What do you
want to achieve with your latest release
"Disappear Here"?
Joey the Jerk: with every release we would
love to impact someones life on many different
levels. From scewing their view of what the
radio tells them music should sound like, to
chenging the stigma of christianity in America
FLYNN: 500,000 albums sold
Who and what inspired you to write your
lyrics in "Dissapear Here"?
FLYNN: Life inspires us... good times, bad
times, all that...as artists we express whatever
it is that we go through and hopefully the
listener is able to connect and enjoy our
expression.
Joey the Jerk: whenever you sit down to write
words you have to realize that in a big way they
will represent you. so we try to express what we
geniunley feel as not to be missrepresented. and
this is what we have always done with any
record.
A great
majority of your latest release "Disappear Here"
touches on the issues of pain, struggle, and
depression, what motivated you guys to take this
route?
FLYNN: Life instances ... once again...at
that time of writing and recording Uno Mas was
in the hospital wit a huge sickness, cookbook's
father passed away, Joey's Grandfather passed
away...all these things led to more serious
subject matter cuz that's what we were going
though....
Joey the Jerk: the human life is full of
pain struggle and deppresion. these themes will
plague everyone breathing. at the end of the day
your happiness, your joy, your whole experience
will be determined on how you choose to deal
with these things. and we felt like writing
about real stuff, people go through real things
and canrelate to it.
I noticed
your new album relied solely on the team of
legendary producer Evidence and the Beat
Junkies' DJ Rhetmatic, how did you come upon
choosing those two for blending together the
overall quality of the album?
Joey the Jerk: we work with people we feel
make good music. we worked with evidence, dj
rhettmatic, great jason, sup the chemist,
madlib, murs, kiz charazmatic, and many more in
the entire process of making the album.
FLYNN:
We've always had mad respect for both those cats
and evidence was cool enough to want to work
with us...we've always talked to rhettmatic
about doing somethign with him and this is just
the first of more to come i'm sure.
Explain the
story behind the song "Hold On," what affect
does it have on you personally?
CookBook: It's a song about keeping the
faith no matter what life throws at you. I
believe the only time we fail in life is if we
give up. Sometimes if we just hold on, that
breakthrough is right around the corner. I
think that personally it is how we as LAS have
lived, and how it's been for our careers. we've
had to keep the faith through a lot of hard
stuff.
Joey the Jerk: the music business is full of
rejection, being a part of it, and making an
effect on someone’s life through music, standing
up is what we believe has gotten us a lot of
flack throughout the years, from Christians who
say "your not Christian enough". When something
like that spreads you think ‘where did this come
from?’. You question yourself… your
motives…your music… and your calling. but no one
can tell you what God has called you to do, and
how. that is what this song reminds me of
personally. hold on because we have to answer
to something greater than americans.
What are
some of your personal favorite songs that you
have recorded as a group in past years and why
do you choose those songs?
CookBook: My personal favorite off of our
latest album is Pop's Song. It has meaning for
me, because in the midst of recording disappear
here, my father passed away. We were already
working on the song, but after that happened, it
became that much more meaningful for me.
FLYNN:
Dance Like - because it makes me wanna dance /
Give - that song is so real and nice / Money
Song - i love the humor and the track / Next
[the end is now] - i always loved the energy on
this track / 10[baloney]- this is definitely a
favorite of mine off the baloney ep... good
stuff / Win Win - another banger i love
Joey the Jerk: dance like , rise , wonderful
[the end is now],10 [baloney], heeve ho [the end
is now[….its hard to list,there are so many that
i like, it all depends on my mood.
Where do you see yourselves in the next 10
years?
CookBook: I see myself doing music in some
shape or form. I may not be rapping anymore, but
I see myself producing, and writing songs. I
love performing, so I'd love to continue
perfroming in some capacity for the rest of my
life. Maybe I'll create some new style of
music, and do shows till I'm 80. who knows.
But I will have a family, and hopefully be able
to enjoy the fruits of my labors now, with them
then...
Joey the Jerk: making music raising
children, it doesnt have to change much. running
a label managing bands songwriting.who knows, we
could end up pastors…wherever god leads us.
FLYNN: doing big things...producing
music, hopefully directing videos and films...
who knows? Whatever God ultimately leads me to
do...
Are you guys working on any new projects?
Joey the Jerk:
I will not tell
FLYNN: I'm always working on
tracks...just not exactly sure where they're
going yet... but i know we're all working on our
solo stuff.
Where can we
buy your album? www.lasymphony.com,
and in theory, anywhere cd's are sold, such as
best buy, wherehouse, mom and pop's stores,
etc...etc... and iTunes.
What do you
want to achieve with your latest release
"Disappear Here"? 
What are
some of your personal favorite songs that you
have recorded as a group in past years and why
do you choose those songs? 