Name: Jeff "3 Strings" Givens
Height: 6'3
Weight: 225
Birth Date: 07/16/1982
Location: Granada Hills, CA
Fame: PBP, WBS, I know mar-teen from donnybrook
About Jeff: "It's not a party 'til your blackin' out."
"We drink, we don't bullshit."
Q: Tell me about your role in Wings, Beer & Sports and your thoughs about the band in general:
A: My role in WBS? Well if you can call it a role I guess what I do basically is drink to the point where I'm in a borderline blackout (per Nick's request), then Nick gives me a pen and some paper while he does some space age computer shit by hitting every button on the keyboard to come up with the next banger...and the rest is history. The best part about WBS is that nothing is scripted and everyone has a part in it. Shit, even Ralph and Kwiz sing on multiple songs, were not picky. Also, no topic is off limits and we're going to say whatever comes to our minds regardless of what anyone thinks. I love it when people hit me up and they say "Did you see what kids were saying about WBS on the Rev board?" Hahaha the Rev board!? What is this, 1995? Pissing people off is great and from what I hear I'm not bad at it.
Q: How do you feel about the current state of hardcore from a musical and communital aspect?
A: I'm not what you call a "show frequenter" but I love looking at flyers for shows in a city no one has ever heard of with 427 bands that all have "blood" somewhere in their name and people are surprised when no one shows up. Every one in the scene now feels it's their responsibility to start one or multiple shitty bands even if their previous bands were an absolute train wreck. For example, when ixa (Internal Affairs) started it was great, something raw and different for kids to get excited about and as a result every kid that has seen them [play] has started a minimum of 14 bands that are all awful. Jesus, just stop people. I mean if you can't hit a ball you're peobably not going to try out for the big leagues right? It's time for hardcore to focus on quality rather than quantity. No more Dino shows that start at 1 pm and end 3 days later.
Q: Give me a play by play: the inside of a venue versus the parking lot during a gig?
A: Well typically I usually arrive an average of about 2 hours late because let's be honest, those first bands don't even sound good from the parking lot. Then I proceed to stir up a parking lot situation if one hasn't already started. Then we proceed to make fun of Misha for about an hour or 2 which is great because everyone can chime in and enjoy this party. By now the bands are starting to wind down so you go find your friends who played and tell them "Awesome set man, kids were going nuts!" even though you know damn well you haven't got within 100 feet of the door. Now depending on the blood alcohol level and who is playing, we might attempt to make our way to the door. There's nothing more priceless then the look on a 17 year old kid wearing an Atreyu shirt when a drunk Dre and Zack start walking in their direction. On the inside I usually look around and think to myself "Who the hell are these people?" while the people on the inside are thinking "Wow, look at these assholes." After that I usually get on stage and watch everyone look like an asshole unless one of my friends bands is playing and then I'm almost always "that asshole".
Q: What's your affiliation with the band Carry On?
A: I think I can safely say I was their 6th man. I was just about at every show they played. I went to 2 or 3 in one day and anyone who knows me would say that is absolutely ridiculous. I was pretty much with those guys day in and day out regardless of if there was a show or not. Corey's story telling abilities...might have to be my favorite part of it all.
Q: Give me a quick review of the last demo that you received:
A: Terror demo. Pretty solid song writing with Vogel on the throat. Keep an eye out for these guys, they might make it.
Q: I'm going to give you a word and you fire back with the first thing that comes to your mind:
1. Wings: Garlic Parmesean
2. Beer: Bud Light
3. Sports: Red Sox
4. Misha: Foreign
Q: Talk to me about some sports beef. Who are your favorite teams and who do you want to use this open forum to hate on?
Love: Red Sox, Broncos, Lakers
Hate: Yankees, Raiders, Kings
Well there isn't too much beef going on as of right now. Baseball just started and we took 2 of 3 from the Yankees in our first series. It's too early in the season for that to mean anything but I just love it that the Yankees party is slowly coming to a fucking end finally. We've won 2 of the past 4 world series after an 86 year layoff and they haven't really done shit this decade but choke and piss opportunities away, so I'm alright with that. The game is a little tougher when your dudes aren't on the juice, eh? My favorite thing is they just spent 5 hours digging up concrete at their new stadium to remove a David Ortiz jersey that was placed there by a Red Sox fan who happened to do construction on the stadium. If that doesn't scream "shook ones" I don't know what does. As far as the Broncos and Raiders are concerned, we both were dogshit last year. The Raiders have been the worst team in the NFL since their free fall in the Superbowl against the Bucc's and until they do anything to flirt with the idea that they might be ready to make a playoff run I'm not going to worry about them. It's also really cool when all your friends can't believe the Raiders and hate the Broncos...good life I live. Lakers...back on top of the west! For all the people that hated on Kobe and wanted to keep Shaq...fuck you! Have you seen Shaq lately? He runs down the court twice and he's gassed for a month. 6 points and 5 rebounds is not going to get it done. Don't tarnish the legacy anymore...just retire. Can't wait to knock the Suns out of the playoffs.
Q: Give us a play by play of a Superbowl party taking place at your house:
- I start drinking way too early.
- All the Assholes show up a couple hours before game time.
- More than a little alcohol gets consumed.
- Frank (3 Gun) proceeds to make 50 pounds of wings.
- Try to BBQ the meat in the garage because it's too windy and almost set the house on fire.
- More drinking.
- Hit rocks at our neighbors with my roommates golf clubs.
- Still drinking.
- Find a hard hat and throw it at Ralph.
- Should have stopped drinking.
- Dre throws Ralph through table.
- I yell at Ralph while drinking.
- Dre yells at me.
- House destroyed.
- Everyone leaves.
- I wake up and go on espn.com and see who won the Superbowl.
Q: Any words of wisdom for anybody out there in the world?
A: Don't get into Nascar.
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