How did Warners react to hearing the album?
Lags: Positively. Well, they let us in the building today . . . Steph: Well, we were more nervous about it than they were. They’ve come back and they’re really behind it. It’s crazy. Well, it’s a double edged sword isn’t it? I can see why some people would be suspicious of a punk band signing to Warners but at the same time they’ve got a lot of hectic acts like Mastodon and The Flaming Lips. Stu: Well that’s it and everyone’s worried that when you sign to a major label that you’re going to change your sound in order to sell more records but they signed Gallows and they’ve got a 101 other bands on the roster that fill every other niche that they want to market to. They don’t want us to sound like Green Day because they’ve already got Green Day. They signed Gallows because they want to put out our music. So while I can understand why people would be concerned about us getting into bed with them people need to remember that we’ve got full control over everything that we do and they do sup
