Interview with Dead To Me - Podcast 25

Hi, this is Chicken, and this is Ian, and we're playing the band Dead to Me, and you are now listening to Sound Scene Revolution, reppin' the Bay Area, son, yeah, get paid, you know how we do, oh shit, man. Alright, thanks for tuning in to this week in Sound Scene Revolution history, I am Rich, your host, and today we got a good interview, I guess this week we got a really good interview, with Bay Area locals, and returning, first returning interview, first time he came through with Western Addiction, today we got Ian and Chicken, Chicken from Western Addiction, Ian from some other band I've never heard of, and they're both in a band called Dead to Me, so we're going to be interviewing them and playing some of their music, before we do, we want to get into some things, contest information, we got the winner of the DESA contest, or not the DESA contest, yeah, the DESA contest, we have Ariel from Livermore, California, congratulations Ariel, we will be forwarding your information to the guys in DESA, and they should be getting in contact with you about getting you your prizes, and if they don't, that's their fuckin' fault, we followed up on our end of the contest, don't look at us.

Again, this week we will be continuing the Phenomenauts contest for another week, because it's two CDs, that validates a two-week contest, plus, this week is going to be 4th of July, in fact, if you're listening to this on the first day it comes out, today is the 4th of July, and we will be way too drunk to select a winner, and notify them, and I will be celebrating freedom of our country, and Sound Guy Nairman will be plotting a Jihad, Sound Guy Nairman's very, very Muslim, it's in his driver's license, in fact, it's Sound Guy Nairman the Muslim, is his full name, if you're ever interested. So, anyhow, moving on, we got the interview with Dead To Me, really good interview, really cool guys, and you guys definitely want to check them out, their album drops July 11th, it's called Cuban Ballerina, it's available on Fat Records, and we're going to be playing a track off of that right now, called Cause My Anger, and it's sung by the very man we interviewed, Mr. Chicken something or other, so check it out.

You gotta piss me off, man.

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If we can just start off, I guess, introduce yourself, what you do in the band, and, I don't know, what you do in your free time.

My name is Chicken, and I play bass guitar, and help sing for the band Dead To Me. And, um, in my free time, I enjoy such activities as, um, let's see, what can I say that my mom won't cry herself to sleep about? Um, I guess, uh, I like to ride bikes, um, throw and attend vegan barbecues, um, and I think that's about it, that's, that's, uh, PG rated, I think. Like, the rest is all just nasty. Why are you rating it PG? Because, dude, the rest is just like, you know, it's just too. Because his mom and my mom will be the only people who will probably listen to this, unfortunately. It's just too out of control, dude. It's true. So, I gotta keep mine PG rated as well. Mm-hmm. Uh, my name's Ian Anderson, and I play drums for Dead To Me.

Why don't you just give them your social security while you're at it, okay? Did you notice I didn't include a last name? You know how many freaks and perverts are listening to this right now? Just dying to get a hold of your personal information? Wow, way to, way to blow it already. Let's see, um, in my free time, I like to, uh, ride bikes as well. Mm-hmm. Um, most things vegan can entertain me. Um, yeah. That's about it. Good. Well, other than chicken berating you for the first question, everything's going good so far. That's not gonna stop. No, we've only just begun. That's fair enough. Yeah, so, um, just, can you give us a brief history of the band, like, concept? Uh, let's see, Dead To Me started in, um, I would say late 2003, but, uh, that was with some different members and stuff, and, uh, we've, I would say this lineup now, the actual official Dead To Me lineup has been going for, what, two years?

Almost two years, I think. Almost two years now, coming up on, um, we started playing together, me and Brandon, um, from One Man Army, started playing together when I got out of rehab, and, uh, I was looking for some stuff to do to stay out of trouble, that kind of stuff, um, and, um, we started playing some music together and writing some songs, and then he was like, hey, I know this guy, Jack, that I used to play in a band with. And I was like, yeah, I've heard of that guy, and, um, he was like, why don't I see if he wants to come down, too? So then Jack started coming to practices, and it was really just something to do to hang out and, uh, play, play music together and just kind of fuck around, and then it evolved into, um, you know, the, uh, three-person fan base that we have now, so, it's, two of which are in the room, so, um, yeah, so far, so good, man.

