March 3, 2008 by Kristin Baver
Filed under Band Profiles, Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview
Ditching a tenured seat in the Houston Symphony to pursue a dream as a recording artist terrified Christine Wu.
But on the cusp of 30, she knew it was the only way to go. “All or nothing,” Wu said in a recent interview. “And it scares the crap out of me, probably almost every day.”
Switching from [...]
February 1, 2008 by Danielle Capalbo
Filed under Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview
Guitarist Joe Trohman doesn’t believe in idols.
“People always ask who mine are,” the 23-year-old said in a recent interview. “But that phrase, ‘I’m only human’ – it’s there for a reason.”
In the past seven years, Trohman’s band — Fall Out Boy — has exploded from an underground sensation to an internationally recognized pop-punk powerhouse, hitting [...]


