Interview with La Plebe - Podcast 15

Hello, we are La Pinche Plebe, and you're listening to... Sound Scene Revolution! Hey! Arre, arre, arre, arre, arre, arre, arre. Hey, what's up? Thank you for tuning in this Tuesday, or whenever you are listening, to Sound Scene Revolution, your place for local, Bay Area, and underground music of all sorts. My name is Rich, and this week we get to bring you a very special guest called La Plebe. Perhaps you've heard of them, perhaps you haven't. But, regardless, you should hear them. And they're very important, because they're awesome guys, and they need you to listen to their music to keep them out of prison. That's the way I look at it. So, we're going to hop into the interview with these guys in a little bit.

We're going to talk to them about all sorts of stuff. Really, really interesting guys. There's like 5 or 20 people in this band. It's a good-sized band. But you want to check it out and listen. But before we hop into the interview, we're going to play a track off of their CD. And here's the fun part, people. They are a Hispanic band. So, the title of the CD is in Spanish. And I'll be really honest, I failed high school Spanish. But it's their latest CD. I'll give you guys that. And we're going to start off by playing the fourth track off of this CD, which is Emotion. It's as close as I can get. But you should listen. Check it out. And stay tuned for the interview.

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We are sitting here today with La Plebe. You guys can all say hello. What's up? All right. There's, let me count, five of you guys in here. All right. So, this is probably our biggest interview. So, I'm excited about that at least. So, if we can just go by, give me your names and whatever order you choose, name and what you do in the band. Cool. My name is Antonio. I play the trombone. My name is Alberto. I play the trumpet. I'm Adam. I play guitar. I'm Mark. I play the drums. And my name is Lupe and I play bass. All right. Fantastic. First question, I guess I should ask is, like, the basic history of your guys' band, how you guys came about, you know, the general stuff.

Well, our band's been together for about four years, I guess. We've completed our fourth year together. We came together here in San Francisco. So, my brother and myself, the horns, we used to play in a band together. Lupe's an old friend. And Mark, we've met, like many people, through Craigslist. And in the past year or so, a little bit, oh, actually over a year now, we had a lineup change. Our guitarist and, you know, vocalist, part vocalist left the band some time ago. And so we've inherited, luckily, fortunately, Adam Paganini, who's our guitarist and also does the same thing, sort of vocals and stuff. And so we're here, you know, I don't know, we've played a lot of places and, you know, kind of been around for a couple of years now.

So we're happy to be where we are now, I guess. That's cool. How did you guys get Adam to do vocals and all that? It was the same sort of thing. It's always, you know, we've had, like, two vocalists. And so there's some sort of, like, dynamic between, like, them two and call and response and all this kind of stuff. It's just what's been natural so far. Now, the first thing I want to ask, it kind of came to me, is, like, you guys have horns, obviously. But it's not, I don't know, a lot of people, when they see horns, the first thing they assume is, like, real, like, ska-type sound. And you guys don't really have that sound. Do you guys ever get that kind of stereotype on that? Does that ever affect you guys?

Anything in particular about it, or just, like, people, like, the minute they see it, they kind of, like, turn their heads? We've had, like, I guess, not a negative experience, but there's certain people that, if they have any sort of prejudice towards ska music, which is a great genre and everything. But if they have any sort of, like, especially, you know, I don't know, people that are more, they consider to be, like, purist kind of punks or whatever. I think that that's not what they want to hear. But, you know, we consider ourselves to be, like, a punk band with horns very much so, you know. Even though I like ska music, I think we all do. That's not really what we play, necessarily, you know.

So, but it's been, it's happened throughout the time that we've been playing. That's the instant assumption. It's either that or a mariachi sort of vibe, one or the other. But that's how we get, they kind of put us on those two extremes. So, say, like, a mariachi kind of style punk or, like, a ska band, which is, you know, a matter of perception, I guess. I'd like to see you guys play mariachi. I don't know, can you do that? Yeah, we can pull it off. But it would take some practices, of course. Take some, take a little bit of time. And the, you need the big hats, too. Definitely the big hats. Yeah, we get those. Well, I'm glad that's the least of the problems if you're setting up for that. Could get the big hats.

