TINA PEEK: I wanted to start by asking you guys, where did you come up with the name Forty Birds?

KEVIN MARPLE: Basically, I read an article one time, way back, about this guy who went to Chad [in Africa] and said it was the, "Abstract of the world." He was a guy pretty much like us, and he was around looking for ways to stimulate himself I guess, i.e. he was looking for drugs [laughs]. And in Chad there are tribes and villages with local villagers and local medicine men. And there's this drug used in tribes to create induced out of body experiences, where you speak with your ancestors and apparently you fly above the earth and talk to tons of people. And they call that "the flight of forty birds" and it's known as Iboga and there are Ibogaine clinics around the world and even one here in Toronto, I think is the only one in Canada. And these clinics use it to treat addictions, coffee or gambling addictions, it can be used for pretty much anything, but mostly it targets the part of the brain that gets addicted to things. [ see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibogaine for more information.]

TP: Really, that's interesting.

KP: Yeah, so "Forty Birds" is derived from that tribal drug that induces out of body experiences. It doesn't really invoke that, you know alot of people say "Oh, The Birds", [referring to the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie titled The Birds] they make fun of "The Birds", but that's not what the meaning behind our name is about.

TP: No, to be honest, I never thought of it in that way, but I was curious, I knew there had to be some kind of story or meaning behind the band’s name. I wasn't even thinking along the lines of the movie, I just knew there had to be something behind the name. Okay cool. So how did you guys meet and then maybe you could fill us in afterwards how Cory [Lacombe], your drummer was brought into the fold, because he's the newest member, right?

MATT PELLETIER: Yeah that's true. Well, basically they used to be a band called...

TP: They being?

MP: Basically myself and the bassist are the only original members from what initially created this band. As we got more and more serious, band members left and we turned into Forty Birds.

KP: Yeah, I think once Matt joined the band and we went in to start recording and we saw that it takes a lot of time and a lot of effort, and it basically started defining who was capable and committed.

MP: How we met though was we actually put a show together at the Electriques [Les Foufounes Electriques] in Montreal. They were Forty Birds and I was in another band.

TP: What band were you in?

MP: It was a band called Anitory, I haven't been in that band for a while and one day they lost their singer and they kept calling me up, "Hey Matt".

KP: Yeah I called him up.

MP: And I was like, "What? You know, I'm in a cover band right now, making a bit of cash."

KP: Which apparently wasn't true, because one person told me he wasn't in a band, then he tells me "I'm in two bands" and I'm like, the guy's a liar [laughter]. So finally one day I said, "Look, just come and jam, just come and jam.”

MP: And so I went out there to jam and that day, it was just really quick.

TP: So why were you so hesitant?

MP: Because I was in another band, for like six years, and I was playing in a cover band--maybe I wasn't making that much money--then finally I was like, "You know what? Fuck it. This other band is not doing anything."

*at this point another band member enters the hotel suite and introduces himself as Dave Uno [bassist], along with their roadie Dave and I invite them to stay for the interview*

MP: So anyways, we jammed and I wanted to do something serious and my other band wasn't doing anything too serious, and when we jammed, we just clicked, it was magical almost.

KP: And from him joining the band, then we started writing songs and another band member left, but it ended up, he co-produced the album with us.

TP: Really.

MP: Yeah, he has his own studio and he left to pursue recording and producing and so that was a lot of good stuff coming out from his studio and even though he left, he's still a big part of the band.

TP: Even now?

KP: Yeah, Oh, yeah, yeah.

MP: He's like our sixth member of the band--spent like five hundred hours mixing, consulting, we could call him up when we had problems. He tells us not to drink too much. [laughter]

TP: Do you listen to him? [laughter]

MP: Sometimes, most times yeah, cuz he ends up making us feel bad. And then once we finished recording the album, about a couple of months before we released it, our long time drummer decided that he didn't feel like playing music too much anymore, he didn't feel like he wanted to pursue the band thing. Being in a band was taking a lot out of him. So that's when Cory stepped in.

TP: And how did you meet Cory? How did he come into the band?

MP: Funny story actually. I went to college with him; he was in the music program, and I was in the recording program, and when I left Anitory, he started another project called Lyzer with my old guitar player and old bass player. And I had mentioned that we lost our drummer at this party and that we were looking for a drummer, and we tried out this guy. And he's like, "Well why didn't you call me?!" And I was like, "Well you know, we're already picking up members from John." So he came and tried out and he was, without a doubt, he was the guy for the job. He's a cool drummer and the possibilities with him are endless.

