Speed Round Brandan Schieppati

Speed Round
Brandan Schieppati
Bleeding Through

Bleeding Through's vocalist, Brandan Schieppati
HOB
11/6/04
Interviewer: Karma E. Omowale

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Karma: Okay, well here is a quick Round of Speed Questions.

Brandan: Okay.

Karma: What's your mantra?

Brandan: What's my what?

Karma: Your mantra.

Brandan: What's that? [laughs]

Karma: [laughing] It's kinda like a rule of thumb in which you chose to live your life by.

Brandan: A rule that I would live by?

Karma: Yeah.

Brandan: Okay well then it would have be live everyday better as if it were you last.

Karma: Spiritual or religious?

Brandan: Spiritual.

Karma: Guilty pleasure song, CD, or artist?

Brandan: [pauses] Fuck! [we both laugh] I have them, you know mean? [laughs]

Karma: I understand! [chuckles]

Brandan: But I mean to me their not a surprise I guess but to the people that would be reading this probably wouldn't believe that I'd be into this stuff like Morrissey.

Karma: What's your favorite comfort food?

Brandan: Mashed potatoes and gravy.

Karma: Carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore?

Brandan: Carnivore.

Karma: Live or dead: if you could interview anyone who would it be?

Brandan: Hitler.

Karma: Why?

Brandan: Because I'd like to know what the hell he was thinking! [laughs]

Karma: [laughing] I think a lot of people would like to know the answer to that question too!

Brandan: Yeah!

Karma: What's your favorite quote?

Brandan: [pauses] My favorite would probably be … It's a quote from this band called the Inside Edge, I really like the lyrics.

Karma: You said The Inside Edge?

Brandan: No, no no! It's actually the lyrics from the band Jets To Brazil.

Karma: Okay.

Brandan: It's actually where he says, "Now I'm making out the shapes like the shower rod - can it take my weight?"

Karma: How cool! What's your favorite household chore?

Brandan: Probably cleaning out the closet because you'll find things that you hadn't seen it like 3 years!

Karma: Top 5 favorite movies?

Brandan: #1 being Rocky, #2 being Rocky II, #3 being The Professional, #4 being Boondock Saints and #5 being Shawshank Redemption.

Karma: What is your favorite sound?

Brandan: Rain.

Karma: What’s the most ridiculous thing a fan has ever asked you?

Brandan: To sign his ball sack.

Karma: [snickers] Okay! That's a lot of love for a band!

Brandan: Yeah, serious!

Karma: What's the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?

Brandan: I hate waking up! [we both laugh] I wish that I could just sleep forever.

Karma: Do awake to a buzzer or to music?

Brandan: Oh, no…I wake up to music.

Karma: How about your wildest bus encounter?

Brandan: That would definitely have to be the van accident.

Karma: If not music…then what?

Brandan: I would probably be a professional baseball player

Karma: Really?

Brandan: Yeah!

Karma: Which position?

Brandan: 3rd Base.

Karma: Who's your favorite team?

Brandan: The Cubs!

Karma: Really? Oh my! Why?

Brandan: Why not!

Karma: Perhaps I am not as faithful as I once was!

Brandan: They’re the greatest sports organization in the history of organized sports. And the team and everything, it's kinda like what baseball's really about.

Karma: If you were commissioned to do a cover tune which song would it be?

Brandan: I don't know, I really want to cover a Johnny Cash song. I guess "Resurrection" [laughs]

Karma: Now one of yours?

Brandan: If I could have Johnny Cash do one of our songs that would have been amazing! [as you can hear the smile in his voice]

Karma: What's your biggest pet peeve?

Brandan: Oh, this is my biggest pet peeve, when people go, 'So uhhh' [smacks lips], 'Yeah, uhhh' [smacks lips again] You know that little smacking noise that people make right before they say something to you, that drives me crazy! [as you can detect the annoyance in voice as it trails off]

Karma: [chuckles]

Brandan: Yeah!

Karma: Dryer sheets or liquid?

Brandan: Umm…liquid!

Karma: What was your first job?

Brandan: A paper route.

Karma: First car?

Brandan: My first car was a '64 Pontiac Catalina.

Karma: Oh wow! What color?

Brandan: It was white.

Karma: What kind of car do you drive now?

Brandan: I have a '93 Isuzu Rodeo.

Karma: What would kind of legacy would you like to leave?

Brandan: Just as someone who was known to followed his heart and did music his own way and things his own way without being swayed by public opinion.

Karma: That's awesome! If marooned on a desert island, with whom would you like to snuggle with?

Brandan: Snuggle with? Did you see the movie Girl Next Door?

Karma: No, I didn't.

Brandan: Oh, oh…what's her name, Elisha Cutbert!

Karma: Is she the lead character, The "girl"?

Brandan: Yeah! She's like a new actress but she's the cutest girl in the world.

Karma: If you can take an iPod with you: whom would you fill it up with?

Brandan: Well the one I have right now is already filled. [chuckles] It's filled with everything

Karma: Okay! [laughs]

Brandan: It's filled with everything from death metal to country!

Karma: Very cool! Who would you ask these questions of?

Brandan: [pauses] Like anybody?

Karma: Anybody.

Brandan: Probably the President.

Karma: And speaking of the President, what are you thoughts on the Election?

Brandan: Oh well I knew Bush was going to win but I voted for Kerry.

Karma: Well thank you Brandan so much.

Brandan: Thank you so much!

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