The following interview was done in the hallway backstage at the 9:30 Club on 9/8/2000.

PRO-ROCK: You guys just signed to Atlantic. What effect will that have on the release of the new record?

NEIL FALLON: It's not really going to effect anything. We've pretty much recorded 75% of the record. And then signed, so the record's proceeding without them.

Every time we give a release date, it's always, always wrong. We're trying to get it done (mixed and mastered) by Halloween. So I'll just say that it'll be done by Halloween. But it's (release date) going to be some time after the new year for sure.

PR: Will it be released through Atlantic or River Road?

NF: It will be released through Atlantic. It may say River Road on it, it may not. At this point I don't know.

PR: Will the record be following any certain themes this time around?

NF: Yeah. Well, yes and no. It's hard to tell right in the middle of it. It's definitely more bizarre. I hate to use the word psychedelic, but it goes in that direction. There's a small little trilogy, like a mini rock opera. We've got 3 songs (Red Horse Rainbow, Oregon, and Oh Yeah, The Great Outdoors) that are sort of a trilogy. There may be one or two more songs that go along with them that may get tacked on there. They may not be in chronological order on the record. We're still working on that.

PR: Have you decided on a title yet?

NF: No. We've kicked around so many titles.

PR: Any consideration for releasing a B-sides record?

NF: We'd love to do it, but it's hard because each one has been on a different label pretty much. I think the only way a B-sides record is going to happen is if someone fronts the money to buy them from the record labels, and that would be us.

PR: How about a live record?

NF: We actually recorded some stuff not too long ago. We have quite a bit or recordings. We did a set recorded with BBC in Belfast that sounds killer. And tonight during the Bakerton Group's set and during part of our set we're going to record. We may use portions of that on the next record. It wouldn't be live in the traditional sense, but there would portions of maybe Tim's guitar track that would appear on the next record, for an example.

Neil also spoke briefly about the artwork for the new record. It's being handled by Sean Evans (Elephant Riders), and he said that it will be much more bright and colorful than Elephant Riders and Jam Room.