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Hey, we're Alice Santa. And you're listening to Sound Scene Revolution. And Dave from Big D in the Kids Table. Hey, what's up? It's Mike V from Revolution Mother, and you're listening to Sound Scene Revolution.
Welcome to this week at Sound Scene Revolution, when we make our annual trip to the fantastic festival known as Warped Tour. We have three Warped Tour shows this year, and none of which I really know who we're talking to. I'd like to give a big hats off to the press lady at Warped Tour this year. I don't know what her name was, but let me tell you. We had three bands we wanted to talk to, like we're really interested in. We got to talk to one of those three bands. We talked to seven bands, I believe, in total. Which means we got six bands that we had no interest in actually talking to. So what you're about to hear in the next three episodes are six of the most unusual, confused fucking interviews you're ever going to hear in your entire life.
And if that's what interests you, you're all for it. You're going to be stoked, I promise you. So first of the fuck of all, we have a band we actually wanted to interview. We got Big D and the Kids Table, and they're a good band. They're from Boston. They sing all sorts of songs in the ska with the guitar and the horns. So you'll like them. So check that out. But before we get into that, we have some songs from Big D. The first one we're going to play is called Shining On. Then we're going to get into the interview, and then we're going to talk to two other bands. So check that out. All right.
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We are with Sound Scene Revolution out behind one of the stages at the Warped Tour with Big D and the Kid's Table. Big D and the Kid's Table. There we go. Yes. If you guys want to just go around and introduce yourselves, name, what you do in the band, all that. I'm David McQueen. I sing in the band. I am JR, and I play drums in the band. Paul Cutler. I play trombone. All right. Fantastic. So this is how many Warped Tours for you guys now? Well, we did a full one in 2005 and a smidgen of one in 2003. So this is our second full, but two and a half. Two and a half all together. And what stage are you playing on this year? Hurley.com. Hurley.com stage? Yeah. That's cool. Hurley's got like 12 stages, like Hurley, Hurley.com, Hurley something else.
So you've got to differentiate whatever to get the sponsorship money. Yeah, right. You've got to be clear on that. That's cool. So how's it been this year compared to the other years? Well, to be truthfully honest with you, it's the second day, and I don't really remember the first. No, it's the third day. I don't even know. I think it might be the third fourth. We played twice? Yeah, okay. So that's how it's going so far. It's my first shower, you know. Yeah, it's usually about four or five days sometimes between showers. Yeah. You guys were actually asked to come back this year, correct? Yeah, Kevin said he wasn't going to do the tour without us. Well, he was like, without you guys, there's just, you know.
Well, I had heard because you had played, the last time you did the full tour, you basically, like, promoted the hell out of yourselves. You put out flyers every day. We're, like, working it up. Yeah. And so, like, everyone kind of respected that. Yeah, nice to see it got around. Yeah, rumor had it that people thought that was cool, but no one ever said anything to us. It was just kind of rumored. But it's true. Last year, 2005, there was no flyers up in the morning. Halfway through the tour, everybody was putting flyers up. Yeah. But it was not really people in the bands, it was people who worked for the bands. So we were still the only band doing it. And then this year, there's flyers everywhere. I still think we're one of the only bands that actually.
I think you're the only band who's flyers I'm that interested in. Yeah, yeah. I think that matters. The teams are JR and Paul and me and Ryan. You guys go out every morning, kind of team off on that. Yeah. That's cool. Now, you guys have a new album out. It came out how long ago? I'm totally blanking on this. March? March? A few months back? Yeah. It's called Strictly Rude, correct? Yeah. Now, I have heard, and again, I don't know, because the internet's a viable source of very confirmed media, that you guys are looking to do two more. You're looking to do Strictly Dub and maybe Strictly Thrash. Is that correct? Yeah. Strictly Dub is definitely going to be next. We can't help but want to just put out a record that's just us jamming.
We don't have to worry about arrangements anymore. We don't have to worry about anything like that. We can just play for musicians' sake, you know, for friends' sake. That's cool. Cool.
Sorry, I was watching JR over there. Yeah, JR was kicking a... Were you kicking a B? What's he doing?
