Nicholas Crowder: Thought I'd ask if on your record do you use the same tuning all the way throughout? Is this tuning Drop down one full step ie low to high DCGFAD, or is it just drop d? Or does the tuning vary from song to song?

Yes sir, we are dropped down one whole step to DGCFADHelps make my range more consistent, where as the OLD days everything was so damned high it was a constant struggle to keep up. "There is no dignity quite so impresive and no one independence quite so important as living within your means"-Calvin Coolidge

Kris 'Ace' Mayers: UK HEADLINE TOUR WITH SAINT ROSE SUPPORTING PLEASE?

:'( SOMEDAY! We've all got to help get them a record deal first! Kyle Karich: When will you finally come to Florida? Kyle, we've actually played Florida several times, BUT hopefully we'll be back and someplace close to you. Tom Hawcroft: Is there any chance of a headlining UK Tour anytime? Not yet tom, BUT if you keep getting people to buy that record we'll be able to show the label that we have the figures to justify a headlining gig, SPREAD THE DISEASE! Scott Carey: How did you guys get noticed? Any tips for aspiring guitarists? ;)

We got lucky! The better your band is, the less anyone in the industry will give a shit. Write quirky music and give up hope now so it doesn't crush you later, lol. Seriously though, bust your ass to promote, practice till you're perfect and then practice some more (apparently I skipped this one), and write songs that matter, instead of writing what everyone else is writing. Music rules, but the industry blows. And I hope all you pirates catch skurvy on your privates. Eat my dick, you peg-leg pukes. That sorta reminded me of how Sgt. Slaughter mighta told off these little pissants. How the hell was HE ever the champ? Can you still be out of shape, unathletic, and the WWF (it will never be "E" to ME) Champion of the world? Nichi Dodds: When are you fuckers coming back to montana? Missoula or Kalispell WOULD FUCKING ROCK!

This is going to be a popular answer...or at least a frequently repeated one. WHEN YOU GET EVERYBODY DOWN THERE TO BUY OUR RECORD, REST ASSURED WE SHALL RETURN! We gotta show the label the figures before the logistics come into play. I know, I know...broken fuckin' record, but it's a broken fuckin business and we need every number we can get to motivate these lazy labels! Like anything and it seems EVERYTHING in life, there are only a handful of phenomenals busting their asess while the rest rot on their laurels and let it all spoil. Unfortunately it's the wallflowers you have to convince to come to the party, cuz everyone bleeding on the dance floor ALREADY knows what's hot, that's why they're cuttin' a rug like jitterbugs and the rest are just slugs. What kind of a FUCKED UP retarded answer is that? Give me an inch and my metaphors will take miles. Too bad it doesn't work with my manhood, I'm just stuck with the inch, lol.

Lee Booker: What non metal bands do you guys love? Well I can't vouch for the rest of the band, BUT I'm a HUUUUUUUUUUUGE Tom Petty fanEminem is ALMOST at a tie with my all time fav Black SabbathSage Francis, Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs, and Biggie Smallz are some of my other favs in the hip hop arena. I adore SRV's early work. I love Chris Daughtry, I just wish someone would write less trite and more classic material to compliment his unfailing chops. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are relatively unrivaled. As far as country goes I'm pretty savvy on David Allan Coe (the old stuff, not the OTHER stuff, lol) and Mr. Johnny Cash (though, to be honest, I don't think he's particularly any good, I just enjoy his voice and his lyrics). I dig on Elvis, Roy Orbison, Chuck Berry, and Carl Perkins. Nearly all the old Motown masters, especially The 4 Tops and The Temptations. I like Lil Richard and I LOVE Ray Charles. Wow...there are just SOOOOOOO many, and I'm trying to avoid rock/hard rock bands, otherwise this'll turn into a damned dissertation. I actually really got into the 1st Panic!@thedisco record, very modern Tinpan Alley with an infectious indie twist. But the second album I found...wanting. My Chem is one of my favorite new bands, along with the last Alter Bridge record. But like I said, let's not get me started on the rock realm! Barney Wain: what does burnt yogurt smell like? Well, right after I pop, I usually keep thrusting away. So incessant friction usually induces combustion and stream of smoke that often emanates is reminiscent of smores in the seconds prior to oxidation. So something like that or microwaved used condoms.

Simon Tinsley: when is there gonna be another time to learn or flaming drummer I'll get on some "tutorial" tapes in the very near future. A lot of requests for Take Me, so I think we'll start there and see where it goesAlan has an exciting assortment of new locations for all his drum vids, so stay tuned here at takingdawn.com!

Kevin Judge: When r u coming back 2 dublin,ireland?! When you have converted the Irish nation into the next legion of the Taken! Just get that word out and make people BUY the record and our label will be forced to look at the figures :)

Cherl Hearon: Boxers,briefs or commando? Wellllllll, it depends on the dayFrom briefs as a boy, to boxers as a teen, I'm now a boxer-brief man. I save commando mode for my nastiest of hook-upsmostly with men lol ...is he kidding?! James Barber: any idea of an instrumental song or use of the song "force fed up" in the next album? Lol, is my voice THAT bad? Just ruins it for ya, hun? HAHAHAHAHa! Actually, James, I kicked around several instrumental ideas, but they always end up with words. I still have so much material that I'm torn between rocking with no vox or injecting with an epic hook. It's a fine line, but I'm still dandling the ideas. No Force Fed Up just yet, but I do enjoy some passages from that song, and they may surface in future material :)

Rocky Petty: Favorite Video game growing up as a kid? and not just you chris, the whole band for this one =) Hmmmmmmmm...Abe's Oddysey & Resident Evil (PS1), Wrestlemania 2000 (N64), and Counterstrike (PC) Andrew-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (NES) Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) Mike-Mike Tyson's Punch-out (NES) Deuce-Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Genesis)

Alex Easey How many cats can you stick in your arse?

17 1/2...now KITTENS are another story ;)