Interview with ArnoCorps (The Greatest Interview of All Time) - Podcast 6

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your weekly dose of local and underground artists coming from the Bay Area. This week we had the honor of sitting down with the greatest band of all time. That's right, ArnoCore. We sat down with them before their show at the Aptos Club just a couple of days ago. We talked to them about everything from what it means to be ArnoCore all the way up to the pump. So there are some pretty intense answers in there. Not everybody may be able to handle it. So before we do that, we're going to give you guys a quick little cut of the great band ArnoCore. We're going to start off by playing the track Last Action Hero. So I hope you guys enjoy that and be sure to stay tuned for the interview. It's pretty damn awesome.

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So how are you guys doing?

Come on, let's do it. Let's do it. Come on. I heard you got some questions for us over here. I'm glad to hear that. So if we can just like introduce yourself, tell us what you do in the band one by one. Hey, let me tell you something. My name is Holtz Foyer and I do the lead vocals for ArnoCore, let me tell you. And I get a whole dynamic range that I learned in the Vienna Boys Choir. For example, I could do the highs like this. Goal! And I could do the lows like this. Goal! And right in the mid-range, maybe right around here. Goal! All right, I love the range this guy has. Can you believe it? All right, it's amazing. I love it. All right, hello everybody. My name is Cholten Adler. I'm the bass player of ArnoCore.

One of them! That's right, one of them. We have heroic symmetry in this band. Let me pass the mic to the other bass player here. Here you go. All right, dear. I'm the other half of the bass player, dear. All right! I'm the wolf, dear. No one dares, dear. The wolf, dear. No one dares, dear. I just arrived here. I was out. I was at the children's playground. I found one of these things. Did you spin around on? Is it around? Is it around? I felt like an owl pushing me like a wheel of pain. It goes around in circles. It's like circular. It's like at home. Fantastic. We got one more. He's putting on the war paint here. You caught me off guard. I'm just kidding. I'm sorry about that. We're getting the camel paint on here. It's a very essential part of the set.

We're going there for our audio assaults. We need to be in full camel gear. Understandable. We got them rescue team. And not assassins. We're a rescue team. Not assassins. He doesn't give out his name, dear. He doesn't give out his name. That's fair. It's anonymous. Valmir Clamp! Forget about it. Oh, yeah. It's me, right?

Kuda is not here. Kuda is missing. And so it doesn't even like to talk to him. I think Basta is sharpening his teeth. He's right. Exactly. If he doesn't like to talk, it's cool. We'll let it slide that he's not here today. All right. Oh, yeah. That's our producer. He'll be taking photos. So don't freak out. Hey. You talking on a corridor freak out? We react. Yeah. Come on. Natural instincts. Exactly. Every situation we are prepared. All right. So let's just go with the basics. What started you guys off? What made you want to play the music that you guys play today? And how did you start? Hey. You know, it's a long story. It takes back to 1989. I was in the Austrian army. And I was with my troops in there. And we'd like to play music together that was rocking.

Actually, it was Austrian folktales. Right? Lore mythology from a homeland. The mountain communities passed down for generations. So we would play this, but we wanted to make it more ballsy. That was the point. Make it more ballsy. So then, you know, and as we were doing this, we realized that many of the same stories that we were working about were being exploited in Hollywood. I mean, these tales were stolen, sold out, big blockbuster bastardizations out there. And, you know, that was inspiration even further. So I went AWAR with the band. We entered the battle of the band situation. We didn't have time to change the clothes. We were in the Austrian army. So we just went, climbed through the window in there.

We stole the instruments from the other band. And we started playing. And we told them we were on our core. And back then, we meant to spell it C-O-R-E, right? Core. Core. But because the way we look, they spelled it C-O-R-P-S. Well, in Austria, K-O-R-P-S, right? And, you know, he said, you know, that is ballsy. I like it because it's sort of a mix. It sounds the same. It's still core. Core and core. You hear the difference? No, you don't. Because it's the same. So, you know, anyway, long story short, I was exiled years later. But because the vocal, you know, the lyrics were controversial at the time because the government in all these political situations were trying to suppress the power of the people that our lyrics would inspire in everyone.

They were afraid of the ballsy defiance. They were afraid of a revolt. They kicked me out of the goddamn country after killing the other band members. Although, I mean, that's an accusation that I have because it seems a little bit more than coincidence that I lost six goddamn bandmates all in a row. I don't know how a lot of bands have a history where they lose six goddamn members. Not exactly, right? So, I came here. Come on, now they've finished the story for me. It's only the heroic that survived. Now, you've given us a lot of questions around here. I have a question for you. Go for it. Do you know what is best in life? What is best in life? Yes. Tell me here. I do not know what is best in life. Well, Gelland Adler knows what's best in life.