But, yeah, we haven't started songwriting yet. Last time, when we wrote Strictly Rude, what were there, like 30 or 40 songs that got cut down to... Wow. ...however many made the actual album. So, the writing is going to take a while. Yeah, I can imagine if I had a 46, you'd get, what, 16 or so, something like that? Yeah. Yeah. So, how many did you end up recording? Did you record all 46 for it? No, no. 15? 15? 14? 15? I don't know. We put some of them on, we put some of them on Beijing to Boston. Yeah. Yeah, that's right, yeah. And, yeah, we had like 46 and then we had the, at the time, Bad News offered us to do a split with Band Brain Failure. So, we put like six that we had written there and then, yeah, and then it would cut down to 14.
I don't know. We're supposed to be excited to see this person, right? This person in pink? That's a guy. That's a MySpace. I was told the other day that that's a famous MySpace person. There's a famous MySpace person? Yeah, like, you know Tila Tequila? Yeah, yeah, yeah. I guess that guy, who is a girl, is second under her. Really? So, we're supposed to be really excited. This moment was a much bigger deal than we realized. When they just walked by there, it was like touching greatness. Big moment for us. Yeah. Yeah, that's, yeah. MySpace transvestite. Yeah. And that's what they're famous for? I don't know what he's famous for, but. That's. I guess, you know. I don't know. What I'm hoping is that he hooks up with bands and deceives them.
I think that's awesome. Well, it's hard to tell because I notice more and more bands on Warped Tour are more and more ambiguous, so it's kind of. Ah, yes, yes. Yeah, but I probably shouldn't say that in case we. No, I like it. That's funny. In case we talk to any of them today, I'm not going to be like, you guys hook up with the transvestite, you know. Yeah, did you? The one from Escape the Fate. Did you see it? Oh. But anyhow. So, well, you guys, it's on, I'm blanking, Side One Dummy, correct? Side One Dummy, yeah. All right, fantastic. Now, what was the experience on working with that record compared to like a lot of the old stuff you did with like Spring Man, Asian Man, and all that? Well, usually with Spring Man, Asian Man, and Fork Man, it's like one or two people working at the labels that's really stoked on the record, and they're like, awesome, awesome, awesome.
Yeah. This is the first time we've had like a team of seven to ten people. Yeah. So, it basically just feels like when you watch an 80s movie and the freshman's a geek, and when he finally makes it to senior year, he's got some friends. That was just, it feels like, you know, coming of age, like we, you know, we got the braces off kind of thing, you know. Guys, it's nice to have your own little like cheering section for that. Yeah, we were a little like, didn't believe him at first, you know. Like, we went to the label, and they're all like, we're stoked about the new record, dudes. We're stoked. And we're kind of like, are you serious? You know, like. You're not actually going to put it out, are you? You're just going to tell me.
We're a very cautious band. Well, no, it seems to have turned out really well with you guys. And you mentioned the split with Brain Failure. They are from Japan, correct? China. China. Damn. Japanese label. Japanese label. So, that's allowed, yeah. Yeah, I'll give it close. You're so racist. Yeah, I'm a terrible bigot, but this isn't about me. Terrible. But how did that come about, being there all the way in China, and you guys are over here? Literally, Ken Casey from the Dropkick Murphys called us up and was like, dude, you guys, if I can't do this split with these guys, right? And we were like, all right. You're like, you're in Dropkick Murphys. We're not really allowed to say no. He's like, yes, sir. Yes, Ken, sir.
Thank you, sir. That's cool, though. It turned out, seemed to have turned out pretty well. And that's, oh. Oh, she wants to steal you. Yeah, I think she wants you guys to talk with someone more important than ourselves. So, I think we may have to let you go before two months longer.
So, you guys are doing Warped Tour. You guys got any plans for after this, or you're just pretty much sure you're going to be burnt out for the rest of the year after war? Well, we leave Warped Tour three or four days early, and we go to England, do Reading and Leeds Festival, and then we do another festival, and then a Switzerland festival, and then we go home, and then we go out and do a fall headlining tour. Easy. So, yeah, do you guys have, like, permanent addresses, or do you just kind of a van somewhere in the world? It's like when we tour, like, our booking guy just keeps putting picture train tracks in front of the train, so the train can never stop. He's like, if they stop, they die. I would like to do an interview, too.
This is my, my brother just showed up, he's drunk. Alright. So, what do you think about your younger brother's new record? I think it's fucking killer. It's always there for me. I think it's fucking killer. Supportive. You know why, you guys should get it, because, oh, it'll make, it'll make you think. Yeah. That's what we want everybody to do. It's got issues. It's got issues, there's major issues in it. I don't. Alright, see you, see you tonight at dinner. I'm pretty sure no one listens. See you. No one listening to this show wants to think. I'm not sure that was really your brother. Ah, what? You racist.
