q. when are you gonna play in (insert your town here)?
a. we unfortunately don't have all the money or vacation time to get everywhere we want to (yes, we do still have day jobs!), and we're currently not touring all that much so we can concentrate on coming up with some new material. that said, feel free to get in touch if you can book an actual show for us.

q. why are most of your shows 18+ or 21+?
a. this bums us out too, but it's not something we have much control over. we try to play all-ages shows as often as we can, but the fact is, the vast majority of the shows we are offered are at clubs with age limits. and we're flattered that some of you think so, but we are far from being big enough to play at your local "insert-name-of-large-sponsor-corporation amphitheater/arena/center." (the plus side of that is that being our fan gives you a lot of indie cred.)

q. i've been to all the stores at the mall, but i still can't find your CDs. what's up?
as much as we'd love for our CDs to be available at your local sam goody, big stores like that don't deal with little indie labels. so until we make the leap to world domination, your best bet is to order our CDs directly from us, just go to our buy page for all the details. or you could ask your store to special-order CDs from our distributor, Darla. we're also on iTunes, napster, and amazon.com.

q. do you have any ringtones?
a. yes! to buy them and cellphone wallpapers, go visit our store at: http://jivjiv.com/freezepop!

q. who is in freezepop/what do you all do?
a. liz enthusiasm [vocal stylings], the duke of pannekoeken [qy70 programming, additional vocals], the other sean t. drinkwater [vocoder, synths, additional vocals]

q. how did freezepop come into existence?
a. in the summer of 1999, the duke had started writing some synthpop songs on his yamaha qy70 and quickly realized that his dream of being in a synthpop band was close at hand. if only he had some other bandmates that could share his vision... very soon after starting to search for these elusive beings, he met liz and sean's clone who, to his surprise, matched and exceeded his love for synthpop! bliss! songs were written, songs were recorded, album was released, shows were played, and here we are.

q. other bands that freezepop is or has been a part of?
a. the other sean: lifestyle, karacter, godclaw, varicose veins, masquerade, the drop dead sweethearts, veronica black morpheus nipple, forest friends, earth defense force, skating club, boy in static, the tie-ups, the strippers, foto booth
the duke: splashdown, symbion project, sirensong
liz: the renettes/the brownies, pointy hat/zebulon 6, pancake syrup, forest friends, sparkly tiger, the tie-ups, cookie pie, le chevron, tennis pro, secret handshake, in her pants, birthday cake, the strippers, foto booth

q. how did freezepop come up with its name?
a. liz: a few years back, my household was throwing a big 4th of july party. we thought it would be a good idea to get freezepops, and bought a great many boxes. we thought that 24 hours would be enough time for them to freeze. this turned out not to be the case. so we were stuck with literally hundreds and hundreds of freezepops in our freezer for the rest of the summer. this turned out to be quite a wonderful thing, as there's nothing quite like lying in a hammock on a hot summer night while enjoying a freezepop, or two, or nine. and it just worked, our music being sweet and cold and fruity and plastic-y.

q. is it true that all the music was composed on a gameboy?
a. no, that's completely false. indeed though, the songs were composed and programmed on a box of similar size and look, the yamaha qy70. one of the challenges for freezepop is to only use this single sound source/sequencer for all of its music. the only other elements you will hear in our songs are vocoder and vocals.

q. what gear does freezepop use to write/record the songs?
a. yamaha qy70, roland vp330 vocoder, mam vf-11 vocoder. if you want all the ultra-geeky details, check out our gear page.

freezepop discography:
the orange ep (archenemy), out of print
the purple ep (archenemy), out of print
freezepop forever (archenemy in u.s., licensed to elefant records for europe/asia/south america)
fashion impression function ep (archenemy)
"bike thief" 12" featuring extended remixes and beautiful blue vinyl, limited edition of 200, second printing featuring clear vinyl, limited edition of 175, out of print
hi-five my remix ep (archenemy), out of print
fancy ultra•fresh (archenemy)
mini ultra•fresh ep(archenemy, promo only), out of print
maxi ultra•fresh ep (archenemy), out of print
dancy ultra•fresh 12", limited edition of 600
"less talk more rokk"/"get ready 2 rokk" cd single

selected compilations:
" tennis boyfriend" appears on archenemy records' know your enemy compilation
" plastic stars" appears on ninthwave records' electricity compilation
" 7 boom medley" appears on souvenir records' popaganda - the speed of sound compilation
" tender lies" single mix appears on cohaagen's evolution - the new breed of electronic pop compilation
" bike thief" kryptonite remix and "plastic stars" appear on moonshine records' electro nouveau - tech, synthpop, and nu-electro compilation
" bike thief" schnellspanner remix appears on cleopatra records' this is electroclash compilation
" stakeout" remix on intellectos' manifesto 2 compilation
" freezepop forever" ionian remix appears on a different drum's state of synthpop 2003 compilation
" robotron 2000" appears on kama records' planet izhevsk compilation (russia)
" stakeout" video appears on cohaagen music's living on video DVD compilation
" parlez-vous freezepop?" appears on mogul electro's electroclash volume 2 compilation
" photographic" appears on cleopatra's kill the dj compilation
"outer space" appears on mogul electro's gentle electric compilation
"stakeout" appaears on matchbox recording's big indie comeback volume 2 compilation (UK)