i think that radio stations kind of got maybe
sick of playing Smooth Criminal and then
all of a sudden like Movies became this thing
all over again. What's up y 'all! This is Dryden
from Alien Ant Farm and you're listening to My
Weekly Mixtape with Brian Colburn. Yeah baby! What
is going on friends? Welcome to My Weekly Mixtape,
I'm your host Brian Colburn, and my guest tonight's
been on my mixtape.... well, actually, at the time,
mixed CDs, and now playlists. And that's been
for the better part of a quarter century. So
I'm extremely excited to welcome Dryden Mitchell
of Alien Ant Farm to the show. Dryden, thank
you so much for joining me tonight, man. Yeah,
thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Thanks
for your time. Well, let's start with the basics
here. What does the word mixtape mean to you?
Oh, man. You know, I think at the time, like
back when it was like tapes and stuff, it was
kind of a cool way to share your, maybe vicariously
what your thoughts are to someone else, like
maybe like a girl that you like or something
like that. You know, it's kind of a cool sentiment
to compile a list of, I can't remember ever making
like a hateful mixtape and handing it to like
a dude, but maybe that could have been cool too.
And I don't know that I ever did it for a girl,
but it makes sense that it may be kind of a cool,
like almost like a, I don't know, like a Hallmark
card, but full of songs, you know, that's pretty
rad. And I would make a, I remember like taping
songs, this will age me, but taping songs off
the radio and stuff, you know, and I would get
like, I'd always miss the first verse or some
shit, you know, just because I didn't catch it
in time or, but yeah. I've made plenty of mixtapes
for sure. Well, tonight we're here to talk all
things Alien Ant Farm, and I want to start back
at the beginning. And I'm not talking about Anthology,
even though it's celebrating its 25th anniversary
this year. We'll get to that. Okay. I want to
go way back to the self -titled or $100 EP and
love songs, which features early versions of
tunes that showed up on later albums like SS
Recognize, which was re -recorded for Truant
and Wishing, which became Wish on Anthology.
I mean, we're going back to cassettes here. Yeah,
that's cool. I worked for this Iranian guy named
Hassan and he earned Marcello's pizza and I had
a crappy little car. And even before the tapes,
I would listen, we would record our rehearsals
just with like a ghetto blaster, but you'd have
to like throw like a sweater over the mic because
it was just way too loud to get any kind of sound.
But I would, I would roll around at my job, Marcello's
delivering pizzas and coming up with vocal lines.
from these crappy mixtapes of sorts that we would
make from our rehearsals and stuff. So it just
reminded me of that. Now, when you listen back
to those early versions of the songs, what stands
out to you the most? The rawness of the recordings,
how the songs evolved once you re -recorded them,
or maybe even something else? Yeah, you know,
I haven't heard them in so long, but I almost
can hear them in my head from the past. Probably,
yeah, just... crappy production and just you
know at the time just trying our best you know
and and uh we finagle studio time with kind of
someone that knew someone or you know we didn't
have any any means of that much cash or you know
so i would say the the thing that stands out
to me the most is how kind of stripped down and
there's a charm to that too though you know what
i mean it's like a cool song will always kind
of shine through um you hear the you know the
oldies and stuff You hear these lo -fi bands,
I think in that time they were probably trying
to sound as slick and beautiful as possible.
It just happened to be playing on inferior gear,
I guess. And the songs from those cassettes were
eventually re -recorded for the band's Greatest
Hits album. And for those listening, I'm not
talking about a recent compilation. I'm talking
about the band's debut that was released two
years prior to Anthology back in 1999. I always
was a big fan of the tongue in cheek title to
this album. Was there a cheeky sarcasm to that
or was there a little up and coming confidence?
Like, you know, yeah, these songs really are
going to be hits one day. Yeah, maybe, but I
think it was more just the joke of it all. I
think we thought, all right, you know that some
journalists in these muso mags are going to take
the bait and kind of crap all over the band for
who do they think they are with the greatest
hits. They don't even have one hit. So yeah,
I think that was more our intention. We never
really took much of anything too seriously. The
music we took seriously, but that was about it.
