Fouled Out

If you get a chance to see these guys play you need to jump! What a good time, really enjoyed the show!

-http://thesunbeachclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12:fouledout&catid=2:newsflash


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Aaron Trueblood, bass guitarist for the Bethpage-based power pop/alternative rock band Fouled Out, was a junior at Gallatin High School when the three-man group performed as a showcasing act at the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, in 2007.
Two years earlier, Trueblood had joined with lead vocalist Alex Khoury to form the band, which won several area competitions before releasing a four-song demo, “A Walk Through Walnut Ranch” in 2006.
That experience, however, did not prepare them for what they would find at SXSW ’07.
“It was just crazy,” Trueblood recalled. “You’d be sitting there and you’d see Drew Barrymore walk down the street, and you’re just like, ‘Wow!’”
“We pretty much felt like chickens with our heads cut off, because we had no idea what to do, what we were doing,” said Khoury, a 2006 graduate of Gallatin High School. “We were very young at the time.”
Three years later, Trueblood and Khoury are returning to Austin – along with the band’s newest member, 18-year-old drummer Johnathan Hughes – after Fouled Out was selected to perform as a showcasing act at the 24th Annual SXSW Conference and Music Festival, which begins Wednesday, March 17, and continues through Sunday, March 21.
The South by Southwest Conference and Music Festival will feature approximately 2,000 showcasing acts – including singer-songwriters Suzanne Vega and Macy Gray and the iconic rock band Cheap Trick – performing on 88 stages, while attracting thousands of music professionals.
A keynote address, which will be delivered this year by the legendary Smokey Robinson, anchors four days of panels, interviews, workshops, mentor sessions, peer meetings and a trade show at the Austin Convention Center.
With so much to do in so little time, Trueblood and Khoury are hoping that – this year – they are not only a little bit older, but a little bit wiser as well.
“We were so young, and we went down there and partied like idiots the first time,” Khoury said of the band’s experience at SXSW ’07.
“That’s not how it should be done,” Trueblood interjected.
“We know that we’re not going to get much done or really get a lot from the experience just thinking that it’s a big party,” Khoury continued. “We definitely know what we want to do while we’re down there, and there’s so much to do that it can get overwhelming.”
“But you can’t let it,” Khoury added. “You just need to realize that it’s an all new experience and a learning process.”
Trueblood agreed.
“You have to know what you’re doing, and know what you want before you go down there,” Trueblood said. “The first time we went, we were just like, ‘We’re going to his festival and play.’ We didn’t know what to expect.”
“This time around, we’re prepared so much more for this, and we know what we want,” Trueblood added. “Hopefully, what we can get out of it is positive feedback.”
Khoury will actually be making his third appearance as a showcasing act at the SXSW Music Festival, having performing at the event in 2008 as a solo artist after Fouled Out broke up “for a little while.”
“What happened really was our drummer went his own way,” Khoury said. “And Aaron at the time was not 18 and his mother wanted him to focus on school. That’s understandable, of course.”
Khoury said that one of the things he learned from the experience, however, was that he did not like being a solo act.
“That was definitely interesting,” Khoury said. “I found out that I don’t really like to play by myself. There’s just something about being in a band: the brotherhood, the friendships, the fights – everything that goes along with it.”
“When you’re playing as an acoustic artist, it’s not a performance as much as it’s just showcasing yourself as a songwriter,” Khoury continued. “Which is great, because they could really concentrate on the lyrics and stuff like that, but, yeah, it really put things into perspective of what I wanted to do and what needed to be done.”
The first step in resurrecting Fouled Out after Khoury returned to Tennessee was to find a new drummer.
“I think we have a drummer’s curse,” Khoury said with a laugh. “I don’t know what it is.”
Trueblood and Khoury subsequently teamed up with longtime fan Matt Twidle on drums, and Fouled Out was back in business.
“He was the first drummer that we had that we really felt like we kind of connected with, and we really started finding our sound,” Khoury said. “But when you have a young drummer and young people playing in the band, sometimes they’re not sure exactly what they’re wanting to do.”
The night before Fouled Out was scheduled to open for Nashville rock band Framing Hanley, Twidle informed Trueblood and Khoury that he no longer wanted to be in the group.
“It was not a good phone call,” Trueblood said.
With the search for another drummer under way, Khoury said that Fouled Out’s biggest fan, Amanda Smith of Gallatin, came to the rescue.
“One day, she gives us a phone call and says, ‘Hey, I found you a drummer - Ed Cahill,

