But as we got signed and our record came would happen. So they had this song, and Grey This was in like February when our record
out we had some hit songs on the radio and it Dot Records who had initially signed Third Day, was slated to come out in March. All of these
sold really well. The next year we were on the they had some buzz looking to find cool bands, stations were playing it in enough rotation
secondary stage in a real slot. And then the especially in the Georgia area and Smalltown that it was about to chart, so the record label
next year we were playing main stages, and Poets are based out of Atlanta. So they knew quickly scrambled and changed their plan and
then the next year we were moving up the main Grey Dot and they let them put this one song released the song that they said would never
stage closer to the good slot. So we went from on a sampler before we were signed… and I get traction on the radio. And it got so much
very humble beginnings at festivals to getting to promise this has a point that ties to radio. air play, it might have been the song for us that
play some pretty nice slots.
got the most airplay out of any in that album. I
While we were recording our record, and that think it made it up into the top five, and the only
[WM] You mentioned getting some radio play. particular song is very catchy and people like reason it didn’t go to number one is because
A lot of people don’t realize how important it, but we were told that radio would never play so many people had been playing that demo
getting radio air play is for getting people to it. The song is called “Everything I Hate” and version in heavy rotation for so long that they
come out to your concerts, or even know who it has a negative sounding title. So our A&R started dropping off.
you are. Tell us about that dynamic as you grew guys and the record label were like, “No one in radio? in radio will ever play it.” Well, Grey Dot started [WM] So you cut a different version to put on
circulating that sampler, and we were track the record?
[Kevin] We actually had a very interesting number eighteen on the sampler and I don’t experience, because that demo we were know if they just gave radio free reign or what, [Kevin] Yeah, the label quickly followed up
shopping, it was a three-song demo that nobody was pushing it because they wouldn’t with those stations and got them the album
was being sent around. Right before I started spend money on a promoter for us. But all version, which sounded much better, had far
playing with the band those guys had recorded of these stations started picking it up, the more energy and was much better quality for
one of the songs. They weren’t sure what demo version. radio. But some of those stations had it in
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