I think we maybe to our own detriment, we suffered
with image and trying to be cool. I feel like,
you know, in those early days and even now of
being kind of almost like an anti front man of
we all love rock and roll and the theatrics that
comes with it and stuff like metal. We're huge
fans of but no one really wanted to go down that
road. And while I think we put on a cool live
show, we've never been into. taking anything
too seriously or going down that path. So I think
in a roundabout way, Greatest Hits was like this
weird little middle finger of how things are
supposed to be, I guess. And since a lot of the
songs from Greatest Hits made the leap to Anthology,
whose idea was to keep the compilation theme
going, albeit tying it into the band's name?
Yeah, that almost feels like it was. semi premeditated
coincidence you know I think anthology just made
sense because for like you said it kind of tied
the amp thing into it and I think we all kind
of looked at each other and kind of giggled that
oh my gosh this is kind of the next version of
greatest hits you know and which was again coincidentally
funny I don't think it was too intended really
but it worked out cool So was there ever a joke
about maybe fully committing to the bit and having
every album you ever release play off of a greatest
hits? I don't know, maybe swapping out something
like essential, swapping the E for the A or something
along those lines. Yeah, you're right in line
with us. I think we all have that conversation
of like the essentials or, you know, the complete
works or whatever might come next, you know,
and I still think that. You know, I don't know.
Maybe we ditched the whole ant thing. Although
we did call our last record mantras. I don't
know. Maybe like AF, like master of puppets.
And we'll just like, I don't know. That would
be a little ridiculous, but I'm kind of sold
on master of puppets. I think that would be pretty
cool. I'd buy a copy of that. Now, Papa Roach
played a role in greatest hits, eventually being
represented through the anthology album. Because
the band signed to their new noise label for
that release. Can you talk about that relationship
and how it helped set the tone for the band's
future? Well, you know, P Roach being from Northern
California and us being from Southern California,
we met and bonded in a way that I guess, you
know, bands are like little gangs back in the
day. And I think maybe they still are, but I
don't know. There was a lot of like. shit talk
or crap talk among you know among the scenes
and stuff and I always felt like it was kind
of cool when you paired up with a band or something
and let your guard down a little bit anyways
Papa Roach had a great following up north and
I felt like we had a pretty good one down in
our area in Southern California and I think that
we just started trading shows to try and gain
fans uh elsewhere and you know they'd come down
south and open for us and we'd go up there and
open for them at least while elastid papa roach
started to pop off so fast they were suddenly
even in our area becoming a bigger band but yeah
we we bonded in that way and uh wanted to share
fans with each other and uh and it was even talked
about and discussed that whoever You know, there
was rumors about both bands getting attention
from labels and about to be signed to a record
deal. And I think we jokingly but seriously just
said whoever gets signed first is going to bring
the other one with us. And it's crazy that they
actually did because I can see how swept up and
busy they got when they popped. You know, it's
remarkable that they... held true to their word
i don't know that i think that we would have
the intention to do it but you know i don't know
that we'd have the wherewithal to be like yeah
i don't know if we would have done the same thing
i would like to think in my heart that we would
have but like i know what's involved when you
like the wheel starts turning for your band and
and uh it's anyways it's just props to them for
holding true to it you know and that was just
amazing it's crazy that we all had this thing
that we were gonna do or say this little pack
that we had, and it kind of came to fruition.
Not even kind of, it came to fruition, you know?
