Home Grown

Home Grown play the kind of pop punk that gets stuck in your head for days. If you haven't heard them by now, move out of the cave you obviously inhibit, and get a life. Also, if you haven't seen them live, I highly suggest that you do that as well. For one thing, they have some of the best live vocal harmonies I have ever heard, and for another, they are really funny and extremely entertaining!

Alright, who do we have here?
Darrin: Hi, I'm Darrin, and I play drums, and I play bass and sing sometimes too ya know... on Wednesdays. John: Alright, this is John, I am the vocal media entertainer uh... .yeah. Dan: (mock British accent) I am Dan and I simply play guitar and look really good. Adam: Hi, I'm Adam.

If you were going to be stranded on a desert island, and could only bring 3 CDs, and 3 other things, what would you bring?
Darrin: I would bring the brand new Glassjaw, I'd bring Refused, and I'd bring Beatles, the White Album. Three other things? I'd probably bring some porn, a VCR / TV combo, and a generator and some gas to run it, that'd be it. John: I would bring Home Grown – That's Business, Home Grown – Act Your Age, and Home Grown – Kings of Pop. I would bring a solar powered CD player.

Oh, you've got a CD player... it's a real lush island.
John: Oh ok, I would bring... am I by myself?

Yeah.
John: I would bring a really hot, 21 year old blonde, a really hot, 19 year old brunette, and real fuckin' fat redhead – just for those nasty days!

And you?
Adam: I'm not even gonna answer after him.

You're just gonna swim over to his island?
Adam: Yeah. Dan: I'd bring... three CDs? Let's see? Fleetwood Mac – Greatest Hits... Adam: I'd bring Cindi Lauper's Greatest Hits actually. Dan: I'd bring The Cars – Greatest Hits, and I'm pretty pumped on the new Glassjaw album. And the three things, I'd bring Vaseline, powdered donuts, and a Hustler.

Alright, would you rather never have sex again, or have sex once with a walrus?
Darrin: Walrus is good, it's warm, it's wet, and I'll hit it as long as I have a six pack to start off. John: Walrus. Adam: Walrus. Dan: Well, I'd rather just jack off onto the walrus with the walrus watching. And then I'd say "Mmm... what a nice tea party that was."

Alright, if you could be anyone for a day, who would you be?
Darrin: Bruce Willis. John: Ron Jeremy. No, wait... who's the other old guy? Dan: Peter North. John: Yeah, I would rather be Peter North. Adam: I can't think of anything right now... . Jackie Chan. Dan: Don Johnson.

What's the funniest or craziest thing that's happened on any tour?
Adam: Gotta be the group thing. Darrin: We did have a group thing on our bus, a couple days ago. We had DJ Fresh in there, and we had naked girls dancing around, and making out.

Life's rough huh?
John: Yeah, one time I was playing live once, and I dropped my pick, and when I tried to pick it up, I totally missed. And one time I bent down to grab a bottle of water, but it was closed.

Ok, what's your take on MP3s, and people sharing your music over the Internet?
John: Well, I don't mean to regurgitate what I said over there with the other interview, but...what was the question?

MP3s?
John: Oh yeah... music is like bitches. It ain't no fun if the homies can't have none.

Alright, do you have any closing comments, and could you please give shout outs to good smaller bands from your area?
John: What? Dan: Oh... like No Doubt? John: Yeah, No Doubt and Offspring? (Extreme laughing proceeds) John: I didn't really know we had a local scene. A lot of bands from Orange County are pretty shitty, indie rock wanna be, fuckin' they come from a nice house, but we're gonna cry about our girlfriends.

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