He's like, 'Oh, not so fast buddy, now you gotta go REALLY do it.' IGN: Now you've got to go do it. I got to be in this band for a while and it's pretty cool but man, you know I've got a kid and I'd appreciate it a lot,' and then I went to sleep and woke up. Wes: I said a prayer to God that night before I went to bed, I was like, 'Hey, you know God, I just wanted to thank you so much for giving me this gift. That's like the rock dream, you know, to hand your demo to somebody and then actually get picked up. Get on the plane and come to LA and we'll go ahead and sign you up.' I'm like, 'Come on, man…' He's like, 'Go to New Orleans and fly into Los Angeles and do some showcases.' IGN: That's crazy.

Here's this number.' So I'm like 'Hello?' and he's like, 'Yeah, yeah man. The next thing you know, I'm in Alabama and I'm getting crazy phone calls from a friend of mine like, 'I don't know what happened, dude, but you've got to go to LA. I mean I started the band in KC in '92/'93 and then worked and jammed and tried to get it going for a long time, saw a lot of band members come and go, come and go, come and go and then when I was about ready to hang my hat up, I went to Family Values, brought a demo tape, didn't really want to go… My buddy made a fake backstage pass and we got backstage and gave it to Fred Durst's security guard, and then he gave it to Fred, Fred jammed it, another guy Danny and Jordan, they all loved it. IGN: So, you guys have been at this for 17 years? Wes: Yeah.

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