Pretty much, we're a band out of IE. Not collectively but the band itself has been around for two years. We have some new members. I being one of them and the new drummer. I've been playing with them for about six months. Our drummer has been with them for four. Pretty much, a rock band with a bunch of really different influences collaborated.

How did you become a member of the band?

Actually, our lead singer, I played in a cover band with him at a place we hung out in and he asked me to join that. I was playing guitar with them and they wanted to make a change in their band and then he asked me to try out for them. It worked out and from there we just practiced and pretty much went out on tour not too long after I joined.

You guys are influenced by bands like Metallica, Ozzy, Nirvana, Incubus, and AFI. That's quite a variety of bands.

Yeah, Iron Maiden as well. Guns N' Roses. I personally, I have a strong flamenco influence from my grandfather who used to play flamenco. Some of the new songs that are going to come out are going to have a bit of that influence in it as well just to make a little change.

Add a little bit of flavor to the music.

Yeah, a little different touch there.

Did you get to play on the CD or did you come into the band after it was already done?

Actually I came in the last few months and I got to write a song that's on there. One song, "Generation Why". I got to write that one. We all collaborated on it but it was actually a song that I played in another band but I thought it would sound better with Jet Motor Crash. We worked on it and I got to record that.

Tell me a little bit about the CD.

I didn't really play on most of it but a lot of the music was from another album that they had recorded before actually most of us were in the band. Once they got into the studio with Shawn who was a really good producer, he made it a little bit more defined. A little bit more of what the band wanted it to sound like and produced it very well. Did a lot of background vocals that weren't there before. Made it more modern because it was made two years previously and he brought it up to speed with what's out there. He's a real drill sergeant.

You guys didn't have an official producer for the album?

Actually yeah. Our other guitar player Mike had worked with this guy named Shawn Sullivan who works out of Anaheim. He's been known to do really good producing and recording. He's very professional and has worked with bands like Bleeding Through and Jimmy Eat World. He's apparently worked with a lot of bands before. We went in there and started working with him and we're all pretty impressed with what he did.

He's worked with a wide variety of acts.

Yeah, for sure. I was nervous going in there anyways because I'd never recorded professionally. I had little demos in my other bands. Walking in there was a very humbling experience at the least.

I can imagine that was. You guys are getting a lot of airplay on the radio.

Yeah, actually we're getting played in New Jersey a lot. Apparently I heard we're getting played out here so we get a lot of requests out here. Back home on this radio station X103.9, we're in the normal rotation out there.

Are there any particular songs on the album that are personal favorites of yours?

Yeah, actually "Generation Why" is one of them. "1986" because I'm really into bands full of guitars like Iron Maiden and stuff like that or the three part harmonies. I like stuff like that. I like "I Don't Belong" a lot because it's really catchy and I'm always singing it even when I'm not playing it. The one like I the most is "1986" because it really has that '80s feeling to it. '80s hair metal.

I talk to a lot of people and the one thing they miss the most about today's music is the lack of guitar riffs and guitar solos and just the lack of emphasis on guitars. That's what really defined '80s and some of the '90s music. It was definitely something I liked.

Oh for sure. Steve Vai. A lot of the guitarists that I listen to came out of the '80s.

How long have you guys been out on the road?

Five and a half weeks. So far we still have three weeks to go.

Where all are you guys touring?

We've been everywhere from Arizona all the way to New York and then down here. After this I think we're playing at The Whisky in Salt Lake City on a Sunday which I swear they don't serve alcohol on a Sunday which sucks.

They don't serve alcohol on Sundays?

That's what I hear.

Those Mormons are strange ones.

Yeah, we're going to have to stock up before we get there.

You guys did a cover of Loverboy's "Working For The Weekend".

Yeah, that was interesting. That's about when I first jumped in. When they were doing the finishing touches on that one and it was funny because it was meant to be a joke at first. It wasn't going to be done but the producer said no, your voice sounds really great on it and you should do it. Just add your own thing to it. That's when they added the more guitar parts, all the harmonizing, the back up vocals. There is seriously five or six guitars backing some of those choruses.

That's a definite classic tune and something you can work with.

Yeah, what's funny about that is I actually didn't hear it until I heard it in the process of recording it. I'd never heard it before honestly and then all of a sudden I started noticing it in a bunch of different movies. I guess that is a pretty classic song.

Yeah, Loverboy was a pretty prolific band back then.

Yeah, I started to realize that after I just started hearing it everywhere and seen everybody get into it playing it. I was like holy crap, how could I have never heard this song?

I'm a middle aged broad who grew up in that time period. They were definitely a pretty cool band.

Yeah, I have a crate full of old '80s flashbacks but I'm more into The Cure, The Smiths, Morrissey, and stuff like that. I'm surprised I didn't have any of that in my collection. My dad was a DJ during the '80s time and he did all that music so he passed on his crates to me of '80s music and I'm surprised that wasn't in there. Maybe I should look harder.

You fortunate, fortunate boy. That's pretty cool to have a dad that was a DJ.

He was the first disco DJ in Southern California or something like that.

I know you guys were supposed to play in Dallas but that didn't pan out.

Yeah, we got there and apparently the two local acts that were supposed to draw the crowd so that we could have somebody to play for bailed out on us. They shut the show down because they figured two out of town acts coming in, nobody's going to know who we are and nobody's going to show up. They pretty much did right for them. Cut their losses down. They didn't want to spend money on us because there wouldn't have been anybody there to make money off of.

That sucks. After you guys are done with this tour, what does the future hold?

We're talking about going to Europe sometime in the summer around July. There's a German label interested in us who are going to get us over there and help us get started and put together a tour for us. It's already offered. We have the option of saying yes or no. Right now we're still discussing it. It sounds good. I've never been to Europe. Joining this band was the first time I ever got out of California.

You will absolutely love Germany. It's an awesome country. Great beer.

Yeah, I just wish it was during Oktoberfest. It sounds pretty promising. I want to say at least 75% sure about going. That would be cool because I've heard that American acts go out there and blow up really quick.

Yeah, because those folks really enjoy music and they really enjoy '80s style music and they love their metal. Any other thoughts or comments?

This is my first my interview I've ever done in my life.

You did a good job.