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Hey, this is Alex. This is Benny. And Alex again. You are listening to Sound Scene Revolution. Tell them who we are, too. Oh, we're the Gaslight Anthem? Yeah.
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It's with a band called Gaslight Anthem. They're signed aside One Dummy Records. And it was about this time last year that we aired our first interview with them. And that interview was just with Brian. And this interview is with everybody but Brian. And what's really kind of cool about it is seeing how much this band has really grown in the past 12 months. Because when we got them at the fest, we interviewed Brian at the fest, I knew, you know, I knew a guy who was rooming with Brian at the fest. Like, they were sharing a hotel room. And so, I had talked to Brian a little bit. And so, to get the interview, basically, I saw him, like, walking down the street, like, going to get coffee or something.
And I was like, Brian, hold on. Hold on, Brian. And I was like, I really want to talk to you. I want to get this interview. And so, Brian was, like, super cool. He was like, yeah, sure. Let me just try and get coffee. And I think I've told this story during the interview. But, like, he went to this coffee shop. And the lady was like, coffee shop's closed. And he was like, just please. I just want a cup of coffee. And she was like, it's closed. And then while we were doing the interview, she literally walked down the street and poured the rest of the coffee into the gutter. And Brian was like, I can't fucking believe she did that. And so, anyhow, that was last year. And, yeah, that was good times. And then this year, I had to, like, write Side One Dummy Records.
And they passed me off to, like, someone else who passed me off to Holly, who is Brian's wife and also their tour manager. And it's like, I had to go through all these things, which is cool. I don't mind doing it. But it's just, it's great for these guys. And, I mean, since this time last year, they put out the Sonora and the Queen EP. They put out their demos on 7-inch. They put out their demos on 7-inch. They fucking, and they put out the new LP, the 59 sound, to ridiculous critical acclaim and pretty impressive sales for a band of their size. I think it premiered, it debuted at, like, number 13 on the Billboard. So, that's, yeah, pretty fucking crazy. I mean, good for them. And that, the Billboard sales don't include vinyl sales because their vinyl records were sold, the colored copies were sold exclusively through Vinyl Collective.
And I know Virgil doesn't report to SoundScan or Billboard. And so, that's another 1,500 on top of that for first week sales. So, I mean, they sold a shit ton of records their first week. And so, you know, it's great for them. And now I guess they're going to be on Conan O'Brien coming up in December. Yeah. Yeah, dude. They're, like, legit. They have, and this interview that we're doing right now with Benny, Alex, and Alex, or I guess I should just do Benny and the Alexes, but that was on their tour with Gaslight Anthem with Rise Against. Rise Against, huge, huge band, sold. According to Holly, they went gold within two weeks of their first album. So, that's 500,000 copies of a record that Rise Against sold in two weeks.
I mean, they were playing 7,000 person, you know, capacity. And Gaslight Anthem was opening with, like, 2,000 people out there. Like, fucking, for a band who literally, literally the first time they played in the Bay Area was at a place called the Octopus Lounge in Pacifica. I could count on two hands the number of people who were there. I could count on one hand the number of people who were there who weren't Gaslight Anthem. One, the other band, Signal to Noise, Sound Guy, Nerman, myself, or Justin. The number of people who were, no, Justin was there. Yeah, the number of people who were there who I didn't, who I couldn't identify, probably about three other people. And so now they're playing in front of 2,000 folks, and I think it's huge for them.
They're a great band. And, I mean, listening to the interview, you can tell, like, they're all super good guys. And so, definitely, I mean, you're going to hear a lot more from them in the next, you know, year or two years. So, keep an eye out. Keep an ear out. Like I said, last interview before the holiday season. I think I said that. If I didn't, now you know. We're going to wrap up all contests after the end of the holiday season. And so, this interview, it's with Alex, or Alex, Benny, and Alex. So, that's guitar, bass, and drums, somewhere in that order. Probably not respectively. But they're great, great guys. Brian was going to make it, but Brian got tied up with, like, all these fucking radio promos.
