Interview with A Wilhelm Scream - Podcast 33

Hi, my name is Nicholas Pasquale-Angelini, I'm wearing one shoe, and you're listening to Sound Scene Revolution. Suck my ass! BITCH! Something like that, yeah.

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and enjoyed all of the stuff that happened during this week. It was a crazy week, let me tell you. Lots of crazy news and the thing, I'll tell you. I enjoyed it. But, anyhow, this week we have a very special interview that took place in Sacramento, or Santa Cruz, California. I don't know where we go for these things. I just get in the car and Sound Guy Nairman drives me there, and I wake up, and we're there. And then I do my best not to fuck the interview up. This week we sat down with Nitro Record's very own A Wilhelm Scream, which is also a movie sound effect. I looked that up on the Wikipedia, so I made sure I knew what I was talking about when I talked to him. But, uh, these guys are pretty cool. We got to talk with, uh, the new bassist, Brian, and the singer, Nuno.

So, this may be a good chance to listen to it, because Brian may not be back, uh, judging from their history with bassists. I give him about five, six weeks tops, and then he'll leave, or he'll develop some horrible genetic disorder, and, uh, but those, those are my bets. Anyhow, at the end of this show, we have a chance for one lucky listener, one lucky listener, to win a copy of A Wilhelm Scream's debut LP, which is called The Benefits of Thinking Out Loud. It's available on Jumpstart Records. Not only do you get a copy of The Benefits of Thinking Out Loud, but you also get A Wilhelm Scream Beer Cozy, or a Can Cozy, if you don't drink beer, and let us know if you don't drink beer, so we can make sure to include that you're a sissy bastard when we mail it to you.

But, uh, yeah, so we're going to give away a copy of that at the end, but before we do that, we're going to run the interview, but before we run the interview, we're going to play a couple of tracks off Wilhelm Scream's latest album, Ruiner, and we're going to kick that off with, uh, the track called Soft Cell, and then we're going to jump into the interview, so enjoy.

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Oh, I'm so high. All right. And thus begins the interview. Oh, God. All right, so thanks, uh, for tuning in to Sound Scene Revolution. Uh, I'm Rich, and we are currently in somewhere... A green room. Yeah, it's somewhere in the camera. It's actually more of a teal room, I think. Aqua. In the light, it's... I don't care, I guess. Okay, I buy it. And we are here with a couple of members of A Wilhelm Scream and Justin from Punk News, so if you guys can say hello, I guess. Hello? All right. All right. Hello. Yeah. So, yeah, I guess Justin's guest commentator slash interviewer for today. I'm pretty much here to, uh, make fun of you. Color commentary. Color commentary. We have made fun of, even before this gets posted on Punk News.

Yeah, I'll actually post that I did the interview, and you'll get shit-talking. You've actually started shit-talking on the internet all prior to... Yeah, prior to the interview. We're trying to get as efficient as we can with the amount of shit-talking. You guys work wonders. Yeah. So, before we get too far into this, I guess if we can just have you guys introduce yourselves, what you do in the band, and last week, we've got to get another... Oh, I'm sorry, I'm just jumping the gun. Yeah, that's all. We've got to get a joke question in there so people think it's fun. Fair enough. Kick it around. Uh, let's just go to the last movie you've seen as well. The last movie was, uh, Talladega Nights. Very nice. Ricky Bobby.

Yeah, it was pretty fun. Because I like to party. Yeah. And, uh, your name and what you do in the band as well? I'm Brian. I play bass. I sing backups, and I get, you know, I get made fun of by the rest of the members of the band. Oh. No, no, but I like it, though. Strictly because he's Canadian. Yes. Oh, you're Canadian? Oh, the reaction to that. Oh, that changes everything. If ever there was a reason. Yeah. It's that right there. Yeah, Brian, Brian's our ornery, um, closet, super angry, uh, Canadian. Yeah. And I'm Nuno. I, I, I sing in the band, and I make sure that Brian doesn't fly off the handle. Thanks, Nuno. You're his, like, handler. You've got to make sure he's good. Yeah. Yep. Very good. Brian, Brian can get very, uh, worked up.

I can be happy sometimes. No, no, you're happy more often than not, but when you're angry, it's like, uh, you wouldn't like Brian when he's angry. Canadians have short tempers. It's funny. Yeah, dude. They fly right off the handle, dude. It's hilarious. Ty, don't be. Aubin, owner of Punk News? I get lashings because I don't post news on time. I'm angry. I like you to say owner, like, Aubin owns something. He's a proprietor. Proprietor. Is that what it is? Yeah. I, yeah, I just call him the guy to blame when shit goes wrong on the side. But, um, all right, so, just enough of that. Can we, uh, just a brief history of the band, if we can, for those of the listeners who don't really know too much about y'all? Who knows, like, from the Smackin' Isaiah days forward?

