In this interview segment, the band members describe the pivotal moment that propelled them from local gigs to larger touring opportunities. While working with a young Jersey band, they befriended the parents of one of its members, who helped them raise the capital needed to record their album "Blue Collar." The successful funding allowed them to produce the record, which in turn attracted the management team George & George (G&G), known for handling Pop Evil. G&G secured a professional booking agent for the band, opening doors to more substantial tours alongside acts like Puddle of Mudd and Saving Abel. The speakers emphasize that the combination of financial backing, experienced management, and agency representation marked the turning point that shifted the band's trajectory toward sustained growth and broader exposure.
That was the turn, I think, for us, the turning point, you know, that's,
you know, with all these things too, like, all these challenges and obstacles, like, you know, where was the turning point for you guys? Where everything started to kind of move right and started heading into a direction where. All right, this is. This is positive now. And now where you guys are currently on the trajectory now.
Well, I think it's for us, you know, and Sean, you can. You can add to this, but Sean and I were doing work with another band at this point in terms of doing some, like, writing, recording for a young band out of Jersey. And, you know, there were one of the members of the band. We became close with all the different parents, but one set of parents in particular became, you know, dear friends of ours. And, you know, at a time in which we were looking to make this next jump, we needed funding. So, you know, we went out and we raised money with the help of them and with the help of them that allowed us to essentially make Blue Collar. And that's when we kind of came into that next level of a band. By raising this money, we were able to make the record, and we were able to then find our next set of managers with G and G, with George and George, who were managing Pop Evil at the time. And that kind of was like the next stepping stone for us of being able to grow as a band. That was our. I think that was our big jump. When we raised that money, it became the, okay, we have a sound, at least, that we were really into. We had management who, you know, knew what they were doing. They had a band that they were. They've been developing. That got us on tour, which, like, on. On, like, not on, you know, the tours that we would all book as a group, you know what I mean, where we'd go, call venues, like, but, you know, got us a booking agent. That was that, I think, for us, the turning point. And when this became, hey, we kind of want to do music, we've had these ups and downs, so, oh, wow, we got a real shot to build something as a band.
Yeah, I started. And that's when you guys started getting, you know, you went out on tour with, like, Puddle of Mud, I believe it was like, Saving Able. Like, that was kind of. These were in Pop Evil, right?
