3rd Degree
Interview with Jon Paul of 3rd Degree
http://www.thirddegreerocks.com

Girly Nation: What have you been up to lately?
Jon Paul: Well, we're in the process of moving to New York City right now. We just finished our album a couple months ago and we got off tour a couple weeks ago. So we're gonna move to New York now and start touring again, then do promotion for the album.

Girly Nation: What's the weirdest question that you've been asked on an interview?
Jon Paul: Well, i think the weirdest question would have to be what's the biggest fight you've had with the band, actually, it's pretty straight forward, ya know. But it was a pretty weird question. Another one is like has anyone ever stole anybody else's french fries. No other really weird questions really.

Girly Nation: Which celebrity looks most like your mom?
Jon Paul: Meg Ryan.

Girly Nation: Have you given that any thought beforehand?
Jon Paul: No, but it was the first person that came to mind, ::laugh::

Girly Nation: Are you into the Harry Potter book craze?
Jon Paul: Yes, actually I am. I've read the first one, actually I'm working on the first one, but I really like it so far, yeah.

Girly Nation: Have you ever been star struck?
Jon Paul: No, actually, I haven't. Well, maybe one time, but then I realized it wasn't that big of a deal, so I let go of it.

Girly Nation: Do you have any celebrity crushes?
Jon Paul: Yeah, Angelina Jolie

Girly Nation: Do you have any other passions besides music?
Jon Paul: No not really, that's basically all my life.

Girly Nation: If you could trade places with any fictional movie character, who would it be?
Jon Paul: Maybe Indiana Jones.

Girly Nation: Why Him?
Jon Paul: I don't know, he's just kind of a fun person and he's always doing crazy stuff.

Girly Nation: If you could be on any magazine cover, which would it be?
Jon Paul: Rolling Stone

Girly Nation: If you could change anything about the entertainment industry, what would it be?
Jon Paul: I would have to take away a few of the boybands...

Girly Nation: Do you have any embarassing concert stories?
Jon Paul: One time we were playing a show in Denver, and I walked out into the audience with my guitar in a song and I stood up on a chair and the chair got away from underneath me and the chair fell and I hit my head.

Girly Nation: What makes 3rd Degree different from others bands in the same category?
Jon Paul: Well, we come from a different background than a lot of the pop/rock bands come from today.. where as we started out working with older stuff like classic rockand we've got more old school influences than other pop rock bands.

Girly Nation: How would you, personally, describe your music?
Jon Paul: I would say that it's modern rock with an old school flare.

Girly Nation: How was your first live show and what was your reaction to it?
Jon Paul: It was pretty small, intimate, maybe 20 people there. In a small club and we were all too young, but they let us come up and play a few songs. It was a pretty amazing because we were sitting in our basement 2 years practicing for that, and it was a big step for it. It was a lot of fun!

Girly Nation: How long ago was your first show?
Jon Paul: 5 years ago?