Well, like, talking about ska and whatnot, you guys' influence seem, like, pretty diverse. Is there anything in particular that, like, any bands in particular you guys could cite that you pull from? I think, individually, we all have. Individually? We've got a different, you know, influence. As Albert said before, in many other interviews and such, that none of us listen to punk with horns. So, like, if I was, like, voodoo glow school, no one would be like, hey. Yeah, religiously, no, you know, we all like different types of music from all around the world. Well, then, I'm going to ask one by one, then, if you guys can just shout off what you're kind of listening to right now. What's in your CD player, iPod, or 8-track, whatever you have.

I just came up on a new Slacker's album. Apparently it hasn't been released yet, but somehow I got it used. Got it used? Yeah, so that was a good come up. It was a good album. That and just Paganini's passed me along a while back, the Belltones. And Hudson Hawk. Oh, yeah, yeah. And there's, you know, Hudson Falcons. Hudson Hawk was the Bruce Willis movie. Yeah. Also good. Yeah. Not so much musically. Nonetheless, great bands, you know, so that's, you know, it's pretty good for me. Right on. I seem to be rocking the Doomsbury Skate Plan a lot these days. Very cool. And, you know, some Mars Volta and some stuff like that. Oh, wow. You know. That's cool. That's the drummer. That's the drummer. That makes sense. Yeah, excuse me.

I've been listening to U.S. Bombs for a number of years, and I continue to do it pretty hard. It's a pretty steady. It's a good band to like. I just, it's solid, and I can always listen to them. It's kind of like The Clash. You can always put it on. Yeah, it's almost, there's never a point where it's not, like, I don't think there's ever been, like, that bad of a U.S. Bombs release. I mean, there's been better. Here and there. But, like, usually there's solid good albums with, you play the whole album through, and it's, it's good. Definitely, man. Um, I like a lot of music, but I've been listening to Willie Nelson's Stardust album. No way. The jazz one. Yeah, that's the one I've been listening to. That's in my record player right now, so.

That's crazy. And right now, I just seem to be getting into a lot of international punk and ska and stuff like, uh, Banda Basotti and this, uh, a lot of French-influenced stuff. Wow. Right now. Um, and a lot, a lot of the old Trojan recordings, Phyllis Dillon and, um, Delray Wilson and stuff like that. That's tight, dude. Now, so, like, hearing you guys talk about that, it's like, you guys are all very eclectic and different stuff, and, I mean, is it ever, do people ever, like, I don't know, just look at you guys and automatically assume they know exactly how you guys are, what you do? I mean, it's, it's weird, but, I mean, looking at you, first thing wouldn't come to mind is that you guys are listening to, like, you know, Willie Nelson and, like, the old school stuff like that, but, I don't know, there's a question in there somewhere, I'm just having trouble getting to it, but.

Well, I just, uh, I think everybody's, some, some point in their life had an influence of music somewhere, and it either led them in one direction or another, I think we were all very fortunate that we've all, we all had that influence, and somewhere along the line, we met, and everything came together, kind of like a family tree, it just spread out into everything else that we listened to, so, you know. Is it ever, is it ever, like, hard trying to combine, like, all your different influences, or does, when you guys get together, does it all just mesh pretty well? That's good, yeah. For the most part, I think so, I think, uh, I think we all have an understanding of what kind of music, you know, especially after playing for so long, even with Pagnini, he's just joining the band, you know, slightly over a year, and I guess that's a long time, yeah.

It seems new, but. Yeah, yeah, it's fucking, so, it's, everybody, I think, has a feel for what kind of sentiment the song needs, or, you know, sometimes it takes us a long time to get something out, and just because it's, it's such a work in progress that, um, we want it to be just right, or, you know, as best as we can, so, just everything that everybody brings to the group is always something that we hopefully can look at, and, you know, evaluate, check it out, play it, and if it works, that's awesome, you know, if not, we, you know, continue on, but. Yeah, that's cool. Um, one of the things that kind of stood out with me is, you guys do your bilingual, and your music, you play both Spanish and English, and all that.

