The Pier: It is cool to see John Brown’s Body hook up with Dubmatix again, who remixed one of your songs on Re-Amplify. You must really like working with him then? Tommy Benedetti (drums): It’s great to have Dubmatix on board for another remix. I’m a real fan of his work and his version of […]
The Pier: Only is a such a great summer track. Tell us about the song-writing behind it. Rome: Well I was singing humming the chorus melody for a while and I played it totally different, but one day at the studio I guess I decided to just skank it out. Lewi (Richards), my engineer/bass player […]
The Pier: Time is a pretty rocking punk rock tune, it must be cool as band to explore different genres of music? Jason Moorehead (bass): We at this point pretty much stand to be that band in our scene that feels that we can get away with anything. We have immersed ourselves into music since […]
Born and raised on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, Phil Carrillio (Flip) and Ryan Brolliar (Rollie) first met in 6th grade when their cross-town elementary schools combined making the jump to middle school. Ryan was the cool jock guy and Phil was the rebel skater guy. Both were cocky, arrogant, and thought they were […]
The Pier: Did you go into the studio recently to record this new jam Take it Easy? Satoshi: We were recording up until the deadline! We wanted to “take it easy,” but it wasn’t possible this time. The Pier: Does Sunset Bus have any further releases planned for 2009? Satoshi: We want to maybe release […]
The Pier: Flourish is another classic laid back RAC tune. What was the inspiration behind it? Where did you do the recording session for it? RAC: Flourish is pretty much about an outsider’s perspective to the whole economic crisis right now. We were never part of the problem cuz we know life’s not about material […]
The Pier: So the song name Slosh, is this a someone or a something? Dom (drums/vocals): Yes, Slosh is about a girl from St.Thomas. I feel bad explaining, she’s gonna kill me! After going to the islands so much, we acquired many great friends, one of whom is our friend Samantha. She is one of […]
The Pier: When World’s Collide is probably the most rocking Ballyhoo! track recorded to date. You just went all out hey? Howi (vocals/guitar): Yeah, that was the first song we wrote this year. Just started jamming and working out the arrangement. We were in a “rocking” mood, I guess. Lyrically, I went a little political. […]
