Question: How many rounds of demos do you guys usually record before you decide to record the actual album? Any enlightenment on the whole recording process for STD would be greatly appreciated. Thanks John

Answer: it depends on the songs. some songs feel great right from the start, and we don't need to re-record it. some of the songs we wanted to hear how it would sound with different tempos and dynamics, so we did multiple versions of a single song. it's cool to hear how the sounds in our heads actually sound laid down, so that we're more prepared when we actually start recording the album.

Answered by arun on Jun 29th 2009

Question: Deep question time. If you could be a candy, what would you be?

Answer: atomic fireball perhaps?

Answered by arun on Jun 29th 2009

Question: hey Arun, how much of your own style are you bringing to the table. Can we expect some funky new sounds to come with your addition to the line up?

Answer: this record has my stank all over it. i'm definitely trying to bring new sounds to the table, while keeping the vibe very much STD. i hope you like it.

Answered by arun on Jun 29th 2009

Question: Hey there. If you were in your kitchen when a violent alien attacks your home what would you use to defend yourself and why?

Answer: my french press, because it's made of glass and makes the coffee taste oh so goooood.

Answered by arun on Jun 26th 2009

Question: Hey guys, any plans to come to the UK in the near future? would be awesome to see you up here in Manchester :)

Answer: i agree, it would be awesome to play manchester. we plan on doing UK and mainland europe to support daybreak, we're stoked!

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: So, are you guys going to stick with Hudson / Stenman combo to engineer the new album? Under the Boards sounds great! Also, please say you are going to include another DVD like you had with UTB. Good Stuff!!!

Answer: marc hudson will be at the engineering helm for daybreak. yes, we are planning to have a DVD for the release as well.

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: When can you come to Portland, OR and hang out? That's a pretty simple question, if I do say so...

Answer: i love portland, great vegan brunch restaurants...so hopefully soon.

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: this may have been asked but how do you conquer the whale??? and is that a phone book in the pool??

Answer: not sure how to conquer the whale, but i'm open to suggestions. don't know if that was a phone book, but that'd be pretty funny.

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: Hey what heave you guys been up to lately? There haven't been any updates.

Answer: we've been working hard on daybreak.. we should have some updates up within the next week.

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: hey guys have you seen the tv show called weeds! its a good show yo i was thinking chris conley hasent put up a song in a long time he should do a cover song of little boxes it would be sweet and maybe showtime will put it up on their episode of a up coming show yo!! or it would be sweet to just hear him rock that song out yo or even make a full band cover of it thanks if ya read this yo

Answer: i loved the first season of weeds, but haven't kept up since then...been meaning to buy the DVDs. once they have another 10 grand contest for the "little boxes" theme, we'll submit an entry.

Answered by arun on Jun 23rd 2009

Question: Hey Arun, I guess you're probably pretty pissed about the Penguins (or Peng-wins if you prefer) beating the Red Wings at home. Just wanted to stop by and sort of rub it in since you dissed Pittsburgh so bad. Ok. Cool. Hope daybreak is coming along well! Can't waiiit!

Answer: not gonna lie, i was pretty bummed, so feel free to rub it in. i won't get into my conspiracy theories about the officiating. detroit simply ran out of gas, and the injuries took it's toll. pittsburgh played great, and deserved to win. enjoy your parade, you guys have a great city. since hockey is my favorite sport, and i'm a wings fan, i tend to be a little spoiled. remember, 4 cups in 11 years, and everyone is under contract for next year too.. maybe it'll be another rematch. as for daybreak, the songs sound great right now. we'll hopefully have updates soon. however, since you're a penguins fan you'll be the last to hear it.

Answered by arun on Jun 14th 2009

Question: when you come down and play in México? what do i need to bring you here put up a show, drink tecates and make a party with all your fanseses, i mean how much $$ do i need or what! i have been waitin for ten long years! so be nice and answer me. checo

Answer: you had me at tecate. throw in never ending tequila drinks and it's a done deal.

Answered by arun on Jun 6th 2009

Question: arun, what will be your victory celebration if the red wings win the stanley cup? what will do to drown your misery if the penguins come back and win?

Answer: here's the thing.. yes, i expect the wings to full recovery and win what is now a best of three. i'll be in california, and i'll have my own victory parade. however, if the wings lose, yes i'll be disappointed but i've also been fortunate that i've seen the wings win 4 out of the last 11 cups, which is really hard to do in the NHL..harder than any other sport in my opinion. but let's not talk about that... the wings will win, and it'll be 5 out of the last 12 cups. you'll see.

Answered by arun on Jun 6th 2009

Question: In one or two of the recent videos I heard what sounded like ska music in the background. What are some of your favorite ska bands, albums and songs? Do some of you love it and some hate it?

Answer: we listen to a ton of reggae. not sure what video you're talking about, but lately i've been listening to the trojan dub and soulful reggae boxsets. i highly recommend it. trojan records also put out a boxset called "mod reggae" that has some more ska-like stuff on it (like the specials.) i like delroy wilson, the congos, chosen few, marley, burning spear..just to name a few..

Answered by arun on Jun 6th 2009

Question: arun, i have been playing a lot of nhl 08 lately, one of my favorite sports games of all time. i have yet to get my hands on a copy of 09. is it worth it. and if i do pick it up, are you down for some online battles?

Answer: i haven't played '08, but i have been playing '09 and i love it. i might be down for some online battles. i gotta be honest, i've been on fire lately. been destroying the computer, and chris on a regular basis. so yeah, if you've got what it takes... dibs on detroit though. non negotiable.

Answered by arun on Jun 5th 2009

Question: Neutral Milk Hotel?

Answer: totally.

Answered by arun on Jun 1st 2009

Question: Arun, where was the first show you played with Saves the Day?

Answer: in des moines at the people's court. it would have been first avenue in minneapolis, but bad weather prevented us from making the show.

Answered by arun on Jun 1st 2009

Question: hey this is sid the kid and im comin to kick aruns six string playin ass...you can bring it too Durijah...

Answer: i own your ass, cindy crosby.

Answered by hank zetterberg on Jun 1st 2009

Question: arun what is your favorite saves the day record and why and also are you a fan of the cardigans by any chance?

Answer: i really like playing everything from in reverie through under the boards, i think it's more relevant to where the band is heading and to me is more interesting musically. as for the cardigans, i'm a HUGE fan of the band, have been for many years now. one of the most interesting and underrated pop bands around.

Answered by arun on Jun 1st 2009

Question: arun, in the video Leaving Arun, your van looked like a rape truck. It was prolly because it was from that inside angle and it was dark and all. So. Ever been mistaken for a rape truck? Ice cream truck? Anything else? Do kids notice you guys from the street and chase you down to talk? Never? Do they run in the opposite direction instead screaming 'RAPE VAN GUYS FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK' instead? Love you all.

Answer: never been mistaken for a rape truck..maybe if it were a 60's VW van, then perhaps. on the outside, the van is nice. i can see why you would think that, the inside of the van (as seen in the videos) was like a pit of despair, a fart chamber of lost hopes and dreams. all food consumed inside of the van tasted like sadness. i can't believe i'm even answering this right now...

Answered by arun on May 29th 2009

Question: arun, If your still in the D, we should meet at the joe for a playoff game and fuckin party.

Answer: i won't be in the D for the finals. we just started pre-production for daybreak out in california, but i've instituted a rehearsal blackout while the games are on. wings in 6.

Answered by arun on May 28th 2009

Question: I feel compelled to ask this in all caps. IS THERE GOING TO BE A "MAKING OF..." DVD ALONG WITH DAYBREAK? And since this is a secondary question, I will put it in the annoying lowercase/uppercase wording. wIlL yOu Be CoMiNg To PoR-- nah forget it-- Can you please please come to Portland, Oregon on the next tour?!

Answer: YES....and yes.

Answered by arun on May 28th 2009

Question: hey chris im a huge std fan!! i luv your music and lyrics!! but any plans on making a tab songbook?? i would love to see an in reverie tab songbook!! and arun it seems like you are a very cool person, i wish the best luck playin guitar for std! greetings from mexico

Answer: haven't really discussed anything about a tab book. i know there are some things floating around online, but not sure how accurate they are. you try learning songs by ear, it's the best way to learn an instrument. and thanks for kind words. you're right, i'm a very cool person.

Answered by arun on May 28th 2009

Question: do you guys have any tips for someone who is just getting into playing bass guitar? also do you know any songs that would be easy to learn to play on bass?

Answer: listen to motown (james jamerson basslines) and the paul mccartney's basslines in the beatles and you'll off to a great start.

Answered by arun on May 26th 2009

Question: Hey thanks for the reply. There's some pretty rad ones. The Queers are playing here in June and The Weakerthans played in April. And Vancouver is a ferry ride away, I'm just a broke student. But I will save up, enough for a ferry ticket, show ticket and to buy you guys a drink. Yes?

Answer: deal. i'll take a bushmills on the rox.

Answered by arun on May 26th 2009

Question: arun 3 questions....1) what do you think of the british music scene? we have some budding talent in you me at six, kids in glass houses, bring me the horizon, the blackout etc. you like? 2) midtown or cobra starship? 3) will durijah ever answer some questions again?

Answer: 1. not too familiar with all the current british stuff. i grew up on the whole mid-90's brit pop scene... i love blur, stone roses, the verve, things like that... i'll have to check those bands out that you're talking about. 2. i prefer midtown, those dudes and i go way back. they used to always crash at my place in detroit when they would play here. 3. i'm sure durijah will make his triumphant return to the Q&A, as his answers are best out of all of us.

Answered by arun on May 26th 2009

Question: Arun, what songs are you looking forward to learning for the next tour?

Answer: to be honest, i'm really looking forward to the stuff off daybreak that we'll be playing, cause it's stuff that i'll feel more a part of. but for older stuff, the in reverie stuff will be fun.. i've been listening to sound the alarm a lot lately. "woe" from under the boards will be fun too. i plan on learning everything eventually.

Answered by arun on May 26th 2009

Question: Arun, west side, east side, or down river? or way up in the burbs>?

Answer: west side, between detroit and ann arbor. i spent time living in both ann arbor and detroit at various points, but grew in between them. i'm currently living out of a suitcase, deciding if i'll be staying here in detroit or out in california.

Answered by arun on May 26th 2009

Question: Arun...is that like macaroon? Macaroon Arun?

Answer: never heard that one before.

Answered by arun on May 24th 2009

Question: Hello to my favorite STD. If by 'touring everywhere' I really hope that means you'll make a stop to Victoria B.C? It's like Vancouver only on an island. Yes?

Answer: are there cool venues in victoria? if not, how far is vancouver? i know we'll make it there...

Answered by arun on May 23rd 2009

Question: arun, are you playing nhl 09 on xbox live? If so whats ur gamertag? I'll play against you n shit.

Answer: i play it on xbox, but don't have a gamertag. i'll look into getting one. dibs on detroit.

Answered by arun on May 21st 2009

Question: Chris, will you be seen sporting the pink hair again anytime soon? Also will you guys be touring Australia again before or after the release of Daybreak? (:

Answer: chris will not be sportin' the pink hair under penalty of death by tennis racket. no more touring until daybreak is done, but we will be touring everywhere in support of it.

Answered by arun on May 21st 2009

Question: "...but we will be touring everywhere in support of it." Does "everywhere" include LA?

Answer: LA as in los angeles or louisiana? yes to both.

Answered by arun on May 21st 2009

Question: Arun, what part of India is your family from? And what's your favorite video game?

Answer: my family is from chennai, formally known as madras. my favorite video games currently are NHL '09 and halo 3 for xbox, and zelda for the wii. i'm looking forward to picking up fable 2. i've only recently gotten back into playing video games, playing in saves the day will do that to you.

Answered by arun on May 18th 2009

Question: I'm big into gear and was wondering what kind of telecaster you play Arun? Tis beautiful and sounds amazing! Original pickups? Also I was wondering what kind of acoustic Chris uses for most of the videos? For what it's worth I've seen STD 5 times now and I was kind of going into this last show (Nashville 5/14) weary with the loss of Dave but you guys rocked it and it was the best performance I've seen of Saves the Day. I love Dave but I'm stoked to have Arun as a replacement.

Answer: thanks for the kind words bret. my telecaster is an american deluxe, but i've done a lot of mods to it. i'm sort of a tinkerer, and can't leave anything stock (except for my vintage gear.) i added a bigsby tremolo to it, which i love. it's really become a part of my sound, i use quite a bit. the pickups are made by this guy in richmond, VA named lindy fralin. i highly recommend his pickups, they are the bees knees. i'll post a video in the next couple of weeks showing what i've done to it. as for chris' acoustic, i'm pretty sure he's using a gibson hummingbird for most if not all the videos. it sounds amazing.

Answered by arun on May 18th 2009

Question: you up for some shots n beer at the fillmore? maybe rounds at chelli's?

Answer: i was in the state bar with some friends, where were you? how about a $6 miller lite? what are they thinking in there?

Answered by arun on May 18th 2009

Question: Arun, what songs do you plan on learning for the next tour? You were awesome on the alkaline trio tour, but I'm hoping you have some time to sink your teeth into the rest of the STD catalog for the next tour.

Answer: for the next headlining tour we are looking to have 50-60 songs to choose from. lots of work to do for "daybreak," but i promise i'll try my best to learn most of the catalog for when we start touring again.

Answered by arun on May 18th 2009

Question: Arun, are you by chance a fan of Vulcans? I just saw Star Trek....

Answer: i'm planning on seeing star trek today. our tour manager marc kept calling me "the indian vulcan" all tour. i think it's the hair....

Answered by arun on May 17th 2009

Question: Arun! This is Sean Gauvreau. You and I used to hang out at shows and whatnot in Detroit. I think we hung out for some reason once. You were always an excellent musician and I'm glad to see you're putting that to good use in Saves The Day. I am living in Ottawa, Ontario right now. I am married and we have our first kid on the way. I'm still playing music, but not in crappy metal bands anymore.

Answer: you lived one street over from me. long time no talk. congrats on the baby, and thanks for the nice words. i see your sister around from time to time. when we play canada, drop me a line and we'll grab a bite to eat and hang.

Answered by arun on May 15th 2009

Question: PLEASE say that Daybreak is gonna be released this year! we are all dying to hear it!

Answer: the plan is to have it out by the year's end. we start working on it right after the alkaline trio tour. we ask for a little patience, and in return we'll deliver daybreak and it will rock your earholes off.

Answered by arun on May 15th 2009

Question: Will you ever come to vancouver or victoria BC Canada???

Answer: hells yes. hopefully i can get tickets to a canucks game.

Answered by arun on May 15th 2009

Question: Serious question..Do you ever think you will play in the UK again? As i have never seen you and am thinking ill never get the chance

Answer: after the new record there will be a lot of european touring, including many a UK shows. we're stoked.

Answered by arun on May 15th 2009

Question: Arun, how bad are you gonna cry when the Blackhawks kick some red wings behind??

Answer: ask me that question again after the wings have their second straight stanley cup parade, and 5th in 12 years.. sorry chicago, not this year... your time will come soon though, that's a good team for years to come.

Answered by arun on May 15th 2009

Question: Would you ever play at a wedding?

Answer: depends, will there be an open bar?

Answered by arun on May 11th 2009

Question: who is your daddy, and what does he do?

Answer: i'm detective john kimball, i'm a cop you idiot!

Answered by arun on May 11th 2009

Question: Arun, i see you are a detroit red wings fan, and a hockey fan in general. Sooo i must ask, what was you feeling about the devils hurricanes series? i was at game 7 and yes i am a devils fan. I am disgusted at how the last 1:30 of the game played, but anyways i am now goin for the red wings to win it all now because of brian rafalski due to the fact that he was a pretty good devil. no hard feelings about the 1995 cup?

Answer: i can't believe the canes beat the devils this year.. i thought with parise would have carried them but i guess the playoffs are weird that way. no hard feelings about 95, we did win the next two after that and 4 of the last 11, and will probably win again this year. rafalski was great on the devils, but he grew up in detroit so it's great to see him playing in detroit. although he was out for game 2 and i think he's out for game 3 as well in the anaheim series. hopefully he'll be back soon.

Answered by Arun on May 5th 2009

Question: What's your favorite chord?

Answer: i'm searching for the chord that can cause an instant orgasm, or a chord to represent one.

Answered by arun on May 4th 2009

Question: arun, did you see the hit on hudler tonite? was it a dirty hit yes or no and does it deserve a suspension? if so how many games?

Answer: i wasn't able to watch the game, but was getting real time updates on my phone. saw the highlights later, total bullshit. i'm all for brutal hitting, but i thought that one was dirty and deserved at least a one game suspension.

Answered by Arun on May 3rd 2009

Question: Hey guys I'm thinking of buying a Refused CD but i'm not sure which one to buy. Any suggestions?

Answer: "The shape of punk to come" is one of the greatest hardcore records ever IMO. "The songs to fan the flames of discontent" is also a really cool record.

Answered by arun on Apr 30th 2009

Question: I would love to take photos for you guys in detroit, I see you like live shots. Who do I need to talk to so I can get a photopass? Thankyou so much for your time!

Answer: email your contact information to steven@savestheday.com

Answered by Steven Eugene on Apr 30th 2009

Question: Man, you guys were really rolling with the tour updates for a while, videos and all, but now what happened? Taking a little breaky? Well hope you're having tons of fun on the road and see you soon!

Answer: my bad... i had a few busy days, but there is more on the way!  thanks for watching! -steven eugene

Answered by steven eugene on Apr 30th 2009

Question: Can you guys please tell me how to buy the pink Saves the Day shirt?? i was at the nj show last saturday but shit i lost my wallet! will pay for it!!!!!!!! e-mail back! please please please!!!!

Answer: email your contact information to steven@savestheday.com

Answered by steven eugene on Apr 30th 2009

Question: Hey guys im due to have my first baby in August of this year. Im having a boy and am stuck for names. Any suggestions?

Answer: John... Paul... George... Ringo... Barack... Elliott... Christopher... Manuel... Durijah... Arun :)

Answered by Chris on Apr 25th 2009

Question: Dear Jah, Chris, Arun, and Manuel, I've been playing the powerball lately and when I finally hit I plan on giving 1/2 of my $336,000,000 to Saves The Day so that you guys can just chill and record sweet ass music for the rest of your lives. Which leads me to my question, considering my imminent donation, could you do me a solid and send me everything that you've recorded for Daybreak so far?

Answer: let us know when the check is in the mail.

Answered by Arun on Apr 24th 2009

Question: Arun, is there any chance whilst rockin new jersey you could bring some of your hockey equipment and could do some open hockey? I know some greats rinks! Go Devils BTW

Answer: it's possible.. although these days i'm either just watching hockey or playing a hockey video game. go devils?? they won't even make it to the conference finals.

Answered by Arun on Apr 23rd 2009

Question: hey guys do you have plans to have shows here in philipines?wed love to see you here

Answer: i'm totally down to come play there and eat some good pho. hook it up...

Answered by Arun on Apr 23rd 2009

Question: Arun what is your favorite saves the day song? And which is your favorite song to play live?

Answer: my favorite saves the day song is "whole lotta love." my favorite song live is "stairway to heaven."

