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Brian: Beginning of June.
Alex: Started off with James hitting me up and like
hey man you want to play bass in a street punk band
and I was like, Fuck Yes.
Brian: That ain’t how it started!
Alex: He had a lot of songs written, he had this idea
of what he wanted to do. Hit up Brian on fucking
Craig’s List. They had a conversation on what they
wanted to do, they jammed a bit and had one practice
before I came in. Then started doing that.
James: Called him (Alex) up cause we were in band
previously. I won’t even say we were a band.
Alex: We Weren’t!
James: We practiced with a band before and I knew
he was a decent bass player. So I started practicing
with him (Alex), we started getting together practicing
at my house a lot. We did all the songs I had
previously written for a long time and it eventually
became Gen Why. Then we realized that we needed
a second guitar player and it’s hard to find cause
I’m kind of picky with who I pick for my band. Curtis
moved from Austin, When?
Curtis: 6 Months ago.
James: So, around when we started and also Craig’s
List with you.
Curtis: Yep, I posted an ad.
James: Someone shot me the Craig’s List ad he
(Curtis) posted and I hit him up, then he came in, to
play. We started practicing, we ended upwith our own
studio that we started paying rent for.
Alex: Now we are here just playing shows and shit!
I was going to ask you guys how you met,
but I guess this is a shout out to Craig’s List.
Craig’s List!
Brian: Shout out to Ben Andrews from Broke Off!
James: Ben Andrews actually did that for both.
James: Ben Andrews!
Brian: That’s how me and James got in contact. Ben
Andrews saw my Craig’s List ad and shot me over to
James.
James: Big shout out to Broke Off on that one!
Alex: I’ve known James for a couple of years, just