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GVF’S EADG

When you were starting out, you were able to grow and make mistakes without a lot of people seeing you. Is it harder to evolve now that you have so many eyes on you?

That’s a good question. There aren’t an overwhelming number of groups that really experiment on stage. I know I’ll try out different things live, just to get a reaction. We’ll write parts while jamming. We’ve established this communication between us that allows us to jump in any direction and ride it for a while, and then we can get back to whatever we were doing. We’ve done that since we played little clubs and bars. It’s a little different doing it in front of 100 people versus 10,000 people, but you can’t let

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