by Matt Dixon, March '06

1. Please introduce ATSC and give a bit of background info:
...And The Saga Continues is Steve on guitar, the Fridge on drums, and myself Jonah on bass and vocals. ...ATSC has been around since 2000, before that the band was called One Step Away and had 4 members, the bassist Dave left the band so I joined, we changed our name and decided to become way faster and way harder. A little before our first tour our singer at the time, Chris decided he wasn't coming, so I took over on vocals as well. Before One Step Away, Steve and myself played in another band together called All The Answers. Steve and the Fridge have been playing together in many different bands over the years because they grew up together.

2. What is it that sets your band apart from others?
First of all we play harder than just about every other "hardcore" band out there today, besides that it seems like most bands these days like to follow a formula. We don't follow any formula or trends, and in this day and age that sets us apart.

3. What are your major influences?
For me Minor Threat, the Dead Kennedys, Agnostic Front, the Ramones, Suicidal Tendencies, DRI, Bad Brains. Even though we don't really sound very much like any of these bands, they're the ones that influenced me to play music in the first place.

4. What kind of message do you hope to get across?
I sing about my life and what I see in the world, whether it's corrupt government, our fucked up health care system, or getting wasted with my friends. There's no one message we're trying to get across, it's just about sharing my prespective on what I see and how I feel about many different things. I do feel it's important for hardcore/punk bands to say something, and I feel the majority of the bands around today don't have a whole lot to say.

5. What's the strangest thing that's happened at an ATSC show?
People didn't run out of the venue with their hands over their ears.

6. If ATSC had a polar opposite band, who would it be?
I don't listen to much new music, maybe a Simple Plan.

7. What can we expect from the band in the future?
Right now we're writing a full length record, it will probably be done by the end of the year. Since we're working on the record we won't be touring until probably January of next year, but we will be playing shows around Quebec and Ontario throughout the summer.

8. How can ppl contact you?
Our e-mail address is andthesagacontinues@hotmail.com and our website is www.andthesagacontinues.com.

9. Last words?
Remember, people are douchebags.