I spoke with Mark Ryan of the Marked Men and The Mind Spiders back in 2011, just around the time of the Mind Spiders' released their first self-titled record.

In this interview we discussed the formation of the band and recording their debut album.

Were you thinking about doing The Mind Spiders record for a while?

While the Marked Men were going, I had been screwing around with side projects. I did this other thing briefly called The Crying Jags. There was at least one song I had with that band that I used with this record. I knew it didn't fit with The Marked Men.