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FEW BANDS COME ALONG THAT ARE JUST SIMPLY THAT
GOOD. REV THEORY HAS THIS UN CANNING ABILITY TO
BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND ROCK ANY CROWD
THEY PLAY IN FRONT OF. REV THEORY IS QUICKLY
BEING DISCOVERED ALL OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT
MARKET AS "HELL YEAH" AND "LIGHT IT UP" ARE BOTH
BEING FEATURED ON TOP VIDEO GAMES AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE WWE'S GREATEST PAY PER VIEW EVENTS
INCLUDING THE THEME SONG TO THIS PAST YEARS
WRESTLEMANIA. THIS GROUP SETS THEIR OWN
STANDARDS HIGH WITH A WORK ETHIC THAT IS SECOND
TO NONE. YOU MAY JUST CATCH THESE GUYS OUT WITH
THE FANS AFTER EVERY SHOW THEY PLAY. IT WAS A
PERSONAL THRILL TO SIT DOWN WITH THESE GUYS AND
ASK THEM SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT EVEN I AS A FAN
OF THEIR MUSIC WANTED TO KNOW. AFTER THEIR
INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED I COULD NOT HELP BUT TO
SAY "HELL YEAH" IT WAS SIMPLY THAT GOOD!
GOOD. REV THEORY HAS THIS UN CANNING ABILITY TO
BE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND ROCK ANY CROWD
THEY PLAY IN FRONT OF. REV THEORY IS QUICKLY
BEING DISCOVERED ALL OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT
MARKET AS "HELL YEAH" AND "LIGHT IT UP" ARE BOTH
BEING FEATURED ON TOP VIDEO GAMES AS WELL AS
SOME OF THE WWE'S GREATEST PAY PER VIEW EVENTS
INCLUDING THE THEME SONG TO THIS PAST YEARS
WRESTLEMANIA. THIS GROUP SETS THEIR OWN
STANDARDS HIGH WITH A WORK ETHIC THAT IS SECOND
TO NONE. YOU MAY JUST CATCH THESE GUYS OUT WITH
THE FANS AFTER EVERY SHOW THEY PLAY. IT WAS A
PERSONAL THRILL TO SIT DOWN WITH THESE GUYS AND
ASK THEM SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT EVEN I AS A FAN
OF THEIR MUSIC WANTED TO KNOW. AFTER THEIR
INTERVIEW WAS CONCLUDED I COULD NOT HELP BUT TO
SAY "HELL YEAH" IT WAS SIMPLY THAT GOOD!
M4M: SO HOW IS THE TOUR GOING GUYS?
RICH: AWESOME, AWESOME. IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK ON THE ROAD PLAYING SOME NEW STUFF.
MATTY: YEAH DEFINITELY
M4M: NOW YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK IN TO YOUR NEW ALBUM “LIGHT IT UP” WHICH IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED
YOUR DEBUT MAJOR RELEASE.
RICH: YEAH WE STARTED WRITING FROM DECEMBER 2007 TILL FEBRUARY.
MATTY: ACTUALLY DECEMBER OF 2006
RICH: THAT’S RIGHT WE STARTED WRITING IN DECEMBER OF 2006 AND DIDN’T START THE RECORDING UNTIL
JULY OF 2007.
M4M: NOW YOU DID YOUR FIRST ALBUM “TRUTH IS CURRENCY” AND THEN YOU EVENTUALLY ENDED UP
GETTING SIGNED TO A DEAL.
RICH: YEAH IT WAS AWESOME MAN. WE WERE ON TOUR AND STARTED GETTING INTEREST FROM LABELS AND
THEN ENDED UP HOOKING UP WITH INTERSCOPE IN SPRING OF 2007.
JULIEN: IT IS DEFINITELY SURREAL MAN.
M4M: NOW ON THIS NEW ALBUM YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR HITS ALREADY “HELL YEAH” AND “LIGHT IT UP” WHERE
DID THOSE SONGS COME FROM?
