An Interview with BarRoom Heroes
Interview by Alicia Brown
Alicia: Please introduce yourself and the part you play in BarRoom Heroes.
Nick: I’m Nick Bell
Jake: I’m Jake Bell.
Davey: I’m Davey Dryer
Alicia: You’re opening for Dropkick Murphys tonight. How does it feel to be playing to such a large crowd and opening for such a big band?
Nick: Davey, you’re the one to answer this one.
Davey: Well I’ve been shaking all night, honestly. I don’t think I’ve ever played this big of a show. But it’s really exhilarating, can’t get much better than this.
Jake: It’s unbelievable, the support that everyone’s been giving us in Philadelphia. It’s unbelievable.
Nick: It’s nerve wracking and fun at the same time.
Alicia: So how did this opportunity come about?
Jake: Ken Casey actually texted my mom and asked if we wanted to play Philadelphia and DC and he added New York in at the end.
Carrie Bell: Do you want to know how they met (Ken)?
Alicia: Yeah, if you guys want to explain the story.
Jake: Me and my brother have always been together. We were in a program with a teacher and we would practice for six weeks and then play a show and record. After six weeks we were all ready to play the show at a bar, it was a family night, and it was a place to play. It wasn’t the best place but it was on a Wednesday night and a cop came and decided to shut it down and we went to the press with it because we have rights to do this. It was completely legal for us to play there. Ken’s business partner actually showed him the article that we were in and Ken called my mom up and invited us to the show that night. That’s how we met the Dropkick Murphys. Davey right here is a Godsend cause we lost our drummer, we had our differences, and my grandmother knows his grandmother.
Davey: My dad went to high school with their mother.
Alicia: It’s obvious you guys are all pretty young.
Nick: I’m 21, I don’t know what you’re talking about *laughs*
Alicia: Yeah, just like I am. What challenges have you run into in trying to get your music out there? Can you not play shows during the week because of school? Or are your parents okay with it?
Jake: I go to high school; Davey goes with me. He (Nick) goes to middle school. We play shows on weeknights sometimes, it’s like having ice cream after dinner. We get to do it every once in a while.
Davey: I’m in high school and I’m a senior now and it hasn’t really affected my grades. I’ve always been an honors student and it hasn’t dropped my grades, they’ve actually been going up. I’d say this has been a good thing for my grades.
Nick: Problems we run into though: someone posted on the event page that they don’t want to see a bunch of kids in a band open for the Dropkicks.
Jake: But we’ll let you decide.
Alicia: How would you describe your songs to someone who has never heard of you before?
Jake: Our songs vary a lot.
Nick: We have a reggae song and then we have a hardcore, then we go a little bit softer than hardcore and we have an Irish tune. We’re just completely all across the board.
Alicia: Are you putting out an album any time soon?
Davey: We actually just came out with one.
Jake: This is our first night selling it. It’s our debut EP.
Alicia: Did you guys record it yourselves?
Nick: Our friend up in Massachusetts recorded it for us for free.
Alicia: If a zombie apocalypse were to occur while you were onstage, which instrument would you want to be closest to and why?
Nick: I would want to be closest to the bass because it’s a badass instrument and they just wouldn’t attack you. It’s like god to them, to everyone.
Davey: Well I have a very large ride cymbal and it’s like a Chinese hat and I could just chuck it across and maybe cut off a few heads.
Jake: I’d say a tuba because no body seems to like that thing. You’d just start playing any they’d walk away.
Alicia: Where would you guys like to see BarRoom Heroes in 5-10 years?
Nick: I see us living in our parents’ basement. I don’t know what to say. To just see where we are now is amazing enough so I don’t know.
Jake: Who knows where we’ll be in 5 years. I don’t want to jinx anything but I think I’ll probably be on tour with these two idiots right here.
Davey: I’m an honors student and I can’t even tell you where I’ll be tomorrow.
Nick: We’re going to DC tomorrow, we have that planned out.
Davey: There you go, thanks for telling me. Maybe we’ll be across the ocean somewhere in 5 years. We can get our own island, with a ship, just live on an island.
Alicia: Is there anything you would like to conclude this interview with?
Nick: Punks for a Princess is a charity that helps many people. The guy who runs it is just unbelievable and the way that it started, do you wanna tell that ma?
Carrie Bell: His niece passed away in a freak flash flood at a family campground and at the wake they decided that they should do something in her memory so they started Punks for a Princess, which is a foundation in her name. Out of Massachusetts and Rhode Island they work with A Wish Come True and 100% of the proceeds go to either A Wish Come True or another reputable charity. The reason he goes through A Wish Come True is because they already screened everybody so he doesn’t have to worry about someone scamming him. They just did a polar plunge out of Rhode Island and they raised over $10,000 for a family in need. It’s also for terminal children. They (Barroom Heroes) did a benefit after meeting with Ken Casey and they (Punks for a Princess) were nice enough to let them play, even though they had never heard of Barroom Heroes before.
