He hung out with the lead singer after our show and just trash talked me the whole time, which is fine, whatever. There was this one show that we played that this A&R guy from a major label was there and he was all messed up, drugged out, super, super drunk. I was doing arranging and producing and I was in the band. I was in this group that was kind of a supergroup that this label had put together. Phil Peterson: I want them to see it and know that it’s them. John Jeffcoat: He’s happy because the band didn’t make it. Phil Peterson: It was even worse than in the movie. Sean Lowry: That concept is based on Phil was in another band. We’ve self-managed, self-recorded, self-promoted. Have you ever had agents ask you to make compromises to sign you in real life?ĭavid Drury: No, because we’ve done everything ourselves. The idea is I wanted to have the married guy, the guy with the domineering girlfriend and then the single guy.
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John Jeffcoat: Sean’s girlfriend in the movie is actually his wife. Sean Lowry: It’s getting squeezed out by our obligations at home.Īre the significant others in the film your actual significant others? It’s not cutting it so we’re trying to get out of town and find an audience that will work for us. I think that’s part of what the movie is.
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Have you been making a full time living as a band for all 11 years?ĭavid Drury: Wouldn’t that have been nice? No. Phil Peterson: Pretty widespread digital distribution. So I feel like the movie had to reflect Tennis Pro’s music. It’s not jokey music but it’s the kind of music you want to put on at your party and enjoy. There was never any intention to make it like a Flight of the Conchords kind of thing. We started with that and then from our trips, the guys started writing songs for the movie. So when I got the albums and then scrolled through all the stuff, I found that it was a lot of great stuff that I could compile to make a really compelling set list. Two big questions for me taking on the project was can I get along with the guys? Are the guys easy to get along with? Is it going to be okay traveling? And then do I like the music.
John Jeffcoat: I’ll say coming onto the project, one thing that was exciting for me was that the band had four albums deep of material. Were you intent on performing your legitimate music or was there any talk of maybe doing funny songs for the movie?
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Tennis Pro isn’t comedy music like Tenacious D or something. Sean Lowry: That’s the model where you start out in the adult film industry and then you transfer into legitimate acting.ĭavid Drury: We’re their doorway to legitimate success. We didn’t know that until we were into the shooting. John Jeffcoat: Japanese adult film industry. They were actually the biggest marquee names we have in the film, in the adult film industry. John Jeffcoat: She was a model that we found so she wasn’t in a band and I guess the two women at the soap bar were not in a band. So the woman who won’t leave your apartment? John Jeffcoat: There are no actors in the movie. Were the Japanese characters in the film actors you found over there? John Jeffcoat: What does it mean to be big? What is success? I think the success they initially went to Japan for was maybe somewhat different than the success they found, but it was the question of what is success and how do you quantify it? Also the definition of “big in Japan” changed with us throughout the process of making this movie, and also for the viewer of the movie as well.
Sean Lowry: We sort of hope it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. The movie is about our desire to go to Japan to make it big. Phil Peterson: Well, that’s what the movie is about. CraveOnline: How long has Tennis Pro been a band before they were movie stars?
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