Very cool. Now, um, how did you guys, like, you, this is your first official release coming up, right? Yeah. Yeah. That's gotta be kind of, like, intimidating a little bit for, like, your first real release, like, being on a fairly large scale like this. Yeah, totally. Well, I mean, you know, for Jack and Brandon, they've had, um, releases on, like, Adeline and stuff, and BYO, so, um, I think, to them, um, I don't know, I don't know if, uh, intimidate is really the word, I think we're all just really excited and stuff, you know, and obviously honored to be on Fat, Fat's a very, um, respectable label, and they treat their bands well, and you ask any band that's ever been on Fat, and they, they would have nothing but nice things to say about Fat Records, and, uh, we're, we're no different, man, we, we like it here, everyone's been really, really nice to us and helped us out a lot.

Cool. Um, now, you guys are, like, you mentioned that, uh, Jack and Brandon from One Man Army, and you happen to be in Western Addiction. Yeah. Do you guys think, like, who do you think gets more fans based on just previous bands? Do you think you guys have gotten more One Man Army fans out of this? Or more Western Addiction fans? Um, yeah. Yeah. I think that's pretty safe to say. No disrespect to my fellow, uh, comrades over at Western Addiction headquarters, but, I mean, come on, let's get fucking serious here. Yeah, there's, uh, a lot more people I think are paying attention to us because of One Man Army as opposed to, uh, the three kids that, uh, came out to, um, our, um, North Carolina show, um, uh, that Western Addiction played.

I don't know. Wouldn't you agree? Yeah. I think One Man Army definitely has a bigger fan base. Yeah. You know? Yeah. And, you know, that doesn't necessarily mean anything because, you know, there's lots of bands that are fucking huge, but, you know, that doesn't mean you're good, per se. You know what I mean? Um, I'm just saying, I personally love One Man Army and I think they're great, but, uh, just number of fans alone, there's no correlation between, um, number of fans and, um, if you're any good. I mean, we definitely have to tell ourselves that every day at Western Addiction because, um, if we believed otherwise, we wouldn't really, uh, you know, we'd, we would be, um, holding each other, um, in tears, I think, because, I mean, come on, you've, you've heard that band.

And if you've seen us live, holy crap, man, that's just, I mean, that's, that's a whole other beast. Yeah. The Western Addiction live show. Wow. That's all I'm going to say. Yeah. No. So terrible. I'm just thinking of, like, all four of you from Western Addiction holding each other and it's, oh, it's terrifying. Yeah, it's definitely, it's romantic, man. It's, uh, it's a real special, it's a real special time. Let's try and move forward in all this talking about live shows. How many of you guys, have you played a lot together as did to me? Yeah, we've probably done, I think, like six world tours now and, um, we've done, we actually toured the moon once, which was fucking amazing. The mosh pit gets out of control.

Like, you've never seen, you haven't witnessed a pit, dude, dude, you've been in the middle of a fucking, uh, spin kick in zero gravity. You know what I'm saying? Picking up change, any asshole can fucking pick up change on planet Earth, but when you're doing that shit in zero gravity, that's impressive, man. That is so. It's a whole different level. It's a whole nother fucking level. Yeah, man. Now, we've gone and played some shows around. We do local stuff and we've taken a couple, uh, West Coast trips. You know, we went out to Strike Anywhere for, um, fuck, what seemed like, what seemed like a six, an exhausting, exhausting two day trip, which was, wow. I was really trying on the band and, uh, and then on the Strike Anywhere band too.

But, uh, we, you know, we forged through it and we, uh, friends were made. I think I, I think I impregnated one of the members of Strike Anywhere on that trip, which would, uh, defy most people's conceptions of, you know, like, uh, what is possible in nature, but it's actually, uh, when, when a love is that strong, anything is possible. You know what I'm saying? I'm, I'm, I really don't want to say I do. Yeah. Even if I do know, I'm just, for, you know. I see what you're saying. For public reasons, I'm not allowed to say. Yeah, we've done some stuff, man. We love playing live, but we, it doesn't really make a lot of sense to go out without, um, a release just because you don't have anything to share with the kids and to leave the kids with.