Um, sure, why not? I, um, we used to be called Smackin' Isaiah years ago. Mm-hmm. Um, uh, put out a couple, uh, cassette tape, uh, full lengths. Totally, uh, yeah, because vinyl was too expensive and CDs were completely out of the question. And you were like, it's the 90s, everybody probably has a cassette player. I was looking for a cassette player, dude. I was looking for cassettes today. I couldn't find out. You ever try to fast forward or rewind it in an iPod, dude? It's like fucking, you gotta be like, you know, a graduate at MIT to get that shit. But, um, so anyway. Uh, so yeah, we put out a couple tapes, um, when we, uh, recorded a CD, uh, Benefits of Thinking Out Loud, um, shortly thereafter, um, one of our original members, John Cavallo, left the band.

We picked up our current guitar player, Chris Levesque, um, started writing new songs, figured that, uh, you know, since we have a new guitar player, new songs, we're gonna put out a new album, it's time to change the name. Mm. And, uh, because people used to think we were a ska band and stuff. Really? That was hilarious, dude. Wow. Which would be even funnier, because if you saw some of the dills we were on, like, it'd be like, you know, Grindcore New Year with, like, Speck and Isaiah, like, like, pools of entrails. You know, uh, you know, all sorts of, whatever, ridiculous. People were all let down when they didn't see the horn. They're like, oh, shit, you guys don't have a horn section? Nah, dude. They didn't make it today.

But, uh, yeah, so then we changed the name, Willem Scream, uh, released a couple records on, uh, on Nitro Records, uh, New Print, Ruiner. Mm-hmm. And then, um, our good, good friend, John Tebbs, had to leave the band for personal reasons. He had stuff to do. So very good friends with us. Handles all the, uh, all the stuff in the band that he used to do, like, we used to pour on him, like, all the business, like, John, how much are we getting paid? John, uh, how long is the drive? John, we'll play in three days. John, you know, like, he used to have to handle that shit and play bass and sing, so, uh, now he just has to handle that shit. Oh, so it's easier for him. And stay home and eat pizza and stuff. That sounds fantastic.

He really got the long end of the straw. I don't know if that's how that fits. He's a fantastic dude. Yeah. He had to leave, um, we did a stint with a bass player for a little while. That didn't, uh, quite work out. Too well at all. Too well, and, um... Should we ask or just... Nah. All right. Uh... They don't want to talk about it. Incidents with spiders and coobras. Yeah, it had... It was cobras in my underwear. Oh, that was weird. Poisonous snakes are not good. I don't want to know about the cobra in your underwear. I'm sorry. That's, like, I've been listening to Weird Al Yankovic. It's a line from Weird Al Yankovic. Yeah. Sorry, I'm all over the place. Uh, we, uh, we picked up Bri, who, uh, whose band, uh, The Full Blast, um, had just, uh, stopped playing.

They had just, uh, disbanded. Is that the word? Yeah, I guess that's the best way you can put it. And we were super excited, because Brian was pretty much, like, the best bass player, like, we'd ever known. Like, so he came down, joined the band, and came on a couple tours, and that's the long and short of it, I guess. And now they can't get rid of me. Now he just shows up, and they're like, oh, God. They're like, oh, that guy's, okay, I guess. We're on stage. We got another bass player already. What do we do? He says, he says, bean instead of bin. Oh. Have you ever been there? Oh.

That's so bad, Brian. So, should we blame you guys for the Full Blast breaking up?

That, uh, that's, that's, that blame goes strictly on, um, the devil. On the devil. The devil made him do it. Big business. We'll say Enron. Yeah, Enron, Bill Gates, stocks, bonds, big money. Yeah. Yeah, stuff like that. Do you guys ever get that? Or do people ever, like, assume that because you, uh, you're doing this now that... No, because everybody knows, everybody knows what happened. And we're not gonna talk about it. Fairly except for us. Yeah. Oh, really? Just go and look back on your message board. Yeah, man, shit. You guys have it there. I don't read my own website. Yeah, like, people read that website. No one reads. They just post shit. Yeah, that's true. It's just, like, fucking fags, and then, like, that's it.

I've done my job for the day. Well, either way, like, that whole situation was a best-case scenario for pretty much each member of that band. Cool. That's good.