Things happen in mysterious ways for sure. Now,
to those listening, if you want to hear about
all the songs we're discussing in this episode,
you could do so by heading over to the episode
page at myweeklymixtape .com. Now, I'm going
to stick with Greatest Hits for one more question
here, because the last track on that album was
called Slick Thief. otherwise known as Smooth
Criminal. Was that title meant to throw people
off the scent that it was actually a Michael
Jackson cover? Yeah, no, well, not not to throw
them off. I mean, everyone, once you hear it,
you're going to know, basically, you know what
I mean? So, yeah, I guess, again, it was just
like that on Smooth Criminal, Slick Thief. I
don't know. We were all patting ourselves on
the back over the dumb dad joke, I guess. Well,
it's no secret that Smooth Criminal became a
huge gateway into the band for a lot of people
across the country, even though it was the album's
second single. So here in New York on New York
radio, movies actually saw a resurgence after
criminal's initial success. Yeah, we had, it's
weird how that worked, you know, and it was almost
organically just, I think that radio stations
kind of got maybe sick of playing some of the
criminal. And then all of a sudden, like movies
became this thing all over again. It was a, it
was a really effective song for us. You know,
it was a single twice basically. And that works
for me. I mean, I was not bummed at all to see
it almost get another life for sure. You know,
we made another video for it and everything.
So there's a few movies, videos out there. Yeah.
And then Criminal was so popular for so long.
It took almost a full year before Attitude dropped
as the third single. So looking back at the release
schedule for Anthology, do you see Criminal as
a blessing or a curse in terms of maybe radio
momentum for the rest of the songs on the album?
Yeah, it was weird, man. And we had just gotten
to a bus crash around that time as well over
in Europe, and it slowed everything down for
the band. I'd like to wonder what might have
been or whatever. In my heart, I thought Attitude
was going to be like, Maybe the way Incubus had
Drive, you know, that just real, not that they
sound the same, but I had high hopes basically
for Attitude. It's my favorite Ant Farm song.
And anyways, it was weird, weird timing. And
yeah, like you said, Smooth Criminal, like it
eclipsed the band, you know, so blessing or curse,
as the years go by, you know, it's hard to complain
about any kind of accolade or success in this
business. Yeah, it was a weird one to swallow
in real time. I always saw the band coming up
where maybe the second record, Truant, you know,
would have been a little bit bigger than the
first record. And, you know, maybe on our third
record or something where we would really pop,
you know. And so Mike Tyson says, you know, everyone
has a plan until they get punched in the face
kind of thing. And all of a sudden, you know,
Smooth Criminal is all over radio. And I'm like,
wait up. I mean, yeah, we recorded it. We knew
what we were doing in that sense. But I was like,
this is not the way that that I was imagining
all this to go down. And yeah. So, again, it's
hard to, you know, 10 minutes later, you're like
after your initial like bummed outedness for
DreamWorks kind of dropping Smooth Criminal in
the laps of radio. You know, how bummed are you
going to be or just kind of go with it and ride
with it? You know, again, we tracked it. So it
was our baby, too. And I feel like, believe it
or not, it opened up a Pandora's box of Michael
Jackson covers because you had Fallout Boy and
John Mayer doing Beat It. You had Shaman's Harvest
doing Dirty Diane. I think you guys set the bar
that, hey, Michael Jackson works really well
as a rock song. It kind of does. I mean, you
get you pick the tempo or whatever, you know,
and ours just work. I've heard I've heard so
many covers, you know, and. Michael's is always
the better one, but yeah, I like our version.
I think it had like a good, it just lent itself
to rock so perfectly. It felt like it just felt
appropriate. Now, one thing I have to talk about,
cause I am a huge fan of the hidden track. I
did a whole episode just on the beauty and appeal
of them in and of itself. Alien ant farm is no
stranger to hidden tracks. Orange appeal. was
a hidden track on the $100 EP cassette, and then
again on Anthology. Okay, so I have to tip my
hat to the fact that it's still hidden if you
listen to this song on streaming, which doesn't
go unnoticed, especially to a music nerd like
myself. What's the story behind keeping Orange
Appeal tucked away on all these releases? You
know, I don't know that there was any thought
other than, you know, I think when we first tracked
it on that first go around, it was just this
weird little ditty that sprang from a nylon string
guitar. And I just, again, I had like an idea
vocally. And then, you know, I think the thought
process was to, you know, maybe potentially turn
it into a real song because it was so just hodgepodge
and basically written in a minute's time. And
then everyone kind of liked the feel of it just
being this broken song, I guess. And so for better
or worse, we just said, let's just leave that
one alone. I don't know that it would ever really
turn into a song. So there it kind of sat as
this mauled animal on the road or something of
a tune. Now, when you revisit the anthology songs
here in 2026, Do they bring you back to the person
you were when you wrote them? Or do they feel
like the songs have taken on a completely different
life after years of playing them on the road?