Answered by Arun on Apr 23rd 2009

Question: hey chris, what happened in milwakuee. i thought you were going to play more songs, but then just walked off.

Answer: T Money, hello, yes Milwaukee was a tough night. sometimes Life deals us all a strange hand and we just have to get through the immediate feelings until Time smoothes things over. i can't get into details. but we were so thankful to see so many of you there to hear our jams. we apologize for cutting things short, as we were merely doing our best to come through in a difficult moment. on a side note, Arun and i were fortunate enough to talk with some of you after the show, and we were overjoyed to meet such wonderful, sweet, smiling people appreciating what we do. we love you. see you next time. C

Answered by chris on Apr 23rd 2009

Question: As musicians with 10+ year histories, you've witnessed first hand how much the music "industry" has changed with the emergence of new technologies. How have these changes affected the band, and has it in any way affected your views on music and the music industry?

Answer: it's done nothing but good things for us.  the ability to find music has increased exponentially.  we want people to hear it.  if they dig, perhaps they come to the show.  at the end of the day, money is irrelevant.  it is more important to me to have rich life experience.  all i care about are our fans.  you.  what fun, we get to see more of each other through this miraculous spongy inter web.  more and more, as music becomes free, it will weed out the less talented acts, because why would anyone listen to herman's hermits over the beatles if both groups offered their music for free?  no brainer.  tantamount tippy toes totter together. C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Hey chris, i noticed you were reading Watchmen. I was wondering if you got a chance to check out the flick yet and what you/and or manny thought of it. Personally I thought it was really cool to see Zak Snyder put the pages of the novel literally on-screen, but was disappointed at how the story and theme was interpreted.

Answer: chris hasn't seen the movie yet, he's still reading it. manny and i have both read the graphic novel and seen the movie. i personally thought it was amazing, i really enjoyed it. i'm sure i'll try to see it again while we're on tour, especially after chris finishes reading it. he's kind of a slow reader though, and his feet stink.

Answered by Arun on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Will you guys consider making a special trip back to Minneapolis at the end of tour? We missed you on 4/18!

Answer: we felt awful that we couldn't play that show. we're trying to figure out how to make it up to you.

Answered by Arun on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Chris, would you ever consider playing a stratocaster live on stage?

Answer: oh smells gels, you know it.  the very first electric guitar i had was a white imitation strat my aunt A bought me.  picked that one cause i was obsessed with jimi hendrix at the time and used to watch the Woodstock movie every single day.  so, yea, it's in the not too distant future which is now after now has happened for awhile then turns into now then. C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Will we ever get to hear "Zebra," "Sister Sophia" or anything else that didn't make it on In Reverie? I hope so!

Answer: tentatively, we're planning to re-release In Reverie with 12 extra songs which didn't make the record.  demos and whatnot.  Zeebs & Sister Sophs and all that shit, Blossom and what have you.  All that.  Then more.  Mos Like.  Maybe Knough (not).  Prolly Like.  Lovee Spike. C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: So I just wanted to say I saw you guys at the metro last night and you were all absolutely amazing. It was my first STD show EVER and I've been listening to you all since I was 13. So needless to say it was magical. My question is how do you feel about moshing to your music? I mean it's sweet to get pumped up about the music, but isn't moshing to shoulder to the wheel a little bit ridiculous? Maybe I'm wrong... Anyhow, thanks for making my first std experience amazing!

Answer: i noticed that people were kinda going off during that song. i guess i've never been into "moshing" myself...i'm too claustrophobic to even stand in crowds. as long as nobody gets hurt, i guess it's cool though.

Answered by Arun on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: saw you in des moines on sunday. arun and alex were awesome, but where is manny???

Answer: manny had to miss that show cause he was filling in for thursday overseas. he met up with us the next day though in chicago. thanks for the kind words.

Answered by Arun on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Chris, when you guys play at the Chameleon Club in Lancaster, can you please do your classic dance like ive seen you do to "at your funeral"? that would be awesome. i cant wait, i've never seen you guys before, tickets were sold out the last time i was trying to get them

Answer: moving as my body moves me

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Hey Chris, is it true that one day you would like to get into producing other bands? I think I read that somewhere. I mean come on, you already have the studio and there are lots of people who would love to hear your influence in other musical works. You should do it.

Answer: i was fortunate enough to work with Dr. Manhattan this past month in Seattle as they recorded their new album Jam Dreams.  we had so much fun chillin' at Casey Bates' studio, all of us talkin' bout music, the band killing it on their jamstruments.  i feel lucky, cosmos beauty thank you, to be able to have the memory in my heart.  and you all would prolly dig their new record hardcore.  i'm obsessing over it now.  and yea, producing is some fun shit, hit me up.  MUSIC! C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: If I were to see you on may 9th in orlando, would you play anything of In Reverie (perferably Anywhere With You) or am i SOL?

Answer: dude that record SUX!!!  (;!)  we had Arun learn 4 tunes from In Reverie, but we will be working on more as we get more comfortable with the 20 tunes we have ready now.  Bee Tea Dubs, In Reverie is my favorite album we've done, so eventually we'll be palying that shit in it's entirety... prolly every night.  So that's my taughts (thoughts).  C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Fight Mick Jagger you pussies!

Answer: sometimes late at night when i go to the bathroom i'll do it "no hands" style, with my palms resting on my lower back. i call it "jagger hands."

Answered by Arun on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Wtf?!?!

Answer: i KNOW! C

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: Christopher, could you do an acoustic "Rise" video for me and my homies?

Answer: good call!  good taste!  will do.  at some point.

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2009

Question: is the show at Rowan University going to be full band or just chris?

Answer: The whole shebang!

Answered by Arun on Apr 21st 2009

Question: Who is the guy who asks the video Q & A questions?

Answer: Check out the video!

Answered by on Apr 20th 2009

Question: In regards to B-sides... Will "Sticky 500" ever surface from the 'sound the alarm' era?

Answer: Check out the video!

Answered by Chris on Apr 20th 2009

Question: Favorite beers?

Answer: amstel light, most hefeweizens, bass on draft, sierra nevada..and when i'm feeling extra classy -- miller lite.   Also check out the video!

Answered by Arun & Chris on Apr 20th 2009

Question: What are your favourite video games? At the moment I am into playing Dead Space.

Answer: Check out the video!

Answered by Chris on Apr 18th 2009

Question: ok the talk about Daybreak has stopped for a while so....... to get this fire going again when can we expect that masterpiece to drop? Understanding the circumstances with the loss of Dave and all, is that going to push the release date off any further than it already is?

Answer: when will then be now. soon.

Answered by Arun on Apr 17th 2009

Question: Arun - what's your overall opinion on Chico?

Answer: it sorta reminds me of a west coast ann arbor, and i love ann arbor.

Answered by Arun on Apr 17th 2009

Question: Guys, you should come to Brazil. There are a lot of people who loves you. Any plans?

Answer: we'd love to come to brazil. that way we can do our tropicalia tribute.

Answered by Arun on Apr 17th 2009

Question: Arun, you should have come and eaten at Caffe Malvina with Steven and me - would have gotten a free meal out of it, haha. Anyhow, not really a question, but welcome to the band and I'm sure it'll be great watching you rock out up on stage.

Answer: the ravioli aurora special there is amazing. looking forward to meeting you.

Answered by Arun on Apr 17th 2009

Question: arun, you know your Airplane!, you're in saves the day, and you're ansering q's on the Schmaves the Schmay board. You're cool in my book, now bring the noise and bring the funk. but this section is for questions so i should end with one, can you and chris post an acoustic video of you two doing ANY song, preferrably a newer one (S.t.Alarm or U.t.Boards)? please.

Answer: keep checking back to the site as we'll be posting a lot of cool video content throughout the course of the tour.

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: Arun, I know you said you only know about 20 songs, any possiblity that one of those songs is my sweet fracture and any chance you guys will play it in chicago on this tour. maybe. possibly. i really hope so. also. favorite band of all time?

Answer: it's possible. maybe. possibly. favorite band of all time? that's kind of a loaded question. depends on genre, mood etc.. i'll get back to you on that one.

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: Hey Arun, Any relation to Arun Bali, the actor? Can't wait to see you guys at Minneapolis this weekend. I'm from Jersey but stationed in North Dakota with the Air Force, and a bunch of us flyboys are taking the 8 hour drive to see you guys. Anyway being a fan of STD for 10 years, I just wanted to welcome you aboard! See you Saturday. John

Answer: no relation to the actor. however, i've always wanted to be one myself. i figure i could do at least as good of a job as the indian dude in the harold and kumar movie. air force eh? i should be thanking you. feel free to introduce yourself (as well as your flyboys)

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: I love me some Detroit! howsabout a prediction for the outcome of the first round of the playoffs? And just out of curiousity how do the other guys in the band feel about our town?

Answer: detroit in 5. i plan on showing those dudes the finer things detroit has to offer.

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: Arun, is it true that Chris will spontaneously combust if you use your tele on stage with Saves The Day? I heard he doesn't like Fender...

Answer: shit i'll have him playing a strat within a month.

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: Arun, are you going to record on Daybreak and future CD's or are you just playing live shows?

Answer: yes i'll be playing on daybreak and future albums as well as live.

Answered by Arun on Apr 16th 2009

Question: Arun, how did you get the saves the day job? And were you a fan before joining the band?

Answer: i think i got the job purely on my looks. also, durijah and i are old friends, and he called me out of the blue and asked if i was into coming and playing with the band for the alkaline trio tour. chris and i hit it off after bonding over our love of the beatles and big star, and i was asked to join full time. as far as being a fan, i remember hearing "in reverie" for the first time way back when it came out and thinking it was great. i've really enjoyed going through the catalog, especially the last three records because i think the band has progressed in a way i can really get into.

Answered by arun on Apr 15th 2009

Question: Arun, this ones coming from Sterling Hts, and I gotta say its super cool to have a Detroit boy in std. Whats your favorite venue to play in metro-detroit? and I gotta ask whos your favorite wings player? Mines Hossa!

Answer: oh man! this might be my favorite question yet! i'm a huge wings fan, and love hockey in general. i grew up playing hockey for my love of steve yzerman. i think my current favorite is pavel datsyuk. i hope hossa gets to stay in detroit. as far as detroit venues go, i've always loved playing the magic stick. the sound isn't always great there, but i've always had a great time there. i guess it changes from time to time though. i'm looking forward to playing the fillmore on this tour, never played there. haha, nice name by the way. you know i used to have a practice space right next to darren mccarty when he was in that "grinder" band? they were terrible!

Answered by Arun on Apr 15th 2009

Question: Do you like David Bowie? If so which one 70's crack addicted Bowie or 80's Bowie from the movie The Labyrinth?

Answer: David Bowie from steven eugene on Vimeo.

Answered by Chris on Apr 13th 2009

Question: What's your favorite STD song to play? And what's your favorite STD song to listen to?

Answer: i'm really enjoying listening to everything.. it's great for me cause the band has such a cool history of songs, so going through them has been a blast. i've been enjoying playing "head for the hills" and "kaleidoscope" but i'm sure it'll change from time to time.

Answered by Arun on Apr 13th 2009

Question: Aurn Favorite food? favorite animal? favorite movie? favorite season?

Answer: favorite food is indian food. since i am indian, my mom makes amazing indian food. i enjoy anything spicy though -- thai, middle eastern. i'm vegetarian too. favorite animal would be my dog... she's a lab/collie mix. favorite movie changes all the time. can't go wrong with the godfather 1 and 2, star wars (4-6), dario argento movies, most will ferrell stuff, lots of foreign films. my new favorite is a swedish movie called "let the right one in." i highly recommend it. favorite season would be spring and/or summer. i'm from detroit, and our winters are brutal. so when spring comes around it's nice to finally enjoy warm weather. detroit summers can be rather enjoyable, lots of cool things to do.

Answered by Arun on Apr 13th 2009

Question: hi guys, I've just read Bret Easton Ellis' American pyscho and the final words in the book are 'this is not an exit' just wondered if you guys used it as a reference and also if any of you have read and enjoyed the book? thanks.

Answer: one of my favorite books of all time, but i don't think chris was making a reference to it. (addendum: ok, so i was wrong..it was a reference to it.)

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: Hello all, I am so psyched about this upcoming tour!! I already have tickets to seven shows! Are you guys going to change your sets up each show??

Answer: 7 shows? wow, that's impressive. i only know 20 songs, cut me some slack jack.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: can i touch your cheek somewhere?

Answer: wash your hands first

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: I'm driving from canada through north dakota to see you next weekend in minneapolis! my question is, will the red river flooding situation be resolved by then or should I pack a canoe as well?

Answer: i once did a series of exotic photos in a canoe. i'm sorry, what was your question?

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: Is Chris gunna do any more Apple store appearances? I never heard about them until the videos were posted. Seattle Loves you.

Answer: not sure, but i'll be at an apple store soon cause my iPod just shit the bed.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: oh andddd, who are you listening to a lot at the moment :) peace & love

Answer: i would love to come and play australia. i'm the new guy in the band, and i wish i could have been on board for the soundwave fest shows.. as far as what's getting spun lately, i just downloaded the new superdrag record. other than that, all i've really listened to in the last few months are old soul records. there is a great label called "numero group" that releases a lot of great compilations, i highly recommend it if you're into that sorta thing. i've also been listening to a lot of saves the day, cause there is a lot of material to cover there!

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: do any of you guys use that twitter thing and follow mark hoppus around? he's eating at a restaurant alone right now wondering what to do while he waits. maybe you can give him some advice.

Answer: i personally do not twitter (is that a verb?) i'm not able to follow mark hoppus around, the restraining order against me prohibits it.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: Durijah, I think Chris said in some interview one time that your also a good guitar player. With that being said, and with David being gone are you going to write/record any guitar parts for the new album?

Answer: god i hope not.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: Do you guys think Anime is lame? I really like it, what about you guys?

Answer: i LOVE anime, at least i used to..don't watch it as much these days. my favorites are ninja scroll, visions of escaflowne, akira, and vampire hunter D.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: Arun, were you in any bands before Saves The Day? If so, which ones?

Answer: i was most recently in a band called eons, and various other bands from detroit and/or chicago. sometimes after i've had several bushmills on the rocks, i'm simultaneously at a barbeque in my mind and was also in the band of gypsys, but i don't think that counts.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: alright, wheres durijah and why does he smell like goat butter?

Answer: i hear he's playing thrash tamborine for the offspring now.

Answered by Arun on Apr 12th 2009

Question: hey jah, just a few questions. You ever been in a cockpit before? You ever seen a grown man naked? Tell me, Durijah, do you like movies about gladiators? Ever been in a... in a Turkish prison?

Answer: durijah has never seen the movie "airplane." he has never heard of ted stryker. wait, that's not exactly true, they are like brothers.

Answered by Arun on Apr 10th 2009

Question: remember your brother dwayne?

Answer: man, why you gotta bring that up?  

Answered by greg alman on Apr 7th 2009

Question: What is your favorite Say Anything song?

Answer: futile

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: where's the love where's the love tonight? but there's no love man there's no love and the kids are uptight

Answer: right? thats what im sayin

Answered by jah on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Hey let's be drinking buddies. Ok let's start with this. Besides mojitos...which one? Irish car bombs...or Long island iced tea? If neither then you're a terrible friend.

Answer: um........both, duh! i got the first round. im such a sick friend!

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Do any of you guys ever go to other bands' concerts?

Answer: not as much as i would like to

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Hey man, im gonna go on my first date, any ideas what I should do? were going to the park, oh and have you killed any zombies lately?

Answer: no zombie killing as of late but i think you should go skydiving on your date.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Why do you condone these stupid questions? Why even bother answering the stupid ones?

Answer: because the serious ones always seem to either get me into trouble or bum me out. besides, i can have fun with the answers to the more absurd questions. why you gotta rain on my parade?

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: How tall is dave?

Answer: 13 feet tall.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: hey, could you guys do me a solid and play at Bonnaroo? All the bands that are tied for 2nd favorite are going to be there, so it'd be nice if my undisputed #1 favorite would come out for the festival. Anyway, see you in Tennessee!

Answer: we were not invited. i feel so slighted

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Do you think that waitress at IHOP knew you were from Glassjaw and thought she was being clever?

Answer: no i don't, but your pun is pretty clever. you just read that or you been working on your pun since i posted my ihop story? either way, it made me smile

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: First, sick band, keep making music. Awesome tunes! Question: Do you ever stop and realize how lucky you are to play music? Do you ever think "Wow, this is all pretty awesome, how it turned out so far"?

Answer: first- thank you. second- everyday, it all been really great. i have had so much fun playing and meeting people. i have a lot of really awesome memories. even the low points are really special in retrospect.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Are any of you guys Straight Edge?

Answer: no sir. but we all love youth of today and judge

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: I was interested in how you felt about the Rhianna/Chris Breezy scandal?! Did you know he bit her fingers?! I need to know

Answer: seriously dude?

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Are you guys really emo? Or do you just make the music?

Answer: im not sure what it means to be "emo". so i guess we might just make the music. but then again i still don't know what makes music "emo". you stumped me

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: no offense to Manuel but what happened to Eben?

Answer: manny is sooooo offended. but eben is an underwear model now, just like marky mark.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Hey hey hey!!!!! what's up guys? you are my favorite. what are the chances you'll be back in NJ for Bamboozle???

Answer: not this year, sorry.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Is in reverie out of print? I went to like 5 different stores in my area and i couldnt find a copy.

Answer: i think it might be, i know it's hard as hell to find.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: why aren't I playing in australia?

Answer: i shouldn't have to explain this to you dave. you know why

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Duh-raja, your drumming was amazing during the shows in Australia, keep it coming, I was wondering if Dave left the band or if he just could not make the tour. I came all the way from Iowa to see you guys at the Soundwave Festival,

Answer: while i was less than pleased with my playing in aus, im glad you enjoyed it. as im sure you may of heard dave has left the band. more importantly, you flew from Iowa to australia to see us play? thats absolutely outrageous. i hope we came through on your expectations. im bummed if i travel an hour of two to see a show and im not impressed. fingers crossed -d

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: is dave okay? is he still in the band?

Answer: dave is better than ok

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: dear saves the day; i read that either one of you, or all of you enjoy bourbon to some extent. i enjoy bourbon as well, like 'maker's mark' and 'knob creek', also 'blanton's single barrel' is a nice treat. my question is; do we share tastes in bourbon, and what kind of bourbon do you like? lastly, i would just like to add, that you are my favourite band of all time. thanks!

Answer: im the bourbon guy,i lived in the south for a few years and got hooked on bourbon and ginger. i pretty much like it all. but the ones you named are some of my favs. we definately share tastes in bourbon when i can afford to have taste. glad you like what we do, thanks for the message

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: I have fallen in love with the beauty of the songs and sounds that you experimented with on "In Reverie"... Is there a chance you ever give that style a try again? I think your fans are ready now--I know I am.

Answer: if pay close attention you'll hear that we have been sneaking it in ever since then. shhhh don't tell anyone

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: ummm, dave's still in the band right? cause if not i will cry for years.

Answer: can i get you a Kleenex? or maybe some water?

