It's not easy being a punk rock band in a small town. Unless your town
is filled entirely with punks who always go to your shows and will always
pick up your album, regardless of how many copies they have of it. Having
said that, Springloaded doesn't come from a town like the described... at
all. Fenlon Falls is a breeding ground for fish and uselessness....and
little else. So I headed out there and over a fireside chat with guitarist/singer
bRad and bassist/singer Mike we discovered just how much we
had in common.
dogbus: Is Silent Dave actually a damn
junkie? I've met him.. He didn't seem that bad. 
bRad: nah, he's straight edge. me and him have done some minor drinking
and drug usage back in the day, and thats when i wrote the song, but hes
been sXe for a long time now, i think its mainly cuz he cant afford booze
or drugs.....cheap prick. So i guess the song is kinda satirical...or something.
Mike: As far as I knew he was xXx. I dunno, I like his
jacket and hat.
dogbus: Some people have said that "Springloaded
is Advertising Drunkness" (Boardumb Message board) What the hell does that
even mean? Could you re-word
that statement using proper grammer? Do you? (Advertise Drunkness)
bRad: yeah, i heard that too. I wouldn't call us a "drunk punk" band
or anything. And i don't know how the fuck you would advertise drunkeness
anyways. We like to drink, and its fun to play drunk. We don't play drunk
all the time, only at parties, bar shows, all ages shows (if the venue has
a bar), and when ever we can scrape up enough cash from our couch cushions,
to buy a case of Moose Head.
Mike: Yeah, the campaign was incedibly expensive. We put over
four hundred grand into various media including billboards down on the Gardiner
Expressway,
Canadian magazine and even a few TV spots. I think that Boardumb was concerned
that we weren't reaching our intended target market.
dogbus: What's your most memorable memory from
a Springloaded show?
bRad: Memorable Memory? that dosnt sound right. i think u mean "memorable
moment". I have a buncha great memories from playing in this band.
I remeber jumping off a stage during our set, to wrestle a dude. I guess
nothing too exciting happens at our shows. Once in toronto at Planet
Kensington we werent even on the bill, but we kinda sneaked on and brought
a buncha minors with us. We even got free beer. Pretty decent, for not even
being invited to play.
Mike: The time I played most of the show with a rasberry lollipop
in my mouth, that was a good lollipop, or maybe that fish market, Planet
Kensington. We found out that Steve Goof from BFG's liked our band after,
which is ecouraging for a band who's doing the type of thing that we're doing.
dogbus: When did you play your best show? When
did you play your worst show? Discuss
bRad: I think we do satisfactory at all our shows. I think the worst
we ever done was our album release show, where we played in a park and it
was really hot, like 32 degrees outside, and a bunch of kids and seniors
were all around the park. I think we played about 3 songs, and they had already
left. We took like 5 minute breaks inbetween songs, and my amp kept fucking
up. Alot off people left early, and at the end Dan got up and sed "i hate
punk rock". Then everyone thought he quit the band. It was pretty lame. Afterwards
we drank a bunch of whiskey at Chris Pains house.
Mike: My personal favorite show was the one time we played the Trash
in Peterborough, because some kids actually got into it. Worst shows are
Punk in the Parks.
dogbus: In "Who Will Decide". You end the song
with "Fuck.. This.. Way.. Of Life!" Which way of life is that? Why do you
want to fuck it. 
Mike: I dunno, I didn't really take part in writing that song. Probably
something to do with facists, Brad hates facists. I'm not really sure what
they are. Its my favorite SL song though.
bRad: its all about living in a fucked up, greedy society, having to
work to surrvive, always living in fear that someday you wont have enough
money to support your family, and being stuck with such labels such as "a
canadian". Its bassically a typical punk rock song. Why should i work 12
hours at my job, getting paid minimum wage, when a large portion of that
hard earned money goes to our canadian military? Thats why i say "Fuck This
Way Of Life". Some people think that last part is about suicide, but really,
its not........seriously.
dogbus: What's something you're incredibly passionate
about?
bRad: im very passionate about punk rock music, some art, and unity.
Pretty much anything that isn't too comercial, dosn't hurt anyone and goes
against the grain.
Mike: The band? Probably anti-hate Me? I'm passionate about
life. I feel lucky to live the way I do. Is that the kind of answer we were
looking for?
dogbus: Please, for the love of God.. define "Emo".
I don't understand what it is.
bRad: Yeah, im not really sure of what it is either. Too many people
define it as something else. I know it started off with post-hardcore bands
like Fugazi and Dag Nasty, but kinda trailed off into a buncha kids with
stupid glasses crying over thier 9th grade girlfriends. Hows that?