You know, it's weird. I feel like there's been
moments in my life where a lot of those songs
from Anthology, at least 10, a lot of them are
halfway fictitious or made up. And it's weird
to feel like a lyric or something way years later
become like true or something real in my own
life. And it's weird to think like, wow, is there
something bigger going on that I wrote this lyric
20 years ago? Well, now 25. And I'm experiencing
this moment now. And I didn't know it back then.
It's anyways, it's just strange, weird, almost
deja vus or something. It's cool to think that
little kid me. was in the driver's seat the whole
time or predicting certain events in my life
it seems kind of creepy and odd and and i think
we all have the capabilities to foresee things
or or again maybe you're just petting something
that again coincidences are weird but yeah it
is a trip to uh i don't know that it turns me
takes me back to who i was back then but definitely
like gives me all the feels of of those moments
you know and in the anthology uh the making of
it was such a great time in in our lives you
know and it's funny like people i was about to
say kids but they're my age now but you know
people and audiences will come fans will come
around and say you know that was like my summer
record or my high school record and in a weird
way i'm like it was mine too you know like we
were making it but that was like our moment too
so we only got it you know, six months before
the public did, but it was happening in real
time and, and writing it and stuff. So yeah,
it was like a special time to be at NRG recording
studios and, and just the people that we were
meeting with and, and knowing at that time was,
uh, it's just, it was a special Papa Roach included
and, and all of it, you know? Now I want to piggyback
off of that live part of the last question I
asked, because during that era, Like we talked
about earlier, you were touring with bands like
Papa Roach, you toured with Linkin Park, and
that falls squarely under the Nu Metal banner.
But Alien Ant Farm was also playing Warped Tour,
which at that time leaned much more punk and
emo. What do you think gave the band that cross
appeal where you could thrive in both universes?
Well, I don't know that we thrived on the Warped
Tour other than maybe we were like a little bit
of a black sheep on there. it was predominantly
punk obviously but you know every once in a while
like even on that same tour like um there was
a few metal bands and there always is but like
311 was on there and we became really great friends
with 311 maybe we both bonded over not being
punk rock but we're definitely punk in attitude
you know but as far as the music goes i never
heard uh you know we're punk fans but i never
really heard too much punk going into alien out
farm But yeah, you know, it was just one of those
tours that, you know, I don't specifically remember
how it came about, but it was offered to us.
And you're not going to say no to a built in
like, I mean, that's like an institution, you
know, or like, wow, OK, that summer is going
to be crazy with lots of new new ears and faces
to play in front of. So we took that one. It
was like a no brainer. And just a reminder to
the mixtapers listening, you can hear all the
songs we've discussed in this episode tonight
over on the episode page. Now, I want to dig
into some other parts of the catalog, too, because
as a fan of the band, I just can't pigeonhole
this discussion to just Anthology alone. We talked
about Truant before. That was produced by Dean
and Robert DiLeo of Stone Temple Pilots. What
was it like working with them, and how did they
shape the sound of that record, even in comparison
to Anthology? Yeah, well, it was phenomenal.
I was very nervous, to say the least. I don't
know why, but I'm a kid, and I would be nervous
now, too. But it was a dream come true, man.
