Sloan's Patrick Pentland

Monday mornings are always the same, aren’t they? You’re groggily sitting in your cubicle, asking your coworkers what they did this weekend. Slowly your mind begins to clear and you focus on the task at hand: deciding how you’re going to stick it to the man this week. As always, SFist has your back in all career and life decisions. We suggest you begin by going out tonight. That’s right on a school night. We promise that we really do have your best interest in heart because Sloan is playing the Independent tonight. We don’t like to boast, but SFist has seen a lot of bands over the years, and Sloan continues to be one of the best live shows out there. Plus we really can’t stop listening "Right or Wrong" off of their new album, "Never Hear the End of it". Check them out. End your slavery to the man! Need more motivation? How about feeling like Sloan is your new BFF? They probably will be after you read Patrick Pentland’s (guitar and vocals) take on the SFist interview experience below. Extra credit if you read this band history, which will be sure to impress that babe at the club you’ve been dying to meet.

Best show you've played and what made it great?:
Osaka, Japan, 1998. Playing our first show, so far from home, not knowing what to expect, and having the crowd go from sitting politely still to berserk with the first chord.

The best fans are:
Knowledgeable, polite, financially generous, seriously hot.

Favorite Venue?:
One with clean, private bathrooms, open bar, appropriate stage, powerful monitors, just small enough to make it crammed.

Lamest crowd request?:
It often costs between $15-$25 a ticket to see us play. Baby sitters, parking, food, drinks, a hang-over the next day at work, all of these things are issues an audience member takes into account when they come to see us, and most do time after time. Therefore there are no lame crowd requests. At the same time, we don't necessarily grant any requests at all. See " The best fans are:"

What do you attribute your longevity as a band to?:
Desperation, passive aggressiveness, hard work, smart work, unrivaled support team, love, addiction, chips on shoulders, chips on tables, things to prove, opportunities to be exploited, life long dreams to be lived out, etc.

Any advice to aspiring musicians out there?:
Play as much as you can, don't undervalue yourself and what you do, seek out the right people to work with, and sorry, these amps aren't moving anywhere.

What's your favorite song to perform?:
It still blows me away that we can create (individually, or together) music that people want to hear enough to yell their heads off about. When it comes to music I'm a people pleaser. When it comes to life I'm a selfish prick.

Where can we see you next?:
The next time Sloan play The Independent in SF, on Monday, April 30th