Has having that fan base affected the band writing for When The World Comes Down?
We’ve always had a strong fan base of younger kids. We don’t see it as bad thing, cause there’s always been a balance of older people too. Especially the in past year we’ve seen our fan base actually become a lot heavier on the 20-somethings and beyond, so it seems like something is happening where we’re transcending a lot of what’s expected of us,fan-wise. That or all our formerly young fans are just older now cause we take so damn long to make records! But it didn’t affect the writing. We write what we write. Our first focus is to entertain ourselves before we worry about anyone else. When I last saw the band live it was with Fall Out Boy, which was a while ago. How has the band grown since that time? We’ve just seen a lot of the world and done a lot living in that time. We’ve become closer as a band too. We’re still the same people, but as with anyone else, as time goes on your experiences help shape you. The band, as I recall, has a nice Ohio connection. Can you talk about that? We