Do you have to have a Visa to work here? Yes, I do. MasterCard as well. And, uh, Discover. Amex. Yeah, all those. I got them on me. I'll show you later. They're fantastic. He'll show you his Visa later. He'll run it through your card machine. But, yeah, no, there's a ton of awful, stupid paperwork that was involved, and a lot of running around, and a lot of paperwork. Can you not technically make money? Huh? Do they gotta, like, tax it if you go back? We don't technically make money anyway. Yeah, dude. I mean, I'm sorry, but we don't really make money. See? That's it. You just slip into the loopholes of the system. Yeah, exactly. That's cool, man. To get a job that pays you nothing. People think. Yeah, exactly. People think it's just because, you know, your band's not big.

It's, oh, no. That way you don't gotta pay taxes. No, dude. Yeah, you can't pay taxes if you're not making any money. On money you don't make. Awesome.

I want to ask. I was doing a little bit of research, and Wilhelm Scream is actually, it's like a movie sound that was, it originated in the 1950s, and it was kind of, like, revived a lot that was used in the Star Wars and shit. It's just all over. Yeah, it's a real stock, kind of, like, cheesy scream. Totally. Is there any particular reason you decided to use that name? When we were changing, when we were thinking about band names, new band names, we kicked around just a bunch for, like, a month and a half, dude. And, like, it would just be like, you get together, someone would come up with a list of, like, names. It'd be like, no. No. That's ridiculous.

You know, go ahead and, like, you know, fuck ourselves over again. No worse. Everyone's been in a band with a horrible name. Trust me. Yes. Some of us have been in a band with a horrible name at first. That's what I'm saying. Anyhow. All right. See? The jokes, they start coming. I'm sorry. No, let the onslaught begin. No, so, yeah, a friend of ours had mentioned this movie term that, oh, it's called a Wilhelm. Yeah. Or the Wilhelm, when directors use it or whatever. He's like, yeah, you know, and, like, we kicked it around for a while. Like, I wasn't so sure. I thought it was maybe too long or something like that. And then it kind of grew on us a bit. And then, you know, I started making jokes like, oh, you've heard of Wilhelm Scream.

You know, even if you don't know, you've heard it. Yeah. You probably have. And, I don't know, stupid stuff like that. I mean, for the most part, I mean, what's a band name? You know what I mean? Yeah. I mean, unless you have, like, a kick-ass band name like the Dead Kennedys or something. Yeah. All the good ones are taken. That's a pretty fucking badass band name. Yeah. You know what I mean? Genius. Do you guys watch that show? I don't have the cable there, but I caught some of that show. Which one? The Making the Band. Not Making the Band, but it's like the VH1 show. With, like, Sebastian Bach. Oh, Superband? Supergroup? They were called, like, the group's called, like, Fist or something. Oh. That was badass. That's what I heard the other day.

I got an update that they changed it to, uh. No, no, no. I forget what they changed it to, but I heard some of the names they knocked around. And one of them was, uh, was, uh, was it God? Or War God? I have no clue. Because it's Raw Dog backwards. Oh, stupid. Dude, I nearly shit my pants, dude. I thought that was the funniest shit. Imagine all these old, washed-up dudes trying to come up with, like, cool. They're like, Raw Dog. Come on. It's backwards, though. War God. God War. Fist. So, anyway, yeah, I mean, it wasn't that much to it. I mean, aside from the fact that we're all, you know, we're pretty into film and stuff like that and, you know, whatever. It was just a corny, like, inside thing that we figured might catch on.

Yeah, well, uh, it doesn't seem to have hampered you guys at all. I don't think so. All right. Um, so, how did it come to me that you guys are on Nitro Records? And, I mean, you have two albums out on Nitro thus far, but how'd that all fall in place? We just, um, I mean, a lot of it had to do with, uh, what we had done before that, like, uh, touring and meeting people and playing a lot of shows. Uh, one person in particular, Jeremy, uh, Jeremy Myers at Jumpstart Records, who was at the time out of State College, um, was gonna re-release, uh, one of our albums with a new name on it and everything, and, and, um, worked with him for a while. He put up the money to, to put us in the blasting room, you know, to, for, for the eight days that we recorded Mute Print.

Oh, wow. And then once we had that, we just kind of, like, were hoping, you know, he didn't really, really want it to put it out on, on Jumpstart, because he thought that maybe we could do a bit better, and he was that, that cool of a guy, you know what I mean, that wanted, wanted good things for us. And so we shopped it around, we, we kept, you know, in touch with a bunch of different, a couple different labels, and, uh, when all, all came down to it was, uh, that Nitro was the most willing to work with us on, on our level, you know what I mean, and understood kind of what we were doing on our level, and, uh, and fully backed it. Wow. I mean, it's been, uh, it's been this ever since, it's been fun ever since, I guess.

