“Hey, does the wordg 'Buckley' mean anythin over there? It's my last name and I heard it means like if you
You must be seeing the increase in kids at shows since Gutter Phenomenon came out? If there isn't an increase in kids then it's definitely an increase in enthusiasm. The kids coming out are really stoked about it and really responding well to the new songs, which is all I can ask. Actually, up until a month ago all I could ask is to go to Australia just once, now we've got that coming up so... You have no idea how excited we are for Australia. Coming there, we talk about it, like we just wake up in the morning and giggle when we think about it, we're like little kids on Christmas morning.
haven't got a chance
in hell.” - Keith Buckley
Are you gonna be ready to party when you get down here? Oh yeah definitely, I want to party with wild animals. I want to be in the middle of the outback with just wild animals all around me. We got some of the deadliest fucking animals in the world. I know man, I study up on poisonous animals. I watch the Discovery Channel man, I know! I want to come down with a disease from an animal that I can't get in the States - get bitten by some weird animal that I've never heard of. Hey, what's a Dik Dik? Do people get the wrong idea about Every Time I Die and your paryting ways or is every word true? They have absolutely the right idea, it's the perfect idea, they're picking up what we're putting down so they're pretty right on. It's just that some days I don't want to do it. I hate the pressure of feeling I have to because that's what people expect. But those days are few and far between. It's not often that I feel like, “Oh, nah, I don't feel like drinkin'.” Is there any member of the band who is responsible, who isn't likely to be arrested at any minute or whatever? No. We'd like to think our tour manager, Biggie, is the only responsible one. We rely on him and he's the most responsible, even though normally he's the one encouragi ng us to get in trouble. It's a delicate balance, knowing where to draw the line. Have you learned to curb it at all or just got better at going harder? That's exactly it, you just get better at going harder. It's like, at first you've gotta pace yourself, not give in to the excitement of just being on tour. But the more you do it the more you get used to it. Until you start to reach the point where you don't trust yourself. I'm approaching that point now.
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I don't know? It's some kind of animal from Australia [Actually, Keith, we looked it up and it's some kind of native African deer - Ed]. Maybe I watch more TV than you do? I don't think I've heard anyone say a bad word about, Hot Damn!, but this time it's different, I'm hearing people from everywhere rave about Gutter Phenomenon. It's great that we have branched out. I think there are certain bands who try to nail themselves down to one fanbase but with us I think across the board anyone who is just into music will find something to appreciate about us. But you know, it's put us in the position where now more people are paying attention so there's more people to make fun of us if they want to. So there's obviously some people backlashing. But they are people that were never really around before, which is funny. But I expect that, the more people keep an eye out for you the more people are gonna say shitty things. There's a couple of people who think this is our first CD, or people who have never seen us play live who want to say bad things, so I don't let it bother me. I think some people wanted another Hot Damn! and they didn't get it and that's kinda bumming them out but I think those people will be persuaded the more they listen and pay attention.