KP: If you tell him to play a Samba beat, he can play it. [laughs]

MP: Yeah, like you can say, "Give me a 13-25 beat [laughs] and he can do it.

TP: Are all of the band members from Quebec originally?

MP: Yeah, well I'm from Quebec.

KP: Well everybody's been living there for years.

TP: So you're not all originally from there?

KP: I was born in Halifax, but I'm a Quebec-or, I've been living in Quebec for 19 years.

TP: Are you all bilingual?

KP: Oh, yeah. yeah. Every single one of us. Dave [Dos], our guitarist who's not here, is a full-fledged Quebec-or.

TP: Accent and all?

KP: Yup, accent and all [laughs]. Well he speaks really good English, so you probably wouldn't notice at all.

TP: I wanted to ask you guys, there's quite a thriving Metal scene in Montreal, did you find because of that, it made it easier for the band to get noticed? Or was it harder, because the competition is so much greater there?

KP: Well, Montreal has a thriving extreme metal scene and so we're not really extreme metal, but, there are alot of other bands of our genre that are pretty good, but I wouldn't say that we are fully capable of attaching on to the extreme metal scene there. There's a lot of death metal.

MP: The major problem there was, even if we play with a band there, it was like crazy heavy, just way too heavy, or we'd play with bands that weren't heavy at all. So it was hard to fit on the bill.

TP: You're kind of right in the middle.

KP: We're right on the fence, but I guess, in that sense, it's kind of difficult. Like say you're going to play in front of a crowd that's there and they just watched ten bands that bleed from their throats on stage, you know, it's hard to compete with that. And then Matt comes on with his [makes a girlish voice] angelic voice .[laughter]

TP: You have an angelic voice Matt? [laughter]

MP: [laughs] No, not at all. We've definitely played some great shows and played with some sick bands though.

KP: But there's definitely some really good bands there and we can bridge to heavier bands as much as we can bridge to light bands, whereas some of our counterparts in heavier bands can't bridge with some of the bands that we do, so we have the opportunity of playing a bunch of different types of shows. Which is good, because we get the exposure of playing to a bunch of different crowds.

MP: And then we have the opportunity to make our sets a little bit heavier, given the songs that we've written.

KP: Exactly, we can adjust.

TP: And so you just adjust your sets a little bit, depending on the crowd...

MP: Exactly. Like if we're playing a heavy metal bill, we won't play a light song. We'll take out the acoustic and stuff like that.

TP: Still speaking of Montreal, the band recently performed for Operation Infant Soleil to help raise funds and awareness for the project. Tell us about Operation Infant Soleil and how did the band become involved and why?

MP: Basically we got contacted from Judy Page, who, our friends' band played, actually knew her, so they were like, "I need bands, I need bands" So they called us up and said, "Dude, do you wanna' play a show?" They had played at our album launch as well, and we're pretty good friends with them, and so she contacted us, it was for a good cause, plus it was at the Cafe Campus, a great venue, I love the stage there, I love playing there. So we were totally down for it.

TP: Cool. And what is Operation Infant Soleil, is it for underprivileged children?

KP: Yeah, I guess she was looking to raise $3,000.00 for the cause, but I don't think she achieved her goal. But I think it was her own personal project, she wasn't working in relation to Infant Soleil and I think she was just looking to raise some money.

TP: Because I did read a little about it and it was something to do with underprivileged children and making sure that all children in Quebec were treated equally and were getting equal treatment...

MP: ...for education.

*Dave, who had been sitting apart from us, gets up and tries to sneak out of the hotel suite and we begin to give him a hard time about leaving the interview.*

TP: Hey, I've been saving all the sex questions for you!! [much laughter]

DAVE UNO: Well clearly, I'm the rock star of the group.[laughter]

TP: Clearly. Why leave, this is your band as well.

KP: Pull up a chair!!

TP: It's Dave, right?

DU: Yup, but I also go by Dizzle

KP: He goes by Dizzle, it's his stage name.

TP: That's your stage name?

DU: One of them! They also call me Uno.

KP: We have two Daves in the band, so they each adopted a nickname.

TP: Do I want to know why they call you Dizzle?