Like, he's the one who they throw out to the radio stations. And so, eh, good for him. But check it out. Listen to it. And, like I said, after the holiday break, we will wrap up all of our contests for the bands. All right. We're going to play a track by Gaslight Anthem, and then we'll jump into the interview. Enjoy.
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I guess we'll do the intro. Sound Scene Revolution, we were hanging out somewhere below the San Jose State Event Center. Yeah. Behind. Behind. And you have a mirage of San Jose State University Women's Basketball Post. We have all the great things that have occurred here at the state. We look like a Spartan horse. And we are hanging out with three of the four members of Gaslight Anthem. If you guys would like to introduce yourselves real quick so people can kind of differentiate who's what. I'm Alex. I play bass. I'm Benny. I play drums. I'm the other Alex, and I play guitar. So, I guess I want to ask, though, how do you guys differentiate Alex when you guys are, like, on tour? Is it just, like, Alex, and you both turn around?
It depends on if there's women around. If there's women around, you know what Alex they're looking for? It's actually true. There are ways to differentiate. There are ways to differentiate. We have names. We have names, but these names are secrets. This one's typically always Alex. Yeah. The one, okay. I've got the interesting one. He's the one with the nickname. Anybody that knows me. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't want to put that out there. People who need to differentiate know how to differentiate. But sometimes I'll just yell both of them, wait for them to turn around, and just point to the one I need or something. Yeah, that one. Yeah, exactly. I'll let you know off the record. Sometimes they know just by tone.
That is true. Like when a kid, when the parents get mad and they yell a name, they're like, oh. Alex. Alex. Yeah. All right. So, I guess really the easiest place to start is a ton of stuff has happened since, I guess, just a year ago for you guys. Last time when we met you in Pacifica. Well, yeah. But, I mean, even about a year ago was the last time I got to see you guys was when you were at Fest. Right, right. And so, like, what has happened more or less since then with you guys? Some stuff. Toying. A few things here and there. A lot of toying. Yeah, as far as us, you know, like the only change we actually made was, you know, signing a side one and putting the record out. But with the exception of that, I mean, it's been the same story since we had the demo out.
Like, just tour, get on the best shows we can, play as well as we can, and try and push whatever record we have. And, like, it's been the same thing. But, like, now it's just people are taking notice and people are stoked. And, yeah. Always a plus. Yeah, it works for me, man. Yeah, it's cool. Yeah, definitely. Has it been weird? Because, I mean, from going from where you guys started to now, we're like, there are people who are, like, super fanatical about you guys. Is that ever weird? Like, do you ever meet people who are like, you guys are totally my favorite band and I have a tattoo on my arm? I think it's pretty awesome. I actually met this kid in Vegas. He had, like, four. Seriously? Yeah, half-sleeved.
Dude, he had one of the coolest band tattoos I've ever seen in my life. So, I was like, dude, that is rad. Like, you had a Ferris wheel, a gaslight, a car. Holy shit. I mean, yeah. Like, I know, and I know for all of us, like, when we were younger, even when we're older, there's always bands that you just go nuts for. Still, I'm the same way. You know what I mean? And, like, if I can do that and somebody can get that into me, it's totally, like, an honor. It's never, like, weird at all. Some girl tried to make out with me in front of her boyfriend the other day, which was really weird. Like, she just came up and, like, grabbed on you and she's like, now we're going to make out. Well, she was like, you know, I want a picture.
She was really, they were really sweet. They were nice people. But it was just, it was kind of inappropriate. But then the next day they came back and gave me some drumsticks because they knew I was uncomfortable. So, it ended up being fine. Now, was he, like, was it, like, was she trying to make him jealous or was he totally into it? No, he was totally cool with it. That's the weird part. Yeah. That's a little weird. Could have gotten gnarly. Yeah. And that's where I'm like, I don't know, what am I, Robert Redford? Yeah. This isn't cool. That's like Prince or something, dude. You kind of want to be Robert Redford. But they did end up being really cool. Yeah. For sure. I think she may have been a little intoxicated.