So, um, we'll be hitting it pretty hard. As soon as this record comes out, we, we plan on doing a bunch of touring, man, this fall, late summer, fall, winter, um, any kind of, uh, equinox time, any solstice dates, things like that. We'll, we'll be hitting it hard around those, around those things. Yeah. Yeah. It's true. We just made up seasons and time periods for that. It's really how far reaching this band is. You know what I mean? It's true. We, we don't let things like, um, you know, science and, um, reality hold us back from, from doing anything. I think that's good. Yeah. That's the only way to go. Yeah. Uh-huh. All right. Let's talk about, um, the album that you guys put together. Let's. Yeah. I think it's a good idea.

Um, you guys, now you and Jack sing on the album, right? Right. Uh, was it hard at all to kind of, like, fit that together? Was there ever a point where, like, one of you wanted to do all the songs, or how did you decide what made it? Um, well, for me, like, I love listening to Jack sing. He's, he's my favorite fucking singer, and I love the way that guy sings. So if it was up to me, that guy would be singing everything. But, um, it's, um, sometimes it's just easier when the guy that, like, wrote the part or the melody or whatever sings it, and there's some stuff that, like, I, I, you know, wanted to say, and there's some parts, I think, that make more sense if it's coming from me, my perspective, because, you know, for whatever reason.

Um, but Jack is the most humble guy on earth, and he's, you know, he's never, like, um, neither one of us have any kind of ego about it at all. You know, it's always, like, whatever sounds better. We'll try it both ways, and whatever sounds better, we all agree, you know, we're, we're pretty, like, agreeable, so it'll be, like, you know, it's obvious that just some parts sound better when, when a certain guy sings it, and I personally think it always sounds better when Jack sings it, but, you know, that, that's just me. I'm just a Jack fan, but, um, he, uh, he's a talented dude, man, so, and he's, he's always like, well, you know, what if I try this thing, you know, here, and then he'll come up with some, like, amazing melody, and I'm like, uh, yeah, I think that's, I think that's gonna work, man.

Like, I'm into that, so, it's, it's never, like, a problem where one guy's, like, kind of butthurt about not getting to sing a part or anything like that, you know? That's cool. Yeah. Now, um, was it difficult at all, like, cause, did you guys share, like, writing the songs, or how did that come about? Um, yeah, I mean, like, there's some songs where, like, um, you know, Jack would have, like, 99% done, and then he'd bring it, and, like, me and Ian would, like, maybe just tweak it a tiny bit, and then, um, we'd go with that, and vice versa, you know, like, I'd have a song 99% done, and then, you know, we just like writing as a band, cause it works better, and, like, me, Jack, and Ian, and, um, Brandon have always, like, worked really well together, um, writing-wise, man, like, there's no egos, no one cares, like, if I bring in a song and it sucks, and they tell me, I'm like, I don't care, and, you know, and same with Jack, if he brings it apart, and we're like, oh, eh, I'm not really feeling that, you know, then no one really cares, like, we just like to go play music and hang out, and however it works out is just, um, whatever we like to listen to, you know what I mean, like, as a band, like, yeah. That's cool. Was it hard, because I noticed the song, and despite, no matter who's singing, or what song it is, it all flows, like, fairly well together, was it hard, like, to do that with, like, two singers and a bunch, like, pretty much everyone contributing to the songs, or did it all just kind of mesh together? Um, no, we have a real, like, spiritual, kind of magical connection, um, you know, and, uh, we just kind of are able to, yeah, it's magical, we, we do magic, yeah, um. I want to see that in your lives. Yeah, definitely. Um, no, dude, it's just easy, I mean, like, for, it's just, um, whatever's fun, man, like, when we're at practice, and playing a song is fun for us, we're like, that's it, let's keep it, you know what I mean? That sounds cool, it's fun, let's do it, like, it's never really, like, that hard, or, like, uh, an argument, like, we never argue about, like, what parts should be where, whatever, we just try shit out, and work it out. We just know. Yeah, we just know, you know, you know when it's magic, you just know. Yeah. You just know. Like the candles, like the incense. Yeah, we get a little candles going, it's an incense of practice, and it just kind of, we let our creative energy come through us, and channel, you know, some of the rock gods. Trying not to fight it, you know, just really. Yeah, really, because I'm just, I'm just a, I'm just a receiver, really, you know, I'm not even, you know, I'm just a reflection, really. I'm just, you know, I'm not like a, uh, who am I to try to own the notes, you know? Who am I to say that I own music, or that I created something? Really, I'm just a vehicle for music, you know what I mean? Think about it, really, think about it. I'm never going to be able to finish this interview. Um, alright, fair enough. I don't know, you know how it is, dudes, we're just dudes that go hang out and fucking play guitars together, man. Like, whatever happens, happens. It's not like, it's just funny, like, you hear interviews with dudes, and they're like, yeah, our songwriting process is really, you know, intensive, and we like, really sit there and hammer shit out. It's like, dude, fuck you, like, you and your friends hang out, and you all fucking play stupid, fancy guitars, and you guys write songs together. Like, that's just how it is, and like, for some people it works, and for some people it doesn't. Like, if we're writing a song, and it's like, not really coming together, we just ditch it, dude, and then we come to another one where, like, shit just kind of comes together better. I don't know. That's cool. As long as we're having fun, man, that's all we care about. I think it helps, too, that like, I know, like, me and Tyson especially grew up listening to a lot of the same bands, and like, we definitely have a similar ear, so I think that we kind of know what we're, like, what our influences are, and what sound we're kind of going for. Yeah, exactly. That's cool. Now, were you guys, like, have you guys always been close growing up, or was it weird that he called you out of the blue one day?

