WEBVTT 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:10.660 Welcome to the show that rocks this scene Where 00:00:10.660 --> 00:00:14.900 flavors clash and dreams convene It's the Q &A 00:00:14.900 --> 00:00:18.260 podcast strapped in tight Rolling through the 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:22.120 night, fight six tonight Local talent in the 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:26.440 spotlight's glare Artist, business, tales laid 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:31.309 bare The beat of the streets, the city We chew 00:00:31.309 --> 00:00:35.429 the stories, the good and the riposte. Games 00:00:35.429 --> 00:00:38.030 are strong, they do the rhythm of our talks. 00:00:38.329 --> 00:00:41.570 Bowling voices echoing down the south Texas walks. 00:00:41.869 --> 00:00:46.189 We dine on trauma with a side of flair. Everything's 00:00:46.189 --> 00:00:49.890 served up raw, so be aware. From painters to 00:00:49.890 --> 00:00:53.850 poets, they all come here. Sharing their passion, 00:00:54.149 --> 00:00:57.950 conquering their fear. 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Somebody who brought me some 00:01:57.329 --> 00:02:00.750 magazines today I got some fresh magazines here 00:02:00.750 --> 00:02:03.150 that will be bringing that during maybe in the 00:02:03.150 --> 00:02:04.969 middle or later on this out there later on the 00:02:04.969 --> 00:02:09.889 episode But enough about little on me Today ladies 00:02:09.889 --> 00:02:11.469 and gentlemen, I'm pretty sure I'm sure everybody 00:02:11.469 --> 00:02:13.370 can hear me out there if you can let me know 00:02:13.370 --> 00:02:17.830 ASAP today on this episode that you new podcast 00:02:17.830 --> 00:02:25.060 we have the privilege to I their music before 00:02:25.060 --> 00:02:27.680 a new radio I've seen a lot of stuff that they 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:31.639 release on Facebook on Instagram and also on 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:36.759 YouTube this band is a very in particular band 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:40.280 like their style it brings back a lot of memories 00:02:40.280 --> 00:02:44.919 when I used to play it's I can't say any more 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:46.580 than that ladies and gentlemen today in the pocket 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:57.270 as we have and the hero What's going on guys? 00:02:57.530 --> 00:03:00.849 What's up, Mark? What's going on? We got Troy. 00:03:00.969 --> 00:03:03.909 Yes, sir. And Nick. And Nick. Troy and Nick. 00:03:04.069 --> 00:03:06.610 That should be easier, remember? What's going 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:08.770 on, guys? How you been? Nothing much, man. Been 00:03:08.770 --> 00:03:12.780 great. It's my day off today. I can say, I know 00:03:12.780 --> 00:03:15.300 we have plans to set the show around 730 by 8, 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.080 man. Plans get mixed up. You got stuff you got 00:03:18.080 --> 00:03:19.560 to do. I know we're supposed to have more members 00:03:19.560 --> 00:03:21.740 here. Unfortunately, couldn't make because work 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:24.080 was affiliated. So that's all good. It's all 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.580 good. They're going to miss out on all the good 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:32.300 stuff. We're happy to be here, man. little baffled 00:03:32.300 --> 00:03:34.240 a little bit having you guys here because I hear 00:03:34.240 --> 00:03:38.379 you so much on on Spotify on YouTube and then 00:03:38.379 --> 00:03:41.139 see you guys on Facebook all these videos that 00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:43.360 you're releasing left and right and then Upcoming 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:45.520 events that are coming up that I was like Wow 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.300 You guys are opening up for a great band back 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:50.580 back with a little bit your younger when they 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:53.800 came out but But none of that's a great band 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.759 to open up for but we'll get time a little bit 00:03:55.759 --> 00:03:58.620 So let's get talk to you guys a little bit where 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:03.900 you grew up And how we got into the whole how 00:04:03.900 --> 00:04:05.699 the band formed up man. Let's start with that 00:04:05.699 --> 00:04:08.300 Troy. You want to start us off? Yeah, man Wow, 00:04:08.300 --> 00:04:13.419 so 2009 I was in high school And Lafayette high 00:04:13.419 --> 00:04:15.159 school that's when me and a couple of buddies 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.879 just started jamming one thing turned to the 00:04:17.879 --> 00:04:21.779 next and we formed and the hero prevails and 00:04:21.779 --> 00:04:24.680 We've had some member changes throughout the 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.040 years, you know, we do we had our first album 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:31.879 2010 our second album 2012 uh our ep that we 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:37.160 recorded in seattle 2015 wow wow and um fast 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:41.319 forward all the way to now uh 2023 is when nick 00:04:41.319 --> 00:04:43.779 when you joined right i believe so yes that's 00:04:43.779 --> 00:04:48.600 right nick joined the band 2023 uh uh we we needed 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:52.240 a guitarist so we it just the stars aligned nick 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:56.699 is also my cousin in case yeah i'm not gonna 00:04:56.699 --> 00:05:00.379 lie to you man having a primo in the band It's 00:05:00.379 --> 00:05:02.000 a little bit more comfortable, man. A little 00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:03.519 bit more comfortable when it comes to that. For 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.720 sure. Yeah. He's such a genius, man, having him 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:13.250 in the van. It's awesome. Our selling point was, 00:05:13.470 --> 00:05:14.790 hey man, you want to join our band? We're going 00:05:14.790 --> 00:05:18.350 to go open for Hoobastank. That was the first 00:05:18.350 --> 00:05:20.990 show I played with them. When, where, and how? 00:05:22.069 --> 00:05:25.490 2023, yeah, for sure. It was like, I'm there, 00:05:25.490 --> 00:05:28.089 let's do it. It was at the island at the convention 00:05:28.089 --> 00:05:29.430 center. But yeah, I remember that was the first 00:05:29.430 --> 00:05:34.610 show. That was the pitch. And I had about... 00:05:34.569 --> 00:05:37.290 Was it like nine songs to learn in like two three 00:05:37.290 --> 00:05:42.310 weeks and we made it work Yeah, how many how 00:05:42.310 --> 00:05:44.689 many how many songs how many songs yet to get 00:05:44.689 --> 00:05:46.670 down and jot down ready to go for that performance, 00:05:46.670 --> 00:05:48.970 bro? It was eight or nine in about two or three 00:05:48.970 --> 00:05:52.850 weeks, but that's that seems to be the theme 00:05:52.850 --> 00:05:55.730 here because recently, you know, we've been doing 00:05:55.730 --> 00:05:57.689 a lot of covers to and adding that into our set 00:05:57.689 --> 00:06:00.850 so I mean it's Adding songs new songs to learn 00:06:00.850 --> 00:06:02.889 you're learning three four songs at a time, but 00:06:03.100 --> 00:06:05.759 I feel like that's a good part about music and 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:08.480 learning about music, too, is about these bands. 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:10.759 We're even covering one alien ant farm song, 00:06:11.139 --> 00:06:13.379 so just knowing that and then opening for them, 00:06:13.480 --> 00:06:16.509 it... Expand so much for us. I got a first comment 00:06:16.509 --> 00:06:18.649 already came in said mr. Freddy Honda remade 00:06:18.649 --> 00:06:20.949 is here saying what's up guys much love from 00:06:20.949 --> 00:06:26.089 Freddy Honda and popular loner It was funny cuz 00:06:26.089 --> 00:06:27.810 I when I was getting I was getting inked up you 00:06:27.810 --> 00:06:30.610 were watching and I was like we thought I thought 00:06:30.610 --> 00:06:46.040 it was the other Troy but yeah dude so this band 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.639 how many years you rolling already already as 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:52.019 far as this i believe this year is 16 years 16 00:06:52.019 --> 00:06:55.740 and the hero prevail since 2009 yeah man wow 00:06:55.740 --> 00:06:59.939 wow man that's for sure so as far as like music 00:06:59.939 --> 00:07:03.480 itself what i mean if you can round off how many 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:07.550 songs you have Mean as far as a bad in original 00:07:07.550 --> 00:07:10.149 music original man, we've got a we got a bunch 00:07:10.149 --> 00:07:14.129 for sure. I mean we out right now Two albums 00:07:14.129 --> 00:07:17.689 and EP and a good handful of singles But then 00:07:17.689 --> 00:07:21.069 like on the back end like stuff that's unreleased, 00:07:21.089 --> 00:07:23.629 you know, we do have I mean I want to say close 00:07:23.629 --> 00:07:28.029 to 15 maybe 20 songs Almost all the way complete 00:07:28.750 --> 00:07:32.209 um and some songs that are already are already 00:07:32.209 --> 00:07:34.790 mixed and mastered but we just got to get things 00:07:34.790 --> 00:07:37.290 ready for it like a music video and such right 00:07:37.290 --> 00:07:39.930 now now when it comes to writing music i mean 00:07:39.930 --> 00:07:41.910 i love to ask this to a lot of musicians when 00:07:41.910 --> 00:07:44.050 it comes to writing music i'm not sure who who's 00:07:44.050 --> 00:07:46.730 the writer for the for the lyrics itself i'm 00:07:46.730 --> 00:07:49.389 not sure it's a band thing or it's just you yourself 00:07:49.389 --> 00:07:51.430 that writes it majority of the lyrics are from 00:07:51.430 --> 00:07:55.829 me for sure um but i'm always open to you know 00:07:55.829 --> 00:07:58.740 and if anyone has an idea you know I'm always 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:01.000 down to be collaborative, that's for sure. So 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.680 when you're writing these songs... Are they past 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:08.500 experiences from the journey of life that you 00:08:08.500 --> 00:08:11.120 had or something that you read? Some of them, 00:08:11.180 --> 00:08:15.160 absolutely. Yeah. The one that comes to mind 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:18.459 right away is a song called Ghost Town. It's 00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:22.800 a song about following your passion and not letting 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:25.800 anything distract you from following your passion. 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:27.399 I thought it was about Donna Texas, bro. That's 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:33.610 what I thought. I've had a few people ask me 00:08:33.610 --> 00:08:38.029 if it was about Donna Texas. So I was like, watch 00:08:38.029 --> 00:08:40.210 out, bro. He wrote a song about Donna, bro. You 00:08:40.210 --> 00:08:42.590 see, not only state champion, but we got a song 00:08:42.590 --> 00:08:46.529 from them, bro. But now I got more people tuning 00:08:46.529 --> 00:08:51.009 in right now. I'm seeing that's ICE. Avis, spell 00:08:51.009 --> 00:08:52.970 that correct. Can you just read that up there? 00:08:53.470 --> 00:08:55.830 Nah, you can't see it. Here you go. Yes. Say, 00:08:55.870 --> 00:09:02.750 let's go. Troy the goat. And Nick too. Nick too. 00:09:03.330 --> 00:09:08.230 What up? So I know lyric writing. Lyric writing 00:09:08.230 --> 00:09:11.210 is tough. I mean, when you're trying to symbolize 00:09:11.210 --> 00:09:14.750 all these words together into not only you have 00:09:14.750 --> 00:09:16.389 your story, but to actually put it in writing 00:09:16.389 --> 00:09:19.720 form. You know, that's. that do you come up with 00:09:19.720 --> 00:09:23.320 a skeleton for the music first or does your cousin 00:09:23.320 --> 00:09:25.720 step in with you and say you know what let's 00:09:25.769 --> 00:09:28.269 Let's work on this thing and see what fits. How 00:09:28.269 --> 00:09:30.950 does that work out? So for the past handful of 00:09:30.950 --> 00:09:34.950 years, our newer songs have been coming about 00:09:34.950 --> 00:09:39.090 through our guitarist, Eric. He has been demoing 00:09:39.090 --> 00:09:42.289 out songs, and he'll send them to us. And that's 00:09:42.289 --> 00:09:45.870 when I can get creative writing, writing melodies. 