Asleep Share Crushing Valentine’s Day Memories

Asleep are ready for the most romantic day of the year, Valentine’s Day! Check out this interview where we learn about first crushes and crushing cupid memories.

Who was your very first crush?

My first crush was a girl named Katie Centorame. I used to think she was so hot. If I recall I was in eighth grade and she was in seventh. I’ve always been a big dork so I never really approached her. She had those track n’ field legs! Sounds like a motha-flippin’ hit single, doesn’t it then? She’s got those track n’ fillllllled legs, uhhh yeah, those track n’ fillllllled legs. You heard it here first. I wonder what ever happened to her. I suppose I could just ask Google or Facebook.

What’s the most outrageous (or creative) thing you’ve done to get someone’s attention?

Last year we built a giant 15-foot talking party robot named Punchy as a stage prop for our outside shows. In typical Youngstown, OH fashion, he drinks and punches and likes Shinedown. We took him to SXSW last year and it was a lot of fun just blasting music out of it (it has festival horns mounted on it), making people dance and being in our own little robot universe. It seems people really got the message as to why a bunch of grown men would take a month out of their lives to construct a 15-foot robot (hint: we’re derelicts). He even saves us from a band of super hipsters in our music video. He’s a hero, a real every man’s robot.

Can you tell us any memorable stories from Valentine’s Days past?

Unfortunately the only one that comes to mind sucks. I stayed at my on-again-off again girlfriend’s house after our show on Valentine’s Day-eve and bought her a 300 dollar birthstone necklace, which is something I never do. The next evening when I was leaving to go home she got all dressed up like she was auditioning for a Lil Wayne video and went to the bar without me. Ouch. I guess karma in karma out.I never gave her much other than a crappy Valentine’s Day.But I really wasn’t that bad of a boyfriend, I’m not a cheater, I’m just not very dateable.

What’s the worst romantic comedy you’ve ever seen?

Any movie Adam Sandler has made after Billy Madison.I’m happy to say I know this only through previews.

If you could date a character from a TV show, who would you choose?

Hannah Montana so I could have like, “the best of both worlds” and stuff.

What’s the best relationship advice you’ve ever received?

My dad once told me, “Sometimes if you want things to work out, you just have to ignore them.” He’s been married over 30 years now. He’s a regular steelworker’s Nietzsche, that Don Dean.

What band/artist writes the best love songs?

Prince or James Brown. Duh.

How/Where will you spend Valentines Day 2012?

My guess would be sending emails and studying to finish my degree at our studio. I’m not really a romantic guy. I have my moments though. See below.

Bonus: Will you write us a V-Day poem?

Apples are red

blueberries are blue

oompa loompas are orange

and none are as sweet as you (I’m so single) =)

How sweet. Hapy Valentine’s Day ya’ll!