Post by Adam B on Sept 3, 2007 7:12:00 GMT -5
Foreign Born is a band that doesn’t really live up to its name. Made up of four California natives, Matt W. Popieluch (lead vocals, guitar), Lewis Pesacov (guitar), Ariel Rechtshaid (bass) and Garrett Ray (drums), the band came together in San Francisco in 2003 when Matt and Lewis were going to San Francisco State University. The duo went down to LA to work on some recordings with mutual friend Ariel and there they met Garrett. Matt remembers “Garrett had never heard the songs but he got them in the first take or two, so we just moved down here to play with these guys.” Inspired by everyone from The Fall to Roy Orbison to John Lennon, Foreign Born released their first full length album, On The Wing Now, last month on Dim Mak Records. This week I caught up with lead singer Matt W. Popieluch (far right in the picture) to find out more about the band, what makes them so unique, and their interesting connections to both The Plain White T’s and one of the biggest blockbuster movies of all time.
For the full interview check out: adambernard.blogspot.com/2007/09/artist-of-week-foreign-born.html