Christian Crowe: We went about this whole thing backwards, usually you have a name, songs, and a fan base before you get a deal. We kind of leap frogged off of Ian's solo career into the band, so when it was time to come up with a name, we had to appease the record label as well (which wasn't easy!) We spent our days back then driving around in our van making lists of names. Some were awesome, some left a lot to be desired. But the label hated all of them. There suggestions were absolutly horrific! At one point we were almost the Sugartones. It was a good thing we didn't pick that, 'cause two weeks later we heard the Supertones for the first time, and that would have been pretty confusing. Finally, after submitting a name to the label and being rejected for the umpteenth time, we firmly stated, "OK, it's All Star United or the Tigers!" They finally agreed to All Star United (after turning it down originally). We are glad; we like the name; it looks great on a t-shirt!

Christian: Ian had been traveling for about a year, when I met him. His second solo record was just about to be released. He asked me to play drums in one of his videos. We got along like sisters, so I suggested if he wanted a drummer for any shows, to let me know. He hasn't been on a stage since, that I haven't been on as well, making a racket behind him. Later that same year, we had a band from New Mexico, the Echoing Green, open for us on tour. Patrick was in that band, and we thought he was funny, so we stole him. Dave had played guitar on an early record that Ian had done. So by the time we had put All Star United together, we figured he had gotten better. Besides he was the only person we knew that could parallel park a van and trailer. The rest, as they say, is chemistry!

Christian: We feel that we reflect our influences, while adding enough of our own flair to make any song that we do an All Star Classic!

Christian: Blur, Menswear, Supergrass, Dodgy, Oasis, Pulp, Radiohead, Ash, Wannadies, the Longpigs, Gene, James, The Charlatans, Sleeper, Echobelly, Ride, The Verve, Super Furry Animals, Nancy Boy, Ivy, New Order, Depeche Mode, Ereasure, The Missing Persons, and dc Talk.

Christian: I hope that people realize that we were not trying to cash in on the "Smash Hit," all we wanted to do was entertain, and write songs that pointed out that life without God was and is pointless, and that the only way to have eternal life is through Him.

Christian:We wanted to at least finish it by the turn of the century.

Christian: That is Ian's aunt singing a song that Ian's grandfather wrote a long time ago. She was singing it into a Playschool Tape Recorder. Originally we were going to have Ralph Carmichael orchestrate it and make a whole big band track out of it, but alas we ran out of time and money. So we put her version of it on the record. She was quite surprised to find out that we put her on the record. I'm not sure if she is talking to Ian yet, because of it.

Christian: It is plainly and simply about the people who claim to be Christians and think that because they are that they can sit back and just wait on God to give them everything. They live in this euphoric place we call la la land.

Christian: The Holy Spirit.

Christian: It can get pretty frusterateing living in Nashville in the middle of the "Industry". I'm speaking of the Contemporary Christian Music Industry. Just like everything that you want to do full time, at some point it has to be self-sufficient. You have to be able to make a living doing what you can to keep doing what you can, if you know what I mean. Because of this, all these things that started out with completly pure intentions, have become buisiness'. Now we have Christian Record Stores, Christian Radio Stations, Christian Record Labels, Christian Rock Bands, Christian T-shirts, Christian Bumper stickers, at some point you have to look at all this and think are these still the same good intentions that we started with or are we just trying to make a buck by putting the word Christian in front of it. God doesn't need all of this to be God. Like we say in concert, "2000 years ago God didn't need all these things and if He was walking the earth now, someone would try to be His booking agent. Jesus Christ is a Smash Hit on His own merit!"

Christian: It changes from time to time, but at this point and it's been this one for quite awhile, it's "Lullaby." I think It's my inner child that likes being sung to sleep. : )

Christian: The Wedding Singer.

Christian: Dr. Pepper.

Christian: We are currently putting the finishing touches on a whole new batch of songs. We go into the studio on May 2nd, to start recording. These new songs are great! We are all real excited about finally having enough material to fill a headlining set. It has been difficult, because we have been out on stage in front of thousand of people that want us to play over and hour show and we only have 45 minutes of music at our disposal. We have done three officials tours of the US and many other dates and gigs here and abroad. We have played this record live so many times. We are very ready to have some new exciting rockin songs!

Christian: Generally the bands we listen to are the ones that we have toured with or done shows with and we like them; such as Fold Zandura, Delirious, and Third Day.

Christian: Yes, the new All Star United record hits the shelves December 31st, 1998. Please buy it! In the mean time if you happen to hear that we are coming to town, go see us. Remember God wants to have a personal relationship with you. Talk to Him!