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Whole Wheat Bread Brings Their “Dirty South Punk Rock” to the Warped TourWhole Wheat Bread is one of the newest young punk rock acts to hit the scene. Coming straight out of Jacksonville Florida, Whole Wheat Bread calls their unique sound “Dirty South Punk Rock”. They have opened for veteran punk acts such as GBH and Rancid and they have also worked with Aaron AbrahamDate of Interview: August 17, 2008 hip-hop starts such as Lil’ Jon and MURS. I recently caught up with Whole Wheat Bread’s guitarist/frontman Aaron Abraham backstage at the Warped Tour where Abraham talked to me about the band, living in Jacksonville Florida, his love of roti and what’s like to be a part of WWB!Associated Content: How long has Whole Wheat Bread been together? When did you guys first get together?Aaron Abraham: The band came together in Jacksonville Florida, in 2002. Our first show was actually sold out! We opened for a hip-hop group. We have always been into hip-hop but we also grew up listening to punk rock. We grew up listening to both sounds and integrating both sounds into our style of music.AC: What was it like growing up in Jacksonville? AA: Well I moved there with I was in the 9th grade. All I can say is it is very, very southern! It has definitely played a part in the style of music we play. Our music does have a southern edge to it. AC: How did you get on the Warped Tour and why did you guys want to be here?AA: We are currently on tour with GBH and we are on a break from the tour. We will actually be back in LA later this week…we had the break and we were going to be hitting California anyway so we sent an e-mail to Kevin Lyman (Warped Tour founder) about playing the tour and he said yes. This is a great place to network and it’s the ultimate place to win new fans!AC: How did the band become affiliated with rappers Lil Jon and Murs?AA: He actually contacted us through My Space! We covered a couple of his tunes on our EP. He wanted us to do some music on his “Crunk Rock” disc. After that happened we asked if he would be down to work with us on our stuff…he even got on stage with us when we opened for Bad Brains. Murs also hit us up on the internet. We got together with him and we actually recorded an acoustic disc with him as the Invincibles. We are not sure when it will be out but it does exist!