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Like I said, I interviewed FALSE START. here's the interview I did for my website:

RSC: All your fans and friends on Buzznet miss you! How have you guys been and what’s been keeping you all so busy?

Andrew: We have all been taking a bit of time out recently. We went through a rough patch and False Start was on the verge of ending. For me that scared me heaps because this band has been my life for the past 4 years. We have had a few lineup changes but we are back again playing shows. We have been playing heaps lately in New Zealand and filmed 2 videos recently.

RSC: Your music video for “I Come From A Place” hasn’t been fully released yet. With only the preview for our viewing pleasure, can you give us an idea of what to expect from the video?

Andrew: Its probably the funnest video that we have filmed and it's probably my favourite. We got to smash a car it was mad fun! We filmed it in an old wrecker yard. It's going to be on youtube on the 19th of April for international viewing!

RSC: In the blog post on Myspace titled VIDEO PREVIEW AND MORE…. UPDATE! as well as mentioning your music video for “I Come From A Place”, you also mentioned another video that you said would be up in a few months. Can you tell us what that video is for or what it’s about?

Andrew: It's for a song called "I will never forget" it's a song that Vaughn wrote for his Grandmother, about her passing. In general it's about losing someone you love. For the video we got the fans involved. It should be out in the next few months.

RSC: Vaughn, your previous guitarist left the band as well as David. Now that you've replaced one of them with Craigen, your new bass player, do you plan on staying a foursome?

Andrew: Yep, we have recently changed lineup. David moved on because he felt he could no longer be in a band with me anymore. Me and him had our ups and downs but it wasn't working out and he felt that he had to move on. I suppose me and him just grew apart. It's sad in a way because we had some amazing times together but he's starting a new chapter in his life as am I. Vaughn left for awhile but he has recently come back and is in the band for now which we are all very stoked about. Vaughn is one of my best friends and me and him are the only original members in this band so it means a lot that I'm still playing music with him. So now we are back to being a 5 piece!

RSC: How did Craigen end up in FALSE START? How’d you meet him?

Andrew: We met Craigen through friends, and I used to work with him at a music store a few years back that Jim (who was our original guitarist & my best mate) also worked at. So we have known him since then. He also played in a band with Ash called Endtheday.

RSC: For me, it’s insane to think that it’s already April, besides what was already mentioned, what are your plans for the rest of this year?

Andrew: At this time myself and the band are just trying to mellow out a bit more and concentrate on our personal lives and our friendships. For the last 3 years we were always super busy with touring, doing promo e.t.c as well as working jobs. So for now we are all slowing down a bit and just enjoying playing music. We are gonna be playing heaps of shows in our home country and we hope to get back to tour Australia at the end of the year but we aren't going to be touring as crazy as we were last year. I think last year we really burnt ourselves out recording an album, and touring as well as heaps of other stuff. We are just going to take things as the come and see where things lead.

RSC: It’s very clear that you all love your fans. You guys are always posting things your fans make you online. You always keep us updated on all the projects you do and never leave us in the dark. How good of a roll do you think the internet plays in this?

Andrew: The internet is an amazing tool used the correct way. For music it has helped us heaps!

RSC: I’m sure with all the things you do, you’ve met some really cool people. If you could work with someone again who you’ve worked with before, who would it be? Who would you like to work with for the first time?

Andrew: We opened for Escape the Fate last year I would love to play with them again sometime. Also Good Charlotte, would love to play with them again. The person I would love to open for the most would have to be Marilyn Manson!

RSC: I lot of your fans who aren’t in New Zealand would really like the chance to see you. Are you actively trying to find a way to visit us?

Andrew: Yes, we hope to get to places like the U.S. in the near future. But we are taking things as they come. We are not yet signed in America so its a bit harder for us to get there. If any of you know anyone at labels send them our way!

RSC: If there’s one thing about your band you could change or fix what would it be?

Andrew: That we never wrote the song "Mall Goth".

RSC: In the ultimate dance contest between the members of your band who would win and why?

Andrew: Hard to say, probably Pascal Jerry.

FAN QUESTIONS

1. As said before your band line up has changed a little over the time you've been a band. xcollapsingcities from Buzznet wants to know:

How has the new line up affected your music?