We love Stone Temple Pilots. Upmost respect for
those guys. We knew that Robert, the bass player,
was kind of, not to take away from anyone else,
but I felt like he was the Rubik's Cube solver
of that. of stone temple pilots we were all just
kind of wondering how this was gonna go if it
was gonna work and then again knowing that you
know scott wyland one of the greatest was their
singer had me kind of on edge feeling like oh
my gosh i gotta sing in front of these guys it
was a delight man we were at the morning view
house in malibu which is uh morning view was
incubus's record so It wasn't a studio. I thought
Morning View was a studio, but it's just a house.
So I guess Thinkubus must have brought in all,
you know, probably brought in a big console and,
you know, made their record there like that.
We brought in a smaller rig that we knew we weren't
going to do a record there. We were just going
to do pre -production. And basically, we made
a whole mock record there with the DeLeo brothers.
They'd come over every day and we'd hash it out,
you know. And then at night, we were all getting
hammered and being crazy kids. That was a wild
time, too. You know, I wish I wasn't getting
so hammered. But again, it's super memorable.
Just trippy just to be in those guys' presence.
And they had a lot to do with like kind of swaying
our sound. And I feel like Truant is my favorite
record in a lot of ways for their influence on
it. And there's just deep tracks in there that
maybe not a lot of public has heard. that are
just really soulful and cool to me. And we weren't
maybe necessarily like trying to hit a grand
slam and make a trillion dollars. We were trying
to just like make art in the room with these
guys that were like true artists. And so that
was a cool one for sure. Now, following that
album up, the band released a tour only album
in 2005 called Third Draft, which was later reissued
in 2006 as Up in the Attic. What led the band
to self -release that material and how did that
approach play out with the fans, especially since
looking now that original third draft is pretty
sought after? Yeah, you know, I think we were
in between that little, there was a little flux
in there where we didn't know where we were going
to go as DreamWorks was dissipating, kind of
falling away unbeknownst to us. We probably would
have maybe even sat on Truant and founded a home.
I think there would have been, I'm not saying,
oh, because DreamWorks fell apart was the reason
why Truant wasn't so successful, but I have to
imagine that it might have been, we probably
got a little more mileage out of that record
with a proper label. You know, again, unbeknownst
to all this stuff was happening without us even
knowing that DreamWorks was going away. And so,
yeah, there was a little bit of purgatory in
that timeframe. And so we just had these songs
and we threw it out. And then suddenly back in
the game of big labels or whatever, a girl named
Polly Anthony who ran Geffen came in there and
we added a song to Third Draft called Forgive
and Forget. I think Third Draft and Up in the
Attic are the same exact record minus one song
we added to Up in the Attic. So yeah, you know,
we just wanted to release it and run. We had
a 311 tour. to do and we wanted material and
we wanted a record in hand and so we threw that
third draft out and yeah that's how that went.
Now, was Forgive and Forget written while on
that tour? Because it wasn't on Third Draft,
but it was on the Up in the Attic album. You
know, I think it was written at NRG where we
recorded it. And I think we did the record with
Jim Wirt. And then a guy named Jay Baumgartner,
who owns NRG, and he produced Anthology. I think
he even kind of listened to the material and
basically was like, look, it's a cool record.
i want that like movies almost you know basically
we need we want to we want a big smashy song
and that was like our i think forgive and forget
was our attempt at trying to like throw one up
you know spike the volleyball kind of thing and
and that we spent a couple days at nrg or maybe
one day or something and threw down forgive and
forget to try and just add a little more uh buffness
to the record and and hopefully that might have
been a single that hit and And it never did,
but it's a cool song. That's one of my favorites
on the album, which is why I had to bring that
up. That's cool, yeah. Now, earlier we were talking
about the album titles for the band. Greatest
Hits and Up in the Attic are the only two albums
in the Alien Ant Farm discography that are missing
either an ant or an AAF reference. Because when
you think about 2016's Always and Forever, you
have the AAF. And then Montrose has the ant included.
Is that intentional on the band's part? Or am
I just reading way too much into this? No, I
don't think it was intentional. I mean, in that
moment, we just said, let's drop the puns kind
of thing or whatever, you know, and, and I'm
trying to think of how, you know, why, you know,
up in the attic, there's a, there's a lyric from
a song called she's only evil on up in the attic.
