Published by
Rhea on
July 21, 2008
Starting out small and quickly gaining success is a great band of 5 guys from Tempe, Arizona. The Maine started out in 2007, released their EP The Way We Talk (2007) and not more than a year after, released their debut album Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (2008). The success of The Maine has come very quickly and anymore, it seems they’re all that people talk about.
The release of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop came after several months of recording in Hollywood, some confusion about what to title it, and great success when released. “I was sitting up all night and I was just like stressing about it because we had a lot of lyrics written and I didn’t know what I wanted to exactly title the album, but I guess it describes our mentality and the way we like to do things,” front man John O’Callaghan states. Only two days after the release did O’Callaghan talk about how successful he thought it was, “On the friends and family front, they like it. Hopefully it’s that way (for everyone),” he laughs.
Touring with bands like Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte, and Metro Station is a big break for The Maine. They are playing bigger venues and hanging with bigger bands. When asked to describe being on tour with Boys Lie Girls, Good Charlotte, and Metro Station, O’Callaghan described it as “amazing”. “I don’t think that any of us are still taking it all in… Good Charlotte was huge in my life. The shows have been crazy, we’ve played two so far and both of them have been insane,” O’Callaghan smiles.
Considering how young these guys are and how much they are touring, they have to keep themselves entertained while on the road. They spend much of their time on the computer, sleeping, driving, playing Frisbee, and they do “a ritual before every show” to get themselves pumped up. The “ritual” is this “quirky little dance thing,” as O’Callaghan puts it.
The band is currently on The Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour with bands Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte, and Metro Station until August 26. Watch out for them to come to a city near you. Also, if you haven’t yet heard their album Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, go to the nearest store and buy it, trust me, it’s worth it.
To view more pictures from the concert, please be sure to check out the gallery.
Published by
Rhea on
July 11, 2008
Starting out no more than 6 months ago in Washington is the one and only Miles From Home. “I knew (singer) Adam and (keyboardist) Cameron way back in high school”, says drummer Kayden Ressel, “ We played in bands back in high school and then Adam moved to California and then we went to college.” This sounds like it could be the end, but it’s not even the beginning. Miles From Home had released their EP This City Life earlier this year when front man Adam Oliveras moved back from California to Washington to join his fellow band mates and high school friends. This City Life has already become a great success, with receiving extremely high popularity ratings on Itunes, many of the guys didn’t know what to say. “I’m just thankful and happy that everything is going really well,” smiles guitarist Charlie Bailey. With a similar reaction is other guitarist, Zach Palmer. “It’s like people we’ve never met before telling us that stuff, it’s just incredibly surreal,” Palmer laughs.
Going on their first official tour, Miles From Home is learning what it’s like to live in a van and travel for months, or at least a month. “It’s been fun, we’ve never toured before so it’s like a learning experience”, bassist Chris Darling states. What’s the best part about being on tour? Let’s ask keyboardist Cameron Schnell. “Getting to hang out with these crazy kids *points to the rest of the band*. Everyone in the band is pretty much my best friend, so it’s pretty fun,” Schnell laughs.
Trying to keep the smiles going, all of the members of the band were asked the same strange question. Each one of them was asked to say a line from the song There’s Only One Think I About You and It’s Not Your Personality, which they play and or sing every night. They were asked how many times they could say the line Supposedly I’m supposed to be so subtly sweetly sweeping you off your feet without messing up. “Supposedly I’m supposed to be so subtly sweetly sweeping you off your feet, supposedly I’m supposed to be so subtly sweep, oh, there it goes. Just once, you got me,” Oliveras laughs. Most of the guys attempted it, but none of them were able to say it more than once. If you have some spare time on your hands, you should try it out, how many times can you say it without messing up?
Miles From Home is a group of six of the most fun loving guys I have seen and met. At the shows, they will come out and meet fans, and for a short time, they are still on tour with Racing Kites and Scenes and Sirens. After this tour, they are going to take a short little break, hopefully release their full length album early 2009 and then go on tour full time. “We’re supposed to have it (the album) done by the end of Christmas break and then we’re going to take some time off of school and tour full time, so we have to have it done by that first tour”, Darling tells.
Like mentioned before, take the time out to check out Miles From Home. They are going to be on tour on and off throughout the rest of July and August.
To view more pictures of Miles From Home, please visit the gallery.
