PRP: What are your inspirations, to be writing such beautiful music?
dredg: Beautiful? We enjoy visual and conceptual music as well as hard, high energy shit. Everything from movie scores to _______________________ ?

PRP: What do you think of the current music scene in your area?
dredg: We are from the Bay Area, which is big and has different factions of music running through out. The harder music scene is pretty hard to work with. San Jose is closest to us, but has very few venues to put on good shows. The Sacramento area has been good to us. The kids all seem to feel the shit more than where we're from.

PRP: How do you manage to balance getting further education and making music?
dredg: Without education, our music wouldn't be structured the way it is. We have always done it this way so it seems normal.

PRP: How do you see yourselves in the next few years to come (if you were to look ahead)?
dredg: We see ourselves as the same people, still creating music, still performing music.

PRP: Seeing that their has been many talented groups in your area come and go, what common bond do you share to keep you going?
dredg: Friendship.

PRP: Whose idea was it for the whole story in line in the linear notes?
dredg: It was a collective idea we built upon and discussed as we were writing the songs. For our first full length album, we wanted to create a more appeasing composition for the senses.

PRP: Who is the fella with the dope hat and sword in the linear notes?
dredg: He was a character that Drew came across while visiting Siberia... the town's shamen (medicine man).

PRP: I know that Noah (Swoozy) and dredg are friends. Seeing that you included Swoozy in the "Thanks You's" and since you guys have shared shows in the past, how do you feel about Swoozy's disbanding?
dredg: It is sorry to see them separate but im sure they will continue to create great things. They were definitely one of the more individual bands around this area.

PRP: I hear you have relocated to the Santa Cruz area and know that it's a much more laid back and nature oriented county. Does this have any effect on your musical writing?
dredg: We have always lived around the Santa Cruz mountains, and i think the atmosphere of Northern California has contributed to our musical style.

PRP: Seeing how themes have changed from your first E.P. to leitmotif, which way is your new music leaning towards?
dredg: We don't always foresee where our music is going as a whole. As we are writing the new material, we can then step back and look at where it is.

PRP: I hear that a hobby of the bands is Motorcross (dirt bike riding.) How does this work in to your guys schedule?
dredg: We actually don't motorcross, but one of our sponsors, Mediocre Clothing, sponsors motorcross riders, skateboarders, and sufers. Maybe that's where that came from. http://www.mediocreclothing.com/

PRP: Is anyone in the band currently in any other music projects?
dredg: No, not that we know of; but if you hear of anything, let us know and we will take a hacksaw to their fingers.
PRP: Innie or an outtie bellybutton?
dredg: That would be nice.

PRP: When can we expect a new dredg album? Any information regarding that?
dredg: We are currently working on the new material. We plan to record a new E.P. this summer.

PRP: Any plans to tour outside of the U.S? Maybe Brazil? (hint, hint)
dredg: We would love to travel anywhere to share our music. Money and transportation are our only barriers.

PRP: Ever picked up a girl at the drive thru?
dredg: No, but one time we yelled: "fire in the whole", and threw the supersized drink back through the window.

PRP: Jay Leno or David Letterman?
dredg: Definitely Letterman.

PRP: Your sound is pretty much original and stylistic. Is it easy, or should I say, natural, to write such amazing music, or do you actually work a lot in your songs before deciding it's done?
dredg: We work hard on creating our music. Some songs take weeks or months to complete while other do come out quite easily. We wrote Yatahaze (song #9) in a day and it hasn't changed at all since that day. The song we are currently working on has taken us over a month. Besides writing the actual songs, compiling them for recording or to fit a theme takes a lot of organization. For leitmotif, we actually drew out maps in order to place things in their position. It is correct to say that we analyze the song with great detail before concluding it as "finished." But individual parts and riffs of songs can come naturally.

PRP: Is there anyway you can describe your band's style for someone who has never heard dredg?
dredg: It is hard to describe yourself in anyway without sounding pompous, so all I can say is: listen if you'd like.

PRP: What's in the cd player right now?
dredg: Brad Meldau, Art Blakie, Refused, Charlie Hunter, Mogwai.

PRP: Any last comments, thanks, or shoutouts?
dredg: "....and before the sun runs out, a journey can change the mind." Thank you very much to Pedro, wookubus, and all of Pimp Rock Palace.