chris - vocals
richard - drums
matt - guitar
max - bass
LittleBook: Why did you start a band??
OHAPOLLO: well, Chris and Matt were in some bad hardcore band around 2005 both playing guitar. We broke up, and recruited our good friend max and Ryan to start a new project. Long story short, we sucked, played a lot of local show, kicked out Ryan our drummer, got our good friend Richard to play drum and "officially" started this band. We all found some common ground between our wacky music tastes and kept pushing it for 2 years, because we love playing music, and we have no lives.
LB: How did you find each other??
O: We more or less have gone to school together since middle school, halfway through high school we all realized we drifted to similar ideals, the rest just fit together in the following years.
LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??
O: Either the first show we played with Richard, where we had practiced 5 songs with him 2 days before, and played a packed house show in San Jose. The show was crazy, people were jumping all over us like it was a home town show, but we had never played there before. That was awesome, Or the first time we played a hometown show after about 3 months of recording and out of town shows, and more then half the crowd knew our lyrics, that's pretty memorable when you hear the crowd louder then the music.
LB: Where do you practice? What do you drink at practice? What do you do at practice when you’re not practicing?
O: We practice in our practice studio in Santa Rosa that we built in one of our garages. Its kind of small and gets really hot and messy, but serves its purpose and has a couch. We mostly drink water with crushed ice, pretty boring to be honest, but like i said, it gets hot and we gotta stay hydrated! we argue about transitions, take a lot of smoke breaks, sometimes write rap songs. mostly practice though, we usually live in different cities so when we are practicing we try to stay focused.
LB: What's the hardest thing about being a band in 2009?
O: Venues are hard to come by, and seems like the DIY scene is more centralized to who you know and who is willing to help you. so we are caught in the middle and have a hard time booking shows or getting help out of the north bay. But we can't complain, nothing is really hard about being in a band, its supposed to be fun, and we intend to make it that way.
LB: What's the best thing about being a band in San Francisco??
O: Not much, we are relatively new to SF, and most of us still live in between cities. That makes it hard to make as many connections as we would like. The diversity of the city is wonderful though, we just hope that we can become fully immersed and accepted into it.
LB: What do you want people to know about your band, what are you doing next??
O: We have a lot going on with us actually, we are writing a new album, Chris is on guitar and vocals now, allowing for a lot of new options musically. We constantly want to reinvent ourselves until we have a sound that we are totally happy with, we always keep some roots intact, but the moods and content was due for an overhaul. Other then that, we would like to meet everyone who is interested in us, or not interested in us, we love making new friends and getting insight into everyone's lifestyles and opinions.
LB: what’s up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it?? O: Its old, but you can download our most recent effort here! http://www.mediafire.com/?ezmkmiy15xt Seriously do it. We recorded with our really good friend Jeff at the Lions Den Studio in Sacramento. he is rad and super cool. everyone should probably record with him.
LB: Favorite local Band or a memorable show??
O: We really love a lot going on in the north bay right now, i think there are so many good bands coming out of everywhere. Collectively we couldn't pick any one local band to be honest. Everyone doing anything should keep it up, unless you are playing metal, then you should probably stop.
LB: Favorite venue to Play??
O: There was this house in Petaluma called the Church house. we played there 2 times a month for about a half a year until they had to stop having shows. it was so small and personal, and we got to get drunk after playing everytime. so that wasn't too bad either.
LB: Have you played the Submission Gallery before? What do you like it?
O: We haven't, but are really looking forward too it. we've been to a few shows there and they were all awesome. just the kind of vibe we like when playing!
LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice??
O: haha, at practice we do because it gets so hot. i don't think we ever have at shows, max is almost a male model though so we may see a change at upcoming shows.
LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig??
O: Chris, he is dirty already for the most part, after shows it can only get worse.
LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual??
O: Nothing before a show that will make you shit your pants. Anything after a show that will get us intoxicated. except Matt, he likes Del Taco.
LB: Where do you think live music is heading??
O: Probably Youtube streamed concerts. No real shows, thats the only logical step to take right? Oh god i hope not.
LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free , do you offer free downloads??
O: Like we said before, just do it. we are all for it,
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