<p>Who are Lip Candy? Well, I had to pleasure of finding out Saturday December 2<sup>nd</sup>. Lip Candy consists of Connor, on drums, Alan on bass, and Thomas on lead guitar and vocals. For a band that’s only been together for 3 months, Lip Candy have already begun to make waves in the local indie scene. In fact, they got this interview by bringing the most fans to a battle of the bands contest.</p>
<p>All three of the guys in Lip Candy are freshmen at Loyola. They all hail from the south which is where they claim their blues influence comes from. I learned this in our interview held at their practice space in Metairie.</p>
<h3>How did you three meet?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas Goetz:</strong> Well, we are all freshmen at Loyola and we just met through school.</p>
<p><strong>Alan Howard:</strong> Yeah I live on the same floor as Thomas and they needed a bass player and they knew I played bass.</p>
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<h3>How did you get the idea that you were going to start a band?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> We started talking about music and Connor and I started talking about “Highly Suspect” which is my favorite band and we were just like, “Hey, lets start a band!”</p>
<p><strong>Connor Zaeringer:</strong> Yeah, we wanted to be a mix of Blink 182, highly suspect, and weezer.</p>
<h3>So where are y’all from?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> I’m from Forth Worth, Texas.</p>
<p><strong>Connor</strong>: I’m born and raised here in Metairie.</p>
<p><strong>Alan:</strong> I’m from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.</p>
<h3>How long have you three been playing music for?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> we all have been playing since middle school.</p>
<p><strong>Connor:</strong> I have been playing music since I was 5. So playing music has been a part of me for a long time.</p>
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<h3>What made you want to play music?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> Well classic rock like Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones really caught my attention when I was young. Then when I got older, Pop punk like Blink 182 and Weezer really made me want to play. Now Highly Suspect is what makes me want to play music.</p>
<p><strong>Connor:</strong> Yeah I would hear my parents play classic rock so I grew a taste for music very early on right around the same time I started playing instrument.</p>
<h3>So who are your biggest influences?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas</strong>: I <em>love </em>Highly Suspect.</p>
<p><strong>Connor:</strong> Yeah, we play a lot of Highly Suspect songs. We can play some if you wanna hear!?</p>
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<h3>If you could open for anyone who would it be?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> Royal Blood and Highly Suspect. I love Catfish and Bottlemen It would be dope to open for them. Have you ever heard of them?</p>
<p><strong>Connor:</strong> 21 Pilots or the Foo Fighters would be pretty dope!</p>
<h3>So you have a new single out now called “Slippin”?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> yeah I feel like slippin is just a combination of everything we like in bands.</p>
<p><strong>Connor:</strong> Slippin is the best song to define Lip Candy. That is who we are, a little bit a of everything.</p>
<p><strong>Alan:</strong> Yeah, we like to combine our influences of different genres and sounds to create our own.</p>
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<h3>So what can we expect from you this year?</h3>
<p><strong>Thomas:</strong> We’re just gonna be playing a lot of shows man. Come out and come see us because we are motivated and ready.</p>
<p>The New Orleans music scene and Loyola University are known for cranking out some superstars. G-eazy being the most notable name making headlines in recent years. Next month Lip Candy are flying out to Los Angeles for a show. For a band that has been together for 3-4 months, this is huge growth. You can catch Lip Candy at WTUL’s marathon fundraiser on February 22<sup>nd</sup>.</p>
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