Brand New Masterpost
I end up finding a lot of these when im searching for pictures and many are lost so. here. I don’t know how credible all the early day ones are, and many are conducted by fans in the earlier days and therefore not always the most professional, but usually give more information than standard articles. Not all are full of new information,
Written Interviews:
i bolded the ones i felt were, or at least a fun read, but i probably missed some.
Your Favorite Weapon:
2001 interview with jesse lacey they promote your favorite weapon and talk about cabbage patch kids. a bit weird
2002 interview with jesse where he promotes deja, talks about trying to get signed and a bit about his life pre-brand new or what he’d be doing if not in a band.
interview via your favorite weapon with brian and vin pretty laid back and tell some touring and personal stories.
your favorite weapon era brian discussing jude law video, jesses relationship with girls, and what their future episode on Behind The Music would be like.
Standard Interview with your basic interview questions with Jesse. Nothing Too Interesting
Interview with Jesse and Brian which includes one of my favourite jesse quotes about how he feels about songs after they’ve been written for a while, and bing an asshole in high school
Interview with Jesse and Brian where they talk about things they don’t like and like about themselves, and getting hurt a lot
Interview with Jesse where he talks about Avril Lavigne and him, john, and adam getting into a bar fight. If it doesn’t work on first click, refresh it.
Interview With Jesse where he talks about touring and getting sick a lot
Short interview with Brian where he says the secret he’ll take to their graves and his ideal date
Pretty standard interview with Jesse with some witty answers
Interview with Jesse discussing touring and some 20 question type questions
Interview with Jesse discussing his favorite songs off your favorite weapon and his friendship with john
Standard Jesse interview about their tours in your favorite weapon era
Interview with Jesse talking about getting scarlet fever and being vegetarian
Jesse interview TEXT IS WHITE MUST HIGHLIGHT TO READ!!!! talks about destroying his guitar and him and john having to wrestle pieces back from the crowd
Interview with jesse discussing the rookie lot and the weirdest thing to happen on tour
Jesse interview talking about what superhero he would be and iowa city
Interview with brian and vinnie that’s very conversation like
Deja Entendu:
2003 interview with jesse vinnie is there too but doesn’t say much. talk about the sic transit video as well as random shit, like if there’s life on mars. warning for the interviewer being kinda … and implied sexual assault
pretty standard 2003 interview with jesse, talks about his relationship with john nolan a bit and the band. it was only in a downloadable document form so i put it unlisted on pastebin but am unaware if im missing any credit, if this is yours, let me know
deja interview with jesse where he discusses ice cream, his family, the boy who blocked his own shot and what he’d do if he wasn’t in a band
2003 interview with jesse possibly my favorite interview ever, his dad has to wake him up and speaks about fans coming to his door
interview with the full band after release of deja. REALLY good one where they tease brian, talk about how eisley got a stripper-cop sent to them on tour, random facts including jesse quitting mcdonalds after being told that people need to get over sexual harassment and how he doesn’t want to be known for being cute, and testing interviewers by vinnie saying “Okay, I have to go home to do an ounce of coke.“ Transcript from a interview i found on a fan site, so i reuploaded on pastebin for an easier read. (Can also be found scanned in some blogs)
Interview with jesse where he talks about being sadder on this album and johnny marr
Interview with jesse where he discusses play crack the sky
Interview with Vinnie where he talks about the press and music scenes
Standard interview with Brian where he talks about fans
Interview with jesse about the release of deja and what play crack means to him
interviews with MTV where quiet things video is explained and sic transit gloria video and song meaning is explain
Brian on his first and only job, the most famous person on his phone, and many others! Lot’s of good pictures too
Rare Interview with Garrett discussing questions similar to the brian one mentioned above
Standard interview with Jesse
Interview with Brian talking about what album he’d buy if he had ten dollars to spare and coping with family
Interview with Jesse discussing file sharing and favorite song to play live
Pretty in depth interview with jesse about the making of deja
Interview with Jesse discussing what he’s been listening to, craziest thing to happen on stage, and what songs mean a lot to him
Standard interview with jesse and vinnie
Brian on his favorite book, guestlist and how he eats an oreo
Jesse on standard band questions and the bands stereotypes
Jesse on breaking new ground and hitting a cop car with fireworks
Interview with Brian on news and genres
Brian on renting out a chili’s restaurant for the deja release
The Devil And God:
street team interview with the band leading up to the release of tdag
brian with a little talk on the shoot for the quiet things video
tdag era interview with jesse, pretty brief but lighthearted he talks on the tdag cover
deja interview with jesse where he discusses success and doing a 180 when he saw the quiet things music video playing in a restaurant
interview with jesse around tdag once again discussing relationship with fame as well as with fans. not a rare one but one of my favorites due to it being very genuine
interview with jesse after the release of tdag about fans thinking he put fake lyrics up, his relationship with religion and the demos
Interview with Kevin and Jesse starts off just kevin, then jesse joins in. Talks about record sales, trying to make physical copies special, and almost breaking up the band.