00:09:46.950 --> 00:09:51.039 So really, it starts with Eric. He has basically 00:09:51.039 --> 00:09:53.779 the whole skeleton down as far as the structure. 00:09:53.820 --> 00:09:57.799 Right. Right. Right. Right. And and I, man, I 00:09:57.799 --> 00:10:00.860 love it like that because it feels it's like 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:04.200 candy, like, oh, an instrumental right now. Yeah, 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.220 it gets fun. Yeah, I hear you. But dude, I'm 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:10.240 just grateful we have Eric. And of course, Nick 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:16.240 just joined. So at this moment Nick really hasn't 00:10:16.240 --> 00:10:19.740 We haven't really written much with him like 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:22.720 embellishments is it but I mean, yeah big shoutouts 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.960 to Eric that dudes I love talking to Eric. I 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.639 love working with Eric. He's I think we get along 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:36.899 really well, too Little brother of the group 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:43.059 Come on, Nick, give me room here, all right? 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:48.399 Oh, you're still paying dues. You're still paying 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:53.480 dues. Kind of sorted in some ways. It's fair. 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:58.259 They treat me well. They treat me well. So, I 00:10:58.259 --> 00:11:02.320 mean, as all in all, now learning all these songs, 00:11:02.539 --> 00:11:05.240 Nick, when you came into the band, I know... 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:07.820 There's a lot of lead way, I'm not sure who plays 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:10.120 the leads, who plays rhythm or what so have you. 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.299 When it comes to a point where, say like, hey 00:11:13.299 --> 00:11:16.519 Nick, do the lead on this one. Do you do your 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:22.000 style? Or do you stick to what's already recorded 00:11:22.000 --> 00:11:24.620 for, that's on the track? So Eric does a lot 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:26.519 of the leads, I do a lot of the rhythms now. 00:11:27.580 --> 00:11:29.320 When I joined the band, I think, you can correct 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:30.879 me if I'm wrong Troy, I think I was the first 00:11:30.879 --> 00:11:35.340 one to join in on a seven string. When I joined 00:11:35.340 --> 00:11:37.960 in and do seven strings, I like to drop some 00:11:37.960 --> 00:11:42.320 of the parts right so there's parts on There's 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:45.159 heavy dirty soul that we do where I do seven 00:11:45.159 --> 00:11:48.019 string like really low Notes that haven't been 00:11:48.019 --> 00:11:50.799 there before not right record, right? So that's 00:11:50.799 --> 00:11:52.820 definitely me adding my flair to it and a little 00:11:52.820 --> 00:11:56.039 bit of the rhythms to nice I really enjoy that 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.960 I Really went off as a bass player and other 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:01.620 bands. So joining and here prevails on guitar. 00:12:01.620 --> 00:12:05.659 I'm really Honing my rhythm Right position in 00:12:05.659 --> 00:12:07.940 this right right right and adding kind of that 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:09.919 lower seventh string. That's really where I feel 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.879 comfortable I love seven string. I love six, 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:14.179 but I feel at home on a seven string So that's 00:12:14.179 --> 00:12:15.879 what I like to bring into this band Saturday 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:18.700 Street is a competitive little little little 00:12:18.700 --> 00:12:22.820 pain the ass I've tried picking that up and it's 00:12:22.820 --> 00:12:29.610 just it's not my cup of tea, man Exactly exactly. 00:12:29.909 --> 00:12:32.450 I got Brandon over saying it's water He says 00:12:32.450 --> 00:12:34.870 I'm shooting the music video downtown tomorrow. 00:12:34.870 --> 00:12:36.429 All right, all right, man. All right, good to 00:12:36.429 --> 00:12:43.019 know Music wise now Now when you see Nick in 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:45.679 the group you a new guitar player and what -so 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:47.700 -have -you he's playing these all these older 00:12:47.700 --> 00:12:50.679 songs that you're in before and he's not only 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:53.639 Changing the style the way he plays it. Do you 00:12:53.639 --> 00:12:55.460 see it flourish even in a different way when 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:58.090 he? comes in with a different rhythm, a riff 00:12:58.090 --> 00:13:01.169 or a lead or something. Oh, wow, that fits, you 00:13:01.169 --> 00:13:03.929 know, for sure. I mean, what's the outcome of 00:13:03.929 --> 00:13:05.809 that? Not just you, but the whole band when they 00:13:05.809 --> 00:13:07.409 hear that for the first time. Because I know 00:13:07.409 --> 00:13:08.710 when you come up with something, you're playing 00:13:08.710 --> 00:13:10.750 with something, even if you're playing a cover 00:13:10.750 --> 00:13:13.830 and you're jamming out to it and you just change 00:13:13.830 --> 00:13:16.529 a note where it just, you know, people are like, 00:13:16.570 --> 00:13:18.850 what the hell was that? Where'd that come from? 00:13:18.870 --> 00:13:22.029 That's not on the on the track. But it fits. 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:25.340 I mean having Nick in the band Nick Nick is very 00:13:25.340 --> 00:13:28.759 precise with with with the parts and of course 00:13:28.759 --> 00:13:31.700 He'll add his own flair the guys and I the rest 00:13:31.700 --> 00:13:34.700 of the guys, you know Speaking for them. I'm 00:13:34.700 --> 00:13:37.039 sure I know that they're very excited to be playing 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:42.080 with Nick Yeah, like I said, he's a friggin genius. 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:47.200 He's a genius In the group for sure and there've 00:13:47.200 --> 00:13:50.690 been times where it's like The rest of us, like 00:13:50.690 --> 00:13:53.769 in this little niche thing, the rest of us had 00:13:53.769 --> 00:13:56.750 no clue about, but Nick over here would like 00:13:56.750 --> 00:14:00.529 know 20 facts about it and like go and fix up 00:14:00.529 --> 00:14:02.629 this little thing. And it's just, it's crazy. 00:14:02.830 --> 00:14:06.149 We all have our strengths and Nick being our 00:14:06.149 --> 00:14:10.529 latest member, I mean, he's a whole Arnold Schwarzenegger 00:14:10.529 --> 00:14:18.220 right bicep. So did you study music as far as, 00:14:18.460 --> 00:14:19.820 or was it something that was just natural that 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:22.220 came to you to pick up the seven string guitar? 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:26.500 So I started playing back in sixth grade. I did 00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:29.620 jazz band growing up. I did marching band, did 00:14:29.620 --> 00:14:31.580 bass for that too. Instead of marching, I would 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:35.519 do marching, but every chance I got to do bass 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.580 and guitar and when they would incorporate into 00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:39.940 that, I would do that jazz. So that's what I 00:14:39.940 --> 00:14:42.590 grew up. playing I did grow up listening to a 00:14:42.590 --> 00:14:44.769 lot of rock and metal though and I was in bands 00:14:44.769 --> 00:14:47.769 on the side too so it was a mixture of guitar 00:14:47.769 --> 00:14:50.669 and bass growing up equally I basically started 00:14:50.669 --> 00:14:55.950 bass a year later than guitar and I did bass 00:14:55.950 --> 00:14:57.889 for a long time and then when I joined the band 00:14:57.889 --> 00:15:00.210 that's when I really started getting back into 00:15:00.210 --> 00:15:03.029 guitar and kind of combining everything together 00:15:03.029 --> 00:15:06.190 especially as a rhythm player right and they're 00:15:06.190 --> 00:15:07.610 saying you're a swiss army knife that's what 00:15:07.610 --> 00:15:11.730 they're saying right now I appreciate that compliment. 00:15:11.970 --> 00:15:15.230 I very much try to be, yeah. I've played with 00:15:15.230 --> 00:15:17.730 a few different groups on bass, drums and guitar, 00:15:18.169 --> 00:15:20.570 so I really try to, you know, kind of bring it 00:15:20.570 --> 00:15:23.799 together. When the drummer talks to me about 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:25.759 drum stuff, I like to be able to understand it. 00:15:25.919 --> 00:15:27.860 When Eric talks to me about guitar stuff, I like 00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:29.460 to understand it. When Zach talks to me about 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:31.419 bass stuff, I like to understand it and kind 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:33.220 of give my input. If they're willing to listen, 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:35.440 of course, I don't like to give unsolicited advice. 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.500 Right, right, right. Me and Nick learn a lot 00:15:38.500 --> 00:15:42.200 off each other, that's for sure. It's fun. It's 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.259 a fun dynamic, being able to... Interact with 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:47.480 everybody in their own way and that their particular 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:49.759 instrument. Yeah, I hear you man I mean, like 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:53.000 I said before played in a rock band before it 00:15:53.000 --> 00:15:56.000 was a mixture of friends my cousin and another 00:15:56.000 --> 00:16:02.259 friend and an acquaintance it's it's it's a Sure 00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:05.059 to say if I'm if I can boldly say like a big 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:07.539 bowl of menudo, man Yeah, everybody's throwing 00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:09.879 their stuff in there and it's getting mixed about 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:12.139 time. It was not menudo. It's jambalaya and it's 00:16:12.139 --> 00:16:16.279 not menudo It's it's caldo and it changes every 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:19.200 form. I mean every has like your background. 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:21.059 What what's your background? What's the style 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:24.679 you'd like to play? Pretty honestly what I grew 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:27.100 up like just in love with was progressive metal. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:30.210 So instrumental progressive metal so a lot of 00:16:30.210 --> 00:16:32.889 rhythmic parts on bass guitar and drums all together 00:16:32.889 --> 00:16:36.909 okay so that's what i just grew up loving and 00:16:36.909 --> 00:16:40.070 trying to play and try to be like and go into 00:16:40.070 --> 00:16:42.029 those shows whether it was in houston austin's 00:16:42.029 --> 00:16:46.850 right and yourself try me oh gosh uh biggest 00:16:46.850 --> 00:16:51.289 like stuff i was listening to yeah you know that 00:16:51.289 --> 00:16:55.470 you still bring to the table um like early 2000s 00:16:55.470 --> 00:16:59.129 rock was like probably my biggest foundation 00:16:59.129 --> 00:17:04.349 who bestank incubus uh 311 deftones you see and 00:17:04.349 --> 00:17:07.470 you can see you the the uh the yin and yang there 00:17:07.470 --> 00:17:10.329 you know for sure you know but can would you 00:17:10.329 --> 00:17:12.690 able to sum up everybody else's uh genres like 00:17:12.690 --> 00:17:16.190 as far what they like yeah i mean jeff is into 00:17:16.190 --> 00:17:19.450 a lot of punk rock uh green day and blink 182 00:17:19.450 --> 00:17:22.809 right right refund glory eric is into a lot of 00:17:22.809 --> 00:17:26.089 metal as well uh probably not the kind of metal 00:17:26.089 --> 00:17:30.680 that nick was right Eric right now is listening 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:34.200 to a lot of Bill Murray. That's an incredible 00:17:34.200 --> 00:17:36.160 band, a band we want to tour with, absolutely. 