We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

We just wanted to get as far away from the rap-rock scene as possible, because its been done and other bands do it better than us anyway.

Hopefully people can look at our band and see that we're a heavy rock band. We're definitely not a metal band, but we're a band that focuses on meaningful lyrics and melody.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

You don't want the biggest record deal as far as money goes, you just want to make sure that the people at the label really support your band and the music and stuff.

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.