The Tattle Tales describe themselves as a "Pop Punk band in the vein of early Lookout! Records meets third wave power pop," which may or may not mean anything to you. After countless lineup changes, they are embarking on a nationwide tour over the summer, hopefully. Three of the five members were gracious enough to come into the Outlook office last month. Here is what transpired.
Outlook: So how can you justify your existence as a band? Christian: Well, we don't really have a message other than… John: Bitches, man. Anya: Hooks are awesome. C: Hooks, friends, sunshine, and love. A: lollipops… J: Unicorns, candy… A: and doves (laughs). C: You know, it's…I don't feel like there's enough bands who fully, um, just get it. I think a lot of bands around today are just pretentious drivel, and I think we're just bringing it back to the three minute song. O: So, how far do you see yourselves going as a band? C: I feel that with the right… J: Kid's Choice Awards C: …with the right break and the right promotion we could, y'know, our music is easily accessible and could be on the radio but it's not disposable. So if we got on the radio we could have a pretty strong career, given the right circumstances. Then again, it's all up to the people who are listening to the band, or, y'know, we could never leave Rockland or any sort of independent status, which I'd be fine with too because I just like playing in a band and making records. J: As long as people still want to hear it. O: What was the worst day job you ever had? J: I've only had one, but it blows. I've just been working in the supermarket for like three years and, it sucks. C: I think there are 120 stores at the mall; I think I've worked at 80 of them (laughter). I can't pinpoint the worst one but they're all pretty bad. A: I worked at a salon, I worked there because of a family friend and I swept up hair. C: I've never really had much respect for jobs. J: You don't have respect for much (laughter). C: I feel that if I found a job that I really liked it would be different, but in terms of like retail and stuff like that, I'm not that type of person… O: If you weren't playing music though, what job would you ideally like to have? C: I'd like to be an actor or a teacher. A: Yeah, I've always wanted to be an actor. J: I'd like to be a teacher I guess, well for something stupid like high school music appreciation where it's just like, bring in some CDs… C: You would be a sick gym teacher (laughter). You know so many stats! J: I'd be like, I'd just bring up the Christian Laettner Duke shot (laughter)...Get his 'Dreamteam' picture. Laettner got picked over Shaq to be on that Dreamteam. Laettner gets (expletive) on but he's the man. O: Let's change this up a little. Who was your favorite ninja turtle and why? J: Leonardo! Leonardo was the thug. Everyone likes Michelangelo… C: No, Raphael. J: In the comic books Raphael was the thug one, but yo, Raphael almost got himself killed all the time. C: What are we talking about? Are we talking comics? J: We're talking comics. In the cartoon Raphael was a punk. A: There was the movies too. J: Leonardo's the man in all of them. There's a reason he was the leader…Leonardo, he killed Shredder. He cut Shredder's head off one on one. O: I didn't know Ninja Turtles was that violent… J: They like drank and stuff in the comics. In the comics they were serious. Blood, and stuff… C: I gotta say Raphael though because he had the skill, and he also had the wit. J: It's the same thing with all these people who are into X-Men and call Cyclops a bitch…they'd be nothing without Cyclops. Cyclops gets the job DONE! O: Is there any guilty pleasure that you have right now? C: Christian says, nothing that gives you pleasure should make you feel guilty. J: No way. Mad things that give you pleasure you can't go spouting your mouth off about. A: Yeah…(laughter), I watch all those reality MTV shows all the time. C: "Surreal Life" is very entertaining…and that girl that I thought was ugly, hot! J: Wait who? The one that was ugly? C: The one that I thought was kind of busted in the new one. J: Oh no, baaaaanging. C: Yeaaaaah, banging. J: Baaaaanging… C: Yeah she's banging.
To learn more about the Tattle Tales and listen to their music, go to www.myspace.com/thetattletales
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