DU: [laughs] It's just a name, there's no rhyme or reason. It has nothing to do with my impotence, don't worry. [much laughter]

TP: Okay Dave, I'm going to ask you, who were your musical influences growing up?

DU: I dunno, I'm a little all over the place. I like a lot of Canadian music actually. I like the Bare Naked Ladies and um [thinks for a moment], what's that other band?

KP: They obviously had a very big influence on him.

TP: Didn't they though eh? [laughter]

DU: I dunno...as I grew older, I started listening to much heavier stuff.

TP: Like?

DU: Deftones I've been into, Incubus, bands of that nature. Glassjaw, of course, who are the best band in the world. And there's a rumour that they have an new album coming, out and I'm pretty excited. So yeah, that's what I'm into [laughs]

MP: Yeah, Dizzle represents probably the more broad, musical influences.

DU: Yeah, I listen to a lot of porn site as well.

TP: Really?

DU: Yeah, I like to smoke pot and listen to porn site. It's among my hobbies [laughs]

TP: What, smoking pot or listening to...

KP: [laughs] If it's Australian folk music or some CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] radio thing, it has a HUGE influence on him [laughter]

DU: Well, when I'm drinking beer alone, I listen to a lot of porn site radio.

KP: What is it with that, you know? [laughs]

DU: I'm very Canadian, that's all. I love my Canadiania.

TP: Good for you. And you're from Quebec as well?

DU: That's right, yeah.

TP: Your parents are from there as well?

DU: Yup, born and raised. In Greensville Park. I'm a Parker.

TP: A Parker?

DU: I'm from Greensville Park and...

KP: ...yeah, Greensville Park is notorious for having low class English people.

DU: I had a mullet before I had this Mohawk [much laughter]

TP: Matt, what about you? Who were your musical influences?

MP: Deftones, Pantera, anything that was just crazy. Actually, my first tape that I ever bought was Aerosmith.

TP: Really?

MP: Yeah yeah. Aerosmith was a big one. I was actually really into it. It's kind of a guilty pleasure at this point. The guys make fun of me about it all the time, but I still like Aerosmith.

DU: What was the band that you learned to sing to?

MP: You really want me to say that right NOW?

DU: Yeah, I'd like you to.

MP: Oh my God. I don't know if I can say this. Geezus, alright, well...

TP: C'mon, fess up

MP: Well, when I started singing, I couldn't really hit notes properly and I thought to myself, "Well, these Backstreet Boys can hit notes pretty good".

KP: ...are you SERIOUS??? [Kevin is totally shocked by that revelation] Censor that!

DU: Don't do it!

TP: Oh, nooo way. I'm so putting it in!! [laughter]

KP: Oh God, delete that. [more laughter] I can't believe that.

MP: Anyway, it got my pitch on anyways, so...

TP: But you know what? It doesn't matter, if you take something from wherever you need it, from whatever artist and you use it to your advantage, take what you need and then throw it away. I mean, I'm not a fan of the Backstreet Boys, but I can appreciate what they do.

MP: Exactly.

DU: So Matt took advantage of the Backstreet Boys.

TP: Apparently he did.

MP: I took them in the backstreet.

KP: So Matt can sing with the Backstreet Boys, what with his boyish good looks.

TP: Yeah, he could kind of fit in, couldn't he?

KP: He has that denim jacket...

TP: He has that boyish look, you could really be a Backsteet Boy.

MP: Wow, I totally don't want to be a Backstreet Boy. [laughter]

TP: So if the Forty Birds thing doesn't work out or they don't want your services...

MP: So I'm going to grow a beard and get really dirty now. [laughs]. So yeah, mainly the Deftones are my favourite band and like Dave said, Glassjaw. I listen to a lot of that. As far as live performances go, I like Phil Anselmo from Pantera. Amazing, amazing, a big, big influence on me.

TP: Kevin, first concert you ever went to?

KP: Was Sick Of It All, Anti Flag and Good Riddance. And I remember it because I was a kid, and I had like a punk phase, and I'll always remember that show, because I remember my dad drove me and the guitar player of our band Dos [Dave Dos] to that show and he waited with us in line. And when I went in, Sick Of It All hits the stage, which is like New York hardcore and right before that, I'm like, "Okay, I'm gonna' go up front!" I had no concept of a mosh pit. I was maybe 13 or something, and I made it in front of the stage right before they start with their heaviest song, and it starts going, and the lights go down, and we turn around and there's two guys, and one guy had like a bone stuck through is nose and they were like this wide, [spreads hands about a foot apart] and right before the song hits off, they're like [screams], "YOU'RE ALL GONNA' DIE!!!" [laughs] and then BOOM!, the song starts and the mosh pit started going, and I'll never forget that concert. It was pretty crazy. Obviously I survived [laughs] Awesome first concert though.

