Speed Round Corey Beaulieu & Travis Smith Trivium

ROADRAGE TOUR 2004 HOB Chicago 8/23/04 Interviewer: Karma E. Omowale Photo: Erika Kristen Watt

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Trivium's guitarist, Corey Beaulieu and drummer, Travis Smith

Karma: Okay, here’s a quickie Speed Round of Questions!

Corey: All RIGHT!

Karma: Ready?

Travis: Yeah [as Corey is smiling in anticipation]

Karma: What’s your favorite period of art history?

Travis: art music or paintings?

Corey: Like paintings and stuff?

Karma: Yes, stuff like that.

Corey: I have NO idea.

Corey: I don’t know anything about paintings!  [Laughs]

Travis: I’m clueless, I’d have to call my girlfriend, I’m sure she’ll know! [Everyone laughs]

Corey: 18th Century, I’ll throw out a guess!

Karma: [laughing] Okay then!!  What’s the last/best live show you’ve seen?

Corey: Megadeth!

Karma: When?

Corey: ‘99

Travis: Really?  I saw them in ’98!  You saw them in ’98!

Corey: No, I saw them in ’99, ‘cos they came to me later.

Travis: I’d have to say Lynard Skynard or AC/DC.  AC/DC was AMAZING!!  The whole theatrics of the show, it was just really cool.

Karma: How recent was that?

Travis: I think that was in ’99!

Karma: It was a good year for the two of you, if that’s the case! [Laughs]

Travis & Corey: Yeah!  Yeah!!

Karma: So what would be your desert island track?

Corey: Desert Island tracks!

Karma: Yeah, and you can only take FIVE of them!

Corey & Travis: OUHHHH!  [Everybody laughs]

Corey: That’s a hard one!

Travis: 5 songs?!?! Hmmm!!

Corey: Megadeth “In My Darkest Hour”, “Tornado of Souls”, “Master of Puppets” [laughs] I don’t know...[laughing]

Travis: [laughing] I’ll just jump in with you, “She Wolf” Megadeth, “Battery” Metallica, “Walk” Pantera, and then you gotta have “Freebird” [Lynard Skynard]…they’re so many! [Smiles]

Corey: I’d take any 5 songs from Megadeth & I’d be cool with that!

Karma: [Recapping] So you wouldn’t mind getting stuck with Megadeth?

Corey: Nope! [Laughing] That’s all I listen to right now so if I got stuck on a desert island…

Erika: Cool! [Everybody laughs]

Karma: Well the next question’s almost a no brainer…Megadeth or Metallica?  And I know you will pick Megadeth!

Corey: [Smiles] Megadeth!  [Hysterical laughter from all]

Travis: Metallica

Karma: What’s your favorite color?

Corey: Red & Black

Travis: Black & grey

Karma: So what’s the first thing you think of when you wake up in the morning?

Travis: Boy, am I tired!  [Everyone cackles]  Usually it’s uh…

Corey: How long is our drive today?!?

Travis: Yeah, how long is the drive or are you out of the bathroom yet? [Hysterical laughter from all]

Karma: First album ever purchased?

Corey: Guns N’ Roses Appetite For Destruction

Travis: What’s the Queensryche album?

Corey: Operation: Mindcrime

Travis: Operation: Mindcrime!

Group: OHH!!  Yeah!

Travis: [Smiling] that album and Ride the Lightening Metallica and my mom was SO upset when she heard it… [Laughter from all]  I did not make her happy!

Corey: And look where we are now! [Laugher ensues from all]

Karma: You’re making her happy now, see!!

Travis: Yeah, yeah!!

Karma: Favorite country or city that you’ve toured in so far?

Corey: Schoenfeld, Germany was a good one so far!

Travis: Amsterdam

Corey: Oh yeah, we didn’t play there, but we went there!!

Travis: That was fun!

Corey: Then random places like Norfolk, VA has always been a hell of a place to go; we've been there twice and both times have been amazing.  Worchester, MA was awesome.

Travis: Las Vegas!

Corey: [eyes widen] VEGAS!!  Vegas kicked ass!

Travis: Vegas was awesome!

Corey: We're looking forward to our California dates, none of us have ever been out thee before so we're looking to hit up San Francisco and Los Angeles and all that stuff…that's gonna be awesome.

Karma: What's on your mouse pad?

