Thrice Interview

I have been a Thrice fan since I was knee high to a duck. The Artist in the Ambulence came out when I was just getting into music in high school and I picked up a copy of this album along with Thursday's War All The Time on the same day. It was a day that changed my life. No joke intended.

A few years later I got a chance to meet Thrice and that a wonderful experience, but then a right after the second half of The Alchemy Index came out I got a chance to meet and interview Dustin Kensrue,vocalist, and Teppei Teranishi, guitarist.

The best part of this interview was that their tour manager at the time was Damon Atkinson. Now that name probably does not resonate with many of you but maybe his former band will. He was drummer for Hey Mercedes and Braid. Yeah, look them up and listen to the emo goodness.

When Mike and I got to the venue we called the number provided by the label and we got Damon on the phone and he said that someone would be out to get us in a minute. A few minutes later, a mid-sized well built man walked out the side door past all the fans with his head lowered. He walked up to us and stated that he was Dustin and that he was very happy to have us interview him today. Yeah, I know.

When I came into Damon's little make shift desk at the venue he was busy on the phone. He was obviously not happy with whoever he was talking to but as soon as he got off of the phone, he smiled and turned and shook our hands and led us to the tour bus. After that it is all pretty much on tape. Interview by Matt, editing and camera work by Mike McIntosh.