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MTV: You've been compared to the Deftones. How would you describe your sound?
Steve Richards: I don't think if someone says that we sound like Deftones or like Tool, that they're saying that we're necessarily trying to be like them. If some guy's trying to tell his buddy about this new band, what they sound like, it's just a rough sketch idea. It doesn't necessarily mean that we're trying to be something that we're not. I definitely think that we stand on our own musically, so I don't really have a problem with it. If someone asks us what we sound like, I just like to say, "A heavier alternative type band."
Mike DeWolf: Heavy and emotional and spiritual, and just... hard.
MTV: How did you manage to go from clubs in Ann Arbor, Michigan to where you are now?
SR: We just started e-mailing people, this and that, you know, flyers -- got our name real big. And then, of course, a big part of the buzz around us was Fred Durst. He got a copy of our demo tape... we sent it to him before their first album was released, because we really liked their music back then. He helped us out a lot, and from there we just started getting approached. We sold probably a couple thousand CDs on our own.
MTV: How did things work out with Fred?
SR: Whenever they'd come to town, we'd go hang out with them and stuff, and he kept offering to do this and that for us. It was cool, like he wore TapRoot shirts on stage a couple times, and I got to sing with them and it was, it was cool... until we started getting approached by all the other companies.... We had the luxury of actually meeting Rick Rubin. We got to perform for him, and that just blew Fred's mind because Fred wanted to produce us... and that's when he just flipped his lid and basically just said our affiliation with Limp Bizkit is over.
MTV: You're finally working on your major label debut. How does it feel?
SR: Mike and I both have been wanting this a long time. I've wanted to do this since I was three, and we both kind of shaped our life around the dream. We both kind of passed the whole school and college idea just to do this. I don't know, I don't think we were ever un-confident with it working out. It's more like a relief that it's finally happening, more so than, "Woo hoo." It's just like, "Finally." We've been wanting to do it, and we're gonna do it.
MDW: Everyone seems to think, "Aren't you excited?" but it's like, for us, we've been waiting for it so long, it's like, "Okay, it's here. Cool."
MTV: You'll be playing this summer's Ozzfest. Any thoughts on that?
Jarrod Montague: It's going to be so fun to get out there and play. So many cool bands, and we're going to be on the second stage. When I've ever gone to Ozzfest, I've always pretty much stayed at the second stage, because the vibe is so much tighter there. It's going to be really hyped up. We're going to tear it up.
SR: I just can't wait to have our own laminates so we can do what we want. I'm sick of going to shows with a little sticker on. So that's going to be really cool.
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