SUBURBAN LEGENDS COME AT YOU STRONG AND
POWERFUL FILLED WITH EVERYTHING FROM ROCK TO
DISCO. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING EXCITING ABOUT
MUSIC THAT IS SO DIVERSE WITH HORNS DRUMS
GUITARS AND TRUMPETS. THIS GROUP BRINGS
EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND THEN SOME. DO NOT ASK
WHAT GENRE THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CLUE
THEM SELFS ALL WE KNOW IS THEY BRING THE MUSIC
AND BRING IT LOUD AND GOOD. WE HAD THE CHANCE TO
SPEAK WITH THE GUYS AND WE WANTED TO FIND OUT
SOME KEY POINTS TO THERE CAREERS. COVERING
EVERYTHING FROM THE BEGINNING TO NOW AND THEN A
WHOLE LOT MORE. WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO
INTRODUCE YOU TO SOME MUSICAL GENIUSES;
SUBURBAN LEGENDS.
M4M: SO ARE YOU CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH LESS THAN JAKE OR ARE YOU GETTING READY TO GO ON THAT
TOUR.
VINCE: NO WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO GO ON TOUR. THE TOUR WILL START ON JUNE 17TH SO
RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE STUDIO AND TRYING TO GET THAT ALL WRAPPED UP.
M4M: THAT IS RIGHT YOU HAVE A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT THIS SUMMER?
VINCE: YEAH WE ARE TRYING TO PUSH IT TO BE ABLE TO GET IT OUT BEFORE WE HIT THE ROAD BUT WE MAY
HAVE TO PUSH IT OUT IN LIKE THE MIDDLE OF THE TOUR. SO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS NEW RECORD AND
WROTE LIKE 17 SONGS AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE TRYING TO TIE UP ALL THE LOOSE ENDS ON IT THEN IT
SHOULD BE READY.
M4M: THAT IS SWEET WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER! SO LET ME ASK YOU HOW WOULD YOU CLASSIFY
YOUR MUSIC? I AM NOT REALLY SURE WHAT GENRE TO CALL IT. YOU HAVE SO MUCH OF EVERYTHING GOING
ON.
VINCE: YEAH YOU KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY WE ARE SKA. WE WERE JUST INFLUENCED BY SO MUCH THAT
WE EVEN HAVE A TOUGH TIME TALKING ABOUT IT. EVERYONE ASKS US LIKE WHAT KIND OF MUSIC IS IT AND WE
ARE LIKE WELL UM WE ARE LIKE POP, DISCO, COUNTRY, RAP, WITH A MIX OF CHILDREN'S MUSIC. I MEAN WE
CANNOT EVEN PUT IT TOGETHER. I THINK RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY IT IS JUST GOOD SOLID ROCK MUSIC WITH
LIKE A SKA BACKGROUND. WE LOVE PLAYING THE DISCO ROCK AS WELL. WE LIKE PLAYING MUSIC THAT IS FUN!
M4M: WELL THAT’S WHAT IT IS ABOUT. SO THERE DOESN’T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A GENRE. MUSIC CAN BE
MUSIC. MAYBE THEY HAVE GENRE’S JUST FOR MARKETING PURPOSES.
VINCE: EXACTLY THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT DUDE!!
M4M: OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE NOTICED YOU HAVE FACED A LOT OF DIVERSITY WITHIN THE GROUP. YOU
HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS NOW.
VINCE: YEAH I WOULD SAY IT IS A LITTLE LESS BUT 10 YEARS IS COMING ON FAST.
M4M: RIGHT. YOU KNOW IN THE PAST YOU HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH BAND MEMBERS LEAVING. I KNOW
YOU HAD LEFT FOR A LITTLE BIT YOURSELF TO FINISH SCHOOL. THEN YOU HAD A FEW VANDALISM’S ON YOUR
VAN.
VINCE: YEAH MAN.
M4M: IS THIS A SITUATION WHERE THIS GROUP JUST WON’T LET THEMSELVES DIE, OR GIVE UP? IT SEEMS LIKE
YOU ARE ALL SO DETERMINED TO MAKE IT AND THIS GROUP COULD LIVE ON FOREVER.
VINCE: YEAH THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE ARE PUSHING REALLY HARD TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND MAKE THIS AS BIG AS WE CAN. YEAH YOU KNOW SOME THINGS
HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST BUT IN THE END WE HAVE SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS GOING ON LIKE ALL THE
TIME.
M4M: AWESOME! NOW YOU ALSO MADE A TRANSITION FROM TRUMPET OVER TO LEAD VOCALS ABOUT 2
YEARS AGO NOW. HOW HAS THAT BEEN FOR YOU? DO YOU ENJOY YOUR NEW ROLE?
