Speed Round
Ben Cook
& Matt Delong
No Warning
Sharita: If stranded on a desert island who would you take with you?

Ben: Matt

Matt: [Laughs] Any person?  I take fuckin' Bin Laden with me.

Sharita: [Laughs] Why?


Matt: Because, no one else can chill with him.

Ben: I'd take George Bush so I could fuck him in his ass all the time. [Laughs]

Matt: No I'd take...that girl.  I can't think of her name.

Ben: C'mon!

Sharita: [Laughs] If you were stranded on this same island with your band, who would you eat first?


Matt:  Oh man.  I wouldn't touch me because I'm fuckin' nasty, I probably would eat Ben because I know he'd be clean.  I wouldn't touch Jordan because he's full of vitamins and shit, Jesse, would be a good meal but, I don't know if I want him.

Ben: Jesse would be the most disgusting meal of all time, that's why we call him Junkyard Jesse because he's a dirty fuck!  [Laughs]  If you eat Jesse, it will probably be a lot of pubic hair and shit.  I'd probably eat Matt, because he's clean.

Sharita: If you were in a drinking contest who would you have on your team?


Ben and Matt: Jesse!

Sharita: [Laughs] Why?

Matt: Because he can drink more than anybody!

Ben: I'd like to see somebody try to drink Jesse under the table, he's a fuckin' maniac!  All these bands that try to be Motley Crüe and party with cocaine that are (scr)emo, Jesse would [put you away].

Matt: Jesse's been drinkin' for about five years or so...

Ben: Jesse is not a hardcore kid or a (scr)emo kid he's just a fuckin' psycho. 

Sharita: What 3 CD's would be with you if you were stranded?


Ben: Ah shit!  3 CD's?

Matt: 3 CD's?  Wow.

Ben: You know, for me it doesn't really matter because I'd get fuckin' sick of it anyways. 

Matt: I'd bring a guitar and make my own music.

Ben: You could play something from every CD ever made dude!

Sharita: X-Box or Playstation?

Matt and Ben: Neither!  [Laughs]

Matt: Video games are for nerds.

Ben: With that being said, I buy all these
Alternative Press magazines and shit and this bands talk about playing video games all day and workin' out.  I mean there's no fuckin danger, there's no fuckin' attitude, just a bunch of  fuckin' nerds playin' video games! I beg everybody to live a little.

Matt: Maybe if they play their instruments instead of fuckin' video games, they'd write good songs!

Sharita: So what does the band do on the bus?

Ben: There's sleep, sex, and we talk shit about bands that play video games on the bus, [laughs] and work out.

Sharita: Burn a CD or buy?


Matt and Ben: Buy.

Ben: I'll burn a CD if the band is broken up or old, any current band I'll buy.

Sharita: What's your favorite sports team?

Matt: I don't really watch sports.

Ben: I don't either, I like English soccer, our bass player is from Philadelphia, he likes the Eagles so shout out to the fuckin' Eagles.

Sharita: A nickname that your best friend has given you.


Ben: I might have already been giving a couple.  My nickname on tour is the Kid.  Our manager gave us all nicknames.

Matt: I'm Frenchie.

Sharita: Why do they call you Frenchie?

Matt: Because I make out with all the guys in my band.

Ben: [Laughs]

Sharita: [Laughs] Ok, I wasn't expecting that.

Matt: I'm French and really romantic, so I like to kiss.

Ben: He likes to french kiss.

Matt: No, I'm not French I was just fuckin' with you.  My last name is French but I'm not.

Ben: His last name is French and we're always rippin' on him.  [Laughs]  Jordan's nickname is Chico cause he's cool, Jesse's nickname is Junkyard obviously because he's a slobby ass.  Zach's nickname is Wolfie. 

Sharita: Ok so tell me about their Avril Lavergne thing, are you seeing her?


Ben: Yeah, it actually started as just a band joke.

Sharita: Did you meet her?


Matt and Ben: Yeah.

Ben:  She lives two doors down from our manager's house.  So every time we have a party over our managers house we just go drop all the empties (empty cans or bottles of liquor I assume) in front of her house so she can get in trouble. So all that stuff is a rumor we started.  I could make up a rumor from this interview though.

Sharita: Go on right ahead!

Ben: How about this, Avril Lavergne has a small dick. [laughs]

Matt: [Laughs]

Sharita: [Laughs] Well we look for a little fun in interviews so that's great.

Ben: Fun is my middle name.

END
No Warning's vocalist, Ben Cook & guitarist, Matt Delong
HOB
10/17/04

Interviewer: Sharita Lumpkin
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Ben & Matt goofing off at the HOB (Photo: Sharita Lumpkin)