New Interview: The Audition On Las Vegas, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony And More

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Chicago band The Audition channel the mighty noise and bright melodies of their Midwestern forefathers Cheap Trick with great aplomb. Their 2009 Self-Titled Album (clever, clever) is a relentlessly pleasing slab of harmonies, distortion, emotion and volume in the red. And with their new album, Great Danger due out on March 16th, we can expect more of the same.

The Audition sat down with us recently for a quick chat on an episode of "The 5." Guitarist Seth Johnson gives the reason why the band produced Great Danger themselves (apparently they took their recording budget and blew it on roulette in Vegas). Singer Danny Stevens recounts a particularly special Bone Thugs-n-Harmony show he witnessed in Detroit, which unintentionally led to the formation of The Audition. We also get a funny anecdote about drummer Ryan O'Connor "borrowing" a golf cart at a music festival.

Hear about all that and more in the below episode of "The 5," and while you're at it check out their video for "Warm Me Up," from their 2008 album, Champion.

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