Interview with jesse where he talks about inspirations for The Devil And God
Daisy and onwards:
Interview With Jesse talks about on lifes highway, vinnie’s involvement with Daisy, and growing up.
Interview with Jesse where he discussed influences for daisy and why he doesn’t do interviews
Interview with Brian and Vinnie discussing what daisy means and their favorite ice cream
Interview with Brian discussing the Wembley Arena show
Interview with Jesse From the August of 2012, this is one of my favourites because it’s very genuine and Jesse reflects on a lot of the bands work of the past. It’s basically word for word, i think and is mostly the dialouge.
Interview with Jesse and Vinnie discussing the production and decisions behind Daisy
Interview with Jesse about him being genuine and his life
Interview with Jesse where he talks about everything and anything
there is quite a few article scans in this link http://wtfbrandnew.tumblr.com/tagged/articles from another wonderful brand new blog
Video Interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5I6nqWiMv4 entire brand new tour dvd from YFW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Mz4mfvGLok making of deja entendu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4cWJYmKiFI jesse speaking on the future and crying
part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaiZUR-FPs
part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWaPgR81lpQ
jesse interacting with fans and doing an informal q and a
part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IeG-dFoVg
part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5IeG-dFoVg
part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCP9INuGfCE
Imx interview that includes jesse being an older brother ™, garrett talking on the phone during an interview and straylight run showing up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRGSpPXjZKc brand new interview on the tour bus with jesse lacey that cuts off so its only like a minute long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHoeL8R3L4A - really cute video from deja era about playing reading and leads with Jesse, cute fan interactions, cute hat
part 1: #28: Manchester Orchestra | Brand New | (Long Drive with Jesse Lacey, Kevin Devine) part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkOg80a4NKY
part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8ZsXDA-P4s
manchester orchestra/ kevin devine/ jesse lacey tour madness including jesse’s wolf hat, fireworks, getting hit with baseballs and laser tag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayoaWccP70 interview with jesse circa 2009 where he talks about comics @ the marvel studio!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUdSl50-0is one of my fave interview about the devil and god. takes a lot about the core ideals of the album as well as asking about a lot of the car accident meanings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ixGE9-X8tw - early interview with jesse where YFW release is discussed and some live shots which for some reason are all middle schoolers in the crowd? field trip perhaps?
