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Strange Daze - Interview with Mik

Here's an interview with Mik of Strange Daze.  Thank you Mik!

Question:
"Birth date?"

Answer:
"January 3rd, 1977."

Question:
"City you reside in?"

Answer:
"St. Cloud."

Question:
"Marital status/family?"

Answer:
"Engaged."

Question:
"Favorite Drink?"

Answer:
"Jack and Coke."

Question:
"Favorite local band?"

Answer:
"I don't really get a chance to see many bands but Tim Mahoney's good."

Question:
"Favorite national band?"

Answer:
"Tonic, Fuel, Sevendust, Dave Matthews...There's just too many to pick one."

Question:
"Hobbies?"

Answer:
"I love pretty much all sports and hunting...and dealing with money."

Question:
"How long have you been with this band?"

Answer:
"Wow...we started jamming in high school so I would say since 1994."

Question:
"How long have you been performing, alone or with a group?"

Answer:
"I think in 1995 we finally had some gigs at local small bars...does that count?"

Question:
"How old were you when you first became interested in music?"

Answer:
"My dad had me listening to Led Zepplin, Black Sabbath and Kiss since I was 1."

Question:
"Before this, what kind of experience did you have in the entertainment industry, musical or otherwise?"

Answer:
"I really didn't have any musical experience, other than playing bass guitar in our high school band...I never had choir or anything like that but you could consider playing sports entertaining."

Question:
"Musical influences?"

Answer:
"I'm influenced by all music really...I mean artists get paid sometimes a lot doing what they love, so all music plays a big factor for me."

Question:
"What's your favorite thing about entertaining?"

Answer:
"Definitely the free drinks...and getting paid to do pretty much nothing."

Question:
"What's your least favorite thing about entertaining?"

Answer:
"Tearing down our equipment...it just sucks."

Question:
"What's your most memorable moment on stage?"

Answer:
"Probably our first show in front of a big crowd, I think it was like 800 people or something.  It just gives you such a rush."

Question:
"What's your most memorable moment off stage, music related?"

Answer:
"Just having someone come up to one of us and say man...you guys are gonna be huge...why are you playing in this bar?  I'm always like whatever go have another...It's just a weird but good feeling."

Question:
"Where's your favorite place to perform?"

Answer:
"Little Melvins in Spicer, it's pretty much where our whole music career started and the owner is too damned good to us.  Plus, it's pretty close to where we grew up."

Question:
"Is there anything that your fans don't know about you that you think they should?"

Answer:
"Between all 7 to 8 fans they probably know more than I do about me!"

Question:
"Is there anything you want to say to your fans?"

Answer:
"I promise I'll get you that drink someday!"

Question:
"Is there anything that you want to add?"

Answer:
"Music is not a job it's a hobby...the sooner our band figures that out the better we'll be!"
 

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