{"id":5647,"date":"2012-05-10T22:25:24","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T02:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/?p=5647"},"modified":"2012-05-14T12:53:15","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T16:53:15","slug":"gimme-five-shayne-miel-of-the-future-kings-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/2012\/05\/gimme-five-shayne-miel-of-the-future-kings-of-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Gimme Five! Shayne Miel of The Future Kings of Nowhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-5734\" title=\"The Future Kings of Nowhere\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"294\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON.png 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/a>For two years there, the Future Kings of Nowhere were preoccupied with new wives, new businesses, and bad diagnoses, to say the least. Lead singer, Shayne Miel&#8217;s return to Durham and recovery from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma would be enough to celebrate, but reforming the band after such a raucous couple of years has its glory too. The Kings are back to bring their acoustic punk to the masses. Miel and a gang of collaborators who have been with him from the beginning have already recorded a new EP, <em>Pirates<\/em> (out now) and a full length (due later this year) to get the ball rolling again.<\/p>\n<p>So sure, these pop punk royals have their warpath laid out for them, but can their fearless leader handle the hardest questions in faux business? See for yourself after the jump.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. If your music were a city, which would it be? <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKONlogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-5735\" title=\"FKON\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKONlogo-300x288.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKONlogo-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKONlogo.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI&#8217;m not sure. It would be some place that most people have never heard of, but has a really good sandwich shop and a theater that only shows old movies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. What made you you decide it was time to start sharing music again?<\/strong><br \/>\nBecause I could. We tried to keep practicing and recording when I was sick, but it got too hard. I was in the hospital more often than not, and was too weak even when I was home. My voice got pretty messed up from the treatment too. But the recovery came quickly once they stopped pumping me full of poison. I was starting to feel well enough to play, so I met up with the rest of the band and proposed the idea of starting up again. We booked a show that gave us about 5 months to get ready (Motorco, last May) and began practicing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Describe your typical band practice.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt usually starts with one person calling to say they&#8217;re running late, which is fine because it takes us at least 30 minutes to get all the equipment set up. We practice in (drummer) Mike&#8217;s living room and have to break everything back down after each practice. Then we screw around until the last person shows up. This usually involves some sort of ridiculous &#8220;jam&#8221;. Once everyone is there we start working through some subset of our songs. As we get closer to a show, we narrow it down to just the songs on the setlist. We run through everything once or twice until we&#8217;re about out of time, then break everything down and hang out for a little while. This is the real point of practice since we&#8217;re all so busy we don&#8217;t often get to see each other outside of these pre-planned times.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5736 alignleft\" title=\"FKoN\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON1-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"299\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON1-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON1-120x80.png 120w, https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/mill\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/FKON1.png 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>4. Who\/what might be a few inspirations or influences that would really surprise people?<\/strong><br \/>\nSurprising (maybe?): I&#8217;m a lyrics freak, so I love good hip-hop. Mike likes metal. Dan (bass) likes the band Night Ranger. Mike and Allison (keys) and I used to play together in a ska-punk band.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprising at all: We all grew up listening to punk. Dan and I love old country and any new music with good lyrics. We&#8217;re also all heavily influenced by all of the brilliant music that happens in this area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. What did you dream of being when you were a kid? (How \u00e2\u20ac\u2122d that turn out?)<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen I was a young kid, I wanted to be an architect. It seemed like the perfect blend of math and art. Then in 7th grade I discovered computer programming and decided I wanted to grow up and make machines that can think. I also started playing music around that time.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I write software that reads essays written by students and gives them feedback so that they can learn to write better. And I&#8217;m a musician in my spare time. I&#8217;m saving architecture for my mid-life crisis career change.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c &#8211; \u00e2\u20ac\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Click on over to download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchkeyrecords.com\/store\/fkon\/pirates\/\">The Future Kings of Nowhere&#8217;s new EP, <em>Pirates<\/em><\/a>, out now on Churchkey Records<em>.<\/em> And, by all means, give Shayne a high five when you see him!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For two years there, the Future Kings of Nowhere were preoccupied with new wives, new businesses, and bad diagnoses, to say the least. Lead singer, Shayne Miel&#8217;s return to Durham and recovery from Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma would be enough to celebrate, but reforming the band after such a raucous couple of years has its glory too. 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