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I thought about transcribing this interview, while attempting it I realized just how long that would take so I’m taking the lazy way out. Just listen to it! Plus I don’t really like reading interviews cause I feel like pieces are left out from the original conversation. Also, there really isn’t any editing done, its just uncut audio. I apologize for the crappy quality audio. I had some technical difficulties during the interview, but all the kinks have been worked out and expect great audio next time around!
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Interview with Frank Werner – Guitarist for Andrew W.K.
EDIT: I transcribed the whole thing!
AWKMusic
Okay so I just wrote down a bunch of questions to ask you. And they’re pretty basic, pretty straight forward. Actually, two days ago I started asking people online to submit questions. So some of the questions are from people who were just curious other than myself. What’s with the name “Sergeant Frank” and the camouflage pants?
SGT. Frank
Where did they come from? I like camouflage pants, and that was something Andrew started calling me Sergeant Frank. Right, so even when we were rehearsing in Florida, I don’t know if you saw the picture of I Get Wet, of all of us standing there in John Tardy’s kitchen. I’m wearing a black tank top and camo pants. So then it got to where, well might as well wear the military [phone call drops out]. Yeah we were actually in Riverview or Gibsonton, at John Tardy’s house, the singer of Obituary. They have a nice garage out back they rehearsed in, so we were rehearsing there. Because Donald was the drummer at that time.
AWKMusic
So he saw your camo pants and then he just started calling you Sergeant Frank?
SGT. Frank
Not really, he wanted me to wear army, uh camo pants even though I already had some that I was [phone call drops out].
AWKMusic
Note: I think I had asked about a fun story from all his years touring?
SGT. Frank
Food Poisoning Story:
We were playing I wanna say San Diego, or some place down south. And Blake and Ken had this rental car that our tour manager had rented. So instead of taking it back right away they said, we’ll hell we’ll just go on a joy ride. So they went down south, they said they were one mile from the border of Tijuana. They bought 28 tacos. Twenty eight. Two – Eight. And so anyways, I was like. I think I was sleeping when they got back. And I got up and saw all these tacos laid out, and I must have eaten five of them. But one of them tasted really funny. And I was like, what is this? And they were saying “oh it’s tripe”, there’s chicken, there’s beef, there’s pig skin, whatever else the other ones were. So the next day was not fun. And the next ten days it probably sucked. Just being sick, and discolored, and weak, and thirsty, and just hating it. So anyways there will be no more roadside stand tacos being bought near the border or actually anywhere. I’m done. I can go to Taco Bell or a nice Mexican restaurant but no more of those roadside stands. [phone call drops out].
AWKMusic
Okay I think this will work because I’m just recording it off my video camera now so this should work. And if it cuts out then we’ll know that it’s not Google Voice and if it doesn’t we’ll know it is.
SGT. Frank
Okay so its actually got the voice on for the audio?
AWKMusic
Yeah, yeah, I’m recording the audio from my video camera now and I got you on speaker. So I think it should be pretty good.
SGT. Frank
Okay.
AWKMusic
Okay so when it cut out you said that you rehearsed in the Tardy’s garage or whatever. How long did it take for you guys to learn the songs and the music and everything?
SGT. Frank
I was hired over the phone actually so Donald, DT, Donald Tardy. I was over at his house and we were jamming a little bit and he said oh, this is this guy, this Andrew guy, you know he’s got his own thing, and he’s this guy and he’s done this and that and he was going to touch in with him. And I said oh if there’s ever some opening let me know, I’d like to try to be in it, and be involved or something. So anyways, one of the guys that was initially going to do it decided not to because it wasn’t heavy/busy(?) enough for him. So anyways, I was in at that point. So I went over to Donald’s house, or Don and John’s house and we went through all the songs, learned all the songs. And then Jimmy came down. Actually no, I got a call from Jimmy and Andrew one night and we talked about it, you know, and they kind of said you’re in. So then we kept jamming like every day we’re jamming. And then Jimmy came down in the van, in his van, and all of us started jamming. And then finally Andrew came down.
AWKMusic
Down to Florida right?
SGT. Frank
Yeah. You know what? Jimmy and Andrew came down together. That’s right. The first time they both came down with the van together. It’s been such a long time and my memory is shot.
AWKMusic
It’s understandable, that was a long time ago. Was it like a couple weeks before you learned all the songs, or was it like a month or how long did it take?
