Nice Guys (Boston, MA)

Alex Garcia-Rivera of Chrome Over Brass posed questions for Nice Guys

Alex Garcia-Rivera: What inspired you to start playing music? What inspired you to be great at it?

Jake Gilbertson: For me, watching the movie School of Rock. I thought that was really awesome. It looked like a lot of fun, more fun than school. And then what made me want to be great was seeing really sick bands play when I moved [to Boston]. I started getting into different music and it really was just hearing how you can use creativity to be good instead of being technically crazy.

Cam Smith: I’m going to go with School of Rock. As for the second part, I don’t think I am very good…I just try and keep up with my band.

AGR: If you could live anywhere in any time period, where would it be?

JG: I think I would live in pre-potato famine Ireland because I love potatoes and potato-based foods.

CS: I would definitely live in a Native American tribe. I’d collect berries and feed my family. Pre-Christopher Columbus America, by the way.

AGR: What is your spirit animal?

JG: I think mine would be a road-kill possum. Some kind of animal that’s been hit by an 18-wheeler.

CS: My spirit animal is a wolf because it’s on my chest.