Toronto Exclusive Magazine:
What has the band being doing lately?
The Good Rats Radio-Remy:
Well, lately we've tryin to getting all our shit together,having started in march we're still pretty fresh. We're still lookin for new instruments all the time, anything to make us better. At the same time, playin as many shows as we can get whether its in toronto or brampton, burlington, where ever.  Just trying to get our name out there being a pretty new band on the scene, you know, hustlin!

Toronto Exclusive Magazine:
Who chose that cool name for the band?
The Good Rats Radio-James:
haha well we all ended up agreeing on it, but pretty much this is how it went.. we needed a name, so one day i took a look at every track name in my itunes library, which is of over 4 thousand songs and picked out whatever sounded cool. With that list, we voted for "The Good Rats" which is a song by the Dropkick Murphys. We went with that name for a while, but then we got the attention of some old-ass band from the states. They message us on myspace asking us to change our name, cause theyd had it copywritten or somethin. Turns out these guys have opened for ozzy and aerosmith, and are in the rock n roll hall of fame. Thats cool though, we slapped radio on the end of our name and are now playing in bigger bars then they are currently playing in.

Toronto Exclusive Magazine:
What separates your music from what we are hearing today?
The Good Rats Radio-Ian:
First we all come form very different influences. This definitely comes through into our music. We try to combine all these aspects of music, with the unifying factor being ska, into our own ska creation. I think this is what separates us form the rest. We aren’t held down by rigid constraints, and we aren’t afraid to try new styles and sounds. Wer'e jus having fun playing our music.

Toronto Exclusive Magazine:
What major steps are you taking for next year?
The Good Rats Radio-Kevin:
We'll be working on writing some new fresh tracks, doing some gigs all around the GTA, and definitely get some tracks recorded for an EP to sell. After recently gaining a new member in the band, we've got tons of ideas for some new songs and can make our old ones even better.