SGT. Frank
I think I learned the first album in about a week. But then there were certain parts that even though I played the right notes they were not played the way Andrew wanted them played. He liked, he liked a lot of the stuff to be split into like a, you know, instead of just hitting the note he wanted to be like a slide up the neck, (whoop noise) you know, and a lot of the stuff was instead of played with a, for instance, like an E on the fifth string is on the 7th fret. And then you would play open. Well, he would want it to be topped off on the top string on the 12th fret on the sixth string. You know, instead of just playing, I mean it’s a little more relaxed now than at first. All these things were critical. Every song I had to play and Andrew pretty much pulled up a chair, sat right in front of me and watched and stopped me during every song and said alright I want you to do this part here, like this. Even though they might sound identical. It had nothing to do with that (laughs).
AWKMusic
So he was pretty meticulous.
SGT. Frank
Yes. So when we have people come up on stage and play with us, yeah we see all that stuff. People knew how to play the songs, but they played them differently. And sometimes it is done exactly alike because of the way they’re played but a lot of times the chord’s did, but some of the single note stuff didn’t.
AWKMusic
You mean just like fans jumping up on the stage or whatever?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, but we’ve had other band members or bands that were opening up for us or even just come out for instance and play a song with them.
AWKMusic
Okay yeah, that makes sense. So how long have you been playing the guitar?
SGT. Frank
30 something years. 32 probably maybe more.
AWKMusic
So a while.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, I went from listening to Angus Young to Eddie Van Halen to Yngwie Malmsteen and Randy Rhoads. And then that was right out of high school so, really, I don’t know about how much better I’ve gotten since I was about 20 years old. I guess I know more about what I’m doing now, but as far as speed and playing I was probably as fast then as I am now.
AWKMusic
What is the hardest song to play out of all the songs that you usually do?
SGT. Frank
With Andrew? Hmmm, the hardest song to play.
AWKMusic
Maybe it’s not hard for you.
SGT. Frank
Let me think, I’m trying to figure out the hardest song to play. I guess the most involved one we do is I Will Remember Tonight because it has so many parts in it. But the rest of the songs are pretty straightforward. Sometimes when you play like Party Til You Puke it’s all down picking, it doesn’t stop throughout the whole 2 1/2 minutes of that song, you know. Sometimes your forearm gets all pumped up doing that. You’re like Popeye when you’re done.
AWKMusic
It’s super tiring I bet. Do you play any other instruments or do you just play guitar?
SGT. Frank
Just guitar. I was playing keyboards for a short period. I bought a really expensive one. And then when I bought a house I sold it so I could buy some carpet and tile. It’s probably a $2000 one and I sold it for $500. So technically I play bass sometimes when it’s my own recording, but gotI know a lot of a lot of people, a lot of drummers, a lot of bass players, a lot of guitar players.
AWKMusic
So you know how to play other instruments, it’s just that whenever you play in bands or whatever, it’s usually guitar?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, definitely.
AWKMusic
I saw a YouTube video of you a while back of you like you’re playing over some backing tracks with what it looked like was a student of yours. Do you teach guitar lessons and stuff too? Do you know what I’m talking about?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, with a black guy? Yeah, I still teach him. I have some students that live about an hour from here but they were spoiled little brats, and they didn’t really, one of them actually wanted to learn. And he was good. But the other one would rather play video games while I was teaching him for an hour, and the other one his parents, the kid is going to turn out to be just wimped out, I mean I would drive an hour to teach him and his mom would answer the door and be like, “Well, he’s sleeping right now and I don’t have the heart to wake him up because he wasn’t feeling good when he got home”. And it’s like well fuck it took me an hour to get here. Gas times money and then now I’m not going to get the $25 for teaching him? I’m over it.
AWKMusic
So did that kind of shut you off from teaching or are you still still accepting students?
SGT. Frank
I’m still accepting students if I want. I mean I will teach any kids that are into it. I don’t care what the money is, they show up and they’re just doing it because their parents want them to, I just tell them I’m done, ya know? If they’re into it, and do what I say then there will be progress but if they go home and put the guitar in the case, which one kid was doing and not opening it up until he came back Then ya know forget it.
AWKMusic
So if any kids or anyone is listening in Florida they can get personal lessons from Sergeant Frank huh?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, but everything has to be just right. Because it’s such a pain in the ass. Some students are fun to teach and other ones are just a pain in the ass.
AWKMusic
Ideally, your next door neighbor, that would be ideal. If they were cool.