I mean, we just, it's, we're a band that likes to play, you know what I mean, and likes to write songs, I feel every band should be, but, uh, and, and the record label should be the people who are there to put out your records, you know. It shouldn't be like, oh, I'm on fill-in-the-blank record label, I know my band's gonna be popular now, you know what I mean, like, it shouldn't, shouldn't work like that. That's crazy. And it didn't, so. Yeah. Obviously. Yeah, it seems to have done alright. Yeah, we're doing fine, but, uh, you know, I think I, I, I'm always satisfied with the work that we put in and what we get back, you know what I mean? Very cool. I don't feel that we're owed anything or, or, or whatever, but.

So, you guys were one of the first in, like, kind of the new signings for Nitro Records. They got, like, No Trigger. Sure. And Much the Same and Stuff. Now, but you guys were kind of one of the first younger, newer type bands. Was there any apprehension in that? Because they had, like. On which side? Well, they had, like, a lot of, like, Jughead's Revenge and, like. Gutter Mouth. Yeah, Gutter Mouth and stuff. So, was it, like, weird kind of, like, stepping in, being, like, kind of, like, one of the newer bands on that? No, I don't think so. I mean, like I said, I don't, I mean, a record label who they've put out doesn't really hold much water with me, you know what I mean? Like, if that's the correct term. Carry, hold, much water.

I forget. It does. Something along those lines. It's fine.

But, yeah, I just thought it was rad that they cared enough to, you know, take a chance on, you know, a band that, you know, likes to play. You know what I mean? Always helps. You know, and I'm sure they didn't think we were going to be the next Yellow Card or any of these, like, bands that just blow up out of nowhere or whatever. Or relatively out of nowhere. I mean, those guys definitely played for years before they got signed. Yeah, yeah. But, you know, they weren't expecting to, like, turn a quick buck. Yeah, yeah. And so it was cool. I mean, we're pretty blue-collar when it comes to that stuff, and that's the way they treated it. That's cool. And that's the way we like it, you know. Just as long as they get our records into stores, we're pretty much pretty stoked.

You know what I mean? We're pretty happy. If you can go to a store and find our record, then I'm happy, you know. You guys ever, like, go to a store and, like, you just see your record and, like, put it, like, under the front? I went into Best Buy, and I went in there with, I can't remember, it might have been with my girlfriend. Well, we're in there, and they had, like, you know, the little game stations set up? They had that game Guitar Hero, and I had played it once, and I was, like, super stoked on it. Like, on there for, like, 15 minutes, like, telling kids to, like, scramble. I'm like, nah, kid, I'm going to be here with, like, 10 more songs, man. I almost got this solo. And apparently one of the dudes that works there is a fan of the band or whatever and saw that I was in there with my girlfriend.

And so I'm looking for, like, PSP games or something like that, or just some random shit that I do, you know. And all of a sudden, they start playing the song, The Soft Cell. I'm like, oh, this is pretty funny. Like, my girlfriend's like, ah, like, you know, making fun of me. I'm all embarrassed or whatever. And I'm like, I wonder if this is, like, radio edit. Because this is blaring, like, pretty loud throughout, like, you know, Best Buy. And then, uh, sure enough, dude, I am so fucking bored. I am so fucking bored. I am, like, loud. It was on a record player. It totally would have been, like, you know what I mean? Like, oh, shit. It was, like, after, like, the second I am so fucking bored, you see, like, people running from, like, all different aisles trying to get to, like, the computer and, like, shut it off.

And you know, like, probably no one realizes, but you're like, oh, that's not me. You're kind of like. No, I just, I laughed. I thought that was funny as hell, dude. I was like, oh, right, fine. I'm like, I was over being embarrassed and just kind of laughed because it was fucking funny. You know what I'm saying? Oh, my God. That's awesome. All sorts of gnarly curse words coming out. You know, these people are, like, trying to, you know, figure out the difference between high def and plasma or something. They're like, what's this? This is new. Oh, yeah. Good times. Good times with the Wilhelm scream. If you guys hear any noise in the background, that's the band Lagwagon, whose lead singer is about two and a half feet tall and whose guitar player looks like a white trash cousin to it.

But they're pretty good guys. Anyhow, second half of the interview is coming up. In that interview, we were going to ask the burning question about Dexter's plane, Anarchy Airlines. Dexter, of course, lead singer of The Offspring, owner of Nitro Records. Is it a real plane? If it is a real plane, does it really believe in anarchy or is it a pose in? Did it get the Anarchy Patch at Hot Topic? We'll find out. But before we do that, we're going to play another track off of Ruiner. We are going to play the track called Me vs. Morrissey in the Pretentiousness Contest, the ladder match. And we're only playing that one because I really like the title. And the concept of fighting Morrissey amuses me very greatly because he was the lead singer of the Smiths and was kind of, for lack of a better term, an emo pussy.