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: D, my friend is sitting next to me reading My Chemical Romance's blog. WHat do you think about that? YOu into them?

Answer: fuck the haters, i like my chem. they worked their asses off and wrote some cool songs. i know it's "really cool" to shit on a band once their doing well, but im not into that.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Just wondering when you guys will be in texas. Preferably austin or even san antonio. thanks

Answer: im in texas right now. but not either of those places.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: I'm feeling restless Durijah.

Answer: do some deep breathing. maybe go for a jog

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: yesterday i chris browned my best friend tom because he said that rap is crap. Do you agree with him?

Answer: i don't know what you mean by browned. did you poop on him? douse him with olive oil and throw him in an oven that had been preheated to 450 degrees? but no i don't agree at all.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Does anyone like Elvis Costello?

Answer: oh, me, me, me i do!!

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: spring break???!

Answer: whooo???!

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Everything sucks. How is a caterpillar supposed to fly out of the cocoon if it is made out of ding ding cant break it metal?

Answer: wow im so confused about what i just read. caterpillars don't fly tho. thats all i got, god speed

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Why is In Reverie excluded from iTunes? Don't you love it enough to let it fly with the rest of the digital music world?

Answer: itunes hates our freedom

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: durijah, why you no likey the taste and smell of the hot garbage-a?

Answer: i dunno, im just funny that way i guess. i don't like ice cream either, go figure.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: why do i always find myself so interested in all of these questions and answers that really have no relevance to anything? should i be letting them occupy my time?

Answer: i find myself asking the same question quite often. i don't really have a good answer for you.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: who is your favorite philosopher to read? ...mine is kierkegaard.... incase you were wondering.......

Answer: Descartes is a good read. so is nietzsche, mostly because he was in the dementia phase of syphilis during some of his work.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: So, where do the ducks go in Winter?

Answer: they go take mushrooms in the desert with josh from qotsa. you ever heard the desert sessions records? all the background vocals, ducks. it's crazy

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: no question. just keep rockin <3 you guys so much!

Answer: less then three you more!

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: any plans to come to Brazil? I love you guys... since... ever. and you don't even talk about international tours! what? you don't love me back? is that it? ;*

Answer: we would love to go everywhere, but unless we get invited we usually don't get to go awesome places like Brazil. i went to Argentina once and had a really good time, but something tells me that Brazil would give B.A. a run for it's money.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: why doesn't rolling stone ask dinosaur jr to be on the cover?

Answer: because this question makes me feel really old, that's why

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: It was sad hearing about Dave leaving. You guys are so tight, I can only imagine what this feels like. What are you going to do in terms of a second guitar player? Thanks, Will

Answer: it's a bummer for sure man. dave has become a really good friend of mine over the past two years. but he's doing what he feels like he needs to do. i have to respect that, more than anything i want him to be happy with his life. he seems like he is, so im kinda fine with everything thats happened. as far as second guitar, when we know for sure whats going on we'll let you know.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: whats the deal with in reverie? people seem to shit on it a bit and it's deffinetly my favorite saves the day album. i mean, on the top of this page the only album not listed with a description is in reverie. lame.

Answer: i love the record, im not sure what people are hung up on. maybe it's that you can't really have a bunch of sweaty dudes beat the hell out of each other to that record. dancing with a shirt on and your hands not balled up in fists requires more skill. i still can't do it, but im not above head walking to some in reverie tunes. im hardcore sen!

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Ever think about covering a Zeppelin song? I think you guys would rock No Quarter. Even though it's long, I think it fits with your style. Especially Under The Boards.

Answer: while i would love to cover a zeppelin song, it's terrifying. you really gotta kill it if you do it. if i was partially responsible for ruining a zeppelin song i would feel really bad.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Do you love me?

Answer: why do you always have to ask? is there someone else?

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Are you Guys playing at Beaver Dam Wisconsin Sat Night?

Answer: saturday happens every week. you might want to be more specific. but im gonna go out on a limb and say no. you can hold me to that answer tho

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: Two-parter, second directed at Chris, though maybe durijah could answer too? 1-What made STD decide to switch from cut-and-paste pop punk of Can't Slow Down and Through Beign Cool to the progressive amazingness that proceeded in Stay What You Are and gets rediculously better every album? 2-Was there any thought/reason behind all the vocal changes between albums? Like each time Chris sounds quite different, with the exception of Sound the Alarm and Under The Boards.

Answer: ok, as far as the first question, i think it just tends to happen as you learn more about your craft. As you start listening to different things and get better on your instrument, the possibilities start to expand. im not sure if you have ever skateboarded, but that's a good comparison. when you start skateing your abilities are very limited, so you might stick to olies and grinds and simple curb tricks for a while. but after a while you start getting better and flip tricks and grab tricks become part of your bag of tricks. personally i got to a point with skating where i wasn't skilled enough to do anything new, and i fairly quickly lost interest. if there had been someone telling me that i should only ollie and not do any more complicated tricks i would of bowed out even sooner. if i wasn't interested in moving forward as a musician and just playing the same thing over and over again im pretty sure i would of stopped quite a while ago. as far as the vocal changes, im not really sure what has been behind that. thats a question better answered by the man singing.

Answered by duh-raja on Mar 16th 2009

Question: durijah, why you no likey the blue cheese-a?

Answer: because it tastes the way that hot garbage smells

Answered by duh-raja on Jan 18th 2009

Question: Sexually Transmited Disease?....Really?

Answer: No no no no no.... just scabies.

Answered by Chris on Jan 14th 2009

Question: Oh dear, mind explaining your drug problems?

Answer: honestly i would rather not. it's not a fun subject

Answered by duh-raja on Jan 8th 2009

Question: Does any of Saves the day have or ever had a drug problem, as in an addiction?

Answer: i used to, it's bad news

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 28th 2008

Question: Lennon or McCartney? Choose wisely.

Answer:

Answered by Chris on Dec 15th 2008

Question: Have you been a good boy this year?

Answer: no, but take the coal and stick it up your (expletive deleted)

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 9th 2008

Question: What made you decide to play Kansas City Custom Drums?

Answer: i think they sound really awesome. thats about as far as i thought it through

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 9th 2008

Question: What are you guys doing right now?

Answer: writing music, killing zombies. ya know, stayin busy

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 9th 2008

Question: The question ALL your fans want answered is....... When can we expect Daybreak to be released? And "when it is ready" although an answer, isn't exactly what we are looking for.

Answer: im not really sure, i could give you some arbitrary date that i pulled out of my (expletive deleted), but it would probably just be a bummer when it didn't come out on time. when we know you will

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 9th 2008

Question: is there a way to get a hold of the members of the band personally? i have a question i want to ask chris if/when he could get around to answering.

Answer: (insert band member)@savestheday.com

Answered by duh-raja on Dec 9th 2008

Question: I have a lovely tattoo to submit to you guys. I was just wondering where to send it. I got it about 8 months ago but was too lazy to take a picture of it haha.

Answer: you can send it to steven@savestheday.com

Answered by steven on Nov 24th 2008

Question: I know this sounds stupid, or maybe it doesnt...but this is question and answer. As a new drummer, I would like to know how you tune your kick drum so it sounds as deep and punchy as yours. PLease answer this one I would sooo apreciate it.

Answer: i don't really have a method i just tune it till it sounds right, usually the head facing me a little tighter than the front head

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 16th 2008

Question: Do you ever wake up and say, Damn Im the fucking man... I play drums for fucking saves the day and glassjaw! Fuck I would chop off my cock to be able to say I played one set with one of those bands.

Answer: i don't really ever wake up and say anything like that. but i would advise you to stay away from knives

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 16th 2008

Question: I was at a PersonL show a while back. Someone yelled between songs "You sound like GlassJaw!" as if it were some kind of insult to their creativity and Kenny said "That's because GlassJaw fucking rocks!" I'd like to mirror Kenny's thoughts and take this time to say that you and Manny definitely do rock. Is STD going to lose you guys to GlassJaw if there was a major conflict in scheduling?

Answer: im glad that we rock, the alternatives are kinda dismal. i really doubt that there will ever be a major conflict in scheduling.

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 11th 2008

Question: how old were you when you realized you had musical talent?

Answer: im really not sure. lots of people think they're super talented and i think they are awful. i have no way of knowing that im not just another poor fool who is delusional. maybe im talented, maybe im just lucky and enthusiastic. i was really young when i realized that i loved music. maybe grade school age.

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 11th 2008

Question: I'm guessing Durijah is going to answer this, and i know your not actually involved in the project but is two tongues ever going to get a move on?

Answer: im not gonna answer that

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 11th 2008

Question: ok best groupie experience on tour...1,2,3 go!

Answer: they are always more fun in theory. in practice, you always end up missing whoever the last person who could not deal with you being gone all the time was. i find that whole situation really depressing

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 11th 2008

Question: Did you vote today? If so, for whom?

Answer: i voted for "that one"

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 6th 2008

Question: If you guys could pick a college major, what would it be? Im a freshman and undecided...

Answer: based purely on what i find interesting i would choose philosophy. but it doesn't have too many job applications.

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 6th 2008

Question: would you guys ever play on a marine base (nc) and make the few of us from nj feel home :)

Answer: which one? jacksonville?

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 4th 2008

Question: Would you say Chris resembles Kurt Cobain? (except alive)

Answer: i guess

Answered by duh-raja on Nov 3rd 2008

Question: Has the singer of Saves The Day been the same throughout all the years? I know alot of members have changed over time, but is the singer the same from 1997 to the most recent album? Stay What You Are is one of my top albums and I want to know who the singer is and if he is still with the band. That cd got me through my teens lol

Answer: same singer since the getty up

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 28th 2008

Question: should I pursue online dating?

Answer: sounds kinda sketchy

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 19th 2008

Question: So, we have a problem. You've been to my humble city of Pittsburgh that past two falls. In 2007, you book your show the same night Elvis Costello and Bob Dylan were playing in town. Costello and Dylan! Then, earlier this month, you play at Pitt while I was in Ohio for a wedding. The problems are, a) you hate me; and b) you must have stolen my day planner and only come to town when I'm not here. When are going to fix these things?

Answer: when you stop letting your day planner run your life and beat us at our own game

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 19th 2008

Question: If I drew a tattoo on you, and you saw it turned out to be a penis, would you shout at me?

Answer: drew a tattoo? like with a needle? i might be kinda mad

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 19th 2008

Question: So I was reading an interview with classic case and I noticed they were refering to you as "Ry"...So my question is, Is the Gj song "ry rys song" named after you?

Answer: nah yo, it's a different kid with that nickname

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 19th 2008

Question: How much masturbation is too much?

Answer: if you draw blood you should probably take a break

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: I've noticed that you guys are playing 2 shows out on the east coast, and that's awesome and whatnot, but what are the chances you guys are coming to a place, like, say Chicago anytime soon? Maybe I'm just wasting a question since you guys are probably busy with your own lives and recording that new album, so in that case, what are you thoughts on the city of Chicago?

Answer: i like chicago, but i doubt we will be out there for a show unless it's on a tour.

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: why is stewart copeland so fucking awsome?

Answer: because he has taste and understands how to be subtle

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: Want to hang with me?

Answer: i dunno, what are you into? im kinda an asshole, can you not take everything i take seriously? where do you stand on being a belligerent drunken mess?

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: It needs to be night all the time. Not just because I'm a vampire, but for the hookers. It's easier to buy one during night. I also like snacking on cheese.

Answer: what the hell are you saying you silly bird?

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: the show on oct 25th r u guys playing an acoustic set or electric?

Answer: it's gonna be electric as hell, like when Ben Kingsley was flying his Gandhi clothes during a storm and he had a key tied to them because he was trying to keep it hidden from the DEA but then lightning struck the key and made some crack and then we smoked it and we had way too much energy, and that's where babies come from

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: how does playing drums in a more open position rather than crossing your arms between snare and hi-hat benefit your playing?

Answer: im not sure. i have always played like that

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: what guitar amps and overdrive/distortion pedal u guys used on under the boards record? i love the sound of the guitars!

Answer: all sorts of stuff, it would take forever to list and im not the one in the know

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: In every band I've been in there's always one person we always give a bunch of shit. Who do you guys like to pick on and give a hard time?

Answer: it changes, generally it's whoever seems the most stable during that day

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: Are you participating in the Soundwave Festival in Austraila Feb 2009. Please say yes!

Answer: yes

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: I wrote Chris a poem 5 years ago (as a sophmore in high school) in hoping of giving it to him. Does that make me creepy?

Answer: no you'll have to try harder then that to get into the creepy club

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: So why did you choose to go to a more "maximized"/"smashed" recording style instead of the open nature of Stay What You Are and In Reverie? I think those albums show more depth just by the atmosphere they create. I've listened to your songs since I first heard you on the Nothing Left Fanzine comp, and I've been impressed with the song writing, but the recordings have gotten way to compressed to really get a good vibe.

Answer: im not sure i agree with you about the newer stuff being more compressed, but either way i imagine that it's probably incidental either way

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: Jack Bauer or Chuck Norris?

Answer: do i have to pick one?

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: I'm going to see you guys this friday, october 17th, and I was just wondering if you could play See You and/or You Vandal? They're my two favorite songs and your music means so much to me and what I'm going through right now. thanks

Answer: i'll see what i can do. can't make any promises tho

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: Is there a release date for Daybreak yet? I thought it was expected to come out this fall, but I haven't heard anything.

Answer: we have no date set as of yet

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: when are you going on tour!? also, what's up with two tongues? i've been waiting & waiting & waiting & waiting for some news about it, and i can only spend so many days googling it before i go insane...

Answer: please don't go insane, it's not as fun as it looks in girl interrupted. been seeing these questions quite a bit as of late, all i can say is that i really don't know

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 15th 2008

Question: I killed three squirrels today. Unintentionally. Is that a crime?

Answer: depends who you ask. one man's unintentional squirrel murderer is another man's freedom fighter

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 6th 2008

Question: Where are you? And where am I? but mainly...where are you?

Answer: im in new york, i have no idea where you are. maybe you can find a map with one of those "you are here" circles.

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 6th 2008

Question: yo, how awesome was it when we started that "you vandal" chant at Pitt the other day? the best part was how hard you guys rocked it. this isn't really a question anymore but i'm just letting you know i'm still pumped up about that. Isn't Pitt your favorite college?

Answer: it was pretty rad man

Answered by duh-raja on Oct 5th 2008

Question: I know I'm a fucking douchebag but do you think it's bad for the NFL that I got hurt in the first Quarter during the first game of the year?

Answer: i have no idea who tom brady is, im not sure if i could be more disinterested in sports.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: whats manny doing?

Answer: being awesome

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: if you were born a chick instead if a dude, how much do you think your life would differ from how it is now? would you have a different view on things? would you have chosen the same "career path?"

Answer: im not really sure how much my life would differ from the way it is. the only two things that seem obvious are that i might enjoy "sex and the city" and i probably would be bright enough to see starving in a van was a shitty way to live your life after two years as opposed to a decade.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: how did mickey mouse have a pet dog when goofy was also a dog? also, on rocko's modern life-rocko had spunky, but he was an animal himself. what's the deal?

Answer: sometimes you need a friend who can just listen. even if your a giant freaky mouse or a weird dog-esque creature who sounds like he should be doing voice overs for outback steakhouse commercials.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: lydia or minus the bear? Quick!

Answer: apples and hand grenades. besides, i like them both

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: question. what kind of bear is best? false. fact. bears eat beets. bears beets battlestar galactica.

Answer: pooh bear is best true. fact. pooh's eat honey

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: Quote: "Question: I was wondering if any of you guys like any other forms of music too like electronica etc. (I'm a big Daft Punk fan in addition to an STD fan so I was wondering if im the only weirdo). Answer: i think all of us are into all sorts of different stuff. jazz, r&b, soul, blues,drum and bass, trip hop, etc. in my opinion making music is just like making babies, you only deal with a small gene pool and it's only a matter of time till you start popping out a retarded product" Unnecessary. Saves The Day has absolutely been my favorite band for close to 10 years now, and every time that I've met you guys you've been awesome, but seriously.. "a retarded product"? You realize that you're referencing a child, right? Is such brash terminology truly needed? I'm sure you and others likely found it amusing, but as someone with a mentally disabled brother, it came across as nothing but an uncouth and inessential disregard for others. I don't want to come off as preachy or discourteous, but come on Durijah. You've proven consistently that you can be funny without being blatantly offensive. Why cross that line now?

Answer: to be perfectly honest i think the only reason i haven't had any other response rub someone the wrong way is luck, and purely incidental. granted nobody but me can really know this for sure, but i never really set out in saying or writing anything purely for the sake of making people angry. im the first to admit that i am not a P.C. dude, im sure that i unwittingly say all sorts of things that are going to rub one person or another the wrong way. the point is that i don't believe that verbally walking on egg shells is beneficial in any real way and i find people who go out of their way to use the softest possible language in order to not offend people just as unpleasant as people who go out of their way to offend people and hit below the belt. to be perfectly honest i find that kind of language (mentally disabled, african american, native american etc.) to be disingenuous and in my opinion exists only to excuse peoples guilt over the fact that they really do not see whoever the P.C. term is applied to in a remotely positive light. that being said i also have family members who are "mentally disabled" and i would be really pissed off if anyone above the age of 14 was taking cheap shots at them.  now i personally don't find the word "retarded" to be a dirty word and actually don't understand why anyone else would, the definition for retard is: to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment.  considering the what i was talking about the term suited my needs perfectly and provided me the double meaning to illustrate the metaphor that i had in mind. now is the reality of birth defects due to inbreeding really funny in any genuine sense? no i don't think so. it's more of a laugh so you don't go home and open a vain in the bath kind of response. there are so many depressing realities involved with being alive that i find myself unable to deal with, so i use my ability to take depressing things out of context and put them in a new absurd junxtaposition  as a coping mechanism. thats how i get by, i find humor where i shouldn't. over the years i have been known to make totally uncouth jokes and references to aids and hiv. im sure it's rubbed some people who may of been within ear shot the wrong way. but what they don't know is when i was a kid i watched a few of my mom's friends die a slow, horrible death on the business end of said disease, and this was back when most of your friends would just cut you off as soon as they got word that you had it.  so now, if you will, you have this mental picture of this guy isolated in his apartment , the vast majority of people he considered friends have abandoned him, and he's dying of a disease that at the time they didn't really know anything about, aside from the fact that you are absolutely going to die. im sorry but there is no way that im going to deal with that situation on a constant basis while really taking the gravity of the situation into account. i just can't. also i might add that i don't think anyone likes being treated differently due to circumstances that are out of their hands. anyway, this is starting to get way too long, the long and short of it is that i didn't mean to rub anyone the wrong way, and while my response wasn't the most eloquent idea to date, it seemed to get my meaning across well at the time. sorry

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: so what, ya jus gonna leave me hangin' ? that's a cold shot, progeny.

Answer: you shouldn't drink and drive on the information super-highway. want me to call you a cab dad?

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: will the bug sessions ever be released on compact disc?

Answer: it's already out on compact disc

Answered by captin obvious on Sep 11th 2008

Question: D...being from new york im sure 9/11 impacted you, do you remember what you were doing that day?

