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When the boys from Florida State sat down to pen Sadie’s song, “When I’m Gone,” little did they know that the song would soon propel them into fame and have the rock and roll nation singing along with their popular little diddy. In fact, the song almost didn’t make the cut onto No Addresses first release, Time Doesn’t Notice. By the time the chance came around for Ben Lauren, Phil Moretin, Justin Long, Randy Lane and Bill Donalson to decide which songs to put on the album, they were exhausted with “When I’m Gone” because they had over played the song. Nevertheless the song proved to be a huge hit everywhere No Address played and it is sure to have even Sadie screaming the chorus.

The story behind “When I’m Gone” is a simple one and as you can guess, it deals with a girl. (The good ones always do.) “It’s half way about a girl actually named Sadie that Ben [Lauren, vocals] grew up and went through most of school with until he moved to Florida. He had this huge crush on her for years and didn’t find out until he moved that she had a crush on him to which is where the ‘she only likes me when I’m gone’ thing comes from. The other half is just kind of going out there and doing it,” offers Justin Long, the bands guitarist.

Hailing from Tallahassee, Florida, Long has dreamed of playing music for all of his 28 years and admits that he has no idea of what else he would be doing. “I’m sure eventually I’ll have to figure something else out but this has been my only dream for like 15 years now and I’ve been playing with Phil and we’ve been trying to do this longer than we haven’t been trying to do this. [I would] probably be just working some job and drinking too much.” If No Address’ first attempt with “Time Doesn’t Notice” is any indication though, this band is here to stay with their quiet merger of classic rock with alt rock, catchy hooks and great lyrical content but perhaps Long describes the band’s sound best when he calls it “American post grunge classic rock” or “Tom Petty meets Nirvana.”

Wondering about the rectangle on the cover of the album? Have no fear, Long fills us in on the symbol, “Because of the time doesn’t notice thing, we were just brainstorming on symbols for time and the rectangle came out of being a very stylized eternity symbol…it’s like a door. It’s a window. It’s that thing that you could step through and suddenly be somewhere else…it’s a chance at something different and new and making a change.

Currently on tour with Breaking Benjamin, Staind, and 3 Doors Down, No Address is quickly making a name for themselves in a tough business and we can all, no doubt, look for them to headline their own shows in the very near future. Either way, we are definitely staring at the new face of rock and roll when we look into the faces of the boys from No Address.

Quick Facts about NO Address’ guitarist, Justin Long

Favorite song off the album”

“Mother Sunday” just because I like how different sounding that song is. The song I’m most proud of in a lot of ways is “Pretty Girl.”

Boxers or briefs?
Neither. Literally, neither.

Favorite food?
Soup.

Favorite movie?
Blues Brothers or The Outlaw Josey Wales

Hobbies?
Reading

The one thing you can’t live without?
Time to think.