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The Facts
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SERIAL JOE
When some people listen to Serial Joe's Face Down, they think angst and frustration. [Last Chance] At The Romance Dance is a lot mellower than the usual depression you will find in Face Down or the band's debut album, Serial Joe.
| PHOTO: AQUARIUS
DECEMBER 2001 |
Who is your biggest musical influence?
Ryan Dennis: Mostly everything we heard on the radio when we were growing up.
Where and when were you first discovered?
Ryan: We won this contest and we got ten hours of free recording time and like, three free music videos.
Wow. That must've been emotionally hard.
Ryan: We were shocked!
What is the weirdest thing a fan has ever done for you?
Dan Stadnicki: Pretended to be an interviewer from a magazine we've never heard of and when she gets backstage, she tells us she just wanted to meet us.
What is the nicest thing a fan has ever done for you?
Dan: [Laughs] Washed my boat.
Ryan: I don't really know. It's hard to pinpoint specific things.
It must be crazy with all your fans. How do your families deal with fans and your fame?
Ryan: They're okay with it.
If you could change one thing about fame, what would it be and why?
Ryan: People who thing we're rich. It's not like we're rolling around in hundred dollar bills. We're just ordinary people.
I think that would be hard, especially when people think that and then you do something and they always assume the wrong reasons. For instance, a friend of mine told me you don't hug people, because of sexual harassment lawsuits.
Ryan: It's not so much the lawsuit thing. It's nothing personal, but we've got a tour to do and if a fan is sick, then we'll get sick.
Dan: Plus, if we have one thousand fans waiting for autographs, it will take up a lot of time to hug everyone of them.
That's understandable. So tell me what your favorite song is that you have produced?
Ryan: I think we like all the songs we produce, but just because of the results of Mistake, I am going to say that one.
Dan: Me too!
Our bus broke down, so we had to push it into the parking lot! -- Ryan Dennis
Where did you get the name "Serial Joe" from?Ryan Stever: A guy who lives on Ryan's street named Sergio, and a little girl also lives on Ryan's street and she can't pronounce his name, so she calls him "Serial Joe".
How did you feel when you first saw yourselves on MuchMusic and heard yourself on the radio?
Ryan: When you hear yourself on the radio, it's like listening to the CD, so that doesn't bother me much, but when I saw myself on Much, it was freaky.
Dan: Yuck!
Do you have any celebrity crushes?
Ryan: [Laughs jokingly] Oh, of course. All of The Backstreet Boys.
Dan: Oh, how about *NSYNC?
She likes O-Town. [Points to the TYCP Videographer]
Dan: Didn't they sing a song about wet dreams?
Ryan: Yeah, Liquid Dreams.
Dan: [Sings] You got my liquid dreams...
That was nice, Dan. Do you enjoy traveling to your shows?
Ryan: Yeah.
Out of all the celebrities you've met, who is your favorite?
Ryan: Silverchair. They are just awesome guys.
What would you be if you weren’t in the music industry?
Ryan: Well, we're all still young, so we'd probably be in school.
Stever: Yeah, I think I would be.
Jon Davidson: Yeah.
Dan: Me too!
What qualities do you look for in a girl?
Dan: Good conversationalist. If she doesn't know how to carry on a conversation, then there is no point talking. And she HAS TO, HAS TO, HAS TO have a sense of humor.
Ryan: Yeah, a sense of humor is a big thing. I would say she has to be smart.
What is the funniest thing that has happened to you as a band?
Ryan: Going to our Woodstock show. Our bus broke down, so we had to push it into the parking lot!
Dan: [Laughs] That was kind of embarrassing!
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