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20 Questions: Lions In The Street
LITS interview with Dan Mummert at Rodeo Fans Only: 1. Whats new and exciting with Lions In The Street? Our free Cat Got Your Tongue EP was just unleashed and were happily pimping it. Taking care of business, and working overtime. 2. How did everyone meet/the band get together? Two guys met in the same house, because theyre brothers. One guy later came along from a hockey game, and the Italian we found working in a kiosk at a farmers market selling home made wine and sausages. 3. Where did you come up with the name Lions In The Street? A friend suggested it, when we were talking about The Lions as a possible band name. Just liked the sound of it. Lots of people ask if we got it from the Doors, but we didnt even know about the line in their song or poem or whatever until after we had the name. Someone else told us its an expression from Hebrew Scriptures, about fear and laziness 4. Whos the craziest person in the group? The calmest? Craziest = drummer; Calmest = Bass. 5. What bands first got you interested in music and when did you know it was for you? 70s rock in the old mans collection. Earliest memories include dad blaring rock and roll on the turntable. 6. If you werent playing music, what do you think youd be doing? Full-time hockey fan, working a jackhammer, marrying rich, bartender. 7. A lot of times, joining a band and pursuing a career in music isnt always welcomed with open arms by friends and family, especially when roadblocks occur, how have your friends and family supported these decisions? Champions each and every one of them.
9. Do you have any favorite covers that you play on tour? JJ Cale: Call Me The Breeze. Chuck Berry: Sweet Little Rock and Roller. 11. What is your favorite drink? Boilermaker, or whiskey and water, or just beer. Wine is good too. 12. Youve played with a lot of big name bands, Jet, Kings of Leon and The Zutons to name a few, whos someone you would really like to play with but havent yet? Tom Petty Neil Young Black Crowes 13. What have you learned or taken away from bands like these that have helped with your music/careers? Learned that as soon as you think its going to get easy, youll be faced with more challenges than you ever expectedthis aint an easy road to go down. 14. What do you want fans to come away with from your music or from one of your shows? A smile, ringing ears, and the desire to tell their friends theyve found a rock and roll band. 15. Whats on your iPod right now? 5 Guys Walk Into A Bar Faces Box. 16. If you could only listen to one CD for the rest of your life, what would it be? Every Picture Tells a Story, or LZ I. Oops, thats two. 17. Are there any major differences between the music scene in Canada vs. America? It feels like you have to make it big outside of Canada before Canadians pay attention to you. Not really much of a scene up here cause the cities are so far away from each other. 18. You had signed on with a major US label and this ended badly before your debut was even finished, how has this experience affected the band and its direction? Now were more determined to make it work and less willing to give control over to others. 19. You guys recorded Cat Got Your Tongue (your debut EP) yourselves, who is a producer you would really like to work with? Ethan Johns, George Drakoulias. 20. In the face of adversity, L.I.T.S. has looked determined and fearless, is there anything that scares this band? 7 string guitars and 5 string basses give us nightmares! Suge Knight is kinda scary too.
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