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:38.480 Right, right, right. But you know what, Zack, 00:17:38.500 --> 00:17:41.079 Zack grew up, before he joined in the Hero Prevails, 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.900 he was playing in conjunto bands. You see that? 00:17:43.900 --> 00:17:45.880 That's what I'm talking about. Yeah, yeah. He 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.259 was doing that and he was playing on the weekends 00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:51.500 as a teenager, like playing like two in the morning, 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:54.420 you know? Yeah. It's crazy that our backgrounds 00:17:54.420 --> 00:17:58.680 are, like you said, a whole thing. Yeah, that's 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:01.240 the beautiful part of it. When you have a band, 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:05.380 when you have a band that you get some groups, 00:18:06.140 --> 00:18:09.920 I mean myself, I was a big blues player and a 00:18:09.920 --> 00:18:12.799 rock blues player and my cousin, heavy metal. 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:16.759 Fast metal thrash metal the basis was more of 00:18:16.759 --> 00:18:20.619 a laid -back blues slow rock heavy metal Old 00:18:20.619 --> 00:18:22.799 -school and drummer was real technical. He liked 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:25.039 techno, but he was real good on drums And the 00:18:25.039 --> 00:18:28.180 same was more into like the pesh mode, you know 00:18:28.180 --> 00:18:31.059 you too is and you we mix that together I mean 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:33.220 you get a sound is that's what I'm telling you 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:36.759 when I hear you guys music is like Jesus I go 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:41.130 this is I mean we were Like I said, we were for 00:18:41.130 --> 00:18:44.609 our time, but we missed the clock where you guys 00:18:44.609 --> 00:18:46.789 fell in right on the money because it sounds 00:18:46.789 --> 00:18:50.769 amazing It's amazing. I wish we had we were still 00:18:50.769 --> 00:18:53.990 around to jam out with you Because it's it's 00:18:53.990 --> 00:18:56.210 the music is the foundation the music is just 00:18:56.210 --> 00:18:59.470 it's awesome and I was listening to before the 00:18:59.470 --> 00:19:01.549 show starts and I was I've been listening through 00:19:01.549 --> 00:19:03.630 all week at work, you know all stop and it's 00:19:03.630 --> 00:19:07.650 just the It's hard to explain the combination, 00:19:08.309 --> 00:19:11.509 the caliber of the music is just, it's unique. 00:19:12.089 --> 00:19:14.769 It's like there's so much coming at you at different 00:19:14.769 --> 00:19:16.130 directions where you're like, oh, this sounds, 00:19:16.230 --> 00:19:18.950 wait, wait, look at this. Oh no, wait, listen 00:19:18.950 --> 00:19:21.569 to this. The grass from it's coming at you super 00:19:21.569 --> 00:19:24.930 fast. You know what I mean? And that's the beautiful 00:19:24.930 --> 00:19:27.930 part of it, you know? So, but when you go up, 00:19:28.450 --> 00:19:30.750 take me to one of your gigs, man. Take me one 00:19:30.750 --> 00:19:34.950 of your gigs, you know. You're about to go on 00:19:34.950 --> 00:19:39.009 stage. You're about to hit the stage. What is 00:19:39.009 --> 00:19:44.170 the routine? What is the pack you guys get? Because 00:19:44.170 --> 00:19:46.509 everybody does a pack before they go on the stage 00:19:46.509 --> 00:19:48.150 and do something. Not as y 'all do something 00:19:48.150 --> 00:19:51.930 individually. The last time we were on tour, 00:19:52.049 --> 00:19:56.509 we did individual stuff. I think Eric will probably 00:19:56.509 --> 00:19:58.230 start going to the tracks because we do the backing 00:19:58.230 --> 00:20:00.230 tracks and all that. So Eric will probably start. 00:20:00.869 --> 00:20:03.170 Going sitting there. I'll get on our zone. Yeah. 00:20:03.250 --> 00:20:06.730 Yeah, and if we have time to Set up beforehand 00:20:06.730 --> 00:20:09.130 like a load in earlier in the day All our stuff 00:20:09.130 --> 00:20:11.349 is already set up then it'll be a warm -up on 00:20:11.349 --> 00:20:14.170 guitar. Just start noodling on it mindless noodling 00:20:14.170 --> 00:20:17.619 getting the fingers warm I do my vocal warm -ups. 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:22.140 Shout out Melissa Cross. She's a heavy metal 00:20:22.140 --> 00:20:24.599 vocal teacher. There you go, there you go. Shout 00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:28.720 out Dave from We Came as Romans. He gave me her 00:20:28.720 --> 00:20:34.539 warm -ups and then he got me into those warm 00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:38.059 -ups. So I do that before every show. I do with 00:20:38.059 --> 00:20:40.119 some tongue stretches, just so I don't cramp 00:20:40.119 --> 00:20:44.380 up out to the side. 10 seconds to one side. Right, 00:20:44.380 --> 00:20:48.400 right, right. Some water for sure. Oh, anytime 00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:51.460 we have a show day, I try to avoid dairy just 00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:54.099 so it doesn't clog up my throat there. Right, 00:20:54.220 --> 00:20:56.259 right. But as far as us getting in a huddle and 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:58.680 stuff, we kind of do that right before we start. 00:20:58.960 --> 00:21:01.799 We kind of all go to the bass drum. We'll fist 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:05.500 bump, yeah. Right. Yeah, that's good. Now, you're 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:09.000 going on stage, the first song to hit. I mean, 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:11.059 what's the first song you start off with? I mean, 00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:13.359 is this already planned or is it just, you already 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:15.460 know this is what traditional, we start off with 00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:19.279 this one. Oh man, it's varied throughout the 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:22.200 years. For a long time we used to always open 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:24.460 up with a song of ours called Hold On to the 00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:28.400 Bleeds. We used to always open with that. But 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:31.039 gosh, I don't know what's been our opener recently. 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:36.420 Yeah, it's been changing It's definitely the 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:39.759 common one, but it's been changing. Yeah Now 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:43.700 it's not okay since Troy's been in the band for 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:46.119 quite some time I'm pretty sure you have stories 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:48.700 Troy through the road or through anything when 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:54.400 I get into that though, but as far as as far 00:21:54.400 --> 00:22:02.250 as Venues, I mean, give me one of the best venues 00:22:02.250 --> 00:22:05.430 you've been at, where it's just something that 00:22:05.430 --> 00:22:07.910 it's just, that's the one to top. What are you 00:22:07.910 --> 00:22:13.410 thinking? Lava? No. That's the one to top. So 00:22:13.410 --> 00:22:19.309 we played at a lava cantina in, not Dallas, the 00:22:19.309 --> 00:22:24.049 colony, Texas. Oh, sure. The colony. growing 00:22:24.049 --> 00:22:28.069 city baby the venue was so dope we got there 00:22:28.069 --> 00:22:31.769 so this was last year at 2024 we played there 00:22:31.769 --> 00:22:36.329 with alien ant farm the green room was so lit 00:22:36.329 --> 00:22:39.569 they had like they gave us food it was awesome 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:47.319 Signed canvases from different bands. So I saw 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:49.319 the plain white tees in there some rappers I 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.960 can't remember off the top of my head, but they 00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:52.819 were like, you know signed by the bands that 00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:55.019 have been there so that was super sick and then 00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:57.700 we had like an assistant and it's weird because 00:22:57.700 --> 00:23:00.940 like I Work a full -time job. So it's like I 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.599 clock in on Tuesday But right now like we have 00:23:02.599 --> 00:23:05.440 an assistant we text her. Hey bring us a pizza 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:16.579 Yeah, it was dope. It was dope. I demand a green 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:19.700 M &M's in my bowl. She probably wouldn't have 00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:21.819 brought it. Like, it was crazy. It was dope. 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:23.839 It was like, I clocked in on Tuesday, but today, 00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:30.720 I'm demanding those green M &M's. So you guys, 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.980 so you have your personal assistant doing all 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:35.279 that for you. That's awesome, man. It kind of 00:23:35.279 --> 00:23:37.220 takes a lean off of a lot of stuff, a lot of 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:38.680 pressure and extra stuff you need to take care 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:41.819 of. For sure. You know, I mean, being, so that 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:44.750 would be one of your Your top once we see, you 00:23:44.750 --> 00:23:46.930 know, that's the one to be venue for sure. The 00:23:46.930 --> 00:23:52.509 stage was cool. It was outdoors to take our gear 00:23:52.509 --> 00:23:55.170 down. So like you'd load up and it would like 00:23:55.170 --> 00:23:57.990 nice go down. Yeah. Look at you. Yeah. The vocalist. 00:23:58.349 --> 00:24:03.210 Yeah. I don't remember that part of the show. 00:24:03.930 --> 00:24:09.849 My equipment about about you. Yeah. Alright, 00:24:10.549 --> 00:24:12.289 so that would be that would be the priority one 00:24:12.289 --> 00:24:16.190 though the number one of the notch. Oh, man That 00:24:16.190 --> 00:24:19.049 one's cool. Well, he hadn't he hasn't played 00:24:19.049 --> 00:24:22.690 yet, but right right that But Clayton's man, 00:24:22.829 --> 00:24:24.309 we've played we've been lucky enough to play 00:24:24.309 --> 00:24:28.289 Clayton's twice That very special place that 00:24:28.289 --> 00:24:30.609 venue is awesome. Yeah, especially during spring 00:24:30.609 --> 00:24:33.700 break. Yeah, it gets It gets crazy. We played 00:24:33.700 --> 00:24:36.579 with Three Days Grace there in 2022. Wow. And 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:39.279 we played with The Offspring there in 2019. Oh 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:42.819 my gosh. These are bands in my area, man. Wow. 