No, no, I've actually known him all my life. Yeah, his entire life I've known him since he's a little guy. Yeah, no, no, we've always been real close, and it's really weird, because we've always played instruments, too. Like, as long as I've been in the punk rock, I've been playing instruments and stuff, which is coming up on six months now. And we just kind of, like, grew up listening to a lot of the same bands and stuff, man. But for some reason, we were all playing in different bands, and then, like, finally, Dead to Me was, like, looking for another drummer, and I was like, well, dude, I don't, why don't I play with my cousin? Because he's, like, my best friend, too. We're best friends. We're more, like, brothers than anything, so it was, like, just made sense for us to be in the band together, you know? That's cool. Yeah. Luckily for you, you've got a cousin who's a drummer. Exactly, exactly. You probably have other And more, even luckier for him, he has a cousin that's an amazing, amazing bass player.

I have heard. Yeah. Not me. Our other cousin. This guy, Stevie. Yeah. Stevie's the shit. Yeah, he's phenomenal. Stevie's a great, great bass player. Yeah. You guys just jump on his coattails. Yeah, we're just basically, we're just basically waiting until we can kick out Jack and get old Stevie in the mix. He actually wrote the record. Yeah, Stevie. Old Stevie wrote the fucking record. Yeah. All right. Let's talk a little bit about the content of the records. Now, a lot of it seems to, is that? Wow. That's your phone. Wow. That's awesome. Should I answer this? Should I see who's calling Fat Records? Yeah, let's answer it. Someone's calling Fat. Here, I'll do, I'll even do speakerphone. This is, this is going to be good.

Hi, Fat Records. Yes, hello, man. I see Heather, please. Um, you know what? Heather's gone for the day. It is, uh, 645. We close at 6. Oh, sorry. No. No, no problem. Do you want me to give you her voicemail or something, man? Where are you calling from? Oh, hey, it's Chicken. Hey, dude, what's up? What up, Dom? What are you doing? Awesome, man. You guys are playing a show tonight at Bottom of the Hill. Yeah, you gonna come? Yeah, man. I'll be out there. Better, dude. Yeah, dude, it's gonna be a good, good-ass time. Um, what time is everyone, uh, wait, why did you need Heather? Do you want me to get you, like, her, uh, cell phone number or something? No, it's just, I was trying to, she gave me the name of the contest winner and I fucking forgot. All right. Um, all right, man. Well, um, if I don't see you before you play, I have an awesome set, man, all right? Yeah, dude, check it out, man. Hang out. We'll hang, dude. I'll see you over there. All right, cool, man.