RICH: WHEN WE WENT IN TO WRITE, “LIGHT IT UP” IT WAS MORE OR LESS THE FIRST HALF OF THE RECORD. WE
JUST WANTED TO WRITE A ROCK SONG WITH A STRIP CLUB ANTHEM SOMETHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
DAVE: WE NEVER WROTE A PARTY SONG SO WE WERE LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT LETS WRITE A PARTY SONG.
RICH: WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR GOOD TIME MUSIC AGAIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
M4M: YEAH DEFINITELY
RICH: WITH THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH OF A HARD TIME DEALING WITH THEIR OWN
LIFE'S AND MUSIC IS A RELEASE FOR THEM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY
COULD ESCAPE FROM THEIR EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH.
RIKKI: YEAH FOR SURE
M4M: EXACTLY MAN
RICH: “HELL YEAH” WAS ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT WROTE ITS SELF BASICALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS RECORDING.
MATTY: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT JUST CAME OUT. WE NEVER SET OUT TO DO ANYTHING.
RICH: IT ENDED UP BEING AN ACADEMIC THING SORT OF AN ODE TO OUR ROOTS WITH G&R, THE CREW, AND
METTALICA.
M4M: YOU KNOW IT STILL AMAZES ME THAT EVERY BAND WE SPEAK WITH HAS THESE MAJOR HITS AND NONE
OF THEM WERE PLANNED AND THEY JUST KIND OF HAPPEN.
RICH: YEAH IT WAS LITERALLY ONE OF THE LAST SONGS IN THE LATER STAGES OF RECORDING THAT JUST
CAME OUT.
M4M: I KNOW IN THE BEGINNING OF REVELATION THEORY THERE WERE ONLY FOUR OF YOU. NOW I SEE FIVE
OF YOU SITTING HERE AND ON STAGE. SO YOU HAVE A NEW ADDED MEMBER?
REV THEORY:(in stereo from entire group) YES SIR!! IT IS THE RIKKY LIXX BABY, THE RIKKY LIXX. (Everyone laughs
at once)
RICH: COMING AT YOU LIVE IT IS THE RIKKY LIXX BABY
M4M: SO RIKKY LIXX BABY ARE YOU FROM OTHER GROUPS? HOW DID THIS MEETING OF THE MINDS HAPPEN?
RIKKY: YOU KNOW I MET THESE GUYS TWO YEARS AGO AT THE RAINBOW IN HOLLYWOOD AND KEPT IN TOUCH
WITH THEM EVER SINCE TO TOUCH BASE AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AFTER AWHILE I HAD TO PART WAYS
FROM MY OTHER BAND AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A LEAD GUITAR SO IT WAS A PERFECT FIT. WE ARE
LIKE FAMILY.
M4M: SO NOW HOW ARE THE STAGE DYNAMICS? IS IT HARD ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER ON THE STAGE?
JULIEN: ACTUALLY A LOT EASIER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
RICH: YOU KNOW IT IS JUST LIKE A PERFECT FIT. EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO BEFORE WE JUST COULDN’T
DO AND NOW WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO AND MORE.
JULIEN: AS LONG AS OUR TECH DOESN’T SET THE MICROPHONE UP TO CLOSE TO MY STUFF WHICH I AM GOING
TO FIRE HIM FOR (laughing) AND HIRE HIM BACK AGAIN IN TEN MINUTES. NO LIKE RICH SAYS IT HAS BEEN GREAT
MAN. IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
M4M: SO ON THIS NEW ALBUM IS THERE ANY PERSONAL FAVORITES BESIDES THE TWO SONGS THE FANS WILL
BE HEARING A LOT OF.
MATTY: I THINK WE ALL DO YOU KNOW.
RICH: I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL FAVORITES. MINE CHANGES WEEK TO WEEK BECAUSE I WILL LISTEN
TO THE RECORD BECAUSE I AM REALLY PROUD OF IT AND WE HAVEN’T HAD NEW MATERIAL IN A WHILE. SO ONE
WEEK I WILL LIKE “10 YEARS” THE NEXT WEEK I WILL LIKE “WANTED MAN” IT IS JUST A GREAT FEELING MAN.
