SW: What’s the meaning behind your band name? Was it a coincidence the way the acronym worked out?

NM: It worked out that we were sending out demos to our producer and our management and yet we didn’t have a band name at the time, so we just put Drugs on it, for fun. Then, when it came time to actually decide on a band name, we had this massive white board and we just wrote so many band names on it. Then management said, “To be honest, Drugs is better than a lot of these.” So, we were like, alright! We like the intensity of it, whatever comes from it, if people are offended by it. We wanted to come up with some sort of deeper meaning, so we sat on it for a bit. Craig and I decided on Destroy, Rebuild, Until God Shows.

SW: Very cool. So, your album came out in February, any thoughts on how the response has been to it in such a short time?

NM: Crazy! Being on the main stage and only having the record out since February,  we were a little scared, at first. I don’t know, though. We did the AP tour and crowds were crazy at those shows. It was quite intense. So, at that point, we noticed that the record was doing pretty well. Then we came out here, thinking here’s the test, we’ll know if we come out on stage and there’s only 20 kids watching, but the crowds have been insane, so far.

SW: Well, there was a lot of hype when Craig left Chiodos about what he was going to do next.

NM: Yeah, ya know, there was a lot of hype around the band, with all the different members.

SW: Of course, I mean, you’ve all been in different projects before.

NM: Yeah, yeah, yeah! We just thought it was either going to be really bad or it was going to be really good.

SW: How did you all become acquainted?

NM: I’ve known Craig since 2003… 2004. My old band used to play with his old band and then, by total fluke, I hit him up on MySpace years after, in 2006, telling him to check out my bands new record. He said he would check it out. He listened to it and called me the next day saying he wanted me to sing on the next Chiodos record. So, I did that, and then from there on out he and I just wrote together. Then, we started this new band the day after he got disbanded from Chiodos. We started hitting up out favorite musicians. We called up Matt, and Aaron was looking for a new project. We were in the studio and Adam from Story of The Year came in, and that was it! It was really easy, really, really easy.

SW: Those connections really help you, huh?

NM: Yeah!

SW: How was your experience in your other band compared to your experience now?

NM: Um, I think we’re just older and more mature. I think our previous bands were kind of like our high school, going through the years of learning and learning from your mistakes, a lot. We came into this project knowing the right way to do things on every aspect, whether it be the business side or just personality wise; how to deal with people.

SW: Do you feel like your old fans have followed your from all your guys’ previous projects to where you are now?

NM: Yeah, completely. I think, to be honest, there really hasn’t been any backlash… well there’s been a little backlash from kids coming over. I think they wanted to see what everyone was going to be up to and what everything would sound like. I think, for the most part, everyone has been really stoked on it.

SW: Are there any hard feelings with your ex-bands? How would you feel about touring with them?

NM: There’s no hard feelings, necessarily. A few guys in my previous bands are kind of doing there own thing, now. Maybe we don’t talk as much anymore, but I miss the guys.

SW: What is the meaning behind If You Think This Song Is About You, It Probably Is?

NM: I think a lot of people can kind of speculate on what it’s about. Actually, you probably want to ask Craig that one. Most of the lyrics are a lot of what he had gone through that whole entire year. He went through a lot with Chiodos, but he went through a lot just personally with his own life and his own battles. So, I think that song is just a massive culmination of feelings he had pent up with a lot of shit in his life.

SW: Being a young band, you all have already toured overseas, which usually takes quite some time to achieve. What’s it like to be able to do that so quickly in the D.R.U.G.S. career?

NM: There’s like no words to describe it. We were all very optimistic and very positive coming into this band. We new that we were going to take it as far as we could and we were going to do all that we could to make sure that it was as successful as possible. However, I don’t think we quite knew it would go that well. Being over there is just insane. Kids are very receptive. It is different playing over there, but they are still very similar. Every time I answer that, it’s impossible to explain just what those things are.

SW: So, what’s your relationship like with your label mates?

NM: Everyone is awesome. Our boy from The Ready Set came out the other day and sang with us.

SW: Jordan is a great guy.

NM: Jordan is the nicest kid ever. We actually don’t know a lot of the other bands, yet.

SW: Do you think being on one of the notoriously hardest tours has affect you guys, at all, as a new band?

NM: All of our previous bands have done it before. Not saying we’re veterans, by any means, but this is my fifth Warped Tour, so I kind of knew, going into it, what it was going to be like. We knew how to go into it, and how to put the right set together; we know what the kids want and we provide.

Having an incredibly busy schedule, it meant a lot that Nick took the time out to chat with us! This band has huge things in store. Be sure to check them out on the last few days of Warped Tour and on any upcoming tours!

Sep 11 2009 The Basement Acoustic w/Chiodos Columbus, Ohio
Sep 12 2009 The House Cafe Acoustic w/Chiodos De Kalb, Illinois
Sep 14 2009 The Reverb Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chiodos Toronto, Ontario
Sep 16 2009 Club Hell Acoustic w/Chiodos Providence, Rhode Island
Sep 18 2009 Valentine’s Acoustic w/Chiodos Albany, New York
Sep 19 2009 Gramercy Theatre Acoustic w/Chiodos New Yor, New York
Sep 20 2009 The Ottobar Acoustic w/Chiodos Baltimore, Maryland
Sep 21 2009 First Unitarian Church Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chiodos Philadephia, Pennsylvania
Sep 22 2009 Crocodile Rock Cafe Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chidos Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sep 23 2009 The Grog Shop Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chiodos Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Sep 25 2009 The Facotory Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chiodos Rochester, Michigan
Sep 26 2009 The Factory Acoustic w/Craig Owens of Chiodos Rochester, Michigan