Instantly Faded

Interview with Mikey and Phillip of Instantly Faded in March of 2006.

First off, could you introduce yourselves and say your role in Instantly Faded?
Mikey: I’m Mikey. I play guitar.
Phillip: I’m Phillip. I sing and play guitar.

How did you come about choosing the name Instantly Faded?
Mikey: Well, before instantly faded we had Miorae. Before that, we had Awake Through Motion. No one could really agree on one, but we picked Instantly Faded and stuck with it.
Phillip: Yeah, it started with Awake Through Motion, which was a forced name because of PureVolume’s requirement to make one. We all hated it though, and we changed it to Miorae before we got popular, but hated that as well. We came up with Instantly Faded, and we’re sticking with that fo sho.

How did you guys first start out?
Mikey: Well, I met Phill when we were in 7th grade, when I played bass, and I went over his house once and started playing stuff. Then I stopped bass because I didn’t think it was fun anymore.
Phillip: *laugh* Mikey and I hung out one day, and I taught him a bunch of stuff on guitar. After that, WE wrote our first song together. I wrote Song A, and WE wrote Song B, which is now eliminated. And then we became what we are.
Mikey: And Song C was written in my basement when we were playing poker.

Poker, aye? Who’s the best player in the band?
Phillip: Me!
Mikey: Phill.
Phillip: I made a living off it for like two months, and then my dad found out. Oh well. *laugh*
Mikey: I just lost money every time I played.
Phillip: *laugh* But it all went towards band so it didn’t matter in the end.

You guys have a couple demos up, including one with vocals. Any story behind the lyrics in this song at all?
Phillip: Well, we met Charlie, who is our now screamer. He jotted down lyrics as fast as possible to see if he could scream good and recorded it, and we decided to keep it.
Phillip: and
Mikey: He’s black and fat. *laugh*
Phillip: *laugh* and Portuguese!
Mikey: But he’s better than Zach for sure.
Phillip: Zach is our ex-screamer.

Did things just not work out with him?
Phillip: He never came to practices and wasn’t that great at screaming. He never practiced at home.
Mikey: He would get headaches.

So you guys have a few songs written out and recorded… Have any more you guys have been working on but haven’t showed the public yet?
Phillip: Two more. One instrumental, which is on the web, but that one has vocals now. It needs to be recorded. Another one is completed as well, and that needs to be recorded also.
Mikey: Song A and B need vocals.

And titles, I assume.
Phillip: Titles are toughies *laugh*
Mikey: We’re just too lazy to pick titles. The band name was hard enough.

What’s your guys favorite songs to play as of now?
Mikey: Song B.
Phillip: I would have to agree, but C’s right up there. I always get pumped when we count down for the first breakdown of the song.
Mikey: The breakdown of C is fun to play.

What kinds of inspiration do you draw from when writing new songs?
Phillip: Well, it depends on the song. Like, when we write a song, we first choose what type of genre we are shooting for, like hardcore or screamo. Then we write it… Don’t really use any inspirations.
Mikey: Basically, whatever cool new thing we learned at guitar lessons, we try to incorporate it into the songs. *laugh*

What are some of the bands that inspired you to first play music?
Phillip: Underoath, Chiodos, and Taking Back Sunday.
Mikey: As Cities Burn, He Is Legend, As I Lay Dying, August Burns Red, and anything like that.

You guys are in middle school. What’s it like to be in a band and manage your school work and everything?
Phillip: Well, I don’t do homework. I do it all in study.
Mikey: *laugh* The reason I’m not at his house now is because Mr. Lyles’s a douche.

Do you ever find it a struggle to balance school and music?
Mikey: Not really.
Phillip: Band practice is every Friday… So, yeah. We have Saturday and Sunday to finish that homework.
Wait ’til high school *laugh*
Mikey: Is high school really that bad?
Well right now it is with AP History II and AP Calculus homework every day
Phillip: I’m in 7th grade math *laugh*

Alright. The band gets shipwrecked and you have no food. Who gets eaten first?
Phillip: Charlie. The most meat.
Mikey: Charlie or Tommy, before he’d eat us.
Phillip: Yeah, that dinosaur.

What kind of dinosaur?
Mikey: T-REX fo-sho.
Phillip: We call him T-Rex because he looks like a dinosaur.

If you could turn into a girl for a day, what would you do?
Phillip: Uhh… No fucking clue. Play with my boobies *laugh*
Mikey: *laugh* What would YOU do? I have no clue.

I’d figure out what the hell the going-to-the-bathroom-in-groups thing is about.
Mikey: *laugh* Good plan!

Alright, if you could jam with any band in the world, who would it be?
Phillip: Chiodos!
Mikey: Yeah we met Chiodos; they’re cool. Phill and I owned the guitarist and synth player in pool. It was sick.

Any parting words to fans and readers out there?
Phillip: Listen to us! Tell your friends and your friends’ friends. And you too Dan, tell your friends!
Mikey: Tell your friends and Christian from Drifters about us. Watch out for Charlie’s nipple sweat.
Phillip: Yeah that too. It’s rather scary.
Mikey: But don’t mind Song C or Fighting Words on Myspace.

Alright, sounds like a plan! Thank you for the interview. Make sure to check out Instantly Faded!