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:46.420 It was crazy. I can forward a story from Eric 00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.539 that he said, just briefly, I remember he said 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:51.109 when he played Clayton's with y 'all. that the 00:24:51.109 --> 00:24:54.569 green room is under the stage so he was like 00:24:54.569 --> 00:24:57.430 shaking nervous because he could feel like the 00:24:57.430 --> 00:25:00.450 music and the band on top before them yeah right 00:25:00.450 --> 00:25:02.470 right and then the crowd i remember him telling 00:25:02.470 --> 00:25:05.430 me like he was so nervous for that shakiness 00:25:05.430 --> 00:25:07.750 because you're under the stage right right right 00:25:07.750 --> 00:25:10.069 and you hear everything the crowd the band on 00:25:10.069 --> 00:25:12.809 top you jump in the subs up there right so i 00:25:12.809 --> 00:25:14.849 would love to play that with them but that sounds 00:25:14.849 --> 00:25:17.349 like a crazy experience to have all that going 00:25:17.349 --> 00:25:19.509 on while you're trying to like warm up you know 00:25:19.660 --> 00:25:31.039 I see the resemblance. So we've gone to the one 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:33.140 at the top of the notch. You know what my second 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:36.079 question is going to be? I don't. Which is the 00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:42.920 one that you said, never again will I ever in 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:47.740 my entire life. I mean, because in any band. 00:25:48.279 --> 00:25:52.119 in the history, it doesn't matter if you're - 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.079 Like when Dave Messayne said he'd never played 00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:58.200 McAllen. Exactly, exactly, one of those. Any 00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.799 band, it doesn't matter if you're a well -known 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.400 band, even if you're just a garage band. I have 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:07.000 one, but I'm happy to say it. One gig where you're 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:11.180 like, oh God, I'm glad this crap is over. I know 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:13.779 one that big bands have come down and have - 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.380 not had a good time and we haven't either, but 00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:19.799 I can't say it on camera. I'll tell you off the 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:21.319 camera, but I can't say it on camera. It's discrete 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:23.460 guys, if you want to see Chewing New After Dark, 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:27.039 you got to do that. Because they're still like 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:29.460 booming and I don't want to do that to them, 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:32.859 but it's not a good experience every time. Troy's 00:26:32.859 --> 00:26:37.940 like, let me go back into my black documents. 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:43.039 I'm trying to remember a show that like, I'm 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:45.460 just like... never again i don't know i can whisper 00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:48.220 it to you you'll agree you'll agree don't whisper 00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.440 because these mics will pick up every day if 00:26:50.440 --> 00:27:13.579 you pass guys it will catch you nigga If there's 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.359 ever been a time where I've played somewhere 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:17.940 and said, man, never again. And I hate to take 00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:20.700 it dark, but it's literally performing at a funeral. 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:24.220 Like, I played one. Wow! I played one like six, 00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:27.519 seven years ago, maybe. Wow. And like, you know, 00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:30.259 I did it. It was like a family friend type thing. 00:27:30.420 --> 00:27:33.059 Right. And after that, I was just like, I'm never 00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:34.880 doing this again. Like, I just couldn't. I don't 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.960 know. Right. No, no. I understand. It's just 00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:39.539 one of those things that from here on out, like... 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:42.200 I'm not, I'm not. Unless it's like very close 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:44.519 family or something, but man. Right. Well, may 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:48.619 I ask what song selection it was? Oh, gosh. Was 00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:51.299 it one of yours or was it a cover? No, it was 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:53.579 like a Christian song to cover, yeah. Oh, okay. 00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:55.779 Okay, okay. And it's just like, you know, obviously 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:58.900 like, you know, hey, respects to, you know, whatever's 00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:01.460 happening, the situation and all that, but I 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:03.920 just can't play. I can't play. Yeah, play the 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:07.140 funeral somewhere. That's just, I don't know. 00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:10.819 It goes all the, this one's. request from the 00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:13.460 request from I played by I think I played I can 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:15.680 only imagine or something and it was nice I sang 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:17.859 my heart out and people were crying and I was 00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:31.420 just like the next song is south of heaven no 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:33.960 Jesus Christ well yeah I mean I would I could 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.140 clearly understand that would be one of the most 00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:38.619 experience you know ridiculous experience to 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:40.940 actually do something like that yeah now when 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:44.000 it comes to the band itself the whole band itself 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:47.420 give us the corks man who has who who's who's 00:28:47.420 --> 00:28:50.819 the one that's you know that you're like okay 00:28:50.819 --> 00:28:53.259 we know he's gonna do here we know the person 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:56.279 that you expect that from that person you expect 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:57.819 that from that person these little quirks they're 00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:59.759 called little quirks little ticks you know that 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.900 you're like okay it's gonna happen eventually 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:05.599 just like my cousin every time we play he has 00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:09.140 to pop a string it always happens it always happens 00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:11.759 for some reason it always happens but that means 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:19.460 it was gonna be a good performance We don't want 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:22.740 to flame each other, man. Nick, you just came 00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.119 into the bed and you don't want to flame anything 00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:29.200 right now. Can I roast myself? I don't know. 00:29:30.339 --> 00:29:33.420 Either the other day I practiced, I broke a microphone. 00:29:33.880 --> 00:29:36.539 What? I didn't break a microphone. My foot just 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:39.420 got caught on the freaking cable and boom, it 00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:43.900 fell. Like, God bless it. But it's not like I 00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:48.109 break things all the time. He likes, he wants 00:29:48.109 --> 00:29:51.109 to blur something out. I can see our strengths, 00:29:51.730 --> 00:29:54.529 man. Yeah. Give me the strength, bro. Give me 00:29:54.529 --> 00:29:57.710 the strength. I'm adaptable and I can lead pretty 00:29:57.710 --> 00:30:01.170 well. Nick is our genius master builder. He has 00:30:01.170 --> 00:30:04.930 this energy that he can, he just builds knowledge 00:30:04.930 --> 00:30:08.609 and oozes knowledge. Zach, for one instance, 00:30:08.690 --> 00:30:11.490 I can tell you when we were about to play, when 00:30:11.490 --> 00:30:14.450 we were about to go on opening for three days 00:30:14.450 --> 00:30:19.390 grace, We almost didn't play the so it was three 00:30:19.390 --> 00:30:21.910 days grace headlining and it was drowning pool 00:30:21.910 --> 00:30:25.009 and then it was us right we were opening but 00:30:25.009 --> 00:30:27.990 drowning pools uh soundboard or whatever they 00:30:27.990 --> 00:30:31.990 had to save the settings on it or whatever okay 00:30:31.990 --> 00:30:34.130 and it wouldn't save for some reason we were 00:30:34.130 --> 00:30:36.450 like what and people were starting to go crazy 00:30:36.450 --> 00:30:39.299 even the promoter i heard the promoter like Shout 00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:42.359 out to Tony. He was like yo, I had this band 00:30:42.359 --> 00:30:45.579 like I got it approved with y 'all's management 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:48.119 Like they have to go on like and I was there 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:50.380 in the background Oh my god, what is happening? 00:30:50.660 --> 00:30:55.279 Zack went and he got with the the house sound 00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:58.960 guy of Clayton's And there was a whole soundboard 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:01.779 on the side that nobody was using near the stage 00:31:01.779 --> 00:31:05.799 So we went and Zack was running wires going crazy 00:31:05.799 --> 00:31:08.920 and we hooked everything up and we got our performance 00:31:08.920 --> 00:31:12.140 off, and I was like, dude, Zach, you saved our 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:16.000 ass. And we started five minutes late. We had 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.700 to cut a song, but we still got it done, man. 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:22.420 And it almost didn't happen. That's nuts. That's 00:31:22.420 --> 00:31:24.660 nuts. Oh, sorry. It would have sucked. It would 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:27.539 have been embarrassing. It would have been so 00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:30.279 bad. But shout out to Zach, dude, because he's 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:33.819 done stage equipment working for behind the scenes 00:31:33.819 --> 00:31:36.859 of like, like the paw patrol play and like when 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:39.299 it comes to the theaters here in McAllen, Zach 00:31:39.299 --> 00:31:42.079 will go and he'll work in the mornings with, 00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:45.140 and I've worked actually once with him, but he's 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:49.259 super knowledgeable in that. Jeff is like the 00:31:49.259 --> 00:31:53.200 glue. Jeff is like the good vibes that we need. 00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:57.059 If anyone's in a bad mood, Jeff shows up and 00:31:57.059 --> 00:32:02.269 everything just becomes man relaxed. Eric. Eric 00:32:02.269 --> 00:32:06.250 is our creative. He's also a leader, man. And 00:32:06.250 --> 00:32:09.230 the way he takes initiative at building our set 00:32:09.230 --> 00:32:12.049 lists for our shows, the way he takes initiative 00:32:12.049 --> 00:32:14.630 of writing these songs. And designing a lot of 00:32:14.630 --> 00:32:17.809 the flyers and merch. He designs stuff, exactly. 00:32:17.930 --> 00:32:21.750 He does our merch designs. Any time I hit him 00:32:21.750 --> 00:32:26.380 up... for a flyer he's down and it's just man 00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:29.039 seeing everyone bring their strengths to the 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:32.640 table and that's awesome create a thp is awesome 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:34.799 it's better to get the strings to get the focus 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.920 for it i tell you that much my my guess as well 00:32:37.920 --> 00:32:40.740 but uh guys we'll be right back we have a uh 00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:43.299 got a shout out to the sponsors right now so 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:45.880 lay back relax a little bit and we will be right 00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:48.299 back give me one sec here we go Guys, I know 00:32:48.299 --> 00:32:50.259 we're going to say something around Trump. Sorry. 