BFS also just released the fan-funded ‘Greatest
Hits’ collection which was re-recorded and released as ‘Songs People Actually Liked’ – was it
fun to go back to the old material?
It was A BLAST! We had so much fun, especially
with the really old ones. We’ve been a band for
21 years and we recorded our first album in
1994. It was a blast to revisit songs from that era
again – both sonically and playing wise. I’d say
we’re better singers and players now, also the
technology is awesome. Working through those
songs was really fun. Getting to the latter parts
of the catalogue, for example ‘Girl All The Bad
Guys Want’ or ‘Punk Rock 101’, actually became
challenging. That was sort of the beginning of
the era that really is Bowling For Soup. What we
are now is due to those songs. The idea was to
polish up on old recordings so it was a real challenge to change any of those. In all it was a lot of
fun but challenge at the same time.
Are we going to hear any new material from BFS
soon?
I think that will happen, possibly next
year. On the ‘farewell’
tour we filmed our
acoustic shows and
recorded the ‘last’
live BFS show so
we’re finally getting
around to those and getting those ready for
DVD. We’re hoping to have one of those out for
the time we’re touring next year. The other one
is due for summer next year. And hopefully at
that point we can start thinking about getting
back in the studio. Possibly for a ‘Volume 2’ of
our greatest hits or even something new. It all
depends on how everything falls in
place.
case of doing it at the right time and in the right
way.
Your tour comes with support from your buddies The Dollyrots and new band Lacey – did you
choose these bands or is it
out of your hands?
We definitely get to
choose. It’s something I’ve
taken a lot of pride in, over
the last several years by
bringing new music to the
UK with bands like Army
Of Freshmen, Patent Pending, MC Lars, The Dollyrots, etc. To bring bands
in like that, even the likes of Zebrahead too, who
have had a history here, but weren’t touring here.
With this tour almost being a ‘comeback’ tour, but
not really