I thought that we would start off with a quote of someone else who reviewed you (Matt Henderson, from www.snythesis.com). And it was based on the Redding, California show where you played with Give Up The Ghost and Daughters. He said "After hearing this band's album I must say I was a bit disappointed by their performance. The guitars got off a bit now and then and the vocalist seemed only interested in posing for cameras. I got a feeling they didn’t care too much about this particular show." Do you read reviews and what's your response to that one.

Mike: It was Halloween... our solos were terrible. Our solos weren’t in it man.
Ross: I was sick as fuck man, I was like vomiting. The show before that I missed I didn’t play cause I couldn’t move.
Jeremy: It could have been a combination of all of those, or it could have been that we just sucked that night... that we have bad nights just like everyone else.
Ross: Or that kid could just be a boner.
James: Yeah, we were a shitty band for Halloween that’s what we are trying to get at here. So, the jokes on you man! You didn’t even get it. Haha.

What were old The Bled fans' reactions to the changing of vocalists and Adam's exit from the band. Did the fans blame that as the change of sound from the EP to the full length?

Jeremy: It doesn’t really matter. The songs were written for the full length when Adam was still in the band. James joined the band right after we demoed all the songs. James' vocals completely add a different element than Adam's did. That brings out a change of sound. As far as the songs were written, that was before.

What's one thing you learned from high school history classes that you still retain?

James: My high school history teacher was a big pervert. He made all the hot girls sit in front. And so I took this secret picture of him and I had this website and I put it on the front page and I said - "Parents, do you know this man is teaching your daughters?" It was this big scandal, and I sent it to every family. It was funny. I don’t know what I learned... he was a Vietnam vet.
Jeremy: Which happened in the seventies.
James: So there's your history lessons guys... Vietnam happened in the seventies.
Jeremy: Seventies was hell.
James: War is hell!

What bands do you listen to that most people don’t know about?

Jay Z, 50 Cent. Our Cure The Rocketship is really good. They’re from Tucson. Good friends of ours, so we’re propping them. The AKAs, Murder By Death, The Kinison... we listen to them every night. Poison The Well.

Any special cures to make sure your voice doesn't crap out while your on tour?

James: Well I try to stay hydrated, but sometimes I drink whiskey instead of water. But most of the time I try to warm up before every show. But you know it depends. I tried not eating dairy cause you know it should help, but I fucking blew it man. McDonalds cheeseburgers just go down my system. I don’t know. I tried to just not get sick, which usually happens once you tour anyways. Drink hot liquids. I’ll probably be a mute. Hopefully I’ll be a mute by the time I’m fourty. For the bands sake.

Top five favorite love jams?

James: "Strokin'"... Clarence Carter... is that the guy's name?
Jeremy: "Pull My Hair" by Xzibit.
James: "Toxic"... Britney Spears.
Mike: Two heads are better than one...
James: Double the pleasure! [James and Mike loudly singing] Triple the fun!

Anymore hospital visits since the show at Roxy in LA... with the forehead?

James: Um... my grandma swallowed a Pac Man toy plastic figurine and I visited her for that.
Jeremy: I went to the doctor for my back so... backeotomy...
James: True story. On the Norma Jean tour he threw out his back.
Mike: He came for my appointment when I thought one of my nuts was bigger than the other one. But that's a different story.

If you could have a reunion tour of all broken-up bands, or dead people, who would be on it?

Jermey: Dead people? Random... I'd do all old Metallica.
James: With Edgar Allen Poe on vocals. Old Metallica. Circa '89 Master Of Puppets. Lisa Lefteye. And Jim Henson would be on stage props. Sam Kinison would be a backup singer.
Ross: Definitely Sam Kinison backup singer Oh, ohhhhhhhhh!
Love is money. And Whitney Houston.

Most common thing you buy on tour?

James: Oh man... Condoms. Fuck!!!
Ross: Gasoline.

In another interview you stated, "We will battle the fuck out of anyone who steps to us. We roll dice."

Ross: Haha, we were drunk. Next question.
James: I was not drunk. But I will battle rap anybody. Even if I lose. Even Edgar Allen Poe.

Who’s your battle rap street inspiration?

James: Pure Filth... Austin, Texas rapper extraordinaire. He's gonna blow up. That’s pretty much... Honestly I think he changed our lives one night in Austin. So check out Pure Filth, download his jams.

So the show that helped you get onto Fiddler was with Midtown. How did the kids react to your set?

Surprisingly well. We’ve done a few shows with Midtown. They all just stood there and looked at us but then they'd like go buy all our merch and stuff. While you’re playing it's really intimidating because all the pop punk kids just sit there and stare at you the whole time then afterwards go buy all the merch.

You mentioned Radiohead was one of your favorite performers... what's your favorite song and overall album?

Ross: My favorite record is Kid A, personally.
Jeremy: If I had to chose one it would probably be "Paranoid Android."
James: Fuck man, I love that band a lot... I don’t even know where to go. One song? "Black Star"... that’s my song.

You played Hellfest this past year... how was it going from going to see bands to being the band that people are going to see?

Mike: It was a comfortable transition for me.
Jeremy: We've settled really easy into our fame. It was real fluid for us. Real natural. We just grew into it, you know? It's like we were born to be where we are right now.
Ross: People can't read your sarcasm, dude. We’re gonna look like assholes.
James: We grew into the fame like a nice pair of Macbeth socks.

If you had the chance to cancel out any cliches in hardcore or the hardcore scene what would it be?

James: Double the pleasure, triple the fun.
Ross: That's our motto for the band.
James: Double the hardcore, triple the fun.
Ross: Haha, no straight answers for you.

If you could pick one song for people to hear to remember The Bled by, which one would it be?

Ross: Um... God is in control.
James: Our cover of the Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy."
Ross: That thing's under wraps still.
Jeremy: Sound Of Sulfur.

Any chance of re-releasing the EP?

No chance in hell.

How do you feel about your unreleased songs floating around the Internet?

Jeremy: It's cool, it's awesome.
James: Yeah.
Jeremy: We're not on a level where it's going to hurt us. We’re not Metallica.
James: Now, let's think about that question. Let's break it down here. It's an unreleased song, but yet it's still floating around. So in a sense they were released from captivity on the Internet... so in a sense I don’t really... I don’t full... they're out there floating around on the highway.
Jeremy: At a time when we were playing those songs it helped. Because they kids could sing the songs.

If you could teach the American culture one thing or opinion, what would it be?

Mike: Don't vote for Bush again please. Legalize buds.
James: Legalize bush, vote not for Bush, and then vote for bush... to be legalized.
Mike: Get rid of Bush.
James: But keep smoking it. Yeah!!! You know all they need to know is? Two!
Mike: Heads!
James: Are better than one!
Ross: This is somewhat embarrassing.
Jeremy: This is fuel for the Lambgoat message board.
Ross: What was the question again? You can learn a lot from television.
James: Don't listen to people who do interviews on websites. It's just music.
Jeremy: Relax dudes. Jeez.