SGT. Frank
Well, that could be, that could be ideal. But then again they would be over every day. There were six or seven kids from down the street that would come over to my house. As soon as I got home they would show up.
AWKMusic
Did they know who you were?
SGT. Frank
I don’t think so.
AWKMusic
They just knew you were good at guitar.
SGT. Frank
Yeah. I taught one kid one lesson and then after that they were over my house wanting to play my amp and guitar. And I said bro I can’t try to entertain everyone when I get home every day I’ve got things I gotta do.
AWKMusic
So what kind of guitar and what settings do you use when you usually try to get a certain sound like the Andrew W.K sound or whatever at shows? Or if you’re recording an album?
SGT. Frank
Well, I’m playing all ESP now. I’ve been endorsed with them earlier this year. I prefer the short scale like on the Vipers and the Eclipses, the ECs. Which is a Les Paul shape and the Viper is an SG shape, like a Gibson SG but it’s slanted. So when putting it on a stand you have to make sure it’s just right so it doesn’t topple over and snap the neck off or something. And now, we were playing Mesa Boogie forever and those things are, you know, we were playing dual rectifiers. Which some of them sound good and some of them don’t to me. The last year we probably rented them, I wasn’t happy with them. And I just thought that you have to have the gain maxed out to get sustain and get the right sound. But now we’re playing PV 6505’s. Which is like the 5150 but the newer versions. And we have the gain on four, and we have everything else, the mids, the bass, and the treble, at around five or six. And the presence we have it, probably around 3:00 o’clock. And then also, what was the other one that was over there? Presence, there was one other one that was next to it that we had, that we had at about the same place.
AWKMusic
And so you found that you can kind of match the Mesa Boogie sound or whatever was used on the other albums, or to get whatever sound you’re looking for?
SGT. Frank
It was way better. The 6505s on four, which is plenty of gain to play crunchy and play solos and have sustain. But you can also hear every note so if you played for instance like a seventh chord or a major and minor chord, the full chord, not just the power chord, you could hear all the notes ring out. You know I thought it was a way, way better of an amp. Especially, and for us being that you can buy a brand new one for $1,000. Or like a JSX or I’m not sure about the Triple X, I have one sitting in my room but I’ve never used it. I’ve been planning to go over to a trailer in Orlando to get a Marshall cab(inet) so I can plug into it and tweak all the sound. But now it’s just holding up some clothes. They’re sitting on the floor, there’s a bunch of jeans folded and sitting on top of it. That’s one thing I gotta do is get to Orlando. And I’ve been using EMGs. I think I’m not sure if I’m still ____ (?) or not but I’ve been using EMGs now for a few years. Even when I build something I’ll put EMGs in it. So ESP, EMG and PV and Dunlop are the endorsements.
AWKMusic
Oh, so they endorse the actual equipment? I didn’t know that.
SGT. Frank
Oh yeah, ESP is really good. They’ve given me six guitars now. I have a friend that plays in Jon Oliva’s Pain. Jon Oliva is the singer of Savatage. The original guy, this friend of mine, he’s endorsed with Charvel but it took him 13 months to get one guitar. So he told me “Oh you can get Charvel but it’s just going to take you a while. And I said, well I can call ESP right now and if I get on them I know I can get two guitars probably within 2-3 weeks. And so once that ball got rolling they were shipping them out.
AWKMusic
That’s pretty cool. I play guitar myself. So I was kind of curious about some of the settings you put on it. What do you have any like other current projects you’re working on right now, like not the Andrew W.K. band, but your own thing or any other bands?
SGT. Frank
Well, I haven’t started it yet but I’m putting out a solo record which is going to be just this instrumental. It’s gonna be me and I have some other friends that I’m gonna let play guitar on it. On some songs I’m gonna have you know like, I don’t know if you remember that song by Hear ‘n Aid called Stars and they had 20 guys taking a turn playing solos. Well, I’m going to have something like that one of the songs is going to be a long song with plenty of solo places and I have some friends that are pretty good. And I know a lot of people. Whoever I can get that doesn’t suck, I’ll put them on it, if they sound like ass then I’ll have to tell them, Sorry, you ain’t right.. Haha.
AWKMusic
It will be the turning of the tables, you’ll be sitting in front of a chair telling them what to do.
SGT. Frank
Well, as long as they play their own thing and do it well, even if it plays three notes, every note is played well and not just flat sounding notes, they have like some vibrato on it or something then that would be all right. But they sure aren’t just sounding like someone just playing on keyboard with no feel to it and then it’s not going to be used.