All right, Dom. Later. Later. That was, uh, Dominic from, from, uh, one of the bands on Fat Rick Quartz. Yeah, love equals death. Love equals death. They actually blew me off. Yeah. But no, their manager gave me Sean's number and I called him and he, like, never got back to me, so. They're busy guys, man. Yeah, well, I'm, you know, I don't fault them for it. I wouldn't call me back either. Yeah, I know. It's actually, I, I thought you were a cute girl. That's the only reason I called you back. I had no idea that you were a man. The voice does that a lot. Yeah, because you sound exactly like a lot of the women on a date. So, I, I thought for sure that I was, I was, uh, gonna get some, uh, how do you say in English? French kissing out of the deal? You might. Yeah. Depending on how well the interview goes. The interview's young, you know what I'm saying? Let's not, uh, let's not rule anything out. Let's not rule anything out at this point. There might be some open mouth kissing. It's true. There could be some open mouth kissing. All right, um, so we'll take a break after that, uh, little guest appearance interview by Dominic from Love Equals Death. You may wonder why I didn't reference that at the beginning. It's because I forgot I'm retarded, but, uh, hopefully we'll get Love Equals Death on the show one day and I can make it up to them. I understand they're busy guys. Just give me a chance. We can work this one out. Anyhow, uh, lots more coming up. Find out if Chicken and I, uh, open mouth kiss and all the other fun shit that'll happen in this interview. Believe me, none of it's planned and none of it's very good, but it's all pretty enjoyable. So coming up, we got next track off of Dead to Me's debut available on Fat Records. The album's called Cuban Ballerina.

We're going to play a track that Jack actually sings on because him and Chicken share vocal duties. We're, uh, going to play the track Goodbye Regret, which is, I think, number 10 on the album. So you guys can check that out. And then be sure to tune in at the end of the broadcast to learn how to enter this week's contest to win a free copy of Cuban Ballerina, the new CD from Dead to Me, plus some dates and some cool information that you guys will want to keep available. So check it out and listen to the song. It's Goodbye Regret.

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it seems like at least in a couple of points you referenced, uh, your stay in rehab. Was that hard at all to write about or was it really just felt like something that you had to get out? Um, it wasn't really, uh, hard to write about. I mean, it's not any like lyrics that I come up with personally. Like I don't ever like think about what I want to write about before I write it. I'm usually just kind of writing or have stuff around that, um, works with music, I guess. Um, so, um, it made sense to me. It was where, it was where I was at when I wrote a lot of the songs on this record, like definitely in a, uh, a space of like, you know, looking back on all that shit and wreckage that I'd caused and all that kind of stuff. Um, I don't know. It just made sense. It was where I was at when I wrote a lot of the songs and it's not really hard for me to sing about. I don't, you know, it's, it is what it is, you know, I went through it and it's, it, it is what it is. Yeah. That's cool. Um, one of the tracks that kind of stood out was, uh, something new. And, um, is that about anyone in particular or is it just kind of a general type song? Yeah, that's about two people, uh, in specific. Um, the first verse is about our, uh, guitar player, Brandon, but he was in a tough spot one time. And then, uh, the second verse is about someone, but I'd rather not say who it is because they don't know that it's about them. I think they'd be pretty bummed. Yeah. Well, we're not here to like, we're not here to bum anyone out, man. This is supposed to be fun, man. In fact, I'm going to smoke some fucking weed right now. Fuck in the middle of the interview. Yeah. What if I just relapsed during an interview? Just, just over three years sober, just, why'd you relapse? I was being interviewed and I just had to smoke some fucking weed. And by the way, it was a hard interview. Yeah. And even more, uh, impressive than, uh, relapsing over an interview would be if I relapsed on weed, you know what I mean? It's like, what a terrible, horrible fucking long rip, dude.

It's like, Oh dude, I totally took some fucking rips, dude. Now I'm fucking back to day, day one, dude. I got less than 24 hours sober. Oh God, that would fucking suck, man. I mean, no offense to anyone out there that's relapsed over weed, but come on, if you're going to relapse, I say go fucking big. Go for the gusto. Yeah. That's just my personal, that's my personal opinion. So if you ever relapse, it won't be like discreet. No one will wonder. They'll be like, Oh no, no, no. I got big plans. Like if, if I, I will never relapse. I mean, you're not really supposed to say that, but I, I don't ever want to relapse. I'll say that. But if I do, it's definitely going to be like a hotel room, you know, like large amounts of drugs, um, hookers, maybe, um, just like kind of, you know, one last blaze of fucking glory type of deal. That's not going to happen. Not going to happen. Not going to happen. Chris, Chris Farley style, right? Yeah. It's going to be like full on Chris Farley.