Yeah, well, you know, they don't always make the best decisions. But, I mean, yeah. But, honestly, like, and we, there's never usually a time that any of us don't have time for anybody until we talk to people. We stole those from the coolers so you can replace them. Here's Bosco, our tour manager. Bosco. Hi. Bosco. She's a lady. Trying to make sure we're hydrated. It's very nice. It's very, very responsible. I think so. It's like the den mother.
Basically. So, one of the things that I've noticed since, like, last year, now that you guys become more and more popular, is, like, a fanatical growing of vinyl collectors with your guys' stuff. Yeah. Because, I mean, like, a year ago, this time you had one thing. You had the one record. And now there's, like, yeah, like, anything anyone can put out of you guys on vinyl, like, like, I'm pretty sure I'm going to press this into a seven inch and I'm going to sell it. Just giving you a heads up. Eight different colors. Yeah. Someone's going to buy it. Eight different colors. Eight different colors. Yeah. Eight different green. Is that, I mean, is that really strange for you? Like, I mean, do you guys own all of your stuff on vinyl?
I don't. I actually know. I would try to, but it's getting harder. Yeah. It's getting harder. But I am, I'm at least a huge vinyl nerd. I love collecting vinyl and stuff. And, I mean, I know, like, a couple of us would like that, which is why we decided, like, anything we put out, we're going to put out on vinyl. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Colors and stuff like that. So, it's cool to see that we got into that niche because it's the niche I've kind of always wanted to get. Yeah. It's true. Yeah. I own most of Sink or Swim, but I can't even keep up now, man. Well, yeah. Like, where did that even come from? Yeah. I mean, like, there's nothing that happens still that we don't know about in advance, but, like, I think it was timing, too, you know?
Like, the resurgence of vinyl, especially with, like, punk and hardcore kids, happened just when we started getting bigger. So, I think we were one of the bands that just, like, ended up being part of that, you know, that rise. But we've also been making a conscious effort, very conscious effort lately for especially the old stuff to stand one color for the rest of the represses. Yeah. I'm trying, actually, because, I don't know, it feels like baseball cards in, like, the early 90s, you know? It's just, like, they started making too many series and then value went down, you know? My Ken Griffey Jr. cards are worth dick now. My Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa cards, two rookie cards. Those are steroid cards.
Those are steroid cards, man. So, we don't want to do that. You know, we don't want to be the Todd Van Poppels of punk rock. There is a reference. I can honestly say that's probably the first time that's come up in an interview. I can imagine Van Poppel's not a popular player. Yeah, he's not a big name there. Someone you just happen to know? Yeah, he was one of those highly touted rookies when he came up. So, I had, like, eight of his cards getting ready for his career, you know? And then nothing happened. And then he didn't have a career. I don't even think he played in majors. Juan Gonzalez, that's another one I had. Juan Gonzalez, another steroid guy. Three rookie cards. Worth nothing. We got a whole Barry Bonds collection at my house because he was a giant.
And now we're kind of like, what do we do? The old 86 tops traded. Yeah. Yeah, I have it, too. It's also worth dick. Yeah, I'm just like, what do I do with this now? I saved them, too. I told my mom. I was like, listen. I'm like, I'm hanging on to them. They're going to be worth so much. I should have sold them 12 years ago. Yeah, that's the thing. Somebody offered me $200 for that same resource. Like eight years ago. It's like, you're crazy. I'm never going to sell this. This is going to be worth so much money. I'm going to retire on this card. Exactly. And well, hopefully that doesn't have most vinyl. I don't know. I think it will to a degree because I think in about two years, there's going to be a bunch of kids who are like, ah, I'm going to move on.
But it's cool, too, because I think you can always listen to it, though. That's I mean, it's it's it's past so many other music mediums. You know what I mean? Like, like it's been around and it's obviously going to stay because it's a beautiful way to listen to records and see records and just like I definitely won't go away. I hope not. I'd certainly buy a shit ton of it, which is track, a track, a track, cassette, cassette, a mini disc because single of the mini disc without that last too many even CDs. Yeah, even CDs. I haven't passed. I have never known a single person who owned a mini disc. Like I heard about it and it was supposed to be huge. And then it like it never it never came up. I own one. Do you?
