Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008

by Chris Payne

nobody likes being misunderstood. I’d rather be ignored than misunderstood.

Kenny Mayne on SportsCenter was calling highlights and goes, “Mics are for swinging, not singing!” in reference to the feud between Taking Back Sunday and Brand New. Like, “What the fuck? People are referencing this shit on SportsCenter?” That’s when I knew shit got weird.

They used to come to our tour bus to play Halo. Sonny Moore’s Halo name was Skrillex.

When you’re a teenager, your love of music has been activated in a way that can only happen when you’re a teenager.