Damn. Damn these racist eyes of mine. So, before we get you split up, because I don't want her to think we're just stealing bands away all day. No doubt. But, um, I have heard numerous, and I'm sure you guys get this all the time, numerous stories behind the name, Big D and the Kids Table. Is there an actual story, or is it like you were just sitting around one day and you're like, eh, that works? Yeah, it was basically my friend that drank more, you know, your most drinking friend basically made me promise in a super to call the next band, you know, formed Big D and the Kids Table. And we weren't really taking the band seriously like we were a band, so of course we took the name on. And then 11 years later, we're Big D and the Kids Table, you know.
You're stuck with it. Yeah, because you guys, I had read you were just like fucking around when you first started there. Yeah, yeah. People started offering you shows. Yeah, that's pretty much what it was. And 11 years later, it's managed to stick. Warped Tour. Yeah. Warped Tour, there's no real meaning behind it, but eh. But I'll tell you something, we have a DVD coming out called Built Up From Nothing. And it's going to be like a little instruction manual for the first time tourers, you know, best ways to, you know, not lose your money, not get robbed, you know, so it's cool. What's the one thing you could impart, like, I don't want to like pre-sell the DVD. No, it's good. The best example, you may think sounds ridiculously simple, but no one does it right.
And that is don't keep your cash box in the van under the front bench under a sweatshirt because every thief knows where it is and you will lose it. Yeah, bring it inside. Yeah, there's been so much shit this past year where you hear like vans get their vans broken into, shit gets stolen, and it seems like just keep none of your shit in the van when you leave. Exactly, yeah. I don't know. Maybe people will learn from this and they won't get robbed as much. Yeah. And we'll see. But my goal today is to rob you guys. So while you guys are playing, I'm going to be looking around for your shit. No problem, no problem. Michael J., our merch guy, only knows every form of kung fu known to man. Every form ever. So good luck.
You might need some boys. Circle them. World's most diddliest merch guy. Yeah. Fantastic. All right. Well, I think we're going to wrap this up here. Cool. Anything you guys want to press? I mean, I know you've got the new album coming out. Going to be on Warped Tour all year. Strictly dubbed. The DVD built up from nothing. All right. It's coming your way. Fantastic. Thank you guys for taking the time. Big D. I'm watching America's Got Talent, so I'm going to make this quick. Let me tell you, America's Got Fucking Talent. I just watched Urban Herb Bar, the action urban figure, fucking just take a head. Oh, my God. There's a little kid in bondage gear with a tiny dog. That's erotic on so many levels. But anyhow, it was fucking tight.
And I watched a guy do a head flip off of a chair, crack his fucking neck. That's pretty awesome. It's America's Got Talent. Everybody loves America's Got Talent. On to the interviews. I'm talking about TV. Why? Because the next two interviews, I don't know who the fuck they are. The first one is Revolution Mother featuring Mike Valli. He's a skateboarder. He sings, but I have no idea anything about their music. He came up to me while we were interviewing another band, and he's like, You need to interview the baddest motherfucking band on this tour, Revolution Mother. And I was like, with confidence like that, How could this possibly turn out to be a bad interview? You'll find out if you listen. There's many ways it turns out awful.
So enjoy that. And then we'll be back, and there's more. We're going to play another track by Big D and the Kids Table, because they're the only band I have music from. We're going to play the song Strictly Rude, off the album of the same title. Enjoy that.
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This is like the main stage here. This is that main amphitheater stage. We're behind the main amphitheater stage, and we were with Revolution Mother, correct? Yeah, yeah, I'm Mike V with Revolution Mother. And what do you do in the band, Mike? I'm the vocalist. Ah, alright. Now, Mike, you came up to us, and you said you guys are, in fact, the hardest fucking band on Warped Tour. There's no doubt about that. There's no doubt? I mean, take a walk around, and then come see us at 315, and you'll know the truth. Where are you guys playing at? I don't know what the stage is called. The ramp... Yeah, there's a mini ramp, a skateboard ramp, we're on the back of that thing. Now, well, despite the fact that some of the dudes here look like women, what do you feel qualifies you to make said statement?
