Four Year Strong

Out of boredom, I reached out and asked everyone who follows us on
Twitter.com/FYS to send me the most obnoxious, random, stupid,
ignorant questions to us they could come up with via @reply. This is
what transpired. It doesn't seem like much but it took me hours to
answer all of these, so say thanks and buy me a guiness if you see us
out on the road. Without further ado...

NickVictory @fys you can only have sex with one woman for the rest of
your life, but you get to pick. Who do you choose?
This is a much more stacked question than you could even imagine,
for the spirit of things I'll go with Jennifer Aniston, freinds or
current era.

Clinterus @fys What is the highest number of dragons that you've
slayed in one day? What knight of the round table do you consider
yourself to be?
Well that depends, on occasion I've had tasks where I had to slay
a certain number of gnarly dragons, but on occasion I've slain a
plethora of blue dragons and my prayer skill needed the boost so I
laid a lot of baby blues to rest of the years.

Clinterus @fys what are you thoughts, opinions, etc. on the band First
Class Motive?
I don't have any yet.

Clinterus @fys Who would own in a fight between a taco and a grilled
cheese sandwhich
I'm going with the grilled cheese, pure American Muscle right there.

TawnyStar @fys I know this guy that watches Japanese porn and the
girls make really silly kinda squeeking noises,would you do it? He
wanted to know.
Is this a serious question?
Of course.

ilan_b @fys which effects do you use on the microkorg?
Alot of them, but keep your eye on some vintage shit cuz.

r392 @fys what is the funniest shit you guys have done.
Not a very exciting answer, but just hanging in the van giggling
like cowards is one of my favorite things in the world. Talk shit?
Let 'er rip!

onearmboxer157 @fys IF you had a love child with Rosie O'Donnell what
would you name it?
My first born will be named Ashley, Ash for short. Named after
Ash from the evil dead.

paninisaywhat @fys Who has grown the longest beard in the band?
Dan's is pretty gnarly, he sets the standard pretty high for all of us.

qnotu @fys When you guys were in the studio, besides rockin out and
gettin hammered, how much man love was bein spread about.
All of it.

hotpinkshades @fys Last one I swear! In your opnion, who is the most
underrated band?
Their are way too many of these, our freinds in a loss for words,
our freinds in last lights, any of the real bands that still exist
these days.

CurtisStake @fys (NoHomo)what is your favorite non-pornographic thing
to jack it to.(/No Homo)
Well (no hetero) I really like to follow school busses around and
see what i can get going with that. (no hetero)

hotpinkshades @fys Sorry if I'm being annoying but, which do you
prefer cats or dogs and why?
I love them both, but dogs win by a landslide. My dream in life
is to own my own house and have an awesome dog that will get psyched
to come outside and dig trails with me. I mean how can you not love
dogs? They just get psyched that you're there with them. So rad.

chadimoglou @fys game on.. Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
I spent a lot of time soul searching for a hilarious answer to
this and instead I decided to ask the marvelous answering creature cha
cha. His answer? The singular is technically bra and panty, people
just starting using the improper "bra and panties" for singular and
plural. BS? Your call...

andrewpang @fys is pop punk dead, and who is your favorite
band..and why? is original music gone forever?
I would say that the term "pop-punk" is very much alive, bandied
about like a beautiful prom queen at a biker bar. Is the original
feeling there? Who knows, I don't even know what that means. I was
building forts in the mountains of Vermont not dying my mohawk new
colors every day.

ohrianna @fys : a friend of mine said to ask: "do your fuzzy faces
cause a problem when trying to go down on a girl... or do some girls
like a it?
This is an awesome question. I've never had any complaints, but
if you get yourself in that position, you have to assume that you're
into men with beards to begin with...

grimviolins @fys What's a band/singer that you're embarassed to
admit you love?
Hammersmashskulltits. Or ryansafricantoydrum. But only because Jay
and Conor have embarrassing photos of me...

