Interview with Wayne Everett
by Alyssa Johnston

Alyssa Johnston: How did you first get involved in the music industry?
Wayne Everett: I went to a show and offered my drumming services to the opening band.

AJ: What is your role in the Lassie Foundation?
Wayne: Singer and Love Technician.

AJ: Who influences you the most vocally?
Wayne: Many people...people like Toni Halliday of Curve, Brian Wilson, and that one guy  in N'Sync.

AJ: What are your hopes for the Lassie Foundation's future?
Wayne: I'd like to see our band flourish in every sense of the word.

AJ:  What direction do you think the band is heading in musically, or which way would you like to be heading?
Wayne: Recently our songwriting has been extremely collaborative.  One person will come in with  an unfinished idea, and everyone throws a color on it.  On the other hand, some of the  songs start as one person's vision, and the others contribute in a less major way.  Either  way, I think that the process is good in that it's democratic, and when you really trust
 each other musically, then there are no egos that get crushed.  And everyone likes  the  song!

AJ:  How do the new songs LF is working on compare to songs on previous albums?
Wayne: The newer numbers are a bit less noisy, more clean.  I think it's much more daring to strip  off all of the fireworks and let the song be nude.  Not that I'm against fireworks at all--we  all love to light the place up.

AJ:  What is your favorite Lassie Foundation song?
Wayne: All the hits--and the others, too.

AJ: What do you do outside of music?
Wayne: Talk about music and listen to music and substitute teach high schoolers.

AJ: You and Eric have worked together for a long time, what has kept you guys  together         making music?
Wayne: This relates to what I said earlier, about trust, about having people around you who are  creative and push you to different places within yourself.  And he's cool.

AJ: What are some of your all time favorite bands or albums?
Wayne: This could take days to figure out, so here's a few off of the top of my head:  Sex Pistols  Never Mind..., Pretenders 1st, Big Star's 1st, Verve's Storm in Heaven, anything by  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, MBV, Girls Against Boys Venus Lux, U2 Unforgettable Fire +  previous, Yo La Tengo Electro-Pura, I'm forgetting others....

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