Monty: Well, as far as I know they're gonna go for a full-on tour, or opening for somebody. Getting us out there for a headline thing? My preference would be to catch on with a nice tour and opening up. I think that'd be a nice start. That's kind of the plan. Something like that. We don't really know yet. Have to see how that turns out.

Chad: I'm a big fan of your artwork, by the way. It's one of the…You see something and you know it's yours.

Monty: (Laughter)

Chad: And I was just kind of curious, there's a few pictures and a few pieces of your art in the new album, but on the past few, especially, Galactic Cowboys albums - actually all of them really - your art's been very prominent. And it doesn't seem to be as prominent on this album. Was that a conscious effort for some reason?

Monty: Yeah. I put a couple things in there. The picture of my daughter and the thing on the front cover, and All Day Sucker, and that kind of thing just seemed to fit. That picture and everything…I actually took that photograph. I don't know, it just seemed to fit so well, so I just kind of went with that. I still do a lot of that stuff and put it online.

Chad: Yeah, I saw. And you've got your stuff for sale. That's very cool.

Monty: Yeah. I try to kind of keep the graphics and the artwork on the website changed a lot. Keep it kind of fresh.

Chad: Well, I've only got a couple more questions. What should be a Christian's involvement in and approach to art?

Monty: Well, huh. That's deep.

Chad: (Laughter)

Monty: (Laughter) Uh. Well, I guess I can only approach it from my viewpoint.

Chad: Yeah, that's fine.

Monty: I think we have a responsibility if you're a Christian to represent…You're representing the faith in your art, and I think you have a responsibility to do it on a high level, I think. And to do as well as you can. That's kind of the way I approach it. I want to be known as a person that does art as well as anybody. That's my goal. Just take and make it as good as it can be, and of a quality that Christians can be proud of.

Chad: Now, this is the last question. Um, what exactly is "The Machine Fish Suite" from At the End of the Day about?

Monty: (Laughter)

Chad: (Laughter)

Monty: It's actually about, obviously, a lot of experiences that we went through personally in Galactic.

Chad: (Laughter)

Monty: Um, but you know, a lot of it in there also is the whole industry. Or it could really be any industry that kind of stresses power and money over your art. You know, watching these VH1 "Behind the Music"'s…So many bands just get ripped off by business people, by industry lawyers, managers. It's really just a machine. And I was a part of that, and I went through that. You get into something, and you're naďve, and you don't really have a lot of business savvy usually when you're starting out. And you don't know what a good deal is or a bad deal. I just think some people really take advantage of a lot of people. So, that's really kind of what it's about. Being taken advantage of; money, power, being manipulated. That kind of thing.

Chad: Okay, I remember when that album came out, late summer/early fall of '98, when we got it at hm while I was actually working there. And, of course, we listen to any Galactic Cowboys or King's X album till it doesn't run anymore…

Monty: (Laughter)

Chad: (Laughter) …And I remember, I loved all the songs from "Machine Fish Suite."

Monty: (Laughter)

Chad: (Laughter) So, anyway, I had to ask about that.

Monty: Well, yeah. A lot of times I'll take kind of personal experiences, and I'll kind of conglomerate them into a story, or maybe put another character in my place and whatnot. But, yeah, a lot of that obviously was about…Yeah. But, you know, I'd have to say, I've met a lot of people that that could probably apply to.

Chad: Okay.

Monty: So…

Chad: I thought of a couple more things actually. I saw that in the press release for Crunchy, Dee Dee Ramone is your cousin?

Monty: Yeah.

Chad: Really?

Monty: Yeah. Not to say that we have like a close personal relationship.

Chad: (Laughter) Yeah.

Monty: But, yeah, we've met and everything. He's my dad's brother's son.

Chad: Okay.

Monty: And, yeah, I guess a lot of people don't know that.

Chad: (Laughter)

Monty: They usually think Shawn Colvin is related to me.

Chad: Shawn Colvin, why am I not thinking of who that is?

Monty: She's like kind of a country/folk artist. I get asked that a lot: "Is Shawn Colvin related to you?"

Chad: (Laughter)

Monty: No, but Dee Dee Ramone!

Chad: (Laughter) That's great.

Monty: He's actually named Doug Colvin.

Chad: Do you have any closing comments for me? Anything you'd like to leave me with?

Monty: Um, well, I'm just hoping that people will approach this as a new thing, and just leave their minds open if they were Galactic fans, that they'll give me some artistic freedom.

Chad: Um hm.

Monty: Give me some room as an artist, you know? Take it for what it is: just fun rock 'n' roll. Anyway, yeah. I can't wait to get out there and play again. It's been a couple years since I've actually toured. I'm looking forward to it.