Aaron Trueblood, bass guitarist for the Bethpage-based power pop/alternative rock band Fouled Out, was a junior at Gallatin High School when the three-man group performed as a showcasing act at the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas, in 2007.
Two years earlier, Trueblood had joined with lead vocalist Alex Khoury to form the band, which won several area competitions before releasing a four-song demo, “A Walk Through Walnut Ranch” in 2006.
That experience, however, did not prepare them for what they would find at SXSW ’07.
“It was just crazy,” Trueblood recalled. “You’d be sitting there and you’d see Drew Barrymore walk down the street, and you’re just like, ‘Wow!’”
“We pretty much felt like chickens with our heads cut off, because we had no idea what to do, what we were doing,” said Khoury, a 2006 graduate of Gallatin High School. “We were very young at the time.”
Three years later, Trueblood and Khoury are returning to Austin – along with the band’s newest member, 18-year-old drummer Johnathan Hughes – after Fouled Out was selected to perform as a showcasing act at the 24th Annual SXSW Conference and Music Festival, which begins Wednesday, March 17, and continues through Sunday, March 21.
The South by Southwest Conference and Music Festival will feature approximately 2,000 showcasing acts – including singer-songwriters Suzanne Vega and Macy Gray and the iconic rock band Cheap Trick – performing on 88 stages, while attracting thousands of music professionals.
A keynote address, which will be delivered this year by the legendary Smokey Robinson, anchors four days of panels, interviews, workshops, mentor sessions, peer meetings and a trade show at the Austin Convention Center.
With so much to do in so little time, Trueblood and Khoury are hoping that – this year – they are not only a little bit older, but a little bit wiser as well.
“We were so young, and we went down there and partied like idiots the first time,” Khoury said of the band’s experience at SXSW ’07.
“That’s not how it should be done,” Trueblood interjected.
“We know that we’re not going to get much done or really get a lot from the experience just thinking that it’s a big party,” Khoury continued. “We definitely know what we want to do while we’re down there, and there’s so much to do that it can get overwhelming.”
“But you can’t let it,” Khoury added. “You just need to realize that it’s an all new experience and a learning process.”
Trueblood agreed.
“You have to know what you’re doing, and know what you want before you go down there,” Trueblood said. “The first time we went, we were just like, ‘We’re going to his festival and play.’ We didn’t know what to expect.”
“This time around, we’re prepared so much more for this, and we know what we want,” Trueblood added. “Hopefully, what we can get out of it is positive feedback.”
Khoury will actually be making his third appearance as a showcasing act at the SXSW Music Festival, having performing at the event in 2008 as a solo artist after Fouled Out broke up “for a little while.”
“What happened really was our drummer went his own way,” Khoury said. “And Aaron at the time was not 18 and his mother wanted him to focus on school. That’s understandable, of course.”
Khoury said that one of the things he learned from the experience, however, was that he did not like being a solo act.
“That was definitely interesting,” Khoury said. “I found out that I don’t really like to play by myself. There’s just something about being in a band: the brotherhood, the friendships, the fights – everything that goes along with it.”
“When you’re playing as an acoustic artist, it’s not a performance as much as it’s just showcasing yourself as a songwriter,” Khoury continued. “Which is great, because they could really concentrate on the lyrics and stuff like that, but, yeah, it really put things into perspective of what I wanted to do and what needed to be done.”
The first step in resurrecting Fouled Out after Khoury returned to Tennessee was to find a new drummer.
“I think we have a drummer’s curse,” Khoury said with a laugh. “I don’t know what it is.”
Trueblood and Khoury subsequently teamed up with longtime fan Matt Twidle on drums, and Fouled Out was back in business.
“He was the first drummer that we had that we really felt like we kind of connected with, and we really started finding our sound,” Khoury said. “But when you have a young drummer and young people playing in the band, sometimes they’re not sure exactly what they’re wanting to do.”
The night before Fouled Out was scheduled to open for Nashville rock band Framing Hanley, Twidle informed Trueblood and Khoury that he no longer wanted to be in the group.
“It was not a good phone call,” Trueblood said.
With the search for another drummer under way, Khoury said that Fouled Out’s biggest fan, Amanda Smith of Gallatin, came to the rescue.
“One day, she gives us a phone call and says, ‘Hey, I found you a drummer - Ed Cahill,