Check out BarRoom Heroes on the following sites: Facebook Reverbnation
Nick: I’m Nick Bell
Jake: I’m Jake Bell.
Davey: I’m Davey Dryer
Alicia: You’re opening for Dropkick Murphys tonight. How does it feel to be playing to such a large crowd and opening for such a big band?
Nick: Davey, you’re the one to answer this one.
Davey: Well I’ve been shaking all night, honestly. I don’t think I’ve ever played this big of a show. But it’s really exhilarating, can’t get much better than this.
Jake: It’s unbelievable, the support that everyone’s been giving us in Philadelphia. It’s unbelievable.
Nick: It’s nerve wracking and fun at the same time.
Alicia: So how did this opportunity come about?
Jake: Ken Casey actually texted my mom and asked if we wanted to play Philadelphia and DC and he added New York in at the end.
Carrie Bell: Do you want to know how they met (Ken)?
Alicia: Yeah, if you guys want to explain the story.
Jake: Me and my brother have always been together. We were in a program with a teacher and we would practice for six weeks and then play a show and record. After six weeks we were all ready to play the show at a bar, it was a family night, and it was a place to play. It wasn’t the best place but it was on a Wednesday night and a cop came and decided to shut it down and we went to the press with it because we have rights to do this. It was completely legal for us to play there. Ken’s business partner actually showed him the article that we were in and Ken called my mom up and invited us to the show that night. That’s how we met the Dropkick Murphys. Davey right here is a Godsend cause we lost our drummer, we had our differences, and my grandmother knows his grandmother.
Davey: My dad went to high school with their mother.
Alicia: It’s obvious you guys are all pretty young.
Nick: I’m 21, I don’t know what you’re talking about *laughs*
Alicia: Yeah, just like I am. What challenges have you run into in trying to get your music out there? Can you not play shows during the week because of school? Or are your parents okay with it?
Jake: I go to high school; Davey goes with me. He (Nick) goes to middle school. We play shows on weeknights sometimes, it’s like having ice cream after dinner. We get to do it every once in a while.
Davey: I’m in high school and I’m a senior now and it hasn’t really affected my grades. I’ve always been an honors student and it hasn’t dropped my grades, they’ve actually been going up. I’d say this has been a good thing for my grades.
Nick: Problems we run into though: someone posted on the event page that they don’t want to see a bunch of kids in a band open for the Dropkicks.
Jake: But we’ll let you decide.
Alicia: How would you describe your songs to someone who has never heard of you before?
Jake: Our songs vary a lot.
Nick: We have a reggae song and then we have a hardcore, then we go a little bit softer than hardcore and we have an Irish tune. We’re just completely all across the board.
Alicia: Are you putting out an album any time soon?
Davey: We actually just came out with one.
Jake: This is our first night selling it. It’s our debut EP.
Alicia: Did you guys record it yourselves?
Nick: Our friend up in Massachusetts recorded it for us for free.
Alicia: If a zombie apocalypse were to occur while you were onstage, which instrument would you want to be closest to and why?
Nick: I would want to be closest to the bass because it’s a badass instrument and they just wouldn’t attack you. It’s like god to them, to everyone.
Davey: Well I have a very large ride cymbal and it’s like a Chinese hat and I could just chuck it across and maybe cut off a few heads.
Jake: I’d say a tuba because no body seems to like that thing. You’d just start playing any they’d walk away.
Alicia: Where would you guys like to see BarRoom Heroes in 5-10 years?
Nick: I see us living in our parents’ basement. I don’t know what to say. To just see where we are now is amazing enough so I don’t know.
Jake: Who knows where we’ll be in 5 years. I don’t want to jinx anything but I think I’ll probably be on tour with these two idiots right here.
Davey: I’m an honors student and I can’t even tell you where I’ll be tomorrow.
Nick: We’re going to DC tomorrow, we have that planned out.
Davey: There you go, thanks for telling me. Maybe we’ll be across the ocean somewhere in 5 years. We can get our own island, with a ship, just live on an island.
Alicia: Is there anything you would like to conclude this interview with?
Nick: Punks for a Princess is a charity that helps many people. The guy who runs it is just unbelievable and the way that it started, do you wanna tell that ma?
Carrie Bell: His niece passed away in a freak flash flood at a family campground and at the wake they decided that they should do something in her memory so they started Punks for a Princess, which is a foundation in her name. Out of Massachusetts and Rhode Island they work with A Wish Come True and 100% of the proceeds go to either A Wish Come True or another reputable charity. The reason he goes through A Wish Come True is because they already screened everybody so he doesn’t have to worry about someone scamming him. They just did a polar plunge out of Rhode Island and they raised over $10,000 for a family in need. It’s also for terminal children. They (Barroom Heroes) did a benefit after meeting with Ken Casey and they (Punks for a Princess) were nice enough to let them play, even though they had never heard of Barroom Heroes before.
Check out BarRoom Heroes on the following sites: Facebook Reverbnation