AWKMusic
So it’s still in the metal genre though?
SGT. Frank
It will probably be around, the heaviest it will be, there might be one metal song, but the rest of it’s going to be more or less kind of fusion jazzy (?)
AWKMusic
Okay yeah just let me know when you finish it up, I’ll be sure to link to it and stuff. And direct traffic your way. This is from “Indiana” and he says, are there any bands around now that you’re into or would like to tour with?
SGT. Frank
Bands that I’m into now, I’ve been into the same bands. There’s a Brazilian band named Angra, there’s a guitarist that I met at MAN (?) a few years ago named Kiko Loureiro and that dude is a monster. I would definitely want to play with those guys, but you know, we play Party Rock and they play progressive power metal. So you know, I don’t know how well that would go together. And also Symphony X, I’m a big fan of Symphony X. They’re like New Jersey, but I imagine we could probably play the same festival. But as far as a tour would go that probably wouldn’t work out either. We played with High On Fire for a while, we had a tour with them and that was great. Those guys are fun. Those guys Party Hard, all the time. That’s us saying those guys party hard. I mean, snorting thetics (bath salts) is nothing for those guys.
Other bands I’m into, Brian Setzer, Guthrie Govan, I met him at MAN. I’d like to tour with Jon Oliva’s Pain because they’re all friends of mine. But then again here we go with the two different genres of music. You know, we’re playing party rock and they’re playing you know power metal.
Yeah, I guess my biggest, it’s kind of weird because you know, I’m influenced by everyone. So it’s hard to say who I wouldn’t want to tour with. Oh bands that I wouldn’t want to tour with? Oh I’m not gonna bash anybody, haha.
AWKMusic
But there are bands that you wouldn’t want to tour to with. But we won’t name those bands.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, nah we won’t name those bands. We just played, what do you call it, Warped Tour. And we managed to be usually on the same or either playing before or right after Dillinger Escape Plan. And that was pretty fun. Those guys are all cool. I mean, they got a great show because the one guy, Ben, will get up on top of the speaker tower. The one that’s on the side that’s like ten feet high and jumps off of it onto the floor, every show. That’s just, you know, absurd to me. But if he weighs 130 pounds that probably helps. I don’t see anybody weighing 200 pounds jumping off the thing. Unless there’s a mattress down there.
AWKMusic
Have you had any injuries while on tour? I know you just told me about your food poisoning. Have you had any other type of injuries?
SGT. Frank
There was once when we were playing in a club and we got there early and lights were off and we were trying to set our stuff up and it was pretty much dim in there. They had a flashlight that we were using to set stuff up because the lights weren’t on. But I was trying to wire two new pickups to one of my guitars and I was sitting on the floor. And had the soldering gun sitting next to me, the soldering iron, and I had a guitar in my lap. And I used my hands on both sides to stand up and put my hand right on the soldering iron. Burnt my pinky, ring finger and third finger across the tip of the front. That’s the part you use to play guitar. So for a week I was playing everything single notes. Because those hands the skin just melted right off.
AWKMusic
So you were still able to play though?
SGT. Frank
Ohh yeah just single notes though but it was on my left hand, the fret’n hand so I wasn’t playing any kind of crazy chords.
AWKMusic
That sounds painful, those things get super hot. Okay, so what did you think about the music, like Andrew’s music, upon first joining or hearing about it? Did you get a demo CD or anything like that or? What did you think of it all?
SGT. Frank
Yeah the songs on the first CD, the demo, were different. The song on the second album, Free Jumps, was shorter and had less lyrics in it. The chorus was a little different. I like the original better than the one on the second album. There’s a song called Kicks and Bricks and I believe that’s on the new album, with the new three-disc album. Which sounds more like a rap song. And Girls Own Love was called Girls Own Juice. And I Love New York City was on there but I think it was just the intro. And Party Hard was on there and She Is Beautiful was on there. Which I thought was the best song. So it was like, like nothing I’d ever listened to but I thought it was catchy stuff and it was kind of, to me it sounded like something that even though it doesn’t have shredding guitars in it, it was good enough to listen to, it was catchy and the stuff was cool and I liked the attitude about partying all the time and you know we’re going to throw a party and you can’t kill the party and party hard and it’s time to party and party til you puke. It sounded to me like, alright well I like to party. So, even though I was listening to Jon Avaris (?), and Angra, Symphony X, and Royal Hunt and stuff like that. But I was also listening to stuff like ELO, Styx, Boston, and not just power metal. But I just thought it was good.