What is best in life? Right, these kinds of things that are best in life. Number one, crush your enemies. See them driven before you. And hear the lamentations of the women. That's right. These are the best things in life. Falsy, falsy. All right. If I was to put money, that's what I would think would be best in life. Of course. These things are great. We're just joking around here. That sounds amazing. Along with round things, let me tell you. Round things. Yeah. All right. But anyway, that's where it all started. Oh, so that's how it started. When you got here, who did these guys? This character here, Gelland Adler. This is my brother. Your brother. We were born right around this very area. The hills in Santa Cruz up here.

We were born on a commune up here. Let me see. It was a while back. I was about eight. My brother here was about four. He was stolen. Stolen from the commune. Kidnap! Taken away from us. And as we understand it now, he was sold to a corrupt sect of these Austrian wheat growers. Growing wheat. They got their mountains. They made him push the wheel of pain. Grinding the grain. Grinding the grain just for the right strudel that they like out here. It had to be done manually. Terrible. So I went to these Austrian lands to find my brother, Gelland. But what I found was the Anokor. And I totally forgot that I was even looking for Gelland. Come on, what kind of brother is here? You found him, though, it looks like. You're terrible, Totten Adler.

Exactly. Come on, let me tell you. You find Anokor. You forget what else is happening here. You just jump into it. Everything else is sacred. Exactly. It's the power of Anokor. It takes you.

You know, no amount of willpower can help you pull yourself away from the power. That's right. Next question. Next question. We consider this a blessing in disguise. Come on. It made Gelland, the person he is today, the most heroic goddamn drummer in the world. That's right. All the time. So in the end, it worked out well for you guys. All the time. You know, even if he forgot about you for a little bit. That's right. All these things are terrible. But you know what I like to say? Everything works out in the end here. That's right. It's circular. Come on. It all comes back to you. You get shit on and then it's all good. All right. Asshole.

Come on. This one weighs about... Why you got the fancy? Why you got the fancy? You give us the plastic Phillips for us, you get the Sennheiser. Exactly. The cheap mics are a good mic. What the hell is going on? Exactly. Come on now. We're sorry. We're poor. Come on now. Right? What do you guys consider yourself, more action hero or more musicians? Look at that. Holy shit. This guy is digging in. He's digging in, trying to find out really what's going on in there when you stick the knife and turn it. All right. Well, I think that would go, you know, person to person. I would say, you know, that my lifestyle is more personal in being a hero. Right? Because the music is kind of secondary to being a hero for me. But I don't know about the rest of these characters.

It depends, person to person. Let's see. I'm a goddamn hero. All right, dude. That's all you need to say to me. I'm Valmir Clemson. I'm a goddamn hero, too. What else is there to say to you? I'm a goddamn hero. I must say that I'm a goddamn hero as well. So I'm in a room full of goddamn heroes. That's right. All the people out there. Everyone that comes to an honor court show becomes a goddamn hero. All right? I think I got something for you. Did you bring your tape measure? Hmm? Did you bring your tape measure? Tape measure? No, I did not. I want you to measure your biceps and your quads and your pictorals right now. Because after the show, I guarantee at least one inch growth increase in the circumference, diameter, and proportions in the density in there.

That's impressive. From Arnold. From Arnold. Not a lot of bands can make that promise. He's a fitness instructor. Fitness instructor right here. Feel his biceps right now. Feel them. Feel them. Show them your bicep. Oh, here it comes. Come on, feel it. Oh, man. Look at it. He's a visual there. All right. He's a bouncy son of a bitch. I've never been so inspired and yet so terrified at the exact same time. You're lucky we forgot a tape measure. I am. Well, hopefully we got, maybe we got one in the car. In the roadside kit. All right. But, so you talk about, you know, getting pumped from your guys' show. What separates an Arnold Kors show from, you know, another band show or just your average style rock show? Well, this is actually a question that would only come from somebody that has never seen us before.

Obviously. So I'm going to forgive your ignorance now. I appreciate that. And I'm going to move forward and I'm going to just answer this question for the people that have not seen us. Well, that's what we're trying to get. Well, yeah. All right. Fantastic. The biggest difference is we're ballsy. I mean, I mean, most other bands are not ballsy. Most other bands. I mean, you have little teenagers in high school with the hero worship. They are thinking that a lot of these emo, whiny, choir boy, marshmallow ass bands are heroes. Can you be any moron? No. Come on. That is why Arnold Kors, we bring heroism back to rock and roll and hardcore action adventure rock and roll, introducing the whole concept. We're more energetic.

