One of our February Bands of the Month, Tom Riddle and Friends, was able to take time out of their busy schedules of wrocking out, being awesome, and making us laugh to give us an exclusive interview.

Interview conducted by Kristen

First thing first, how did Tom Riddle and Friends start out?

Ty and I were in a band called The Bru, and we wrote a song about Hermione Granger (”Miss Granger”), because we thought Harry and the Potters were dank/raw.

Ty came to me a couple days later and told me that there were tons of Wizard Rock bands on MySpace, so we decided to quit The Bru and start TRAF! for fame, money, women, and success.

According to you, Voldemort has a lot of love. What doesn’t he love?

He absolutely hates Ringo Starr, because they are rivals with the whole “Peace, Love” shin-dig. Voldy isn’t all about the peace, but Ringo thinks he’s the king of love, and that’s just bull malarkey.

He also hates communism, centipedes, PETA, PMRC, PMS, mammograms, people who eat thing that don’t belong to them at the office refrigerator etc.

How did you discover Harry Potter and all the fun that goes with it?

Our mum’s bought us the books.

You have a few recent songs relating to food, so, what’s your ideal meal?

Bacon.

“Sucks the alcohol right out of you” -the Cedric Diggory’s

Do your family/friends know of your music, and if so, what do they think?

Indubitably. Our parents say we talk about sexual relationships too much, and our friends say we don’t talk about it enough.

If you could spend a day at Hogwarts what would you do?

Skip rocks at the black lake from Minerva.

You’ve got a reputation of being troublemakers…do you think that’s true?

I don’t think we are troublemakers. I just think people are out to get us. We got kicked out of Phoenix Rising, because we didn’t have passes, even though we only wanted to attend a live podcast. They decided to do that after a trip from hell to New Orleans. No citizen of the Bloomfield Hills area knew where a church was. We got caught in an 11 hour traffic jam on our way to Chicago. Anytime we seem to go somewhere, somebody has a problem with us, but we are kinder spirits, so we don’t know why this burden is thrown upon us. Maybe they feel threatened by two beautiful men.

How long did the “Give me Some Sugar” video take? How did it come to be?

The video took about 3 weeks to make. I made it for a video editing class, and we got a 96% on it, so it was well worth it.

Did Harry actually forgive Barkley? And do all dementors have names?

Harry and Barkley started speaking a couple months ago. But since they had a nasty fall out, Harry decided that giving it another shot wasn’t the right thing to do at the moment. Apparently Harry doesn’t have an interest in men. We thought he always did, but I guess that was just Dumbledore. Barkley started chain smoking from depression, but he hangs out with us now, so it’s all gravy baby.

And yes, all dementors have names. It’s hard to figure out what their name is though, because when you introduce yourself they just try to snog you immediately. Different culture, I guess. We found that after you give them your soul, they introduce themselves. We sacrificed Ty’s little brother to figure out Barkley’s name…. it was worth it.

What is your process for coming up with some of your completely amazing and completely hilarious scenarios?

First you get a rolling paper and then… no, just kidding… but seriously, that’s what we do.

Actually, our minds just make up scenarios and we go with it. Usually I start the song with some idea, and Ty finishes it off. He likes to finish things off.

What’s your next great adventure?

We hope to tour over the summer. If we don’t find anyone to tour with, we are thinking about having BaconFest. Hopefully we can get kicked out of Terminus as well to continue our streak.

Is there anything else of importance that everyone should know?

The greatest album ever made is coming out this summer. It’s called “presents Love.” Be prepared to be jealous.