Evergreen Terrace – Josh James (guitar/vocals)

In lieu with the release from our friends EVERGREEN TERRACE’s latest masterpiece, Almost Home, and its debut at #53 on the Billboard Heavy Music charts, SMNnews got the chance to interview Josh James (Guitar/Vocals) from the band. As you know by now, us folks here at SMNnews loved Almost Home, and while I’m still rapping right now, make sure you catch their crazy and energetic live show at a city near you with For The Fallen Dreams, Asking Alexandria, and Unholy. And go out and buy Almost Home already, dammit! These guys are incredibly hard workers, and hi-yahh!: Watch their new music video for “Sending Signals”. Now let’s take a look into what the band has going on…

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So, Almost Home is finally out now! Cheers, you guys must be pretty stoked huh?

Yeah, we are super stoked. It debuted today #53 on the billboard heavy music charts.


Plus you guys have a music video for “Sending Signals” out right now. It’s a really cool video. Parts remind me a little bit of The Karate Kid. Care to explain some of the ideas behind it?

Ha, Karate Kid was a huge influence on it. Collectively it’s a favorite movie from our youth. We wanted to do something a little different then our previous videos and when the director brought up this idea we were totally down.

EVERGREEN TERRACE has always put out some really cool videos. Any plans for any more music videos off of Almost Home?

I hope so. I would love to do a video with lots of tour and live footage to the song “Mario Speedwagon”.

You guys have a tour coming up with For The Fallen Dreams, Asking Alexandria, and Unholy. What are your excitement levels to getting out on the road, and give the crowds that energetic EVERGREEN TERRACE live show? Also, what are your excitement levels to exposing the new material from a live perspective?

Excitement level is around 69. Once we get to the show and on stage, that’s when we get really pumped. I can’t wait to start playing new songs. I wish we could just play the whole new record every night but I doubt the crowd would be into that, ha. We will be playing around three new songs a night and the keep all the classics in the set.

Staying on the tour topic, you guys just got off the road with Stick To Your Guns, Emmure, Oceano, and For Today. Any fun stories you’d like to share?

The guitar player in Oceano fell off a stage in Tulsa, OK and landed on a small child. The crowd couldn’t get the guitar play off the kid. When the kid finally came up for air he was crying and screaming “Mommmmmmmy!!!!!!!!”

EVERGREEN TERRACE are touring machines – seems like you guys are always on the road. Must be a great time! Coming back down to Jacksonville, is there still no place like home?

There are a lot of imitations but there is no place like home. We just did a CD release show in Jacksonville and it was my favorite show of the tour. The fans at home never disappoint!

So when we come out to Jacksonville, what are some good places to catch a show, grab a bite to eat, party it up, etc.?

Right now good venues in Jacksonville are hard to find. Jack Rabbits in San Marco is a cool little club that is one of the only clubs that have stood the test of Jacksonville time. A block down the street from Jack Rabbits is my favorite Mexican restaurant, La Napolara. Queso dip is a must! Best place to party is my parent’s house when they are out of town, my brother still lives there and puts on full ragers anytime the folks leave.

“Not Good Enough” is a killer song! It’s catchy, heavy, and really does pull the heart’s strings! Cheers man, that’s the power of music. Another favorite of mine on Almost Home is “God Rocky Is This Your Face?” What are some of your favorite songs off the release?

God Rocky and Sending Signals are two of my favorites. Really i’m stoked on how the entire record came out.

Here’s a fun and tricky question. If you were to organize a dream tour, who would be on it? Feel free to name a full scale arena festival if you wish.

Queen, Foo Fighters and Rancid.

You guys have came a long way, have great work ethic, and Almost Home is yet another evolution in EVERGREEN TERRACE. We loved the CD: http://www.smnnews.com/2009/09/27/evergreen-terrace-almost-home/. How does the future look for the band? Any last words/shout-outs?

As always, we will be on tour non stop so keep an eye out and go pick up Almost Home!

EVERGREEN T - Almost Home

Label: Metal Blade Records
Website: http://www.myspace.com/evergreenterrace
from : http://www.heavymetalmusicnews.com