Answer: i was kinda on tour, our van had died a few days earlier and we were stranded at the bass player from the juliana theory's apartment in pa. it was a really messed up time for me in pretty much every way

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: can i get some birthday love from STD?

Answer: happy smurf day yo

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 11th 2008

Question: D, whats the reason that turns you and alot of other drummers on to the conventional one rack tom and floor tom as apposed to bigger say five or six peice kits?

Answer: it's kinda like forced creativity through limitations.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 9th 2008

Question: do you like tool? whats your opinion on danny carey as a drummer?

Answer: i like some of the stuff tool does. danny carey is a sick bastard

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 9th 2008

Question: if it all possible. i say one day all you guys come over to my house, i bbq whatever sounds good, and we drink mojitos and have an awesome time. sound good?

Answer: mojitos fuck yeah

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 7th 2008

Question: Im having relationship problems. So heres the inevitable question: would bourbon be good to drown my sorrow and frustrations in, or do you have any other suggestions?

Answer: what your drowning your sorrows in is purely a taste preference. my other suggestion would be not trying to drown your sorrows, it never works. sorrow is like a navy seal, it's can swim through all sorts of fucked up conditions and when he finally crawls out of the ocean with a knife in his teeth, he's really pissed and will hand you your ass.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: Yeah it's really Billy Blanks, the guy who made Tae Bo. Can you just praise me and all my greatness?

Answer: i would, but im pretty sure if i do chuck norris  will hop off the total gym and beat the blood off my ulcer.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: Are you ever worried of spontaneously combusting on stage or asphyxiating on someone else's vomit?

Answer: im always worried bout that shit, i saw that video of it happening to the singer from metallica when i was younger. they said he stepped on a flash pot as it was going off, but i know the real deal. im not so worried about asphyxiating on someone else's vomit anymore. i turned 28 a few months back so the forever 27 club isn't in my deck of cards anymore(take that kurt cobain), and were that not reassuring enough me and pete doherety have been broken up for months now, so i don't have to worry about him accidentally puking in my mouth when we're passed out on heroin and spooning anymore. so yeah i think im pretty much gonna be ok

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: Are you really through being cool?

Answer: nah, i just said that shit cause i was drunk. i hope we can still be friends tho

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: STD have always had a punk sound to me, and I'm sorry but I just gotta know your thoughts on Fall Out Boy and what "punk" and "emo" are evolving into.

Answer: i don't really have any thoughts on fall out boy. i know i drew a Hitler stache on one of their faces on this girls poster once, but that has more to do with me being drunk and finding humor in places where i shouldn't. as far as punk/emo and the evolution of them, im not really sure how to respond. first off i think the term emo is reeeeaaaaalllly fuckin stupid and redundant in regards to music, like the phrase "ATM machine". Second, im not sure if we really have anything to do with punk or if it really even still exists in any real way. when i think of punk i don't think of musicians, i think of people who can't really play their instruments and start a band in defiance of the idea that you have to be a up a set standard of player to get on a stage and say/sing/or scream what you have to say. it's really a great idea because of how it made a creative outlet accessible to everyone. I kinda think the new version of that is programed music, there have been some really great pieces of music made by people who have no musical background and i don't think they would of happened if programing wasn't an option. even if they had started studying an instrument it might of totally changed the way they approached their writing. as far as whatever you want to call the scene that i am and have been a part of, im kinda bummed but also hopeful. when i got involved in the "punk/hardcore" scene the thing that really struck me as being awesome about it was the freedom to do whatever you wanted to do. i came in as a musician, and was drawn to the energy that the music had that most mainstream music didn't have, but i don't think that would of kept my interest if i felt like what i did had to sound like any one thing. it seems like a lot of whats going on musically in our little scene end up being just clones of whatever band is doing well. granted when i was a kid any band from the scene getting a record deal or making a living playing our shitty music just seemed totally imposible. say glassjaw for instance, the fact that people around the country give a fuck about what we do is still pretty insane to me, let alone other countries. glassjaw was just a shitty hardcore band that was mildly popular on long island. the reason i bring that vantage point up is because of the way things are now. when there was no prize people played what they wanted to play and it wasn't this incestuous pool of ideas. beyond that generally people gave all the bands on a show a chance regardless of if they sounded like the band that they came out for, i guess im seeing less and less of that which kinda bums me out. tonight i just went and saw my old singers new band "telescreen" play for like 15 people. granted he's a good friend and i absolutely love his voice so im biased, but i thought it was totally the best show that i have seen in at least a year, gave me chills down my spine. ok im starting to rant, my main point is that there is lots and lots of great music out there that totally gets over looked because of pretenses. it's not just an accessory to your fashion, don't be afraid to be the first one to nod your head to the beat or clap for a band you have never heard of or seen on the cover of ap, for alot of these boys and girls thats the only chance they have all day to not feel like shit. and if thats too selfless of a reason, than i should point out that your probably cheating yourself out of some really great music.

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: D...have you used those madcats or badscats amps the guys have been using? hows do u like those?

Answer: i have messed around with them at sound check ever now and again. their great, definitely better than any amp i have ever owned. if i was playing guitar in a band or just had way more money then i do i would love to own one

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: what facial hair look would you like to sport?

Answer: totally the question mark goatee. if my facial hair didn't grow in all blond after a 1/8th inch i would totally rock the hell out of that shit

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: Favorite cartoons?

Answer: ok here we go,     aqua teen hunger force, sponge bob square pants, fairly odd parents, home movies, south park, venture brothers, squidbillies, sealab 2021, simpsons, futurama, invader zim. im sure theres more but i can't think of them right now. also i know it's not current but any old loony tunes or tom and jerry are awesome, even just the music is amazing i wish i could have that job

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 6th 2008

Question: I was wondering if any of you guys like any other forms of music too like electronica etc. (I'm a big Daft Punk fan in addition to an STD fan so I was wondering if im the only weirdo).

Answer: i think all of us are into all sorts of different stuff. jazz, r&b, soul, blues,drum and bass, trip hop, etc. in my opinion making music is just like making babies, you only deal with a small gene pool and it's only a matter of time till you start popping out a retarded product

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 1st 2008

Question: How pumped are you for the United Nations debut... ooh ooh ooh

Answer: im more pumped about that then i am about jesus and his lawyers coming back

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 1st 2008

Question: if you could play as any God (Jesus, Budda, ect.), which God would you play as?

Answer: prolly Shiva

Answered by duh-raja on Sep 1st 2008

Question: duude, would u give me drum lessons? $40 a session man take it or leave it!

Answer: dude i don't think im in any position to be giving drum lessons. i understand on some level how to do it, but have no idea what im doing

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 31st 2008

Question: Is it just me or does in reverie make you wanna sleep, and when you do sleep it to it, it's like the best sleep ever

Answer: in reverie makes me wana throw down some cardboard and do some old school break dancing, and when i do, it's like the best break dancing ever

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 23rd 2008

Question: ohhhh who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

Answer:     this dude------------------>                                                                            

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 23rd 2008

Question: Your thoughts on travis barker? good drummer?

Answer: i think travis does some cool shit, he was the most interesting thing about blink for sure. but i still think he is only impressive in reference to punk rock standards.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 23rd 2008

Question: the name of the game is snaps....do you know it....(snaps x5)...ready?.....(snaps x3)...jimmy got it on the second try the other day...(snaps x1)...how don't you know this!?!?!?

Answer: i know it, but does anyone else?

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 23rd 2008

Question: no question just venting... Duh-raja... I was the person that originally brought up the whole you guys touring with Weezer which led into the Harvard thing (posted 8/1). 1st off I found your response to my question both humorous and brilliant (Harvard worthy in fact) and was not offended in the least bit and since you were responding to MY question� everyone else should quit their bitching :)

Answer: if thats all it takes to get into Harvard these days then i have some family members who need mocking post haste.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 16th 2008

Question: Would anyone be disappointed in me if I wrote a song and titled it "Sell My Old Robes, I'm Off to Hogwarts?" It's not like it'd be a parody or anything; that's just what I would call a song about Harry Potter. Haha.

Answer: i think weird al would prolly have you killed. i heard he's a crip

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 16th 2008

Question: U no wut some dern terrirst trid 2 tel me? that guy said jeasus was 1 of dem arabs. i sed dont u read the bible it ses in plain english that jeasus was a ful bloded americin, he even drove a ford truck to work. wad do u think of dem crazie terrirsts D?

Answer: i think Hubert Selby JR would of  admired the written accent in your question

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 16th 2008

Question: can you give me your autograph in ASCII? try hard to make it look legit.

Answer: _ _ _ ____ __| |_ __ (_)(_)__ _ _ _ / _ | / _` | '_ \| || |__` | | | | | | | | | | | |_) | || | | | |_| | |_| | |_| |_|_.__/| \|_| |_|_.__/ \____| \__|

Answered by dur-raja on Aug 16th 2008

Question: Ever thought of having a "apartment warming" party after the show tomorrow? It'll be Friday, everything likes music in Venice on Fridays!

Answer: show?

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 15th 2008

Question: Have you ever stared at a fan so much it started moving in the opposite direction, human fan or cooling fan, either or.

Answer: yeah it's probably happened with both varieties.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 14th 2008

Question: who is your favorite former std drummer style-wise? p.s. did you know std CDs are $15 in newbury comics ($16 for in reverie?) no wonder people download music illegally!

Answer: pete, no contest. and everything is super over priced at newbury

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 14th 2008

Question: cactus stomp moonbeam

Answer: peyote cats sunflare

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 13th 2008

Question: do u guys get alot of groupies on tour n shit?

Answer: i think you spelled motley crue wrong and ended up here some how           www.motley.com/ that ought to take you to the page you wanted

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 13th 2008

Question: crap.... I just went reallly blank... what's your favorite show?

Answer: my fair lady? or maybe stomp?

Answered by andrew loyd webber on Aug 12th 2008

Question: Ok, you get a big mansion filled with many of one type of thing - you're choice. You also get one tool you will use to smash the bejesus out of these things when you're angry or just feelin' like smashing stuff. What do you choose to smash? What do you choose to smash with? example: I'd probably pick TV's and a dinosaur bone.

Answer: clones of the president and giant wooden replica of the rolled up constitution

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: I dont wanna sound like a queer or anything, but I think unicorns are kickass!

Answer: i don't really think that would make you sound like a "queer". unicorns are pretty cool as far as imaginary creatures go, maybe only topped by the devil. now if you had said "i don't wana sound like a queer or anything, but i think blowing other dudes kicks ass!", then maybe.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: FOr the record....Ford broncos are the sHIT@!

Answer: you want one?

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: what are u talking bout in the dvd when u ask dave "you know snaps"?

Answer: dude i seriously can't tell you even if i could explain it

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: where are you right now?

Answer: im north east of new york but south west of texas

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: So like is the rest of the band too goddamn cool to do this qna shitt? I mean seriously wtf is david doing thats so fucking important?

Answer: actually he's doing ground breaking research in the field of quantum physics, string theory in particular. you should check out his work it's really interesting, but it might make your brain want to chew it's way out of your skull

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: hey i sent a question a while ago to chris but hes not here so lets see? anyways is cant slow down is D standard tuning ir drop D? and why is saves the day the best band ever and the reason i play music and live!!! duh-raja!

Answer: im pretty sure the only song in drop tuning is "banned from the back porch", all the others are on standard. it could be d standard, might be e flat, might be e

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: why is there a black guy in the band?

Answer: because we're really big fans of the plain white t's

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 12th 2008

Question: I just watched the video for the end on youtube and was wondering if chris got dirt in his mouth? hmmmm, d you weren't there so you answer.

Answer: yes he did, but it was stunt dirt so it's  ok. i can assure you that the dirt was very professional the entire time it was in his mouth

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: How come you like all of Tim Sain's questions, Durijah? IT'S NOT FAIR! Look, I'm reverting to the ways of a four year-old!

Answer: i dunno, i just read a question and if words start rapidly forming in my brain-zilla-tron, then i start banging on the keyboard like a monkey banging on the reward button in some weird science experiment.  i guess tim is good at making that process happen. that fucker is manipulating me! 

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: If I was in a popular band, I would probably hate the vast majority of people who listened to my music. Do you ever feel this way? Or meet fans that you can't stand? Or even worse, fans that aren't really fans that just make themselves look like retards? How do you deal with that shit?

Answer: i don't think i have ever really had that adverse of a reaction. there have been times when a conversation turns awkward out of lack of conversation. there is something genuinely fucked up about people taking as much interest in your existence as they sometimes do. talking about yourself in an objectified manner is really weird, especially considering that we're all pretty normal dudes. the only quirk might be the urge to run and vent to the nearest piano or guitar during moments of distress. i remember one time when this girl told chris her favorite std song was "cute without the e." that was pretty amusing, it wasn't something we had to deal with.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: Wow D, I love how ignorant some people are on here... I love how someone can try to say that your band is less educated than Rivers... haha chris only went to NYU for gods sake! Hmm... I guess that's considered not being well educated... anyway here's a good question... if you get bit by a mosquito when you're drunk, does the mosquito get drunk after it sucks your blood? Please help educate me... and if you don't answer this one I might just have to go ask the highly educated Rivers... haha

Answer: haha, that's awesome.  education is underrated!  life, baby!  the only teacher you need!  and you know the mosquito seeks out drunkards on a friday night.

Answered by chris on Aug 11th 2008

Question: i don't see where Durijah gets off calling Rivers Cuomo pretentious just because he has an education or because he had previously been annoyed with a band of annoying younger dudes. maybe he meant you should all go to Harvard because you have some growing up to do or so you would all have something in common then. I especially don't get why Durijah was so offended by that comment, seeing as how it wasn't directed towards him at all. And by the way, calling Weezer's "phans" retarded may not be the best decision making at work, since you guys share much of your fan base. Also, you should make sure you spell "you're" correctly before you even begin to talk about other people being stupid or someone condescending to you for your lack of education. Oh...and Under the Boards was GRRREAT!

Answer: ok first off, the whole harvard thing was just something i said, i have no idea how rivers felt about the guys in my band during the tour. secondly your going to have to step up your game if you are aiming to offend me. third, i think well educated people are awesome and usually try to make sure the people i surround myself with are literate and have interesting ideas to talk about. im sure rivers would have lots of interesting things to talk about as he is presumably a very bright guy. i guess all i was saying is that there are lots of bright people who don't feel the need to talk down to their audience. i have never seen Noam Chomsky go off on a tangent about how all the people who attend his lectures are stupid and annoying. at any rate, don't take this whole q&a thinggy too seriously, for the most part the answers are on the level of word association and are usually nonsense. on that note, even if by some weird circumstance everyone in saves the day got into and graduated from harvard, weezer would still probably be uninterested in taking us on tour.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: so what is dave doing all summer since chris is out far away from the home state he abandoned years ago playing shows?

Answer: trimming his beard

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: I guess I am good at making that process happen.

Answer: kudos

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: Who are a few of the best drummers in your opinion, and which ones influenced your stlye of play the most?

Answer: will calhoun from living colour , Philip "Fish" Fisher from fishbone, tim herb alexander from primus, stewart copeland from the police, mackie from bad brains, John Stanier from helmet, ?est love from the roots, matt chamberlain from fiona apple and tori amos, derek grant from alk3, David King from the bad plus, art blakey from all sorts of cool jazz stuff, bernard purdy from ungodly amounts of old soul records aretha franklin etc. dude i could go on forever, there are all sorts of really great players. in some sense everything i hear is an influence, some come out more than others depending on what im playing. i guess i like guys who play what the music wants rather than trying to showboat the entire time

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: ya kno, I know some friends of friends of the detoit red wings and rumor has it they played glassjaw in the lockeroom before the stanley cup final games.

Answer: thats kinda weird. i guess stranger things have happened

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: D, ya know how chris always puts up videos of him playing acoustic jams...why dont you do somthing like that, just like play some shit on guitar and show us what you got?

Answer: because my computer isn't as awesome-tastic as his, i ain't be havin no camera

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: yo, do you have an interest in fast cars? do you now or ever owned a badass muscle car? or wtf do u drive?

Answer: im not really into cars. i mean fast cars are neat, but thats about as enthusiastic as i get in that area. i have a big dumb ford bronco that i never drive. i have been walking most places as of late

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 11th 2008

Question: Did you ever used to play a rig with a double-bass drum? your thoughts on that??

Answer: i did, i stopped because all the drummers that really blew me away didn't use one, so i decided that i didn't need it either. it's one of those things where it can totally become a crutch in your playing, getting rid of it was kinda a good way to force creativity.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: hey durijah. i'm from western north carolina / eastern tennessee. a few years ago i went to see secret lives of the freemasons at the hideaway in johnson city, TN. and i'm pretty sure classic case opened. i think it was around halloween time. i could be wrong, but if so it's crazy to think that i went to see you in a tiny rock bar and now you're in two of my favorite bands... do you remember that at all?

Answer: i totally do, it was that crazy halloween show where everybody was all dressed up. im pretty sure i got really drunk and said something along the lines of "thats a very original costume, you must be really creative" to some girl who was dressed as a slutty nurse or cat or maid like just about every girl above the age of 16 i have ever seen.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: Hey Duh-raja, I know that you are quite fond of alcoholic beverages yourself. So, I was wondering, do you think the drinking age in the US should be younger? There are many countries all around the world where it's way younger and as far as I know they're doing alright with it. Anddd, what is your favorite beer and/or alcoholic beverage? ;)

Answer: i guess in my mind, if your old enough to go to war for your country then your old enough to drink. seems like making drinking taboo only serves to make binge drinking more prevalent. in countries with no drinking age, there seems to be way less problem drinking. i guess i have been really fond of the dogfishhead 120 minute ipa and i tend to enjoy bourbon

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: So, is it like, cool to make phun of Weezer because Rivers is more educated than you are, and found you guys annoying when you were on tour together... long before Durijah was even in the band?

Answer: who made phun of weezer? is this the dean of Harvard? can you pull some strings and get me in? i desperately want to be as educated as rivers so that on the off chance i ever meet him we can discuss high minded ideas, like how awesome kiss is, or the merits of wearing makeup and spiting fake blood out of your mouth or maybe pontificate about how all the kids who like your band and come to your shows are stupid and annoying. im pretty sure that my lack of contempt for the kids who like what the bands i play in do, is directly related to the deficit in my education. if only i could be bright enough to condescend to my audience like i was talking to a golden retriever "your so stupid, oh yes you are, OH YES YOU ARE."    

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: d...how did u first hookup with GJ? I read on some internet shit that you played with them in the "early days" of glassjaw, but Iv never seen a video of u in gj exept recent shit.

Answer: just from the same area, unless you can find some videos from 98 or 99 your probably only gonna see me from 05 on

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: duh-raja... should marajuana be legalized in the states?

Answer: abso-fuckin-lutely. but i doubt that will happen any time soon. the people who make booze and smokes and pills don't want the competition, and also god forbid a country of brown people should have a way to boost their standard of living

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: I ask alot of stupid questions under aleis? names. thanks for answering them and shit. means more than you will ever know :)

Answer: i try to have fun with it. i usually succeed

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: Im not gay, but i think i like saves the day.

