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. […]
The Pier: So you are looking for an Antidote on this new track. What are you suffering from? Zack (guitars/vocals): It’s not me that’s necessarily suffering, it’s just the antidote for the butt-hole virus. You may be asking, “What’s the butt-hole virus?” It’s not an anally transmitted disease as I’ve already been asked, but basically […]
The Pier: International Mother Dub is a very sweet dub track. Have you been playing it a lot at your shows? GPGDS: We have been playing International Mother Dub for a bit over a year. It is a composition by Rachel Orke and it seems to provide a very unique physiological effect on the audience […]
