thrice!

Left to right: Teppei (guitar), Dustin (vocals, guitar), Riley (drums), and Eddie (bass)

As you know, I can't wait for the new thrice cd, "vheissu", that's coming out in Oct. As such, I've been spending a lot of time on their site, listening to their songs, reading the ramblings section, and so forth. I just remembered that I was still a member of the Thrice Alliance. Kinda like an online club with cool perks--you get to buy tickets early and sign up for meet and greets. They also have the Q&A section where members can ask Thrice questions. So, I asked them two questions...And I got the responses today!! Check it out:

Asked by 9/25/2005 by elaine
hey thrice, this is a nerdy question but, does the morse code at the beginning of "image of the invisible" actually spell out anything? thanks.

Answered 9/27/2005 by Teppei
yes it does.

Asked by 9/26/2005 by prufrock
i read that one of your goals was to make the record more "cinematic". would you, as a band or as individuals, consider doing the score to a film? thanks.

Answered 9/27/2005 by Teppei
i think that would be great fun.

How cool is that?!?!?! I was so excited that I was jumping up and down in my room right after I read that. I used "prufrock" for the second question because I thought that maybe if they saw my name twice they'd only answer one of my questions. Anyway, it's on the thrice website if you want to see it for real or are interested in their music. http://www.thrice.net/

It's funny...I love Thrice. I can't say that about any other band or musical performer. I have this strong affinity for them because I grew up listening to their music. I feel like they had some sort of hand in raising me, in making me into the person I am today. Sort of like an older brother. Thrice is my other older brother. Haha. From record to record, their music changes. Not drastically, but you can hear the changes. And they're beautiful changes, signs of their growth as a band and as individuals. Thrice saved my life. I can equate certain songs and each of their records to certain times in my life. I can remember listening to a certain song when I was young and thinking, "This is why I have ears." (that song is "In Your Hands" on "Identity Crisis".)

And they're such good people. That's rubbed off on me too. They donate a percentage of their sales to charities that they support. They're not the type of band that's promiscuous or promotes drinking and taking advantage of girls. They promote reading books, and asking questions, and searching for answers. What a rarity these days!

I found this quote the other day from the bassist, Eddie Breckenridge: "Like, there’s some magazines...they’ll be like, “Strippers or..blah, blah, blah?” And we would just be like, “Neither. Like, I would never date somebody that doesn’t have respect for themselves.” And they’ll just have like this blank stare and be like, “Oh….okay.” Because so many people expect people in bands to be a certain way and I’ve always loved being that person that’s not what you expect. Not that I would say something like that, just because it’s not what somebody would expect. But, I just love seeing people’s faces when they expect us to be some partying, crazy, promiscuous band. And we’re not that kind of band...And I hope that we would be a positive influence on others because I think it’s really important to respect other people."

Lovely, lovely. What great role models! Has a band changed or saved your life?