Derek Day of Classless Act, the Feel Good Soundtrack of the Summer

I recently had the chance to catch up and comers Classless Act live in concert in New Orleans along with Joyous Wolf in support of Dorothy. I was completely blown away by their show. The musicality, the stage presence, the energy, all of it was top notch.

I sat down with Derek Day, lead singer and front man for CA to talk a little bit about what they have going on tour wise, recording plans, and the future projections for these boys from Cali as they gear up to embark on their Mega Stadium tour with Def Leppard and Journey.

CB: Hey Derek, I wanted to talk a little bit about the tour you’re on. We caught up with you guys in NOLA at the Parish. You were a long way from home, had you ever played in the Big Easy before?

DD: “Ha, actually, I had never even been to that state before! I had been to Memphis-oh no wait that’s a different state (chuckling laughter), forgive me, tour brain.”

CB: Well that’s awesome what did you think? Did you eat? (worries in southern)

DD: “I did! We loved exploring a bit and I ate some fish. We had some beignets, we went to a place called Mon…Mon...I’m sorry it just escapes me.”

CB: “Monty’s on the Square?”

DD: “YES! Oh wow, that’s totally right. It was a really great local place with coffee and stuff.”

CB: That’s so great! That night was actually the first time I’d ever even heard of you guys, I was originally there to shoot Dorothy and Joyous Wolf but you guys really kind of stole the show for me. It was in the middle of a tornado watch, and I was just impressed with how many people you were able to make get up and move. So how did you end up on this tour?

DD: “Well Dorothy is just an amazing bad ass, and she really jut gave us a chance. We needed a tour to kind of get us ready to do the stadium tour, and just like get us out there to the masses. She heard our stuff and she was like, okay yea, just get on out there with us. She’s really amazing. And Joyous Wolf just happened to be on the bill. But I’ve actually known those guys for a long time, they were so welcoming too. “

CB: Oh wow, that is so cool. It’s that kind of camaraderie that you really love to see. Are you excited to be going out with Def Leppard?

DD: “ABSOLUTELY. We grew up on Def Leppard are you kidding? It’s a dream come true. “

CB: I’ve noticed that you have that same vibe. You have a new single out?

DD: “Oh yeah, so our first single we released last year and it was called ‘Give It To Me’ and it was something almost on theme, so this one is called "‘This Is For You’ and so its like, Give it to me, this is for you. It’s a little introduction like, hey, here we are, this is us, we want you to have it all. It’s kind of our conceptual little thing., It’s just a rock and roll song, and we want to let everyone know we’re all about that rock and roll.”

CB: What’s the plan, are you wanting to focus on touring or writing and pushing out an album?

DD: “Well, we already recorded and got our album in ready to go. We actually have enough to do maybe, two more albums following that. The whole album will drop maybe a week after the stadium tour starts. We’ve been saving it for about a year and a half, and as soon as we finish the stadium tour we may be going out on another fall tour, but that’s something we will have to see when we finish up.”

CB: I’m very excited to kind of see where this all goes, It’s been very cool to watch your tour diaries in real time via Instagram since we all follow each other now and I had a blast shooting that show. I’m excited to see where this all goes for y’all.

DD: “Thank you so much for shooting that show, we loved your photos so much. They were fantastically edited and great moments you captured! Also, stay tuned, we have a new single dropping in April and a new music video to go along with it. “

Catch Classless Act here on spotify!