TP: First CD you guys ever bought?

KP: It was a tape, and my first one was 12 Inches of Snow. [everyone starts laughing]

MP: I think you're bullshitting, what the hell is that? Who the fuck is 12 Inches Of Snow? [now it's Matt's turn to be surprised ---ed. note: that was the 1993 debut album from the Irish-Canadian from Toronto, Ontario named Darrin Kenneth O'Brien who perfored Jamaican-inspired dub reggae under the monicker Snow...duh.]

KP: Well, when I was like, five, it was 12 Inches of Snow. And the second tape I bought was Metallica's Mastermind [laughs]

TP: Wow, one extreme to the other.

KP: Yeah exactly.

TP: Dave?

DU: That I purchased myself, with my own money?

TP: Well first album you ever got, doesn't matter how you got it.

DU: Well, I'd have to say The Beach Boys. there's laughter] I had a huge collection of Beach Boys.

KP: Oh my God. The secrets come out.

DU: Should've mentioned that earlier I guess, about the bands that I liked.

TP: Doing this interview is really good. Now you guys get to really know each other today and you'll have tons of shit to talk about later.

DU: It's going to be a long bus ride home.

MP: Oh yeah, exactly. [laughter]

TP: Oh, you're never going to live that one down Matt.

MP: No, I'm not going to live that down.

TP: So Matt, was it really the Backstreet Boys for you?

MP: No, it really was Aerosmith.

*Dave Dos, the guitarist for Forty Birds and Cory Lacombe, their drummer, enter the hotel suite and we are introduced*

DU: Hey, it's okay, I already told her all the bad shit about you guys. Everybody knows you have micro penises now [much laughter]

TP: Does anyone in the band get nervous prior to performing?

KP: I think there's always a little bit of jitters, but when we're playing say, Montreal, I don't think we'll ever get nervous playing there. We've played so many shows there. But it depends on the show.

TP: Like tonight you're onstage during Canadian Music Week, where you're being showcased, and that would be a bit more nerve wracking than other nights.

KP: Yeah, exactly.

CORY LACOMBE: Before the show I'm a bit nervous, but once I get behind the drum set, I forget everything and it's all about the show. And then after the show, I sit there and say, "Wow, we just played a show!" [laughter]

KP: Yeah, it goes very quick!

TP: Do any of you do anything special to warm up and prepare for a show? I mean, now that we know about the Backstreet Boys, Matt, one never knows...

MP: [laughs No, no, no, just drinkin' beer.

DU: Pretty standard stuff. We don't get in a circle and put all our hands together or anything like that.

MP: No, we don't do that.

TP: Favourite song to play live off the album and why?

MP: I would say "Spider Hole", it's the opener, it's just the one for me, live anyways.

DU: I hate that song live.

MP: Really?

TP: Do you really?

DU: Because there are so many ways to go wrong in that song.

MP: It just comes out and it's just, I don't know, I just feel...

KP: It's the first song, generally the opener and we're not warmed up or anything.

TP: So what would your favourite song be Kevin?

KP: I would have to say "Antonio" because Asher wants me to push the album [Asher is the bands publicist and is in the room joining us today]. I won't say our new songs that we've written recently, that are my favourites and I can't wait to record, but the one off the album that I love the best is "Antonio".

TP: Not because of Asher.

KP: No, well you know, Asher wants me to push the album, but no I really...

DU: ...the question was, what song off the album do you like to play live...

MP: Which one is your favourite to play live.

KP: Yeah, it's "Antonio", because it's probably the most dynamic song, I think, and it's near the end of our set, when we're really warmed up, I think that Matt's vocals are really good on it, so...

MP: Well thank you Kevin.

KP: You're welcome Matt.

TP: Cory, what's your favourite song to play live?

CL: Whew

TP: Being the drummer.

CL: I would say it would have to be "Period Of Consequences", I just like really like that song.

TP: What's the best part of being on the road for you Dos?

