00:00We are backstage at Warped Tour. It's K-Rock, it's Kevin Ryder and Megan Holliday and Sleeping with Sirens.
00:07Yay! We're a two-piece now.
00:10We're a two-piece. We're down to a two.
00:12Well, you guys have done, I want to say, six Warped Tours. Something like that. I was looking at all
00:18of the years.
00:19I think it's more.
00:20Is it more than that?
00:21Yeah.
00:21Is it?
00:21I think we've done every single Warped Tour. From the very beginning all the way to now.
00:25I think I've done 40 Warped Tours.
00:2740 Warped Tours.
00:2840 years of Warped Tour.
00:29So how does it feel to be back in the mix?
00:32Feels good. How are you feeling, Nick?
00:35I feel great about it. It's obviously one massive reunion when we do this, but in the best way possible.
00:42You walk around and you just see so many people that you've been playing music with forever.
00:46It's wild. It's wild. But it's great. We're having a blast so far. It's overwhelming. I'm overstimulated. It's great.
00:52Same.
00:53Excellent.
00:53Is it the yellow carpet?
00:55I think it's the yellow carpet.
00:56It's the yellow carpet.
00:57That can overwhelm.
00:58A little much.
00:59Yeah.
00:59You guys put out a new album this year.
01:01We did.
01:02Yeah.
01:03We did.
01:03An ending in itself.
01:04Yep.
01:05That's it.
01:06Yeah.
01:07Well, how's it been being out there and getting to play these songs for the crowds?
01:12Well, so far we've only done two of them.
01:14We're doing two new songs today.
01:16We are.
01:16And we have a tour coming up and we'll play more of them, but to be honest, playing new
01:23songs is kind of stressful for me until you get a month into tour and then they become
01:28like an older song.
01:29New songs are tough.
01:30Does it take extra rehearsal to get everything down?
01:34It's just like performing live is different than doing stuff in the studio.
01:39So just trying to find the way to perform it in like a live setting is just different
01:43than doing in the studio.
01:45So it just takes time.
01:46But the two that we're playing, I'm finally getting used to.
01:50So obviously the movie, The Odyssey, is like massive right now.
01:54It just came out in theaters.
01:55Is it true that you guys did get your band name, Sleeping with Sirens, kind of inspired
02:00by The Odyssey?
02:01Do you want the short or the long story?
02:03We want the long story.
02:04Oh, shit.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Here it goes.
02:06Let's get into it.
02:06All right.
02:07So it was a dark night.
02:08We were in the woods.
02:09Well, I was in the woods.
02:10Short story.
02:11Oh, no, no.
02:12It was a dark night.
02:13I was in the woods.
02:14I was walking.
02:15It was raining.
02:16It was windy.
02:18Couldn't see a damn thing.
02:19And then all of a sudden, in the distance, I saw a glowing light.
02:22So I started moving towards the light.
02:23And once I got to the light, I saw that it was a house.
02:26And the door was open.
02:27So I walked inside the house.
02:29And through the hallway to the left, there was a library.
02:32And inside the library, there was one glowing book on the shelf.
02:35So I pulled the book off.
02:37And I opened it up to page 69.
02:39And 420 words down was the name Sleeping with Sirens.
02:43Shut up.
02:44Shut up.
02:45Shut up.
02:46I hate that story so much.
02:48Page 69.
02:49Ay.
02:50Ay.
02:50Do you want the real story?
02:52Yeah.
02:52I don't know.
02:53Is it shorter?
02:53The original guitar player said...
02:55Longer.
02:55The original guitar player said, what do you think about calling the band Sirens?
02:58And I said, what about Sleeping with Sirens?
03:00And he goes, cool.
03:01Oh, my God.
03:02Love it.
03:03Love it.
03:04What story do you prefer?
03:04I like the real story.
03:06I prefer the new one.
03:07Yeah.
03:07The real one.
03:07Yeah.
03:08Yeah.
03:08Me too.
03:09Do you guys ever look back on the different eras and questionable fashion choices from the
03:14past?
03:15Is there stuff that you wish did not happen?
03:18I don't regret a thing.
03:19Hell yeah.
03:20If anything, I regret what I'm wearing today.
03:22No, you're doing...
03:23You're repping MTV Jackass.
03:25Come on.
03:25Yeah, I am.
03:25It's a throwback.
03:26This is Warped Tour.
03:27This is how I feel about myself today.
03:31Back in the day, you used to wear a denim jacket on Warped Tour.
03:33Back in the day, I used to wear whatever I could find at the mall.
03:36I wore a shirt that said, I pooped today.
03:38Nice.
03:38And that lives on the internet forever.
03:40Yeah.
03:41And I wore Toms on stage, jumping off of cabs and stuff.
03:46Oh, no, dude.
03:46There's like no support.
03:47There is not.
03:48No.
03:49But my knees still work.
03:50Sometimes they buckle, but for the most part, they're holding me up.
03:53Might they buckle today?
03:55If they buckle today, I know that my friend Nick will pick me up.
03:58And then my knees will buckle and we'll both be down on the ground.
04:00And then somebody else will pick us both up.
04:03We're all just aging at Warped Tour.
04:05I'm stretching before I come into the festival every day.
04:07We're aging gracefully.
04:08But what does the spirit of Warped Tour mean to you guys?
04:12The spirit of Warped Tour means it gives you, well, for me anyway,
04:18and I know for Nick too, probably.
04:20It just gave us like a knowledge of how to tour and to be respectful to other artists
04:27and to be efficient.
04:29I have a good story for you.
04:31So one of the first Warped Tours we ever did, we were going to the stage and we were real
04:35early and one of the other bands was setting up and I was like completely in the way.
04:40And one of the techs came over and he goes, dude, get the fuck out of my way.
04:43Sorry for cursing.
04:44And I was like, my bad.
04:45And I realized that he was the tech for every time I die.
04:48And so every time I die, like, yeah, that band is terrifying, though, if you don't know
04:52them.
04:53And so I went back to the bus and I brought him back like a 24 pack of beer and
04:57he was
04:57like, we're cool.
04:59You learned about the currency of Warped Tour.
05:02Yes.
05:02Yes.
05:02Absolutely.
05:03I love it.
05:04Great story.
05:04We are happy to have you guys here this year.
05:06We're very excited.
05:07The Warped Tour is back again and you are back on the Warped Tour.
05:11This is Sleeping with Sirens.
05:13Thank you guys so much.
05:15Thank you so much.
05:15We appreciate it.
05:16Woo.
05:16Yeah.
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