Freshman 15

A huge thanks to Davey from Freshman 15 for sitting down and answering my questions!

 

Let’s start off with who you are and what you do in Freshman 15.

 

My name is Davey! I sing and play the gitfiddle! And I write the angelic sounds that comes out of your speakers.

 

I hear you guys used to go by the name of Xzamen. How’d you decide on the new Freshman 15?

 

That should be completely obvious! ha We were in highschool when we started this band and that name seemed awesome…but then we turned 19 and realized that is terrible! Freshman 15 is when a college student gains 15  pounds in beer and stress… and that’s just awesome.

 

 So there’s a plethora of fun pop punk bands out right now, what sets you guys apart from the batch?

We are probably the hottest guys in the biz right now..we are extremely sexy…ha No but for real..

 

What’s the process like for creating one Freshman 15 hit?

First step is take an awesome Blink song. Next, completely rip it off!

 

Throw up Your Hands For One Night Stands hit stores this February. What was the process like creating a whole album of those Freshman 15 hits, recording them, then sending them out into the world?

 

Writing songs is a bit therapeutic for me! Every song on the cd is a real experience I have had! I have a shitty ex in Phoenix! The love of my life moved to California! So I hope everyone will enjoy peering into my life for 40 minutes.

 

What can someone expect to see when attending a Freshman 15 show?

 

 Lots of dirty words and three part harmonies that make you need to change your thong.

 

How’s the tour life been treating you boys? Any interesting stories you’d like to share from the road?

 

Touring is our favorite thing to do ever. Period. We love it sooo much, and apparently people actually like to listen to our music because somehow someway there are always people at our shows haha! We actually had a girl request a song off our cd that wasn’t in our set the other night, so we took her outside and played it acoustic! And she started crying! It was crazy!!!

Did you guys ever get to make those phone calls to fans who bought the record? If so, how’d that go?

 

We always think it’s a good idea to call people and stuff just to get to know our fans, but most of the time they don’t really know what to say so it can be kinda awkward. So it always just ends up with us bantering and blabbing with gay jokes and stuff while they laugh and listen.

 

What can we all look forward to from you guys for the future?

 

Incredible awesomeness. Next question.   No but really we actually just recorded our own version of MIA’s Paper Planes that we’re going to be releasing very soon, and we’re super excited!

 

10. Last Comments?

Come see us! We promise if you don’t like us we will at least make you laugh!!

  • Post Info

  • Posted by: Kimberly.Johnson
  • Posted on: Thursday, April 16th, 2009
  • Category: Interviews