I'm going to put my, my dick in like a hot dog bun, you know, and like tell people, it's like, see if they want to like, Hey, look at the hot dog. Like you ever hear about that guy doing that? I have no idea what that has to do with drugs. Oh no. Chris Farley did that. Chris Farley was all fucked up one time, like on Sunset Boulevard or something. And he put his dick in between a hot dog bun and was like walking around and he was all high and like showing it to people and be like, Hey, you want a hot dog? You know? Yeah. They would definitely, uh, uh, have to get the, uh, the, uh, the foot long bun, you know what I'm saying? Just so you could put five of my penises in it. You know what I mean? It'd be awesome. It'd be really, you want the room for your penises. Yeah, exactly. Just so you'd have to get the foot long bun just so I, my, my Dean dong would have nine extra inches of breathing room. You know what I mean? You know what I'm saying? Just so the whole guy could be comfy in there. Yeah. You know, if you're going to be in the habit.

If you want to put condiments and stuff on it, you know, you want to at least some extra room. Yeah. You at least want some extra room. Some relish. Some, some man kraut as it were, you know? Uh, all right. Um, no one's going to learn. They'll learn shit from your music about this. They'll just know they really want to talk to you at your shows. Right. You're going to have 800 people wind outside of your shows to talk to you and no one bought tickets to go inside. Just, I don't even care about your band. Just, is it true that you, you put your ding dong and foot long? People are going to bring hot dog buns to the shows. Yeah, please don't. We're vegan. Please don't bring hot dog buns. If they are, make sure they're vegan. Yeah. Yeah. With no like fucking milk enriched flour, whatever. I don't know what your rules are. Sorry, I don't know your rules.

Your alien beliefs. Yeah. Your strange customs. Um, one of the things that stood out was you got a quote by Eldridge Cleaver. Uh, I believe I pronounced that right. We'll see. On the inside of your artwork. Uh, shit. Was it Eldridge Cleaver? We, shit. It was supposed to be Ward Cleaver. They totally fucked that up. It was supposed to be from Leave it to Beaver. What happened? I haven't even seen the artwork. What happened? I haven't even seen our artwork yet. Yeah, no, it's Eldridge Cleaver, man. Yeah. What, how did like, did one person choose that or how did that come? Yeah. Uh, I chose that. Um, he wrote a book called Soul on Ice and one of the first, like in the first couple chapters, he, um, he's kind of, there's an entry in there. Um, and he's, he's, uh, kind of talking about his situation and, and, uh, where he's at. And that was something that he wrote and it just totally, I felt, it spoke to me, man. You know, I liked it. It was really cool. It was like, that's how I feel a lot of times.

Like, I mean, um, I don't know, like you're not really, it's not really like, um, smiled upon, I think in our society to be like a dreamer or to kind of have your head in the clouds or to like go for things that are supposedly like unreachable, you know, like, like happiness or, or, you know, like, um, um, fulfillment. Yeah. Like creative fulfillment, like, yeah. And peace, you know, and things like that. Like these are things that are only supposed to be for like these crazy dreamers, but you know, like I've always respected people that have had those dreams and like lived for them and like held onto them despite of anything, because it's really easy to be, to get overwhelmed and kind of, um, distracted from your dreams and stuff. And, and, uh, I've always held great admiration for people that could hold onto them. I mean, that guy was in prison when he wrote that, you know, and if that guy can write that, I think it's, it's, uh, just speaks to the power of, uh, what, you know, power of dreams, man. Did I just say the power of dreams? Yeah. Yeah. Power of dreams. Who am I? That's, that's the quote. Yeah. That's the headline. It's going to be did to me. Talks about the power of dreams. Wow. Next to our interview with Tom Cruz. Yeah. And magic. Magic. And magic. Don't forget about magic, man. Power of dreams and magic. Um, oh, I'm real interested. How did the title Cuban ballerina, where'd that come from? If you don't know, then I clearly don't have the time to explain it to you, do I? Um, no, that came from, uh, Cuban ballerina is like a metaphor for it. It actually, um, ties into your last question. Um, Cuban ballerina is basically a metaphor for like that one thing in your life that you've always dreamed about or wanted, but you know, um, probably aren't living your life in, um, in such a way that would like allow you to attain and, you know, to like to reach that goal or like attain those dreams. Um, a lot of people I know certainly have always been like, man, like, oh, wouldn't it be awesome to like, you know, just travel around the world or wouldn't it be awesome if you could do this or, or, uh, live your life this way or man, I would love to like, just maybe go back to school someday and, and, you know, end up here or there or whatever. And it's like, um, you know, or like be an author or like go try to be an actor or whatever it is your dreams may be. Like, I feel like, you know, 99% of the people around us don't live their lives.