JULIEN: YOU GOT SOME SLOWER STUFF AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME HEAVIER STUFF.
M4M: SO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH “TRUTH IS CURRENCY”? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO A RE-RELEASE OR
SOME THING?
DAVE & RICH: YEAH HOPEFULLY
M4M: THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT SONGS ON THAT ALBUM THAT FANS REALLY NEED TO HEAR.
RICH: WE ARE JUST HOPING THAT ONE WILL GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AFTER THIS ONE SO THE FANS
GET TO HEAR THAT ONE AS WELL. THAT IS WHAT LAUNCHED US.
M4M: THAT IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR FOUNDATION.
REV THEORY: YEAH THAT WAS DEFINITELY OUR FOUNDATION.
M4M: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CROWDS? HAVE THEY BEEN GROWING FOR YOU LATELY?
RICH: YOU KNOW YEAH DEFINITELY. WE WALKED INTO SOME MARKETS WHERE WE HAD ONLY LIKE 20 FANS
COME BACK AGAIN AND WE HAVE 40 AND SO ON, SO IT HAS BEEN GREAT. THE FANS ARE REALLY REACTING
WELL TO THE NEW MUSIC.
MATTY: WE STILL HAVE OUR FANS THAT ARE REALLY PRO OUR OLD ALBUM.
RICH: LIKE I SAID TODAY TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS INTERVIEWED US. IT IS LIKE PART OF BEING PART OF A
MUSICIAN IS CHALLENGING YOU’RE SELF AND GROWING. AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND A PERSON YOU SHOULD WANT
TO DO THAT TOO. SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID WHY DIDN’T YOU WRITE ANOTHER “TRUTH IS
CURRENCY” IT IS LIKE WELL WE ALREADY WROTE THAT ALBUM AND WE WANTED TO CHALLENGE OUR SELFS
AND I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB.
JULIEN: PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE NEVER HEARD “HELL YEAH” BEFORE BUT YET THEY ARE SINGING THE LYRICS.
RICH: IT IS AMAZING TO WATCH.
M4M: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I GET FROM WATCHING YOU PERFORM. I REMEMBER BACK TWO-THREE YEARS
AGO YOU OPENED FOR FLYLEAF. THE SECOND YOU STEPPED ON STAGE I WAS LIKE HOLY SHIT. YOU’RE
BLOWN AWAY.
REV THEORY: THAT’S AWESOME THANK YOU MAN.
M4M: YOU SEEN TODAY WHEN YOU STEPPED IN THE MEDIA TENT WHERE IT TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE A
PERSONAL MEET AND GREET FOR ALL OF US YOU KNOW. EVERYONE STOPPED WHAT HE OR SHE WAS DOING
HOPING FOR A PICTURE AND TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS.
REV THEORY: (everyone laughing) YEAH MAN THAT WAS CRAZY.
RICH: I GUESS FOR US WE HAVE BEEN LIKE THE UNDER DOG AND WE WOULD HAVE TO KICK SCRATCH AND
CLAW FOR EVERYTHING. NOW HAVING A MAJOR LABEL BEHIND US IT IS EASIER.
DAVE: IT IS GREAT COMING BACK TO THESE THINGS AND SEEING ALL OF YOU AND HEARING “I SAW YOU WHEN”
WE SHOOK HANDS AND WE BECAME FRIENDS.
M4M: YOU KNOW IT IS ABOUT MEMORIES AND ONE I HAVE PERSONALLY IS THAT FLYLEAF SHOW DRIVING YOU
ALL TO THE STORE. THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU ARE LIKE HUGE I CAN SAY “ I REMEMBER WHEN ALSO”
REV THEORY: (laughing) OH YEAH WE REMEMBER THAT HAIR DYE AND EASTER BASKETS.
