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10 Questions Third Eye Blind bassist Arion Salazar
Posted: Thursday November 25, 1999 12:08 PM
The Fiend was wandering around on the field before the game looking for someone to chat with, but all of the players seemed too busy to give me two minutes of their time. Lions kicker Jason Hanson blew me off to "stretch" and then proceeded to gab with his fellow kickers for the next 15 minutes or so. May his hamstring be tighter than a turkey's giblets, and may he shank the potential game-winner for blowing off The Fiend. That I would be thankful for. So after Third Eye Blind finished their pregame sound check at about 10:45 a.m., I caught up with bassist Arion Salazar on the field on the Silverdome for a turkey of a question-and-answer session. 1. Have you guys played at a football game before? Never. I've never even been to a football game. But I have been to plenty of baseball games. 2. Who is your favorite baseball team? The Oakland A's, my hometown team. In the golden age though, the Billy-ball era. We used to go and get free wristbands. I'm a big Rickey Henderson fan. 3. How much do you guys follow sports? I don't know a f*&$%#g thing about sports. I'm actually more fond of darts. I'd rather watch fat English guys drink beer and throw darts. That's more fun to me. 4. Would you watch if there was a 24-hour cable channel devoted to fat English guys throwing darts? No. Well, I guess it would be good for a laugh once in a while. Yeah, I'd keep on eye on that every now and again, definitely. 5. Are you guys on tour right now? No, we are going to start the new tour in February. The new record came out Wednesday. It's called "Blue" and we will be playing "Never Let You Go" today, which will be the second single off the disc. It's got 13 tracks of rock-and-roll fury. 6. Do you have any fantastic Thanksgiving memories from growing up? The most fantastic thing is -- and it's kind of hokey -- just getting so full of food that you can't move. Just the good food that you gorge yourself on. Just stuffing your face with killer grub, that's kind of my favorite part about Thanksgiving. 7. What is your favorite Turkey Day desert? My grandmothers apple pie. I'm very American. "American Pie" hasn't stopped me from eating apple pie. 8. White meat or dark? I'm into both. I like a little bit of both, because variety is the spice of life, as they say. 9. What kind of CDs do you guys listen to on the bus when you are on tour? We got all kinds man -- a lot of rock-and-roll. The Who, The Rolling Stones, T-Rex, pretty old school. We're into some new bands though too, like Oasis. 10. Who is going to win today, and do you have a prediction on the score? I don't know, I suppose the best team. Maybe Superfan (the parachutist from the Holyfield-Bowe II fight in Las Vegas) will be here. He'll have something to say about who is going to win the game. 98-43 Lions. Wow, a high-scoring affair. Thanks for being with us Arion. Have a good show at halftime and good luck with the new record and your upcoming tour.
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