So, I hope you enjoy this and then back to the interview. And again, at the end of this interview, we're going to be giving away a copy of a Wilhelm Scream's debut LP, Benefits of Thinking Out Loud, and a Wilhelm Scream Can Cozy, which you can use to hold beer or delicious fruit juices that come in canned form. So enjoy and check out the rest of the interview.

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quick. Two-part question. One, does Dexter actually own his own jet, and have you ever had the chance to ride on it? Yes and yes. Seriously? Yeah. I haven't. Is it really called Anarchy? Brian has not, however. Is it really called Anarchy Airlines? As a matter of fact. Does it have a symbol on it? I believe yes, I believe it does. Oh, wow. How is it? It's nice. Brian, do you want me to tell you what it was like? Please. Please, tell me again. Tell me what it was like. I'll tell you guys, Brian, what it was like. Dexter came up. We hadn't actually met Dexter for a while, and then we finally got a hold of him when we were doing the Warped Tour together. And he came up, met us one day, maybe like two days later, we were in Quebec City, and the next show was in Montreal.

And we were actually doing really well. I don't know if any of you listening or you guys here know this, but bands like us on Warped Tour do not get paid a dime, and rarely, I mean, if you're lucky, if you're on long enough, you can maybe get a food pass, maybe. Yeah. So we all stink, and it sucks, you know what I mean? And it really does suck. Like, uh, whatever, dude, I already put my foot in my mouth. Totally ruining the Warped Tour image. Yeah, I guess so, right? Kevin Lyman is listening right now. Oh, sorry. Kevin Lyman. Thanks for having us, though. It was good barbecue. Totally take his back. So he comes up, and we're having actually a really good day in Quebec City, like, we're selling, like, a good amount of records, and we're like, fuck yeah, dude, like, we're gonna have, like, gas, and, like, we can stop and eat, you know what I mean?

Like, stoked. And Dexter comes up, he's like, at, like, five o'clock, and he's like, you guys, if you guys want, you guys can fly with me on the jet to the next show. What? And I'm like, psh, yeah. You're like, no, listen. I was like, man, we are kind of cleaning up right now, but, uh, my ass ain't never been on a private jet.

Uh, so, Bri, uh, we, we, we take, um, uh, a limo, a limo to the airport, the little airport, we walk onto his plane, um, the co-pilot's chair was open, so I got to sit in the co-pilot's seat. Oh, nice. You got to wear a shotgun. That was, like, ear-to-ear grin the whole time. I was like, I can't believe this. Um, every cabinet on that plane contains booze of some sort. Oh, thank God. Um, uh, there was food on the plane. Wow. Food. Mm-hmm. Food and booze. Food and booze, man. Nice-ass shot. That's all you need to know. It was fantastic. Yeah. Oh, my God. So, how did you get, like, all your shit to the next show? Oh, uh, thankfully, Trevor, uh, Trevor Riley's parents were at the Quebec City show. Oh, cool, cool. And, uh, we're gonna go to the Montreal show, because it's kind of on the way back down to Massachusetts.

Uh, and, uh, they, uh, we, we asked them, actually, uh, they, uh, they, they kind of half-offered to, uh, half, like, kind of knew our situation, uh, and, and drove the van and trailer down to, uh, Montreal that night for us. That's awesome. Yeah. Because otherwise it was gonna have to be, like, Rochambeau, and it was like, that's kind of like, who doesn't ride in the Chile? All right, uh, who's been in the band the longest? Uh, uh, you guys, uh, all right, uh, guess the number one through ten, uh, uh, you know, but no, it all worked out really well. We all had a really good time. Like, I got to talk on the little, this is your co-pilot, Nuno Pereira speaking, um, I could use a Budweiser. And really, oh yeah, you could, like, turn around.

No, I'm dead serious, dude. Like, the pilot, he'd be like, oh, hold on, because, like, once you get up to, like, a certain level, like, he really doesn't have to do much, you know? Yeah. So he's just shooting the shit in, and I'm, like, need another Budweiser. And, uh, he's like, oh, hold on, man. He just, like, leans back in the pilot's chair and, uh, grab, like, opens a random drawer, because they're all full of beer and weirdness, uh, and grabs, grabs me a beer, and it was great. That's amazing. I mean, I, I, it'll never happen, I doubt it'll ever happen again, you know? Shit, I've never even sat, I've never even sat business class, you know what I'm saying? Like, let alone private jet or first class, right?

