Review Fix Exclusive: Get Busy Living Frontman Chase Peterson Talks ‘The Feeling!’ and More

Review Fix chats with Get Busy Living Frontman Chase Peterson, who discusses the band’s new EP, single and goals for 2016. A pop-punk trio in the vein of Blink 182 and Good Charlotte, their polish and sound will take older ears back to their High School days.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Chase Peterson: Back in 2008 the band actually started as Kiss and Tell when former bands had broken up.

Review Fix:
What do you think separates you guys from other bands?

Peterson: I think having a frontman and a drummer that sings is a big thing and people always talk about it.

Review Fix: How important is social media to you guys?

Peterson: Social media is a huge deal because now it’s one of the biggest ways kids and people can find you and hear you.

Review Fix:
How are your live shows different than your studio work?

Peterson: We are for sure very high energy and funny and interact with people. Live we can really go all out.

Review Fix: What’s the band’s creative process like?

Peterson: Basically Jonny and myself bring our ideas together at practice. I’ll play a riff over and over and he will just jam drum ideas out till it fits. Lyrics come and go throughout the whole thing. A lot of the times we rewrite lyrics in the hotel the night before vocals and try them out.

Review Fix: Why did you guys cover “Fight Song”? What makes your version different?

Peterson: We wanted to do a big top pop song and Jonny found it, we loved the meaning behind the song. Our version just had some good old pop punk riffs and vocals, driving drums and killer strings. Just had more energy than the original.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the Timing is Everything EP?

Peterson: Goals for it would be getting radio play more, good reviews, label interest and just good feedback from the fans.

Review Fix:
What’s the standout song on the EP? How was it written?

Peterson: That is a hard question, but I would say our single ” The Feeling.” It was written by jamming the chorus riff for hours haha, the lyrics changed completely when we hit the studio. It brought back memories from high school and touring, we had so many good times.

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

Peterson: I’d like for this EP to be remembered for getting us to the next level in our music career. I want the world to know who we are from this and for it to make people want more.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Peterson: Touring in 2016 is next, hopefully finding a fourth member. Touring with larger label bands, festivals etc. We want to take the world by storm.

For More on the band, click here.

mm
About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 Articles
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.

Be the first to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.


*