Artist Interview – The Script

A little while ago we featured “The Script” on New Music Friday with their video “Breakeven.” (Click HERE to see it!)Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, and consisting of members Danny O’Donoghue, Mark Sheehan, and Glen Power, they are steadily climbing up the popularity charts with their new brand of Celtic soul, blending ‘hip hop lyrical flow with pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art R’n’B production with anthem rock dynamics, classic song construction with gritty contemporary narratives.’ Currently on tour with American Idol’s Season 7 Winner David Cook, they took a few minutes out of their busy schedules to answer a couple questions that many fans have been wanting to know the answers to. Those answers are below – Enjoy!

• What are some of your favorite places you have played?
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland – Supporting U2. The New Shay Stadium – Cityfield New York. The Warehouse-Houston, Minneapolis-The Fine Line, New York – St. Patricks Day – The Highline Ballroon

• What is one of your most bizarre fan encounters?
We were using the bathroom in a truckstop when a guy came in and said ‘ I dont mean to ask you this now but can I have your autograph? ‘

• Who are some of your inspirations?
Coldplay-U2-Stevie Wonder-Timbaland-Tribe called Quest

• Where do you get your song inspirations from, lyrically speaking?
It can come from anything, anyone or anywhere. It can come from a conversation or a line thats said in a movie we are watching. Our formula is to have no formula, that way we never get stuck.

• How did you come up with the name for your band?
When we call each other up in the morning we would always say ‘ whats the Script? Whats the story, whats happening today? ‘ Also our songs our very storylike in nature and we started the band in LA so we felt that everything was pointing to that name.

• What are some of your passions outside of music?
Golf – Playstation 3 – Reading

• How has your music evolved since you first began playing music together?
In a live sense, we have become a better band, more confident onstage and more aware of what makes a show great. The music has evolved with our audience in ways we couldnt have imagined, people have taken their own meanings from the songs and made them a soundtrack to their own lives.

• What has been your biggest challenge as a band?
Adapting to the touring life, being away from home and the people you love.

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