M4M: YEAH MAN SO YOU KNOW IT IS ABOUT GROWING. BACK THEN WE HAD NO ONLINE PUBLICATION AND YOU
HAD NO MAJOR LABEL AND I LOOK AT YOU AND SAY THIS IS THE GROUP WE ARE GROWING WITH BECAUSE WE
BOTH KIND OF STARTED UP AT THE SAME TIME.
REV THEORY: THAT IS AWESOME AND REALLY COOL THAT WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
M4M: YOU KNOW I HEARD SOMETHING A LITTLE EARLIER FROM YOU RICH. YOU WERE OUTSIDE AND A
PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED TO TAKE JUST YOUR PICTURE. I REMEMBER YOU SAYING “NO, THE WHOLE BAND NOT
JUST ME.”
RICH: WE DO IT ALL TOGETHER. WE ARE THE BAND AND INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE NOTHING WE ARE TOGETHER.
M4M: I THINK THAT IS AWESOME THAT YOU DO THAT AND NOT LET ONE PERSON STAND OUT MORE THAN THE
OTHER.
MATTY: YEAH YOU KNOW WE ARE TOGETHER.
M4M: SO YOUR NEW ALBUM DROPS ON WHAT IS IT JUNE 4TH?
RICH: IT IS ACTUALLY JUNE 10TH IT WILL BE IN STORES EVERYWHERE. I GUESS YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT WAL-
MART, TARGET, BEST BUY, AMAZON.COM, FYE, EVERYWHERE.
M4M: AWESOME
RICH: THE BEAUTY OF THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. OUR LAST ALBUM WE WERE
SELLING OUT OF OUR TRUNK AFTER THE SHOW YOU KNOW. ONLY A FEW STORES CARRIED “TRUTH IS
CURRENCY”.
M4M: HOW IS THAT? GETTING OUT IN THE CROWD AFTER A SHOW. I KNOW EVERY TIME YOU PLAY WE SEE YOU
OUT THERE SELLING YOUR OWN STUFF MEETING THE FANS.
RICH: WE ARE STILL DOING THAT. WE DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT GOT US HERE AND
THE WORK BEHIND THAT.
MATTY: YOU KNOW RICH IS STILL OUT THERE AFTER EVERY SHOW SELLING CD’S TO THE CROWD.
M4M: WELL IT SHOWS A LOT ABOUT WORK ETHIC.
RICH: YOU KNOW IT IS ALSO ABOUT THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF GETTING TO KNOW THAT PERSON YOU
WENT TO SEE PLAY. I WISH WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP THAT SOME OF MY FAVORITE BANDS WOULD OF
ALLOWED ME TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE SO YOU KNOW IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE PERSONAL.
M4M: SO YOU GUYS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR OLD TOURING MATES PAPA ROACH TODAY?
REV THEORY: HELL YEAH WE PLAYED WITH PAPA ROACH LAST NIGHT SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM AND WE
TOURED WITH SEETHER. SEVENDUST!!!
RICH: EARLY ON SEVENDUST WAS A BIG INFLUENCE ON OUR CAREERS YOU KNOW THEY TOOK US OUT ON
TOUR AND THEY WERE THE FIRST BAND TO TAKE US OUT ON THE ROAD BUT WE NEVER GOT TO SEE THEM
WITH CLINT. WE BECAME FRIENDS WITH CLINT WHEN HE WAS WITH DARK NEW DAY SO WE DEVELOPED A DUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF THEM SO TO SEE THEM TOGETHER IT IS A COOL EXPERIENCE FOR US.
M4M: SO WILL YOU BE OUT ON TOUR FOR SOMETIME NOW? AND RIKKI WAS HE ON THE ALBUM AS WELL?
RICH: YEAH WE ARE JUST GOING TO EXHAUST OUR SELFS AS MUCH AS WE CAN PROMOTING THE NEW ALBUM.
