Best known for the 1998 radio hit \The Way,"" Fastball's mass debut album All The Pain Money Can Buy went platinum. The follow-up album, The Harsh Light of Day, failed to produce a similar radio hit but showed strong growth for the band. The Daily Cardinal recently spoke with guitarist and co-songwriter Miles Zuniga.
Daily Cardinal: How has the tour gone so far?
Miles Zuniga: The tour's been going great. It's just Tony and I on acoustic guitars and he plays electric piano on a couple songs. We've got Butch Walker opening for us and he's really good. We've only been on tour for a week but we've done ten shows in a row, so it's intense. When you're doing all the driving and dealing with all the merchandise, it's like a full time job.
DC: You and Tony write everything; have you been working on anything for a new record?
MZ: We've written a few really great songs and we want to do more. We thought we'd have time. The whole idea for this tour was ""Let's just climb in a car and play."" We thought we'd have more time to chill out and write, but we haven't had it so far. We're looking at a couple days off now, so maybe we'll get to do that.
DC: Is there anything you want to see when a new record is ready?
MZ: I guess I've gotten sick of rock and roll now, if you can even call it that. It's pretty boring now, the stuff on the radio. There are plenty of good bands out there, you just got to search them out. I just don't want to make another record like the other records. I mean, they're good records, but what I'd really like to try is recording live. We just did a live acoustic record. We're selling that at the shows, and that was a great experience.
DC: Has there been anything been about the tour you've liked?
MZ: Well, they've all been pretty small venues so we actually can hear people singing along. Right now, we don't have a record deal or anything, so we can do whatever the hell we want. It's all pretty freeing. The labels, they can't get enough of you when you're hot. When you've got a deal, you turn into a politician. You're shaking hands and kissing babies, and we don't have to do any of that on this tour, you know? We got into this to play, so that's what we're doing.
