Jun
10
We Came As Romans Interview
http://www.myspace.com/wecameasromans
What is the concept behind your album To Plant A Seed?
The whole concept behind To Plant A Seed is that our band has the message about loving and respecting people, being cared for, obviously relationships, brotherhood all that sort. The whole thought behind To Plant A Seed is that hopefully that thought can be planted in someone’s mind just like a seed and hopefully can grow into something just like a seed would grow into a tree. As that thought grows into something in that person, they can start giving that thought or message that seed, and they can start planting that into other people’s minds as well.
How do you guys keep it so positive on the road?
It helps to know that there is really is something to look forward to when something goes wrong. If something goes wrong on stage or I’m bummed out how I played or anything, I know I can look forward to improving the next day. Just trying to keep positive about everything is a good way to stay fulfilled. It’s really important to stay positive on the road because its easy to get down when there’s so much going on.
What are your personal influences?
As far as lyrically goes I really like Brand New and As Cities Burn, I think that those bands write the best and most influential or inspirational lyrics. Musically, I really like to jam just August Burns Red and Underoath.
What is the most meaningful song to you personally?
My personal favorite is the last song called “An Ever-Growing Wonder,” the song specifically the lyrics are really important to me. But also the first song “To Plant A Seed” as well because it kind of goes over the whole point of the CD as well as the whole history of our band. And that was really cool being one of the only original members left, it really hits home for me being able to been here for every step of the way. Probably those 2 are really important as well as “Roads That Don’t End and Views That Never Cease.”. A lot of people think that song is about a girl back home that you miss, but the lyrics are really meant for everyone or anyone. In actuality it is the people back home that keep me going on the road.
If you were to describe your band members and yourself what would you say?
Insane. They would be insane and I would be not insane that is how I would label them.
Best van/band moment?
The best moment in terms of our vans is actually getting this van because up to this one we’ve always had terrible luck, terrible problems. This is the 4th van that we’ve toured in. We’ve had a van catch on fire, a van burn a quart of oil every hour, and a van that blew a head gasket in the mountains once. Just the fact that we got this one new, it was really nice to have a reliable van. The best band moment for me was writing and releasing a CD and seeing how well that it has done and seeing something that I really was able to put my heart into.
What do you guys do while you’re on the road?
As a band I know everyone is down just to hang and not really do anything. Just hang out with the other bands and eat burritos.
How did you guys choose your set?
We came to the conclusion that the track list for our CD is the way it is because the songs flow really well that way. So for at least this tour and the Canada run, we’re going to start with track one and we skip track 6 because we only have a 25 minute set. This time we’ve done 1-5 and then 7, but we’ve swapped 5 and 7 because every since we wrote it we’ve close with the song “Dreams” just because it’s quote the song at least for now.
If you could change “the song,” what would you change it to?
I love “Dreams” I think it’s a great song in terms of getting the message and the point of our band across and I think it’s a great thing to close with and it’s definitely our most popular song. But if I could change it, it would definitely be track 10 “An Ever-Growing Wonder” that song in my opinion is the best song we as a band have put out.
Any last words?
I just hope anyone who’s reading this will come out and see us, come hang out, maybe if they haven’t heard of us check out your music.
