We were coming up with a name one day- the whole band was brainstorming. Our drummer at that time asked, "What do you think of this?", and suggested Kutless. It made sense- and one of the things we liked about it is that any time our band is asked about the name, it's almost an opportunity to share [who we are] right away with our name.
Do you have any current musical influences?
It's funny because I listen to a broad range of things- the more I do this, the more picky I get. I go back to a lot of classical music just to listen for enjoyment- things like Yo-Yo Ma- the phenomenal cellist, and pianist Christopher Peacock. As far as rock n' roll goes... bands like the Foo Fighters, we definitely had some influence musically.
Do you have a favourite Christian band/artist?
The person I listen to the most...ironically, it'll probably be Aaron Sprinkle, who is our producer. I love his music. And he was in some of those bands I was talking about earlier- like Poor Old Lu and Rose Blossom Punch.
Following the successful Katrina benefit concert a few years ago, I read that you anticipate on teaming up with other charities and organisations. Did you have a chance to be involved with any since then?
We actually spent our last two headline tours networking with Compassion International. It's been a great relationship. My wife and I have been sponsoring a child for a long time, and it just made sense on our last couple of tours, that we should be working together. Even on this tour now with the Newsboys, we are supporting the organisation.
We plan to continue to work with Compassion, and we're hoping to go on an actual trip to one of the areas of Compassion International one of these days. We tried to get one hooked up a few months ago and it kind of faltered last minute. We're hoping to get something nailed down.
What will happen after the 'Go' Tour?
We head home for a few days, and we're doing a Christian cruise thing where a bunch of different bands are playing on the boat (The Music Boat, 2007). Third Day will be there... so we're doing that. Once we get back from that, we head to Europe actually.
Currently the plan is- we have a date booked in the Faroe Islands. From there, we go to Switzerland- a little bit outside of Zurich- we have two shows in Germany, and then we head to Croatia.