AWKMusic
I don’t know if I have the same version as you, but I have the demo CD. Did Andrew send it to you? Cause the one that I have there’s 12 songs on it, and just like you said some of the songs are different on it. Did he send it to you with artwork and a press kit?
SGT. Frank
No, I think Donald burned the copy for me.
AWKMusic
So it had I Love New York City on it too huh?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, but I think it was just the intro to New York City. I don’t even know if I still have that CD. I’ve moved so many times since then and then all over the place, a lot of the stuff has been just uh, misplaced and stolen. I had someone break into my house and steal all my discs that had uh, you know we toured with a lot of people and partied with bands and I had all these great pictures on disc and someone stole my camera bag that had all my discs in it. So partying with Alicia Silverstone, and Rancid, and Sum41, and all these people, and they were just stolen. And they had all that footage.
AWKMusic
Dang that sucks. So did you play with Rancid? Because they’re actually one of my favorite bands.
SGT. Frank
Well we did a Warped Tour with them.
AWKMusic
Oh they were on Warped Tour the same year, like 2003?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, I think it was 02, maybe it was 03, maybe it was both.I don’t know we had a tight schedule in 02. We were only home for like 14 days in the year. And then 03 was like 8 months of touring. And 04 was 6 months.
AWKMusic
I saw you guys in 02 and afterwards I remember hearing like, well I’ve just heard in other interviews and stuff how crazy it was. How many shows you played back then.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, there were some tours where we played two shows in one day. We played Viper Room and then played House of Blues the same day. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the Viper Room in California in that little tiny place. Where the stage is like a triangle. In the back was the drummer and then there was this tiny little stage. You know there’s like 15 of us on stage. We’re all just up on each other trying to play.
AWKMusic
And getting in everyone’s way.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, and even when we played on Conan O’Brien once, well we played twice on Conan O’Brien, but one of the times we played and then we hauled ass in a van to play another show that night. That was somewhere close by, I can’t remember exactly where we drove to. It seemed like it was Boston, but that can’t be right. That’s too far. It was like two hours away or something in New York City, maybe it was in Pennsylvania.
AWKMusic
So in your mind what was the biggest or like the most exciting venue or gig that you guys played? I mean, could have been Conan, or SNL, or something…
SGT. Frank
Japan. All the Japanese shows are the best shows. Just because their fans are like, there’s no other fans who are like Japanese fans. I mean, you can walk around the street like, and if you’re like Steven Tyler, people are… I was in a record store in Japan and these girls were taking pictures of me while I was looking for Powerman or whatever. And I was like this is freaking bizarre, you know? And the shows, we played two shows at the same venue two nights in a row and both of them were sold out and each one was like 3500 people or maybe even more than that, both of them were sold out back-to-back.
AWKMusic
Yeah, I’ve seen some of the Summer Sonic shows and it looks like the whole stadium filled pretty much.
SGT. Frank
Oh yeah, when Andrew was down on the floor, everybody on the floor was all about him. It wasn’t like they were there to see some other band. I mean obviously they were there to see a lot of bands but they were into Andrew.
AWKMusic
So did you guys headline those shows or there were a bunch of different bands?
SGT. Frank
When we did Summer Sonic, No Doubt, and Guns and Roses and Weezer were the headliners. We played in the middle of the day, like 3:00 o’clock I think.
AWKMusic
What was it like playing on Saturday Night Live, that’s a pretty big gig?
SGT. Frank
It was cool. It was really different. You know we sat in our room pretty much all day. And then we’d get up and we played it, we did the exact show three times in the day. The first time was where everyone did it but they were in their street clothes. The second time we did it we were dressed how we were going to be on the show and all the skits were going to be done like The Rock was on it, for instance. He was wearing his getup that he was wearing on the show and when the skits where he was a gay guy at a bar. He was doing all that, he nailed it that time. Then on the third time we all did it again and he turned down the gayness a little bit so it wasn’t as funny. But the second time they should have used that skit. He nailed the gay thing.
AWKMusic
Who did that?
SGT. Frank
The Rock, Dwayne Johnson.
AWKMusic
Oh, that’s right, yeah he was the guest on that particular episode. That’s funny.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, everyone is pretty cool there.
AWKMusic
What’s it like working with Andrew in general? Just your, I guess personal relationship with him?