icedmaple @fys What could you do as a child that you wish it was
still okay to do as an adult?
Touch myself in front of girls and have them think it's adorable.
Prison time gets gnarly I hear.

quietyourcackle @fys have you ever seen a squirrel pop a squat?
No but actually once at the studio we spent a significant amount
of time uncovering the mysterious world of the squirrel. We cawed like
a swooping hawk and it ran for its life up a tree and its tail
twitched wildly as the bulk of its frame remained hidden in a knook in
the old oak. I always assumed that he was using his tail as a last
ditch effort to confound the predator. Maybe it was constipated?

nikirunforcover @fys would you rather shower in a stall full of
boiled eggs or scrambled eggs?
On warped tour I had showered in egg smelling water. It really
sucked, these options both suck. A lot. But, I guess scrambled because
a runny yolk makes me sick.

fcfdillon @fys whos most likely to pee their pants on stage?
This is too close to home, their has been a million times when
I've pissed right before playing and dribbled some on myself, but we
all have joked about shitting ourselves. Only two of us ever have.
That's top secret though.

trandy @fys , Josh how much do you love/hate Yanni?
I've got no beef with yanni, he knows what he did. Yawn-i, what're you tired?

nikkixgoesxRAWR @fys Interesting? Fine. What would you want spread
on you? Haha, someone asked that during Science.
Maybe olde english 40oz. Then like a million ho's could drink it
out of my bellybutton with straws.

AmaAma5389 @fys are u recovered from your faceplant or should I say
stage diving?
I'm so glad people saw that happen. I was probably more proud of
myself that night than any other time in my life. To fill people in, I
ran along this wooden plank and stagedived, but went to far and jumped
roughly 12 feet to my head. I got a concussion and rolled my ankle and
bruised my heel, it was fucking rock 'n roll man. To answer the
question, I still get headaches and dizzy spells actually, and have
short term memory loss, but that could be something else entirely.

Hannah518 @fys How did you find out there was no Santa?
Theirs no Santa? Why ma and pa Lyford, why?!

micah_jodhan @fys 've got a question > if you guys were on an
island> and all u could eat was eachother and ur instrumens? what
would be your 1st choice?
Dude, if my keyboard was a veggy patty I'd munch the shit out of
that, otherwise I'd get too much beard hair caught in my throat.

breaevelyse @fys if you were stuck in a hot desert with jesus and
no food at all in sight, would you eat him?
Dude, if jesus was stuck with me, id be like "dude you're fucking
jesus, could you please get us out of here?" then I'd eat a veggy
burger with a guineas at ralphs diner when I got back to worcester.

joliejodie @fys @isurrender why am i hearing four year strong on
real world!?! lol!
Because we signed a deal in blood with the devil, who stuck us in
the desert. Thanks for the quick get away jesus!

xxpopozao @fys how long on average did it take all of fys to grow
your sweet facial hair? Because you all have awesome facial hair i can
respect it.
Since I've been in the band, every single member has had a beard
for at least 92% of the time. But alan and dan grow it in minutes, joe
in hours, jake in days, and mines still growing.

seanlynam @fys crunchy or creamy peanut butter?and why?
Crunchy is far superior. I'm not a big peanut butter guy but I like
it gritty, like an early settler, landing at plymouth rock and looking
out at a field of turkeys and pine trees.

hotpinkshades @fys I have more: Warped tour, yay or nay? and
Biggest pet peeve?
I"ve heard so much bitching from people about warped over the years
that I was genuinely scared for it. You know what? Shit was mellow as
hell. I hung out with 200 of my good friends and rode my bike every
day. I got great food, and played good shows. Change your underwear
twice a day and do laundry, and use gold bond. Showers are rare guy.
Pet peeve? I hate being interrupted, once an idea is gone, its gone
forever. Also, todds that think they rule. You don't.

icedmaple @fys Why don't you just get a proper blog? That'd make
it easier, surely?
Hold that thought, ill keep everyone posted but I wouldn't be
surprised if that became an extremely lame reality.

