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fans can relate to the lyrics. Black Velvet story does Bowling For Soup have left to it’s kind of one of those… I’d need to put
brings up the song, ‘Guard My Heart (2010)’ write – and does Erik think he’d ever write a some more time between it before I was
from the ‘Fishin’ For Woos’ album, which book about his life? He replies, “I’ll tell you, ready to tell some of the things that I’ve ac-
also has an emotional out- tually written about. But as
look. Erik says, “I wrote far as ‘the ink is not dry,
‘Guard My Heart’. That was more story to tell’, we just
about a very specific person six weeks ago had a nice
and a very specific time. I sit-down meeting between
hope when people listen to the four of us and kind of
our songs that the idea isn’t mapped out the next four
too convoluted for them to years of Bowling For Soup,
understand what’s going on. so yes, there is no particu-
I think both Jaret and I write lar end in sight right now.”
fairly straightforward stuff. That’s great news for
There’s nothing too much Bowling For Soup fans.
hidden in the poetry there. And finally, to end on: In
So I hope the fans are able to ‘What About Us’ Jaret
see from the eyes that we sings ‘All I ever wanted
look through.” was to see you smile’. We
Erik says that the band’s ask Erik if what he wanted
downtime gave him “a more in the early years of Bowl-
fortified appreciation of what ing For Soup has changed
we have together as four much to what he wants
guys, and beyond that, with now. “No, I don’t think that
our crew and our manage- anything that we have
ment. We have always wanted or, especially for
treated this like a family sit- me, anything that I’ve
uation and everyone in- wanted, has changed at all.
volved from the bottom to I want to have fun with my
the top is one of my best friends and be able to do
friends in the entire world. this for as long as it’s fea-
Just to still have that and be sible without running it
part of that family and that into the ground and be-
community vibe that we coming a mockery of our-
have is absolutely amazing.” selves. And outside of the
band I still want the people
n June 4th, 2014, that love me to love me and
OBowling For Soup that kind of thing… so I
celebrated 20 years as a don’t think anything has
band – and as a way of cele- really changed since the
brating they worked on a beginning but I don’t think
‘Best Of Bowling For Soup’ that any of us have ever
album – ‘Songs People Actu- been really super-compli-
ally Liked, Vol 1 (1994-2003)’ cated people with all of our
was officially released in wants and desires. Every-
January 2015 and included body just wants to be
17 re-recorded songs from happy and try to pursue
their first ten years as a this and make their dreams
band, plus one brand new come true.”
song, ’20 Years (That’s A Lot Visit www.bowlingfor-
Of Beers)’. In the latter, Jaret sings, ‘Our there would be plenty to write about if a book soup.com for more info.
story isn’t finished and the ink still hasn’t was written and I’ve considered it and I’ve
dried’. Black Velvet asks how much of a got several stories down but I don’t know… Words & Erik Chandler Photos By Shari Black Velvet

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