SGT. Frank
He likes to goof around a lot. He likes to drink. He likes to smoke. And he likes to stay up all night partying and watching TV; Seinfeld and stuff like that. He’s very into Seinfeld. But he is very serious about the music though. You know when it comes to the music, especially if he’s writing it, he’s not going to bend one note. He’s not going to bend one note if someone suggests oh, you know what you should play an F# here instead of the C# because it would still capture the moment. And he was like yeah okay, I’m going to play what I wanted. It would have to be some super icon to change a note and he would go with it.
AWKMusic
So he’s pretty particular about the music is what you’re saying?
SGT. Frank
Yeahhhh, and then some
AWKMusic
I noticed that you were credited on some of the albums and for obvious reasons, because you’re in the band for guitar. Did you have any Involvement on the actual recording of the main studio albums like I Get Wet or The Wolf or for Close Calls With Brick Walls. Did you go in and record any of that?
SGT. Frank
Not on the first two, on the third everyone had a bit of their own playing. Uh oh, batteries dying on the phone. But not on the first two albums. But on album three we had a little bit of stuff on there.
AWKMusic
You said your battery’s dying?
SGT. Frank
We might have to do a “to be continued…”. We’ll just keep going until it dies.
AWKMusic
Have you recorded any other stuff that hasn’t been released yet or in the past?
SGT. Frank
No, not with Andrew. Not with Andrew I haven’t. I’ve played in a metal band down here. But it was never really put out and all of us kinda lost interest. But no, not as far as Andrew goes.
AWKMusic
I could be wrong, but I’ve heard that he’s going back to record a new album right now. Have you heard anything about your involvement on that record or future tours?
SGT. Frank
There’s supposed to be The Next Big Thing, I think that’s what it’s called. It’s in Australia, it’s in January. But also we’re about to leave to go on a one month US tour, it’s about 5 weeks. We leave on the 29th and I think it starts on the 2nd of October. And it’s Dos Equis, they’re sponsoring it.
We’re going to go on this tour and we’re playing a lot of covers. With three Andrew W.K. songs but the rest are going to be covers. We haven’t even heard the covers or know what they are. But we’re leaving the 29th to go to New York to rehearse.
We’re rehearsing for two days, I believe. And then, I’m just taking a guess it’s around the 2nd. Maybe it’s the 3rd, maybe it’s the 1st. But our first show is in Northern California.
AWKMusic
That sounds interesting. I know he did like the covers from Japan. And who’s sponsoring it? Is it a certain tour?
SGT. Frank
Dos Equis beer, I think that’s how it’s pronounced. It’s a Mexican beer.
AWKMusic
So from 2005 to 2010 the band really didn’t play much, so what’s kind of changed from the original lineup to the lineup now. I know there’s different management and things like that, has much changed or is it pretty much the same?
SGT. Frank
I would say it’s about the same. Except obviously the members are different. Our management was originally this guy that was a dick. And then the guy we have now is much better. His management company. But other than that it’s really pretty much the same with new people.
AWKMusic
I forget the manager’s name, the old one, Silmser or something like that?
SGT. Frank
Trevor, Trevor Silmser.
AWKMusic
Yeah, Trevor Silmser and it’s Pete Galli now, or however you pronounce it. So it’s better now, everyone’s more happy?
SGT. Frank
Hello?
AWKMusic
Hello, can you hear me?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, it’s about to die. Why don’t we pick this up like next week, or maybe over the weekend or something. It keeps cutting out.
AWKMusic
Okay, cool. Can you hear me?
SGT. Frank
Yeah, but you’re going…
AWKMusic
Hey, thanks Frank, I really appreciate taking your time. I know it’s your Friday morning and you got stuff to do so I really appreciate it. It was interesting and exciting for me, so I really appreciate it.
SGT. Frank
Yeah, we’ll do it again in a few days. I’m not going to do it Sunday night and if uh, you know we’ll uh, yeah we’ll pick up again and do the rest of them.
AWKMusic
Yeah I wrote a big long list of questions. And we’ve covered a lot of them already so the next one probably shouldn’t take as much of your time, but I still have a couple more questions and I might think of a couple more too. But thanks I appreciate it!
SGT. Frank
Oh, you’re welcome!
AWKMusic
Yeah, we’ll schedule it, I’ll keep in contact with you and hopefully we can schedule another time starting sometime next week or something. Cool, thanks Frank!
SGT. Frank
Thank you.