Interview with Dylan from The Public

Wednesday, yes it was Wednesday (yes this is a Dead Milkmen reference) I woke up very late, far later than the agreed upon time to interview Dylan, from the band The Public. But as the e-mails the night prior proved, he is NOT a square, and no measly 45 minutes of extra sleep is going to deter him! He responded not soon after I posed my first question, and the answers were as follows.

Badly describe the music you make in a sentence: 
We make whimsical basement music about the lives we live and the stuff we do .

How did you meet your band mates?:
I was in English class with Harry (drummer) and he was real quiet , but I liked him. I've known Jack (guitarist) since we were real young, since he jammed his two index fingers into my eyes three stooges style in the 4th grade.

But they asked me to sing in their band for a school talent show in 7th grade, and I didn't really want to at first,  but we're still kicking it so something worked.

Who do you feel influences you most?  Or are you one of those "we play whatever the hell we want and it's new and different," sort of bands?:

No we have influences , but it's kind if whatever we're into at the moment. Everything we like finds its way into our music one way or another. Is say we're inspired the most by our local heroes like bruiser queen, pokey lafarge, and foxing.

yknow in the Karate Kid how the old guy teaches the kid karate? i don't know what they're called. but if you could have any musician be your old guy and mentor you on music, who would it be?:

Oh probably Kevin Parker.  Oh shit that'd be awesome. Or maybe Paul Simon. I think Paul Simon might be the best songwriter of all time. Or at least one of the best.

What song that you've created feels like it embodies your music and you guys as a band best?:

Ooooooh I like this question. I think our song Roll Over or Spaceman . Probably Spaceman,  just because it was real collaborative and really reflects our interests. That goes for both of them, but we haven't released roll over yet, and Spaceman on our first album