Yeah, I've got a new reason to start a band. Up in a luggage compartment somewhere, so. Yeah, dude, you gotta write, you know, a pretty fly for a white guy, and then diggity bam, money just rolls in. Dude, that's all you gotta do, that's the song. Yeah. Yeah. I would do it. Hey, man, Smash was a great album. Yeah? Smash was great. I'm not gonna talk shit. Alright, cool. In case I ever happen to meet Dexter, like, somewhere. He's a, he's a super nice guy. So you're saying that you would talk shit if it wasn't for the first time meeting him? If there was no chance of ever meeting him, if he was like. No, it's funny to make jokes about it, I mean, obviously, I mean, like, in the propaganda-like liner notes, you know what I mean?

Like, that was a fucking laugh riot, dude. Like, when he says, like, pretty fly for an asswipe, dude, like, tell me that's not funny. I don't care if you've, I mean, maybe, maybe Dexter took it hard, I don't know, I would hope not, you know, like, but it is, I mean, you gotta call people out every now and again, bands like Propaganda, you do it. You really do fucking hit him in every interview, don't you? I mean, I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna, you know, shit where I eat, so to speak, you know, I mean, like, but it is funny, I'm not afraid to laugh about it, you know? How do you feel about that, Bri? What? How do you feel about, uh, Dexter Holland owning, uh, his own private jet called Anarchy Airlines? Well, you know, if, uh, if he made, you know, he's made the money that he's made.

True. And if that's what he wants to buy with it, then, you know. So be it. I'm not gonna say you're an asshole for buying a private jet. Yeah, but pretty fly for an asswife is funny as hell. Yeah, no, that's what that is. All right, all right. No, no, I want to make sure, we're in total agreement on that issue. We're walking a fine line here. Yeah, anyways. Whatever, Dexter's not gonna sign my band, so. You have a band? No, I don't. You have a band? No. If I had a band, though, they would be fucking good. That's all I'm gonna say. I don't know why, man, but I believe you. No. That would be amazing. My band would be, I just don't want to destroy everyone else's dreams by being so amazing. So, anyhow, I want to get on, you guys put out The 7-Inch Diver, right?

Yeah. On Jumpstart? Yeah. Now, I've read, now, okay, that came out, was that after Ruiner or in between Ruiner and Mute Print? It was recorded, I'm sorry, it was recorded on the, during the Mute Print sessions. Okay. Yeah. That, and as well as the B side of that, they like their turtlenecks ribbed. Mm-hmm.

It's, like, so funny, dude. That was, both those songs were recorded during the Mute Print sessions, where, like, technical difficulties, Bill completely erased my vocal tracks or whatever. And, uh, we didn't have time to redo them. Uh-huh. He said he was really sorry. Whenever we could, like, get a time, he'd do that song for us again. That's cool. And so, it kind of made it an easy choice to leave off the record. Yeah. And, uh... Didn't have vocals. You were like, yeah. I just kind of kicked it around, uh, for a while, and then, um, when we went back to do, uh, Ruiner, Bill, uh, let me do the vocals over again, and sent it off to Jumpstart, and Jeremy put out our first vinyl ever. Wow. Yeah, I was stoked. So, you had, you had your sets till that point, but not vinyl.

Well, no, no, because if anyone has any cassettes out there, by the way, of our old band stuff, I would love to get a copy. Before it ends up on eBay. Yeah. You guys don't have copies of your own old... Nick does. Our drummer, Nick, does. He was smart. He won't keep them. He has, like, those for eBay. He has, like, the Adam's Crack, dude. Like, in Cohen, like, Adam's Crack was, like, Trevor and, uh, John Tebbs' band. Adam's Crack? Adam's Crack, dude. All right. Pretty clever. Yeah. You guys have a history of phenomenal band. Yeah, yeah. Uh, Adam's Crack, uh, and, uh, and then there was Cohen, which is, like, basically the same band, but I, I had just moved back to New Bedford and joined, joined up with them in high school.

So, if anyone has any of those tapes, man, I... I saw video footage of Cohen. You did, huh? Yes, I did. Yeah, Tomas. Yes, and it was, it was interesting. Trevor was playing drums, then. You were, you had, there was a moment where you were playing trombone, and that was... Oh, so you were a ska band. Yeah. Interesting. No, just, you just had a trombone. I, I got a... I was at a party once, and, uh, I'd always, I was talking to this dude, I always said I wanted to play trombone, to try it. He's like, yeah, I have a trombone, I'll sell you at 20 bucks. I was like, fuck yeah, $20 trombone. I mean, how could there be a downside to this? Covered it in stickers and brought it to practice, like, hey guys, check this out.

