Review Fix Exclusive: Chris Burney Talks Bowling For Soup’s ‘Songs That People Actually Liked Volume 1’

Review Fix chats with Bowling For Soup guitarist Chris Burney who breaks down the band’s newest collection, “Songs That People Actually Liked Volume 1,” which features newly re-recorded fan favorite songs from their first 10 years (1994-2003). Tracks like “Emily,” “Punk Rock 101” and “Dance With You” among other greats. The album also feature a brand new song called “20 Years (That’s A Lot Of Beers).”

Review Fix: Did you ever think the band would make 20 years?

Chris Burney: That’s not really anything we really thought about in the beginning. Our goals were to just get together and make some music and play some shows here and there. Still doing that to this day.

Review Fix: How does it feel to revisit all of these songs again?

Burney: Quite nostalgic. It was really cool seeing these older songs come back to life. Some of those songs have been played in 15+ years. Had to do a bit of re-learning on some of them.

Review Fix: What makes them different this time around?

Burney: The production is a million times better. Technology is a great thing. Also, some things that were missing got added. When you play a song live for a while, you tend to add and change things a bit. Same songs, just a few different little nuances.

Review Fix: How is this album different from other greatest hits albums?

Burney: Well, this is not really an record full of old hits. It’s a compilation of songs that we liked as well as the fans liked. They are also reproductions, not remixes. Rebuilt from the ground up.

Review Fix:What song on this album do you think has the best story behind it? Can you share it?

Burney: The song “13” was the first song we wrote as a band. First rehearsal. Came together fast and easy to be honest. Here’s a riff, here’s a chorus, here’s some vocals… We have our first song!

Review Fix: How do you want this album to be remembered?

Burney: As a testament about 4 fellas who have always enjoyed what they’ve done and have stood the rest of time.

Review Fix: What do you think the next 20 years has in store for Bowling for Soup?Did you ever think the band would make 20 years?

Burney: Hopefully more songs about funny stuff. More shows, more beers, and more good times.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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