We just recorded every show and started sifting through them, which is kind of a monumental task because we played something like 250 shows that year. … So we did a series of bootlegs during our last big album cycle. So we figured if there’s going to be bad bootlegs out there, we might as well make them ourselves and use that as the first kind of big push. There were quite a few really bad quality bootlegs, (recorded) via snuck-in cell phones and video cameras, on the Internet, and a lot of people were watching them and downloading them.
Q: Was there a specific catalyst for the initial start-up?Ī: I think the first major thing that we did was the bootleg series. So we started really realizing that we had a wonderful chance here to raise awareness about some important things that were going on, (but) where do we start? We figured we would just raise money for and raise awareness towards things that were important to us, which started around some, humanitarian causes that we’ve worked with on small scales and then some environmental causes that we’ve worked with on small scales, like the Surfrider Foundation and Heal the Bay and whatnot. … It was an interesting way to be introduced to philanthropy, I guess you could say. … It kind of made it OK as a teenager to get involved with something. … (Many of them) were promoting certain things at their shows - booths you could go to here you could find out about certain causes or certain organizations they were working with.
… I know from personal experience that we really paid attention to the bands that we were listening to. … All of us kind of realized how we had sort of arrived at this place of visibility, I guess you could say.
Question: When and why did you decide to found the Make Yourself Foundation?Īnswer: I think it was 2003.
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