Was there ever a point where you decided you were going to do that, or were you ever, like, thinking of doing all one, or all the other, or was it just, it just kind of natural for you guys? I think it just naturally happened, uh, we just, uh, the songs came out the way they did, and, you know, um, lyrically, it was me and the old guitarist playing before, uh, that would sometimes collaborate on it, sometimes just come up with the lyrics or music itself, and it was just the way it came out, and then the same thing with Paganini's, he came out, and, uh, being from an Italian background and, uh, Argentinian background, he had that, those two influences, so that was great, because it just meshed in really well.

Oh, wow. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Um, well, let me check my question sheet. Go back there. Um, has there ever been, like, one experience that has been, like, your favorite, either in recording or in playing live for an audience? Oh, man. Too many. A lot. Tour is always good. Tour is. Tour is always good. Uh, where are you guys, have you played, like, all over, or just, some bands only do West Coast tours right now? Uh, well, right now we've, we've done the West Coast quite a bit, not at North as much as we would like to, but we've gone down, all the way down to, uh, Ensenada, Mexico, as the Baja California. Oh, wow. Then we've gone into the, uh, Mexican Republic. Oh, wow. The EFE, Guadalajara, everything in between.

And, um, we've done three times. Three times. And, you know, every, every time it's been a different adventure, but there's, there's always great shows. There are a lot of kids out there, and a lot of people that want to come out and enjoy the music, and have a good time, so, that's always very nice. Are the audiences different between, like, Mexico and over here? Sure, a lot younger. Yeah? A lot younger. A lot younger. A lot younger, it seems like the younger kids over there are kind of like, they're searching for, for an identity as opposed to kind of like, already grown up with an identity here, but over there they're really searching for something to identify with, and, you know, you, you know, you get 12, 13, you know, 11 year old kids, you know, jumping 15 to a truck just to make the show, you know?

That's crazy. That's got to make you feel good. Yeah, no, it's, it's, it's really inspiring to go see, to play, to play with her and see as many kids as kind of like, supporting their local, their local bands and their local scenes and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hear, like, a lot of bands and artists who, like, go out of country, they say Americans tend to be, like, more spoiled when it comes to music, like, they're just used to seeing bands play, and in other countries people are a lot more, like, happy, and they just, they see it as more of an opportunity. Do you guys get that vibe? Yeah, totally. I think the smaller towns that we hit, the kids were just really, really appreciative at the fact that we even went to play in their towns, you know, they said, oh, we said, thank you for coming here, or, you know, and it's just, they're just really appreciative of the fact that we took the time to go to their, or we got booked at their, you know, their small towns.

Yeah, there was certain places that we went to that they were skeptical that we were going to play. So, the band from San Francisco, we played in different places around the central part of Mexico, and they're small towns, you know, but their shows are great, and the organization was really good, but those, you know, people that were there saying, you know, they're not coming, you know, even though, you know, we're nothing, but nonetheless, you know, our recordings got there somehow, and, you know, people were, like I said, skeptical, and then when we got there and we were playing, then, you know, we met some really nice people, and, you know, you know, had, like, some pretty good, like, sharing some drinks and moments with those really cool people that were happy and appreciative, like they were saying, that we came over there.

Yeah, I was going to mention, how did that come about, that you got, I mean, your stuff obviously had to get down to Mexico before you can play there, I mean, logically. We've been down to, like, my brother was mentioning, Lupe, like, we've gone down to Tijuana and to Mexicali a good amount of times, and so it's gone as far as there, and then from there, you know, people visit from where they're out of town, and, you know, they burn it and such and such, and when we did our first tour, we actually met someone who has a record label down there, and so he liked, I guess, the band, or he liked our recording, I'm not sure how it went down. You're not sure if he liked you or the music, but somehow it worked out.

Yeah, so he ended up asking us if he, you know, if he could release our record down there, and so that's what he did, and so he ended up releasing our two recordings, and he's put us on different compilations, and then the new one's coming out in pieces, kind of, right now. That's cool. And so that helped a lot, but we also had, you know, we had a lot of good friends and people that, you know, there's kind of like a network that everybody, not everybody, but a lot of people know each other, and so if you know that someone's touring, or if you know who's books in certain cities and such and such, you let people know that, and so we've booked our own tour for the, you know, we did three tours of Mexico.