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:55.759 But a big shout out to all our sponsors, Triple 00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:57.240 J Plumbing. You guys are looking for licensed 00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:01.519 plumbers. 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Nick probably take them home and I don't 00:35:05.449 --> 00:35:07.590 know if they're, they might get in trouble for 00:35:07.590 --> 00:35:13.889 taking them, but I got extreme. Big shout out 00:35:13.889 --> 00:35:18.449 to Extreme Magazine, the RGB edition. They came 00:35:18.449 --> 00:35:20.429 and dropped this up today in our front door. 00:35:21.269 --> 00:35:24.489 They got a bunch of, well, it's a man's magazine, 00:35:24.750 --> 00:35:28.510 guys. Radar is just what it is. It's one of those 00:35:28.510 --> 00:35:30.590 Swim Studio things. You might want to check that 00:35:30.590 --> 00:35:32.650 out. They are a free edition. You can pick one 00:35:32.650 --> 00:35:38.980 up at Texas Tope here at South. Texas Boulevard, 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:41.219 you can't, you guys, they got trucks. And Fray's 00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:43.400 looking at the trucks. Why am I saying Fray? 00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.300 Fray's talking about me. Troy's looking at the 00:35:45.300 --> 00:35:47.579 trucks right now. So this one's going out to 00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:51.099 Troy. There you go, man. You can have that one. 00:35:51.420 --> 00:35:53.840 Troy, take that home with you and put that next 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:56.800 to your Aunt Hathaway stuff over there. But anyways, 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.880 ladies and gentlemen, we are coming back with... 00:36:00.829 --> 00:36:04.409 And the hero prevails on the podcast guys. I 00:36:04.409 --> 00:36:07.150 know we're about to say something Troy They I 00:36:07.150 --> 00:36:08.889 know we have a lot of stuff to talk about because 00:36:08.889 --> 00:36:14.650 I know you got some big events for sure I know 00:36:14.650 --> 00:36:17.230 you had mentioned before that you already opened 00:36:17.230 --> 00:36:19.610 up for this band once and now you got the privilege 00:36:19.610 --> 00:36:24.030 to do it Again, yeah, man. So tell us take us 00:36:24.030 --> 00:36:28.510 a little bit on this reenactment or replay You 00:36:28.510 --> 00:36:30.409 guys open up for this band now. Take us there. 00:36:30.409 --> 00:36:33.510 What's going on man? So yeah, so we will be doing 00:36:33.510 --> 00:36:36.510 three more dates with alien ant farm. We'll be 00:36:36.510 --> 00:36:40.110 going out to New Mexico and Arizona. That's right 00:36:41.889 --> 00:36:45.449 um august 18th uh yeah mesa and then tucson and 00:36:45.449 --> 00:36:48.789 then mesa tucson and mesa yeah wow so it's gonna 00:36:48.789 --> 00:36:50.849 be like kind of like a little mini tour or what 00:36:50.849 --> 00:36:54.230 yeah we're joining them for three dates um it 00:36:54.230 --> 00:36:56.949 was awesome and so yeah so last year we did four 00:36:56.949 --> 00:36:59.449 texas dates with alien ant farm and how that 00:36:59.449 --> 00:37:02.289 came about they started rolling out their new 00:37:02.289 --> 00:37:05.469 album last year mantras they came out with their 00:37:05.469 --> 00:37:09.769 first single so cold and i was like whoa they're 00:37:09.769 --> 00:37:14.519 back and so So I messaged their guitarist Terry 00:37:14.519 --> 00:37:16.599 right away and was like, hey man, I sing for 00:37:16.599 --> 00:37:19.119 this band, yada, yada, yada. It'd be a dream 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:23.079 to be open for y 'all one day. We're from Texas, 00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:25.559 so if any Texas dates may be available, we'd 00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:28.699 be grateful for an opportunity. And I love sending 00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:30.940 cold messages like that, trying to get opportunities. 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:34.380 Dude, to my surprise, he messaged back and was 00:37:34.380 --> 00:37:38.280 like, hey, man, y 'all sound great. At this point, 00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:40.139 they didn't have any Texas dates lined up. And 00:37:40.139 --> 00:37:44.179 he was like, but talk to me sooner. Or someone 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:46.199 like, keep me in mind. Or what did he say? Keep 00:37:46.199 --> 00:37:48.500 in touch. He said, keep in touch. Eventually, 00:37:48.659 --> 00:37:50.679 they released a bunch of dates last year. And 00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:52.559 there was four Texas dates there in the middle. 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:54.860 So right away, I messaged him and was like, hey, 00:37:54.900 --> 00:37:57.389 is there any way we could get on? He was like, 00:37:57.510 --> 00:37:59.110 you know what? Yeah, man, let's get you all on 00:37:59.110 --> 00:38:02.389 as direct support and our agent will email you 00:38:02.389 --> 00:38:05.210 in the morning. We'll work things out. Oh my 00:38:05.210 --> 00:38:07.949 gosh. So like, man, it was, it was drinking true. 00:38:08.170 --> 00:38:10.929 Let me tell you, Mark, the first CD I ever owned 00:38:10.929 --> 00:38:13.929 as a kid was an alien ant farm CD anthology. 00:38:13.929 --> 00:38:15.809 Shout out to my brother, Cody, getting it for 00:38:15.809 --> 00:38:19.230 me for Christmas. And, uh, you got gutter moon 00:38:19.230 --> 00:38:21.989 up there saying, uh, who will prevailing their 00:38:21.989 --> 00:38:29.500 hero. It's too early. It's too early. I got Nui 00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:33.360 also there saying, what up, Troy? What up? What 00:38:33.360 --> 00:38:36.860 up? And so yeah, dude, we went and we did those 00:38:36.860 --> 00:38:39.900 four shows. We basically made friends with A 00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:42.400 -Late Ant Farm. That's awesome, bro. They became 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:44.480 really cool with us. Yeah, man. That's awesome. 00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:48.239 It was really wild. And then out of nowhere this 00:38:48.239 --> 00:38:51.570 year, I was on my treadmill. a handful of weeks 00:38:51.570 --> 00:38:55.070 ago and the drummer Mike texted me and was like 00:38:55.070 --> 00:38:57.989 hey man we got some dates lined up seeing if 00:38:57.989 --> 00:39:00.530 maybe y 'all can join one or a few and I was 00:39:00.530 --> 00:39:04.690 like dude let's do it and so sure enough we we 00:39:04.690 --> 00:39:06.909 got it worked out for us to go out of state and 00:39:06.909 --> 00:39:08.989 this will be our first time in New Mexico this 00:39:08.989 --> 00:39:14.050 will be our first time in Arizona Yes, you know 00:39:14.050 --> 00:39:16.289 about big shot to DC when saw the same waving 00:39:16.289 --> 00:39:20.650 little hand like hi. I'm here, too But that's 00:39:20.650 --> 00:39:23.230 awesome, bro. I mean like like you said they 00:39:23.230 --> 00:39:26.949 have been a fan of the band and owning your first 00:39:26.949 --> 00:39:31.269 CD of that band I mean, that's that's not it's 00:39:31.269 --> 00:39:33.889 a crazy. I mean circle type thing Yeah, especially 00:39:33.889 --> 00:39:38.210 the opportunity to do play with a band that's 00:39:38.210 --> 00:39:41.079 been there already. That's you know, that's has 00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:45.940 written the wave at some point, for you guys. 00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:48.559 You can see the years of experience in their 00:39:48.559 --> 00:39:51.440 body language that was just second nature to 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:54.019 them just being on the road, yeah. Yeah, we're 00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:56.320 gonna go do what we gotta go do. Yeah, and that's 00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:59.039 crazy. And for guys like yourself that are going 00:39:59.039 --> 00:40:00.500 out for the first time, you're like, oh dude. 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:02.619 They're like, no, he's like going to Disney night. 00:40:02.820 --> 00:40:04.699 Oh yeah, everybody, everybody, everybody. It 00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:07.900 is a lot of work, and I know the first time we 00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:11.789 did that. tour I realized it's really just them 00:40:11.789 --> 00:40:14.469 and they have one of the guy that helps them 00:40:14.469 --> 00:40:20.190 out but like but yeah it's really just them like 00:40:20.190 --> 00:40:22.590 there's no they don't bring a sound guy there's 00:40:22.590 --> 00:40:25.590 no crew for them it's the band and I know our 00:40:25.590 --> 00:40:27.369 last date in Austin and come and take it live 00:40:27.369 --> 00:40:30.429 we unloaded each other's stuff like at the end 00:40:30.429 --> 00:40:32.429 like there's like I said there's no crew so it's 00:40:32.429 --> 00:40:34.849 alienant form us we don't have a crew either 00:40:35.449 --> 00:40:37.809 Shout out Niko who helped us do merch and some 00:40:37.809 --> 00:40:38.889 photography. Call that assistant, I need you 00:40:38.889 --> 00:40:42.469 to unload the crew, don't I? So that was super 00:40:42.469 --> 00:40:44.550 inspiring to see too, even someone, you know, 00:40:44.650 --> 00:40:46.110 at their caliber, you know, they're still... 00:40:46.110 --> 00:40:47.769 They were unloading their own stuff. They're 00:40:47.769 --> 00:40:50.230 doing it themselves. They're putting that all... 00:40:50.230 --> 00:40:53.150 Setting up their backdrop. Yeah, that's awesome, 00:40:53.309 --> 00:40:54.949 man. That's awesome. And it was nice to help 00:40:54.949 --> 00:40:57.239 them out and then... them you know it's like 00:40:57.239 --> 00:40:58.719 starting all over again you've already rolled 00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:00.199 the wave is all right guys we wrote the wave 00:41:00.199 --> 00:41:01.980 we know what we need to do you know let's let's 00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:04.800 go back to basics basically you know yeah that's 00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:07.099 pretty cool but like i said it's inspiring to 00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:09.420 see and it it gives us more time to interact 00:41:09.420 --> 00:41:10.940 with them and you know build that connection 00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:13.940 and i know they went on a podcast too and someone 00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:16.940 asked like how was touring with us and uh they 00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:19.179 said that we were quiet at first but they that 00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:21.079 we respected their space and that they really 00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:24.280 appreciated that right right that made All of 00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:27.840 us so happy. They had a good impression of us. 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.619 That's awesome. That week that we were on tour 00:41:29.619 --> 00:41:33.500 with them. They were so kind and helpful and 00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:36.599 like just dope dudes, man. California dudes, 00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:39.579 man. Being a big fan of it, like you said, first 00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:41.739 CD you own and you've seen it for, because it's 00:41:41.739 --> 00:41:43.519 not the first time you've toured with them, but 00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:45.960 the first time you do to meeting them for the 00:41:45.960 --> 00:41:51.119 first time. Did you go? I know you had to be... 00:41:52.200 --> 00:41:57.059 I met Alien Ampharm in 2013 when they came down 00:41:57.059 --> 00:42:02.099 to the Far Event Center with Hoobastank and Fuel. 00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:07.139 And I met them after their set, and I remember 00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:10.099 vividly telling the drummer, Mike, that one day 00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:12.619 my band's gonna open for you guys. And yeah, 00:42:12.780 --> 00:42:15.719 man, it happened a little over a decade later. 00:42:17.570 --> 00:42:21.050 You know you stick with it and rise crazy things 00:42:21.050 --> 00:42:25.469 happen man, right and as far as like Open up 00:42:25.469 --> 00:42:29.550 for them. Maybe how can you? Contain yourself. 