1.    If you had to describe this tour in 3 words, what would those 3 words be?
Sean:  Success, Bustin, Loose
Christy:  Maiden, amazing, addicting
Saxon:  came, saw, played
Shade:  Happy Cooter Trooper

2.    What's the weirdest thing that happened to you on tour?
Sean:  I gained weight.
Christy:  Some homebum spoke gibberish to my left breast. 
Saxon:  I'm not broke. 
Shade:  A drunk woman we stayed with watching me pee.

3.    Did you receive a "Cooter" name?  What is it and why?
Sean:  Yes, Ebenezer, because I'm a grouchy old man.
Christy:  "Saucy" I'm not exactly sure why.  I think because it's similar to my bastard name feisty.
Saxon:  Saxy, not very creative.
Shade:  Alice, what more can be said?

4.    What was your favorite gig?  Why?
Sean:  Lima, all the bands ruled and all my friends were there.
Christy:  I have to agree with Sean.  Lima ruled the 3rd coast.
Saxon:  All the shows were great.
Shade;  Lima cuz Sean and Christy's homecoming was so damn cute.

5.    What was your favorite town?  Why?
Sean:  Huntington, weed/moonshine.
Christy:  Richmond, maybe it's because we were there 2 days but the people rule and the scene is alive and kicking ass.
Saxon:  Richmond or Boston
Shade:  Richmond punk and political action in the same scene?  Can it be true?

6.    Out of all the people you met, whom will you remember the most?
Sean:  Judas Cooter
Christy:  This question's too tough.  I can't narrow it to one person.
Saxon:  Too many to narrow it down.
Shade:  The entire ATU crew.

7.    What H.B. song did you most enjoy playing?
Sean:  Buzzard
Christy:  Nicodemus
Saxon:  Sugar To Ashes
Shade:  Nicodemus

8.    What's your favorite Cooter's song?
Sean:  Life Like
Christy:  I like "Crusty" alot.
Saxon:  Busting Loose
Shade:  Let's Rock Tonight

9.    What was your favorite meal cooked for you?
Sean:  Beer brats
Christy:  The vegan dinner cooked by John in Madison.
Saxon:  Paw Vegan Pizza
Shade:  The Madison Meal

10.    What was the most annoying event that happened?
Sean:  8 bands in Rochester
Christy:  Being woken up too early in Lima.
Saxon:  Having no place to sleep.
Shade:  The Rochester beginner band fest *Wake Up Screaming was the ass-kicking exception.

11.    Who smelled the worst?
Sean:  Shade
Christy:  Me
Saxon: 
Shade:  Raw Cooter's money

12.    Did you make-out with anyone?
Sean:  Yes
Christy:  I never kiss n'tell.
Saxon:  Gentlemen don't kiss and tell.
Shade:  Nothing says chick magnet like being the old ugly guy.

13.    How many showers did you take?
Sean:  not enough
Christy:  My goal was to shower daily but it didn't always happen.
Saxon:  2 showers/4 baths ish
Shade:  Punks don't keep track of such things.

14.    Who was the funniest person you met?
Sean:  Biff or the bass player from ATU
Christy:  Biff in Buffalo or Ethan in Richmond
Saxon:  Dave Krow Detroit
Shade:  Christina of the ATU entourage in the battle of the party meter in Lima.

15.    Who was the craziest person you met?
Sean:  That kid in Olean who dressed like a SLC punk.
Christy:  Biff-for wanting to crash "Christys gone wild."
Saxon:  Olean kid
Shade:  The Gouch with Brody's Militia.

16.    Who was your favorite pet?
Sean:  Mattie
Christy:  Willem
Saxon:  Willard
Shade:  The 20 year old cat in Madison.

17.    Did you get a souvenir?  What was it?
Sean:  Yes, PE beer koozie.
Christy:  Yes, fool's gold from Appleton and moonshine from ATU.
Saxon:  T-shirts/records
Shade:  ATU shirt

18.    What was your favorite tourist place?
Sean:  NYC
Christy:  The Maymont in Richmond, VA.
Saxon:  Niagra Falls
Shade:  Maymont

19.    Where and what was the best meal you had on tour (not cooked by our hosts)?
Sean:  Pizza in Buffalo
Christy:  Mediterranean in Cincinnati
Saxon:  Tofu, potato, pizza in Richmond
Shade:  Sean and I's feast in Richmond

20.    Other than The Cooters, what's your 2nd favorite band you played with?
Sean:  Misery
Christy:  Mad Again cause it was a long time coming.
Saxon:  Eric Petersoni
Shade:  ATU, Parasidic Tie

21.    What's the strangest thing you saw on tour?
Sean:  A naked kid running down the street in Greensboro.
Christy:  Naked Josh jumping on Henry from Brody's Militia during their Lima set.
Saxon:  Emo kids at punk shows.
Shade:  A guy in a Speedo singing The Trooper.

22.    What's the best thing you heard said on tour?
Sean:  "Hey Chad, where's Christy?"………Christy had a spare changer in Manhattan , "We're talking about drunken sex."
Christy:  It's a tie between "Yah, I'll sing but I need to strip to my underwear first," and "I'd jump out of the van before I'd shit my pants."
Saxon:  "You can sleep at my house."
Shade:  "I love you Shade," at the beginning of the Greensboro show. 

23.    If you could name the tour, what would it be?
Sean:  The Happy Cooter Tour
Christy:  We came, we saw, we brought it Tour.
Saxon:  Saxon, Last Stand
Shade:  The Fourteen Fists of Fury Tour

24.    What was your favorite venue?
Sean:  Mockbee
Christy:  The Red Sea for sound and The Mockbee for style.
Saxon:  Poison Estate Appleton
Shade:  The Mockbee

25.    Who got the grumpiest?
Sean:  I did
Christy:  Ebenezer
Saxon:  Sean (Grumpy bastard after all)
Shade:  Everybody who slept in Joe's apartment.

26.    Who was the goofiest (within the H.B. & Cooters)?
Sean:  Saxon
Christy:  Neuter
Saxon:  Neuter
Shade:  Judas Cooter hands down

27.    Who made the best flyer?
Sean:  Travis Rekt
Christy:  Ill in Rochester
Saxon:  Rochester
Shade:  Rochester

28.    Who got the drunkest?
Sean:  Shade
Christy:  Shade
Saxon:  Neuter
Shade:  Neuter

29.    What's the funniest thing that you saw happen to The Cooters?
Sean:  Ask them
Christy:  When they played in Richmond, a guy was so excited he did a full body flip in front of them.
Saxon:  The back flip.
Shade:  Their rockstar treatment at the Michigan Wendy's.

30.    Anything you wish to add?
Sean:  Moonshine from West Virginia is strong.
Christy:  This has been the best tour ever, by far.  Oh, and I don't recommend rear-ending a NYC cab during Saturday rush hour party traffic in Manhattan.
Saxon:  Tour went really well.
Shade:  18 shows in 19 days, 7 people in a van and I'm still sad it's over.