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Airborne Toxic Event

Airborne Toxic Event

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Catch up with Airborne Toxic Event in Austin, Texas right after their return to the states. Hear the wild stories from their performances in Germany and Paris--moments that will from now on be caught on film with their new Playbook! Hosted by Jessica Smith.

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Young Hollywood

And there's this one guy dancing in the front. It was like he was dressed in like pink and he was doing these crazy moves and yeah. What's the what's the thing to do here? Do you do you say something? Hey guys, Jessica here with Airborne Toxic Event here at South by Southwest. How is your experience so far here?

Airborne Toxic Event

It's it's really cool. We've we've been here twice before and it's always like a it's always like sort of like a mad dash to run from one place to another, but then it's really exciting cuz like every single band that you want to see is playing all at the same time.

Young Hollywood

You guys had huge success with sometime around midnight. Were you guys expecting that at all or

Airborne Toxic Event

I was like, here's a song with no chorus, no hook, about your girlfriend, seeing your ex-girlfriend in a bar from a band that's brand new, started by a writer. Yeah, man. Let's put the money on that horse. It's cool. We've we have this great community of fans that are just like they they like are super supportive and they like interact with us, you know, on our website and stuff.

Young Hollywood

And you guys just got back from overseas in Switzerland and Belgium and Paris. Did you guys what which country was your favorite?

Airborne Toxic Event

We spent half the month in Germany and so you start to really get a sense of the culture. Uh Paris for the food, though. I mean, Germany feels like kind of the most natural home for for our kind of music in Europe. And we were only in we were only really in Switzerland for 10 hours. So, we didn't get a good we didn't get a good.

Young Hollywood

They use francs there. Yeah. Swiss francs. I know I was going to say like the next time you guys are over there, you should, you know, videotape it on your on the BlackBerry Playbook. It's really cool. It has video camera, all of that, but if you go over there, It's amazing. No, I'll let you play with it cuz we have your website. Oh, look at that. And everything on it. But you guys could actually use this and go do the bungee where James Bond did the bungee in Golden Eye when he like runs and jumps off that dam.

Airborne Toxic Event

Oh, yeah, that was cool, yeah. That's the dam. Oh no, we're going to get a picture of you guys. Smile. We're kissy face in the background, you know, like that works too. We went there and like we played the tiniest club. It was like in a boat. And the fans were super psyched and they were passing whiskey up from the bar through the crowd to us and then we're throwing beer on them. It was fun. And then we And then there was this one guy dancing in the front that was like, Mr. Like Rock Switzerland. He was dressed in like pink and he was doing these crazy moves and yeah. It's like what's the what's the thing to do here? Do you do you say something? Do you pretend it's not happening? He was doing this pretty epic.

Young Hollywood

All right, well, I will let you guys like go play South by Southwest and whenever you go back over to Europe, be sure to take your BlackBerry Playbook. Okay. So, I don't get you one. So I get this one? Yeah. Right here. Just you know what? I got this. Now it's on tape. I think maybe you guys should start sharing.

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PEOPLE MENTIONED

  • Jessica Smith

    Host of the interview

  • James Bond

    Mentioned in relation to bungee jumping in Golden Eye

FAQ

What is Airborne Toxic Event?+
Airborne Toxic Event is a band interviewed by Young Hollywood at South by Southwest.
Where did Airborne Toxic Event recently tour?+
Airborne Toxic Event recently toured in Germany, Paris, Switzerland, and Belgium.
Which country was the band's favorite to visit in Europe?+
Germany felt like the most natural home for their music, and Paris was noted for its food.
What is "Sometime Around Midnight"?+
"Sometime Around Midnight" is a song by Airborne Toxic Event that achieved unexpected success.
What device was recommended to the band for filming their travels?+
The BlackBerry Playbook was recommended to the band for filming their travels due to its video camera capabilities.

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