Oh, wow. So, yeah.

And so it's been fun. It's been good. It's worked out. That's awesome. Would you guys, what's been, like, a better experience, would you guys say, like, touring here or touring Mexico? Like, I don't know, it's obviously different. It would be impossible to compare the two, I would say. Yeah, I mean, I got imagined so different, but. Mexico's very much the third world. Yeah. So when we go and tour there, it's a lot different. You know, the same dynamics don't exist. Yeah. Here. I'm sure, man. And so, it's very different, you know. Yeah. It would be hard to compare. Yeah, well, like. Personally. No, I'm sure, man. Well, you were, like, talking about, it's like the third world some places over there. Is it ever hard to go there and then, like, just see how, like, fucking everyone here has a car.

Like, almost everyone in the Bay Area has a car, and just over there, it's so fucking. Very few people have. These people that we know that are our friends, they don't have very many vehicles. I mean, certain people do, I guess. But they use it very much to work. There's a, yes. Not everybody has a car. Yeah. Right. It's difficult. It's very different. You know, like, Mexico City is the most populated city in the world. You know, and the mass transit over there, like, is BART times a million. Yeah. So you really, like, you, people are stuffing themselves into during, like, the peak hours until you can't imagine, you know. Damn, dude. And there's, like, a division, but also there's, like, this was, I don't know, I didn't see this last time, but you can, before they would have women and children could go, or would go in a different line than the general populace, because men would be grabbing ass and doing all kinds of madness.

And so, and so it became to where, you know, you, the women and the kids would go into a whole different, it's just, it got really, really, really, really, really, really, like, saturated and really. Yeah. Just so compacted. Oh, wow. You know, it was very heavy. And so that's, you know, those are dynamics that don't exist over here as much, or not at least in the open or whatever, you know. It's very different. Oh, man, definitely. It sounds different. I mean, yeah. I'm sorry, I'm just trying to process, like. Sorry about that. No, it's, no, it's fine. It's just really heavy to think about, you know. Yeah, we did, we did, our first tour was, we, it's gotten better and better every time, but the first one we did it, we did it on all rapid, you know, transportation.

So, we had our instruments, we were in the metro, like, in Mexico City with our instruments and our merch and all that kind of stuff, and then we would take the bus to a next city. Our last, our last shows, where we did Guadalajara on New Year's Eve, 731st, and then we did Mexicali on January 2nd, which was a 36-hour bus ride. Oh, shit. Yeah, to where we went, we went straight from the show that we finished in Guadalajara to the bus station, from the bus station 36 hours later and stopping in every town you could imagine, getting to Mexicali and going straight from the bus station in Mexicali to the venue that we were supposed to play at. Oh, my God. It was, it was. You guys got there like 10 minutes before you had to go on.

It was really the most, it was, it was the most incredibly, yeah, it was very, very difficult, I guess. But we, we did good. Everybody knew that we were, we were screwed. We knew what we were getting into. Yeah. Everybody made the best of it, you know. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But we. We got another 12-hour bus ride home with our friends. That's right. Our van was home. Oh, no, yeah, we got picked up and then we had to drive back to San Francisco. Yeah, that was tough. So do you guys know about that getting into it or was it just kind of like within the first five minutes you're like, oh, it's going to be like this then? No, we kind of, you know, we, we, like we didn't, we didn't know really how to go about it.

We didn't know how to move around the greater part of Mexico in, you know, either you rent something and deal with like something like an airport or whatever. But the, for that, that tour was really like, um, it taught us a lot because we met somebody who the next time he knew somebody who was going to be like, he would rent us his vehicle. He acted as the driver and it was a flat rate. You know, we paid for our own gas, but basically the next time we didn't, we got taken, picked up for every gig, always late, rat bastards, always late, but always picking us up and taking us to where we needed to go as opposed to having to pick up our stuff, go from the hotel to the taxi stop or to the, or to the bus stop or to the metro stop and then go to the show.

