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SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT<\/strong>
\n INTERVIEW BY BRIAN LENTINI<\/strong><\/p>\n

You guys just finished recording the new album \u201cF.T.T.W\u201d. What the heck does that stand for?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nI think it\u2019ll stand for different things for different people: Follow the three way; Faster than the world; Follow the truth within.<\/p>\n

In that song \u201cGuilty by Association\u201d, the lyrics say \u201ccrazy fuckin\u2019 summer hanging out with Madball\u201d.\u00a0 Is that referring to a summer tour with them?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nNo, no, no. This goes back to a time between Toby stopping touring with Sick Of It All and before he started H20. He was looking for what to do with his life; it was about a summer of hanging out on the Lower East Side, getting into trouble because there really weren\u2019t many shows.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t a bad time; it was a lot of fun, hanging out, but this is before H20 started.\u00a0 He kind of started hanging out with Freddy from Madball.\u00a0 The song was reflecting back on a certain time period in NY.<\/p>\n

So, he was getting into a lot of fights?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOh well, he was kind of involved when the shit went down. But the real thing in the song is when Toby says — (Toby in the background is telling him what to say)\u00a0 Toby is just telling me the line in the song \u201cI was just trying to be a positive role model but I got caught up in the rumble.\u201d He basically wanted to play a positive part.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t happening.<\/p>\n

Well, yeah, that’s what lead him to start the band.\u00a0 What do you think about the whole Trench Coat Mafia; you know, the Columbine High School massacre?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOh man, I think too many parents are having kids and then ignoring them while they\u2019re going through adolescence, and that makes a kid get way into his own mind and fucking do anything he can to get attention.\u00a0 It goes straight back to the parents. It has nothing to do with \u2018Goth\u201d or any of that shit.\u00a0 Those kids just wanted to belong to something because they wanted attention. Now, everyone is paying attention to them. Yeah, but they\u2019re dead now, so it doesn\u2019t matter. <\/strong>I think it was a total pussy crime but, like I said, leave someone with a half-demented mind, and ignore and ignore, and they will eventually. . . y\u2019know, shit will break out.<\/p>\n

Did you go to high school?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nYeah.<\/p>\n

Did you finish?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nYeah, but it took me about 5 years.<\/p>\n

Did you drop out or did it just take you that long?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nNo, I failed ninth grade English twice.\u00a0 It\u2019s because I was running around way interested in other things.\u00a0 I think I\u2019ve learned so much more since. But then I finally finished and went to college.\u00a0 I was gonna major in journalism, then I realized my band was way more important.<\/p>\n

In high school, how many fist fights did you get into?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOh, jeez, a lot. I went through a really rough period when I was 15 or16, drinking and doing any drug I could find, getting in fights. I got it out at an early age.<\/p>\n

Is there a fight in high school that sticks out in your head the most? A good one you can give me play-by-play on?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nUh… (searching memory).\u00a0 I know, because I still have a crooked chipped tooth to show for it.\u00a0 It\u2019s one I can never forget. It\u2019s not a fight; it\u2019s basically me getting knocked out.\u00a0 When we were living in Rhode Island, I was kind of into surfing and I met this girl on the beach and I was teaching her how to surf, and I didn\u2019t know who she was.\u00a0 But her boyfriend was some biker dude.\u00a0 I went to a party that night and this biker dude comes up to me and was like \u201cwanna smoke a joint?\u201d I was like, \u201cyeah, alright.\u201d\u00a0 I followed him down this path; it was an outdoor party.\u00a0 I\u2019m just following him down this path and the next thing I know, he sucker-punches me in the face and just starts kicking me in the face.<\/p>\n

Oh, shit.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAnd now I have a crooked and chipped tooth.<\/p>\n

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