DAVE DOS: The best part of being on the road is as simple as being on the road. It's a different lifestyle, it's awesome. I like it.

TP: You like that lifestyle better than say, being back home and playing gigs there?

DD: Oh of course, yeah! It's a completely different show, because you're not always working in the same places, you're meeting different people, you're meeting different fans, you're trying to make new fans and you're playing in front of an audience you don't know, but we have to impress them. As much as you do at home, but it's different.

TP: Right. Because you're trying to make new fans.

DD: Yeah, plus there's travelling and I love to travel.

KP: And another thing is the fact that we don't know anybody so it's just us, spending more time together.

MP: Stick together.

TP: It makes you tighter and closer as a band.

KP: Yeah, you're back in Montreal and you have your buddies showing up, you have all your friends there...

DD: ...you're running around trying to grab the bull by the horns.

MP: On the road you don't know anyone

KP: Yeah, so it's just do your thing and you leave and it's kind of cool.

DD: And nobody knows what's going on stage next, ya' know what I mean? Like when we get up on stage...

KP: Yeah, we show up and it's all new for them and we do it and it's cool.

TP: What's the worst part of being on the road?

MP: Transmitting a sickness.

DD: The price of gas [laughter]

MP: Yeah yeah, the price of gas and Dos stopping for food at every stop! [laughter]

KP: We have to stop at every place...

MP: Yeah, we stop at every road stop along the way!

TP: Really? You're pretty thin for a guy who eats alot!!

DD: It's my metabolism, it's good.

TP: Can I have your metabolism please? Okay, are there any fan stories you can share, anything crazy or weird happen?

DU: Dos had a groupie once. Remember that chick, remember her? She just followed him around.

KP: Yeah, we have some weird fans.

TP: Do you?

KP: Yeah we have some freaky type fans, but nobody...

TP: Freaky in what way?

KP: Well, I dunno, just weird people. Some of our fans can be very weird, in the sense that they're...

DU: ...drunk in the elevator? [laughter]

KP: Yeah, I guess we don't have any crazy, crazy fan stories, but we frequent a weird crowd, so maybe we don't notice.

TP: Do you find it odd, when a fan becomes kind of obsessive with your band, with your music and they do follow you around, do you find that disturbing, or…

KP: Oh no, we like that!

MP: No, not at all!

TP: You're okay with that...

KP: Loyal fans are the BEST! What can be annoying is when you play a show and there's people that...

DU: ...dramatically drunk people...

MP: Yeah, like, "I wanna talk to you about what you should do to sound better" or...

KP: ...yeah, or they tell you, "It was good, but you could do this or that".

DU: Or somebody who'll happen to be at the bar or wherever and they're like, "Man, I don't really like your kind of music, but you guys are great".

KP: Yeah, we get that a lot!

TP: "I don't like your kind of music, but you guys are great?" Really? [the band agrees in unison]

KP: "You guys aren't my style, but you're good".

CL: Yeah and we get a lot of "I don't like metal, but you guys are great".

TP: Really. Wow. Okay, now that you've released your first album, what do Forty Birds want to achieve next, what are some of the bands goals, dreams, expectations for this year?

MP: Well this year is definitely hitting the road.

TP: Yeah, it's all about touring and getting your name out there.

KP: Basically, throughout our existence, we've always tried to keep it simple in terms of our goals. We wanted to record an album, we did it. We wanted to write new material, so..

MP: ...and so every time we set out to do something, we try not to take on too much, because we're an Independent band right now, so I mean, we're a whole bunch of guys that like to have a good time, we're not all massive intellectuals on the music industry, we don't necessarily know everything there is to know about it, but...

KP: ...every time we've taken on little goals, we've achieved something. Obviously it would be good to have a little bit more help, maybe in terms of the funding side, but as it is right now..

MP: We're doin' alright.

KP: Yeah, well we put all our investment into this project we have going and our immediate goal for 2008 is to bring it out to as many places as possible in Canada. Obviously getting to the U.S. is a little bit more complicated, but we want to kind of experience things for ourselves and learn them for ourselves, you know? Maybe it isn't the most profitable to be touring Canada, in the sense that there's not alot of cities, smaller populations and it's more spread out.

TP: Unlike the States. If you really want to make it here, you have to make that crossover eventually.

DU: Exactly.

TP: But it's hard to do.

KP: Yeah and at the same time, we're trying to gather some experience, we're trying to learn.

