Interview with A Wilhelm Scream at The Roadhouse on 12/7/04 with Nuno Pereira
by: Joanne Vitale

You have probably heard A Wilhelm Scream before, you just might not know it yet. Whether you have heard the sound that has been used in movies since 1951 or maybe you have listened to their latest release Mute Print. Either way, I'm sure you weren't disappointed. Singer, Nuno Pereira, sat down with me and gave us the scoop on what they'll be up to in the new year.

Smash: What would you say about all the kids that say, that once you go mainstream and get on MTV, FUSE, radio, or start playing stadiums you sell out?

Nuno: It's like that Lagwagon song, bands are cool until they make enough money to afford a house and pay the bills. Then all of a sudden you're a sell out. We do this for the music, but it's impossible to do it as long as some bands have been around and not gained much interest. The radio and MTV and sad part of music right now, but the idea is the idea and it still works so that's great.

What are you plans for the next few months?

After this tour we're going home for Christmas. Then we go out with Rise Against and The Explosion, and Most Precious Blood on the east coast. We are going to be finishing up writing some songs and go record our new album.

What advice would you give to bands that are just starting out?

Buy a van and go tour! Honestly, if your band breaks up after two or three years, at least you got to see many amazing things.

How did you guys hook up with Nitro Records?

Our A&R guy, Jon, came up to us at one of the Warped Tour dates in 2002 and we just kept in touch. We released our album Benefits of Thinking Out Loud on Jumpstart Records. Once we had it recorded we showed it to Nitro and they were like "hell yeah." Quote me on that, I'm pretty sure they said "hell yeah."

Speaking of Warped Tour, you guys were on it this past summer. What bands were you checking out?

Yeah, we did a couple weeks on the Smartpunk stage in the Midwest. We were really into Rise Against, Underoath, Flogging Molly and Bad Religion. For the first few days I missed Bad Religion because I was caught up watching other bands. You can just walk around all day and just watch different bands.

What's in your CD player or I-pod now?

Lots and lots of I-pods going on. A lot of Against Me, Alkaline Trio, Iron Maiden and Metallica. I listen to a lot of old, cheesy metal. The new Rise Against record is always on.