And I think it just says that. I think I had
this idea of, you know, at the time my wife painted
all the pieces in the attic there that relate
to something, some form of an alien ant farm
song at this attic full of old memories and old
lyrics or little things in the attic that remind
you of, I guess, ant farm antiquities or something.
yeah, I just thought that was cool name and everyone
just agreed or not. Maybe they didn't agree that
it was cool. Maybe they just didn't want to fight
me on it or something. But yeah, that, that was,
that was that. And so, yeah, there wasn't any,
any, uh, too much thought into that. I honestly
had no idea. Your wife painted the up in the
attic album cover. Very cool. Yes. Yeah. Wow.
Now across the band's last three albums, 2006
is up in the attic, which I just mentioned. 2015's
Always and Forever and 2024's Mantras, there
were roughly nine year gaps between each of those
albums. And now here we are in 2026. And like
we mentioned, the band is celebrating the 25th
anniversary of Anthology with a vinyl re -release.
And you've got a brand new song out on Judge
and Jury Records called Reasons. With those long
gaps between records, did the release of Mantras
maybe reinvigorate the band to keep pushing forward
with new music here in 2026? Yeah, it basically
like, yeah, absolutely. You know, I would say
halfway through Mantras, we were halfway done
with it. And then I kind of took a step away
and just, you know. we just weren't getting along
and I was in my own head. I was getting like
really fucked up and I'm about four and a half
years sober now. Congratulations. Thank you,
bro. And, um, so yeah, that was just almost necessary
for me to just kind of figure my, my situation
out. And do I want to do this anymore? The, the
romance of, you know, being on tour with. four
guys and all that is like a weird little marriage
and all the things you know again i'm blessed
to do it but then some of that stuff does get
old and tedious and weird you know a lot of that
the all the things that seemed romantic about
being in a band suddenly you're not so into anymore
obviously the music is cool but i can create
music at home all day long so anyways it was
just something to think about and once you know
i got my head on a little straighter or a lot
straighter and mantras turned out to be everything
we wanted it to be as far as servicing our brand
as far as sounding great sonically we're so proud
of that record that yeah it did it did again
we're not the biggest band in the world and we've
left this band for dead a few times so to kind
of water our little plant our brand and see it
grow, sprout new leaves and stuff is almost like
we're all looking around at each other going,
well, you know, we had a successful little run
through Europe and America and, and, uh, Australia
the last, you know, two years, let's keep this
going, you know? And I met Neil, uh, the drummer
from three days grace. I met him at a festival,
him and Howard Benson run judge and jury. And
literally just, we. traded phone numbers basically
we are our dressing rooms right next door to
each other and i saw neil and said hey man dig
your band and he was kind of like likewise bro
and before he left i was like hey let me give
you my number just you know it's just stay in
touch because we had a cool little convo you
know a week later he's on the phone with howard
benson saying hey you guys want to record some
songs or something and it was just cool and organic
pretty trippy how that one worked out but that
led us to scratching our heads and saying, dude,
this is pretty cool. And let's keep our brand
going and see if we can come up with anything
pungent and powerful in the next little while
here. Now, Reasons was written by Rome Ramirez
of Sublime with Rome, and the song touches on
the idea of redemption, something that we all
can relate to in one form or another. What was
it about that song that resonated with you and
the band enough to make it Alien Ant Farm's new
single? Well, you know, I would like, again,
to add, maybe make that a romantic story, but
our management manages Rome as well. And they
asked us if we were down to record that song
and try it. And honestly, I love the song. I
think it's great. I love Rome. I love his voice.
He's amazing. Oh, yeah. It literally was like,
I like the song. Let's give it our spin and let's
see what we can do with it. He had a really cool
demo of it that was just a little more pop. Again,
it's still pop, I think, in our version. We're
a much heavier banner. We can be at times. But
we gave it a little bit more claws, I guess.
But yeah, we just, again, we were asked if we
would be interested in doing it. And I heard
the demo that sat with me for a month or two.
