Meet TRiP|CAGE
Stone - Vocals
Mike - Guitar
Mytch - Bass
Mikey - Drums
TRiP|CAGE is: Stone (Vocals), Mikey (Drums), Mytch (Bass), and Mike (Guitar).
My Two Cents: This Album Is Awesome... It Covers Just About Any Mood Or Taste. With Deep Lyrics On Songs Like "Forgotten" and "Wait Some More", And The Upbeat Then Heavy "Lounge|Core" Shows True Talent and Emotion, As Well As A Sense Of Humor... This Is A MUST Listen. JMHO
Track Listing Is As Follows:

1.) Forgotten
2.) Anxious
3.) Insane
4.) Wait Some More
(Feat. Stevehed From Aggressive Persuasion)
5.) Fix
6.) Lounge|Core
7.) Uneven
8.) Libiast
9.) Ornament
The cover to the new album "Unleash".
Mikey - Drums
Stone - Vocals
Mike - Guitars Mytch - Bass
October 26, 2002 10:00p.m. (Roughly...)
We are sitting on the top level of The Cheif Alternative Music Hall during Hallowfest 2002. Denver's own Funny, Friendly, Stoned and Insanely Talented band,TRiP|CAGE, has just finished an awesome set. We have finally rounded up all of the band members and FoMoFuIAB has just taken the stage and is blaring in the background as we (attempt to...)begin our interview...
Melissa: Tell us about your band, a brief history?
TRiP|CAGE: "Well, we had all been hanging out since late 2001, except Stone. We had alot of music written, andthen Stone joined in March 2002."
Melissa: For being together such a short amount of time, the music sounds very polished.
Stone: "We're all polished musicians. We have all come from other local bands. I was in a band out of Fort Collins called "Niche", Mytch came from a band called "Urzine", and his dad played bass, and Mike and Mikey are former members of "4 Head Scream."
Melissa: Why the name "TRiP|CAGE?"
Mike: "We came up with the word Cage, and then Mikeys roommate came up with Trip, and we thought it sounded cool together. We liked it right away."
Mytch: "You liked it right away. It took about three months for it to grow on the rest of us."
Mikey: "I thought it sounded okay... "
Stone: "It could mean something different to everyone, but the way I think about it, life is a trip. All the stuff you have to go through, and there is nothing else but that, so it's like a cage... TRiP|CAGE."
Melissa: So something completely coincidental and random turned out to be pretty profound and deep...
TRiP|CAGE: "Yeah!"
Stone: "You should write this down... TRiP|CAGE smokes more weed than any other band ever. Everyone else could be passed out on the floor, and one of us would still be up hitting the bong." (Laughter)
Melissa: What motivates you to play the music that you do?
Stone: "The life I've lived. I'm from a small town in Kansas, and everyone always talks about how boring life is, and never does anything to change it. That's why I live like I do, and I want to tell people about it. If I can sing about it, I can over come it"
Mikey: "Playing, It gives me a rush."
Mike: "The adrenaline rush."
Mytch: "Writing that new riff."
Stone: "Creating something that no one has done before. You feel like a God, like brand new."
Mytch: "It's all about confidence."
Stone: "You have to go out on stage with the attitude that you could get any girl in that audience and dominate any band, even if you couldn't."
Melissa: Who are your main musical influences?
Mikey: "Masshaugga."
Mytch: "Ozzy and Mudvayne."
Mike: "Ill Nino and Dry Kill Logic."
Stone: "The Doors and Radiohead, because they are two of the most emotionally raw, abrassive bands ever."
Melissa: What is your favorite and least favorite thing about being a musician?
Mytch: "Everyone knows you, and you don't know everyone."
Mikey: "When you hurt yourself and you still have to play... I hurt my hand the other day, and I still had to play tonight."
Mike: "I hate that I have to change my strings every show... That gets expensive." (Laughs)
Mytch: "Being poor, that sucks too."
Stone: "You want to know one thing I hate about being a vocalist? No girl will ever trust you."
Melissa: Tell us something interesting that most people don't know about each of you.
Mytch: "Stone is a homosexual." (Laughs)
Stone: "I'm not gay."
Mikey: "I smoke the least amount of weed."
Mytch and Stone: "That would be interesting if it were true..." (Laughter)
Mike: "Something interesting about me that people wouldn't know... I usually give in to peer pressure."
Melissa: What is the craziest encounter you've had with a fan, and the most shocking thing one has told you?
Stone and Mikey: "Old chicks like Mytch..." (Laughter)
Mytch: "Yeah, I don't understand it, It's horrible!"
Mikey: "People want my drumsticks."
Mike: "Some girls came up to me and told that Mikey's balls were hanging out of his shorts."
TRiP|CAGE: (Laughter)
Melissa: What are your favorite bands to gig with, and your favorite venue to play in?
Stone: "AggressivePersuasion, FoMoFuIAB, and Feature981, and as far as venue, The Cheif."
Mikey: "Aggressive Persuasion and The Music Hall."
Mytch: "Feature981, Ransom, and The Music Hall."
Mike: "Aggressive Persuasion, and The Colorado Music Hall."
Melissa: Okay, Are there any bands you don't like to play with?
Stone: "Assholes."
Mikey: "Yeah, and people not our style."
Mytch: "And 70's coverbands." (Laughs)
Mike: "No Comment."
Mytch: "And country bands too, I hate being mis-matched."
TRiP|CAGE:(Laughs)
Melissa: What is your favorite one of your songs and why?
Stone: "Uneven, because it's my favorite to sing."
Mytch: "Insane."
Mikey: "Anxious."
Mike: "Insane, because we go from melody to hardcore."
Melissa: If you could pick 3 bands/artists to tour with, who would they be?
Stone: "Pantera, Ozzfest, and on a smaller level FoMoFuIAB."
Mytch: "Mudvayne, and Ozzfest, That would be great."
Mikey: "Anybody, and Masshaugga."
Mike: "Slipknot, Ill Nino, and LaughJaw."
Melissa: What should we expect from your, album "Unleash"? Tell us a little about the album, and when we can expect to see it?
Mikey: "It's done, but officially in November. Expect good music."
Stone: "Brutal Domination." (Laughs)
Mytch: "A lot of fun, All the time."
Mike: "We're just one big ball of fun..."
TRiP|CAGE: (Laughter)
Melissa: Is there anything else you would like to say to your fans/promoters/friends?
Mytch: "We don't have fans, they're all our friends."
Stone: "Yeah, sign the guestbook, e-mail us, let us know who you are, and we'll be your friend. Leave your phone number too, in case you're hot..." (Laughs)
Melissa: And Finally, can I have a favorite quote from each of you that reflects your thoughts and personality? (It can be said by you or someone else or yourself.)
Mikey: "Leave me the FUCK alone."
Stone: "I lie just to fuck you." - Snot
Mike: "I think I can."
Mytch: "Be yourself, Fuck everybody else."
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