It has affected us heaps recently our style has changed and we are now writing stuff thats more heavy than our previous stuff. We always wrote heavy stuff but also a bunch of poppy stuff to. Thats not happening so much now.

2. Doroteathegreat from Buzznet wants to know:

How are Kiwi fans different in regards to American fans?

I've never met any American fans but I cant wait to! All our fans are awesome, I can think of any differences. Our fans in NZ are really loyal but im sure the U.S fans are to!

3. Heather from the Rockstar Connection staff wants to know:

Do you guys like waffles??

I do when I was in L.A i had them heaps. They are decent!

YES! I am so extremely happy that I get to do this and it will be my first interview but I get to interview False Start for my website Rockstar Connection. Yeah, you know the False Start from New Zealand that's really popular here on Buzznet?

Regardless of whether or not you know of them, Click here to see their Buzznet profile and check out their Myspace to listen to their music.

I need you all to help me out and ask questions. Post your questions in the comments and all the decent (and I stress the word decent) questions will get asked! You can also email them to me at theones@rockstarconnection.net.

I love you all,

Kori

YOU CAN NO LONGER SUBMIT QUESTIONS

We never expected to win and it was such an honor just to get nominated! But to win was amazing we want to re thank everyone on here for people who didnt see it on tv.

Firstly our manager Sha for all your hard work!

Juice Tv - thanks so much for your support, you have been awesome to us and we really appreciate it!

James (director of 4letterlie) Leah and Ivan and all the team and fish n clips you guys and girls are amazing!

NZ on Air

Angelo (deadboy records) and all the team at Universal

All our families and friends

Vaughn and Jim!

Jimmy Wong who recorded 4LL and Justin who mixed 4LL

Michael Braid and everyone in FTB!

Scotty Rocker, streetwise and all the other bands in he category

The big man upstairs who we owe everything to in our lives!

All our street teams!

Anyone who we forgot but most importantly you guys the fans you are the best fans in the world and without you we would not be able to keep pushing forward we love you and you mean the world to us!

This Award is just as much yours as it ours!

Thanks so much for making our dreams continue to come true!

XXX

The Past 3 or so years have been the best of my life, playing music with my best mates has been a great honour and amazing fun.

We have managed to accomplish so much together from our early days at Henderson Primal to the Fall Out Boy show, releasing Don't Walk away to "Through The Looking Glass".

I'd like to thank all of you guys for being so supportive of the band over this time, I can honestly say False Start have the best fans in the world, you guys allowed us to Travel around NZ and Aussie and share our music with you. When we started this in Andrews Garage years ago we had no idea we would ever get to this point.

Due to Health problems and other commitments I have had to let the boys continue on with the journey that is False Start and wish them all the best.

I'll still pop up from time to time and will be always be good mates with the boys.

So for now

Peace Out

V.

Hey everyone,

We are super stoked to have been nominated for a juice tv music video award for best ROCK VIDEO. We are super stoked to even be nominated but to win would be amazing, and we need your help to win!

All you have to do is go to the site sign up log in and vote

Go here to vote and there is some more info below! we are up against some amazingly talented and huge bands so we will need as many votes from you guys as possible to win!

http://www.juicetv.com/musicawards.aspx?category=3

Attention NZ Music Fans! This year’s Big Election is now open!

It’s time for the NZ music public (that..'s YOU!) to cast their ballots in the 8^th Annual Juice TV Awards.
The Music Television Event of the Year takes place on Tuesday September 30^th at the Stamford Plaza in Auckland, broadcast live on New Zealand’s Music Channel Free-to-air in Auckland and on Sky Digital Channel 62 across NZ.
Finalists include a complete who’s who of NZ music right now – with All Awards decided completely by public (again, that..'s YOU!) vote.
Voting closes Sunday September 21^st.

How do I vote?

1. Login

2. Select the category (Best Rock Video) you wish to vote for. You can vote for as many categories as you like

3. Watch the finalist..'s videos and make your selection by ticking the circle next to your favourite (False Start: Four Letter Lie) video

4. If you change your mind you can pop back into the category and make a swap by ticking another box

5. Voting closes 21st September 08

6. You are now in the draw to win an Entourage Experience with Juice TV

Thanks so much guys!

xxx