RIKKI WAS ACTUALLY ON THE ALBUM SO IT WORKS OUT WELL FOR US.
M4M: WELL GUYS LIKE I SAID YOU ARE DOING A HELL OF A JOB OUT THERE. EVERYONE IS TALKING REV
THEORY AND THE LINE YOU HAD AT THE FYE SIGNING WAS SICK. SO CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND KICK ASS. BUT
YOU ARE THE WORD ON THE STREET.
RICH: COOL MAN WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS FOR TALKING WITH US AS WELL.
REV THEORY: AWESOME WE ARE THE WORD ON THE STREET THAT KICKS ASS.
MATTY: LIKE YOU SAID IT IS ABOUT GROWING AND GROWING TOGETHER SO THANK YOU AND WE WILL GROW
TOGETHER. ANYTIME YOU WANNA TALK AGAIN
REV THEORY: TAKE CARE BRO IT WAS GOOD TALKING TO YOU WE APPRECIATE IT AGAIN.
RICH: AWESOME, AWESOME. IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK ON THE ROAD PLAYING SOME NEW STUFF.
MATTY: YEAH DEFINITELY
M4M: NOW YOU PUT A LOT OF WORK IN TO YOUR NEW ALBUM “LIGHT IT UP” WHICH IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED
YOUR DEBUT MAJOR RELEASE.
RICH: YEAH WE STARTED WRITING FROM DECEMBER 2007 TILL FEBRUARY.
MATTY: ACTUALLY DECEMBER OF 2006
RICH: THAT’S RIGHT WE STARTED WRITING IN DECEMBER OF 2006 AND DIDN’T START THE RECORDING UNTIL
JULY OF 2007.
M4M: NOW YOU DID YOUR FIRST ALBUM “TRUTH IS CURRENCY” AND THEN YOU EVENTUALLY ENDED UP
GETTING SIGNED TO A DEAL.
RICH: YEAH IT WAS AWESOME MAN. WE WERE ON TOUR AND STARTED GETTING INTEREST FROM LABELS AND
THEN ENDED UP HOOKING UP WITH INTERSCOPE IN SPRING OF 2007.
JULIEN: IT IS DEFINITELY SURREAL MAN.
M4M: NOW ON THIS NEW ALBUM YOU HAVE TWO MAJOR HITS ALREADY “HELL YEAH” AND “LIGHT IT UP” WHERE
DID THOSE SONGS COME FROM?
RICH: WHEN WE WENT IN TO WRITE, “LIGHT IT UP” IT WAS MORE OR LESS THE FIRST HALF OF THE RECORD. WE
JUST WANTED TO WRITE A ROCK SONG WITH A STRIP CLUB ANTHEM SOMETHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT.
DAVE: WE NEVER WROTE A PARTY SONG SO WE WERE LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT LETS WRITE A PARTY SONG.
RICH: WE THOUGHT PEOPLE WANTED TO HEAR GOOD TIME MUSIC AGAIN YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
M4M: YEAH DEFINITELY
RICH: WITH THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY. PEOPLE HAVE ENOUGH OF A HARD TIME DEALING WITH THEIR OWN
LIFE'S AND MUSIC IS A RELEASE FOR THEM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THAT THEY
COULD ESCAPE FROM THEIR EVERYDAY PROBLEMS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH.
RIKKI: YEAH FOR SURE
M4M: EXACTLY MAN
RICH: “HELL YEAH” WAS ONE OF THOSE SONGS THAT WROTE ITS SELF BASICALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF
MONTHS RECORDING.
MATTY: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT JUST CAME OUT. WE NEVER SET OUT TO DO ANYTHING.
RICH: IT ENDED UP BEING AN ACADEMIC THING SORT OF AN ODE TO OUR ROOTS WITH G&R, THE CREW, AND
METTALICA.
M4M: YOU KNOW IT STILL AMAZES ME THAT EVERY BAND WE SPEAK WITH HAS THESE MAJOR HITS AND NONE
OF THEM WERE PLANNED AND THEY JUST KIND OF HAPPEN.
