INTERVIEW (READ IT NOWWWWW)

Forrest from Hellogoodbye
Author: Pamela Lin
Review Date: 11/27/2007

With the exciting US MySpace tour at it's end, the boys relax, play hometown Los Angeles/Anaheim, and take a break before jetting off to UK for their December tour. BandNation catch up with Forrest on his time off before the show for to share some tour memories and what is coming up for them. If you haven't had a chance to catch them at on their US tour, fret not because the boys are back in town for an after Christmas special on December 27th at Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA.

Hi there, Can you introduce yourself/yourselves and what do you in the band?

My name is Forrest, I sing and play guitar!

First of all, congratulations on the success of your album and tour, excited for your Thanksgiving break?

Oh god yes. Well. No. its only two days and then we have to fly internationally out of lax (yuck!). buuut im sitting at home right now so i can't complain. It feels gooood.

You’re on the last leg of your US Myspace Tour at the moment with Say Anything and the Polysics, how has that been for you?

It’s been a blast. There’s been a real good energy on this tour. i think its cause we're surrounded by friends and its sort of our last hurrah till after we record, so you kinda make a point to enjoy it.

Are you excited about heading over to the UK?

Yes. I love lax. No, again it’s especially exciting since we know we won’t just be back there next month again, so I think we'll take advantage of the moment.

How is the fan response to your music over there and how does it differ from the States?

uhm, well. It’s newer over there sorta, the cd came out like a year later there than it came out here, so everyone is bright eyed and bushy tailed. and we roll in with Duncan, our English tour manager , and he kinda vouches for us.

Do you have a ‘greatest moment’ on tour experience you can share?

I do but I wouldn't share it for all the world. uhm, I threw a pumpkin up in there air and our other english friend, Andy, was drunk (he’s English) and kinda freaked out and ran under it and it fell on his back really hard. It was wonderful.

What has been your favorite place to play and visit so far?

I think San Francisco might have been the best show on this tour. oh but in general? uh we went to the Bahamas for a radio contest thing and that was pretty surreal... and Paris was pretty neat. I like the US west coast most though.

We checked out your photo journal and saw that you had made a studio from your garage recently – how’s that going now? All set up?

juuust about. I’ve got my gear in there... though I took most of it out to bring along on tour, and construction is all done... though I haven't installed the overhead lighting yet. but I’ve been jammin out and tracking a few things when I’ve been home, which has been obviously very infrequently. I can’t get my boy Jeff Turzo to come down and show me how to treat the acoustics of the room either, as much as I try. So things are a little bouncey in there till I do it riiight.

Though you’re signed with Drive-Thru, you still record all your own music for your record. How important do you feel it is to have that complete creative control and ability to produce from start to finish?

Very important because Richard and Stefanie from drive thru have terrible taste in everything. just kidding. I mean, I guess we come from a place where that kind of thing is just obligatory, and when you’re asked a question about it, it’s like... what? That’s something people think about? I think its cause we're punk.

What is the recording and writing process for you?

I guess usually I get a melody or a beat or a sound or a lyric or whatever and then I’ll start working on the computer, tracking it and repeating it and writing other parts around it, till it’s a full grown song.

What can we expect from your future album now that you’re all set up in your new garage studio?

Self indulgent songs that others won’t enjoy I guess. But i suuure will. mmmm.

Why the name : Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! ?

Sex appeal.

Do you have any favorite tracks on the album? And favorite tracks to play?

oh “it is love” is one of my faves i guess. me and Matt Mahaffey, who produced, did a sort of radio edit even though radio doesn't like it that I think might be even better. We added some tack piano played through a Leslie rotating speaker and more emo stuff that made it real sexy.

Over the past week we’ve had a great response from Fans of HGB to answer some questions, here are a few for you to answer:

Gabrielle Donoff asks: Are the lyrics of your songs based on real experiences/ real girls?

yeah, all of them. I’m not very imaginative, but I am very creepy.

Nicole R asks: Do you guys ever get really nervous before you go on stage? If you do then what do you do back stage before the show to help get rid of the nervousness?

uhm, I don’t reeeeaallly get nervous too much anymore, I just get a little blood flowing and warm up my hands.

kris oooo asks: did you ever think you would get this big? Btw, your music is amazing

However big we are is definitely bigger than I ever imagined. What we started doing was just a silly little ruse.

Heather Lee asks:
(to Forrest) when are you going to hurry up and marry Chelsea?

She hasn't asked me yet, are you asking me now?

What is your Favorite Color?

I am big on green and orange (separately) right now. Powder blue and chocolate is always hawt.

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