8 Questions With Shred Kelly

So previously I posted a little posty-post regarding a favorite band of mine; Shred Kelly. I had the chance to email these friends and ask a few questions. I know I was itching to read the responses and they are here for all to enjoy.
Big shout out to Sage McBride for taking the time to answer all these questions! Can't wait to see you guys.

Here you go. The bold is from Sage.

Hey Zach,
So sorry we didn't get back to you sooner. Recording ended up being a really long time consuming process, and only now do we have some time to reply to emails.
This may be too late in which case I'm super duper sorry, but here's the questions answered for you!

1         Shred Kelly, How did you come up with the name?

We came up with the name Shred Kelly because of the Aussie Steve in our band. He had an air band called Shred Kelly based on historical Australian figure Ned Kelly. Another time he dressed up for halloween as SHred Kelly which was Ned Kelly in snowboard gear going to "shred".

How did the band come to be? Where and when did you meet?

Tim, Steve and Shiner were all roommates and they started hosting a jam night in our town Fernie BC at a place called the Underground. Through their jam night they met me (Sage) and Jordan because we came out to jam with friends, and realized there may be a spot for bass, keys and some harmonies in the band.

      The banjo is not really a common instrument in music these days. Tim, what or who inspired you to pick up the banjo

Tim's not here right now, and I'm not sure exactly his inspiration to learn the banjo, but once he aquired one he became a banjo ninja, practiced for 5-10 hours a day and mastered his craft over a summer. A lot of the songs from our first album Goodbye July were developed around the banjo riffs he taught himself that summer. He even learned to clawhammer a ukulele.

1        Ian, you have some phenomenal ability on the drums. When you started playing, did you start with bluegrass style drumming or has that developed over time?

Shit. Ian's not here either. I think he began with a punk/hard rock style of drumming which seemed to go really well with the clawhammer style of banjo...  but I could be making that up.

1        Can you give us any hints for the future of Shred Kelly? Anything coming down the pipeline?

We have a new album coming out this summer. It's called In The Hills, and we just finished recording it a few days ago. Can't wait to get it mixed and mastered and out into the world.

We'll also be playing some really great music festivals this summer including NXNE, Ottawa Blues Fest, River and Sky Camping and Music Festival and The Peak to Shore Festival in Southern Ontario, and a variety of other festivals in Manitoba, Alberta and BC which we're really pumped about. We also won the Tracks on Tracks competition so we'll be doing an epic train ride across the country with a group of other amazing BC artists, which we think we'll be an experience like no other!

1        You’re going to be hopping on the Tracks on Tracks train really soon with a bunch of other talented musicians. Who would you say are you most excited to be on the train with?

All of the artists on the train look phenomenal. We're pretty excited to play some shows with The Matinee cause we played the same music festival last summer, but had to miss their show because of another event we were playing. But we heard so many amazing things about them from the people at the festival, so we're excited to finally catch their show a year later.

1        Finally, any more foreseeable Ontario shows?

Aside from the festivals I mentioned we'll be playing a show in Peterborough on July 12th at The Moho, July 18th at the Phog Lounge in Windsor, and hopefully we'll be adding another Guelph show while we're in the area too!

One little bonus question. It's pretty clear you guys hate work. What have been your worst jobs?

I'm not with the rest of the guys, so I'm not sure their worst jobs ever. Mine was working at a hotel daycare where the bathrooms were on the outside of the center, so when I took kids to the bathroom they'd run ahead of me and lock me out of the daycare. Tim has had a lot of bad jobs, but I think picking fruit in Australia was his worst. The other guys... well I'll have to get back to you. Maybe there will be a song sequel.

Hope to see you this summer Zach, and we can get together for a photoshoot this time!

Hope you're doing awesome!

Talk to you soon,

Sage