00:42:29.809 --> 00:42:32.750 I mean then be you be in the same stages with 00:42:32.750 --> 00:42:35.130 them first of all You know being open and being 00:42:35.130 --> 00:42:38.050 the opening act for them itself and what so have 00:42:38.050 --> 00:42:41.289 you? Don't you get a little giddy a little bit? 00:42:41.289 --> 00:42:44.679 I mean knowing that loud you work This is a band 00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:47.820 that I look up to, man, and we're opening up 00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:51.880 for these guys. The nerves, for sure, man. One 00:42:51.880 --> 00:42:55.860 of my favorite things, watching them play afterwards, 00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:59.239 being on the side stage and just like, ah, and 00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:04.380 seeing their fans go crazy to their music. It's 00:43:04.380 --> 00:43:07.400 all for fun and just for the love of music and 00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:09.960 live shows. It's just great, man. That's awesome. 00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:12.619 It made me feel like a kid, absolutely. Every 00:43:12.619 --> 00:43:14.699 time they went on and I was there and hearing 00:43:14.699 --> 00:43:21.159 all those songs from 2001 and 2003, they're incredible. 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:23.639 It's a dream, man. It's like a dream come true, 00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:26.039 for sure. Now, here's another question I have 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:28.460 for you, Troy, because I like to ask these questions 00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:30.579 also, knowing that you're a musician, knowing 00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:32.519 that Nick's already in the band and everything. 00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:37.210 If the cars weren't dealt... the way they are 00:43:37.210 --> 00:43:40.010 now, Troy, don't give me that face. What are 00:43:40.010 --> 00:43:42.570 you gonna ask me? If the cards weren't dealt 00:43:42.570 --> 00:43:45.130 to do what you're doing now, being a singer in 00:43:45.130 --> 00:43:49.110 the band and actually really progressed where 00:43:49.110 --> 00:43:51.849 I've seen a very few bands from the RGB progress 00:43:51.849 --> 00:43:55.389 so far, what would you find yourself doing other 00:43:55.389 --> 00:43:58.599 than singing in the band? What would be secondary? 00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:03.159 If, like, there was no ATHP, but I was still 00:44:03.159 --> 00:44:07.119 a musician? Well, let's accept the musician. 00:44:07.139 --> 00:44:15.099 There's so many things. Okay. Oh, gosh, man. 00:44:15.360 --> 00:44:19.860 I don't know. I remember at one point as a little 00:44:19.860 --> 00:44:21.960 kid, I was like, I'm going to be in the NBA. 00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:35.210 And then I realized, like, I'm Mexican. I had 00:44:35.210 --> 00:44:37.670 a cousin of mine tell me one once when I was 00:44:37.670 --> 00:44:39.690 a kid and I was like going around like yeah I'm 00:44:39.690 --> 00:44:42.090 being the NBA like he had to sit me down and 00:44:42.090 --> 00:44:47.440 be like you know that that's really hard Really? 00:44:47.539 --> 00:44:51.360 Why are you keeping my dream bro? But somebody 00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:55.420 had to do it. Somebody. Gosh, I don't know. I 00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:57.420 mean, I was into basketball and sports in high 00:44:57.420 --> 00:45:00.719 school and stuff. So if music was just not a 00:45:00.719 --> 00:45:03.320 thing at all, I probably would be a basketball 00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:05.980 coach right now. I don't know. There you go. 00:45:06.340 --> 00:45:09.420 What about you, Nick? I mean, I know you just 00:45:09.420 --> 00:45:11.780 came into the band itself, but... Being through 00:45:11.780 --> 00:45:14.619 the years being a guitar playing and doing your 00:45:14.619 --> 00:45:16.360 thing. What if guitar was not in the picture? 00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:18.800 What would you be doing yourself right now? I'd 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:21.840 probably be like a lawyer happy with kids and 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:38.309 living the perfect life. No, I love it though, 00:45:38.309 --> 00:45:41.170 I love it. Like I said, I have a full -time job. 00:45:41.730 --> 00:45:44.090 I help design, implement virtual reality for 00:45:44.090 --> 00:45:48.630 college. So I've always had a thing for technology 00:45:48.630 --> 00:45:50.849 and figuring out how it works. So I've been doing 00:45:50.849 --> 00:45:53.750 something with that. Creator of AI, I bet you 00:45:53.750 --> 00:45:57.769 probably wrote that. I got Louis asking the questions 00:45:57.769 --> 00:46:01.949 is opening Watching alien on farm. Oh, sorry, 00:46:01.989 --> 00:46:05.110 and they were closed open for the offspring and 00:46:05.110 --> 00:46:08.429 SPI killer memory. I go well man. That's what's 00:46:08.429 --> 00:46:11.389 up, man You've had I'm grateful we can share 00:46:11.389 --> 00:46:14.289 that with y 'all your your fan base that I've 00:46:14.289 --> 00:46:16.599 seen I mean I've seen you guys play in small 00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:19.159 venues here in the RGB, what y 'all post and 00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:21.579 everything. You got a good following. Right on, 00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:24.219 man. People show up. That's for sure. Yeah. I 00:46:24.219 --> 00:46:26.239 mean, you see that and you're like, wow. I mean, 00:46:26.280 --> 00:46:28.800 like I said, there's very few bands that I've 00:46:28.800 --> 00:46:31.039 seen here that have that following. You guys 00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:34.440 are playing at the Flying Walrus, just to say, 00:46:34.699 --> 00:46:36.659 people are showing up. People are going to go 00:46:36.659 --> 00:46:39.500 check you out. So on and so forth. You're playing 00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:41.179 at the island. They're going to go check you 00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:47.400 out. As far as the fans outside from the RGB 00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:49.760 you come up like what I like to call the RGB 00:46:49.760 --> 00:46:53.840 956 bubble when you finally venture out and you're 00:46:53.840 --> 00:46:57.380 out in open territory where You know open waters 00:46:57.380 --> 00:46:59.760 and there's a lot of sharks out there But you're 00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:02.039 in open waters and you end up performing somewhere 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:05.059 Corpus Christi San Antonio Austin Houston Dallas 00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:11.989 Do you feel? That the fan base is a little bit 00:47:11.989 --> 00:47:15.769 stronger outside the Rio Grande Valley or do 00:47:15.769 --> 00:47:27.429 you feel it kind of similar? All the traction 00:47:27.429 --> 00:47:30.840 and stuff that we get that's for sure I would 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:33.039 say most of our supporters are probably from 00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:36.019 the Valley. But we do have, you know, we do have 00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:40.119 some fans out of state and of course in northern 00:47:40.119 --> 00:47:43.719 Texas. We have a lot of people, a lot of good 00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:47.840 fans, awesome friends in San Antonio area, Dallas 00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:52.320 too. You know, one of our biggest fans is from 00:47:52.320 --> 00:47:58.929 Washington. We just became homies. He was big 00:47:58.929 --> 00:48:01.329 into our first couple albums and we've just been 00:48:01.329 --> 00:48:04.590 friends ever since. There's a lot of connections 00:48:04.590 --> 00:48:07.929 like that. Where it's like throughout the years 00:48:07.929 --> 00:48:13.090 people have really supported us. Fans from Iowa, 00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:16.969 fans from Florida, just different different places. 00:48:17.309 --> 00:48:20.329 Have you ever had your music spin anywhere other 00:48:20.329 --> 00:48:23.000 than down here? Like, you know, maybe at a college 00:48:23.000 --> 00:48:26.199 station or maybe in a different city or different 00:48:26.199 --> 00:48:28.860 state. For sure. Even in a different country. 00:48:29.300 --> 00:48:31.539 In a different country, yeah. When we did our 00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:34.559 Spotify wrapped, I don't know, last year, two 00:48:34.559 --> 00:48:37.650 years ago, I think it had like 40 years. I don't 00:48:37.650 --> 00:48:40.230 know, 30 or 40 different, it had a bunch of different 00:48:40.230 --> 00:48:43.030 countries on there that had tuned into our music 00:48:43.030 --> 00:48:45.469 throughout the year. And that was pretty mind 00:48:45.469 --> 00:48:47.550 blowing for sure. Yeah, that's crazy. And I got 00:48:47.550 --> 00:48:49.829 Louis saying once, hey, come through the Midwest, 00:48:50.170 --> 00:48:54.090 dog. Yes, he's been wanting us to shout out Louis. 00:48:54.090 --> 00:48:57.369 Louis Blunt, what up? And it's crazy because 00:48:57.369 --> 00:49:00.170 I mean I asked that a lot because one one for 00:49:00.170 --> 00:49:02.889 one We had a right daughters in the podcast a 00:49:02.889 --> 00:49:05.130 bucking crazy. Yeah, I've known Roy for so we 00:49:05.130 --> 00:49:09.090 graduated together great artist man, and I Asked 00:49:09.090 --> 00:49:10.869 him and go ever since high school man. You were 00:49:10.869 --> 00:49:14.260 you were determined to Be that musician since 00:49:14.260 --> 00:49:17.380 94 and he's been pushing and pushing and pushing 00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:21.179 and now that he's he's doing recordings in I 00:49:21.179 --> 00:49:23.539 think he was telling me in Memphis in Tennessee 00:49:23.539 --> 00:49:25.980 up there and he had I think one of the I think 00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:28.039 he had told me one of the guitar players or keyboard 00:49:28.039 --> 00:49:30.320 players play with Garth Brooks and he's on the 00:49:30.320 --> 00:49:33.119 album and I'm like dude you're You're there. 00:49:33.119 --> 00:49:35.260 Yeah, what's going on? And then when he told 00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:38.099 me the story on how it was all rearranged and 00:49:38.099 --> 00:49:41.099 what the turmoil was and how they got roadblocked 00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:44.119 here roadblocked there when they're finally on 00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:46.940 the road To get where they want to get. Yeah, 00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:49.059 these are certain bands that I see down here 00:49:49.059 --> 00:49:52.380 that I have these You know, they're there. They're 00:49:52.380 --> 00:49:55.659 at the doorstep. Why hasn't that door open then? 00:49:56.159 --> 00:49:58.360 Open the damn door. Let these guys go through 00:49:58.360 --> 00:50:01.780 they got to move on right because rgb has been 00:50:02.199 --> 00:50:05.420 a place where there's so much talent with so 00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:10.940 much rock industry, the country industry, hip 00:50:10.940 --> 00:50:13.760 -hop artists, so on, so forth, they have not 00:50:13.760 --> 00:50:18.039 been tapped yet. It's funny because, I mean, 00:50:18.739 --> 00:50:21.960 I have, I'm not gonna let him word out names, 00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:25.199 but I have had people tell me that, oh, well, 00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:27.639 so -and -so suing this artist, which is like 00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:29.659 a Grammy Award artist, because they took a beat. 00:50:29.960 --> 00:50:32.420 from you know they're like nitpicking down here 00:50:32.420 --> 00:50:34.559 oh we'll use that anyways they'll never notice 00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:38.820 and you know it's like It's like like who said 00:50:38.820 --> 00:50:41.039 this after who's telling me that it's like a 00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:43.519 barrel of barrel of crabs You're trying to get 00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:45.699 out of the barrel, but they just keep pulling 00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:48.239 you back. Yeah, you know and it's like I told 00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:51.360 Roy I go bro. You're right there You're on the 00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:53.260 edge You're looking at the bottom of the barrel 00:50:53.260 --> 00:50:54.920 and you're looking at the other next thing ahead 00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:57.300 of you You guys are right there, too, right? 