Answer: oh dear, it won't be long now until your living in San Francisco in the tenderloin district, drinking expensive white wine through the zipper in your bondage hood,  picking up mid-western republican senators at leather bars  to have your way with in airport bathrooms. it's sooooooooooooooooo weird that just listening to saves the day has that effect.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: do you like dave matthews band?

Answer: they have their moments

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: Been busy? walk us through a day in the life of Durijah. From what you've told us it would seem as if you wake up, get toasted on bourbon, smoke 9 packs of marlboro reds, and answer some questions on here.

Answer: your not far off, i also consume an unhealthy amount of coffee before the bourbon (on most days at least). recently my activities have included waking up on random lawns surrounded by cops, getting hit by drunk drivers, lying to strangers, making weird fucking music in a cabin in the middle of the woods, fighting the urge to blow up a propane canister with a rifle, giving in to the paranoid state that comes with spending more time in long island than i should, reading some books, etc. it's hard to walk through a day when you don't have any constants in your life.

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: Naked.

Answer: green machine

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: would you ever run across an entire city butt naked and covered in neon paint for all the cupcakes in the world? (God im stupid)

Answer: im not sure i feel the same affection for cupcakes as you do. like steven wright says "you can't have everything, where would you put it?"

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 10th 2008

Question: You haven't answered any new questions in like five days! Are you ok? What's wrong? Are you mad at us?

Answer: nah man, been busy

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 8th 2008

Question: Hey dudes, I'm sure you guys have plenty of vegetarian/vegan friends being in the music biz...do you all have a variety of food options available to you at shows and on tour?..because I know from attending a lot of shows that I can NEVER find anything to eat around there except shitty nachos or pretzels. Beyond that, it seems like being on the road would cause you to have a very limited supply of healthy food to eat, so how do you all avoid becoming porkers while on tour?

Answer: it's tricky man, tour is the kind of living that totally messes with your body. the nutrition tends to be so poor that i personally end up craving salads, or just something green and leafy. they can be hard to find on tour, but it's so much worse for bands who are really struggling and paying their dues. if you have no personal cash because your always on tour making no money and no real steady job then your really screwed. if you get say five bucks a day to live off of you have to make calls that kinda leave you in a bad spot. water is important, so you buy a gallon jug of water for like 2 bucks. you now have three dollars left to spend on your food for the day. if you happen to be a smoker, sometimes that need totally wins the priority war. and whats more is small bands usually get no rider food and if they get anything it's usually a bag of tortilla chips and some crappy salsa. i guess thats kinda an answer to what you were asking. seriously tho, if there is a small band who tours their asses off and you like them, support them in any way you can because i can pretty much assure you that their life is really crappy. there is nothing quite as dismal as playing to an almost empty room where the majority of the people don't care about you or what your doing, then packing up getting stiffed on what you were supposed to be paid for the show not selling any merch and stressing out about if you have enough money for gas so you can get to the next city so you can play for ten more kids who don't know who you are, rinse repeat

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: duh-raja...Despite the nuges political views that im most positive you highly disagree with, all that aside...would you play drums on tour with himif he personally asked you?

Answer: ya know, while im sure it would be way more cred-tastic to say something like " no man, i would rather starve half to death in the desert in the middle of the summer in a van with broken air conditioning than sell out and play for that guy" thats not what im gonna say. being able to survive without having to consider things like mugging wealthy college students to be able to purchase eggs so you can eat one crappy meal a day is more important to me now. i would totally do that for the money and the story. i have spent a really long amount of time way below the poverty line and often homeless to be able to make music that i loved. while i don't regret a day of it, after ten years of neglecting my health and general well being to do what i was passionate about i kinda feel like i have pushed that kind of life as far as i can. if i can keep myself alive doing something im not super thrilled about and have that finance my venture into music that nobody gives a shit about then it's totally worth it

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: Just letting you know, they didn't have any cake mix at 7-Eleven... I'm taking your advice and going back there!

Answer: go get em killer, maybe you should start selling cake mix outside of the seven eleven. that will teach em

Answered by angry grrrr- raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: dont you hate being bored, and just leaving weird shit under these q&a, under weird names. have you listened to new h20. sooo goooooood.

Answer: i actually kinda like it. it's quite a good time when im drunk and my insomnia is killin me. i actually haven't heard it, but i can't wait to

Answered by samuel clemens on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: I'm watching Shark Week on the discovery channel. Why aren't you?

Answer: sponge bob is on

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: I would really like to see you guys play with weezer again... any chances of that happening in the near future?

Answer: rivers said he won't take us out on tour again until we all graduate from Harvard like he did

Answered by duxurijehskaha on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: How do you decide which questions to answer?

Answer: magic 8-ball. thats why my answers are weird and make almost no sense and tend to go on tangents and then i wake up the next day and my nose hurts and i swear off the magic 8-ball for good. this time i mean it

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: do you like to poop or pee better

Answer: depends on who it's going on

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: neil peart over rated? yes, agreed. now, what is your opinion on carter beauford?

Answer: great drummer, tends to over play quite a bit. but i can definately see why people dig his stuff

Answered by duh-raja on Aug 2nd 2008

Question: Where can I submit my Saves the Day tattoo picture?

Answer: Rj,     You can email them to steven@savestheday.com and I'll gladly post them for you. -Steven (the nerd)

Answered by Steven on Aug 1st 2008

Question: Do they sell cake mix at 7-Eleven?

Answer: i don't see why they wouldn't. they sell all sorts of other random baking items there, like bread crumbs. i actually bought some bread crumbs there a few weeks back, i didn't need them but i thought it might help make the genius who decided to stock bread crumbs feel better about his poor decision. i can only imagine the logic involved in deciding they needed to stock bread crumbs, "i mean what if someone is making chicken cutlets at like five in the morning and they realize that they don't have enough bread crumbs? where are they gonna go? 7-11 thats fuckin where! god i am the smartest man alive." so i guess what im trying to say is that there are probably a lot more people who are stoned or high and want cake mix at stupid hours of the night then there are people in need of bread crumbs. so i would have to say they prolly be havin some cake mix and maybe even some brownie mix too. if they don't it's now your job to mock them relentlessly by purchasing the most random items in the store, like a baby shoe, some miracle grow, and some bread crumbs. as your checking out be sure to tell them about how "you were making chicken cutlets and  your baby's left shoe fell into the egg mix when you weren't looking and you ended up breading it by accident and now you didn't have enough bread crumbs to finish breading the chicken and now your baby wouldn't stop crying because you ruined it's kicks which reminded you that all your plants were dying" follow it up with some sort of  " i didn't know if i would be able to find all the things i needed at this hour, but fortunately for me the people who make the purchasing decisions for your store are bat shit crazy! thanks 7-11"

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 31st 2008

Question: D, I totally agree with you when you say dave looks like a yale professor with a turtleneck on... when him and chris played an acoustic set at rutgers, he wore one and I totally agree with you... but here's a slightly different viewpoint- he was also wearing a scarf to top it off so I'm pretty sure he could have passed as a law professor at harvard... not a question but oh well.

Answer: or a theater professor at Stanford?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 31st 2008

Question: Detroit Rock cirty loves saves the day...does saves the day love Detroit Rock city??

Answer: i love me some d-town

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 31st 2008

Question: This year Seven Mary Three and Sponge are playing at the county fair. Last year Skid Row played. Now my question to you is, how come you haven't played the fair yet?! The town pays handsomely. If you did play here I would throw in some home cooked meals and I'd buy you guys tickets to ride the rides. I think that's a good deal.

Answer: county fair seems kinda general. which county are you ralking about? .  

Answered by corn dog on Jul 31st 2008

Question: d-do u evert play rush covers in your down time? I know u dig those drums...

Answer: ok here we go, i hate rush, and i think neil peart is probably one of the most over rated drummers possibly ever. let the hate mail start .............................now

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 31st 2008

Question: Is Saves the Day a religious band at all?

Answer: we play music religiously. im not sure if thats really the same thing tho

Answered by tha dope pope yall! on Jul 29th 2008

Question: Daybreak???

Answer: rhymes with gay cake or date rape or flay mape? im not sure what kind of response you were looking for

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 29th 2008

Question: Mccain or Obama? Or should i just shut up?

Answer: both

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 29th 2008

Question: Dave = beard Chris = beard Manny = beard Durijah = no beard So here's the question: When are you going to grow your beard so Saves The Day can finally become a full bearded band and finally being playing the music that you were all destined to do - indie alt-country bluegrass?

Answer: never and here's why. ya know how some people look distinguished with a beard? like say dave, put him in a turtle neck and he could pass for a yale english professor. now if i grew the same amount of beard regardless of the clothing i was wearing i look homeless. seriously,if i asked someone on the street for the time, even if i was wearing a suit im pretty sure all i would get out would be "excuse me" before i was cut off with "i don't have any change"

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 29th 2008

Question: Hey Durijah, Do you really record cymbals seperate than the drums like on the DVD? If so, do you find that challenging?

Answer: i think i only did it for like one song. but yeah, it's really weird and screws with your feel

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 29th 2008

Question: How much wood Would a wood chuck chuck... If a wood chuck was Durijah?

Answer: just enough not to get fired?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 29th 2008

Question: Do you think we are going to destroy the world in the next four years? I'm always surrounded by 2012 conspiracy nuts.

Answer: i think the world will be just fine, we on the other hand, are probably all gonna die due to our indifference towards our surroundings. i don't know about 2012, but at some point it seems like we're gonna end up making the planet uninhabitable. in the long run tho, i would say that humanity is the cosmic equivalent of a 24 hour virus. the earth will deal with the bug and move on.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 28th 2008

Question: hi, im from mexico. If you ever come to mexico, would you eat some tacos and drink some Tecates or Coronas with me?

Answer: throw in some horchata and tequila and you my friend have got a deal.

Answered by vicente fox on Jul 28th 2008

Question: is it really 5:00 somwhere?

Answer: well i guess that depends on what kind of theories you subscribe to. if you believe what you have been told about time and time zones in the world then i guess it would probably always be 5:00 somewhere, although you might need a boat to have that be a good rationalization for your problem drinking. even more troubling is the idea presented by many quantum physicists that time doesn't really exist and that the illusion that we perceive as time is caused by a flaw in our perception that does not let us see that everything is happening at once.(at least not in practice) if your more smitten with this theory than it could be argued that it's never 5:00 anywhere and your just a out of control drunk who can only deal with events in a linear pattern and and uses the rationalization of time to bolster the rationalization that "it's always 5:00 somewhere" to excuse his or her crutch of drinking so that they can stay drunk enough to never have to consider the idea that everything is happening at the same time   i hope that clears things up for you

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 26th 2008

Question: I'VE GOT A MONKEY! WANT TO GET IT DRUNK?

Answer:  hells yeah i do! we can get that daggum monkey drunk and make him dance for us, all slow like.

Answered by jessie helms on Jul 26th 2008

Question: How often do you normally arrive in a city before a show, and what do you normally do once you get there, as far as site seeing or recreation?

Answer: i don't have a catch all answer for this. all i can say is we usually get there between 24 and 6 hours before a show, and someone is usually taking a nap or playing video games

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: you are all beautiful human beings.

Answer: you're way too kind, thank you

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: when can we expect the new STD album or just the Two Tongues Album? also did you wanna read this when you say jesse lacey wrote it (identity theft!)?

Answer: you can expect them whenever you want, but you'll get them when we're done. and i totally wanted to read this when i saw jessie wrote it, he's usually a pretty clever word smith. you got me this time bizarro jessie lacey

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: Durijah, where do babies come from?

Answer: they come from being drunk and irresponsible,  or quixotic perceptions of life due to being in love, or sex-ed budget cuts. actually no matter what you do your probably gonna end up with a baby as the outcome. don't change your oil on time = baby cheat on your sat's = baby get drunk and forget to brush your teeth before going to sleep = baby so yeah, i guess what im trying to say is that baby's can come from anywhere and anytime. they gonn ge cha  

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: You know, I've been listening to you guys for a pretty long time now. Not one of your albums has let me down. One of my favorite tracks is the live version of Jessie and My Whetstone. You guys planning on putting out a live concert cd?

Answer: anything is within the realm or possibility. even putting out a record performed in a black hole and recorded from just outside. granted it would be pushing the boundaries or minimalism, as nothing of substance can escape from a singularity that is applicable to an event horizon. at any rate what i suppose im getting at is that we're pretty into new ideas

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: D or C- I'm thinking of buying a new guitar in the next month or so. Any recommendations?

Answer: acoustic or electric? budget? on the acoustic front anything martin or taylor is usually a solid guitar. electric, i tend to be a gibson nerd. really tho," a poor craftsman blames his tools". granted i sound like a dad now, probably because i had this phrase pounded into my head on a regular basis as a youngster. at any rate, while great instruments can surely provide a refined quality to someone who is a good player that same person should be able to sound good on lesser instruments as well. k, im done preaching

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 25th 2008

Question: if STD was a real std, what would it be? i put my money on chlamydia, because you guys give me a cheesy white discharge =D

Answer: wow that was absolutely the most disturbing thing i have read in the past week. i dunno, probably some shit that we don't even know about yet. i would say aids but thats not catchy enough. good luck with your obgyn

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 24th 2008

Question: Where was the picture taken on the cover of Under the Boards?

Answer: out back on the paramount lot in hollyweird. it's actually the same tree from the cover of "big fish". shhhhhhh don't tell Tim Burton.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 24th 2008

Question: Who would you rather have in bed: Rosie O'Donnell or Dennis Rodman?

Answer: why those two? were you reading old tabloids or something? did you meet doc brown? did you go back to the future? do you now have Parkinson's  disease as a result of too much time spent near the flux capacitor?  ummmmmmmmmmmm Rodman. actually ya know what? why don't you just inject blood contaminated with aids directly into my ephemeral artery? i think i would sleep better

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 24th 2008

Question: Can one of you silly boys tell me a nice bed-time story?

Answer: just go lay down dear and i'll be in to tuck you in and read you a story in a minute

Answered by mom on Jul 24th 2008

Question: what came first, the chicken or the egg? also, is it true that some of the band tries to be vegetarian when possible?

Answer: i was here first, the egg is a liar! don't eat me!

Answered by chicken on Jul 24th 2008

Question: is it pets-mart or pet-smart?

Answer: pet-smrt

Answered by homer simpson on Jul 24th 2008

Question: Durijah, you seem like a smart guy, right? So I was wondering if you have any advice for me. Just like in general. Like life lessons or words of wisdom or whatever you want to call it. Just like how to be successful and do what you enjoy for a living and all that junk. Got any you'd like to share?

Answer: dude you might be giving me more credit than i deserve. i mean i think im better off than when i was younger, because i used to think i knew everything. at least at this point in time im at least aware that i don't know anything, which is a good starting point for gettin your learn on. i don't really have a master plan, my life is about as close to impulsive chaos driven madness  as you can get without totally undermining your goals. i guess i just think that so much of life is bleak, depressing and terrifying that i try to enjoy as much as i can. in my particular case this comes at the expense of having any illusion of security or nice things other than my drums. as bad of an idea as that is, it's worth it to me because of how much i enjoy it. that being said, when i see a drunken homeless guy on the street i almost can't help but feel like im looking into the future. im sure this probably leaves you with no new ideas to apply to your life, but im not tony robbins and im not sellin anything. as far as i can see everything comes down to what your willing to give up for what you want.  like the corporate lawyer who has really nice stuff but has estranged kids and wife because of the stupid hours he works. or the dumb ass drummer who can't maintain any serious attachments and has nothing to show for the stupid hours he puts in, but he enjoys every second of it

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 24th 2008

Question: listening to saves the day and bruce springsteen makes me want to drive somewhere far to get awesome pizza. can you explain why?? im getting fat.

Answer: i know the feeling, i lived in north carolina for three years and the best they had to offer was in my opinion "toy pizza". true story, i got so drunk once that i blacked out and threatened my then girlfriend that i was going to drive back to new york among other things that im not so proud of. i suspect pizza may be to blame for this, either that or copious amounts of booze. at any rate, you should never drive drunk even if good pizza is at stake.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: D- whats the story with the glass in food at ihop????

Answer: okay here we go, i rented a car and drove up to nor-cal from hollyweird before tour a few months ago. because david is a fairly together human, he scheduled  flights so that i could pick up manny from the airport on the way up. this was a perfect plan or borderline genius until some lady on manny's flight turned out to be completely out of her mind and managed to delay the flight by a few hours. Now if you know anything about me at all your aware of the two things i have in common with Sammy Hagar, one i have an unhealthy relationship with tequila, and two "im a wild man, i can't drive 55". that being said i got up to the airport way faster than i needed too considering the insanity that had occured on manny's flight, so i pulled off on an exit to find a place to kill some time. i ended up pulling off in a town that probably only existed because there was a big airport a few miles away. now at 12 at night (or morning if you wana split hairs and argue semantics), not too many things are open in the nor cal area. i drove around for a little before seeing an ihop, glowing like a beacon of light and decided to stop and get some coffee and salad. now i know, "who the fuck goes to ihop for salad?" and aside from the one time i did i can't really answer that question, there has to be some demographic who loves them some ihop salads because otherwise their just wasting space for new artery clogging goodness. but i digress, i ordered a greek salad that came with french bread. the french bread was pretty decent, but then after a bite of that i bit into the salad. the first bite was sub-par at best, but what the fuck would you expect at nearly 1am in god knows where califonia at ihop, but it didn't seem life threatening at this point so i continued. the next bite was at first as underwhelming as the previous bite, but as i continued to chew i felt something that was more cruncherific than any vegetable i had previously encountered. now i am from new york and i doubt we rank high on the nations list of fresh crunchy vegetables but this made a crouton seem like pre-chewed baby food. so i spit it into my napkin for closer examination, "oh fuck thats glass" was my first thought. i was just throwing my napkin of glass salad into my bowl as the waitress came over to ask me how everything was. i told her about my problem and presumably in a panic she took the salad back and asked me if i would like another salad. my first reaction was to laugh like a mental patient at the suggestion and ask if she was fuckin kidding, but i just said no, as working the over night at an ihop in the middle of nowhere is probably not the job that keeps the revolver out of your mouth. now i know that i totally could of sued, and im probably an idealistic idiot for not considering the fact that im borderline destitute, but i have no desire to be a part of the frivolous law suits that are ruining our already flawed legal system. so i guess the point to take away from this is that you should get pancakes from ihop and keep your desire for salad under wraps until you get to cheesecake factory.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: you know what would be a reallyy epic tour? STD, Say Anything, and Andrew W.K . seriously. :D

Answer: party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party part party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party party

Answered by andy double you kay on Jul 17th 2008

Question: Favorite record from 2008 so far?

Answer: either the portishead record or the new he is legend demos which i think are up on their myspace and are awesome im not sure if they count, but me likey http://www.myspace.com/heislegend

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: How awesome is Dr.Manhattan?

Answer: awesometacular!

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: Durijah, what do you want for your birthday?

Answer: a pony.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: D. If this is the truth. Someone secretly told me it was your birthday via cock suck. So. Happy Birthday. 8====D~~ ... exactly.

