Erase Errata

Interview by Jeff from Arab on Radar

1. How does the audience influence your live performance?

jenny--if the crowd is acting lame, i'll face the band more, if the crowds into it, i'll be much more animated. ellie--if the crowd's not into it, i'll try harder to act excited.

sara--the more the crowd dances, the more i do.

2. What do you think about The Band? ( yeah, Robbie Robertson and company, Up On Cripple Creek etc.)...

jenny--i just watched The Last Waltz, and i thought they all looked like robot corpses. The other day, when we were in Knoxville, i was out busking on the street with my ukelele, and some guy asked me to play "Take a load off Fanny," and so i tried to play it and look like a robot corpse, and the guy told me with raw talent like that i'll never go hungry.

3. Do you have any advice for (hypothetically) a person who wants to start a band and whose goal is to do what Erase Errata is doing as far as touring, releasing records, writing songs is concerned?

all: yes, be proactive about touring, releasing, etc, be friends, have fun, be prepared to put the rest of yr life on hold.

4. For me, music makes me high, it also helps me through the bad times (the Beatles n'all that) and it enpowers me a bit, gives me a purpose of sorts... It has deep spiritual qualities that I can't quite explain... What does music do to (for) you?

bianca: i get depressed if i don't get to play for awhile.

jenny: it's a big release

sara: it's a physical, social, emotional activity all in one.

ellie: i agree.

5. The future for Erase Errata brings a summer tour, some days on The Oops tour (shameless self promotion, sorry...) and then some dates with Sonic Youth! then... a tour of Europe, which from what I gather will be very exciting... Can you tell me any details about these events?

all: Oops! was great... such comraderie!! We miss everybody!! We're sort of nervous that Europe will be a financial bust, but we're soo excited for it.

6. Is there anything you would like to say about the current music situation? The Strokes? The Locust? Le Tigre? US Maple? Pink And Brown? Eminem (who is plastered all over Europe right now...) Where is music at?

Bianca- I think music is in a really great place right now and is only going to get better.

Ellie- I think music is in a really scarry place right now. Just thinking about Clear Channel makes me want to puke. Though the underground scene seems to be thriving.