DD: We have to learn on the road before we can get out.

MP: We gotta' get out there and push our live show because I think that's the best aspect that we have, is our live show.

DU: And our second album is going to be great.

KP: We put on a great live show man.

TP: So do you guys like being Indie, would you like to maintain that kind of status? Because I'm finding that a lot of bands nowadays are saying they don't really want a label.

DU: Well it's the control factor, it's unbelievable.

KP: In a sense, it would be good to have help, in terms of investment, but to necessarily go the way alot of bands go, where they just sign away everything and if they were to be dropped, they wouldn't know...I think our main point is to know what's going on, and if we start venturing into things we don't know and things start happening that you aren't aware of, so if one day, the people who have been helping you out, decide that you're not a valuable commodity for them anymore and they drop you, then you're not, you can't, you're not compared to...

TP: Yeah, you've probably signed away your rights to your songs...

KP: ...that too, but you can't rebuild it, because you don't know what they've built, right?

DU: Exactly

MP: So if we have experience in the sense of knowing what it is we need to know...

DU: ...knowing how the industry works...

KP: ...exactly. Knowing how to maybe promote our things ourselves, then in that sense, it gives you a little bit more power as a musician.

MP: They can do it, so why can't we, you know what I mean?

DU: And not only that, once we know enough, then we can maybe look for label help. But I don't want to sign away something and not know what they're doing and not knowing what's happening, whereas, if we do know and we sign away something...

KP: Obviously, there are things you can do, as an Independent band and there's things you can't do. And obviously you have to give the things you can't do, to the people that can do it for you, you know what I mean?

DU: But at least we'll know what it is.

KP: And with this record, we're going to go at it for as long as possible, and the next record, which we're already in the process of writing, we'll see what happens, we'll see what opportunity gives us, I think that we're working hard towards something and we're not totally ruling out the idea of a label, we have some interest, but it depends on what they can give us. I mean, we're pretty self-sustainable if we can get some help in other areas.

DU: We've got this far, ya' know? And I don't see a reason to change things unless something good comes along.

TP: Yeah I know what you're saying. I find that a lot of the bands that I've talked to are going that route, they're staying Indie, because the labels want too much from them.

DU: Yeah, like getting 50 cents for every album sold or something like that? I think it's kind of ridiculous.

TP: Yeah if you're lucky. And that's your profit. Out of that you still have to pay them back.

DU: Exactly.

TP: After selling 100,000 CD's at $10 bucks a CD, you're getting back maybe a buck and then you still end up owing them and having to pay back costs they've incurred to "promote" you. It's really quite cut-throat.

DU: Yeah and in the meantime they take all of your album profits, all your writing.

TP: I mean, it can benefit an artist.

MP: In the sense of the distribution clause.

TP: Yes and of course there are positives to being on a label, but there are also negatives. It depends on what kind of band you are, the genre you're in...

DU: Plus we'd like to make a deal for what we need. We don't need a full...like, we don't need everything. We need distribution. We don't need everything else that a label can offer necessarily. If we are able to make our own albums, we're able to organize our own shows, we don't need a label for that.

KP: Basically, we need promotion and booking.

MP: Yeah, promotion and booking and those are not something we need a label for...

CL: If we can hook up with a promoter and a booking agent. We'd be set; we're bulldogs.

KP: So for right now it's definitely something that is not totally ruled out, as an option, but it's not something that we're actively shopping for. We're just trying to promote it ourselves, and we have good people like Asher [Jonathin Asher/Music Publicist/Media Relations Consultant for Asher Media Relations] helping us out and working on publicity and whatnot. And honestly, I think that getting that type of exposure and this type of exposure here [referring to Canadian Music Week in Toronto, Ontario] and some of the stuff that Asher's been giving us, is stuff that a label...it would cost too much for us to sign away our album to get that through a label. So the fact of doing it and creating our own team ourselves will only make us stronger I think in the future, at which point, when we're ready for that, then we'll be ready for that. But I think that right now we're fine.

TP: Cool. You answered the last one or two of my questions, so we're pretty much done, if there's anything you guys want to add, anything I didn't ask that you wanted to touch base on, or messages to your fans, now is the time!

MP: I'd like to say thanks to everyone who's come to check us out, and I know you haven't seen us Tina, but come check us out live...

DU: ...Or we'll kill you... [much laughter]