It's pretty ballsy. It's pretty out there. Well, the riffs are there. The sound is there. Yeah. The music is very aggressive, very loud, very in-your-face. We ain't singing about breaking up with our girlfriends or any of that bullshit. You know, we're singing... The songs are about real shit, and it's very direct. It's just very direct, and I think I've walked around enough to say that we are the heaviest band on this tour. All right. I can accept that. Now, want to give me the background to you guys so the people can know? Sure, yeah. We've been jamming for about a year and a half. We just had a record come out on June 26th with the Cement Shoes record. It's called Glory Bound. And prior to that, we've just been in a practice room, destroying our equipment, waiting for this moment to get out here on Warped Tour.
Yeah? Now, is this kind of like your first big-scale tour? No. Well, for this band, yes. The guitar player in the band, Jason Hampton, and I did a band previous to this called Mike V and the Rats. And we got out there quite a bit with that band. We did the Project Revolution tour with Linkin Park a couple years ago. We went over to Sweden and played with Rancid. So, we have some touring under our belts. Yeah, yeah. But this, I think, is the first real tour where we're kind of preaching to the choir. I think there's a lot of kids out there that are ready to hear Revolution Mother. That's awesome. Now, how has it been? It's only the fourth day, right? Something like that? This is the third stop, yeah. Third stop.
So, I mean, it's all, so far so good, but there's a lot of miles to put down still. Oh, yeah. Are you guys on it for the entire time? We're on the entire tour, yeah. Damn, now you got, that's got to be kind of fucking crazy, especially with, you know, being one of the smaller bands on the... Well, you know, we're in a pretty unique situation. We actually are the only band on this tour that's playing two sets a day. Oh, my God, no way. So, we're playing two sets a day, and then I also, my side job is I'm a professional skateboarder. Ah. So, I'm also skateboarding on the ramp, so I'm doing double duty. You're skateboarding and playing two sets a day. Yep. Now, by the end of this tour, you're probably going to be pretty dead at that point.
I've already commented on that. That's kind of, you know, the idea is like, well, a lot of these bands play one set a day, and they're wiped out by the end of the tour. You guys are playing two sets, plus you're skating. How are you going to do it? To me, it's not really like it's hard work or anything, because I don't look at it as work. This is, you know, I got into punk rock music and skateboarding 23 years ago. And, you know, 23 summers later, be on the Warped Tour, riding my skateboard, jamming with my band. It's a dream come true, and I'm living every moment, and I'm loving it. It's fun, so how could that be hard work? Yeah. I'm not worried about it. If I'm tired at the end of the tour, so be it. It's going to be a good tired.
Yeah. Feeling like you accomplished something. You've got to do something you actually enjoy. Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's what we all strive for, I think. Yeah, absolutely. Now, can you give me an idea? Because I'll be honest, I haven't heard of you guys. I don't want to sound like a jerk. No, that's perfectly fine. Can you give me an idea of what you guys sound like? A guy who saw us yesterday came up to me today, and he said, you guys are like as if Creedence Clearwater and Motorhead fucked and had a baby. So it's kind of swampy. It's a little stoner-ish, but it's pretty fast and aggressive. Lemmy's seat is definitely in there somewhere. That's awesome. Well, anything that's fucking Motorhead inspired or Motorhead pushed can be a bad band.
No, I mean, you come check us out if you get a chance. We're playing again pretty soon here, and, you know, we've got the electric hillbilly on guitar, and he shreds, and the rest of the band is locked in. The rhythm section's got it nailed down, and no one who's seen us has, you know, as they're walking by, they stop, and they don't walk away until it's done. Yeah, you guys got a pretty good live show, pretty destructive, you think? Well, you know, there's so much going on out there. It's hard to, you know, it's hard to compete. It's hard to hang. It's hard to get eyeballs on what you're doing. There's so many different stages going at one time. And I think our stage, I think what we're doing on our stage stands out.
We're not necessarily breaking shit, but the intensity is there, and the passion is there, and I think it comes through. And I think that's, at the end of the day, I think that's what everybody wants to see live music for. And there's definitely no, we're not just going through the motions. We're living every note and every word of every song. So I think that's the only way we can do it and have it be real. That's cool, man. Because especially, I mean, I'm not going to, I'm back here most of the morning, so I'm not going to call names or anything, but there are some bands here who, eh. I know, I understand. I just know this. Look, if I had to pay money to get in the door today, I would want to see a band deliver.