Mike: Emo is just a property of music, rather than a genre. Any kind
of band can have an emo song. It just means a song that is expressing a distinct
emotion. Even Springloaded probably has some emo songs.
dogbus: Where do you see Springloaded in 5-10 years?
bRad: nowhere. Theres a springloaded in Germany that will probabally
go far, though.
Mike: Dan: Making indie films, living in TO Mike: Working at
a grocery store somewhere in the 905, Brad: Heading up a Cross-North
American tour with his new band, The Spewing Fetuses.
dogbus: What would you say is the biggest problem
with the local music scene? 
bRad: Too many bands knock other bands. Alot of local bands
think they are hot shit. Some are actually really good, and alot are really
bad. I find that some sound like bigger bands, and some have thier own sound.
Either way, as long as theyre having fun, and making some money off of it,
and getting people moving then thats cool. Just don't do it only for money,
cuz your gonna be greatly disapointed.
Mike: Too many good bands that overshadow our band. Actually, I don't
see any major problems, the COKL music scene is growing rapidly. If you live
there it may not seem like it, but every time I head back for a show, more
and more talented bands show up, along with more kids. Even different kids
who I never would've seen being into indie music.
dogbus: Using Mario and/or "The Mario Brothers"
as symbolic representation.. Describe/compare them to the music and
the people that are Springloaded.
Mike: Uhhh... I'll leave that one up to Brad.
bRad: Well, niether of us are italian plumbers who need to save a
princess, kidnapped by a giant dragon, and im sure non of us have never tossed
fire balls. But im pretty certian that most of us have ate magic mushrooms,
squashed a turtle or atleast, worn a pair of gnarly over alls.
dogbus: Could you ever see the local music scene
erupting into gang-wars.. A-la "East Coast vs West Coast" or "Limp
Bizkit vs Everyone who hates them" or "Eminem Vs Everlast" type of
thing? Is the Daniel Greer Band on the verge of getting capped? Whose going
to cap them?
Mike: Greer's fine cuz he's tight with all the real playaz. I'm thinking
both Natalie and Hayden are gonna get capped soon, they've been raising too
much ruckus for too long. They're like Bonnie and Clyde and they' re starting
to get under the skin of the wrong gangstaz.
bRad: i dunno. i can us making a lot of enemies. Id like to think
that my odds or getting shot by one of the guys in PAST, are pretty slim.
And i think Dan Greer is gonna be safe, unless hecant keep his mouth shut,
then its cappin time!
dogbus: Mike, you're enrolled in Advertising..
How's that treating you? bRad, what do you think of Mike enrolling in Advertising?
bRad: its cool. As long as he isnt making up adds for ciggerete companies,
or the rebublican party, or anything thats only gonna do harm to others.
Its cool though that hes doing what he wants. ....that was a pretty lame
question.
Mike: Advertising's pretty neat, I was drawn to it because of the
influence it has over all of us consumers.
dogbus: Tetris. Classic gaming at it's finest or
a bunch of stupid blocks that suck.
bRad: shitty blocks that make shitty sounds
Mike: Its addictive for sure. You're good at asking sketchy video-game
related questions. 
dogbus: Yeah.. It's my life. I'm a loser.
Anyway, I really like this question..So you guys get it as well.. If
you could take 1 person in the local music scene, sexually and dominately.
Who would it be? Who do you want to make your bitch? Who do you want to hear
scream your name as your rock hard... And etc..
bRad: id have to say Matt Marshall. Hes a cuddley guy, and ive already
spooned with him, so why not take the next step? I wont say any females,
cuz there arnt enough in the scene, and i dont wanna get beat up by any jeleous
asshat boyfriends, or piss my girlfriend off.
Mike: I've always been strangely attracted to MFR trumpet player/hype
guy Ted. I think I'd like to be Ted's bitch for a night. On the other end
of things I think I'd like to dress up in leather and whip our drummer Jono.
dogbus: Asshat... Great word. If you could
be taken sexually and dominately by ANYONE (bands and/or fans) in the local
music scene.. Who would it be? Who do you want to wimper about after they
violate you in ways your father only did?
Mike: I'd say that sketchy looking fat guy with the scraggly red hair
that's been showing up at those concerts at the old-folks home in Fenelon.
bRad: im not gonna answer that, only in fear that you will be masturbating
later tonight, over my response. We dont really get alot of females
coming to the shows. And if we do, they just mainly come to see Mike. Me
and Dan are fat and ugly...sigh. Im tired of answering questions now.
Just go buy our CD so we can spend
the money on booze. If you like our band, thats cool, if you dont, then
go buy a Not By Choice album. Either way your just waisting ur money.