00:50:57.380 --> 00:51:00.179 I mean, you know and I said has there been any 00:51:00.179 --> 00:51:03.380 talk of signing or anything like that with any? 00:51:04.179 --> 00:51:08.500 studio yet Not really, but I can... I mean, consider 00:51:08.500 --> 00:51:10.539 the fact that you guys can do your own studio 00:51:10.539 --> 00:51:12.699 thing and you kids can progress with your own 00:51:12.699 --> 00:51:14.719 stuff. Right on, yeah. A lot of the stuff we 00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:17.579 can do in -house. Yeah, and I've noticed a lot 00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:20.360 of bands right now that are on that cusp and 00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:22.340 have made it to the other side are independent. 00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.780 You know, a label can definitely get you up. 00:51:25.780 --> 00:51:29.309 Right. But if you have the know -how and the 00:51:29.309 --> 00:51:30.869 connections you can definitely do it independent 00:51:30.869 --> 00:51:33.449 and save a ton of money, right? Exactly. Yeah, 00:51:33.670 --> 00:51:36.369 exactly So I mean consider the fact like I said 00:51:36.369 --> 00:51:39.449 signing wise. I mean What I like to call you 00:51:39.449 --> 00:51:42.090 guys brothers and sisters, okay robot. That's 00:51:42.090 --> 00:51:45.050 another another band that just Actually got a 00:51:45.050 --> 00:51:47.630 fallback. They got signed for I don't know what 00:51:47.630 --> 00:51:50.050 label was and they're doing their thing now Yeah, 00:51:50.050 --> 00:51:52.920 so I was like wow One actually got their foot 00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:55.900 inside the door already that goes let's go Yeah, 00:51:55.900 --> 00:51:57.559 you know, but you know, they're a great band 00:51:57.559 --> 00:51:59.719 shout out to these guys. I love their music also 00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:03.960 Great great band. I mean, I love the music but 00:52:03.960 --> 00:52:08.440 when I like I said Dry dry found studios. There 00:52:08.440 --> 00:52:14.519 you go Modern era bands rarely sight anymore. 00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:16.820 That's true. That's very true. It's very it's 00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:21.800 very rare but nevertheless, I mean You see bands 00:52:21.800 --> 00:52:23.739 that are out there doing great and they get there 00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:26.159 for a reason, you know But it's always the fine 00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:29.159 print that you got to read at the very bottom 00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:31.960 So say the the devil's contract the demons contract 00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:36.139 is what they say I've read and that I've heard 00:52:38.170 --> 00:52:40.190 Being a musician the way up for so many years 00:52:40.190 --> 00:52:41.769 already. You have your own studio. Well, it's 00:52:41.769 --> 00:52:44.989 called a dry found studios Oh, yeah, okay. We 00:52:44.989 --> 00:52:47.170 just practice there now, but there's no studio 00:52:47.170 --> 00:52:50.769 sessions going on there anymore You guys were 00:52:50.769 --> 00:52:52.849 to open up your own studio and do your own studio 00:52:52.849 --> 00:52:57.869 yourself record music and shoot it out. I mean 00:52:57.869 --> 00:53:01.610 Say like you say like you do get signed, you 00:53:01.610 --> 00:53:04.480 know, and you end up having your own studio On 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:06.159 the side that you do your stay home stuff, you 00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:08.340 know to do your skeletons and eventually take 00:53:08.340 --> 00:53:13.460 it to the bigger stage, right? There's bands 00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:16.239 That look for that. I know there's so many bands 00:53:16.239 --> 00:53:18.139 there. They're like man We're trying our best 00:53:18.139 --> 00:53:20.579 to get out, you know, but when they see you guys 00:53:20.579 --> 00:53:24.539 that are doing it They not coat tail ride, but 00:53:24.539 --> 00:53:27.599 they want to say hey man. Can you help us out? 00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:31.500 Can you? Record our stuff. Can you is there like 00:53:31.500 --> 00:53:33.380 an opportunity for these young younger bands 00:53:33.380 --> 00:53:37.440 to reach out to you guys for sure? you know what 00:53:37.440 --> 00:53:43.139 I Recorded a band at my house years ago good 00:53:43.139 --> 00:53:46.179 handful years ago Bagwell, I don't know if you've 00:53:46.179 --> 00:53:48.960 heard of Bagwell great dudes shout out to Rob 00:53:48.960 --> 00:53:55.300 Kings and his brother CJ We at HP we were definitely, 00:53:55.300 --> 00:53:57.480 you know still we were like, you know, we're 00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:01.199 still doing our thing and Yeah, an opportunity 00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:03.519 kind of came about like that and it was the first 00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:06.179 time I had ever recorded a band at my studio, 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:09.760 right? But even though I wasn't like super knowledgeable 00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:13.219 like, you know at me, you know with recording 00:54:13.219 --> 00:54:16.039 and everything I was able to let them pick my 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:19.760 brain as far as right getting shows and reaching 00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:22.519 out to people and just you know how I go about 00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:25.500 to make connections and things like that and 00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:27.860 um and now they're you know they're still doing 00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:30.219 their thing by well and I've seen them grow as 00:54:30.219 --> 00:54:33.510 well and so yeah I feel like um I feel grateful 00:54:33.510 --> 00:54:36.190 I was able to kind of help them, give back to 00:54:36.190 --> 00:54:38.989 them. We didn't help them really with their start. 00:54:39.150 --> 00:54:41.650 It was like their first EP, anything they'd ever 00:54:41.650 --> 00:54:45.849 done. So shout out back. Yeah, man. Just like 00:54:45.849 --> 00:54:48.530 yourself, you're starting off with them and so 00:54:48.530 --> 00:54:50.849 on. You're going to continue with them. At one 00:54:50.849 --> 00:54:53.690 point, maybe years down the line, you know, say, 00:54:53.809 --> 00:54:55.530 OK, man, you know what? We're finally closing 00:54:55.530 --> 00:54:57.980 the book. We're gonna close the book and you 00:54:57.980 --> 00:55:00.360 know, maybe something new might turn up. Maybe 00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:02.079 there's something different along the horizon. 00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:05.659 It's stuff like that that you say, you know what? 00:55:06.019 --> 00:55:09.980 Let me give back, you know? And I don't wanna 00:55:09.980 --> 00:55:11.760 toot my own horn, you know? The same thing for 00:55:11.760 --> 00:55:19.650 me. Doing the whole nightly gigs from... 10 o 00:55:19.650 --> 00:55:21.650 'clock to 1 o 'clock in the morning or from 9 00:55:21.650 --> 00:55:24.670 o 'clock to 12 o 'clock you know going in going 00:55:24.670 --> 00:55:27.010 out loving your stuff setting up for another 00:55:27.010 --> 00:55:28.969 another gig and all that you're constantly doing 00:55:28.969 --> 00:55:31.610 it you know wear and tear every day well fortunately 00:55:31.610 --> 00:55:34.530 you guys are up there already that i see in my 00:55:34.530 --> 00:55:37.170 point back in our day it was like the hustle 00:55:37.170 --> 00:55:39.670 you had to go sell the cd you had to go give 00:55:39.670 --> 00:55:41.789 the flyer you had to talk to somebody that knew 00:55:41.789 --> 00:55:43.929 somebody that wasn't the radio you had and there's 00:55:43.929 --> 00:55:46.550 so much social media now that you can push your 00:55:46.550 --> 00:55:49.210 stuff out there so easily now Everybody can see 00:55:49.210 --> 00:55:51.409 it. You know, you pass gas, so you might hit 00:55:51.409 --> 00:55:53.210 a million hits. You know, something like that. 00:55:53.530 --> 00:55:57.989 But at one point I said, you know what, I'm hanging 00:55:57.989 --> 00:56:00.329 it out. I'm done. You know, and you're like, 00:56:00.389 --> 00:56:03.789 I'm done. But at the same time, this gets created 00:56:03.789 --> 00:56:05.510 and say, you know what, I'm gonna give back. 00:56:05.710 --> 00:56:11.079 I wanna give back to the young ones that... need 00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:13.539 the help to get heard, they need the exposure 00:56:13.539 --> 00:56:15.659 to talk about who they are, where they're from 00:56:15.659 --> 00:56:17.360 and how they came up with the band. You know, 00:56:17.420 --> 00:56:19.980 the sound, how the sound was created. What was 00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:21.280 the lyrics about? What were you feeling when 00:56:21.280 --> 00:56:24.500 you wrote this lyric? You know, kind of like 00:56:24.500 --> 00:56:29.880 a intimate interview with the listener so they 00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:31.579 can say, OK, now I know what this band is all 00:56:31.579 --> 00:56:33.719 about. You know, so I wanted to give back like 00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:36.440 that. And I'm doing it now. So bringing you guys 00:56:36.440 --> 00:56:38.420 here and other other bands to come in, you know. 00:56:39.049 --> 00:56:42.789 It's a wonderful thing. To meet people like you 00:56:42.789 --> 00:56:45.469 guys is like, shit, man, these guys are doing 00:56:45.469 --> 00:56:48.150 it. These guys are doing it. They're living the 00:56:48.150 --> 00:56:49.710 dream, bro. You got a great setup here, too. 00:56:49.949 --> 00:56:55.969 I tried. I tried. I tried. You see that, and 00:56:55.969 --> 00:56:58.469 you're like, damn, man, I want to be a part of 00:56:58.469 --> 00:57:01.210 that. I want to help. We try to help as much 00:57:01.210 --> 00:57:02.909 as possible. This is when I do the ooh radio. 00:57:03.170 --> 00:57:06.289 I put your song. guys song on like that and that 00:57:06.289 --> 00:57:09.170 and because of that you got these other unsung 00:57:09.170 --> 00:57:12.170 heroes like mingle's music that had this record 00:57:12.170 --> 00:57:15.409 the vinyl shop man big shout out to mingle man 00:57:15.409 --> 00:57:17.889 i mean these are these are old rockers these 00:57:17.889 --> 00:57:21.630 guys older rocker than me bro and he he introduced 00:57:21.630 --> 00:57:24.730 me to you guys he introduced me to room cross 00:57:24.730 --> 00:57:27.829 he introduced me to to a lot of bands that are 00:57:27.829 --> 00:57:30.409 out here man like dude i've been out of the scene 00:57:30.409 --> 00:57:33.539 for a long time Well, I got it. I got to jump 00:57:33.539 --> 00:57:35.400 back in there and listen to this music and when 00:57:35.400 --> 00:57:38.739 you dive into it You hear all these great bands 00:57:38.739 --> 00:57:41.539 down here and go what's going on? Yeah, why aren't 00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:44.460 these guys being picked up? There's got to be 00:57:44.460 --> 00:57:46.659 one. It's either gonna be you guys It's either 00:57:46.659 --> 00:57:49.599 gonna be okay, or it's gonna be Roy throws with 00:57:49.599 --> 00:57:51.480 buck crazy. It's gonna say all right. There's 00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:54.119 a foundation We have a studio. Let's sign you 00:57:54.119 --> 00:57:57.579 guys up. Let's go. Let's go. You know, it's it's 00:57:57.579 --> 00:58:01.139 the dream Yeah, it's the dream the goal to get 00:58:01.139 --> 00:58:02.940 there, you know what I mean? And you guys are 00:58:02.940 --> 00:58:04.699 living it, man. I think you guys are living it 00:58:04.699 --> 00:58:06.480 already. You're just right there. You're a heartbeat 00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:10.699 away. So tell us a little about this gig, a little 00:58:10.699 --> 00:58:12.599 side tour that we're having with Indiana Ampharm. 