RICH: YEAH IT WAS LITERALLY ONE OF THE LAST SONGS IN THE LATER STAGES OF RECORDING THAT JUST
CAME OUT.
M4M: I KNOW IN THE BEGINNING OF REVELATION THEORY THERE WERE ONLY FOUR OF YOU. NOW I SEE FIVE
OF YOU SITTING HERE AND ON STAGE. SO YOU HAVE A NEW ADDED MEMBER?
REV THEORY:(in stereo from entire group) YES SIR!! IT IS THE RIKKY LIXX BABY, THE RIKKY LIXX. (Everyone laughs
at once)
RICH: COMING AT YOU LIVE IT IS THE RIKKY LIXX BABY
M4M: SO RIKKY LIXX BABY ARE YOU FROM OTHER GROUPS? HOW DID THIS MEETING OF THE MINDS HAPPEN?
RIKKY: YOU KNOW I MET THESE GUYS TWO YEARS AGO AT THE RAINBOW IN HOLLYWOOD AND KEPT IN TOUCH
WITH THEM EVER SINCE TO TOUCH BASE AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AFTER AWHILE I HAD TO PART WAYS
FROM MY OTHER BAND AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A LEAD GUITAR SO IT WAS A PERFECT FIT. WE ARE
LIKE FAMILY.
M4M: SO NOW HOW ARE THE STAGE DYNAMICS? IS IT HARD ADDING AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER ON THE STAGE?
JULIEN: ACTUALLY A LOT EASIER THAN WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
RICH: YOU KNOW IT IS JUST LIKE A PERFECT FIT. EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO BEFORE WE JUST COULDN’T
DO AND NOW WE CAN DO EVERYTHING WE WANTED TO DO AND MORE.
JULIEN: AS LONG AS OUR TECH DOESN’T SET THE MICROPHONE UP TO CLOSE TO MY STUFF WHICH I AM GOING
TO FIRE HIM FOR (laughing) AND HIRE HIM BACK AGAIN IN TEN MINUTES. NO LIKE RICH SAYS IT HAS BEEN GREAT
MAN. IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
M4M: SO ON THIS NEW ALBUM IS THERE ANY PERSONAL FAVORITES BESIDES THE TWO SONGS THE FANS WILL
BE HEARING A LOT OF.
MATTY: I THINK WE ALL DO YOU KNOW.
RICH: I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUR INDIVIDUAL FAVORITES. MINE CHANGES WEEK TO WEEK BECAUSE I WILL LISTEN
TO THE RECORD BECAUSE I AM REALLY PROUD OF IT AND WE HAVEN’T HAD NEW MATERIAL IN A WHILE. SO ONE
WEEK I WILL LIKE “10 YEARS” THE NEXT WEEK I WILL LIKE “WANTED MAN” IT IS JUST A GREAT FEELING MAN.
JULIEN: YOU GOT SOME SLOWER STUFF AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME HEAVIER STUFF.
M4M: SO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH “TRUTH IS CURRENCY”? WILL YOU BE ABLE TO DO A RE-RELEASE OR
SOME THING?
DAVE & RICH: YEAH HOPEFULLY
M4M: THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT SONGS ON THAT ALBUM THAT FANS REALLY NEED TO HEAR.
RICH: WE ARE JUST HOPING THAT ONE WILL GET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AFTER THIS ONE SO THE FANS
GET TO HEAR THAT ONE AS WELL. THAT IS WHAT LAUNCHED US.
M4M: THAT IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR FOUNDATION.
REV THEORY: YEAH THAT WAS DEFINITELY OUR FOUNDATION.
M4M: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CROWDS? HAVE THEY BEEN GROWING FOR YOU LATELY?
RICH: YOU KNOW YEAH DEFINITELY. WE WALKED INTO SOME MARKETS WHERE WE HAD ONLY LIKE 20 FANS
COME BACK AGAIN AND WE HAVE 40 AND SO ON, SO IT HAS BEEN GREAT. THE FANS ARE REALLY REACTING
WELL TO THE NEW MUSIC.
