AJ: I brought our percussion 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 useless - 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.

AJ: We get excited, nervous and have lots of adrenaline.

Brian: Making sure my zipper is up and my shoes are tied!

Rituals Before Going On Stage!

AJ: We usually sit and eat dinner together and talk about all the important details... then [we] change together...

Brian: We all join hands... it's more or less a focusing point, with us saying mentally, what we have to go out there and accoplish, what we have to do.

AJ: About an hour before we go on stage, we warm up our voices 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 a 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. T think I get better the more often I fly though, none of the others get scared though...

AJ: 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!

AJ: 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.

AJ: I used 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 used 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.

- Tiger Beat

October 1998