347 Augusta

Years ago I found myself at SXSW with this band that we were in at the time. Everyone wanted to go see Dillinger Escape Plan but by this time that whole scene had grown a bit tiresome to me. Jonah Bayer suggested to that I check out this band called Apollo Sunshine who was scheduled to play thirty minutes after Dillinger Escape Plan started. I waited around and killed time while everyone else abandoned me for light show trickery and inaudible vocals. Thirty minutes—and thirty dollars—later I was resting assured that I had made the right decision. What I experienced has since become legend among my surroundings.

Now-a-days we ride around and sing along to their records enough that we thought it would be fitting to see what they are up to, prsesently. Here are some answers to some questions that we asked.

Once I heard that the lot of you live together in the Massachusetts country side, was this and is it still true?

It was and is true, in that once something happens, it happens forever…we no longer live together except for in our hearts….we call the cities Boston, New York City and San Francisco our homes…

What affords you opportunities to be on tour so often and continue to play spontaneous sets of album track after album track or extended jam sessions?

We really can’t afford it… we always seem to face the current month by asking ourselves, “how are we going to pay rent?” but.. we were chosen to be Apollo Sunshine… so we gotta just go with it… rock out, etc…

Do you guys pick who learns instruments/plays parts or was it something that was pre-established before the band’s career started.

Jeremy on Drums, Sam on Guitar and Jesse on Bass and Keyboards is the lineup that seems to work best… there have been times where it’s all been different.. but who knows why… not I….

What did Phyliss do to your house, as it turns out?

Phyliss is a wonderful pet bunny that used our old allston apartment as one giant bathroom…

Every time I have seen you guys play, you’ve had records spinning the entire time you’re on stage. Is there anyway you can give me three of these titles?

“The Versatile Henry Mancini”"Ananda Shankar and His Music”and a 45 of “Duck Calls”

At this point in your career, do you still consider yourselves as a three-piece?

We have been lucky enough to have been joined on stage by some of the finest and amazing musicians we have ever known… They are all Apollo Sunshine… and we wouldn’t be without them… but the tri-fecta is a very powerful force.. and we enjoy stripping down to that core of frequencies quite frequently…

Listening to “I was on the moon” twice a week is still cool but when are we going to get the chance to hear a new record?

Well… great art is never finished…. it’s abandoned… someone needs to come take this record away from us soon, before our brains melt and our beards get too long….

Teenage angst has paid off well, now I’m bored and old?

We’re all old …we’re all young…and as long as beautiful women walk the earth… we’ll never be bored…