MTV: How did you get involved with the BMX event here today?

Dexter and Noodles

DEXTER HOLLAND:Well, we kinda know 'em - they're friends of friends, and they did some stunts for us, for a home video that we did, kind of thing, and they wanted a world record bike jump, and we thought it sounded like a good idea, so we just kind of hooked it up.

MTV: Tell us why you decided to call your record "Americana".

NOODLES:Actually, when we were recording this record, we were really kind of struggling with the title, and we had most of the songs recorded, and we took a look at 'em and what they said lyrically and realized we were kinda painting a picture of American culture that was not... as pretty as most people would like to think, and certainly not as pretty as most people think of when they think of Americana. Americana usually refers to very quaint, kind of glossy images, and what we were doing on this record was pretty opposite of that.

MTV: What was the inspiration behind "Get a Job"?

DEXTER:Um, we knew someone who needed to get a job, so we said, why don't you get a job?

MTV: And he listened?

DEXTER: Nah!

NOODLES:Everybody knows somebody who's involved in a relationship that's, you know, one person's kind of sucking the energy out of it, whether it's financial or otherwise, but still people don't leave, you know? So we thought it would be kind of funny to put it in concrete terms, of one guy kind of living off the other person.