A.J.: I brought our whole precussion section down, the whole thing crashed on stage!
Kevin: In Hamburg at a show, (a problem at) the airport made our mics malfunction. At the time it stunk. But now it's kinda funny.
Brian: Once we were performing a song from the new album and... I blanked on the words! I ended up just humming along. The others were usless - they were laughing and didn't try to help me out at all!
Nick: We did a number, I danced too wild and ... when we landed from the jump, my pants fell down! Swoosh! The whole audience got to see my boxers.....!
Private Thoughts Before Showtime!
Kevin: Putting on a good show.....
Nick: I think about what I ate.
Howie: About being prepared. Making sure that we have our mics and all our clothes on us.
A.J.: We get excitied, nervous and have lots of adrenaline.
Brian: Making sure my zipper is up and my shoes are tied!
Rituals Before Going On Stage!
A.J.: We usally sit and eat dinner together and talk about all the important details... them (we) change together ...
Brian: We all join hands... it's more less a focusing point, with us saying mentally, what we have to go out there and accomplish, what we have to do.
A.J.: About an hour before we go on stage, we warm up our vocie and bodies...
Kevin: Get dressed, warm up, vocal chords, soundcheck, group prayer...show time!
The Dark Side Of The Road!
Brian: Being away from home and not having girlfriends....It takes me a while to get to know a girl....
Nick: The traveling does get kind of gruesome sometimes. I'm away from the rest of my family...
Kevin: I like trying foods from different places...but after a while I miss some good American food.
Nick: I'm always scared on planes, I hate flying. I think I get better the more often I fly thought, none of the others get scared though...
A.J.: You'll be in the US, and you have to fly to Spain for one day. You don't get enough time to sleep.
Howie: You get jet lag a lot... Sometimes when you finally catch up, you take off again...
Life On The Road!
A.J.: It's like living in a moving house with five older and younger brothers.
Kevin: A lot of fun, a lot of work, and sometimes a little lonely. It's what I've always dreamed of!
Brian: I enjoy being on the road because we have a lot of fun and perform. I love to perform!
What They Bring On The Road!
Kevin: I always bring my CD player, CDs, magazines, books, pictures of my family.....
Brian: Clothes and my basketball.
A.J.: I use to bring my blanket - the blanket I had for fourteen years! I went to a hotel in North Carolina and I think the maid thought it was a rag - because it looked like a rag - and threw it away!
Howie: A lot of clothes, books .... I use to bring a Game Boy, now I bring my laptop and sometimes my guitar!
Nick: Video games, paper and pencils for drawing, clothes, car magazines and comics.