What’s your favorite track one on a debut album?

I found a bunch of solid contenders while perusing my library, but I think this track really stands out because:

• It's a great track on its own.
• It serves as a fantastic introduction to what The Interrupters are all about.
• It is extremely relevant.

What's your plan for tomorrow? Are you a leader or will you follow? Are you a fighter or will you cower? It's our time to take back the power

What’s a hidden gem you wish more people knew about?

I don't have the words to describe why you need to hear this song, but you need to hear this song.

What song reminds you of your first heartbreak?

I don't know if it was my first, but this track was my go-to "just got dumped" anthem for a good long while.

If I could say all the right words I know I could make you stay If I could say all the right words Things would work out all right

Of course, it was never actually a matter of just saying the right words, was it? Teenage Me took a bit to figure that out.

Describe your favorite summer as a kid using a single song.

I'm not sure it ever escalated into a full-blown bottlerocket war - but we definitely had a few bottlerocket skirmishes. It's honestly a miracle that all my friends made it to adulthood without missing digits (or eyes).

Four Bics get flicked and the punks get lit We never asked if we should It's a game, it's a chore, it's a bottle rocket war And life never got so good

What song best matches the energy of today?

Live music has been such a wonderful escape for me lately. It's a few weeks before my next scheduled show (Ice Nine Kill's Silver Scream-A-Thon two-night extravaganza) and I can't wait to get back into it.

I wanna get into the crowd I wanna hear it played real loud

What song best captures your current phase of life?

My current phase is they're trying to end the world but I'm not going to let them, and (at the risk of getting stuck in a rut) Motionless In White's Scoring The End Of The World album has been a pretty frequent soundtrack for me lately.

The track Cyberhex in particular really speaks to me.

It opens by talking about how everything is crap - but love is our way out:

There's no tomorrow, life is but an echo Scars become mementos, this is war Extinction, ashes on your pale skin Love becomes a symptom of the cure

And goes on to explain the only way we win:

We broke it down, to build it up 'Cause analog life's digital еnough Initiate the Cyberhеx The only way to win is to reconnect

There's plenty to be angry about the state of things, but saving the world will happen through love and human connection.

Stay alive, stay alive

If today were a genre, what would it be? Pick a matching song.

It's Wednesday, and Wednesdays are generally pretty blegh. Metalcore features a lot of great bleghs, but few can blegh as blegh as Chris Motionless bleghs.

What’s a remix or cover you like more than the original?

My first impulse was CAKE's rendition of I Will Survive, and is truly great, but very few songs (let alone covers) will get me a-bouncin' and a-dancin' like Ripe's cover of On My Mind.