Formed in 2005 by veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene with a name that may suggest unrequited desires or ambitions. The name is truely a testament to the bandís endless persuit, and The Dream Intended's desire is only to escape the drab world of 9 to 5, and instead make doing what they love (that is, playing music with oneís best friends) how they make their living.

Ask any of the six members of the band about that ìdreamî and their hopes and excitement will be apparent by the sudden twinkle in their eye. Their love, passion, and enjoyment are further evident in their catchy, upbeat songs. Audiences have said that they often find themselves singing the words to The Dream Intendedís songs well into the day after theyíve seen them perform. Combining their songs with crazy, upbeat performances, The Dream Intended creates a party atmosphere at their performances.

Together, The Dream Intended has played at concert halls, high schools, colleges, contests, festivals, bars and clubs throughout eastern and western Pennsylvania, as well as Ohio, New York and New Jersey. Road-tripping to shows is, according to the band, one of the best parts of playing in a rock band.

LBM: I read that the band was formed from veterans of the Pittsburgh music scene, what were the names of the previous projects and which members were apart of them?

The Dream Intended: Well, Cheech most recently played with a ska band called The Have Nots, Jake played with a jam band called Missing Pages, Brando fronted and played guitar in Drop Monday, Jeff played guitar in a hip-hop/rock band called Zentai, and Willard and BJ played in a band called PULL. Before TDI came together, all of these bands gigged together on the scene and were great friends.

LBM: The band name suggests the ability to do what you love and avoid the 9-5 lifestyle, what have been some of your worst jobs just to make due?

The Dream Intended: We've done all sorts of crazy crap jobs from traffic counting and working at fast food joints, to working at a prison, printing tire labels and washing dishes. All while generally taking shit (from "the man"). But those are the hassels and pit-falls of earning a regular paycheck, so we deal with it...begrudgingly.

LBM: You guys seem to have a very loyal fan base that is continually growing. Do you have tour plans for 09 to expand that fan base?

The Dream Intended: We do. We are completing our second album with Anthony Santo of Chamberlain Records and plan to hit the endless pavement that is the road in the summer of 2009. We're really excited about everything that we have in motion, and can't wait to meet new people at our shows. Hopefully, we'll all hang out and party...so we can really get to know each other. : )

LBM: What has been some of your most memorable shows?

The Dream Intended: We've had fun at a lot of shows. But unanimously, the CD release party for our first album, "Break-Up at the Movies", is the one that we would pick as most memorable. It was an insane fun time, the place had to turn people away at the door...just freakin' amazing. Thank heavens the Fire Marshall wasn't there, or the place would have faced some fines.

Big fines..

LBM: What has been some of the worst shows?

The Dream Intended: Well, a show is only bad when no one else is there to listen. However, we've sure had our fair share of lousy performances, equipment malfunctions, long drives in the wrong direction and crowds that were expecting country songs. We've definitely played in some less than reputable joints and brought less than our A-game (much less in fact). We always manage to pull together by the end of the show and enjoy ourselves.

LBM: So what's next for you guys? When are you taking over the world?

The Dream Intended: Haha! We're not interested in taking over the world, we want the world to take over us! We want to do this because we love it, and because there are so many places to see and there are so many people to meet out there and we feel like music is the best way for us to get there. We're ready to do what it takes. Booyakasha.

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