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Bear vs. Shark is arguably the best band on Equal Vision's roster, which is saying something. Their heartfelt songwriting is really something special in the music scene today. This interview took place on October 29 in Providence, RI.
PL: Start by introducing yourselves.
MP: I'm Marc.
MM: And I'm Mike.
PL: Say the first thing that pops into your head: Dudestorm.
MM: Ridiculous.
MP: Um...I thought of a color before you said Dudestorm. I thought of brown.
MM: This is brown ale. (He was drinking a Newcastle)
PL: I'm more of a black fan.
MM: As a color?
PL: Yeah.
MM: I think brown is solid right now. Its the new black.
PL: I look stupid in anything thats not black.
MP: Thats not true, Bobby. I could see you as a brown guy.
PL: No. It may be because the only brown shirt I had was really small for me.
MP: Try a brown shirt next time.
PL: I'll look into it.
PL: Whats the difference between "affect" and "effect?" I can never figure it out.
MM: Jesus Christ, I don't know that and I'm an English major too.
PL: Yeah, I was too.
MM: I spent thousands of dollars and I don't have the answer to your question. I'm so pissed off right now.
MP: I was an art major, so I probably should know that too, but I have no fucking idea.
PL: I think one's a noun and one's a verb, but I'm not sure which is which. I try to avoid those two words.
MP: One's an "A" and one's an "E." Sorry, Bobby.
MM: Quit trying to stump us.
PL: If you could bring anybody back from the dead as a zombie, a) Who would it be and b) Would you do it?
MM: It doesn't matter who it would be, but thats been my dream. If I had three wishes from a genie, one would be for everyone in the world to turn into zombies and I'd want to see if I could survive. I want to be boarded up in a house with six other people that I don't know very well, and we have to work together to make sure that we survive. I for sure would it and I'd pick any random person; I'll pick Jesus Christ.
MP: My first thought was Einstein, but it doesn't matter. A zombie is a fucking zombie and you've got to kill them as soon as you see them.
MM: I guess if you were really worried about it, you could bring a baby back, and you could just hang out with it.
MP: You could study it.
PL: Who would win in a fight: Batman or Darth Vader?
MM: I would say Batman.
MP: Yeah, I would say Batman.
PL: I would have said Darth Vader because he-
MM: Can use the force?
PL: Yeah, he could just use his mind.
MP: Batman would just make something specifically for Darth Vader.
PL: Whats a little known fact about Fear Before the March of Flames?
MP: Adam, their guitar player, has Counting Crows lyrics on his arm.
MM: Yeah, they only listen to really bad 90s music, like Bush and Melissa Etheridge.
MP: But Adam is probably one of the luckiest poker players I've ever seen in my life.
PL: Whats one album, besides your own, that you think all kids should have in their collection?
MP: I would say Mike-let me guess yours, Mike.
MM: Okay.
MP: Mike would probably say Kid A.
MM: Thats wrong.
MP: It is?
MM: If I had to say one, I'd say Lonesome Crowded West.
MP: Ooohhh.
PL: Which one?
MP: Modest Mouse.
MM: Its an early Modest Mouse album. That album is just solid. Its one of those albums where every song is great and aggressive.
PL: I never bought any of their old stuff. I asked a friend what they sounded like, and he said they sounded like Weezer. I hate Weezer, so I never bought their albums. Then I liked the song they played on the radio and I think thats a good album.
MP: You should check out all their albums.
I think if Mark had to pick an album, he would pick The Lion King Soundtrack.
PL: I just saw that last Saturday.
MM: Did you see the movie or the play?
PL: The musical.
MP: The musical is amazing. (We talk about the musical for awhile)
PL: Do you guys have any final comments?
MP: No, but I can honestly say that I've never sat in a Saturn Ion, and I think its interesting that the heat vents don't have a close off thing. You can't close them off, you can only turn them left to right.
PL: They go up and down too.
MP: Oh, they do?
PL: Yeah.
MP: But still, it seems like a weird design flaw.
MM: I can see them in the board room with everyone sitting around a table talking about how cool it looks and how it looks like the Death Star.