Greenwheel

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Interview With Andy Dwiggins From Greenwheel By
Chris

Greenwheel are a one really good rock band.
Their songs are solid and of course defently catchy and
rocking

Greenwheel
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1. How did the band form?

I met our lead guitar player, Marc, when I worked at a
music store. We exchanged phone numbers and he called me
back the next day! After jamming together for a few months
we decided to find some other friends to fill in some other
instruments. I had classes with Ryan and Brandon (singer
and bass, respectively) and they fit perfectly. Finding the
drums was a bit harder… We tried about four different
drummers before we found Doug, who isn’t our current
drummer anymore. We tracked him down at the food court in
the mall when he was on a lunch break from his Dairy Queen
job (restaurant). I think we kinda scared him, but he still
agreed to join. Since parting ways with Doug we’ve been
blessed with a great guy who also happens to be an amazing
songwriter and performer on drums. Drew joined the band
about 4 months ago, and we haven’t skipped a beat. (no pun
intended)

2. What bands were your influences when growing
up?

Pearl Jam, STP, Tool, Jimi Hendrix, Zeppelin, Nirvana,
Tonic, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fuel,
etc. etc. you get the idea. We were children of the
early/mid 90’s grunge explosion.

3. What has the response been like to the
album?

We hear people tell us that they really enjoy the record,
but that we kick the crap out of it when we play live.
Playing live is our true passion, b/c we’re all such good
friends and we have so much fun onstage.

4. What bands have you enjoyed playing with the
most?

Injected, Our Lady Peace, Leo, Default, Breaking Benjamin,
and Audiovent were all great bands that we really
enjoy/enjoyed being around on and offstage. When you’re on
tour and everyone involved is cool and friendly, it makes
it like a traveling fraternity or something. It was
out-of-control fun!!!!

5. What album is usually played on the tour
bus?

Never had a tour bus, but when we ride in the van it’s
anything goes. Whoever is driving gets control over the
music. I remember wearing out the Chili Pepper’s By The
Way, Modest Mouse’s Good News for People Who Love Bad News,
Interpol’s Antics, Creeper Lagoon’s Take Back the Stars and
Give Me Yesterday, and the Spinal Tap soundtrack.

6. Any chance of coming down under to play?

We would LOVE to go down under to play and experience the
Australian scene. Don’t get me excited!!! It would be a
little while before we’d be available for something
overseas, since we’re getting our wheels turning in our
home markets again.

7. What is your view on file sharing and the mp3
format?

It’s going to be the downfall of the record labels unless
they pull their heads out of their arses and find a way to
use it instead of fight it. I think it empowers new bands
to reach people on a global scale without major label help,
so I think it’s kick ass! It definitely thins the profits
of successful artists, which bums me out, but it’s a
double-edged sword. It’s global promotion for little to no
cost, but it’s also made it easy to steal music.

8. Any one you would really like to tour with?

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Audioslave, OLP (again),
Injected (again), and anyone else who will have us.

9. Have you had much response from overseas?

It always blows my mind to see questions and comments on
our website from people in France, the UK, Thailand, and
Australia. We haven’t gotten huge response, but it’s
definitely more than I expected as we were unknown before
we were signed. I’d have to give props to the internet and
cool people who take the time to listen.

10. Has the internet helped the band?

Yes. It enables us to reach fans across the globe with new
music and keep everyone informed who’s interested. I would
say our fanbase would be a lot smaller and way less
informed were it not for the internet.

11. What would we find on your stereo at the
moment?

Queens of the Stone Age: Lullabies to Paralyze, Interpol:
Antics, …and you will know us by the trail of dead:
worlds apart, and Silverchair: Diorama

12. Realty TV? Good Or Bad?

It’s like cotton candy. You can eat a lot of it and do
nothing good for your body, but enjoy every minute of it. I
feel like a zombie when I start watching that stuff, so I
try and avoid it.

13. What movies have you enjoyed recently?

I heart huckabees (excellent), Big Fish, Anchorman (over
and over and over), The House of Sand and Fog, 13
conversations about one thing, and of course Napoleon
Dynamite.

14. What are your favourite movies?

The Star Wars series has entertained me since childhood,
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Magnolia, The Big Labowsky,
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Il Postino, and the Ninth
Gate.

15. If Greenwheel were on The Simpsons where would they
be playing?

At Lisa’s graduation party, if they ever get out of
gradeschool.

Thanks for your time any last words

Thank you to anyone in Australia who’s been awesome enough
to give us a chance. We hope to visit your country soon,
but from what I’ve heard we might just want to stay there
🙂 Thanks again.

Thanks To John Johans for setting up the interview and
Greenwheel for doing it.