http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/15/fouled-out-interview-sxsw-2010/

As a center for great music, Nashville continues to churn out great stuff and Fouled Out is no exception. The core of the band, Aaron Trueblood and Alex Khoury, has been together for more than 6 years, but their youth and surprisingly refreshing rock music is both fun and diverse. Their past EP "A Walk Through Walnut Ranch" on which they worked with Paul Martin and legendary producer/musician Leon Medica garnered them impressive reviews and kept them going until meeting their drummer and final missing piece, Johnny Hughes. Currently on pre-production on a full length release, we chatted with them before SXSW.

Describe your sound in your own words.

Universal power-pop with an edge

How did your band form?

We met in high school, and many drummers later we found John.

What are your musical influences?

The Beatles, Green Day, Muse, and the Fans

How did you come up with your band name?

It is a slang term in Tennessee meaning "f*cked up" or "gone", etc.

What's your biggest vice?

It used to be weed and cigarettes..... now it's just golf! Ha.

What's in your festival survival kit?

CDs, press kits, deoderant and everlasting gobstoppers

Who was your first celeb crush?

Liv Tyler

What's your musical guilty pleasure?

Savage Garden. Ha, it's like a drink of cherry cola.

Beatles or Stones?

Beatles, but I do love the Stones.

What's the craziest thing you've seen or experienced while on tour?

Having to play without a drummer at a frat party -- he quit the night before! - Spinner Magazine by: K. Finley Slocum

http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/15/fouled-out-interview-sxsw-2010/

As a center for great music, Nashville continues to churn out great stuff and Fouled Out is no exception. The core of the band, Aaron Trueblood and Alex Khoury, has been together for more than 6 years, but their youth and surprisingly refreshing rock music is both fun and diverse. Their past EP "A Walk Through Walnut Ranch" on which they worked with Paul Martin and legendary producer/musician Leon Medica garnered them impressive reviews and kept them going until meeting their drummer and final missing piece, Johnny Hughes. Currently on pre-production on a full length release, we chatted with them before SXSW.

Describe your sound in your own words.

Universal power-pop with an edge

How did your band form?

We met in high school, and many drummers later we found John.

What are your musical influences?

The Beatles, Green Day, Muse, and the Fans

How did you come up with your band name?

It is a slang term in Tennessee meaning "f*cked up" or "gone", etc.

What's your biggest vice?

It used to be weed and cigarettes..... now it's just golf! Ha.

What's in your festival survival kit?

CDs, press kits, deoderant and everlasting gobstoppers

Who was your first celeb crush?

Liv Tyler

What's your musical guilty pleasure?

Savage Garden. Ha, it's like a drink of cherry cola.

Beatles or Stones?

Beatles, but I do love the Stones.

What's the craziest thing you've seen or experienced while on tour?

Having to play without a drummer at a frat party -- he quit the night before! - Spinner Magazine by: K. Finley Slocum