MTV: Did you have any experience singing before that?

Jones: No, I never, never sang, sung, never sung ... sang? I never played guitar, I never even though about it. People always ask me, "So were you just sitting back there all those years thinking, 'Aw f---, I gotta get up there?'" It wasn't like that, I never thought about it, but it's been a blast. This band is sort of fantasy band camp. It's like, we're all great friends, and it still doesn't feel real — I still feel like we're just screwing around in our basement. [RealAudio]

Jones: It feels like our high school band. We talk about what kind of and what color Porsche we're gonna buy when we sell, like, 10 gazillion records and sh-- like that. So it's not real.

MTV: Reality will probably set in soon, given the success of "Flavor of the Weak." What's the story behind that song?

Jones: Jamie and I were at a bar, and we were talking about him not having any ladies in his life at the time. So we came up with this brilliant idea to have a band.

Arentzen: Yeah, I've always wanted to be a drummer in an indie-rock band.

Jones: We thought we'd put this band together. Jamie plays drums, get two or three chicks in the band with him, and we'd call it Astronomy Club. It would be a cool indie-rock band, and I'd be the dude who writes the songs for the Backstreet Boys and 'NSYNC, and lives in a castle in Switzerland. I'd be that guy, except on an indie-rock label.

Arentzen: All hits for an indie-rock band.

Jones: Yeah, all hits. I wrote "Flavor of the Weak" for Astronomy Club, it was from a girl's perspective: "My boyfriend, he don't know anything blah, blah." So I keep saying that "blah blah." Where'd I pick that up?

Arentzen: I dunno.

Jones: But that's the worst thing you can say.

Arentzen: Blah, blah. Like, "What I'm saying really isn't that important anyway."

Jones: So, I wrote this song for Jamie's band, Astronomy Club, and uh, busted it out ...

Arentzen: That night, it was awesome. We just went back to the apartment and busted it out — it was hysterical.

Jones: [Laughing] Can I talk, please?

Arentzen: [Laughing] I'm sorry, I'm gonna keep on interrupting you.

Jones: So, you wanna finish?

Arentzen: No, I'm done.

Jones: I was playing this song in the studio one day, and Bob was like, "What the f--- is that? What song is that?"

Arentzen: And then he ...

[They all laugh]

Jones: I said, "Oh, this is a song for Astronomy Club," and he said, "It's a hit. You guys have to record that song. We're recording that. ... Just change the perspective, blah, blah, blah." He basically insisted we record it or he wouldn't finish our record. We were already into the record, and I'm really glad we did because it turned out great. I was kinda skeptical at first, but I love it now.