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The amazing, always impressive Parasite Diet interview is below, ENJOY!

Introduce yourselves to those that dont know already..

We're a power pop punk rock band from the future.  We play simple, upbeat rock songs all over the space-time continuum's face.
 

One word that best describes your sound.....

Totatallyawesomeandfun.

We heard there's a video in the works...what song will the video be for?

I Call It Soda, She Calls It Pop!  It's a non-fictional documentary mini-feature covering our race against an alien girl to obtain the last soda on Earth after it got apocalypsed.  Also, we recently found some old footage we shot for a Watergirl video on a trip we took to the eighties once.  We'll get it up on youtube soon.  It's good.
 

Did you guys set out to sound a certain way or was it just the combination of influences you both share?

Our influences and origins are a jumbled mess because of some really poorly planned plot structure built around a time travel concept. 
 

Are you signed to a label?

We put out our first EP 'God Hates Parasite Diet' on Pug Face Records
We're still working on securing a label for our new full-length record, but there's some definite interest.
 

Finish these three sentences.
If Parasite Diet was an animal they would be a -red panda-.
If Parasite Diet was a color, that color would be -lightblueandyellow-.
If Parasite Diet were to challenge to Harlem Globetrotters to a shoot off we would -lose- and -cry- because -the Harlem Globetrotters are champions and gentlemen-.
 

Say I wanted a Parasite Diet keychain, is this available? and what all else do you have as far as merch goes?

We have keychains and records and temporary tattoos and t-shirts and tons of button.  Most of it is available on our myspace page:  http://myspace.com/parasitediet   .  Or you can get it from us at shows.  We're currently not accepting future dollars because it's not the future and it's really inconvenient.
 

There's another 2 piece rock band from the 80's that you may have heard of...that band is WHAM! Do you have beef with WHAM?

We never had a beef with them, but we've always heard they had a pork with each other.
 

Do you think RATT would have worked better as a 2 piece?

Ratt should never change anything.  They got the recipe.
 

What inspired the lyrics to "I call it Soda"

Well, it's like some people call it "soda" and some people call it "pop," but in our opinion love is stronger than that disagreement.  Also, if you're in Kentucky you might just call it all "coke."  But "I call it soda.  She calls it pop.  People in Kentucky call all carbonated beverages coke.  But we call it sodapopcoke hopping when we're bopping at the sodapopcoke shop," didn't flow the way we thought it would.

 
Is there a subject out there that you dont think you would ever write a song about?
 

Rape.
 
For equipment people, tell me what you guys play?

Josey plays a slightly modified Epiphone Les Paul Junior through a Peavey Windsor head with a cheap Crate cabinet that has had the speakers upgraded to cheap Celestion speakers.  Also, don't tell people he uses a guitar cable as a speaker cable for his amp.
Technicolor Kid plays the drums.
 
Reading through your lyrics I have yet find a profane word, am I wrong?

You're right.  We're not very hardcore. 
 
Favorite original song you play?

We have a new one called Double Jump that we've really been having fun with lately.  It's about jumping.  Twice.

 Favorite Cover?

Little Bit O' Soul!
 
Biggest influence on you as a musician?

Ronnie McCoy
Alex Martin
Midlife Marv
Bryan Moore
Adam Martin
Tony Foo Yong
Shana McCoy
Dan Tanner
Cory Greene

for more information on the band visit http://www.parasitediet.com