Yeah. Whether I necessarily like their songs or where they're coming from or not, and that's the kind of guy I am. I can watch a band and never want to buy their CD and never really get into their music. But if I feel like they are delivering and they are coming through and they're passionate about what they're doing and there's an intensity there, I will stand there and I will watch and I will applaud because that's what I look for in live music. So I know what I would want to see, and I'm not going to give anything less. Exactly. I mean, not everyone's going to like your music, but if you put it out there and you're doing the best that you can live and you're just giving it your all, you can't fucking ask for anything more.
No, no. That's what it's all about. That's awesome, man. Well, I certainly do wish you guys the best on the tour. You guys are playing, what, 3.30 today? We're up again at 3.15. Oh, 3.15? All right, on the skate ramp stage. Skate ramp stage, yep. All right, dude. Well, hopefully if we get a fucking break here, which we should, I will come out and I will see you guys because I'm definitely interested now. All right, cool. I would appreciate it. Definitely keep some interest. Took some balls, just come on. Yeah, well, thanks for taking the time. I appreciate it. Hey, no problem, man. Thanks for taking the time to talk with us. Okay, here you go. Bye, man. Peace.
All right. So that's the Revolution Mother interview. Next up on this week's show before we go is Alasana, who I'm going to give you honest. I'm going to be real forward. I have no idea who they fucking are. I have no idea who they were. I have no idea of the songs they play. Their album's titled something super like fucking dudes grinding on each other. It's like wax wings fall farther from heaven's earth. It's fucking terrible. So I don't know. Maybe their music is really good. Here's how the interview came about. We were interviewing another band and the press chick from Warped Tour was like, maybe you'd like to interview Alasana. And I was like, who? And they were like a foot behind her. So we didn't want to be like, fuck these queers because we're not homophobic.
So we were like, fuck these guys. And then we did the interview. But they're fucking, they're all right. They're nice guys. Their music sounds like the soundtrack to what you would listen to while you cried by yourself in your room because you don't have any friends and you're 800 pounds. But you know, if you're into that kind of thing, maybe you should eat a few less cheeseburgers, fatty. You ever think about that, fatty, fat, fat, fats? You sick bastard. So enjoy our interview with Alasana. Note, if you happen to catch a hint of the fact that I don't address anything about music, it's because I have no idea about their music. So enjoy that, fatty. We're going to play another track by Big D and the Kid's Table.
We're going to play LAX because they're the only band this whole week that I really know anything about. So listen to Alasana as we talk about shit that's not music-related because if it was music-related, they'd probably give me some shtick about how they're not emo and they only wear makeup because it fucking makes it feel like it's a chick when they have sex with a guitar player. And that way, it's not gay because the guitar player blows them. And that's cool, I guess. Anyhow, this is Alasana. Enjoy that. Oh, urban action figure just did a head dive.
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I'm Rich. It's nice to meet you guys. So I guess first place, why don't we go around, just introduce yourself, what'd you do in the band just so people can differentiate names and voices and all that shit? I'm Jeremy, and I play the drums. I'm Dennis, and I'm the vocalist. I'm Sean, I sing and play guitar. I'm Patrick, and I play guitar. I'm Shane, I play bass. I'm Adam, and I also do vocals. Some. And guitar. And guitar. Okay.
Guitar work there, man. Yeah, you kind of backed out on that. We can take that away from you if you want. Oh, am I not close enough?
You're not good at it? Most bands aren't. Don't worry about it. That's why you've got to have the dual mobility of singing and guitar. My true passion is the kaleidoscope. One day you wish to work the kaleidoscope into your guys' music. If we're lucky. If at all possible. So it is, we just talked to Big D and the Kids Table, and we couldn't get a straight answer. What day is it of Orp Tours? Is it the second or third? This is the third day. The third day? Wow. Well, technically the fourth because it was a rehearsal day. Wow. That day was more nightmarish than any of the other days. They're missing two entire days. They probably slept on a bus or something. I'm not going to lie. Yeah. Yeah, the first two days, our bus broke down, so we were still stuck in our van.
