George of Valencia (Jen)
Jen: well to start it off, how did you guys come up with your name?
George: we're really into the books slaughterhouse 5 and catcher in the rye, and in both of them, there are minor characters named valencia. specifically, it's name of the main character in slaughterhouse 5's wife, who is mistreated and kind of seen as the underdog, and we felt like that was fitting to our story
Jen: so you guys concidered yourselves underdogs?
George: in high school, yeah. that's when we started our band
Jen: did you all go to the same high school? if not, how did the band come about?
George: nah we didn't. jd and i did, but that's it. we were just in a bunch of different bands that played together at local shows and got to be friends that way
Jen: ahh. do you have any bands that influenced your sound?
George: yeah, it's a pretty extensive list but i'd say when we first started, we were drawing from a lot of pop punk and punk bands, but as we've gotten older, it's expanded into just about every kind of music you could think of
Jen: is there a band that you played with that is most memorable?
George: definitely, blink 182
Jen: haha, I would have freaked out myself. were you starstruck at all?
George: i wouldn't say starstruck, but it was really cool that we got to be on the first show of their first tour in 5 years
Jen: that is awesome. are there any venues across the US that you favor playing at over most?
George: i really like the rave in milwaukee a lot, it's a really nice venue to play, and it's also a lot of fun to explore since it's so big and everyone says that it's haunted
Jen: haunted? haha I've never heard that. had any experiences there before?
George: not yet, but i'll keep looking until i do
Jen: well, good luck! I'm sorry to cut this short, but I have to go somewhere. Thank you for your time!
George: no problem. it was great talking to you, jen.
myspace.com/valencia
