(laughs) But I’d say that those guys were huge influences to everything I ever did.Īlex Obert: Moving on to your own music, first of all, why the name Matchbook Romance?Īndrew Jordan: Aaron, the drummer, came up with it. (laughs) But luckily I was in the business of rock music, so it didn’t really matter. I was a pretty bad singer I think, for a while. With my voice, it took me a while to really figure out. People that I’ve always loved the sound of were Kurt Cobain, Thom Yorke of Radiohead. ” And sure enough, eventually, we were doing exactly that.Īlex Obert: Who would you say are your vocal influences?Īndrew Jordan: My voice, it’s been tough. I remember seeing Next To Nothing, this local band and thinking, “Wow, these guys, they’re awesome! It would be so cool to someday be able to be up on that stage and playing.
And that’s where I saw bands that were our age, kids that were starting to write music on their own. I guess I did start going to concerts here in Poughkeepsie at The Chance. I don’t know if I’ll be good at it, but I’ll definitely try.” That’s kind of how it all started. And I was like, “Let me try and be the singer. And I think it was just eventually, we were sitting in a room talking about starting a band. I was someone that was at home playing guitar and going to band practice. (laughs)Īlex Obert: Was there a particular concert you went to that led to you saying, “I want to be a frontman!”?Īndrew Jordan: I didn’t go to a lot of concerts. Sounds familiar though.Īndrew Jordan: It’s probably one of the first boy bands. (laughs) Do you know that band?Īlex Obert: I don’t. So I’d say those are my fondest memories of music.Īlex Obert: What was the first concert you went to?Īndrew Jordan: The first concert I ever went to is actually kind of humiliating. And that’s what got me started playing guitar eventually. I couldn’t stand the band when they first came out with their first track, but then I had this tape and I started listening to it. And then from there, getting a little older and mysteriously finding a Nirvana Nevermind tape in my bedroom, randomly just showed up. And they introduced me to all the glam rock/hair metal stuff, everything from Bon Jovi to Metallica to Guns N’ Roses, Poison. (laughs)Īlex Obert: What are your earliest memories of listening to music?Īndrew Jordan: I remember being real little, hanging out with my cousins, and they were total metalheads. But for the most part, I just listen to music on the internet. I do have a favorite record store, Darkside Records, here on Main Street. (laughs) I pretty much just listen to everything on Spotify. So it’s got that aspect as well.Īlex Obert: Where around Poughkeepsie do you go to purchase albums?Īndrew Jordan: To tell you the truth man, I don’t purchase albums very much anymore. But then you can also just jump on the train and head to New York City.
I like being in the outdoors, so it’s nice. You’re not far from the mountains, you can get up there and go skiing or go hiking. You’ve got way more space, way less people. Tiny, tiny, tiny apartments and you’ve gotta give your left arm practically just to live in it.
The dollar doesn’t go that far down there. And you’ve gotta spend a lot of money to live there. But I know it’s way crazier living there. Got married shortly after Matchbook, we had a baby last January.Īlex Obert: How’s life as a musician in Poughkeepsie, NY? How does it differ from somewhere like New York City?Īndrew Jordan: I don’t really know because I haven’t lived in the city. And that’s what I’m spending all my time on. He rocked out on stages and in video games as the frontman for Matchbook Romance, now he is apart of the band, DriftDivision, here is my interview with Andrew Jordan.Īlex Obert: First of all, what have you been up to lately?Īndrew Jordan: Since Matchbook, I have basically gotten back to college finally.
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