So we remember those days very well. Ah. So how's it been thus far compared to, like, let's say, fucking just touring on your own, driving around, all that shit? Yeah. You're just giving it a round to one. Hard. Very, very, very hard. It's a lot of hard work on work. It just never ends. It's not bad. You don't get bored as much as you do in club touring, but... Yeah. It's a fun part. Well, you guys don't find out until, like, fucking day of when you're playing, right? Like, you wake up at 8 and they're like, oh, you're on at 11. Go. Yeah, like, today, that was the first time. We had to go on at 12.15, so when we got up at 8, it was like, we had to, like, get mentally ready, like, right off the bat. It was kind of weird.
We're doing, like, all of our merchandise, loading all of our equipment back and forth, so we're always, like, staying busy. Yeah. Yeah, there's no breaks. We don't even get to eat half the time. We got bands like Coheed and Camry who can afford to hire their own people and all that, and then there's bands who can't fucking afford any more. I take it you guys are in the latter half of that. Yeah, but I'm sure that they were here once, too, so you gotta kind of earn your stripes. Everyone starts off somewhere.
Shane said hard work's gonna pay off. The microphone wasn't there, so... Hard work's gonna pay off. Thank you, Shane. Now, have you guys ever played Warped Tour before this year? I don't know. No. This is actually the first time I've ever even been out to Warped, Warped Tour. I've never been because there was never one around where I live in Bunn, and so... In where? I am actually from Bunn, B-U-N-N, North Carolina, so... Wow. The Warped Tour doesn't really go to Bunn, so... No, no. That'd be sick if it did, though, like out in the middle of nowhere. There's like 10 kids at Warped Tour, but there's still hundreds and thousands of staff like there is here. Yeah, there would be more staff than kids probably in fucking Bunn, North Carolina.
It's in the sticks. Is there anywhere they could even house an event this size out there? Yeah, because there's nothing but open fields. There are many, many fields, but they're usually full of tobacco, so I don't know how the farmers would feel about all these hippie raging kids like stomping about their tobacco, so... It would be fun.
You can just get Warped Tour going in a big-ass tobacco field. We should just start Warped Tour where it hits places where nobody lives. It'd just be a big waste of money and a waste of time. It'd be a lot of fun. You can do it through most of Canada. Imagine how depressed everybody would be on that tour. Everybody moping around, carrying gear for no reason.
And we'll make a rule that there can be no tents, so it's just sun beating on you for 11 hours straight. Yesterday, we played for 12 kids. That's awesome. In the desert of Arizona. It's the only... Well, there are sometimes bands playing for 12 kids here, even if they're in the middle of a mountain view today, and I'm really sad. We're excited that we've yet to experience that. Now, is it weird because there are of course bands that everybody comes to see or they end up playing at the end of the day when none of the other stages are open, so everybody's there to see theirs. You guys have to probably get out and actively promote your shit. Well, we've been touring for over a year straight now, so we've really developed a solid fan base and we've actually been blown away by...
We've played for a couple thousand kids every day so far, so it's been really exciting. That's awesome. Now, do you guys get fans who are like, at every show, they're like, oh, I'll help you guys out if you guys need anything, I want to meet you, all that shit. Oh, there's plenty of those guys. It's cool. It's a good mix of fans like we've met before and just like people walk by and like what they heard and just walked up and they come to the Merc Shable later and like, six show. It's been good. That's cool. Yeah, that's the big thing I think here is people get the opportunity where just like, you know, maybe there's no one that they really know and playing so they kind of just walk by and they get into that. Totally. That's probably the best way to end up selling stuff out here.
Oh, definitely. Now, I just... Oh. Sorry. I use a condenser mic normally so I have it like out here. I'm not a singer. I'm not used to having it up here. But I just kind of a question off the top of my head. I know in some venues they charge a percentage of what you sell. Does Shoreline do that? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah? Yeah, Warped Tour charges. I probably can't ask. Shoreline's probably not going to be happy if I ask.
One million dollars. One million dollars? Roughly. Roughly. Good thing we made like nine million so we're okay. Some of the larger bands, they have nine million. Yeah. And it's still just us. We have a tour manager. He rules. Now, what's probably the best part about touring on Warped Tour as opposed to like, I mean, there's got to be a reason you're doing it other than just like, eh, it's something to do. Exposure, definitely. We're making a lot of new fans on Warped Source. That's cool. Now, are you guys on it the entire time or are you on it for? We play until Detroit, so about five weeks. Oh, my God, dude. I think by that point we're going to be pretty happy to go back to Club Tours. At the end of five weeks, actually, take a photo yourself now, and then at the end of five weeks, take a photo.