You know? I got a trombone. I mean, back then, dude, it was even, it was more reckless and more, you know, fun for fun's sake kind of stuff. That's cool. But yeah, yeah, trombone. Now, uh, where do you go from trombone covered like... Fuck if I don't, man, this is gonna be weird. Yeah. This is not normal. Yeah, might as well just... At all. Yeah. No. Um, alright, so I'll just go to a question that's totally off-base. Uh, your last album, Ruiner, got a lot of praise, like, a bunch of different, like, online publications, printed publications, all said it was, like, phenomenal, best album of the year, blah, blah, blah. Like, do you guys pay any attention to any of that, or do you, like, read press releases at all for your, or not press releases, but, uh, reviews?

I read magazines, you read magazines. Yeah, me too, I like reading a lot, you know, but it, you know, I think, do you like reading about yourself, though, I think is what he said. Not always, I mean, I don't, I don't mind, uh, I don't, I don't mind the good reviews, I don't mind the bad reviews, you know, like, it's, it's not gonna, it's not gonna hinder us one way or the other, I mean, I've never been the type to, uh, read, like, you know, oh, this band, they do this, blah, blah, blah, shit, shit, shit on this, shit on this, you know, and been like, oh, well, I hate that band now, too, you know, like, fuck it, I mean, if it's a band that I'm genuinely interested in, I'm gonna listen to it and form my own opinion, you know, and I, and I hope that's the way kids go, and I think maybe sometimes people put in positions of, uh, of reviewers, sometimes, uh, we're not looking in anyone's direction.

Yeah, whatever, I don't review albums. Hey, man, I think it'd be hilarious, man, I, I also feel that it's just a way for these, these sorry motherfuckers to vent a lot of times, you know? But, I, I mean, I kind of feel that way, too, because, like, you see these people, right, like, people put time into reviews, and then, like, when people go to comment on them, they don't, like, there's, they don't respond to the content of the review, I'm like, I've written a lot of reviews that have been ripped apart, and I'm totally cool with that, because I've ripped apart a few bands. Yeah, but you know what, I've, I, I've, in the past, I've had bad reviews of, of bands that I've been in, but if it's a really well-written, bad review, I'm just like, wow, you know, they really hate me.

You really destroyed the band that I'm in, to, for other people, you know, like, I'm still going to play music, I'm still going to love it, but, wow, other people will read your review and think, I am a heartless son of a bitch, you know? Just curl up. It's difficult, and I actually know that it cripples some reviewers, like, after a while, they're just kind of like, well, like, we really love music, we really want to help bands, and, like, a lot of times, that's the problem, is people do reviews that are just like, this band sucks, they, they, well, there are a lot of sucky bands, dude. Yeah, but they don't offer, like, any, like, constructive criticism, yeah, sucky bands. Yeah, sometimes, sometimes, you know, but it's as long as you express why they suck, and any way they can improve the sucking, I mean, like, that's, you know, putting up a time-lapse photography of the Hulk in front of grass growing is one thing, but, uh, I have no idea what that is.

What? I don't think I want to. That was a, that was a, that was a, that was a scary bat face. Wait, a Hulk face in front of, what? It's a long story, I'll show you the website. Yeah, I gotta check that out, too. There was a review of an album done by a mutual acquaintance, who, uh, basically equated the album to grass growing and found the pictures on the internet of one person growing their grass, and there was a Hulk in the middle of it for some reason. Wow. Pretty impressive. That's what I would put in my grass growing. It kind of beefs it up a little bit. Yeah. It's not totally boring, because there's a Hulk there. No one's gonna fuck with it. No one's gonna fuck with your grass. Yeah, we got Hulk on, dude.

Let's go fuck with that. All right, um, let's just, what time, we got, oh yeah, we're wrapping it up. Yeah, we'll wrap it up, man. No one's, no, everyone by now is tuned out, so it's okay. I'm sobering up, dude, this isn't fun at all. Yeah, yeah, we, just kidding. Well, yeah, you guys are on tour with Lawrence Arms and Lagwagon, so I imagine there's very little, like, you're gonna recall after this, uh. No, I think there's a lot we'll recall, but, um. Little you want to face up, too. It'll be very hazy. It all kind of blurs into one. It's really easy to get super drunk with guys that you know really well. Yeah. And who really, who also get super drunk. Excellent. Um, so, you know. Not that we're just about getting drunk, but, I mean, hell, it, you know.

It's fun. It is fun. It happens, and it's pretty fun. And if you're lucky enough to be a touring band, a lot of times it happens for free. Yeah. Yeah. Which is fantastic. Free booze is the best booze. Yeah, what's better than free booze? Free booze on your own jet. Care for cancer, maybe. Free booze on your own jet. Maybe. Care for cancer? I don't know. Free booze. Free jet. If you get, I imagine if you cured cancer, you could get free booze. Oh, yeah. So there you go. It's all about how you market it. Or your own jet. Yeah. See, we got it. Now we have to cure cancer. Does it have to be free or does it have to be your own? Well, like, the jet. Well, I don't know. Is it, you know, chicken or the egg? Either way. That didn't make any sense.

