Type 3 Media: Is there someone out right now that you'd like to tour with?

Justin McCoy: I'd love to share the stage with Matchbox 20. I was talking to a guy today and he asked me the same thing. I'm just willing to tour with anybody man. I love music, I love playing shows, and I'll share the stage with anybody as long as they're willing to share the stage with us.

T3M: What can a fan expect to experience when they come out to see you perform live?

JM: It's something new every time man. There's always a different kind of energy onstage depending on where we play. It's always a good positive energy. We try our best to really nail down sounding like the record. That's one of our biggest accomplishments, to be able to try to mimic as much as we could off the record, and give the same performance inside the venue that you'll listen to in your car.

T3M: Your bio indicates that you've been working very hard for the past few years to make a name for yourself, get signed, and get this record out. What lesson have you learned during that time that has had the greatest impact on you?

JM: One of the biggest things that I've learned in this whole process is patience. I've had to realize that promises are going to be made that may not come through. Things are going to happen that you may not want to happen, or things could happen that you do want to happen. Basically, it's a process. I've learned to be patient with it and just keep pushing forward. If you have a positive attitude, you really believe in what your doing, and you're working hard at the one goal, which could have been touring for two months, or putting a record out, or getting distribution so our record could be bought in stores, or downloaded from iTunes... all those things that take time and definitely patience. That's the number one thing I've learned through this whole thing man.

T3M: What's the strangest thing you've had happen to you?

JM: Probably being in places you didn't want to be. We had to move out to California for two or three months. It was a good time man. Everyone we met out there was awesome. But the vibe of being out of your element is strange to me. I really didn't know how to react to certain things going on. It was just a really strange thing man. Living out there is crazy.

T3M: Are you still living out in L.A.?

JM: No. Had a blast, but I'm back in Baton Rouge right now.

T3M: Your strangest experience isn't all that bad.

JM: It's really not bad man. I really haven't had too many strange things... I adapt to everything that goes on, but L.A. was just the hardest thing for me to adapt to. I think it was just mind boggling to me that I was just like... I don't know. It was just weird man. It's hard to explain how I felt as a person being in Los Angeles.

T3M: What are the other guys in the band like?

JM: D-White loves 80's music. Really really badly obsessed with 80's music and guitar soloing. Other than that he's just laid back and a great guy. Loves his instrument, loves what he does, and loves the 80's.

Josh Lee was playing with another band called Goodnight City out of Atlanta. He reminds me of a punk Taylor Hawkins. He's really violent on the drums... he beats the crap out of them. His live performance is really energetic. Josh is really spastic... one day he's really calm... I don't know what to expect from him day-to-day. He's probably the baddest drummer I've ever shared the stage with in my entire life. He's awesome. He loves the drums... a great guy. He's probably more of an 80's freak than D-White.

Dane has been my best friend for fifteen years. You've got to know Dane to be able to describe Dane. Great guy, really nice, good bass player, and an awesome singer. Dane has probably taught me mostly everything I know about singing vocals. He's awesome man.

T3M: Any closing words?

JM: I'd like to thank everybody out there that's giving Another Big Machine a chance, and listening to the music. The fans are the reason why we do what we do. We make music for people to listen and appreciate. I just want to thank everybody for standing by us for the past few years and the future to come.

T3M: Thanks for taking the time to speak with me today.

JM: I appreciate it too.

 
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