Brokenclndstn @fys how does it feel to hear that pete wentz said
"fys will be huge in 09"?
Yes, we've all purchased brand new penis pumps.

notDREW @fys what's with the sweating and fevers in the lyrics? And
how does a FYS song come about? Music first, lyrics last, ect.?
Dude I don't know the lyrics. But seriously, like the adam sandler
sketch I loved so much in my youth, "two guys working out, or two guys
having sex?"

DanniDeer @fys best new album of 2008?
Everything Last Lights released. RIP Dom.

murdocky @fys What are your favorite movies?
Evil dead, dead alive, demons, wet hot american summer, I love b
horror movies and zombie movies more than anything. And anything that
will make me laugh. I can't watch sad movies. That's not a joke, or
dog movies. I would love to see marley and me because I love Jennifer
Aniston and yellow labs, but I know it would ruin my whole day.

hotpinkshades @fys NO wait What's your take on high school? and
What's your favorite bike trick?
High school? I wish I had tried a little harder like my parents
asked me to. I had an awesome time, rode as much as I could but I
don't know if I ever did all my homework, and I know I never studied.
Im lucky im a super genius. Favorite trick to watch? Stylish
lookbacks, tuck no handers, and taj doing super wild downside whips.
Favorite trick to do? Footjams, footjam tailwhips and tireslides.

hotpinkshades @fys ever played laser tag?
Many many times. Once in new york we played a show and got to play
for free, one of my favorite tour memories. Godsmack and military
tactics!

karijones @fys if you could be any poptart flavor, what flavor
would you be and why?
Theyre all gooey on the inside.

chrisimmunity @fys dear josh, what kind of bike do you read and how
long can you wheelie for. bonus points : last time you ate shit?
I rode a terrible1 for years, but It recently cracked and I bought
a mutiny burlish off my friend. Its long as hell and awesome! I
haven't wheelied in a long time but I can manual pretty far
sometimes...
+10 pts. Last time I ate shit? Tuesday night. My ankles look pretty
gnarly right now. Also, check my shoulder setup for shit-eating cred.

ACRileyx12 @fys whats your perfect tour line-up?
Hot water music, reach the sky, bane, american nightmare suicide
file, last lights.

lauradanger @fys Why are you soooooooo cool.
Im in a freezer.

JorganVonCoon @fys Do you believe in supernatural beings?
When I come home late at night and its dark I do.

erinyvonnerice @fys Can you say 'irish wristband' out loud?
Yes, I ran this by language expert Dr. Shane Lavoie and he could
too. Neither of us understand the trick. Say "sofa king cool" out
loud.

booitshannah @fys What color shoes are you currently wearing. If
you are not currently wearing any shoes, what color shoes would you
like to be wearing?
I've been wearing tan 2 dollar moccasins for weeks. I wish I was
wearing black rowleys, because that would mean I was riding.

inrihab @fys when in the F are you recording new songs for my earsss?
When someone brings us a golden tablet of sheet music to read in a
language only us and john travolta understand.

CrimsonOcelot @fys Could I use your beard as a loofa to lather,
rinse, and repeat?
How do you think I clean my ass?

mcjerk @fys would you rather have an extra set of balls or 8
nipples like a cat?
I don't need any more balls, but eight nipples could be kinky.

danpiazza @fys Favorite brand of dildo?
Awesome. Just awesome. The kind that gets used.

crystalcrash @fys Want a question? Got it: what's your favorite place
for a girl to have a tattoo? Answer and I'll love you even more... if
possible!
I love tattoos, and pretty girls. So any girl that has tattoos
has good taste.

gabe_del @fys why doesn't everyone have a beard?
Some people are cowards with yellow bellys, some are girls. "Does
a wolf shave its tail?" Take this to heart my freind.

justcherie @fys: What was your favorite song to record?
This is hard, the whole thing was pretty much just bro-fest, so
it was all fun. prepare to be digitally manipulated was really fun.
So was playing wii bowling for 8 hours a day though.