VINCE: I AM LOVING IT. IT IS GREAT AND I AM HAVING A GREAT TIME DOING IT AND IT IS SO MUCH FUN DOING IT IN
THIS BAND. I DON’T PERSONALLY THINK THAT I COULD DO IT IN ANOTHER BAND AND I AM HAVING A GOOD TIME
DOING IT AND IT IS FUN.
M4M: IT IS GREAT TO SEE HERE THAT YOU GUYS ARE SO BIG INTO CHARITY AND CHILDREN. YOU ALL DO SO
MUCH FOR BOTH DON’T YOU?
VINCE: YEAH DEFINITELY! WELL ACTUALLY WE WERE REALLY LUCKY ENOUGH A LONG TIME AGO OUR OLD
MANAGER SENT A DEMO TAPE TO THE JERRY LEWIS TELETHON AND SOME HOW JERRY’S DAUGHTER GOT A
HOLD OF IT AND SHE LOVE’S OUR MUSIC AND HAS BEEN ASKING US BACK AND THE WHOLE FAMILY HAS BEEN
ASKING US BACK EVERY YEAR. YEAH SO IT IS NOTHING BUT PLEASURE AND NICE. WE LOVE DOING IT AND VERY
HAPPY TO BE A PART OF IT EVERY YEAR.
M4M: THAT IS GREAT YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUT. IT IS FUNNY ALSO BECAUSE YOU GUYS DO
A LOT OF CHILDREN'S COVER SONGS. IS THAT JUST SOMETHING TO DO THAT IS FUN AND YOU JUST GO OUT
THERE AND ROCK THEM!
VINCE: OH MAN THEY ARE A BLAST TO DO AND WE ACTUALLY PLAY AT DISNEY LAND QUITE OFTEN. WE PLAY
INSIDE THE PARK. WE USE TO DO DOWNTOWN DISNEY LIKE EVERY NIGHT SO WE PICKED UP SOME COVERS
AND IT WAS SO APPROPRIATE WHILE WE ARE THERE SO WE LEARNED THEM AND THEN THEY BECAME SO FUN
TO DO SO WE TOOK THEM ON THE ROAD.
M4M: NOW NOT ONLY ARE YOU KNOWN IN THE U.S BUT WE NOTICE YOU HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE RELEASE TO JUST
JAPAN. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING WELL OVER THERE?
VINCE: YOU KNOW HONESTLY TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THAT IS TRANSLATING OVER
THERE. WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ON HOW THAT IS GOING. ACTUALLY BRIAN’S GIRLFRIEND IS FROM
OVER THERE SO WE HERE MORE FROM HER FAMILY THAN WE HAVE FROM THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN JAPAN.
THEY SAY WE GET SPINS ON RADIO OVER THERE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I AM NOT REALLY SURE. WE ALL HOPE
WE ARE DOING WELL OVER THERE BUT TO TELL THE TRUTH WE ARE NOT SURE. WE ARE TOLD PEOPLE ARE
BUYING THE ALBUM AND I WAS ACTUALLY OVER THERE THIS WINTER AND SEEN AN ALBUM OF OURS AND IT WAS
LIKE REALLY COOL.
M4M: WE HOPE IT IS DOING WELL FOR YOU ALSO.
VINCE: WE WON’T FIND OUT UNTIL WE GO OUT AND TOUR. WE WANT TO GO AND TOUR JAPAN AND EUROPE
AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
M4M: NOW ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUMS YOU HAVE A FEW DVD RELEASES. I KNOW YOU HAVE THE
“SEASON ONE” A FEW YEARS BACK NOW THIS DVD RELEASED THIS YEAR “POISONOUS CANDY FACTORY”
WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS LIKE SEASON TWO OR IS IT SOMETHING ALL OF ITS OWN?
VINCE: WOW UM I DON’T KNOW IF IT COULD BE CALLED SEASON TWO. WE KIND OF PUT IT OUT AS JUST A
SEPARATE DVD BUT I MEAN IS IT LIKE KIND OF OUR SEASON TWO WHERE LIKE UM WOW THAT IS A GREAT
QUESTION. BRIAN DO YOU THINK WE COULD CALL THAT SEASON TWO? I ACTUALLY HAVE ROBOT ON THE CALL
WITH US RIGHT NOW.
BRIAN: I DON’T THINK IT IS A SEASON TWO I THINK IT IS MORE ON IT’S OWN.
VINCE: YEAH I DON’T THINK IT CAN BE CALLED SEASON TWO IT IS MORE OF IT’S OWN EPISODE. EPISODE TWO
YEAH!
M4M: NOW YOU ALSO HAVE SOME MUSIC VIDEOS OUT THERE. ONE THAT CATCH’S MY EYE IS FROM 2004 “UP
ALL NIGHT” WHERE IT IS ANIMATED. WAS THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DO
VINCE: YEAH WE THOUGHT IT WAS COOL AND AT THE TIME THERE WASN’T MANY ANIMATED VIDEOS OUT
THERE. WE DID THE ARTWORK FOR RUMP SHAKER AND WE HAD THE OPTION TO DO THAT AND IT CAME OUT
AWESOME.
