MakeaStar.com: Welcome to the finals. Did you ever think you would get this far?

Joe K's Kid: In the first week, we were really happy to be one of the sixteen songs that we were super excited when we advanced again.

MAS: What do you think it is about your song that it has gotten into the finals?

J.K.K.: We're hoping it's because people are able to relate to the emotion in it and that it is a song they'd want to hear again.

MAS: Have you been getting any e-mail from Fans? The Industry?

J.K.K.: YES! we've really been enjoying the fan mail we've been receiving and appreciate the time the fans have been taking to say hello and to cheer us on!

MAS: What is the response to your song and your sound in general?

J.K.K.: We get a lot of positive feedback from this song and in general we feel good about the comments we get about our music being easy to relate to the lyrics and that's really important to us.

MAS: What do you think about MakeaStar.com's Industry review service?

J.K.K.: We have always liked getting a variety of opinions on our music so the reviews at MakeaStar.com are one of the main features that drew us in to join.

MAS: What about the equal voting power being given to Fans and the Industry in the contests?

J.K.K.: We are glad that everyone's vote counts equally in this contest.

MAS: Was getting into the contest your primary goal or were you more interested in the industry review?

J.K.K.: We pursued the review for the sake of receiving helpful feedback, so the contest was an added bonus to that!

MAS: How did you develop your sound? Is there a primary songwriter? Is it collaborative?

J.K.K.: Justine and Justin have written for a couple of other LA area bands and they started developing the JOE K's KID sound as they found that though they have very different influences from each other, they share a great love for a couple of artists, like Jeff Buckley and INXS for instance, and so they began to explore that common denominator and began to write JOE K's KID songs.

MAS: Any influences you care to mention? What have other people compared you to?

J.K.K.: Justine is really influenced by George Michael, Jeff Buckley, U2 and INXS and Justin is really influenced by Hendrix, Jeff Buckley and also Justin loves punk rock. Our sound has been compared to "Blondie meets Travis".

MAS: What do you think may set you apart from other Artists in your genre?

J.K.K.: I think it's a combination of our varied influences blending into our own sound, along with a non-limiting kind of thinking to our writing. In other words, we write what we truly feel and somehow it always ends up sounding like "our sound".

MAS: It’s obvious that your recorded material is great, how about the your shows?

J.K.K.: Since Justine and Justin have been onstage together in other bands for several years, it's really natural for them to bring a chemistry and fun to JOE K's KID.

MAS: Are you playing anywhere anytime soon?

J.K.K.: We are currently recording like crazy and plan to do some acoustic shows for the rest of this year and then we'll be back out in full electric force in 2005!

MAS: Have you released your music already? If so how, where and when? If not, do you plan to in the near future?

J.K.K.: We've had a couple of our original songs on a compilation CD called Shock Rock that was put out a few years ago, and we've had some of our music used in a movie trailer for Miramax and Buena Vista Home Video and now we are currently working on our first full-length release - we also did a fun cover version of The Doors song "HELLO I LOVE YOU" that was released on Skipping Disc records.

MAS: Where would you like to see your music take you?

J.K.K.: We want to hear our music all over the radio stations and we want to play live for thousands and thousands of people around the world!

MAS: How realistic is that goal in terms of the immediate future?

J.K.K.: We're working hard to make it a reality.

MAS: What one band would you like to follow in the footsteps of down the road to success?

J.K.K.: Actually both U2 and No Doubt come to mind because they also don't seem to put ridiculous limits on their bands' sounds and they both have incredible endurance to overcome a lot that came their ways.

MAS: Any inspiration behind your band name or was it pretty much a straight forward thing?

J.K.K.: Joe K was a real great guy and he really was Justine's dad and one night when one of the lead singers in a band Justine and Justin were both in didn't show up for the show, Justine took over lead vocals on songs she and Justin had written and they went on with the show, but they needed a name fast and used JOE K's KID and kept it.