and again…
J: So you don’t care if they just think you’re hot?
Nick: I dunno, it’s pretty fucking, ya know. If they’re fucking here at the show and they’re like “oh whatever they’re playing” and then afterwards they’re just like “ohmygod there they are in the flesh,” ya know, whatever. But if it’s just because they’re young and they’re at the show and they’re screaming, fuck it, that’s awesome. I mean, they’re there cuz they like it and they like us and we’re sharing something with them. I’m rambling, I’m sorry.
J: I think you’re music is like uh, it helps a lot of people with problems. Like, it’s a way out for a lot of people.
Nick: Right, I’m really bummed that a lot of music nowadays is fucking, just really like it’s almost hard to listen to. It’s like, depressing and fucking, there’s so much of this, like every time you turn on like a new modern rock station or something and you hear just bands that are just.
J: yelling?
Nick: Yeah, I mean, I can’t point out any bands because we’ve met a lot of bands on tour that are amazing people. I’m just speaking about the whole modern rock sound in general. Music’s fucking fun and it’s my life and I’m gonna make it fun, you know what? I mean and if people can appreciate it and have a good time listening to it then fucking a. I mean even if they don’t get it, even if they don’t fucking appreciate it for what it is, even if it’s just like “oh god tyson’s hot,” ya know whatever. They’re fucking there and they’re having a good time so.
J: and we rock out to it in our cars.
Nick: There ya go.
C: I listened to it like 7 times in one day.
J: Yeah on the way here it’s like a 2 hour drive so I listened to the CD like over and over.
C: And I was all, I’m not gonna listen to it anymore, but then I went and put it on like three times.
Nick: Fucking a.
C: And he [david] gets annoyed.
D: Yeah, I’m an eyewitness. I mean, I think you all are great but I can’t listen to you 7 times in a row. That’s just not good for me.
Nick: *hearty laugh* Dude I don’t blame you. I’m sorry.
J: Well sometimes I’m just in a bad mood and I need your music.
Nick: There ya go, when you’re in a bad mood are you gonna listen to a band that goes “aaaaaah!”? No you’re not cuz they’re just gonna fucking make you sink deeper and deeper and you’re eventually just gonna slit your throat.
*laughter*
C: That would be sad.
Nick: I’m sorry. Wow! I’m gonna stop now. Continue. *laughs*
C: A gift from a fan to make you merry, do you think it’s sweet or a little scary?
Nick: What kind of gift are we talking about?
C: Just I dunno, just little things.
J: Not bras thrown at you.
Nick: If they gave me puppy dogs that would be awesome.
J: Bracelets or shirts.
Nick: No bracelets are great. Tyson’s actually the bracelet guy. I don’t, I can’t wear bracelets. I don’t like, I don’t like *rubs his wrist*
J: I don’t even like wearing a watch.
Ty: That’s trauma. Feel this finger, (I feel his fingernail) and then feel this one (I feel the other fingernail). That’s weird right?
C: Yeah.
Ty: It’s flat. and drinking is fun.
Nick: You know what actually, I do have an answer for this because I did a, uh, an interview for a uh, for this high school paper and I told them that about my influences def leppard, bon jovi, blah blah etc. Anyway, so the next time we went through that town this girl had this like uh, this like tin box decorated with like pictures of like axl rose and fucking, ya know, kiss pictures, ya know, and jon bon jovi and stuff ya know. So I’ve got that box actually in the bus and it holds all my, ya know, gifts from fans. Also change, but. *laughs*
J: You don’t think it’s obsessive, like you appreciate it? Stuff like that. You’re not like “they’re obsessed with me they listen to every word I say?”
Nick: Well if they gave me like uh, well it depends on what it is right?. Like, if they gave me something that was really fucking important, like kids like give us lunch cards and shit and it’s like, ohmygod, eat lunch please. Ya know what I mean? Ya know, whatever.
C: So if they like make you something?
Nick: That’s fucking beautiful, I love it.
C: If you could have dinner with any 3 famous people, dead or alive, real or not, who would you choose and why?
Nick: C.C. Deville from Poison, Richie Sambora, and then I would take both Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzie, I would have to bring him back from the dead unfortunately, and Bruce Dickinson from Iron Maiden. I would take them both out at the same time. They are some killer fucking guitar players. Amazing.
C: You would take lessons from them?
Nick: Yes.
C: Finally, if you were stuck in a cave, which of the band members would you eat first?
Nick: Is there a crew with us? Ah man, Let’s see, who’s got the most meat on their bones? Ya know, I’d probably eat myself because this [beer] isn’t helping me out. I’ve got some thickness going on.
C: You’d eat yourself?
Nick: I’d eat myself first. Ya know, it would either be me or Mikey because we play the same thing and we sing the same back up vocals ya know? I’d either eat myself or eat Mikey because, ya know, we could get along without either of each other. No, that’s not true, I didn’t say that.
~Then he apologized about my interview being canceled even though we had just talked forever. He is so sweet. Then we started talking about Spanish classes and Nirvana and Creed and colleges and Big 12. Haha.~
The end! Aw, nick is so awesome. 🙂