Nathan Green, the frontman of the band Shots Fired!, was interviewed in a rundown café. The band released their debut album Hang 'em in July 2015 which led to them performing as a surprise main stage act on the Vans Warped Tour later that year. Nathan discussed his musical influences including Architects, Northlane, and Counterparts. He also talked about how fans annoyed both Shots Fired! and Architects by constantly requesting a collaboration between Nathan and Architects' singer Sam Carter due to their similar vocal styles. Nathan said that performing on the Warped Tour main stage was a shock and that the band has accomplished in one year what most bands only dream of in ten years.

1. Thursday11th
February2016
Rock Article:Interview withNathanGreenof ShotsFired!
I sat ina dingy,rundowncafé withgreyskiesloomingoverhead(typical Britain),notthe firstplace
I’dthinkof goingto doan interviewbutthere Iwas.Sittingoppositeme wasNathanGreen,
frontmanof Shot Fired!,lookinglessangrythenhe sounds ontheirdebutrecordHang ’em.The
albumwasreleasedbackinJuly andthe band playedasa surprise mainstage act of VansWarped
Tour 2015 to supportthe album’smassive success.
The firstthingI noticedwasNathan’schoice of clothing.Simplistic,nobigbrandnamesand very
plain.Doesn’treallyscream‘Rockstar’,doesit?Iasked.Inwhichhe replied“Ilike simplicity,Idon’t
like gettingboggeddownby bignamesandtoomany choices.Withchoice of clothingoutof the
way,I talkedtoNathan aboutmusicand hisinfluences.HiseyeslitupwhenIaskedhimwhich
musiciansinspiredhim.“Musicisa differentstory”he said“I like lotsof differentstyles fromMetal
to Jazz to HipHop but I like tosearchfor the weirdandwonderful musicthat’s outthere, whichisn’t
simple inthe slightest”.“Toansweryourquestion properly, mymaininfluencesare Architects,
Northlane andCounterparts,whose musicisalot more technical thananymusicthat Shots Fired!
will everwrite”. “Oh,the irony”Iexclaimwithasmile onmyface.Nathanlaughsand then
continues“butthese influencesare more lyrical andvocal influencesthananythingelse,seriously
my voice hasbeencomparedtothat of SamCarter of Architects onmore thanone occasionsomuch
so that fansof Shots Fired!andArchitectsannoyedbothof usto collaborate together” “Annoyed
you?Didn’tyouwant to collaborate withhim?”Iasked,surprised.Nathanexplains“No,itwasn’tlike
that, I wasshockedandsurprisedbythe amountof requestsbut itdidannoythe guys inArchitects.
The band and I were chillingafteragig inBrightonwhen ourmanagergot a call fromSam himself.
Our managerhandedme the phone andthe firstthingthatI heardwas ‘DID YOU PUT THEM UP TO
THIS!’comingfrom the otherend!That was some scary shit!”NathanandI burst out laughingand
thenhe continued“Tobe honesthe wasn’treallythatmad,more suspiredthatsomany people
wantus to collaborate andI didgettogetherwiththe guysinArchitects lastyearto record guest
vocalson theirsongShadow of Doubt soI guesswe all cool,no hard feelings Tobe honestit’snot
surprisingthathe blamedme forit.If youknow our historyyouknow we and I ain’tperfect,we’ve
beenarrestedseveral timesfornoise disturbance andevenmore timesfordisorderlyconduct
outside of the band”“Can you everkeepoutof trouble”Iexclaim.“Imostlykeptoutof trouble
while onWarpedTour,didn’tI?” Nathansayswithpride.I’mgladNathanbroughtup WarpedTour,
it wassomethingIreallywantedtoaskas soonas I got there but I gotbut I got so caught upwith
everythingelse thatIforgotaboutit. “So how was WarpedTour? What wasit like playingonthe
mainstage?How didyouholdup againstbandheavyweightssuchasAskingAlexandriaand
MemphisMay Fire? Howdidthe songssoundinthe hot Americanheat?”Iask in a flurryof
excitement.“WarpedTourwas…Interestingtosaythe least.Nathanpausestofindthe wordsthen
continues“itwasmore of a shockthan anythingelse,to ourfans,to our families,tothe other
Warpedbandsbut most of all to ourselves”“Bloodyhell!”Nathanexclaimswithshock.“Ididn’t
thinkwe’dbe playingWarpedTourat all for another5 years,letalone the fuckingmainstage! I
meanthe tour was an unforgettableexperience butwhenyouputthe fact that we’ve beenaband
for a little overa2 yearsintoperspective,itinsane thatwe were evenatWarpedTour!” “And to
answeryourlast question,the songssoundedprettygood.I’ve heardmanybandsaboutsounding
shitat Warped Tour andwhile itistrue that we didn’tsoundourbestduringthe firstweek,we all
made sure to keephydrated andI personallymade todoextravocal warmupsand scalestocope
withall the screamingI hadto do inthe heat.The crowd lovedthe songsthough,we hadmoshpits
and walls of deatheverywhere andwe surprised fansevenmore whenwe gotAustinCarlile fromOF

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wrote as a band.
I askedNathanto give a final comment aboutthe incredible journeythe bandhave hadover2015
and he said “We’ve done inone yearwhat mostbandsonlydreamof doingin10! Our firstshow was
to 10 people andnowwe’ve justfinishedaworldtourwithNeckDeep.That’sinsane!”Notonlyare
ShotsFired!one of the bestbreakthroughbandsof 2015 but one of the luckiestbandstoo.Not
manybands getto do everythingthey’vedone insuchashort time since theirformation.Theyare
luckythat theywere atthe rightplace,at the righttime and tookthe opportunitieswithoutknowing
where itwouldtake them. Andas luckwouldhave it,theyare doingbetterthanever!