And so then it's, it's improved every time. Like, you know, we had a, we, like I said, we had a driver who took us, he knew the map. They would always get lost, but he knew the map and he would take us to where we needed to go. That's cool. So.

Hola. We're going to take a break from the interview real quick. Uh, well, I bone up on my Spanish and then bone up on Nerman. Um, we're going to play another track off of their CD, their latest effort, if you will. Uh, we're going to play, I think it's track six, which is USDA. Yeah. It shows the one that was all letters because my Spanish sucks, but, uh, keep listening. I mean, when we get back, we should talk more, more with LaPlebe, talk about, uh, what it's like traveling to Mexico, being in and out of prison, or in and out of dealing with the cops, I suppose, and, uh, what their plans for the future are. So check it out and listen to this.

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gear stolen all the time. Are you guys ever worried about that? Just, I mean, especially taking the mass transit, you don't have, like, a trailer or anything. We got it stolen before we left on tour. Yeah. We got it stolen. Before you went to the third world, are you sure? Two weeks before we left on our first tour, um, they broke into our drummer's truck and we, we were being lazy and drunk and didn't want to bring the stuff back to the studio. And he backed it up into his carport, yada, yada, and ended up getting... Two guitars, a bass, and a valve trumpet. Just the instruments, yeah. Like, they let, like, they didn't take the amps, but they took the instruments and everybody was saving and broke to go on our tour.

Oh, yeah. And so we had, like, a quick show benefit and people were really, really nice and actually they gave us a guitar and a bunch of stuff. Yeah, sure. It was amazing. But yeah, since we've been down there, we got nothing stolen. We got stopped by the military, by the police, over and over again. And we've been, we've had to, uh, give loot. Yeah, we had to give loot before. And we've had to give, uh, CDs before, t-shirts before. I got caught with, uh, marijuana, um, in my trumpet case. And, uh, I didn't know it was there and it was this whole process and this whole interrogation. Someone put that there. No, that was, that was my story. It was, it was, I wouldn't even bore you with the whole thing, but it, we've, you know, it was, it was quite a process.

And so a lot's happened in that whole thing. Dude, that's gotta be fucking terrifying getting, like, pulled over by their military. Like, or just like. Yeah, they do military checkpoints getting into certain cities. And so when you're getting in there, it's like, we've always had really, really good luck. So anytime, um, like I had any contraband, it would always be in the same spot on my body. And that day, I just didn't, uh, didn't know the night before we had our going away in San Francisco, Nayarit, which is a city down there on the beach. And we had a bonfire and all kinds of madness. And it was going away. And so I somehow didn't think. And I left a quarter roach, um, in my trumpet case. And so when we showed up and they stopped us, I thought I was very confident because I thought we didn't have anything.

And so I was like, cool, we get stopped and nobody has anything. And then as it started unfolding more and more and they started looking for more and more stuff, I just said, you know, go ahead, please open my trumpet case. There's nothing there with, you know, all the confidence. And then he just looks at it and he said, oh, you know, and we said like, I think there is friend. And he showed me this joint and it was over at that point. And then we had to do negotiations and they shook us down and they intimidated. It started raining on us. And we were just there for like 45 minutes underneath the rain. Um, and then they were saying that they're going to take us to go get drug tested, all kinds of stuff.

And then at the end we negotiated and ended up just shedding five t-shirts and five CDs. Um, and they let us go after all that. That's not bad. But we had to say also, you know, he said, you know, tell me where it is. I said, there's no more. I'm sorry. Yada, yada. And then at the end he just kind of said, you know, if I find anything else, we're out of here. And I said, that's fine. And at that point I was pretty sure we didn't have anything else. 95%. And, uh, and then we started, and we started opening everything up and they looked through everything and we were clear. If you knew you would have gotten, that's all it would have cost. Probably at the beginning you would have been like, here's five to you.

We weren't sure though. That was, that was totally a toss up because they really wanted to take certain ones wanted to take us in. Certain ones were a little bit more relaxed, more cool. Um, but they're, they're pretty traumatized, the Mexican military. They're pretty, it depends who you get to really toss up. Same with the police. You know, it's very, it's very delicate. That's gotta, that's gotta be crazy. I can't even imagine trying that with like a cop around here. No way. I mean, maybe money, but I can't imagine a cop around here would be so big on t-shirts and CDs. Right. I think they didn't, they didn't want to, um, from what our friend was telling us, they didn't want to take money because the Mexican militaries, they're crooked in a different way.

