Where did the name Army of Anyone come from?
Army of Anyone was at the tail end of about an eight-month process to find a name. It was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done in my life. It was harder than quitting drinking. Because this was the introduction to you’re in a band with three other dudes. But then it became this mission to satisfy everybody with the name. The managers didn’t care, they’re like, “It’s totally up to you. Do what you want.” But you’d listen to their opinion anyway. It was kind of one of those things where everybody had a say. You’d say a potential name of the band and it was shot down in five seconds. So finally, I started getting to a point where it’s like—see, I knew that if you’re gonna name a band, you can’t just throw something out like, “Hey, Filter” and it’s done. All those names are taken. All the one-word names are gone. So it was like you almost needed a big sentence, but it had to kind of represent who we were, and what this band about is a unification. We want to bring people together. We want