Answer: thanks dooder, love the syntax in your opening sentence.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 17th 2008

Question: Tattoos. Who's got em and what are they?

Answer: i got em, they're awesometastic

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Dag Nasty cover?

Answer: we did one, it's on can't fall down. kinda rare, but some dude is sellin a copy on ebay

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: I have two questions that you guys probably don't hear very often. One, what is your least favorite song to play live? Two, does the 'Jesse' taunt ever get annoying?

Answer: free bird sucks to play live, that song is at least five minutes longer than it needs to be. we get it you can play a solo on the same notes forever.     i don't know how to play jesse, so it kinda stings when people point out my short comings. it's like putting on a grass skirt and taunting a broken lawnmower.  

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: not a question just a response to duh-raja....sorry man i didnt see it was just you recently my bad......i can be more patient haha.....also, your a bad ass drummer!

Answer: not a problem, just wanted to address the situation. thanks duder

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: you guys are amazing and incredible and like nuts and berries but would a simple thank you for your music suffice? or do you like to hear that every two out of three people who have listened to saves the day consider their individual lives here on earth saved by your peculiar sentiment? im sorry if this cameof sarcastic or asshole-ish i didn't intend for that.

Answer: thank you is just fine and right back at cha. glad we can brighten peoples day

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Well for one, Saves the Day is one of the only bands that I can listen to whenever I want and never get tired of it. My question is what genre of music would you classify yourselves as? Thank you

Answer: gangster pop

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: what do you all do to make money when you're not touring/making an album? basically, how do you guys survive?

Answer: i run a small company that manufactures clever cardboard signs for panhandlers. 

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: will daybreak rise out of the depths of sorrow and completely destroy everyone in its path? p.s. i really like your new genre (speed metal played really slow)

Answer: it's gonna be like the rapture except everyone is invited to ascend to heaven and there isn't any need for all the fire and brimstone and flying skulls and giant Dick Cheney.  everyone loves speed metal, even jesus. underoath told me

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: hows life saves the day? i might be the biggest std fan in the whole of australia. gets pretty lonely sometimes. well, not because you know, but i don't know anyone else. what do you think of austrlia D? lovelovelove :]

Answer: life is life-tacular. i love the idea of australia but i am terrified of the wildlife that exists there

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: When are you guys going to start covering R. Kelly's "Sex in the Kitchen"?

Answer: as soon  as we find some under age girls to pee on

Answered by m.c. pee pants on Jul 16th 2008

Question: d

Answer: -unit

Answered by fiddy on Jul 16th 2008

Question: may be asked, but, first song you ever wrote, how did you feel about it?

Answer: i was prolly really stoked about it. im sure it was terrible, but i didn't know

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: when u were in skool wat were u? nerd? class clown? jock? musicion or the goths/emos? i love u!!!! all of yall!!! ur my fav band in the whole wide world!!! my bday is on july 8 and it would mean the world if u cud email me or calll me :] or sumthing im 11 turning 12

Answer: i have no idea. i like to read so maybe nerd? but i also like music so musician? and i own some black t-shirts so maybe goth? it's all so confusing

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: If I were to have a party at my house would you all come to it? Would it seal the deal if there was a slip n' slide and a moon bounce?

Answer: only if you get andrew w.k. to come too. that dood knows a thing or two about partying.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Do you like the Arbiter

Answer: im gonna level with you. i have no idea who/what that is. i wasn't really paying attention for the last decade or so

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Hey guys, I feel stupid asking this - but am I not seeing the option to send you guys my tattoo picture? I'd love to have mine posted too.

Answer: dude i have no idea, all i know how to do at this point on here is write surely responses to questions that people ask in a drunken stupor at 5 in the am. i'll find out

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Did you guys realize that the release "Daybreak" will mark only the 2nd time that two consecutive Saves The Day records had the exact same line-up? Unless Chris leaves the band, then you guys have to get Dio to take over like Black Sabbath did...Regardless, psyched for the album, this is the best line-up the band's had anyway so this is a good thing!

Answer: are you daring me to quit?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Why is in reverie always missing from the discography? even itunes.

Answer: because it's my favorite and therefore doomed to be obscure and hard to find

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Armor For Sleep or Set Your Goals?

Answer: this question is more loaded than i am. this is like asking someones mom which one of her kids she loves more. so on that note " i love them both the same *muah* "

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: So I Was Dancing To Your Music. And I Hit My Head On A Self. Do You Feel Bad Now?

Answer: how do you hit your head on a self? i guess i feel kinda bad, but look on the bright side at least you didn't hit your head on a shelf.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: I was thinking of writing you guys in when i vote for president in the upcoming election. just wanted to put you on notice so your not surprised if you win.

Answer: great, now when we win we'll all be so used to the idea that we'll look like we don't even care that we are all presidential and shit. O'riley  is gonna totally tear us apart now

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: AYE MANE, I"M FINNA GO IN THE POOL

Answer: don't forget to put on your floaties

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Why do you guys never come to new zealand? We love Saves the Day but you guys seem to hate us or something >.<

Answer: shit we don't not be not hating yall, we're just really scared of getting eaten by sharks or beat up by Russell Crow

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Duh-raja, McGovern isn't running. Better re-think that one. I'm voting for Barack Obama because I love giving my paycheck to the government so they can spend it on welfare and shitty health care. What about you?

Answer: im voting for the one that compromised all their ideals to get to the level of politics they are in

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Hey jumanjah, Are the employees at guitar center all assholes or is it just me? and what's your opinion on electric-drum kits?

Answer: im pretty sure thats a prerequisite for getting a job there as i have friends who work there and if their friends with me it stands to reason that they are most likely assholes. i know that was a job requirement at Tower back when i worked there. im also pretty sure that they have Stephen Hawking design all their buildings so that even the most simple transaction will take a freakish amount of time. thats why you go to buy a drum key real quick and emerge three hours later. it's all in "Brief history of time" if your interested in better understanding the principals of the universe and consequently guitar center. i like electric kits for practice or a quick demo so i don't have to spend three hours programing the drum part i could play in five minutes. i wouldn't ever want to use one live, but it's a good tool. actually probably forces you to play cleaner so that you don't  doubble trigger the sounds or miss the tiny pads  

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Durijah, do you have any hobbies besides answering questions that were directed to Chris? Haha, I'm only joking with you, your answers are quite lovely too.

Answer: oh you know, i be gettin my read on and shit.  i also like to get drunk and walk excessive distances in the wee hours or the morning for no good reason. i like to pet cats sometimes. i like to create totally avoidable drama in my life, preferably involving women who for reasons that are unclear are drawn to my drunken incoherent and often unreasonable shinanagins like priests to alter boys.  around christmas time i like to rent an easter bunny costume and attack mall Santas. i like riding my bicycle. i like to paint portraits of Bill O'riley dressed in drag, while riding a unicycle, and juggling sex toys. i have completed 36 of them now, their not for everyone but their a great conversation piece. sometimes i like to call random numbers in Darfur and just drink water and eat potato chips really loudly until they hang up, then i usually call the number back and in my best jock voice i say "USA USA USA, O'Doyle rules!!!!" and then i hang up. oh i like to play guitar too. so yeah stuff like that

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: When is Daybreak coming out? not soon enough i suppose...

Answer: if "tomorrow is much too late"  than yes it's not coming out soon enough. get it? god i kill me puns are evil, sorry the devil made me do it

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: just so you know, Russell Crowe is in Sydney right now. (And if Crowe comes after y'all, people will Gladiator his ass, I'll make sure of that) So if you ever get down here.. Megadeth/Slayer/Anthrax/S.O.D cover played really slow? And one more question: Frodus or Jawbox?

Answer: ok cool, that bastard is out of control. thanks for getting rid of him now you just gotta deal with the sharks, snakes, and spiders. dude, south of heaven ala lounge singer? or maybe medusa ? always jawbox unless you pick someone really awesome to put them up against

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: It's raining hardcore at my house... you want to come dive in puddles with me?

Answer: maybe im being a nervous nancy, but im not sure it's safe to dive in puddles. considering the kiddy pool i bought a few years ago had a warning about the dangers of diving into it and consequently breaking your neck, im not sure a puddle would be adequate for diving as kiddy pools tend to dwarf most puddles and im really into not having a broken neck lately (i know, it's trendy. but i like it) . aside from my safety concerns i would love to dive into puddles with you. i hope i didn't ruin anything for you  

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: "everyone loves speed metal, even jesus. underoath told me" hahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahaa best show you have ever been to. 1,2,3 GO.

Answer: they did, i don't know enough about the guy to argue no matter how unlikely it seems. but they hang out

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 16th 2008

Question: Is that thing loaded?

Answer: always

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 15th 2008

Question: Any chance of a Stryder reunion one day?

Answer: i wouldn't hold your breath.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 14th 2008

Question: Today is Bastille day, and more importantly, my birthday. Tell me you love me?

Answer: you know i do baby

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 14th 2008

Question: Isn't it an amazing thing...how cannabis helps with the effects of chrons and ulcerative colitis!? Amazing thing it is! Make everyone aware!

Answer: wait a second, this seems like a trick question. kinda like when a cop pulls a drunk person over and asks them the recite the alphabet backwards, hoping to get the response "i can't even do that sober". you a fucking narcotics agent! i knew it! sneaky swine

Answered by karl rove on Jul 14th 2008

Question: how do you feel about donating your organs? do it

Answer: im all for donating organs. And as much as this was a really great setup for a totally crude and perverse answer, im going to take the moral high road and tell you what i actually think. once your dead, who cares what happens to your innards? granted i suspect that i may have ruined mine beyond repair at this point, but if they can help someone who is in need im all for it. and i'll go you one further, i think bill hicks wasn't totally off his rocker in saying that old people who are sitting in nursing homes pretty much waiting to die should be used in action movies as stunt doubles. do you want grandma waiting idly for the family that never comes to visit or would you rather her meet chuck noris? you know the native americans used every part of the buffalo. just sayin

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 14th 2008

Question: Are you guys gonna tour with Say Anything and Two Tongues this fall?

Answer: yeah, we're trying to put together a tour with rage against the machine, audioslave, and soundgarden  on the bill as well. fingers crossed

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 14th 2008

Question: Lifetime or Refused?

Answer: refused

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 13th 2008

Question: Is there any chance you guys will do another European tour? I'm asking this being 90% sure your reply will involve sarcasm and avoid any serious answer to the question. Ah well. P.s how many members of saves the day does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: dude we were just there last week. nobody showed up at the airport to pick us up so we flew home. p.s.- one member? do i win something?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 13th 2008

Question: When you guys were in Reno for the Bamboozle Roadshow, did you guys hit up any casino's?

Answer: i walked into one, but the last thing i need is another vice

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 13th 2008

Question: Name a painful band breakup?

Answer: i was really bummed when faith no more broke up. is that even what you meant by that? i didn't really understand the question

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 12th 2008

Question: This is really more of an affirmation than a question, but here goes: A featured article on MSN posed the inquiry, "Why is bourbon the new 'trendy' drink?". Would it be proper procedure to respond back to the site saying simply 'Everyone wants to be as cool as Durijah'?

Answer: i think that might be kinda obscure in the grand scheme of things. but a few people might get it. people need to stop making the things i like trendy, driving up the cost of my medication. david told me this was starting to happen

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 12th 2008

Question: Durijah...are you picky about what kind of cymbals you play or do you just rock on whatever you can get your hands on?

Answer: i've been a zildjian kid my whole life

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 12th 2008

Question: Come back home to Jersey and play for me? K? Deal?

Answer: wait, we were just there. where were you?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 11th 2008

Question: hey you should come to rochester. i need your autograph

Answer: no come to long island i need yours. the key to identity theft is all in the details.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 11th 2008

Question: Quick Question Fellas... Why is it that you guys' (or most other amazingly talented bands) rarely come to Indiana?

Answer: i really have no idea. is dancing banned there like that town in foot lose? disproportionately large deaf population? im grasping at straws. one thing i can tell you is the last show i remember playing in Indiana was at a bagel store in south bend about eight years ago. so your observation seems pretty on point to me

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 11th 2008

Question: beer pong partners next game?

Answer: can we use bourbon instead of beer? i like high stakes

Answered by duh-runkie on Jul 11th 2008

Question: Some day, when I run for office, one of your randomly selected songs is going to be the theme song for my campaign. Speaking of which, who are you voting for?

Answer: im voting for McGovern

Answered by richard nixon on Jul 10th 2008

Question: Do you play Wii?

Answer: oh hellz yeah we paly wii!!!! it's pretty much the best thing evers

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 10th 2008

Question: durijah youre pretty cool can we be bffs?

Answer: i don't see why not. wana get matching tattoos?

Answered by bff4eva on Jul 10th 2008

Question: so do you guys really save the day?

Answer: i don't think i can craft an answer that wouldn't come off as being dismissive and/or condescending for this one

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 9th 2008

Question: Jawbox or Burning Airlines?

Answer: thats totally not a fair question. both

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 8th 2008

Question: Why did i say "thanks" this morning when someone pointed at my shirt and said "that's a great band?" I didn't do anything to make you guys great. Sorry for taking credit where credit wasn't do. It was the one with the hand guarding the candle That's it!

Answer: i guess we'll let it slide this time.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 8th 2008

Question: Durijah, what brand of cigarettes do you prefer? I would think you smoke Kools, because you seem kool as hell. Also, after watching the DVD, you inspired me to work on my open-handed hi-hat style

Answer: i can't openly endorse a cigarette company they all suck. it would be like picking a favorite heroin dealer, or maybe a favorite person to receive a swift kick in the nuts from. the open hand thing seems like a good thing to know, i just kinda fell into it. but i have met people who say it has opened new doors for them once they figured it out

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: Durijah, did you ever listen to Saves the Day before you joined the group? If so, what's your favorite album/song? Also, how do you feel about people asking to take pictures wtih you?

Answer: yeah i got into in reverie and sta before i started playing with them. in reverie is my favorite record, favorite song might be hell is here tho.   pictures, im not sure how i feel about it. i avoid thinking about it to avoid having an anxiety attack

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: i have indigestion! what should i do? i listened to Under the Boards and my stomach still aches!

Answer: under the boards isn't the record we prescribe for temporary relief or acid reflux or indigestion. you were probably thinking of in reverie.in the future you should be more careful to read the suggested uses and dosages on our records.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: so durijah Steve Gadd or Vinnie Colaiuta?

Answer: if i had to pick i would probably go with vinnie. but stewart copeland  is twice as interesting as the both of them put together

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: Hello, i just read through some questions, and i want to reiterate someones point to maybe further the importance of it... Come back to Europe soon pleeease! love you guys

Answer: ok we're commin tomorrow. we'll be getting into heathrow at noon local time. you should be waiting at baggage claim holding a sign that says "bin ladden". if your late we're turning around and going home godspeed.  

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: ily

Answer: illy

Answered by say on Jul 7th 2008

Question: last day on earth...what are you eating for breakfast...for lunch...for dinner...for dessert?

Answer: bourbon......acid.......heroin...............shotgun shell

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: I just downloaded Batman: Gotham Knight. It's 3:52am and I have to get a root canal tomorrow at 10am. Should I watch it? Please get back to me promptly.

Answer: apparently our server has some lag in getting questions to us or you live in a different time zone. either way i hope your teeth are ok

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: Ever met another Durijah?

Answer: met no, i know there is an Islamic fundamentalist woman who has the same name, and i heard a story of a little kid on a table at chuckie cheese who's mom was yelling "durijah get off the table" which sounds about right. aside from that no, although i have had friends threaten to name their kids durijah which i think is the making for a bad scene

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: will you listen to my music? i listen to yours, its only fair

Answer: send it to me, but don't expect me to pull any punches.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 7th 2008

Question: Denny's or ihop?

Answer: i have never had glass in my food at denny's. so yeah

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 4th 2008

Question: if a tree falls in the forest what happens if nobodys around to hear it?

Answer: the other trees point and laugh

Answered by garry larson on Jul 4th 2008

Question: should i worry about death?

Answer: nah man, thats like worrying about terrorism. worry about clowns, they're the greater threat. they are everywhere

Answered by john wayne gacy on Jul 4th 2008

Question: so my baby's mama ......

Answer: if you are the person who's question started out like this, please write me at durijah@savestheday.com. this doesn't belong on the board due to the intensely personal nature and the gravity of the situation. but not responding isn't an option

Answered by duh-pressed on Jul 4th 2008

Question: Dog Whisperer? Survivorman or Man vs. Wild? House music or Trance music? 4chan?

Answer: dog whisperer on mute with trance music playing in the background

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 4th 2008

Question: whos your favorite nascar driver?

Answer: anyone who hit's a wall at 190 mph is in that moment my favorite nascar driver

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 2nd 2008

Question: glassjaw or saves the day?

Answer: bill and ted"s excellent adventure    or       bill and ted"s bogus journey?

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 2nd 2008

Question: chris...do you have saves the day on your ipod? do you ever listen to your own songs for the heck of it

Answer: hahaha, actually yes i do have saves the day on my iPod, although under the info for the songs i make sure to click the "skip during shuffle" setting!  (it can be a little unsettling when you're rocking out to fela kuti and suddenly "collision" comes on.  ha!)  i only listen to our music right after we have finished an album, or while we are recording.  in fact, while recording, i only listen to the music we are working on.  i listen to it over and over, digesting, getting ideas, recalibrating parts, fine-tuning.  and then i listen to it quite a lot once it is finished.  but after about a month or so, i'm ready to focus on the next album, and then i listen only to the saves the day songs currently in the creation stage.  last night i spent an hour listening to our new songs for daybreak.  quite good, i must say, in my opinion.  werd.

Answered by chris on Jul 2nd 2008

Question: whos your favourite superhero?

Answer: i dunno, maybe Jesus? the water to wine thing seems way more impressive than flying or turning green when you get mad.

Answered by duh-raja on Jul 2nd 2008

Question: When will your songs be available to play on Rock Band?! In My Waking Life would be so fun!

Answer: i dunno, it would be kinda rad. but kinda scary too, it would be such a bummer to keep being smoked at your own song by some 8 year old rock band prodigy in best buy.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: how much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

Answer: 21,067.006310

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: Not really a question but Durijah you have one of the best sense of humor ever. Right on man

Answer: thanks man, im no carrot top, but a boy can dream right?

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: Durijah - I have to say that even though just about every time I see you guys play you're sporting a UNC jersey and I cringe (I'm a Duke fan), I can let it slide since you're an absolute beast at answering questions. And for the record, you can be Biggie instead of Tupac.

Answer: if it's any consolation at all, i don't really care about sports all that much. i just hate duke because i used to live in Durham right down the street from duke and worked at what might be regarded as a "duke bar".  seriously, the attitude that most of those kids have is out of control. but thanks for letting us be biggie, maybe p diddy will sign us to bad boy now. sizzy tha dizzy

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: Do you guys ever rock to your favorite cd's in your underpants anymore??

Answer: do blue feetie pajamas coun't? if they do then yes

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: D. what's your top 3 favorite saves the day songs to play right now?

Answer: probably- hold, hell is here, and always ten feet tall. but it's kinda hard to choose, i have a lot of fun playing them all.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 28th 2008

Question: Where did my question go?

