Krautdog's Interview with Saves The Day

The Warped Tour was in Dallas this weekend, and Saves the Day was on the Texas leg of the tour. Right after they played, I was able to get a chance to sit down with Chris and Ted. The interview was rather brief and choppy, but hey, I'd been standing out in the Dallas heat all day and I didn't have any questions prepared before hand. Here at Krautdog their CD, "Through Being Cool" rarely leaves the tape deck. They were cool enough to answer some of my questions, take a couple pictures and give a couple of high fives. Here's what they had to say:

Gavin: I thought that you handled that heckler very well. Is that like a scripted thing or was just a spontaneous response?

Chris: I've actually just started getting very vicious, actually. I usually am not that vicious, but now I just wanna rip their balls off. Fuck him, fuck them, fuck their fuckin' moms!

Gavin: You guys remind me of a couple bands, Guns-N-Roses...

Chris: That's awesome, their like my favorite band! Appetite is like my favorite album. I've never stopped listening to it.

Gavin: ...Pearl Jam...

Chris: Awesome! Versus is a tremendous album, Elderly Woman and Animal are incredible. Hey (to the other guys in the band) this guy says we remind him of Guns-N-Roses and Pearl Jam!

Gavin: What was the first CD you bought?

Chris: Aerosmith. Aerosmith Classic Live 2.

Gavin: What is your favorite movie?

Chris: Magnolia, P. T. Anderson is a genius. Maybe Wizard of Oz..

Gavin: What is your favorite book?

Chris: I am a ferocious reader. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Hemingway. I wept like a baby after that one. Independence Day by Richard Ford. Anything by Raymond Carver.

Gavin: Damn, I can't remember the first Carver story I read.

Chris: Maybe Cathedral?

Gavin: That was it! Definitely. Who are some of your major influences?

Chris: Definitely Carver. The way he wrote about love.

Gavin: Thanks, hey let's hear from him a little (pointing at Ted). How did this band get together? Ted: We went to high school together. I've known these guys since we went to camp when we were little.

Gavin: What is Saves the Day? What does it stand for?

Ted: Gosh, I don't know. There are just so many crappy band names out there.

Gavin: What do you consider to be the worst ones?

Ted: Well, the obvious ones are KoRn and Limp Bizkit. Chris: I mean KoRn with a "k" and a backwards "r."

Gavin: Thanks a lot guys, Good Luck and keep on the hecklers!