especially music like this.  It’s always cool to meet new people and see different places that I’ve never seen before as well. I wouldn’t say either place is better than the other.  It’s just they have their own separate qualities to them.

Amy: What’s your favourite word to say in an English accent?
My favourite word to say in an English accent? I rarely ever speak, in fact I don’t ever speak in an English accent.
Amy: Go on.
(laughs) I don’t know. I’d have to try ‘em out first. What’s a good word to say? Okay, how about this.  I’ll tell you to say a word in an American accent.  Okay, say…we say aluminium (yes, said the American way).  And what do you guys say?
Amy: You say bloody hell in English and I’ll say aluminium in American.
Bloody hell (was a good attempt for his first try!)
Amy: Aluminium.
That was good. That was really good.

Booie: Is there anything you particularly look forward to when coming to England?
Anything in particular?  The alcohol is usually a plus.  You guys have amazing beers of what not.  The people too.  Everybody here’s really, really nice and very welcoming to us so it’s a definite plus too.
Booie: Is there any, like, sites that you want to see?
There’s so many of them. Just seeing everything in London, whether it’s Big Ben or just the outside of the Mean Fiddler.  We’ve seen it all on movies, t.v. and books and stuff, but it’s really cool to see it in person too. It’s very surreal.
Amy: You been around Nottingham yet?
We’ve been here – it was a while ago – it was about a year and a half ago. Actually that was our first time here.  we were with Boy Sets Fire but we didn’t really get to walk around that much.
Amy: Where did you play?
It was here actually, but in a smaller room.

Booie: What music are you listening to while on this tour?
Well, this is the first day on the tour, well, on this leg of the tour.  Me personally, I’ve been listening to a lot of weird stuff like, I love Tom Waite, Radiohead, Air, Norma Jean and He Is Legend.  I could go on forever really (laughs).

Amy: If you were not in Atreyu, what would you be doing now?
Probably either working or finishing school.
Amy: What were you doing in school?
I was studying film but the more i studied it the less I liked it which kind of sucks, so I opted for music instead, but who knows.

Amy: Was it a difficult path to get into the music?
We definitely worked hard for it.  We made a lot of sacrifices but we never thought we’d get this far. Just the fact that I’m here in Nottingham is amazing.
Amy: Doing a headline tour.
Right, yeah, like if you told me that I’d be doing this three or four years ago I would have laughed in your face and called you a liar.  But, yeah, it’s cool. I’m not complaining though.  It’s a dream come true.

Booie: Do you have any regrets about moving into the music industry?
Not one, because like I said this is something that we’ve all wanted to do and something that we’ve all dreamed of doing.  Now we’re actually doing it.  We have made a lot of sacrifices like quitting school and quitting work. Relationships with some people kind of dwindle a bit and we miss our friends and family too. We miss holidays and birthdays but we wouldn’t give this up for the world.

Booie: Have you got any plans for a new album?
It’s gonna be a little while.  We’re gonna finish up this tour and then we’re doing the Warped Tour out in the US all summer. Then maybe after that we’ll start to concentrate on writing. Hopefully by maybe this time next year we’ll have a new album done.

Booie: What’s your best achievement in Atreyu?
Basically just getting to travel everywhere and play music to people.  Meeting new people and seeing different places and getting paid to do it.  Most people would give their right arm to do what we’re doing and do it for free.  It’s just amazing to me and that’s a definite achievement.

Amy: That’s it.  Do you have anything to add or ask us?
Thanks to everybody for coming out to the shows and listening.

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