Can you give us a little bit of background on your band - reasons for forming, how you got together, what kind of goals you had in mind?
Kate: Gav & I got together because we were in a goth/synth-poppy band calledConscious Structure with a friend of his from high school. It really
wasn't the style of music that either of us wanted to play, or a scene
that I was used to at all, beyond occasionally attending DC-area
goth/industrial dance nights back in 1999 and poking vague fun at on the
Internet. We weren't having much fun at all, but we were both itching to
play, so we did it until it occurred to us we could just secede and start
our own rock thing. So, we did. Gav had played with Ben before and called
him up after a few of my friends proved to be decent drummers but not
exactly what we were looking for. He said, "This guy brings the rock." I
thought, "Okay." But I sure wasn't prepared for the Dover. It was an
instantaneous and amazing fit. Gabe was an add-on in late '04 after we'd
seen him play a couple of solo shows around the area. He & Ben were good
friends, and I thought he would make a good backup singer/rhythm
guitarist. Instead he ended up adding some crazy experimental tones that I
never even expected. I'd say the goals write themselves as we grow and
develop. I mean, we've only been together with the 4-member line-up since
November or so, with Ben for just over a year, and the Gav & Kate
experience didn't even become a concrete idea until very late 2003/early
2004.
Gavin: I felt the need to save rock 'n' roll. Thankfully I got over that
and now I focus on more important things like finding a Visa card with a
low APR.