Answer: here it is

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: Imagine for a second that Saves The Day is Tupac... who is your Biggie? Or you guys are Jay-Z... who is your Nas? Just know I've got your back, dawgs ;)

Answer: can we be biggie? pretty please with shug knight on top?

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: it's awesome you answer questions all the time..thanks my question today is in regards to sci-fi. i heard some of you like it! my favorites shows are Firefly and Stargate. my favorite movies lately have been Children of Men and Sunshine. What are your favorites?

Answer: haven't seen children of men yet, heard it was sick tho. sunshine was pretty awesome. if you have never seen 12 monkeys or brazil you should prolly get on it

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: Hey this is in regards to Joe's question on May 22nd.... Why do you even post that on the site... I can see where he is coming from saying the music has changed.. but he needs to realize as the person holding the pen and guitar the music will change as well... keep doing what you are doing it has saved my life...including every album not just one ore two of them....Thank you

Answer: i posted it because, i found the wording of his complaint to be kinda silly and quite telling. one because he used "GAY emo" and "PUNK emo" and thats the kind of language you might expect to hear from a middle school kid who isn't comfortable with his emotions. and personally i think the word emo to describe music is kinda redundant. if it's supposed to be short hand for emotional music, what would the opposite be? even the more cerebral music that i have been into over the years have seemingly been trying to get across some feeling. i dunno, i like what we do. maybe i shouldn't of posted it, but even if i didn't post it the sentiment still exists. the reality is that not everyone is going to be into the artistic direction you choose to head in. you kinda have to learn to be ok with that or else your screwed. that being said, glad you like what we do

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: would you guys ever switch instruments on a song? no like weezer switching, but like radiohead switiching.

Answer: it's been mentioned in passing, if it will actually happen is debatable

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: I asked a question a while back and it never got answered but a bunch of other peoples did. how come?

Answer: hey man, i have been trying to answer as many questions as possible. however there are questions that are either addressed to someone in particular or are questions that i either don't know the answer to or don't feel like i should be answering considering how short of a time i have been playing with std.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 26th 2008

Question: Do labels provide band's with health care? Do you have to get your own. I've heard about so many bus, van, and show accidents, what do you do!

Answer: i don't know if any of us have health care. if ya get injured ya just gotta pour some tussin on it

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: PLEASE READ THIS and stop making GAY emo music and go back to the more PUNK emo. Im not tryin to hate i just think every CD " sound the alarm" is so much better. I think you would sell so many more records if u guys just went back to your roots and did more shit like that. You guys are the greatest. Thanks - JOE

Answer: is "GAY emo" a real genre? does the GAY portion always need to be capitalized?

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: Do you still listen to Jawbreaker? What is your favorite song?

Answer: "i love you so much it's killing us both" is absolutely amazing.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: How you guys doing? Just a little question...Do you think you'll come play in Europe some day??

Answer: we would love to, with a little luck we'll make it back across the pond

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: This question is for all the members of Saves the Day(hopefully everyone is able to answer!) What did ya'll want to be career wise before playing and performing music for a living?

Answer: i used to wana be a fireman/astronaut/doctor/president/g.i.joe, i dunno it just seemed unrealistic. maybe one day

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: What's your favorite descendents album?

Answer: i know it's blasphemy but i think "everything sucks" is amazing.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: canada loves saves the day but why doesn't saves the day love canada?

Answer: dude we totally love canada. i love canada so much that im gonna go sit through that new shitty mike myers movie just because he's one our neighbors to the north. then im going to drink canadian whiskey mixed with canada dry ginger ale until i have no memory of watching it

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: Duijah, do you find yourself intimidating? I was at the Atlanta show and as I was standing in line to get in, I saw you standing outside of the tour bus smoking a cigarette all bad ass like, it was pretty cool.

Answer: i try not to think about it, i guess some people see me as an intimidating sort of fella. i mean i don't walk around with a grin on 24/7, but it kinda sucks that i would have to walk around with a rainbow bright lunch box, a miley cyrus t-shirt  and a kitten to seem more approachable. actually on second thought that would probably make me look like a pedophile, so you see i can't win. actually just as a p.s.a. if you encounter a guy over the age of 13 wearing a miley cyrus shirt and it's not billy ray cyrus stay away from that guy.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: I wrote you guys last week...yes, i risked bothering you again for like the 12th time in my life....but for some reason, this time I really feel like I want to know if you guys even read what I write to you or not. even though i know it's impossible and that the likelihood of that ever happening is slim to none. then i see on stupid facebook that a girl i went to high school with has somehow managed to snag Coby Linder from Say Anything and is actually fo' rizzle dating him and then she has pictures of Chris (conley...as if any of you wouldnt know that hah) like up close and personal and then i get ridiculously frustrated with myself like how have i failed in achieving to get in touch with the band that would play the soundtrack to my life. Please, even if you only have time or energy to write a "fuck you" back, I'd honestly appreciate that. if not, please know that i'll love the hell out of you anyway. gracias again and again.

Answer: i totally just read what you wrote. im not sure how to respond because there isn't really a question. but i don't see a need to write "fuck you" back. thats more our vice president's speed

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: My sister and I have had an intense debate for quite some time now, and I was wondering if y'all could help settle it. Here goes: Phil Collins or Peter Gabriel?

Answer: phil collins is the more amusing of answer, but peter gabriel doesn't make me wana puncture my ear drums. was this in regard to genesis?

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 25th 2008

Question: What is the meaning of life?

Answer: 42

Answered by douglas adams on Jun 25th 2008

Question: What's everybody's favorite breakfast cereal?

Answer: probably something all healthy and boring with like bran and flax seed oil or some other weird pseudo hippy shit.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 23rd 2008

Question: not kidding. are you seriously ever going to come to australia? like being waiting 5 yrs, its kinda a joke now. pretty please.

Answer: yes

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 23rd 2008

Question: hey chris, how did durijah and manny come into the picture? I really dig what they have brought to the band.

Answer: we both used to work for the landscaping company that cut the grass at chris's house. he hired manny to appeal to the ethnic crowd. i got hired by accident because chris thought manny's name was durijah which works out really well for me because if he fires me im can file a discrimination suit and claim he fired me because of a melanin deficiency

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 23rd 2008

Question: hey how are you guys going with the collab with say anything? reading that you guys were Max's fav band was how i got onto you actually lol n im sooo glad i did :D and btw Durijah i was just wondering but how do you come up with the main beats and fills in your songs? im an aspiring young drummer myself and i can write lyrics ok but always hav trouble finding something that fits with it

Answer: i really don't know man, i think there might be something wired backwards in my brain

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 23rd 2008

Question: What's your favourite animal?

Answer: la Chupacabra

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 23rd 2008

Question: C. why pink color a long time ago?

Answer: well, a long time ago, the universe created pink so you could tell the difference between red and blue.  pink stepped up and said, "yo, i can handle that!"  so now, we know that a tomato is not a blueberry and a flamingo is a flamingo (in case of allergic reaction).  i would like to thank the universe for allowing us the ability to discern one thing from another.  and in homage to a most magical color, i went pink!

Answered by chris on Jun 22nd 2008

Question: do you guys have beef with anyone. i heard that you guys were fighting with Black Tide. p.s did you guys teach yourselves how to play your instruments. im trying to its hard

Answer: who is Black Tide?  and no, i never have beef with anyone cause i don't eat beef.  david may have beef with his family every once in a while, but i can't say for sure.  if he does, it's most likely grass fed beef....not CORN!  and i'm pretty sure we were all self taught on our instruments.  durijah went to berkley for guitar, not drums.  so he studied the gitter and can out play me and david on any given tuesday, but he's slow and sludgy on wednesday through monday.  as for manny, he's a jedi and his skills come from within.  i played cello for 7 years starting when i was 6, but then taught myself guitar after taking lessons got boring and tedious.  david's dad is a multi-faceted musician, so david sort of grew up around guitar and learned through osmosis.  werd out, yo.

Answered by chris on Jun 21st 2008

Question: what would your last thoughts be if the world were to explode in ten seconds?

Answer: what a beautiful sunset!

Answered by chris on Jun 21st 2008

Question: is the truth really out there?

Answer: no, it's IN HERE!

Answered by chris on Jun 21st 2008

Question: Do you have any good books to recommend?

Answer: how about 1984.  it isn't so much science fiction anymore!

Answered by chris on Jun 21st 2008

Question: What kind of craziness goes on in that tour bus?is it a non-stop party or what?when i saw you guys at warped tour it seemed like it might be. also Thank you for getting me through some tough time i turned to music and saves the day was always there.

Answer: the reality of how tame the bus generally is would probably be at least somewhat of a anti-climax. so to avoid that. it's all drunken birthday party clowns riding tricycles, while tommy lee gets loaded and beats pam anderson senseless and while thats going on lindsey lohan does a bunch of blow and talks to paris hilton about what a life changing experience filming "i know who killed me" was and they both agree that it's indeed "hot". and while thats going on we're all in our bunks watching the planet earth documentary or reading books on eastern philosophy. god we suck   glad the music could help you out tho

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Do any of you believe there is life outside of our tiny planet?

Answer: kinda seems like there would have to be. if there is im not sure they would want anything to do with us.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: why doesn't Durijah take shots of Jager? tell him to "man up"!

Answer: honestly im kinda burnt on the jager. but untill half way through the last tour i didn't drink before or during a show. it's generally a bad idea for drummers on the physiological side of things.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: If Saves the Day truly had to save the day, how would you like to do it? Getting a cat out of a tree? Rescuing people from a burning building? Eating the brusselsprouts left on my plate so my mom doesn't yell at me?

Answer: releasing a plague of locusts o' er the brussel sprout fields so nobody's mom would have a reason to yell at them

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: im not sure how much time you have for tv...but when you do have the time, what are your favorite shows?

Answer: sponge bob, fairly odd parents, and most of the stuff on adult swim. not a joke, i seriously only watch cartoons.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Where'd Durijah get his sweet Tyler Hansbrough jersey?

Answer: i lived in NC for three years man. got it from a friend down there.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: I hope this hasn't already been answered, but a lot of people call you emo, some call you punk, rock, etc etc etc....I find so many of your lyrics so far from emo, I wouldn't say you're anti-government or anything so I wouldn't say punk, but I still don't know what to put in that "Genre" field for all my playlists of your music! What would you classify your music as? Thanks!

Answer: im pretty sure i have answered a question similar to this in some surely manner before. but to be quite honest i don't really have an answer, i just kinda like what i like. im not enough of an music critic to consider how music should be labeled. i would probably just say rock or something general like that

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: I saw you guys when you played in Hawaii last year. It was hard for STD fans to get tickets because you were added late to the concert and My Chemical Romance fans all got floor tickets. I talked to numerous disappointed STD fans that had to sit opposite of the stage all the way in the back. I know it's hard, but do you guys have any intentions of returning to Hawaii?

Answer: given the chance im sure all of us would love to.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: I've always wanted to know, who would win in a fight between all the band members? And I'm totally aware Manny has superpowers, but he couldn't use them in the brawl.

Answer: David would beat us all to death.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Where do you see Saves the Day in 10 more years? You guys are so amazing live. I love you! I lovee you!

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Question: Chris and the guys, I asked you this before and you did not respond to me! Indignantly I will ask again! If a zombie and a robot hypothetically were to fight, who would win? And what would happen to the humans?

Answer: im not sure there would be a clear cut winner. my guess is that the zombie's would eat the robots cpu's and we would end up with robot zombie's wandering our streets. this obviously does not bode well for the humans, but we might be able to seek asylum in outer space. from a cursory glance at a book cover in a book store last week it's come to my attention that there are men on mars and women on venus. so i say all the men from earth should go to venus and all the women to mars. in doing so we would be left with the same strained relationship problems that we currently have minus the looming threat of hybrid robot-zombies, because really who needs one more thing to stress out about. crisis averted

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Durijah, I've been fortunate to see you play with STD a couple times now and I have to say that your performances have ousted both Pete Parada and Bryan Newman in my book and they were no slouches. Watching you tear up 30+ songs in Philly BLEW MY MIND. How long have you been rocking your kit arrangement? Did you learn to play from the start with the hats and ride on your left? Are you left handed? P.S. - "Circular Highway" is forever my jam. Thank you.

Answer: wow a stryder reference, weird. the kit set up is pretty much the same thing i used in classic case and glassjaw minus a china cymbal, so i have been playing a similar set up since about 03 or 02. i was born left handed and then switched for no good reason when i was a kid. so now i do somethings lefty some things righty and something are just weird like the drumming thing. it's just kinda the way thing made sense to me, either the advantage or disadvantage of not having lessons depending on how you look at it

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: By the way... as a fellow Bourbon drinker... what is Durijah's favorite?

Answer: i have been kinda partial to knob creek as of late. but makers or beam will do just fine. a little ginger ale mixed in and your golden

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Can you tell me what is the closest genre of your music is now:Pop punk,indie rock,powerpop,melodic hardcore,Emo,Acoustic

Answer: i would say we're kinda like a speed metal band, but we play everything really slow

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: What should I have for dinner?

Answer: your body is a temple so i would say something involving tofu and vegetables. if you happen to be anti-semitic cigarettes and hard liquor will probably achieve the desired result

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Do you guys like Taco Bell? If so, what is your favorite thing to get? It's so unhealthy but it's an addiction.

Answer: im not a big fast food fan, but if i had to get somethin from t-bell the slayer is pretty much the way to go

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: True or False: You guys played over 30 songs in Philly because you were too drunk to notice how long you'd been playing for due to the high number of shots that were brought on stage for you by other bands/friends. PS - Best show ever! Thank you!

Answer: i think that is at least partly true. we were having such a good time that we totally didn't notice. im still amazed that we didn't get into trouble with the venue.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 19th 2008

Question: Could you guys post that video you had of Chris playing the piano again. I think it was lonely nights. Maybe not. Either way. Please??

Answer: yea, the videos are all archived in the videos section of the site, so you can just click on the link and find that ass.  the only piano tune that's up is a song called "in my waking life" which was not recorded on piano for the album in reverie, but alas, a new fresh version for your earsicles.  bye!

Answered by chris on Jun 17th 2008

Question: hey can anyone take Durijah seriously in skull shoes?

Answer: i don't take me seriously, i don't see why anyone else should have to.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 9th 2008

Question: How did you guys learn how to play your instruments so well??

Answer: we're still trying to figure out how to play these things. but it's kinda weird that you asked that, we just asked the exact same question you asked on the FAQ on the "Yes" site.  when they get back to us we'll let you know what they say.

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 9th 2008

Question: What's your favorite pokemon. Don't tell me you don't like Pokemon, because I know for a fact you do. I overheard you telling Jimmy's little brother.

Answer: i don't know for sure about the rest of the guys, but personally i think Rush Limbaugh is my favorite Pokemon. his irrational right wing attack is off the chain. take that pikachu!

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 9th 2008

Question: 8==D

Answer: (<>)(<>)

Answered by duh-raja on Jun 9th 2008

Question: What are you guys doing?

Answer: just chillin in our clothes man. what are you doin? how's the family? you busy sunday? i think we're gonna have people over

Answered by duh-raja on May 27th 2008

Question: I was reading the Q&As, and I noticed that Durijah answered one. Every other one I read was from Chris. I guess this basically describes my question, which is for Durijah. I've been playing drums in a band for two years, and when I first started playing drums, I always wanted to play guitar. Not because I especially loved guitar, because drums are sooo fun to play, but do you ever hate having to sit in the back, and then after the show everyone seems to want to talk to Chris or Dave? Mostly I ask because I went to the KC show when you first started playing for STD, and wanted to meet you, but didn't see you after...?

Answer: honestly, thats a lot of the reason i play drums in bands. I actually went to music school for guitar and played guitar in bands for years. it just kinda worked out that there were a bunch of guitar players and not many good drummers, so i started playing drums in various projects. at this point in time i don't think i could ever see myself playing anything other than drums on a stage, i really find the thought of not being able to hide behind my drums kind of terrifying. i really enjoy playing for people but at the same time im very attached to my anonymity. thats probably why you didn't see me after the kc show, just change out of your show clothes and your back to just being some dude. im a fan of that. next time we play kc look for me i'll be around, we can talk shop

Answered by duh-raja on May 24th 2008

Question: I saw you guys play Chicago this weekend, and when you guys played You Vandal everyone at the back of the crowd went apeshit and started moshing. What is the most extreme crowd reaction to one of your songs you have ever seen?

Answer: actually one of the best crowd reactions we've ever gotten was that same night in chicago.  when we played "can't stay the same" from the new album, the whole floor was jumping up and down, and up on stage we could feel the whole building shaking and bouncing.  bananas.  thanks chitown!

Answered by chris on Apr 28th 2008

Question: hey chris what is your favorite song off of Stay What You Are? and just for the record it's my favorite album of all time from any band. you guys are truly an inspiration. thank you.

Answer: my favorite song from stay what you are is "cars & calories".  i remember writing that song sitting in an empty office at vagrant records.  all of a sudden my fingers started playing the open chords and the melody popped out and bang, there's the song.  it came out fully formed.  it's pretty neat when that happens.

Answered by chris on Apr 28th 2008

Question: I was at the Columbus concert(which rocked), and I was wondering how much you guys have practiced all the songs. You played every request on demand without even thinking about it. My assumption so far is that you guys have some sort of secret time vault where you guys go in and practice for years while it's only one day in the real world. How do you guys really practice so much on such a busy schedule?

Answer: the vault is on an island somewhere in the south pacific.  although we have no way of finding it ever again.  we got lost there for a few years after our plane crashed flying home from australia in '04.  yet when we got back, it was still 2004, which was surprising.  very surprising.  very strange.

Answered by chris on Apr 28th 2008

Question: Over the years, it is obvious that Saves The Day's music has evolved. Another obvious factor is Chris' singing. Was this a natural progression, or do you sing differently as a preference? j/w my bff's.

Answer: the changes happen without deliberation.  i would give us a lot more credit if we were consciously deciding to make such drastic alterations to our music.  the fact is, we change as we grow as people and as we get better at our instruments and songwriting.  we started so young that we didn't know much about music in the early days.  we were just kinda going for it.  then as we started playing more and more shows, we just got more confident and we became more capable.  and the music and singing just started to evolve as a direct result of our expanded experience.  a lot of the changes reflect our growing musical taste too.  we used to listen to hardcore.  now we listen to missy elliott!  so, we shall see how the music continues to evolve as we change and grow as individuals. 

