Q: Let’s start with “The Ludo Video Thing”, these are a series of

episodic videos that range from getting to know the band, to videos

like the toothbrush video, “Love Me Dead”, and “The Car Salesman”

were do you get the ideas for videos like these?

A: We took a lot of the footage while we were in the studio recording

our new album. The Car Salesman and some of the other

spoofs are actual people we know, we just wanted to do “a day in

the life” of these characters and they are “Characters”. The toothbrush

video we actually turned Andrews parent’s bathroom into a

studio, and every time someone would come over we would throw

them inside, give them a toothbrush and tell them to start singing,

including the parents. We also had a lot of our fans send in clips

of themselves in the bathroom singing into their toothbrushes. It

was a lot of fun.

Q: How was working with legendary producer Matt Wallace, and

what did you think of L.A.?

A: Awesome, I can only say great things about him, he is the nicest

person, and he is definitely good at what he does. Matt settled

any disagreements by pointing at his platinum record and saying

“Recognize”, he did listen to what we had to say. I didn’t get to see

much of L.A. I can tell you what our apartment to the studio looked

like, we did get out a couple of nights it was very cool. Nice place

to visit, but I wouldn’t want to live there.

Q: You have done a lot of touring on your own, how do you see this

up-coming tour being any different than the past?

A: In the past us 5 guys did everything from passing out flyers,

mailing t-shirts, arranging interviews, booking tours, e-mailing venues,

myspacing fans, fixing equipment, calling promoters, maintaining

the van, preparing tax returns, designing merch, updating the

website, and anything else you could imagine a band not doing, we

hardly even had energy to play shows anymore. It’s funny, we sold

out a show with about a 1000 people in St. Louis were we’re

from, and then went to the west coast, they had to cancel the show

due to no ticket sales, it’s hard to promote yourself nationally. Now

we can focus on the stuff we want to do, have a little consistency,

and just play.

Q: Your songs seem to be a little on the warped side of relationships.

Who writes them, who do you, get your inspiration from, and

do they need to see a psychologist?

A: Andrew writes most of the songs. We like to have themes, tell a

story, almost like a good horror film. We have all levels of relationships,

not just break-ups, in some warped way they are love songs.

We draw a lot of our inspiration from people like Chuck Berry (he’s

from St. Louis too); he tells stories and introduces characters in his

songs like we try to. We all know Andrew needs to be committed.

Q: If you could have your dream tour, what would you like to do,

and who would you like to play with?

A: Well, we like doing themed shows like Halloween, and we just

did A Very Ludo Christmas, so we have been talking about an Abraham

Lincoln or a Rise from the Dead show, it sounds weird but it

could be fun. I know we would like to tour with Weezer someday.

Marshall the base player is from San Diego and his dream was to

play the Belly Up Tavern, and he is going to have that dream come

true on March 22, since the rest of us are from St. Louis we have

pretty much played the venues we wanted to play growing up.

This is just the beginning for these 5 guys. They just launched their

nation wide tour on January 18th 2008 and will continue (no doubt)

until everyone knows who they are. “You’re Awful, I Love you” hits

the stands on 2/26/08, be sure to pick up a copy, but until then

check out their MySpace page at www.myspace.com/ludorock and

be sure to catch the show at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach

on March 22nd.

The First 5 people to e-mail me will receive 2 tickets

to the show leslie@revoltsd.com