Crafty Q & A with FEVER!

Rock-n-Romp, the coolest kid-friendly rock show series in town, will bring an excellent local band to the stage at Crafty Bastards for the third time! Bring the little guys out to enjoy the music and fun! This year the awesome band who dares to rock out in front of toddlers is FEVER! In the Performance Pit at Crafty Bastards on September 28 from 11:30 am to 12:20 pm!

Explain your band/stage name and define your sound.

FFFEVER. Sounds like your favorite weirdo dream world with the alarm clock creeping in. Smells the exact same.

What are your influences and worst equipment experiences?

Haha, huh? Not sure how you grouped these two into one…Our influences are kind of all over the map, we appreciate good songcraft. But between the three of us, we like listening to The Zombies, ELO, Super Furry Animals, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, The Kinks, Queen, Grandaddy, Steely Dan, No Age, Sparks, Animal Collective, Genesis, Grizzly Bear, Husker Du, King Tubby, Neil Young, The Walkmen…Elvis.

Worst equipment experiences? Aaron ripped through his snare on the first song at a show last week, that was kind of awesome though. I guess bad equipment keeps you on your toes and forces you to innovate. Once a mic broke so we shared a mic the whole show like Zach Attack and that turned out to be one of the most fun shows to date. Alex breaks about 3 guitar strings per practice and 2 per show, so his club hands are definitely our biggest equipment problem.

What’s your favorite local hangout and best stage you’ve played?

Velvet Lounge is an absolute pleasure every time. We like hanging out at the YMCA, or on the stoop of our apartment at 16th and U Street. Ryan Wakeman’s house is a fun place to hang out. Everyone should check it out, it’s near the intersection of Irving and Mt. Pleasant, there’s a party on his porch every night of the week! BYOB.

How do you feel about being a Crafty Bastard?

Honored, excited, MacGuyverie, happy about sunshine. I don’t think we’ve ever played a show during the day. We practice a lot during daylight so it makes a lot of sense to do it. I’m positive we’ve never played before noon, so this will be new and fun. Plus we’re going to get to play for kids, usually we play for big old drunk kids. Time for some very honest reactions to our songs! They’d better dance or we’re walking.

Where can the adoring public see you next?

Saturday, October 18th at Rock and Roll Hotel with our pals U.S. Royalty and Bear Hands from NYC. We’re really pumped about this show. There are a few other shows in the mix (you can check www.myspace.com/fffever), but really those aren’t even worth mentioning, this is the one. Join us. First person to write “cruiser lifestyle” on our myspace page gets in free on the guest list.