I used to live in a house in North Hollywood, CA. It had a back room void of sunlight all hours of the day. It was a great place to write songs. If it were hot outside, the room would be cool. If it was cold out, the room had a heater vent in it so it would be the first to get warm. (Side note: Marko lived in this room on and off for about six months). Right around this time we were dealing with the internal politics of our band and confronting all our own issues, while starting to work on our new record. I was feeling trapped by the last year of my life and disappointed by the situation and wanted to write a song about my frustrations. "Champagne" is a song that switches between first/ third person perspectives of a relationship between someone with an addiction (It's meaning is pretty obvious and literal). I called Marko and sang it to him over the phone and later wrote the chorus in the shower in the middle of a brainstorm. Musically it is really satisfying. It reminds me of The Cars on steroids. It was the last song to be finished in the studio. My friend Mark Trombino mixed "Champagne" (the day Marko got married) and I think Mark added a harder element to the song that we didn't think existed.
This song is about Ben =)
If anyone wants to keep up with Ben, he's currently doing the whole 'solo project' thing under the name Ben Forrest Davis. You can find his songs at:
I used to live in a house in North Hollywood, CA. It had a back room void of sunlight all hours of the day. It was a great place to write songs. If it were hot outside, the room would be cool. If it was cold out, the room had a heater vent in it so it would be the first to get warm. (Side note: Marko lived in this room on and off for about six months). Right around this time we were dealing with the internal politics of our band and confronting all our own issues, while starting to work on our new record. I was feeling trapped by the last year of my life and disappointed by the situation and wanted to write a song about my frustrations. "Champagne" is a song that switches between first/ third person perspectives of a relationship between someone with an addiction (It's meaning is pretty obvious and literal). I called Marko and sang it to him over the phone and later wrote the chorus in the shower in the middle of a brainstorm. Musically it is really satisfying. It reminds me of The Cars on steroids. It was the last song to be finished in the studio. My friend Mark Trombino mixed "Champagne" (the day Marko got married) and I think Mark added a harder element to the song that we didn't think existed.
(From sugarcult.com)
This song is about Ben =) If anyone wants to keep up with Ben, he's currently doing the whole 'solo project' thing under the name Ben Forrest Davis. You can find his songs at:
benforrestdavis.com myspace.com/benforrestdavis
Definitely worth a listen - and he comments back!