We're ballsy. We're louder. We're faster. We're everything. Come on. Just better all around, right? Come on. This is why we named the album that just came out on anti-culture records in England and Europe and on exactly records in the United States, Canada, Japan, in South America and Mexico, right?

Hey, and let me tell you, it is called the greatest band of all time. I think that's probably a very fitting title. You guys seem to be very energetic. We are a Kors. We are a Kors. We are the greatest band of all time. I want the red heat. All right. We're the official drink of the Arnold Corps when we go up there. It's a combination. You open your ears here. Whatever. It's a fantastic Austrian vodka, and we mix it with the Red Bull, which are also a prop. What the hell is going on here? All right. Here is Jalen Adler through the microphone. He's the biggest fan all night long. Let me tell you. He's the damn hero. They tried. Listen to Jalen. This guy is fantastic. I'm not sure how much of either of that we got.

All right. Hey, how the hell are you? All right. How are you? Come on. All right. All right. We got a big fan here. We got a fan. Hey, we're doing an interview. Hey, I survived. Let me tell you. My knee is a little bit sore, but my arm is fine. I slid down the pavement 50 feet. You know what? It's bullshit to me. You know, they always say pain lets you know you're still alive, right? Well, I must be fucking dead right now because I didn't feel shit.

Left the goddamn tent on the road. I crashed on my motorcycle Highway 9 two days ago. Oh, shit. No way. That's the accident of it's life, Sal. It's all part of the game. And you're still here. Absolutely. Show goes on, right? Just hurt my knee right there. Yeah. You seem to be doing all right today. I won't. Nothing a little red here can fix. I was wearing Valmir's helmet at the time. I would imagine when you guys live show, you may need a helmet. But it sounds like, would you guys recommend your parents wear Battle Gear if they see you live just for best protection? There would be a high recommendation, but it is not a requirement. Not a requirement? No. Not your own. You show up at your own risk, though? We're a rescue team, not assassins.

You know, we're not out to hurt anybody. Sometimes they hurt each other just by accident out there. And, you know, we don't support violence on our core. That's right. We're not condoning or promoting violence. When we say, come on, I'm here, kill me, do it now. That is not promoting violence. When I say, come on, stick the knife in me. Or when I say, I'm just going to kill you. I mean, there is more of a promotion of love in the brotherhood.

Right? You know what I mean? I mean, it's symbolic. It's symbolic. It's metaphoric and symbolic and circular. Exactly. Like the wheel of pain. Circular. Round and round. Round and round we got here. Come on. Get about it. Awesome. Like I've been telling you all night. It's true.

Come on. Let me drill it into your little low forehead here. Come on. Come on. Now you're crossing the lines in the sand that I put down. I mean, come on. My line I put in is not a circle. It was straight and you crossed it. What the hell? Screw you and your straight lines. And that's your line. All right. Thank you. See? You know what I mean? It's a brotherhood of honor core. Somewhere in there I understood something. All right. We're going to jump back into the insanity that is the Arno Core interview in just a second. Before we do that, we're going to bring you another track off of their CD, The Greatest Band of All Time, which is available on Exactly Records. We're going to play the track Total Recall. And all these songs are, of course, inspired by great Austrian folklore, as Arno Core tells it.

So check out Total Recall. Be sure to listen to the rest of the interview. And, of course, at the end, we ask all the important questions. The first half is just the bullshit. My name is not Qua. You think you're wrong. You think me, I see. I don't, don't see the line. Now I'm bitch last.

Idiot. You blew my cover. Just kill us all.

All right. So what, as a band, what do you think, Arno Core, what would you guys like to achieve, you know? You mean more than we already have? More than you already have. If you could set a higher bar. Say the higher bar. Let me tell you what I want out of this band. Go for it. I want to feel the pump every time we play this goddamn music. That's right. And I want to share the pump with everybody that hears this goddamn music. You know, it's not just about the band. It's about the people out there. They become part of the band out there. Everybody has to share with us. They're all goddamn heroes. That's right. Awesome. And, you know, every time we play, I feel like we achieve it. So I just want to play again.

That's all I want from the core. Another show. I mean, it's hard to, you know, talk about those things when you've already over-accomplished your goals. You know? We've already superseded any expectations that might have been set forth by anyone on the goddamn planet. Exactly. I think. Right? Right?

