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The Wish You Weres fuckin' rock. ...At least I think so. But, I am a bit biased, as I am the drummer. I left for Australia in late 2004. In my absence, Joe Llama and Chad Caustic were short 1/3 of our musical punch in the butt that we so affectionately referred to as "The Llamas."

We'd developed a relatively large following in our local area - due only to the facts that our choruses were primitive and easy to sing along with, and we were friends with Teenage Rehab. Mainly because we were friends with Teenage Rehab. We were fun, loud, and retarded. Beautiful.

Life beckoned, though, as it does, and I followed it to the other side of the world. Joey wasn't willing to give up on the dream, though. He remained determined to make people listen to him beat up on his bass guitar and growl about fast food and titties. He and Chad sifted through a pretty short list of drummer candidates before Chad decided that life is easier to take sitting down and parked his ass on the drum throne. This drew up a new list of candidates.

By this point Joey had logged four billion or so hours under Bryan's gun at AAA Tattoo. People talk when they're pokin' each other with needles, and Bryan, being the untapped reserve of musical genius that we now know him to be, eased into the position of guitarist for the trio.

The group began writing new material, slowly losing touch of the old Llamas songs and style. Joey began singing less, and Bryan secured his slot as lead singer. At this point, the larval stage as I refer to it, the guys came to realize that it was a different band all together. This is where The Wish You Weres were born.

It wasn't long after this point, that I returned. My presence eventually became a problem, as Joey and I sort of expected for me to fall back into my seat at the drums. Chad had become comfortable, though, and wasn't willing to move to second guitar. A ton of terrible drama ensued. The band played one show with Chad before he was withdrawn from duty. He wasn't removed soley for me, but for me AND a list of personal conflicts.

I recovered my seat and my home and now the band is exactly where it's meant to be. We are completely devoted to making sure that our voice is loud enough for everyone to hear. We'll play anywhere they'll let us, and plenty of places they won't.

-The Kid