Elias Soriano: So far so good. Unfortunately the singer for Black Maria got a little bit ill, so we're hoping that he's feeling better tonight. Attendance has been great, the crowds have been real responsive, so another one under the belt.

PM: How's the crowd response been to the new material?

ES: Oh really good, really good. They're requesting a lot of new material. It's been going over real well. I think we're having a lot of fun playing the new stuff too, so it kind of translates over to the crowd.

PM: I noticed the setlist for the tour was more of a mix of new material versus old. Are you just getting tired of playing the old stuff?

What is a winning formula for a band?

If you're Dark new Day, you get five best friends, split up into other bands such as Sevendust and Creed, work the industry for twelve years, then one day all quit your bands simultaneously and form the dream band you've always wanted.

"If you came to each guy and said, 'Hey, if you can put your own band together outside of your current band, who would you grab,' we were the guys that always said that we'd like to play with that guy," said drummer Will Hunt [formerly drummer of metal band Skrape] before their recent show in Atlanta. "I'd like to play with Brett, or with Troy, all of them. The stars just kind of aligned, we all got involved with other things, and finally those things dissipated. We all had other record deals. Then we started this band. Things just happened in that order."