DollFaceAdalia @fys what's the most awkward thing you've had to do on tour?
I had done most of it before on teenage roadtrips, this stuff is
a cakewalk. If you ever see me ask for a good roadtrip story, and sit
down.

recordinmotion @fys what was your very first job? & what are your
worst habbits? <3
My first ever job was at the Kwik Stop convenience store in my
town. I served ice cream and rented movies for free, I always found
the ones with nude scenes. My worst habits? I tend to live in a
fantasy world. Literally, with elves and dragons.

curlyheadbanger @fys What is your favorite food to eat?
Right now? Falafel. Or, veggie chik patties with hummus and
occasionally hot sauce in syrian bread. Mmmmmm.

icybubble @fys do you believe in aliens? or believe that everyone
involved in congress is really an alien? O_O xD -Emily
I think it would be kindve naive to think their isn't something
equally, or maybe much more intelligent, out there doing 180's and
listening to Big L.

liciak @fys describe our dream date. with me specifically. down to
every last detail.
Haha wow. Set-up. I'm very much not looking for anyone right now,
but if I was, I like zombie movies and the woods. Do what you will.
Huskies too. Or dogs at all. I literally didn't even make sense of
that answer myself, good luck.

mcjerk @fys Would you get large breast implants (not a complete sex
change) if it meant saving someones life?
Hell yes. Then I'd send nudes of myself to everyone I know. A life
saved and sweet boobs bro? Count me in.

livelovesik @fys which one of you has the biggest "package". hahah.
had to ask!
This is definite fair play. First of all, obviously me, as I'm
answering. Secondly, I know the real answer to this, in the exact
order. Exactly. In japan we stayed at a traditional japanese hotel
with communal showers. We all showered together, it was fun loving,
awesome and gay as all hell, but I'll take this one to the grave.

MegMeg211 @fys if you had to chose one word that every person had
to use at least once a day, what word would it be and why?
Coddled. Or gnarly. Coddled like a baby. Gnarly like a rager.
Don't be a todd, hang with the squad.

Veronnnniica @fys how did you come up with the band name?
Depends on who you ask....

shane0macksays @fys shred at skiward in shrews this week???? IM
DOOOOWN. haha and i guess you used to ride bikes w my buddy matt
burns, clairaudience...
Skiward? I've gone to shrewsbury twice in the last five days.
And matt burns rules. Tailwhips to the frame are back!

saysummer_ @fys when are you guys coming back to australia?!
When a kangaroo comes to worcester and puts us in its pouch and
hops across the earth.

JillMunn @fys are you hyping this up josh? 5 minutes ago from mobile
web in reply to fys
As with everything, yes.

TSTLSOOM @fys its because its all over the web now. i want to know
what i can do to get a full beard. it wont grow in a certain spot
under my chin
Welcome to my life

RyanWrites @fys Why do you rule so hard? Is it really the facial hair?
Nope, its my charm, good looks and wit. And talent.

kdepadua @fys Soo.. I hope this isn't a lame question :/ but I was
wondering what made you decide to be a vegetarian?
Not a lame question at all! This will be my chance to be real for
a rare moment. I've been vegetarian for 10 or 11 years now, its
kind've just become the life I know. A friend of mine showed me
videos of slaughterhouses and told me how you can be just as healthy
living without meat in your diet. That compounded with one of the
people I looked up to most in riding talking about living without
murder in your diet, I really took to that. I believe in karma and I
discovered living without meat and never looked back, you can be
healthy and happy without it!

So there you go. Random answers to a bunch of random questions. We
sang, we laughed, we cried, we peed. We learned alot about each
other. Until next time, stay trashy America!

-Josh