By being the greatest band on earth, I have to say, there aren't many, many, yeah, of all time. It's harder to set a higher bar than that. So, you just talked about the pump real quick. Now, I've heard about the pump. How would you guys describe the pump? Again, for those who haven't experienced it. I can describe the pump very easily for you over here. Okay. Go for it. All right. The most closest thing the pump is like in the world ever is like an orgasm. That's right. Right? Everybody out here, the pump, it's like an orgasm. Exactly. So, let me tell you, we're rocking up here for you people. We're coming the entire time. That's why we want to just keep playing and playing all night. You can't get us off the stage.

We love it up here. Again, awesome. We like to share the pump with everybody in the audience. That's a good thing to share. That's right. All the lovely ladies out here. I like to share my pump with you. I like to always say that, you know, Totten, Arnokor has brought to Totten Adler many experiences of the pump and probably many children that he doesn't know about. You know, because the ladies, they're close to the front of the stage of the air. He doesn't acknowledge those children. Those are not his. Absolutely not.

Right. I just, I just shared a pump with people. What they do with it. It's dear business. We don't judge you.

All right. You know, he mistaken. We had a big CD release, right? Yeah, yeah. It was at Bottom of the Hill, sold out. Oh, wow. Same night as Ozzfest. Damn. And we sold out. The Bottom of the Hill, Saturday night. But the thing is, Totten Adler, it was promoted the whole time. I told him it's our CD release. It's our CD release. That's not what you told me. He taught it. He was lying about it. He was like, I just came up my pants. The CD release has begun. Exactly. Come on. To Olten. I was so happy that night. He thought it was CD release. The whole crowd stopped and looked right at me. What the hell are you talking about? CD release party is the CD. Boy, you're giving me the wrong advices here. I will give you the wrong advices.

Just like when I told you, when you flex, you should yell when you do it. Definitely. Yelling when you flex, it increases the intensity of the whole thing. It does. I think your bicep gets about four inches bigger with the scream. Definitely, man. So, you guys talked about the CD release show. What would you say? Do you guys have like a favorite moment from a show or like a favorite show that you guys have done? You don't mind? I smoke my stogie in here, right? Go ahead, man. I would expect nothing less. Hold on. Turn on the mic. The mic is off. I tell you what, the mic was off. These machines, I want to crush them all. How many is from the future? What I was saying here is before the show, when the crowd comes around in the dress and they want face paint and they can't wait to feel the pump.

And then when we play, they can't wait to get up on stage and rock with Arnold Corp. That's some of my favorite points of the show is when I'm surrounded by fans on stage. That's right. So, you encourage like the fans to come up on with you guys. Of course, they're playing all around us. They're hanging on the drums, doing Gallon Adler's fantastic Wheel of Pain solo. It's great. Sometimes a lot of bands, they like to put up barriers. You know, there's a distinct separation stage audience. You know, mush pit on the ground, the band performing, right? Arnold Corp likes to blur those lines. We like to do the mush pit right up on the stage. We like it to be on the floor, half the band on the floor, half the band on stage, half the crowd on stage, half the crowd on the floor.

We're just spinning around in a circle. Like the wheel of pain!

Gallon Adler talked to me! What the hell did you just say? I was looking at some tail over here. Hey! Come on! I'm sorry. She had short shorts.

All right! You were two very nice circles. You were scared. All right! It was short. It was another pair of circles in the front here. She had such big eyeballs.

Arnold Corp definitely seemed to have a love of the ladies. All right! Away with the ladies, let me tell you. Let me tell you. All right! I did not get to see a lot of ladies on my 38 years pushing the Wheel of Pain around and around and around. I imagine. 38 years. Wait! You got 38 years on top, so you got to... That's right! What do you mean 38? You're only 25 years old.

40 years pushing the Wheel of Pain, right? Wait! You're 25! Exactly! How many years in the wheel? Let me tell you. How many years in the wheel? I am 25 years. But that's how many you're old. All right! You have to think of it in dark years, right? I have no idea. That's right! The pushing the Wheel of Pain is so arduous. And intense, right? Arduous. That's a big word there. Yeah, all right! All right! I've been reading Dickinson. What were they teaching you? All right! Forget the time. You read that shit while you push the wheel around and around? I know they only cut the top part of your hair. They did cut the top part of my hair. All right! They let the back roll. I never could push in the Wheel of Pain all these times.

I count every year. It's a little more than a year. Not quite two years, but a little more. Something around it. Wavers. All right! Why they only cut the top part of your hair? Yeah, maybe you tell them that part. Well, because I'm not... Let me tell you. I'm not the tallest member of the Wheel of Pain team back there, right? All right! Push in the wheel, right? They hit these buzzers hanging overhead, right? Was it Ling Chao in there? He was like six foot. Exactly. Let me tell you. He was a choir boy. Killed it. All right. Forget about it. They're a choir boy compared to killing it! It's a few buzzers, right? For the tallest person in there to cut their hair. And I'm a little bit shorter, so it only cut the top of my hair.