I just kind of had it on, you know, every once
in a while I'd throw it on. The first time I
heard it, I was like, I don't know if that's
like very ant farming or whatever. And then,
you know, as I looped it and stuff, I'm like,
man, that baby, you're the reason. I was like,
man, it's so like hooky and good. Let's just
like, let's try it, you know? And we did a demo
of it that was a little more, kind of had a Weezer
approach, which I loved. And then ultimately
just ended up being just straightforward rock
song at the end of it all. And yeah, I dig it.
Now, is Reasons a taste of what's coming on the
new Alien Ant Farm record, which is expected
later this year? Maybe production -wise, but
I think we kind of get a little more, not even
little. I think our stuff's going to be heavier.
We have a couple real mellow, mellow, mellow
songs. But overall, we got some more like...
dirty rock songs I guess than reasons reasons
is pretty slick and pop less which is great but
yeah I think ours are more a little more like
dirt in the chili I guess any idea when fans
are going to hear the new album I'm not sure
yet we I have I think we have four songs done
and then four more that are done musically and
I'm working on those right now as we speak to
I'm actually just trading files this morning
and trying to solve these little riddles and
make them as cool and cohesive as we can you
know so is there any chance the album's gonna
be called mafter of puppets or now now that i
said that i so want it to be but i i know like
100 that everyone's gonna be like no dude so
If it was all up to me, master of puppets would
be out next week and it would be, that's it.
Do you want me to put it to a vote to the, my
weekly mixtape listeners? Maybe if they vote
overwhelmingly for master, that's becomes the
album. I'll let you know. Yeah. Lowercase and
capital a F lowercase T E R. Master of puppets.
Yeah. I'm, I'm for it. Please vote for that.
Well, I want to take us full circle here because
I mentioned at the top of the show, the show
is called My Weekly Mixtape. And because it's
centered around mixtapes and playlists, what
are three songs that you're rocking right now
that you think the listeners of this show should
check out? Three songs that I'm listening to
right now? Jeez. I've been down like the vinyl
pick right now. And there might be some obscure
things, you know. Again, I'm going to probably
bum some people out. Okay, let's go back to Weezer
because I got one called Okay Human. Oh, yeah.
Do you know that record? Oh, it's great. So all
my favorite songs are slow and sad. I'd have
to say all my favorite songs. I think that's
the name of it. Yep. So, yeah, that's cool. And
he did. There's a lot of like strings from Abbey
Road in that. So when you hear how like that's
a golden record, man, it's truly good. I feel
like it's a Beach Boys album that was never made.
Dude, you open the vinyl and it's just rivers
like in the Abbey studio, maybe or some. It's
it's that's a good one. I just got Mama Said
again. That was a big record for me. Lenny Kravitz.
Oh, so. So maybe just the obvious one, like Mama
said. Ah, Always on the Run. Yeah, you know,
it's such a great banger. I like the mellowed
songs on that one, but I'll just say that for
that reason, because it is a more rockin' tune.
And yeah, maybe Chris Cornell, the Euphoria Morning
record. Yeah, what song am I thinking of? She's
going to save the world. Ah, can't change me.
Yes, yeah. So yeah, Cornell, Weezer, and Lenny
Kravitz. Sorry, those might be lame songs. Not
at all, man. All three are great. Are you kidding
me? Yeah, I agree. But I thought you might be
wanting something new, and none of them there
is new. There are no rules when it comes to music
because it's all subjective, my friend. Yeah,
absolutely. Well, Anthology's turning 25. There's
Mafter of Puppets dropping later this year, at
least if I have any say in it. Dryden, this has
been an absolute pleasure. Thank you so much
for joining me on my weekly mixtape. Yeah, man.
Thanks for your time. This was a good conversation.
Some of the interviews I've had, some of them
are a little stiff and rigid and weird, but you
got a little knack for this, dude. I appreciate
it. Oh, well, I appreciate that, man. Thank you.
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