Long hair and covered in dirt. Yeah, you're going to have fucking big-ass beards covered in dirt. Open sores everywhere. Open wounds. Yeah. I can't even walk anymore. I have a wheelchair because of my feet. Look forward to that day. And remember, when you look back, you're like, that guy said this is how we were going to look. I'll look forward to the open sores. That's really, they should promote Warped Tour like that. Play Warped Tour, get exposures, get some open sores. I tell you what, we'll use the open sore promotion with that desert tour we were talking about just to make it that much more enticing. If playing in the desert wasn't good enough, now you guys get open sores. You get open sores. They don't even let you wear shoes at this one.
It'd be great. That's the thing is, they got vans sponsoring this. Desert tour, no shoe sponsor. Yeah, absolutely not. Be out there on your fucking own. So you guys got anything set up after Warped Tour, or are you just going to take some downtime? Yeah, no, we go out with from first to last for a week, and then we do a co-headliner with As Cities Burn, and in the fall we're touring with the Devil Wears Prada and Chiotos. Damn. So we've got a pretty busy year going on. Yeah, so pretty much up to the end of the year you guys are going to be out on the road. We're pretty much booked through until December 15th right now. So December 15th I'll start looking up. And then we'll get two weeks off for Christmas, and then we come back out to California to do our new record.
And after that we'll start booking
Desert Tour 08.
They would probably let us headline that no other band on the planet would want to play it. No one else is going to play a show in the middle of the desert, but you guys will get it. We'll get people there. I heard Metallica wants in. Metallica wants in, they want to open, actually. I don't think Metallica plays shows anymore. Yeah, probably not. They gave that up in the mid-80s. I think Slipknot's going to play one of the side stages. I mean, it was kind of hard to get them to agree to it since instead of water, we're only serving salt water. That'd be awesome. Salt water and sand. I'm so thirsty just cups of sand. I think you guys got a real good idea going here. Definitely think we've taken this too far. I think this is a solid plan. We'll start outlining this.
All right, if you can find somebody to fund it, good luck. We're in the middle of the Silicon Valley. People throw money at fucking everything here. Kevin Lyman, if you hear this, I think you want in. There's money to be made here. There's money to be made in the sand. All right, well we are going to fucking wrap this up because I'm sweating like a fucking motherfucker here. I'm in shorts, so I can never do the sand tour. You guys are on that on your own. He hypes it all up and then he puts us out there on our own. I like that. Thanks, man. I want to thank you guys for taking the time. Anything else you want to push? Plugs, anything like that before we go? You can pick up our record in any stores pretty much. We also have clothing and Hot Topic.
Come out to the Warped Tour and see us at the SmartPunk stage. Yeah, baby. Yeah, come out to Warped Tour, buy their shit there because that way there's no overhead and no middleman. There you go, man. Come see our carport. Yeah, we're actually, our tent's not a tent, it's a carport. Like the shit you buy at fucking Costco? Absolutely. That's awesome. So it's sturdy as hell and if you guys want to come out and park your car, feel free to ask us. Park your car in our tent. That sounds dirty. Thanks a lot, dude. All right, man. Thank you guys so much. Oh, man. Wasn't that fun? I'll tell you what I want to do. I want to do two things after that interview. I want to watch porn, like lesbian porn, and I want to floss because the fucking lead singer's teeth, man, look like he had a fucking mouthful of fucking licorice and dice.
It was fucking horrible. And in addition, I want to watch lesbian porn because I want to make sure the next thing I see naked with makeup is a chick because those dudes totally look like women. In fact, I think the bass player totally tried to feel up on me, and I don't think that was a gay thing. I just think he was impressed by my package. It happens. But that wraps up our first shit-tastic trip to Warped tour. Keep listening because we actually have some interesting interviews coming up with bands like the Briggs, Authority Zero, Killswitch Engage, Pepper, all sorts of actually genuinely interesting shit that you might want to hear. And if you don't want to hear it, I'll get drunker and drunker as these interviews go on. And so, like, by the last one, it'll be really fun.
So, check those out. We're going to leave you with a big D in the Kids' Table song. Soundguy Nairman's going to pick at random because I only pick three songs and he's better at that kind of thing. So, check it out and enjoy and we'll catch you all next week. We still have some contests running. Any other contests from the last, like, three weeks, keep entering. We'll announce winner soon. Alright, bye.
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