And not the back. Well, let me tell you. All right. I like it. It's not... Fantastic. I have not evened it all out, because I like what you American say. Party in the front. Business in the back. Wait. No, no, no. All right! You got that one mixed up there. Let me tell you. How about the party all around? Party all the time. It's all about the circles with Galen here. Come on, forget about it. And he just got those flipped, right? You just flip them back. Come on, forget about it. Exactly. That is. Party on the side. But let me tell you. Those clippers were in a perfect spot, because Galen's mullet is the most fantastic thing you will ever see. I have to say, it's one of the greatest mullets I've ever laid eyes on. I love it.

And I've hung out at Jiffy Lube, so... Let me tell you. Those guys got nothing on Galen. No, I have to say. I like you seeing it right now, because I took a shower for the first time about a month ago. All right! It's nasty! It's looking very shiny right now. It looks very shiny. I appreciate that. That means a lot to us. All right. That's right. Yeah, we're in a tight area right now. All right. Forget about it. Come on. I appreciate that. It's all about soap, Galen. Didn't smell so good before? No, no. He did not smell right. I mean, there was something just a little bit wrong. We thought it was the weird grain he had to crush in the wheel of pain. But we realized, yeah, he just never showers. Who knew about soap? Come on, this thing is fantastic.

They didn't teach it yet. I don't know. Turn the wheel of pain. There's not enough time to think about soap. I've never heard of soap before in my life. It's all right. Believe me. I love it. I'm in Santa Cruz. I'm sure there's a couple of people who've never heard of soap before in their lives. Exactly. I can smell it now that I'm clean. Everybody else smells a little bit weird here in Santa Cruz. This is right, of course. I was going to say, you sound... You smell more feminine now. I got to tell you. It's the soap, man. It smells like women. All right. That's right. All right. Let me tell you. It is a whole theory behind this. I like women so much. So it smells like women. I think I smell like women. Right? And maybe they like me a little more.

At least in Santa Cruz, right? Because women like women. Get the mic closest so they can hear you. I tricked him, huh? That is great. He's always three steps ahead of everybody. That's the best way to be. Especially with women. You got to outthink them. Exactly. All right. So I think we're going to wrap this up because I think it's going really well. And I don't want to fuck anything up. So before we end this, I'm going to ask you guys each if you guys could... How would you define ArnoCore in one word? One word. Ballsy. Ballsy? Come on. All right. You took a good word. Heroic. Heroic. All right.

Oh, they're thinking about it. The greatest band of all time. Very, very... I think, you know what? I'm going to let that slide because it's such a good answer. It's a group effort. All right. So we're going to let that go. I want to thank ArnoCore. If you guys got any shows, a website you guys want to push? Absolutely. Let me tell you about ArnoCore.com. It is the greatest website of all time. I believe it is. I've been there. It is A-R-N-O-C-O-R-P-S right in there. .com. You go in there. You add your email. We'll be in touch. We're going to give you exclusive footages of ArnoCore pursuing the Action Invention Lifestyle, where we're putting together the rescue team that he promotes the Action Invention Lifestyle for the people out there and helping the entire world this way.

Fantastic. All right. So you guys are good, and you can get all the updates on your guys' show and your album and all that from your website. Absolutely. It's right. We're touring the U.K. and Europe in June 2006 out there. That's going to be awesome. Absolutely. All right. The people are asking for it. We're going to deliver. Deliver. Give the people what they want. So we want to thank ArnoCore. One last time for being on. Thank you guys so much for taking the time.

And I want to say to you, congratulations on the big step in your career here, moving up with the whole website deal. We got the greatest band of all time here. And I also got to break a little, just a little news for you. It's all downhill from here.

Thank you. All right. So that wraps up the interview with ArnoCore, the greatest band of all time. And in fact, to really, really appreciate ArnoCore, I think you guys got to go check out their live show. So check out ArnoCore.com. They have all the information on their upcoming shows and where you can find them. We'd like to thank them one more time for coming out. And if you guys got any questions, comments, or concerns, you can hit us up on our comments section of our message board thing. Or you can send us an email at SoundSceneRevolution at gmail.com. Of course, if you're a band, we'd love to take the time to sit down with you. All right. So before we take off here, we're going to play one last track off of ArnoCore's album, the greatest band of all time.

We're going to be playing the track Predator. So listen to that and enjoy. And with any luck, we'll see you here again next Tuesday with a new interview from a new band. Peace. Go! Force! Get up! Get up!

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