Corey: I don't have a mouse pad; I have a little thing on my laptop

Travis: Yeah, I don't have one either

Karma: Croutons or bacon bits?

Corey: [smiling] Bacon Bits!

Travis: Bacon bits

Karma: What would you say is your best feature?  And you two could answer for one another.  [Again, thanks to Mr. Chris Spicuzza!]

Travis & Corey: [Priceless look crosses their face]

Travis: You want us to answer for one another?

Karma: Yeah, you can answer for Corey. 

[Everyone laughs as their expressions grow wilder]

Travis: Your best feature…

Corey: Go head!

Travis: I think you have really nice teeth; it's your teeth man!

Karma: [chuckles]

Corey: [laughs]  You?  [Everyone laughing]

Travis: Don't beat me up here, man!

Corey: No, I'm not!  I never really looked at you before… in that way! [Laughing]

Travis: Ahh, hey!!  [Hysterical laughter ensues from all]  Just say my teeth!  [Laughing continues]

Corey: Tattoos?

Travis: Thank you!

Corey: They're really bad ass!

Travis: Okay!  [Laughing]

Corey: Chicks dig tattoos!  And your eyes!!  [Hysterical laughter from all]  Your eyes and tattoos go good together!

Travis: That works for me!  [Laughter continues]

Karma: What's the one song or album you have that no one would ever believe you have in your collection?

Corey: That's a good one for Matt because he listens to so much gay music.

Travis: [Laughs]

Corey: I listen to pretty much strictly metal but probably the one album that people would be surprised that I own would either be Story of the Year or Bon Jovi Slippery When Wet.  [Everybody laughs]  But actually, the Story of the Year CD I'm selling to Matt! 

Travis: I think the oddest one for me would probably have to be Weezer…but I don't think that's odd because they're a good band!

Corey: Bon Jovi's a good a too but…that's just retarded!

Travis: I don't think it is!  They're a good band, Bon Jovi's good.

Corey: Other than that, we just listen to heavy…other than Nickelback; people would probably think that was weird.  

Travis: Yeah!  I like Nickelback a lot!

Karma: So what do you guys listen to primarily?

Corey: Pretty much for the whole tour I've been listening to Megadeth.  I just bought all of the remastered, remixed CD's so that's all I brought with me.

Travis: I'm a big 90's grunge fan.  Like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam and all that stuff.  I'm a big fan of all that but I also listen to a lot of the same stuff he listens to Megadeth, Pantera, Metallica.  Those are my top 3 favorite bands.  So I listen to them a lot

Karma: What color are your kitchen plates?

Corey: I don't have a kitchen and I don't have plates because I don't have a house

Group:  OHHH!!!

Travis: Mine are white…he stays with me!

Corey: Yeah!  So his plates I guess answer my question.

Travis: They're white

Karma: Favorite Ice Cream?

Corey: Either Moose Tracks, I'm from Maine and it's an ice cream that came from there or some kind of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. 

Travis: The Reese's?

Corey: Chubby Hubby!  That's what it's called!

Travis: [laughs] Chubby Hubby?

Corey: That's good stuff, you should try it!

Travis: You couldn't find anything on me that looked cool but you'll eat Chubby Hubby?  [Everyone laughs…room fills with guffaws]

Corey: I remember it because I used to eat it everyday with my old girlfriend.

Karma: If you were stuck on a desert island, who would you take with you?

Corey: Travis!  [Looks at Travis and bats his eyes]  [Laughter fills the room again]

Travis: I'd have to take my beautiful, loving girlfriend Tracy

Karma: And you Corey?

Corey: I would take…

Travis: Dave Mustaine?

Corey: NO!  [Everyone laughs] Cristina Aguilera

Karma: If you could ask these Speed Round Questions of anyone, who would you like to see answer them?

Travis: Oh you mean if we would be in your shoes asking these questions?

Karma: Yes

Travis: I would like to do Jessica Simpson…[Corey snickers & everyone laughs] Not only would I like to do her but I'd like to ask her these questions.  That would be cool!

Corey: I can't pick a dude on this one, it would just be stupid!

Karma: You could pick a guy if you want

Travis: Then people would think you were weird.

Corey: [thinking]

Travis: Just say Dave Mustaine!  [Chuckles]

Corey: Dave Mustaine! [Everyone laughs]  He's just too cool!

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