#fallstate

First off, can you describe your sound to someone who hasn’t heard it before? Aggressively enthusiastic, like an ADHD kid on cocaine – we try to mix the listenability and catchiness of pop-punk in with a bit of technicality and heaviness. Like metal spin-kicked skate punk off its skateboard.

You guys are opening for Mayday Parade in December, how excited are you guys for that? We couldn’t be more stoked. This will be our first international opening show and Galatos is a fantastic venue so it should be a heap of fun.

If you guys could claim one Mayday Parade song as your own - which would it be? Um. Terrible Things. Probably.

What else is in the future plans for Fallstate? We’ve got another EP that should be out shortly after the Mayday Parade gig, then hopefully some more shows. After that there’s talk about taking six months off to write some metal. We’ll see. There’s definitely more in the bank so we’ll try to keep things rolling.

You’ve been around a fair few years now, and have worked with a lot of other musicians in the pop punk scene - if you could see one band re-unite, who would it be? (We vote Selfhood!) Selfhood are awesome – we never had a chance to play with them but we still listen to them regularly. Matt did a guest vocal spot on our first album. I’d probably pick The Rabble though – they’re another band we never had the pleasure of seeing but 3 of us grew up on the coast listening to them and they’re kind of legendary.

What has been one of your favourite memories from a live show? Our final Kings Arms show with Written by Wolves has to be a standout - every single band on the bill kicked ass and the vibe was great the whole night.

If you could start one silly rumour about Fallstate - what would it be? We’re a polyamorous gay 5some.

Lastly - convince us to come to see you guys open for Mayday Parade in 3 words. Sweaty. Loud. Naked.

Quick Fire

1. The one song I wish I wrote is... Kurt: Days Turn Blue To Grey - Machine Head Tal: Toto - Africa Raff: Anything by Pantera Blake: It Must Really Suck To Be Four Year Strong Right Now - Four Year Strong Grady: Boys ‘round Here - Blake Shelton

2. Three things I can’t live without are... Kurt: Ears, Eyes, and Penis Tal: Coffee, cigarettes, and motorbikes Raff: Oxygen, sleep, and food Blake: Meat, Music, and the fucking boys! Grady: Mavs, memes and blast beats

3. If I could only play music in one genre for the rest of my life it would be... Kurt: Whatever genre Dir En Grey is Tal: Metal Raff: Metal Blake: Groovin’ Metal Grady: Tenacious D cover band

4. Three adjectives that describe my life are... Kurt: Procrastinating, loud, window licker Tal: Loud, fast, and tired Raff: What’s an adjective? Blake: Fast, Long, and Hard Grady: Thicc, Hungry and Heavy

5. If I held a world record it would be for... Kurt: Longest time spent shitting Tal: Highest level of exhaustion on record Raff: Hitting the most open E strings in a single song Blake: Some speed record Grady: Most pinch harmonics in a song that’s not by Zakk Wylde

6. My first memory of loving music is... Kurt: Singing Talking Heads songs around the house age 4 Tal: Wanting to play piano like Billy Joel as a youngun’ Raff: Watching The Wiggles as a wee lad Blake: Listening to metal whilst playing Need For Speed as a kid Grady: My dad showing me live Led Zeppelin DVDs

7. The song of mine that I am the most proud of is… Kurt: Kill ‘Em, Eat ‘Em - Untitled Band Name Tal: In terms of meaningfulness, definitely “D.U.I.”, that song has been around for years and finally feels like it’s doing justice to its background. In terms of playing it, “Live Forever Or Die Trying” is my shit. Raff: Kem - Booze Pooze Blake: Who The F**k Is Cameron Brookes? Grady: Who The F**k Is Cameron Brookes? came together stupidly well and I never get sick of playing it

8. My favourite venue I’ve ever played is... Kurt: The Basement Theatre Tal: The Kings Arms, hands down. Raff: Kings Arms Blake: Kings Arms Grady: Kings Arms

9. The ideal environment for me to create music in is… Kurt: Although I haven’t done this yet, somewhere isolated and away from town with the band where we could spend an entire week writing tasty tunes. Tal: Good weather, either alone with a guitar or with one other person. Raff: With the boys. Blake: In the studio with the boys Grady: In some little shed in the middle of fuckass nowhere

10. If I could have any two bands open for me they would be… Kurt: Four Year Strong, Lonely Island Tal: Cane Hill, Four Year Strong Raff: Everytime I Die, Norma Jean Blake: Devin Townsend Experience, Meshuggah Grady: Dethklok, Dead Teach The Living