Pensive
Pensive are a really great punk band.
Their songs are catchy and damm out right rocking.
This interview was done a while back
but here it is.
Parx-E Webzine Interview with Julio Godoy and Pat
Smith from PENSIVE
How did the band
form?
Julio: Pat and I met in
high school on the tennis team in 1999 and got to know each other. The first time I went over to his
house I saw that he had a drum set and before too long we were messing
around, playing drums and guitars together. The next year, we met our original
bass player at school and the three of us started the band, then
advertised for a drummer, and it kept going from
there.
Pat: Julio and I
are the only members who have been in it from the beginning. We’ve had different bass players
and drummers rotate in and out of the band. Right now, the lineup is awesome
because everyone in the band went to high school together and we’re pretty
good friends. I like having
people in the band who aren’t
strangers.
Who has been your favorite band to play
with?
Pat: My favorite
local band to play with was a San Diego band called Agent 51 . . . those
guys are cool. They aren’t
together anymore, but they were awesome. As far as national touring bands
go, I probably enjoyed playing most with No
Motiv.
Julio: I have to say the
same thing about local bands, Agent 51. A national band I’d choose would
be Fallout Boy. We recently
played a show with them here in San Diego, and it was the first time we
played in a sold-out room.
There were about 600 kids there, and it was unbelievable, really a
lot of fun.
Who are your
influences?
Julio: The Beatles,
Green Day, The Ataris, NFG, Yellowcard, really too many bands to
mention. Right now I’m
listening to American Idiot a lot. I think that record is
amazing.
Pat: My
influences range from The Smashing Pumpkins to The Ataris to Brand
New. But I also like Muse a
lot, Led Zepplin, I listen to a lot of different bands.
If you could who would you most like to play
with?
Julio: Green Day, The
Ataris, or New Found Glory.
Pat: Brand New, I’d
enjoy that a lot.
If you were allowed to play on the Simpsons, where
would it be?
Julio: Sector 7G,
Springfield Nuclear Plant.
Pat:
Huh?
Where has been your favorite venue to
play?
Julio: The Scene, here
in San Diego, used to be an awesome venue, but it’s closed now. We have a great venue now called
SOMA that is even better.
While we were on tour this past summer, we played at CBGB in New
York and The Middle East in Boston.
Those venues are both a lot of
fun.
Pat: Playing at
CBGB was amazing. The history
in that place just seeps out of the walls the minute you walk in the
door. That has been the most
interesting venue we’ve played in, I
think.
What are you listening to at the
moment?
Julio: I listen to a lot
of different bands, but right now mostly Green Day’s new record
American Idiot, Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue, and Denver
Harbor’s Scenic.
Pat: At this
very moment I’m listening mostly to Led Zepplin, The Smashing Pumpkins,
and Recover.
Any new releases in the
pipeline?
Julio: We have a new EP called
Something About the Stars that we’re supporting right now. It was produced by Will Salazar,
who used to be in Fenix TX, but is now in Denver Harbor. You can hear some of the songs on
our website at www.pensive.net, or at www.purevolume.com/pensive. We licensed it for sale in Japan
on BigMouth Records, and it’s sold about 5,000 copies so far over
there.
Pat: Julio and I
are also writing new material that will probably see the light of day next
year in 2005.
Any final
words?
Julio: We actually have
a pretty good mailing list going in Australia, and we really want to say
how much we appreciate the support of our Australian fans and Street Team
members.
Pat: Yeah,
thanks to all of you in Australia who support us, you’re awesome. And those of you who don’t know us
yet, check out our website, and join our mailing list. We’ll mail you a free promo CD if
you do!
