"We were on tender hooks there wondering exactly how we were going to be received for a little while, Eventually we just got hardened to it and got used to playing ballads at punk rock shows. Once we overcame that, there was no problem. "
Stephen Carroll

"We're clinging to that notion that we're still grounded, I think the way that we approach things, we make it hard on ourselves. We also kind of like the hard work too, because it keeps us grounded, it keeps us centered."
Stephen Carroll

Well, it kind of started something like this. John Samson had a bunch of songs that he decided he wanted to record with a band back in late '96, early '97. He had a couple of guys in mind. He asked John Sutton, the bass player . well, he actually started playing with Jason Tait first, the drummer.
Stephen Carroll

I don't think we're breaking new ground. This is just another tradition of political music that I don't think a lot of people recognize as being as political as it is.
Stephen Carroll