Rock Music Has Returned

What did I just get myself into? I'm in a van with four strangers, the doors are locked and I feel the need to scramble around in my bag for a taser or something. I would be more at ease meeting Tupac, Snoop and Diddy...together.This is definitely not your average interview, it's not like I know every word to their Billboard Top 10 single, Swallow Your Fears. Heck, I just learned about the band twenty-four hours ago and my mind is still turning inside out. What do I ask these people? I know absolutely nothing of them. One plays drums, the other sings? I feel as if I am stranded in the middle of the ocean, fighting for flight as I watch my boat capsize. Shark ahead.

After introducing myself as a journalist who delightfully shuns tape recorders and refuses to write down every sentence uttered, I get a much needed "Yes!" from guitarist Thomas Panza. Finally, the silence is broken, this veil of nervousness is lifted and the tables are turned. Wait, what? "Hold on, let us interview you!", suggests State of Man's lead vocalist, John Stringer. I'm totally down- I've done this before...completely accustomed to it. "Why are you interested in doing a story on us?", replies Stringer. Good question John, because I still do not know to this day. Maybe it was divine intervention, maybe I liked the music, maybe I just wanted to apply to that "groupie for life" position (Kidding). Groupie for life or not, I'm hooked and State of Man now sits proudly on my favorites list- number fifteen to be exact.