Jerry gets up close and personal with Syracuse-bred, Ra Ra Riot, in his official ATJ Q&A session. Read the entire interview here. First three answers below.So you guys are from Syracuse. Did you all grow up in Western New York or just meet there? Is the live scene in Syracuse as non-existent as I may expect and did that encourage you begin to tour?
I am the only one from Upstate NY. Everybody else is from various places on the east coast ranging from the Boston area to Miami. We all just happened to meet when we were at school in Syracuse. There is no shortage of bands coming out of Syracuse, but there is definitely a shortage of places to see live music. Most of our shows took places in various attics, basements and living rooms of our friends' houses.
What are some of the cooler bands you've played with?
We just came off tour with Tokyo Police Club. It was our first official tour ever, so we don't have much to compare it with. However we all had lots of fun and most of the shows were really fun and successful. We are definitely looking forward to playing more shows with those guys.
When did things start to pick up for the band? You appeared on many of our blog-radars shortly before CMJ 2006 but I also read that you guys hadn't even been around long before then?
We played CMJ not knowing what to expect. We just assumed we'd be lost in the lineup and nobody would be at any of our shows because there were 1,000 other bands that they could have gone to see on any given night. Much to our surprise there actually were some people at some of our shows, and a few of them even wrote nice things about us afterwards. After that it began to seem like doing the band full time could be a reality.
MP3: Ra Ra Riot - Hounds Of Love (Kate Bush cover)
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