00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:16.320 Where are these dates located? Go ahead. It'll 00:58:16.320 --> 00:58:18.519 be Albuquerque, New Mexico. That'll be on the 00:58:18.519 --> 00:58:21.900 18th. And then we'll do Tucson on Tuesday. It'll 00:58:21.900 --> 00:58:25.000 be the 19th. And then Mesa, which is right outside 00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:27.119 of Phoenix on Wednesday. That'll be the August 00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:30.159 20th. So that's one month from now. OK. Get your 00:58:30.159 --> 00:58:32.739 tickets at alienatpharm .com. We'll be there. 00:58:32.880 --> 00:58:35.860 Wow. And talk to us. I mean, we'll have shows 00:58:35.860 --> 00:58:38.340 here in the Valley, too, leading up. Yeah. We 00:58:38.340 --> 00:58:40.699 can talk about those shows. Yeah. We'll probably 00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:44.059 fill us in. Fill us in, Troy. Come on. July 25, 00:58:44.400 --> 00:58:47.440 we are doing a Limp Bizkit cover show along with 00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:49.489 Down With System. They're doing a system of a 00:58:49.489 --> 00:58:51.909 down cover set. Oh sweet. We're doing this at 00:58:51.909 --> 00:58:55.289 the Kraken Lounge July 25th in Brownsville, Texas. 00:58:55.530 --> 00:58:59.780 Release the Kraken! That'll be on Friday of the 00:58:59.780 --> 00:59:02.179 25th. And then the day after the 26th, we're 00:59:02.179 --> 00:59:04.440 gonna be at the Rockin' Q in Harlingen, Texas. 00:59:04.460 --> 00:59:06.920 Awesome. Doing an Olympusket tribute as well. 00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:10.019 Okay. That set's gonna be an even longer set 00:59:10.019 --> 00:59:11.719 than the night before. We're doing more than 00:59:11.719 --> 00:59:13.519 the Olympusket too. And we're doing Deftone, 00:59:13.639 --> 00:59:16.659 10 and a half farm. We're throwing in a couple, 00:59:16.760 --> 00:59:19.199 yeah, we're throwing in some couple other covers 00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:23.059 in there to keep it spicy. And then let's see, 00:59:23.159 --> 00:59:26.199 August 1st, we're gonna return to the Flying 00:59:26.199 --> 00:59:29.320 Walrus in McCown. We're playing with just mentioned 00:59:29.320 --> 00:59:33.360 it with the Bakri. We're playing with the ghosts 00:59:33.360 --> 00:59:37.159 of us and Gosh, there's other bands. There's 00:59:37.159 --> 00:59:40.000 other bands on the bill great bands It's gonna 00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:41.900 be it's gonna be metal. It's gonna be awesome. 00:59:41.960 --> 00:59:44.989 August 1st Friday or Saturday That's A Friday. 00:59:45.210 --> 00:59:47.909 That's A Friday. Yes. A Friday. I'm going to 00:59:47.909 --> 00:59:49.510 have to keep that, write that down. Guys, if 00:59:49.510 --> 00:59:52.250 you guys want any information on all that good 00:59:52.250 --> 00:59:54.750 stuff they have, feel free to go ahead and jump 00:59:54.750 --> 00:59:57.670 on this. This right here, guys, this will take 00:59:57.670 --> 00:59:59.269 you, this QR code that I'm showing you right 00:59:59.269 --> 01:00:01.909 now on the screen will take you straight to Spotify. 01:00:03.289 --> 01:00:06.010 Go in there, follow them, listen to their music. 01:00:06.469 --> 01:00:10.429 If you are feeling down and out and you need 01:00:10.429 --> 01:00:12.880 something just to perk you up. This is the stuff 01:00:12.880 --> 01:00:15.599 you want to listen to. A .T .H .P. Let's go! 01:00:15.619 --> 01:00:17.360 Need some A .T .H .P. and you're just going to 01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:18.840 inject that into your body for a little while. 01:00:18.940 --> 01:00:21.500 You'll feel better after the morning. But I've 01:00:21.500 --> 01:00:24.360 been listening to you guys, like I said, all 01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:27.260 week. Finally got, finally got a treat meal, 01:00:27.380 --> 01:00:29.199 ladies and gentlemen. I'm on the treat meal! 01:00:29.739 --> 01:00:32.519 I'm there! Congrats. I haven't turned it on, 01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:37.139 but I'm on the treat meal! But uh, you know, 01:00:37.239 --> 01:00:39.059 I've been doing that and I've been listening 01:00:39.059 --> 01:00:41.559 to your stuff man, and it motivates you to go 01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:44.340 You know, you're like go go though. The old man 01:00:44.340 --> 01:00:47.860 can't go That far as far as a run or a jog like 01:00:47.860 --> 01:00:50.340 it used to so need to timid down the guys They're 01:00:50.340 --> 01:00:52.260 running the machines and say hey, you can't take 01:00:52.260 --> 01:00:54.360 my book. You have to shut it down on me So I 01:00:54.360 --> 01:00:57.059 said, yeah slow down, you know, but uh, yeah, 01:00:57.059 --> 01:01:00.760 it's great workout music. It's great when you're 01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:03.679 feeling down Turn it up, man, and turn it up 01:01:03.679 --> 01:01:06.980 loud. Sweet. Wake up the neighbors, man. If you 01:01:06.980 --> 01:01:09.219 think it's too loud, you too damn old. That's 01:01:09.219 --> 01:01:12.360 just the way I say it. But guys, first things 01:01:12.360 --> 01:01:15.280 first, I want to say thank you so much for coming 01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:18.239 out to the podcast with us. Absolutely. To have 01:01:18.239 --> 01:01:21.119 you on for the first time on here. Just the two 01:01:21.119 --> 01:01:23.139 of you. Where's the rest of the band? Where's 01:01:23.139 --> 01:01:25.199 the rest of the band? I was looking for an unplugged 01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:28.800 show tonight. Next time. Round two. We'll bring 01:01:28.800 --> 01:01:34.070 our acoustics. We'll do that. but uh uh i want 01:01:34.070 --> 01:01:37.130 to say thank you so much for keeping the rock 01:01:37.130 --> 01:01:38.869 scene alive not yourself but all the other bands 01:01:38.869 --> 01:01:40.670 that are out there pushing as hard as you can 01:01:40.670 --> 01:01:43.110 that's all the talent all around the rgv man 01:01:43.110 --> 01:01:47.510 from the 1980s from the late 80s 39s from liquid 01:01:47.510 --> 01:01:52.380 sky holy smoke uh There's a there's a lot of 01:01:52.380 --> 01:01:54.780 bands that even if you if you're from my era, 01:01:54.820 --> 01:01:56.780 you're like, holy shit You remember liquid sky. 01:01:56.840 --> 01:01:58.880 You remember fucking holy smoke. Yeah, I remember 01:01:58.880 --> 01:02:02.159 all the three dogs three dogs night also Three 01:02:02.159 --> 01:02:06.900 moon dogs. That's another big one also Not three 01:02:06.900 --> 01:02:11.360 dogs night that's way back in the 60s but uh 01:02:11.360 --> 01:02:16.159 you guys Are a treat to listen to you guys rock 01:02:16.159 --> 01:02:18.239 and roll every single time. Okay, I got hold 01:02:18.239 --> 01:02:21.360 on I got ash here saying very cool guys Happy 01:02:21.360 --> 01:02:24.159 to have learned about yeah. Yes, of course and 01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:27.119 then uh People are saying it's gonna happen. 01:02:27.260 --> 01:02:30.739 It's gonna happen. Uh, I got here also DC goes 01:02:30.739 --> 01:02:37.400 on convinced my first boy Well, there you go. 01:02:37.800 --> 01:02:41.360 There you go, man. The heroes bringing babies, 01:02:41.559 --> 01:02:45.539 man. Damn. Good CEO of the Poptroia. Thank you 01:02:45.539 --> 01:02:47.679 so much for tuning in, guys. Thank you. Thanks 01:02:47.679 --> 01:02:50.239 for having us. You guys are doing a great job. 01:02:50.400 --> 01:02:52.440 Continue doing what you guys are doing. Don't 01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:56.500 stop. Keep pushing that threshold, man. Keep 01:02:56.500 --> 01:02:57.880 rocking the door, because there's more people 01:02:57.880 --> 01:03:00.980 behind you trying to break that barrier down 01:03:00.980 --> 01:03:03.340 so we can all finally get through there and finally 01:03:03.340 --> 01:03:06.090 get... Notice and put on the spot of the map 01:03:06.090 --> 01:03:09.369 not only that LA has the hardcore and the great 01:03:09.369 --> 01:03:11.789 bands But the RGB has some hardcore hardcore 01:03:11.789 --> 01:03:14.610 bands also, man We got to be in that mix also. 01:03:14.610 --> 01:03:17.510 Like I said a big pot of menudo broke. That's 01:03:17.510 --> 01:03:19.989 what it's got to be But once again, thank you 01:03:19.989 --> 01:03:23.110 so much guys for coming out. Thank you last words 01:03:23.110 --> 01:03:27.429 Troy that you like to leave us with any Live 01:03:27.429 --> 01:03:32.469 long and prosper We've talked about it before 01:03:33.519 --> 01:03:35.739 Eventually if it's gonna happen this year, maybe 01:03:35.739 --> 01:03:37.320 early next year, but we have a song that's gonna 01:03:37.320 --> 01:03:41.320 feature the one and only tech 9 So that's gonna 01:03:41.320 --> 01:03:47.920 be coming up soon Yeah, there you go Nick Be 01:03:47.920 --> 01:03:50.500 interested learn more don't be ignorant. There 01:03:50.500 --> 01:03:56.099 you go. There we go The world of your fingertips 01:03:56.099 --> 01:03:59.500 Yeah, guys, thank you have everything right here. 01:03:59.619 --> 01:04:01.960 Yeah. Oh my god, this is like a mini computer 01:04:01.960 --> 01:04:04.519 in your hand, man But guys, I appreciate you 01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:05.840 guys coming out, having a little fun with me 01:04:05.840 --> 01:04:09.960 here, getting to know you, letting the fans see 01:04:09.960 --> 01:04:12.119 what you guys are all about. And not only that, 01:04:12.320 --> 01:04:15.440 learn a little bit more. insight uh on where 01:04:15.440 --> 01:04:17.159 you guys are coming from what your music's about 01:04:17.159 --> 01:04:18.760 and all that good stuff and how the music is 01:04:18.760 --> 01:04:21.539 made so just continue what you're doing man and 01:04:21.539 --> 01:04:25.079 like i said all steam ahead bro yes sir be the 01:04:25.079 --> 01:04:27.059 tip of the spear man that's what you want that's 01:04:27.059 --> 01:04:28.639 the number one thing be the tip of the spear 01:04:28.639 --> 01:04:31.280 is what i'm always told but thank you so much 01:04:31.280 --> 01:04:33.559 man appreciate you guys thank you thank you ladies 01:04:33.559 --> 01:04:35.320 and gentlemen that is the podcast for tonight 01:04:35.320 --> 01:04:39.570 great one great podcast thank you so much to 01:04:39.570 --> 01:04:42.070 everybody watching big shout out like i said 01:04:42.070 --> 01:04:45.050 once again to all our sponsors uh triple j plumbing 01:04:45.050 --> 01:04:48.010 owner construction javier cabazos with his uh 01:04:48.010 --> 01:04:49.969 uh horse stables out there mr texas pandora's 01:04:49.969 --> 01:04:54.590 box tattoo with uh uh mr uh Freddy Honda, Freddy 01:04:54.590 --> 01:04:56.929 Honda man. 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I don't know how 01:05:31.250 --> 01:05:35.110 we got that far. And next month will be seven 01:05:35.110 --> 01:05:39.909 years doing the podcast. It's been a wild ride. 01:05:40.070 --> 01:05:43.150 I know Chu said that as soon as December's over, 01:05:43.469 --> 01:05:47.510 it's Yeah, I'm throwing them out I'm running 01:05:47.510 --> 01:05:50.889 this song bitch to the wheels roll off, but uh 01:05:50.889 --> 01:05:54.590 guys Thank you so much for watching tune in next 01:05:54.590 --> 01:05:57.130 week. I got some wrestlers coming in next week 01:05:57.130 --> 01:05:59.750 I know everybody's been asking where the wrestlers 01:05:59.750 --> 01:06:02.010 where the rest I got wrestlers coming in next 01:06:02.010 --> 01:06:04.670 week three guys that have been causing trouble 01:06:04.670 --> 01:06:07.909 in combat cult You might want to tune in next 01:06:07.909 --> 01:06:13.829 week. I know August I'm bringing you wrestling 01:06:13.829 --> 01:06:15.900 the whole month guys. That's going to be it. 01:06:16.000 --> 01:06:19.960 And yes, yes, El Cacahuate will be here. So be 01:06:19.960 --> 01:06:21.579 prepared to see that little shrimp running around 01:06:21.579 --> 01:06:24.400 the podcast also. Anyways, guys, thank you so 01:06:24.400 --> 01:06:26.920 much for tuning in. We will see you next week 01:06:26.920 --> 01:06:30.719 on Thursday, 730 p .m. sharp. Don't forget to 01:06:30.719 --> 01:06:33.420 follow, subscribe. And oh, by the way, thank 01:06:33.420 --> 01:06:35.960 you for all the lights on the Delacruz cartoons, 01:06:36.280 --> 01:06:38.400 man, the Muppet cartoons. They will continue 01:06:38.400 --> 01:06:40.940 being pumped out on the tuning podcast. Stay 01:06:40.940 --> 01:06:44.300 tuned for some more great content. And like always. 01:06:44.329 --> 01:06:47.849 guys. Latest Gators. Peace out.