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band’s first [self-titled] album which was re- thinking how silly that was, right? Because ing more and more. “I see my kids growing
leased in 2003. Despite this, after five years, you realise that everybody is a critic and up now, they all have iPads and are now
there are some fans who cannot move on there are always going to be those people. talking to their friends through Snapchat
from Adam’s departure, resulting in numer- So, you just learn to ignore them.” and Instagram. I have to remind myself to
ous arguments and negativity between fans Staying on the topic of social media, tell them to get off the screen. I think it’s
across the band’s social media pages. Brad there is a track on the album called ‘The going to be a problem with the next gener-
tells us that they do not read the comments, New Real’ which captures how crazy social ation. I think it’s just going to be where peo-
but he acknowledges that there are always media can be, and how it has taken over our ple can’t even talk to each other anymore,
going to be haters out there. “It’s just a plat- lives. It’s a place where we are so con- they won’t be able to interact socially with-
form for people to complain. People are nected but using it can also make us so dis- out a computer in front of them. It’s scary. I
crazy in that [online] world, you know, and connected from the real world. It is so easy think it’s scary. But it is what it is. I’m hop-
for us we just don’t bother reading it. We’ve to stay in touch with friends and make new ing that something will happen, you know;
been doing this a long time so you learn.” friends via online platforms that the days all of a sudden it will become not cool, or
Brad laughs as he recalls how there was where we make the effort to physically meet something. I don’t know if it ever will, but
one time when, after reading a bad review up with them, or make a phone call to talk there’s got to be the ‘next thing’, right? Let’s
written about the band, they contacted the to each other are disappearing. This is just cross our fingers that humans can un-
critic. “We emailed the critic and told him something Brad admits he is guilty of doing plug and learn how to talk to each other
what we thought! Now, looking back and himself and it’s something he sees happen- again.”

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