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Publication: Twist Magazine
Title: Meg and Dia
Original URL: http://twistmagazine.hollywood.com/entertainment/interviews/interview.asp?id=8
Edgy sibs Meg and Dia dropped their album Something Real on Tuesday, August 8th—and we’re loving it! They’ve spent all summer on Warped Tour, so we got them to spill!
What’s the grossest thing you’ve seen?
DIA: Really, really sweaty people walking really fast and rubbing up against you. I don’t mind sweaty people, but when it’s all over me—GAH! And I’m sweaty, too!
MEG: Our tour manager!
DIA: Our fridge is disgusting right now. Nobody ever remembers to take out the food that’s too old. I’ve been on other buses to hang out and they’re so dirty. It’s pretty intense. In one bus, I went to the bathroom and there was toilet paper all over the floor because there was no garbage can. It’s like, “That’s cool...okay...”
Best show?
DIA: New Jersey was really, really neat. There were actually people here to see us, and everyone was really, really nice. And it was one of our bigger crowds. And then California’s always good, because we’ve been on three tours before and we have people who know us there.
You guys played the MySpace tent—was that cool?
MEG: It’s more intimate. A lot of people did come—they want to check out MySpace. I wanted Tom to come! I wrote him and said, “Why didn’t you come say hi?!”
DIA: It’s been pretty stressful. It doesn’t leave you a lot of time to do stuff because you have one or two hours in between. You don’t have a lot of time to go do something. As a singer it’s kind of hard on me. I’m talking all the time, trying to sell our CD. At the end of the day, I’m kind of bummed out. It’s hard!
What’s the most stressful thing?
DIA: Sometimes I still get nervous, actually. I’ve been having really bad anxiety lately, and I’ve been trying to get over that. I’m always scared about how the sound’s going to be. If I start getting nervous onstage my performance just goes downhill. I tighten up. I’ll literally get physical pain. My head starts thumping. At the end of the day, you have to remember you’re performing for yourself, not everybody else.
MEG: Jesse from Motion City Soundtrack put us on a bigger stage after they saw us in the tent a few times, because they wanted to help us out. We played in the amphitheatre. That was really intimidating. We weren’t used to that huge sound. So we got really bummed out about it. After that day, we got really gung-ho about performing better. One time I tried to jump off a drum riser! But it was something I never tried before. The Warped Tour has helped out so much.
Is it hard to be in such close quarters with each other?
MEG: Yeah. She’s a clean freak. If I don’t have my eyebrows plucked exactly perfectly, or if I let them grow out for a while or you know, if my fingernails are long...even if I haven’t shaved my armpits for one day she will freak out. She always has to check my teeth! That really bothers me. No one cares as much as you care!
DIA: We’re just really hard on each other all the time. We are our worst critics. But if anyone else says anything I’ll get really mad and defensive. And we don’t mind sharing exactly what we think!
What was your biggest fight?
DIA: Meg and I always go out and sell CDs out of a box. We have to do it in order to pay for our bus. I still do it every day and I hate it. It puts us in a really bad mood! One time I just set the box down and walked away!
So if you could sum up Warped Tour...
DIA: I don’t know if your high school did this, but “Best Hair,” “Best Legs”—they have that for Warped Tour! They’re like, “Fill out this sheet and send it to production by August 13th.” Best person’s gym shorts, best person that makes you laugh, best smile. I’m like, this is the conclusion that this really is like high school summer camp!
MEG: I’ve probably never been so excited in my entire life. When I was younger I went to Warped Tour and I loved it. That had been one of my goals. That’s something I worked for, it’s something I’ve always wanted to do! |
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