Dads started out as a side-project from your other bands you were in at the time. How did it evolve into what it is today? John: The other bands we were in weren’t as able to move as quickly as Dads was, even from the beginning. My other main band was only able to work well during the school semester when we all lived together at college, then the second other main band I was in that wasn’t Dads was just super dysfunctional and didn’t really work well ever at all. With Dads it all came natural, even from the beginning first weekeneders. We knew we wanted to play shows and tours and by this point Scott and I had been in so many “lesson learning” bands that we knew how to do it and how to be smart about it. Scott: The summer that John and I started playing together was the summer that the drummer from my old band and I stopped being as close, so that band sort of just fizzled out at the end of that
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summer and Dads kept doing stuff. I always originally viewed Dads as just a side band and it’s kind of a shock to me that now we are where we’re at as a band and friends. I remember getting an email from Scott back in April of 2011 about the first Brush Your Teeth EP and in that short time till now it seems like you guys have gained some popularity and quite a following. What would you contribute your success to up to this point? John: We love to tour, we love playing shows and meeting new people, the more you tour the more you are getting your name out there in cities where people might not have ever heard of you before. Also we’re both really internet savvy and are able to use social media to pump out some energy. Scott: Touring is definitely a huge thing that helps. We try to tour as much as we can and since 2012,