TeenSpot (Gary) AL = Allister (Tim) TS: Hi there, could you introduce yourself and tell us what you do... AL: My names Tim and I play guitar and sing in Allister. TS: So, how is the tour going? AL: It's been amazing. It's way bigger than anything we could ever expect. It's huge. We came over here with Less Than Jake the first time we were here yeah and like, those shows were so big, so its so cool to see kids from those shows coming back almost like every show on this tour has been sold out. TS: Has there been a dramatic change compared to the UK and the USA legs of the tour? AL: Ummm, it's not too different. The crowds in the US are bigger, but only because of the Starting Line who are ridicuosly huge in the US. But, I think the kids over here are a little more fanatical. Generally more excited to be at the show. We tour so much in the US, we play the same city like 8 or 9 times a year y'know and when we come over here its like 2 maybe 3 times a year and so the kids make a point to come to the show. TS: What do you think has been the highlight of it all so far? (Including USA legs) AL: Well, haha. On the US part of the tour, me and our drummer and guitar tech and the tour manager for Home Grown all got arrested in Texas. We were walking through a park and we had beers and we were real damn drunk at like 1am in the morning or something. The cops came and arrested us and sentenced us for like 8 hours. It was so stupid. But as far as shows go, well, two of the highlights so far are when we played Roseland Ballroom in New York. There was like 3500 people there which I think is the biggest show I think i've ever played... and also the last show we played here, in Glasgow. That was outta control. Like crazy. There was like 900 kids there but everyone was jumping and crowd surfing. Real mad. TS: What are your plans post tour? AL: We erm, we have the entire month of February off. Actually we're shooting a video for the song Radio Player at some point in Feb but other than that we're taking a break and writing some songs for the new record, practising and recording demos. Then we've got a two month headline tour, March and April, all over the US... and then when we get back from that we're planning on recording the new cd. TS: Could you tell us a little about your relationship with Drive-Thru? AL: Drive Thru is awesome. Even if you don't know a new band that they sign you just know they are going to fit right in because of Richard and Stefanies judgement. Everyone usually gets along, It's nice to have a... well, yeah a family. TS: What do you think about the new Drive-Thru-Records signings? (Jenoah and Hellogoodbye) AL: I haven't heard 'em yet. We've been so busy over here and with shit in the US i've not heard either yet. TS: If you could sign any band to Drive-thru as your labelmates, who would you sign? AL: I think I'd sign a band called... probably... say maybe Screeching Weasel. They are one of my favourite bands of all time. TS: If you were asked to write a song about your label, how would it go? AL: Ahaha... I'm gonna go with Shit. Shit with an exclamation point. Like... Shit! TS: How and where do you see yourself and the band in say, 5 years time? AL: I dunno. It's a good question. It's kind of strange because we've been together for like 7 almost 8 years and it's kinda been, we've kinda grown slowly but surely and everythings getting bigger and better a little bit at a time so whatever happens in the next few years... well, I'm perfectly happy with where we are now and everything that's happened to us. So if it gets bigger than cool, if it doesn't then I've still had the absoloute time of my life. TS: What are your favourite and least favourite tracks to play live? AL: My favourite track to play is probably Somewhere in Fullerton because it's about a really really cool place in Chicago... namely the Fireside Bowl which is where we all really started listening to punk. We started going to shows when we were like 14/15. That's basically where we saw every single band that's influenced me today. Getting into the whole punk think there. I've gotta lotta respect for all the bands. They've done so much to help me out. TS: Anyone in particular? AL: The first time I saw Greenday I knew that was what I wanted to do. Also a general load of local Chicago bands. So damn good. Punk rock wasn't so mainstream at the time though. As far as hating a song to play live, I don't really have one. Everysong is kinda cool. There's a song called... well, maybe a song called Jacob Thinks I'm gay. Only really because we've been playing it for like six years though. TS: Could you try and define your music style for us? AL: I'd probably say our music is rock pop punk. Yeah. TS: Not punk? AL: Well it could be punk depending on someones definition of it. I think Bad Religion and NOFX are punk bands. People call like er, maybe the Foo Fighters a punk band. I think they are just a rock band. It's so generalised. There's no real definition. TS: What do you think about the whole punk rock / emo categorization? AL: Emo has to be the worst label you could ever put on a band of all time. It's just stupid. It's short for Emotional and everyband has emotional lyrics and puts 100% into what they do so to be labelled Emo is just ridiculous. It really is like pointing out the obvious. Emo's just the hot think right now. I don't like the whole emo thing. TS: Do you have a favourite website? AL: Yeah! chicagocubs.com ! I'm a huge baseball fan. The cubs are my favourite team of all time. I check the site whenever I can. TS: Do you guys watch American Football? Do you get the superbowl. AL: Hah! TS: How do you feel about internet filesharing? AL: I think it's cool. I think the only people it's really going to hurt, and even then I don't think it hurts that much is the record labels. Y'know because they are the ones putting out the money to record the cd... and it hurts record sales a little bit. But me personally, If I really like a band and someone gives me a burnt copy of the cd, I'll go and buy the cd if I like it that much. Y'know you want the whole package. Something to put on the shelf. Some silver cd that has scribble on it. It doesn't mean anything. But y'know I think its a good way for smaller and local bands to get their stuff out there. A good way to get heard. TS: How about Mp3.com? AL: Mp3 was a different situation. I don't see a problem with filesharing really. TS: What's the weirdest thing you've had thrown on stage during a show? AL: Hah, umm... I dunno a couple of days ago in Glasgow someone threw their bra on stage. TS: Have you ever been tempted to wear these items? AL: Yeah actually, k'now, I've worn a few bras on stage. People threw hotdogs at me once, that was kinda odd. Oh we were on the warped tour when we played cleveland. Everyone was throwing wet flyers at us. That was odd. I told people to start throwing it actually. The entire stage was covered in shit it was kinda funny haha. :ENTER KYLE - GUITARIST / VOCALS ALLISTER: Kyle: Beer! AL: Ah yeah, man, we played... actually the first show that Kyle played with our band, we were playing at this bar in this really small town in Illinois. There was probably like 100 kids there. Everyone was drinking beer. I was so damn drunk I was like 'Hey throw beer at me!' So next thing I know people are throwing bottles of beer at me so by the time the show has ended I'm absoloutely head to toe in beer. Foam dripping off my face. Kyle: That was one of the funniest things I've seen haha AL: Yeah that was funny. TS: Maybe you can answer this question for us Kyle... What would be the first line of a song written about Drive Thru Records so far we've got I don't know, $@%# and Shit!: Kyle: Oh man that's a rough question. Shit! !? Maybe I should use $@%#. Oh Jeff (TEN) used that. Jesus... ok I'm going to change mine to Jewish. Jewish Shit.
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