Was it difficult to take the spotlight and reveal yourself so openly with this project? It wasn’t even structured to be a full-time project. I wasn’t ready to go full-time and I’ve been catching up, but I’ve finally started to feel real comfortable in the past few months, and I feel now this is heading in a good direction. I left TBS and it sort of became a full-time thing overnight. It was always my side project, my alter ego. How has it been finally being able to pursue it full-time? Let’s put it this way: At this moment I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything. Now, looking back, I’m like, “Why wasn’t I scared?” But I was really, extremely unhappy and I just didn’t care about anything else other than getting away from it. To me, music like Bend To Break and music I’ve played since then has had a lot in common with the first couple of TBS records, and I wanted to keep heading in that slightly poppy and hardcore direction, and weren’t really going that way. It kind of tells you they were sort of heading in a different way than I was. If you listen to, it seems to sound a lot different. I felt that some things were going to have to change in order for the band to continue to be as good as it was. There were a lot of things about that I felt I wasn’t happy with. When did you decide to really explore going on your own with the Color Fred? COURTNEY FOREMAN caught up with Mascherino to find out how the past couple of years have been treating him, and what exactly we can expect from the band’s upcoming sophomore full-length. This past April, the Color Fred released the acoustic EP, The Intervention, and there must be something about the intimacy of playing acoustic that appeals to Mascherino-he’s embarking on a tour that is strictly acoustic. Only a few weeks after the announcement, Mascherino’s solo project, THE COLOR FRED, unveiled Bend To Break, an album that was wholly and unabashedly in the musical direction that the former Breaking Pangaea frontman wanted to go. The special splatter-colored vinyl features both bands in their element – rocking their ferocious live show for rabid fans at intimate clubs from Brooklyn to Stockholm. The six-song collection includes a cover of Hanoi Rocks’ classic “Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” that features a guest appearance by the legendary Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks.It’s difficult to believe that it’s been almost two years since FRED MASCHERINO revealed that he would no longer play guitar or lend vocals to Taking Back Sunday-the band he played a large role in since 2003. In a Record Store Day exclusive, The Bronx and Mariachi El Bronx will release a split 12” on April 21. Mariachi El Bronx will also support Dave Matthews Band, Gogol Bordello and tUnE-yArDs this spring and perform at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. Prior to the tour’s launch, the band will play a pair of West Coast shows with Los Lobos and X, including a hometown concert at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre on May 5. The run, which will feature special guests Two Gallants, will include two free Sailor Jerry Presents shows (5/20 in Chicago and 5/22 in Philadelphia) plus a Rocks Off cruise in New York City (5/23). Mariachi El Bronx– the alter ego of acclaimed punk outfit The Bronx – will kick off a headlining tour on May 17 at the Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO.
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