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Second Time Around

September 30, 2005

"We all mess up," Summer Hathaway recently stated when the two teenage heartthrobs were charged with underage drinking and driving. "Believe it or not, Freddy and Zack are people. I'm sure it won't happen again."

Summer Hathaway was correct in one way, Freddy Jones hasn't been sighted near a club, but Mooneyham was arrested a second time on September 28 at popular bar, 'O'Malley's'. Instead of being let off with a warning, as they were last time, Zack was put into jail, with a bail of $5,000.

According to chief of police, Carl McDonald, the whole band showed up to bail him out, but Lawrence Tsai wasn't so sure.

"He did something wrong," he told the band. "Let him serve his time."

Katie Brown, however, felt differently, as she argued with Tsai. "We all make mistakes, let's just bail him out, we have the money."

McDonald says this turned into a full-blown argument. "They were practically at each others throats. Hathaway was trying to stop it, but failed," he said.

According to other eyewitnesses, Lawrence finally gave up. "If this is what fame is," the keyboardist stated icily, "then I quit."

After another long argument, the band reluctantly bailed Mooneyham out of jail, and a drunken guitarist stated that he'd never drink again.

USA Today

Tsai Tells All

October 3, 2005

Robert Tsai, the down to earth keyboardist, who recently exploded at a Los Angeles police station, sat down with our reporters to reveal what exactly caused the quite unexpected explosion.

UT: Hello, Lawrence. Feeling alright today?

LT: (chuckles) Don't worry, I'm not going to explode on you. I'm fine.

UT: Well, that's a relief. After that little scene in the police station, I'm just a little scared. What happened to make you explode like that?

LT: Well, stuff just built up I suppose. I mean it started with us losing Dewey. We were all such a close-knit group, and then all of a sudden Dewey makes one rude remark to Zack and everyone took Zack's side, because he was, of course, the sophomore, not the old guy, so Dewey left. Next, Marta started getting bad press, and left. After that, Zack and Freddy started drinking and driving, but being celebrities, got off with only a warning. So far, Freddy hasn't been caught again, but when Zack got caught again, I was really angry. At least I thought the band would agree with me when I thought that Zack should do his time, but no! We have the money, so we had to bail him out!

UT: So you firmly believe that Mr. Mooneyham should have stayed in jail?

LT: Of course! I mean, before we became famous, he would of stayed there, to learn a lesson. His parents might of bailed him out, but he'd be grounded for like ever. Now, he's not going to have any consequences for his actions and he'll just do it again and again.

UT: So that's why you quit, because Zack didn't stay in jail?

LT: No, not at all! I quit because I seemed to be the only sane one left. I wanted to maintain my integrity and my honor; I didn't want to be the guy on the cover on the tabloids. Dewey used to say, "One great rock show can change the world." So we agreed that the fame wouldn't affect us, that we'd just be in it so we could really make a difference somewhere. Sadly, the fame hit everyone hard, and I didn't want that to happen to me. I think I got out right in time.

UT: Ah, I see. Do you believe the fame has affected you at all?

LT: Of course it has. Seriously, you can't have songs that are number 1 on all the charts and not take it to the head. I think the others were affected in a more extreme way. I must admit, though, it was quite fun to be famous, I just don't think it's fun to be famous if you're in it for all the wrong reasons.

UT: I understand completely. Tell us, Lawrence, do you think you'll keep in touch with your former band mates?

LT: Definitely! Those guys are my best friends, and a few mistakes aren't going to permanently separate us. I'd never lose touch with any of them.

UT: I'm glad to hear there are no hard feelings. Are you planning on continuing the keyboard?

LT: Well, classical music was my first love, and I'm planning on going back to that. I think I may compose some pieces, play some concerts myself, but I don't want to be a star, like School of Rock.

UT: Well, we'll all be looking out for you. Thanks for sitting down with us.

Okay, I know this is shorter than usual, but there are some major events that I wanted to save until the next chapter, or the chapter after that. Anyhoo, review, review, review!