Answered by chris on Apr 28th 2008

Question: What inspired the sound to change so much from the Through Being Cool days? I love every sound you have ever produced. Just puzzles me a little. PS:You Vandal has been my favorite song since I was 13. haha

Answer: ha, yea it's weird isn't it?  sometimes i'd like to have more control over the music, but it does what it wants to do.  that sounds strange to some people.  i think of myself more as a vehicle for the music to come through, not necessarily as a musical director.  so, i'll sit there playing guitar, and for some reason certain chords sound really good to me on some days and then a month later those same chords will feel uninspiring and trite.  so i think it's a combination of things.  on the one hand, i have a short attention span when it comes to music, and i never want to be bored by it.  so change is fun and keeps things fresh.  and on the other hand, my musical taste is constantly evolving.  in the early days, all we listened to was punk rock and hardcore.  bands like lifetime, dag nasty, the gorilla biscuits, and jawbreaker were our only sources of inspiration.  sometimes after through being cool, i discovered the beatles.  i had never been a big fan.  for some reason, their music really hit me and had a huge impact on the music.  since discovering the beatles, my ears have grown to want more and more complex sounds and our music has evolved in a similar pattern.  so, really, it's just a matter of getting better as a musician and finding new musical inspiration.  not to mention my short attention span.  and the fact that life is continually changing and the vicissitudes can be hard to weather.  i turn to music to cope with difficult life experiences.  to make sense of things.  so as life continues to offer up curve balls, the music bends and twists as a reaction, which reflects what my internal life is like at the time.

Answered by chris on Apr 27th 2008

Question: Hey Chris! Is that your dog in the Under the Boards dvd?? Very cute.

Answer: yup.  her name is macha.  she was in the school for the seeing eye for a year and a half before we got her but she flunked right at the end for having a loud and aggressive bark.  so we got her after that, and she's the best dog in the whole world.

Answered by chris on Apr 27th 2008

Question: Chris, is there any songs that you wrote during your days of just singing that you find are difficult to play on guitar and sing at the same time now?

Answer: when i first took over on guitar after ted left the band, i had to really focus on synchronizing my guitar playing with my singing.  it was more difficult on songs like "holly hox, forget me nots" cause it has those odd syncopated parts.  now that i've been doing it on stage for six years it's like second nature.  but yeah, i had to focus on it in the beginning.

Answered by chris on Apr 27th 2008

Question: Chris do you think your ever gonna go back to the days of the pink hair? Lovin the new cd by the way

Answer: i move as the spirits move me...

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: hey are you guys doing any touring in the states after the bamboozle road show before you go back to the studio to record daybreak?

Answer: no, we're gonna try to work on daybreak this summer so we aren't planning on touring again until this fall.  although we're partially torn cause this tour has been the best tour we've had in YEARS.  so we're definitely gonna miss the road.  the new jams are calling to us and fun times are just around the corner.

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: Chris, you absolutely destroy. Please discuss why you think this is so. Superior gene pool? Amazingly attractive facial structure? Given by the Aztec gods?

Answer: well, my friend...i do believe the magic is in the fans.  if it weren't for you guys, would anyone think we were special??? we love you!  (oh, and the real answer is...The Earth!)

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: Chris, what song would you say came easiest when writing, and which did you struggle with the most do you think?

Answer: hmm...that's a really tough question.  it really depends from song to song.  i'd say half the songs come out virtually completed and half the songs require tweaking.  i don't have specific memories as to which song was the easiest.  i remember we had to wrestle firefly to floor though.  that one was quite different when we started the writing process for stay what you are.

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: So the first Saves The Day record was called Can't Slow Down...But were you aware that this is also the name of a Lionel Richie album?! You really should give him come credit...or at least cover "Hello"!

Answer: actually, our old bass player sean mcgrath, who suggested the name saves the day, recommended the title "can't slow down."  he said it was the same name as a lionel richie album in the 80s...(the frackin 80s...)and we liked it, so we took it.  i don't think there are any rules against borrowing album titles though.  if so, the feds know where to find us.  as far as covers go, we are working on a covers record comprised entirely of engelbert humperdinck songs.  it's gonna be sweet...

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: it says on wikipedia that chris did sound engineering and production for bob dylan? is this true, if so what songs/album?

Answer: wait...are you serious?  that's pretty hilarious.  i DID record a bob dylan cover called "the man in me" with max and coby from say anything about three years ago.  we did it really quickly, and i think it came out on a bob dylan tribute record, maybe on doghouse, i can't remember.  but yeah, i certainly WISH i had engineered or produced bob dylan...actually now that you mention it, there was a brief period in the 80s when i suffered from a sever sleep walking disorder.  anything is possible...anything is possible.

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: Hi , I am from Brazil and you are my favourite band! Why don't you come to Brazil to a show ?

Answer: we would LOVE to come to brazil for a show!  do you have the jet, or should we dust off our jet?  our jet is only hypothetical...

Answered by chris on Apr 26th 2008

Question: Chris, is there any chance of you busting out the cello for a song in the future? Do you still play?

Answer: ha!  that'd be awesome.  it has been many many years since i played the cello.  although i could definitely manage to finger the strings, my bow would be awful.  i remember the hardest thing about the cello was mastering the bow.  to make it really sing, and not just creak and squeak.  and actually, i've thought about getting an old cello from a pawn shop to dust off my chops.  so perhaps in the future you will hear a squeaky cello on a saves the day album.  werd.

Answered by chris on Apr 22nd 2008

Question: Chris, did you ever get to go see any of your favorite bands play growing up? Did seeing them live inspire you to start playing music?

Answer: i was already playing music when i started going to concerts.  but seeing bands like lifetime in tiny venues in new jersey was inspiring and inspirational.  the music made me feel more comfortable in my own skin.  i have always felt alone and on the outside of things, and going to those shows provided me with a brief glimpse into a world where i belonged.  it was nice.  i have thanked them many times.  oh yeah, and my first concert was aerosmith at madison square garden.  that was the coolest.  werd.

Answered by chris on Apr 20th 2008

Question: Do you have a favourite saves the Day album?

Answer: i'm a big fan of all our music.  however, my favorite saves the day album is always the newest one released, or the newest one being written.  so right now, my favorite album of ours in "under the boards", but i'm most excited about "daybreak" which is to be the next album.  all that being said, "in reverie" is pretty darn good!

Answered by chris on Apr 20th 2008

Question: "Don't Go Outside", "Coconut", and "Blossom" obviously did not make it onto "Ups & Downs". Why was that? Is there going to be another rarities collection one day? Perhaps it will include "Sticky 500"? Btw, 'In Reverie' is BRILLIANT and changed the way I see music. Bravo indeed.

Answer: yeah, we figured Ups & Downs was like an odds and ends from the first few years we were a band.  and we decided to keep other rare songs for a future release.  because we continue to evolve, each phase will likely have different sounding b-sides.  the early b-sides would have sounded odd mixed with the newer b-sides.  so we held onto them until we have enough songs for another b-sides in the future.

Answered by chris on Apr 20th 2008

Question: Hey Why isnt can't slow down listed on the music option? its awesome i love being able to listen to std all right there but i would loveeee can't slow down to be available also! thanks

Answer: yes i want that too!  we're working on enhancing the music player to be able to play all of our discs, but as of now, we can only stream five albums at a time.  so in the not so distant future, we will definitely have all of our releases loaded into the music player on the site so you can listen to them whenever you're at your computer.  even lisa's birthday tape.  so yeah, keep your ears to the speakers! chris

Answered by chris on Apr 20th 2008

Question: What's your favorite song?

Answer: currently "anywhere i lay my head" by tom waits from the album "rain dogs."  love it.  before that, for a long time, my favorite song was "happiness is a warm gun" by the beatles.  still love it.  werd.

Answered by chris on Apr 20th 2008

Question: How many track jackets does Manny have?

Answer: 28.5 plus the one in blue.

Answered by Manny on Apr 18th 2008

Question: What would you rather eat, A telescope or a dinosaur egg?

Answer: for crunch factor alone, the telescope...

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: On 'Stevens Untitled Rock Show', you said that 2 of the songs on Sound The Alarm were songs that didn't quite make it onto In Reverie. You said you revamped those songs a bit. Which songs were they, out of curiosity? (I assumed one was "Don't Know Why")

Answer: "Shattered" and "Delusional".  We re-wrote the verses and lyrics of each song.  And twiddled a bit here and there.

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: Dream tour with any band present or past - go!

Answer: Sunny Day Real Estate Jawbreaker Bad Brains The Stooges Led Zeppelin The Beatles

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: Do you care that Jimmy cracked corn? We all sing that song, but do we even care? Honestly, though, I don't.

Answer: i care... i care.

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: I was wondering who did the artwork for your album In Reverie. I've always been fascinated by it and was curious who was behind it. Also, is there anywhere i can find other work of theirs?

Answer: his name is stephan doitschinoff.  he's a brazilian artist we met in london in 2002.  you can see lots of his artwork by googling his name.

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: Will we ever see a possible Saves the Day Greatest Hits album? With b-sides and demos added on maybe?

Answer: there is talk of doing a "best of" to commemorate 10 years of saves the day.  more news to come.

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: At Bamboozle left, Durijah was playing a new kit...C&C?

Answer: F'N'U

Answered by durijah on Apr 18th 2008

Question: do you guys ever jam any can't slow down or through being cool?

Answer: yes we play songs from those albums every night.  check out our set lists from each show in the journal section of our website.  savestheday.com baby!

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: This may be a stupid question, but....do you have an acoustic version of "Freakish?" If not, record one! ;)

Answer: there is an acoustic full band version of Freakish on Bug Sessions Volume 1.  check it yo.

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: I would love to own a feathered Saves the Day crossbow...will you please include them in your merch?!?! You kicked major ass in St. Pete, Fl.

Answer: aw man, we just sold out of those last night!  whack!

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: what inspires you guys to write the lyrics you do in your songs? and where do you get most of your ideas for song titles? by the way i love love your lyrics!!

Answer: thank you!  i usually sit down to write lyrics and just let it flow and then edit later.  so, i'll write what comes out quickly, and then go back and cross stuff out and rewrite.  the words that come out reflect what i'm feeling in the moment as i'm writing.  i have never had a specific idea for a song, rather i just write from emotion and see what happens.  if i don't like it later on, i'll change it, and then the words will be about whatever i'm feeling at that point in time.  so, i don't really have a formula other than to vent all my feelings so they don't build up inside of me and explode.  i guess Life is the only inspiration.  it can get tough, and that's usually when i write, to try to cope or get through a difficult time.  the song titles sometimes are pulled out of thin air, and sometimes i pull a line from the lyric and use that as the song title.  so yeah, i hope that is illuminating.  thanks so much for listening!

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: just curious if any of you like llamas

Answer: ¿como se llama?  me llamo cristobal... si... si...

Answered by chris on Apr 18th 2008

Question: Did Durijah ever get fined for play GlassJaw on the DVD and/or for wearing New York gear?

Answer: ever hear of waterboarding?  yeah, that 's what they did to me...  and leave my yankees alone!

Answered by durijah on Apr 12th 2008

Question: hey chris. do u believe that hell really is here? or is it heaven?

Answer: Life can be quite hellish but i believe it is a Gift.

Answered by chris on Apr 10th 2008

Question: hey i just wanted to know if you put any songs on the bug sessions from the troubadour show in LA?

Answer: yes, i think "this is not an exit" and "coconut" are from the LA show.  all the performances are sort of scattered from various cities.  yeah, werd out, yo.

Answered by chris on Apr 8th 2008

Question: Chris, We have been waiting for years for you guys to venture back to the UK, Please please please tell the UK Massive when you will be back?? Festivals maybe?? all the best Lofty

Answer: hi lofty!  we miss the UK so much!  it's been a rather unfortunate year for the US dollar, and as things are right now, it's difficult to afford an overseas trip.  (isn't that messed up!?!)  we just want to come rock for you... desperately!  and we can't right now, or we'd have to get day jobs.  so, hey if you know any super wealthy business man on Carnaby St. let them know we're ready to come rock, with a little help from our friends, of course!  we love you though, and we hope we can make a trip overseas soon to spread the love and music of Saves The Day!

Answered by chris on Apr 8th 2008

Question: is that you on the bob dylan cover "the man in "that say anything does on Paupers, peasants, princes & kings? and do you guys plan on touring after bamboozle? i would love to see a head lining tour. p.s. just wanted to say you guys have bin one of my fav. bands since cant slow down came out

Answer: yes, that's me on the bob dylan cover.  max and coby and I recorded the version on Paupers, Peasants, Princes & Kings a few years ago.  we recorded it really quickly, but i think it's pretty charming.  what a great song, no?  and yes, we're gonna hit the road after bamboozle this year, but we don't know when yet.  so, keep a look out.  thank you so much for listening!

Answered by chris on Apr 8th 2008

Question: So I heard a rumor that you and David were doing a side project with Max and Coby from Say Anything, Is there any truth to this? If so, Are you guys planning to tour together in the future?

Answer: david and I recorded a full-length with max and coby in january.  max and I share lead vocals and we each play guitar.  david plays bass and coby plays drums.  the songs were 50-50 compositions between me and max (max would write the bridge to my songs, and vice versa) and david wrote one song.  we don't have a name for the side project yet, but we have a finished album.  there are eleven original songs and one cover of a song by ween called "even if you don't".  we're in the process of getting a deal to distribute the music, although right now there is no time set in stone for the release of the album.  we'll keep you posted.  if the album comes out this year, there's a small chance we will tour in support of the CD.  so keep your ears peeled!

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: Is there a way to get Saves the Day ringtones?

Answer: hmm... not that i'm aware of, but they're probably out there somewhere.  if any of you guys know how to do that kind of thing, we could set up a link on the site for ring tones.  anybody got skillz?

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: whats your favorite animals and why?????

Answer: i like elephants.  they have been shown to have a high level of self-awareness, as they are one of only four known species to be able to recognize themselves in a mirror.  the other three species are human, apes, and bottlenose dolphins.  that's some good company.  elephants are the funkiest though!  elephants have true emotions.  they have graveyards.  elephants can remember their loved ones who pass away, and they have been known to exhibit signs of grief.  i saw a discovery channel show about elephants a couple years ago, and they were saying that certain populations of elephants drink a naturally occurring fermented liquid which is secreted from a plant in their natural habitat.  so, in other words, they drink off the pain sometimes.  perhaps that's not their best trait, but it shows awareness of the pain of life, losing loved ones in this unbearable impermanent reality.  and that means we're friends, both trying to keep our heads up in this gift of life, which is so very confusing sometimes.  i love you, elephants!

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: Is it possible we may see a saves the day cover album one day? I think it would be cool to see saves the day cover some other bands songs. It would be quite the experience. I mean you did an amazing job with "Imagine" by John Lennon. What are your thoughts on this?

Answer: hmm...not a bad idea.  i like doing covers of obscure songs and i think we could do a few killer tom waits covers and maybe even stevie wonder too.  we've never discussed it though, we're usually totally focused on original material.

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: Hey guys I was just wondering which shows on the acoustic tour the recordings for the bug sessions volumes 2 and 3 come from? was any of it from the Hoboken, NJ show? I'm from NJ and was at that show and I just flew out to cali for the bamboozle and you guys were amazing the cds sound great...thanks for the years of great music!

Answer: hey there, the performances were selected from various different cities, although i can tell you for certain that the version of "Third Engine" was in fact recorded at the hoboken show. 

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: what about us guys who cant get a copy of a bug session at a US show? mainly because we live in the UK... i dont wanna be left out!!

Answer: if there are any CDs left over after tour, we're gonna send them out to people who couldn't make it to the Bamboozle Road Show.  so hit us up with an email after the tour's over in May!

Answered by chris on Apr 7th 2008

Question: how much money are the bug sessions going to cost on the bamboozle tour?

Answer: $5 each.

Answered by chrunk on Apr 6th 2008

Question: What's the best kind of muffin??

Answer: zucchini!

Answered by chris on Apr 5th 2008

Question: Chris! I noticed in a mobile upload your rather spacious pedal board, and could not remember you using any effects on the last tour (before the acoustic tour of course). I won't ask you boys to delve into ALL the specifics, but what are some of your favorite effects? My other question; what kind of tunings did you use on In Reverie (observing the music video for "Anywhere With You") and Sound The Alarm (Watching you play "Bones" live) ? Or maybe I'm tripping? Thanks again! Can't wait for Bug Sessions 2 and Daybreak!

Answer: hey man, i've used pedals for a while now, although my pedal setup is sparse compared to david.  david has tons of pedals and he uses all of them, and i couldn't even begin to tell you what they are.  but i use a rust driver distortion box for my blazing solos, and i use a phaser for little parts here and there, but my favorite effect is the reverse effect on my line 6 delay pedal.  that thing rules.  i use the reverse effect for the trippy intro to nightingale and when we jam out on the extended version of get fucked up.  and as far as tunings go, it can be tricky learning our songs because we use different standard tuning on different albums.  can't slow down is all in D standard.  through being cool and stay what you are were both E standard.  in reverie is E flat standard.  sound the alarm is hald E standard and half E flat standard.  and under the boards is E flat standard with maybe an exception to the rule here and there.  thanks for listening!

Answered by chris on Apr 5th 2008

Question: Is it true that Dave's style of dress is patterned after Johnny Appleseed?

Answer: dave has many idols.  johnny appleseed is certainly one of them.  it is also rumored that he spends his time off tour in an orchard...

Answered by chris on Apr 5th 2008

Question: Why do you guys rock so hard?

Answer: because soft rock is an oxymoron. so we don't really have a choice considering that we're a rock band. it's never good when a band tries to rock softly, you just end up sounding like maroon 5 with broken fingers.

Answered by duh-raja on Apr 4th 2008

Question: So being on tour, how is it playing a different set each night and having a variety in each and every show?

Answer: we're having a lot of fun changing up the set from night to night.  playing old songs we haven't played in years has been fun for us and the new songs sound pretty blazing.  and having 70 songs to pick from every night keeps things fresh.  so far, one of my favorites to play is "jukebox breakdown".  that's a fun one.  "a drag in d flat" sounds better to me now than it did back in the day.  and new songs like "lonely nights" and "kaleidoscope" are currently some of my favorite songs to play.  so it's awesome.  yeah.

Answered by Chris on Apr 2nd 2008

Question: Do you guys plan on doing anything special for you ten year aniversary of Can't Slow Down? Like maybe re-record the album in it's entirty with your new style?

Answer: hey, that's not a bad idea.  i'm not sure if we have the time to re-record the whole album.  but there has been talk of doing shows in august and playing the whole record in it's entirety.  so, that's not set in stone at all, not in the slightest, but something like that will definitely go down.  we're working on a book and a dvd retrospective as well, but again, no firm plans, just thoughts.

Answered by Chris on Apr 2nd 2008

Question: What is Daybreak going to sound like? Will there be anything new for Saves the Day?

Answer: as always, we continue to evolve.  in my opinion, daybreak is different from the rest of our albums in that it has sort of a summertime feel to it, whereas our other records feel a bit more like winter.  it's fun music.  i really like it.  i'm excited about it.  it's strange and far out and fun.  should be out this christmas, if all goes well.  keep your ears peeled!

Answered by Chris on Apr 2nd 2008

Question: did you guys ever kill that black widow spider that evaded your attacks in the Under the Boards dvd?

Answer: the black widow is currently resting in peace.

Answered by chris on Apr 1st 2008

Question: Have you ever thought of doing a Smiths cover? Say, Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now possibly :)

Answer: actually i loved loved loved the smiths in high school.  my favorite song is "please please please let me get what i want this time", or whatever that song is called.  and back in the day, when our band was called sefler, we briefly covered "there is a light that will never go out".  so, the potential remains for us to do a smiths cover.  perhaps.. perhaps...

Answered by chris on Mar 31st 2008