Straight Outta Scottsdale

"We have to remember who our friends are," says Ben. "I know a lot of kids who treated me one way before the fame started, and they acted like my best friend once the band was on the radio. And while I'm never going to be like, 'Fuck you. Where were you then, man?' I don't consider them genuine friends. Genuine friends are the kids I used to hang out in my backyard with.

"At the last show, a girl came up to me, and she was like, 'Are you in Chronic Future?' And I said, 'Yeah,' and she was like, 'Where are the other guys?' I was with four of my other friends who have nothing to do with the band, but I was like, 'Oh, they're right here.' I was just joking, but these girls attached themselves to my friends, started hugging and kissing them, and asking them for autographs. Then other people started gathering around, asking them for autographs. I was left standing there, going, 'What the hell?' That taught me the lesson that fame can be shallow."

Mike clasps Ben on the shoulder and looks him solemnly in the eye. "It'll be all right, man. We just have to keep it real.