Like, um, they don't live their lives in a way that like lets them fucking reach those dreams. They just sit around and get some kind of weird high off of dreaming about it. And like, for me, like, I felt like after I got sober, like I didn't want to do that anymore. I always sat around and talked about stuff, but I was just like, you know, either too lazy or just, you know, didn't have the wherewithal to put it together that you can actually have anything you want in life. Any dream you ever want, you can definitely reach. You just have to, uh, make, you have to work for it every day, you know? And that's kind of where that, that came from. I saw this guy on the independent film channel talking about how he was from Cuba. And, uh, when he grew up, he fell in love with this ballerina that was in like the Cuban national like ballerina Academy or whatever it's called. And, um, he was in love with her and, uh, he ended up like going on to get married to some other lady and like having kids and stuff. But he always like looked back and was like,

he has a Cuban ballerina was his point that whether it be like a person that you fell in love with, but it never worked out with, or, you know, like the love of your life or that one dream that you've always had. So that's cool. And for me, the, my Cuban ballerina is, is like this band and, you know, just being happy. That's cool. That's a good goal to have. Thanks, man. Um, what's your fucking goal? Just kidding. Interview better, better, better, better bands. That's never going to happen. Hey man, someday. Anyone who will talk to us will do. Someday, man. Maybe. Um, one of the things, I probably shouldn't be saying this because I don't think you guys can actually answer this. Um, two times two is four, my man. All right. Beat you to it. Yeah. Then I'll move directly to my next question.

Yeah. Busted. All right. Um, I was checking you guys out and I noticed in your MySpace that a bunch of your fans were saying that they showed up early to buy your CD. Now, does that make you guys really happy or does it make you sad that your fans showed up on June 11th, which is a Sunday and not even a Tuesday? Right. A month early? Yeah. Um, it doesn't make me sad. I, I'm glad that people were going to look for our record. That's awesome. I mean, I'm worried about your fans who were showing up on a Sunday when... No, I, I, I, hey man, we're a punk fan and I'm assuming that most of the people that listen to us, uh, are punks themselves, man. Punks are kind of fuck ups, man. You kind of do weird shit like show up on Sundays and look for records that don't come out for another month. You know, I've, I've made millions of horrible decisions in my life. You know what I mean? And I've seriously confused a lot of fucking things in my life. So it might be nice to be on the other side of the microphone over there and, uh, cast, you know, judgments and, um, yeah. And, um, you know, things like that about our fans, but, um, you know, did you ever think that maybe they should be applauded because they had the guts to fucking admit their wrongdoings? Did you ever think about that, dude? Do you know how much fucking humility it takes to be able to say, Hey, I'm kind of a ding dong and I showed up at the record store a month early. Yeah. You know what I mean?