MATTY: WE STILL HAVE OUR FANS THAT ARE REALLY PRO OUR OLD ALBUM.
RICH: LIKE I SAID TODAY TO EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS INTERVIEWED US. IT IS LIKE PART OF BEING PART OF A
MUSICIAN IS CHALLENGING YOU’RE SELF AND GROWING. AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND A PERSON YOU SHOULD WANT
TO DO THAT TOO. SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT SAID WHY DIDN’T YOU WRITE ANOTHER “TRUTH IS
CURRENCY” IT IS LIKE WELL WE ALREADY WROTE THAT ALBUM AND WE WANTED TO CHALLENGE OUR SELFS
AND I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB.
JULIEN: PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE NEVER HEARD “HELL YEAH” BEFORE BUT YET THEY ARE SINGING THE LYRICS.
RICH: IT IS AMAZING TO WATCH.
M4M: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I GET FROM WATCHING YOU PERFORM. I REMEMBER BACK TWO-THREE YEARS
AGO YOU OPENED FOR FLYLEAF. THE SECOND YOU STEPPED ON STAGE I WAS LIKE HOLY SHIT. YOU’RE
BLOWN AWAY.
REV THEORY: THAT’S AWESOME THANK YOU MAN.
M4M: YOU SEEN TODAY WHEN YOU STEPPED IN THE MEDIA TENT WHERE IT TURNED OUT TO BE LIKE A
PERSONAL MEET AND GREET FOR ALL OF US YOU KNOW. EVERYONE STOPPED WHAT HE OR SHE WAS DOING
HOPING FOR A PICTURE AND TO TALK WITH YOU GUYS.
REV THEORY: (everyone laughing) YEAH MAN THAT WAS CRAZY.
RICH: I GUESS FOR US WE HAVE BEEN LIKE THE UNDER DOG AND WE WOULD HAVE TO KICK SCRATCH AND
CLAW FOR EVERYTHING. NOW HAVING A MAJOR LABEL BEHIND US IT IS EASIER.
DAVE: IT IS GREAT COMING BACK TO THESE THINGS AND SEEING ALL OF YOU AND HEARING “I SAW YOU WHEN”
WE SHOOK HANDS AND WE BECAME FRIENDS.
M4M: YOU KNOW IT IS ABOUT MEMORIES AND ONE I HAVE PERSONALLY IS THAT FLYLEAF SHOW DRIVING YOU
ALL TO THE STORE. THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN YOU ARE LIKE HUGE I CAN SAY “ I REMEMBER WHEN ALSO”
REV THEORY: (laughing) OH YEAH WE REMEMBER THAT HAIR DYE AND EASTER BASKETS.
M4M: YEAH MAN SO YOU KNOW IT IS ABOUT GROWING. BACK THEN WE HAD NO ONLINE PUBLICATION AND YOU
HAD NO MAJOR LABEL AND I LOOK AT YOU AND SAY THIS IS THE GROUP WE ARE GROWING WITH BECAUSE WE
BOTH KIND OF STARTED UP AT THE SAME TIME.
REV THEORY: THAT IS AWESOME AND REALLY COOL THAT WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.
M4M: YOU KNOW I HEARD SOMETHING A LITTLE EARLIER FROM YOU RICH. YOU WERE OUTSIDE AND A
PHOTOGRAPHER WANTED TO TAKE JUST YOUR PICTURE. I REMEMBER YOU SAYING “NO, THE WHOLE BAND NOT
JUST ME.”
RICH: WE DO IT ALL TOGETHER. WE ARE THE BAND AND INDIVIDUALLY WE ARE NOTHING WE ARE TOGETHER.
M4M: I THINK THAT IS AWESOME THAT YOU DO THAT AND NOT LET ONE PERSON STAND OUT MORE THAN THE
OTHER.