Like it wasn't, they didn't, like the Mexican police will take, um, actual cash from you and the military would not, but they would take other, I guess, you know, like goods, I guess, you know, because there's also, um, some sort of a regulation where they kind of check that kind of stuff. So if I'm ever in Mexico and the military gets me, I'll be like, uh, phone or something. They'll probably let you go. Like, it depends where, what part of Mexico you are and all that kind of stuff like that. But, you know, just as long as your papers are in order and you really don't have anything to let you go, we were suspect from the moment that, yeah, from the moment that they stopped us. They really, certain ones wanted to, they were, uh, pulling out every cigarette butt that was in the ashtrays and smelling them just to make sure that there wasn't a hint of, of anything green, you know?

And it ended up that they were, they had nothing. And then at the very end of the day, they did this. Yeah, just barely got you guys. That's crazy. So I, I imagine, yeah, it's probably a lot harder dealing with Mexican military than the American border patrol getting back into the U.S. though. We had issues with that, too. We had issues with that, yeah. Have you guys, you guys have hit every law enforcement agency from here all the way down? It's, we used to have like a running tally, um, where it was like, uh, us versus the Mexican military and then us versus the Mexican border, sorry, the U.S. border patrol. And then us versus the Mexican police. And I forget where we last left off. Um, but it was. We were nine and three.

I'm not. But again, it depends. We got taken, we got shut down three times in, uh, Tijuana for, for money. Yes. Because they caught us smoking, but in the van or whatever. So there was a couple of shakedowns there, here and there. Damn. The fact that the count is nine and three, which means there were about 12 run-ins. Yeah. Right. Yeah.

It's been, yeah, it's been very interesting. Yeah. It's been very, very interesting. Like the, the amount of, of luck that's been on our side has been incredible. And the amount of, like, stupidity and misfortune that's been on our, that's happened to us has occurred as well. Yeah. So, it's kind of like, I don't know. I think we're, we're, we're ahead. I think we're ahead. As long as you're ahead and you can, you know, I guess afford to keep doing what you're doing, that's the main thing. But, uh, I guess we should go back to music. Like I've been talking about you guys in the car. No, no, it's fine. Every, everyone, every little bit is interesting, but you know, I imagine people probably want to know about you guys' music.

So, um, I'll talk about, I guess, goals and whatnot. Is there one thing that you guys really want to do that for you would signify that you've made it or that that's like what you're in this for, you know? No. No. Well, I don't know. That's, it's, I think, I guess everybody would have a personal response for that. Yeah, yeah. But, uh, I mean, right now I think we're just focusing on the somewhat near future. We are, uh, actually right now making plans to go to Europe for this summer. Oh, wow. We're going to head out there for a little bit and, uh, tour around Eastern Europe for the most part. Um, and, you know, just, just kind of keep getting the music out there as far as we can. And, you know, if we could do more things in the future, that's going to be awesome.

You know, and that is always the hope for us. And, you know, if whatever, whatever happens, who knows? I mean, a year down the line, I don't know what the fuck we're going to be doing, but I, I'm having a great time right now, so. A year down the line, I imagine the tally will be somewhere. Yeah. Eastern Europe. We got a new category going on. Oh, if you guys, if that happens, you guys got to let me know. I want to know about that. If you guys have any run-in with the Eastern Europe, please. What I understand, it's, it's very similar. Yeah? So, I think from a, about the few friends that we know that have gone over there, it's been, they've had, uh, with, like, goon squads and, uh, and military and police as well.

Oh, my God. So, we'll see what happens. Do you guys know where in Eastern Europe you're on or right now? I think, uh, it's still forming. Well, uh, it's, we know the basic, I guess, kind of pattern. We're going to, I guess, start in, um, France is where we're going to fly into. And then we'll probably do a show or two there. And then we're going to Sofia, Bulgaria, which is our home base. Um, and then from there we have a friend or a woman who we met who's going to book the rest of what is the, like, it's the Balkans, I guess. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Um, there's a, we've talked about going to Istanbul, Turkey, which is a possibility, which would be a very weird experience. But it's just kind of like, and then we probably might touch Greece.