M4M: BESIDES THAT YOU HAVE “COME BACK HOME” WHICH FEATURES SOME GREAT ARTIST LIKE JUSTIN FROM
ZEBRAHEAD AND AARON OF REAL BIG FISH. WHAT WAS IT LIKE WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH THOSE
GUY’S?
VINCE: THOSE GUYS ARE AWESOME THEY SHOWED UP AND WE DID IT! THEY ARE FRIENDS OF OURS AND WE
HAVE BEEN OUT ON TOUR A FEW TIMES WITH REAL BIG FISH BUT IT WAS AWESOME THAT THEY CAME OUT TO
SUPPORT US!
M4M: YEAH WE HAVE SEEN REAL BIG FISH BEFORE AND THEY HAVE SUCH HIGH ENERGY AND LEAVE IT ALL ON
THE TABLE EVERY TIME THEY COME OUT.
VINCE: YEAH TOTALLY AND WE HAVE KNOWN THEM FOR A LONG TIME SO THEY ARE REALLY RAD.
M4M: SO WHAT IS THAT YOU ARE LOOKING TO DO IN THE FUTURE FROM HERE FORWARD. YOU SEEM LIKE YOU
HAVE A GREAT CREW NOW AND COULD MOVE ALONG QUITE RAPIDLY.
VINCE: YEAH YOU KNOW THAT’S THE PLAN BUT YOU CAN NEVER TELL. SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE
MOVING ALONG QUITE RAPIDLY AND SOME TIMES IT FEELS LIKE IT JUST ISN’T SHOWING. THE GROUP WE HAVE
HAD FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS NOW ARE REALLY TIGHT AND EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SOME SHIT HAPPEN TO
US WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD AT NOTHING BUT POSITIVE IN LIFE.
M4M: YOU KNOW IF ANYONE LOOKED DEEPER INTO THE GROUP THEN JUST WHAT THEY SEE ON STAGE YOU
GUYS COULD BE THE POSTER CHILDREN FOR NOT GIVING UP. SO MANY TIMES YOU COULD HAVE GIVEN UP AND
HAVEN’T SO THAT SAYS SO MUCH RIGHT THERE ABOUT YOU GUYS.
VINCE: YEAH MAN THANK YOU THANK YOU A LOT WE APPRECIATE THAT
M4M: SO YOU HAVE THE NEW ALBUM THIS SUMMER AND THE TOUR SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BLOW UP OVER
THE SUMMER.
VINCE: WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ALBUM ALSO. I THINK THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE FUN.
THE LAST FEW ALBUMS HAVE BEEN LIKE THE DISCO ROCK AND THIS ONE WE ARE DOING LIKE A THROWBACK
ALBUM THE SONGS THAT ARE ON THERE HAVE BEEN FROM LIKE 7-8 YEARS AGO AND WE HAVE A FEW ROCK
SONGS ON THERE A FEW SKA SONGS AND SOME DISCO SONGS ALSO SO I THINK IT WILL BE A GOOD
REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE HAVE GROWN INTO THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. EVERYONE IN THE BAND IS
STOKED ABOUT IT SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE ELSE FEELS THE SAME WAY ABOUT IT WHEN IT COMES OUT.
M4M: SO I GUESS IN A SENSE IT IS LIKE A GREATEST HITS OF STYLE AND SOUND FOR YOU GUYS. NOT REALLY A
GREATEST HITS ALBUM BUT IN TERMS OF STYLE AND SOUND.
VINCE: THERE YOU GO YEAH THE GREATEST HIT OF OUR STYLE. WE WROTE 17 SONGS THAT WERE KIND OF
ALL DIFFERENT. THAT’S AWESOME GREATEST HITS OF STYLES
M4M: YOU KNOW TO HEAR A NEW ALBUM AND EVERY SONG SOUNDS DIFFERENT TO ME THAT IS GREAT!
VINCE: YEAH YOU KNOW WE TRY TO KEEP IT DIVERSE AND I THINK IT IS GREAT FOR EVERYBODY.
M4M: WELL MAN THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US TODAY WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD
TO THE ALBUM AND THE TOUR THIS SUMMER. SHOULD BE A GOOD SUMMER.
VINCE: YEAH MAN THANK YOU WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU HAVE MY NUMBER SO CALL ANYTIME WE WOULD LOVE
TO CHAT WITH YOU AGAIN ANYTIME!
M4M: THANK A LOT WE WOULD LOVE TO CHECK UP ON YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE! HAVE A SAFE AND FUN TOUR!