part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oGcZ7IMzLw part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9oZ31dVNPw
TDAG era interview with Jesse and Brian discussing the release of the album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo1XtwQ9jI4 - very standard interview in 2007 with full band but mostly jesse talking. not very good quality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgWAcFknuR8 - jesse discssing how he doesnt remember faces and then what untitled 08 is about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwnmoR0n0yg - jesse and vinnie’s talk on guitar stuff. i believe it’s mostly jesse if i remember correctly. mostly gear talk so not the most interesting, but at the beginning jesse talks about the guitar he got from john nolan and how he got it
Awesome individual lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV1MK-t6wDo&list=PL0D91F6242217852E - this is degausser he falsettos and dances this really weird dance in it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=WhuVTtjn2rM - play crack the sky with the really touching speech in front of it “…And for me, I did when I got married. My wife helped me through everything. So now, when I play these songs—and she’s six months pregnant, by the way—all I think about is, ‘I’m so glad I don’t have to feel this way anymore.’ It’s a really great feeling. I never have to worry about finding someone to date ever again in my entire life. So here is to all of you finding that person in your life, and never having to worry about your life being an analogy for dying in a shipwreck, like this song is.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQYyn5NsCIc - awesome version of sealed to me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHMxeQxM1Dc - first version of sealed to me with the speech in the beginning about what the song’s about
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQxN9VSFZcA - brand new five minutes of an early set for the first four track demos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVmLv0DcQE0 brand new doing there’s no i in team, with some friendly banter, vinnie impersonating the mic swing and jesse saying “don’t tell my mom i said fuck heads”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHj37d4i-xA seventy times seven with theres no i in team at the interlude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GH1XRIdbk one of the many perormances of john nolan doing seventy with them, unfortunately one of the only few actually filmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MVyQq2lF04 pretty popular version of maradona where he switches out the lyrics to say “its family night all the kids eat for free”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH0SfeJ-GIo Mixtape/Flying at Tree Level/Seventy Times Seven/Jude Law/El Scorcho + banter 2007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJVswLUTBs -imx performance of boy who blocked his own shot where jesse randomly has a british accent?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzPFREhlkRM - personal favourite version of the trailer trash cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vX1Yk1WdFI - live cover of oh comely
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTtjC6TP1SQ - Jesse talking about john nolan and then going into my nine rides shotgun
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgJTH3IQk7M - very nice performance of soco in 2013 at the observatory
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBKPe6ydVig - eerie performance of tautou and sic transit at the observatory
*- if you click on the user for these videos most of the set is up there, but these are my three personal favourites! it includes other great rares such as fork and knife and coca cola though, i couldnt string together all the performances but i recommend to check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEIKINjm-so - great slow downed version of jude law with jesse solo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC9fG83k_JE - live performance of maradona where brian misses his cue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyiV9k7ci7E - soco live in atlantic on new years eve 2011 going into 2012, song ends with countdown to the new year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_phw2CDexk - play crack the sky live in 2015 where jesse talks about cleveland, his wife, andy hull and basketball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyGDtnt8CO4 - degausser done for the second time at bamboozle 2007, some lyric changes and very emotional
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D6wrSt3U88 - jesse explaining and singing untitled 01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXksfM1B0q4 - jesse and kevin covering my girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VDYJf9k72g - nobody moves (only ever live) done on new years eve show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejdLjw15wY - brand new, thrice, and mewithoutyou members doing christmas carols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfpgjT12QL8 - decent quality 2002 performance of jude law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmsbZPlVs50 - magazines at NYE request show where jesse does some weird laugh at the beginning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmVNXJLC-Is - failure by design with jesse and vinnie banter at the beginning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_M-mrllVpE - jesse, vin and kevin all acting silly and dancing to degausser
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvmPYoUnVGo - crowd sings to jesse, he’s embarassed
Full sets;
part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8BKn-cIi8Q part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROt3lbcP2Yk&feature=related
full brand new set from 2002 which includes some great quotes including “the shaggin wagon”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pj4DK4cbgc full brand new set opening up for tbs with some goon band banter and jesses brother crowdsurfing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQDAfVHrrw&list=RDNlQDAfVHrrw#t=0 - pretty popular 2002 performance at the meow meow in oregon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZnGDaf26Vc vintage vinyl acoustic performance to support deja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHMUSxmiUIk full set from small show at the bell house 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WY-p72R6bU professionally shot austin city limits festival set 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klHEABGJT0s another professionally shot festival video from lollapalooza 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Y2_jGzg7o - riot fest full set 2013
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bck7TBMgqQ - pegasus music festival 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dSGIMQNjE pretty famous but long performance of jesse lacey solo at the downtown, lots of nice banter
that’s all i can find at the moment, but this will be edited as i find more. hope this helps anyone! Let me know if i accidentally mis-linked something or one of the links is broken!

