I'm not sure yet. Uh, we've, we've sent our stuff and we have somebody who's going to handle it and, and do all the stuff, but we don't know the exact calendar just yet. That's crazy. Yeah. You guys ever, you guys ever think starting, like, a Spanish, English, like, punk rock band, you guys would be going through Eastern Europe and the Bulgarians and stuff. Yeah, I know. Yeah, interesting. I think it'll work out from what I understand. There's similarities in, in, um, they like Spanish, the language itself and all that kind of stuff. There's sort of support. And not many bands go there, so same sort of thing, you know? Yeah. Well, I mean, I imagine you guys seem to be doing pretty well most everywhere else you go.

I mean, unless they like just crappy music, I think you'll be doing all right. I don't know. Some countries like Germany likes David Hasselhoff, so, you know, and Falco. But you can't, can't fault people for everything. Yeah, I guess we're going to wrap it up then so we can throw in some of your music, make sure everyone gets to hear it. Um, real quick, you guys got any, uh, plugs? Upcoming shows, uh, recordings you're working on, anything like that? So, uh, this Saturday, the 11th, we'll be playing in, here in San Francisco at Palazzo 18 Gallery on, uh, Mission Street at 18th. Mm-hmm. And, uh, you know, should be a cool show. It's a little birthday show for a friend of ours. And there's, uh, four other, three other bands.

Four other bands? Three other bands. And so, come out. It's like five bucks. Five bucks? All these days? Mm-hmm. That I thought. Just full of arrows. And another state of mind. Another state of mind. Very cool. All right. You guys got, uh, websites, all that to plug real quick? Yeah. Uh, LaPleva.com. And, uh, you know, the MySpace. The MySpace. Everyone's got one of those. It used to be kind of a badge of shame, but now everybody has a MySpace thing for their band. It's accepted, you know. Yeah. It's just, like, the norm. It's pretty widely accepted. And, like, I may just say this. I would recommend white people going to your MySpace account first. Because I went to your website, and at first I was like, oh my god. I can't read anything.

And, like, slowly I started to pick out the English stuff. And I was like, okay, I'm good. But at first I totally, like, panicked. I stopped breathing. It's all there. It's, like, mystically translated. But it is, right? There is, like, yeah. Yeah. It's just, yeah. And some of it's slang anyway, you know what I mean? So, but it's all kind of there. Yeah. Except for the biography and key stuff that is very important. Everything else is there. The shows are always there. We always update. Mark, our drummer, always updates our cred. So, shows are always up to date. Cool, cool. So, yeah, I want to thank you guys again for coming on. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thanks a lot. Best of luck, man. Thanks. Thank you, guys. Thanks a lot.

Hey, what's up? So, there is the end of the interview. I hope you guys all enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed doing it. I would try and throw out some more Spanish, but I really believe at this point I would just be insulting any of our Spanish-speaking listeners. And that's not my goal. I think it's a great language. I just fucking suck at foreign languages. I can barely do English as it is. So, don't take it personally. Just take it as I'm a stupid white guy, because that's kind of how it operates. Anyhow, we're going to play one more track off of La Plebe's album. Uh, I'm going to give it a really, really bad shot at it. Um, Entrez Cerveza, Ritmo y Emotion, which is something about beer and emotion, I'm guessing.

And God, if I'm wrong, please don't hate me, people who speak Spanish. I don't even care. I'm not even saying if you're Hispanic. If you're white and you speak Spanish, don't hate me. I'm not, I'm really trying. I'm just so stupid. So very stupid. Which is why I do this. It's all I'm good at. Anyhow, uh, we're going to play the last track off of the album, which is called Drink. These guys are really awesome. You should check them out. Be sure to check back every Tuesday, as we will bring you new and amazing bands. Who will probably have songs or band titles that I won't be able to pronounce. And that's always good for a cheap laugh. I'm Rich. Thanks for tuning in. Have a great week.

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