MATTY: YEAH YOU KNOW WE ARE TOGETHER.
M4M: SO YOUR NEW ALBUM DROPS ON WHAT IS IT JUNE 4TH?
RICH: IT IS ACTUALLY JUNE 10TH IT WILL BE IN STORES EVERYWHERE. I GUESS YOU CAN PICK IT UP AT WAL-
MART, TARGET, BEST BUY, AMAZON.COM, FYE, EVERYWHERE.
M4M: AWESOME
RICH: THE BEAUTY OF THIS ALBUM IS THAT IT WILL BE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. OUR LAST ALBUM WE WERE
SELLING OUT OF OUR TRUNK AFTER THE SHOW YOU KNOW. ONLY A FEW STORES CARRIED “TRUTH IS
CURRENCY”.
M4M: HOW IS THAT? GETTING OUT IN THE CROWD AFTER A SHOW. I KNOW EVERY TIME YOU PLAY WE SEE YOU
OUT THERE SELLING YOUR OWN STUFF MEETING THE FANS.
RICH: WE ARE STILL DOING THAT. WE DO NOT WANT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT GOT US HERE AND
THE WORK BEHIND THAT.
MATTY: YOU KNOW RICH IS STILL OUT THERE AFTER EVERY SHOW SELLING CD’S TO THE CROWD.
M4M: WELL IT SHOWS A LOT ABOUT WORK ETHIC.
RICH: YOU KNOW IT IS ALSO ABOUT THAT PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF GETTING TO KNOW THAT PERSON YOU
WENT TO SEE PLAY. I WISH WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP THAT SOME OF MY FAVORITE BANDS WOULD OF
ALLOWED ME TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE SO YOU KNOW IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE PERSONAL.
M4M: SO YOU GUYS EXCITED TO SEE YOUR OLD TOURING MATES PAPA ROACH TODAY?
REV THEORY: HELL YEAH WE PLAYED WITH PAPA ROACH LAST NIGHT SO WE GOT TO SEE THEM AND WE
TOURED WITH SEETHER. SEVENDUST!!!
RICH: EARLY ON SEVENDUST WAS A BIG INFLUENCE ON OUR CAREERS YOU KNOW THEY TOOK US OUT ON
TOUR AND THEY WERE THE FIRST BAND TO TAKE US OUT ON THE ROAD BUT WE NEVER GOT TO SEE THEM
WITH CLINT. WE BECAME FRIENDS WITH CLINT WHEN HE WAS WITH DARK NEW DAY SO WE DEVELOPED A DUAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF THEM SO TO SEE THEM TOGETHER IT IS A COOL EXPERIENCE FOR US.
M4M: SO WILL YOU BE OUT ON TOUR FOR SOMETIME NOW? AND RIKKI WAS HE ON THE ALBUM AS WELL?
RICH: YEAH WE ARE JUST GOING TO EXHAUST OUR SELFS AS MUCH AS WE CAN PROMOTING THE NEW ALBUM.
RIKKI WAS ACTUALLY ON THE ALBUM SO IT WORKS OUT WELL FOR US.
M4M: WELL GUYS LIKE I SAID YOU ARE DOING A HELL OF A JOB OUT THERE. EVERYONE IS TALKING REV
THEORY AND THE LINE YOU HAD AT THE FYE SIGNING WAS SICK. SO CONTINUE TO GO OUT AND KICK ASS. BUT
YOU ARE THE WORD ON THE STREET.
RICH: COOL MAN WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANKS FOR TALKING WITH US AS WELL.
REV THEORY: AWESOME WE ARE THE WORD ON THE STREET THAT KICKS ASS.
MATTY: LIKE YOU SAID IT IS ABOUT GROWING AND GROWING TOGETHER SO THANK YOU AND WE WILL GROW
TOGETHER. ANYTIME YOU WANNA TALK AGAIN
REV THEORY: TAKE CARE BRO IT WAS GOOD TALKING TO YOU WE APPRECIATE IT AGAIN.