I think that should be applauded, man. I'm happy that people are out there looking for our record, man. Yeah. That'll be good though. That'll, I think there was a couple of them. So that's three or four albums. That's three or four records sold, my man. All right. Yeah. Check payable to a chicken ink. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I've been incorporated bro. Oh, I've been incorporated. Yeah. I don't even know what that means. Me neither, but I've been it. All right. That much. I do know. So I think we got to wrap this up because somewhere between the phone call and the magic we've lost track of time, but, uh, do you guys got anything you want to say? I know you guys have your record release show is going to be at Amoeba, is it? Yeah. We're playing at Amoeba records, uh, on hate street in San Francisco on July 11th at 6 PM. It's free and it's all ages, man. So come out and, um, support, uh, your local record store. Amoeba records is, is pretty bad-ass and they've done a lot of cool shit for the scene in San Francisco. So hopefully we're going to have some hand printed, uh, artwork. Yeah, man. So we're going to have some homemade hand printed, uh, artwork, um, records, records. And if you're over 21 and you're listening to this, um, could happen. Um, then I would suggest that you come to the Hemlock Tavern the night before, cause we're going to be having a record release, um, listening party and we're going to be guest DJing, um, with some of our friends and they're going to play our entire record and, uh, we're going to be giving away some shit too. So come check that out. But so that'll be on the 10th then July 10th. Yeah. Not June 10th. Everyone out there in my space land. All right. Not June 10th, July 10th. All right. You guys a website, any of that? Uh, yeah, it's www.deadtome.com. All right. Yeah. And, um, it's good how you picked that one. Yeah. It's a, it was a long, uh, it took a lot of fucking hammering out in the practice space. Um, but I do want to say this. Thank you very much for the interview. I really appreciate it. Well, thank you guys for taking the time to talk to us. Dude, I don't care what the hundreds of kids say about you on punk news. I think you're nice and smart, respectable, respectable, clean shaven, freshly shorn. You know what I mean? You're clean shaven. This guy cleans up real nice. He sounds like a real dirty fucker when you just read his comments on punk news, but the guy, or you just hear my voice. Yeah.

And his voice got like a fucking lumberjack, like after seven pints of whiskey and two pots of coffee, um, and two, two packs of cigarettes. But, uh, but he cleans up real nice. You know, he's freshly shorn and, um, has a nice scent I've been enjoying since, uh, uh, this interview started. Oh, that's good. That's, I pride myself on myself. And the sound guy. Let's have a brief round of applause. Sound guy and Airman. Thank you. Yeah. We got him on air. A real pro started to talk now when we can get a free mic. So really? That is awesome, man. Well, we're glad to have you aboard, man. Really? It means a lot to me. Thank you. All right. Well, thank you guys so much. All right. Have a good one. Okay. Bye.

All right. Well, that wraps up the interview and I would like to, I think that ends it on a good note. I got some props from chicken. It makes me feel good about myself. A little validation for me. And like I said, we got the contest. You guys can win one of two copies of Cuban ballerina that we got for you folks. Uh, to enter, send us an email to soundseamrevolution at gmail.com or drop us a line at our MySpace, which is blowing the fuck up. We're getting friends left and right. So fucking check it out before we have more friends than Tina Tequila. Who the fuck is she? Everybody's got her for a friend. She got like a million friends. You guys are fucking retarded, uh, for adding her, but that's just my take. But, uh, yeah.

So send us an email or messages on MySpace. The subject should be dead to me contest and to make sure that you were listening to the end part here. Um, what is your dream job? What would you like to do for a dream job to make money? If it's like a fluffer or a cook or a jizz mopper, I don't know, whatever you want to do to make money. What would you do to make money and include that just so we know that you caught on the turkey, the teriyaki chicken one from the last one was too much work. So don't worry about it. But that's, uh, our show for this week. Be sure to enter. Be sure to win. It's going to be a hell of a contest coming up. July 11th, Dead to Me's album, Cuban Ballerina comes out on Fat Records. I'm holding it in my hand right now. If you live in the Bay Area, July 10th, they're going to be having a listening party at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco. It's going to be a fucking really good show, like chicken mentioned. And remember, July 11th is the CD release show going to be, I believe, at Amoeba in San Francisco. So it should be a real good time. And make sure to head out to that. And hopefully, if you guys are in the Bay Area, check it out. July 8th is Warped Tour. We should be there.

If you listen, come down, say hi, keep an eye out for us. I'll be the tall white dude and the shortly stouter Iranian guy with a big suitcase. So be sure to say hi to us because we have no idea what anyone looks like who listens to this show. That's the end of the broadcast. Last track. Coming up off of Cuban Ballerina, we're going to be playing Visiting Day. Sung by Chicken. Some background vocals by Jack. Fila ties the album together nicely. So check it out and be sure to tune next week.

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