As long as you have a jet filled with booze and you can ride it, that's all I care about. All right. So before we take off, is there anything you guys want to plug? I want to plug Brian Robinson, our new bass player. All right. Okay. Here's a concerned look on Brian's face. I'm just like, I just wondered what he meant by the word plug. Oh, man, I totally can talk about this later. Did you guys pick up on that? I was like the only one. That's awesome. Yeah, that's, uh, by plug, I mean, uh, have anal sex. I want to make sure we get that clear. He does this. Yeah, I don't want there to be any confusion. He's not speaking highly of how I am as a musician or anything like that. He just wants to have sex with my asshole.

He's actually a subpar bass player in an awful human being. I'm really terrible. Amazing. I am going straight to hell. Straight to hell, dude. I'll see you at the barbecue. Yeah, exactly. All right. Anything else? Shows, websites, movies, documentaries? We're going to be going over to Europe after this tour with Rise Against. Yes. I know. That'll be fun. Yeah. And then, uh, Australia. And then possibly Australia. Possibly, yeah. Australia, I think. Yeah. That's going to be fun. So if you guys want to come. Yeah, yeah. Just meet us there. I'll be there. I'll be, uh. I don't know if JetBlue does flights there, but they get cheap tickets, I think. I don't know. When they build the bridge, I'll just drive. We'll let you guys know what it's like.

We'll send you postcards. Yes, we will. I will, dude. I'll give you my address. I'm a postcard-sending machine. Fantastic. All right. So I want to thank you guys. No, thank you guys. I'll give you my address. If I don't get a postcard, oh, it's your ass. Dude, it's probably going to come. He's going to plug you. Luxus and a postcard in Australia, right? Yeah, we should talk all over the internet. Yeah, dude. Yeah, I'm going to. What's going to happen? You can post it. You can actually take it. I'll e-rip you an asshole. On your own website. Awesome. All right. So I want to thank you guys so much for taking the time. Thank you guys. Yeah, good luck with all the shit traveling all over the world. So have fun with that. Thank you guys.

Thanks for helping us out. Yeah. No problem. Okay. Kick ass.

All right. So that wraps up our interview with the Wilhelm Scream. There's a bunch of other questions I wanted to ask them. They were really good guys, a lot of fun, but we didn't want to run the interview 14 days long. So we thought we'd end it there. I think we made the right move. I think you'll agree with me. Anyhow, this week, brand new contest. We are giving away a copy of their debut LP, A Wilhelm Scream. The album is called The Benefits of Thinking Out Loud. Now, this wasn't always a Wilhelm Scream album. When it first came out, I don't remember the label it came out on, but it was under their original name, Smackin' Isaiah, which is, by all possible knowledge, the worst name in the history of music.

So to win this contest, if you want a copy of The Benefits of Thinking Out Loud and a canned cozy, here's what you do. Just send in an email to soundscenerevolution at gmail.com, include a Wilhelm Scream in the subject line, and give us your name, your address, and the worst possible band name that you could ever think of. And it can't be a band name that already exists. No writing in and going, Metallica! You're not funny. Everyone knows Metallica sucks, and they all probably oil each other up into shit on the weekends, but that doesn't count. You need to think of your own terrible band name. And if we decide, we randomly choose, doesn't matter how bad your band name is, we'll randomly choose, and the winner gets a CD and a Wilhelm Scream beer cozy, or a bottle cozy.

Or you could possibly stuff your genitals in it, like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and wear it like that, and it'll be totally awesome. And if you're a chick, you can put it over one boob, and then you gotta get another one. So you gotta enter another contest, or go see a Wilhelm Scream, and tell them you need another can cozy to put your boob in. I think if you do that, they'll probably just give it to ya. Just explain the situation to them, they'll understand. Anyhow, before we end this week, we're gonna play one last track off of their latest LP, Ruiner. We're gonna play Less Bright Eyes, More Deicide. And a Wilhelm Scream, they got like, what, three albums and a seven inch out that you guys could buy right now, be sure to check them out, and they're gonna be all over the world for the rest of your life, so be sure to see them whenever they play.

They're good guys, and with any luck, Nuno will take his shirt off, and you can gaze at his minimal torso area. Tiny, like, the dude's legs go up to his nipples, and he has like zero torso. Fucking weirds me out. Anyhow, one last track, Less Bright Eyes, More Deicide, by Wilhelm Scream, off of Ruiner. Enjoy, and be sure to enter the contest, and we'll see you guys all next week.

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