Terrible. I did. What? It was just basically a tiny CD, wasn't it? I mean, this player. I mean, this player. So you're like, it's like a CD, but it's smaller. Yeah, it's inside a case. So expensive. It's like a tiny CD inside a plastic thing. That's absolutely fucking ridiculous. I never had a player, but I have that Japanese queen mini disc box set that my mom had. Wow. Pretty awesome, dude. Wait, wait, wait. You actually have a queen Japanese mini disc box set? That's absolutely right. So the box set's like what, the size of a Rubik's Cube? It's like what a small handle of alcohol would come in. Something like that. Yeah, yeah. And they're in individual long sleeves. Long boxes? Yeah, long boxes. Wow. Really, it's really pretty cool, actually.
That's, yeah. I picked it my mom for a couple years to get that one. That's pretty awesome. I'm glad it panned out. I'm glad you'll be able to enjoy that forever. Beautiful. They're in my seven-inch band and my brother's. I'll show you. All right. I guess I should get back to you guys and what's going on. Yeah. So, you know, we can, yeah. Clean baseball cards. Fat bomb girls. At one point, we'll actually discuss, you know, what y'all do. But, so you've done, I mean, the last year you've done a ridiculous variety of shows from, yeah, Gaslight Island, from American Steel to, I mean, this, which is, I mean, the venue tonight's like 7,000 people big. Like, what's crazier for you guys, I mean, I don't want to ask preference because obviously each has good and bad, but, like, is it more insane to play, like, a show where there's, like, 300 kids, like, crammed on top of each other or something like this, where there's, like, a ton of kids, but it's the venues, you know, built for that.
I would say. What's more insane? Yeah, what's more, well, what's, you know. More nerve-wracking? Well, yeah. Probably this. Oh, this is far more nerve-wracking. Yeah. Smaller shows by far more fun, at least for me, I'm sure. Yeah, it's in there. All of us. How's the reception been on this thing thus far? Good. It's good. It's warm. I mean, it's one of those things, like, you know, you're opening a tour like this, you wind up playing at 6, 6.30 sometimes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, it's not really our, it's not really our kids and stuff like that. So all those things considered, like, it's been really good. Really good show. The reception's been warm, you know. Nice. I mean, we're not getting, like, in, like, a ride, you know.
Yeah. It's not getting crazy out there. We're not having Gaslight chants, but. Yeah. You don't have kids, like, jumping off the rafters. No, no, no. Not on this one. I don't think the arena staff would be stoked on that. No, that wouldn't really be their thing. No, yeah. No. Well, that's, I mean, that's pretty cool. I mean, did you ever think, like, in a year's period, I mean, that's the thing. It's not, I mean, I don't want to say you're not popular. You are popular. But it's, like, the rise in that period of time has been so drastic that, I mean, is it still something that, like, you're getting used to? Is it weird to show up and they're, like, you know, like, on the American Steel Tour where you, like, show up and there are people there specifically to see your band?
Like, you're not the opener. It's, like, everyone's there for you guys. Especially on that tour, I felt every time we show up to the venue, I was, like, I wonder if anybody's even going to be here. Yeah. No one's going to show up. So, what's the pre-sale? Like, oh, 18. Cool. All right. The kids end up showing up, but. Yeah, yeah. Well, punk kids never buy pre-sale. Yeah, they never buy tickets. They're super lazy. It's just kind of how they go. I mean, it's definitely far different, even from playing-wise, sound-wise, even just trying to, like, you know, you can, in a situation like you were talking about with a, you know, a room with 300 people that's totally packed or something, like, that's no problem whatsoever for us.
You know what I mean? It's not easy. I mean, it's not hard to muster up energy in that kind of situation. There's energy filled in the room, you know what I mean? Yeah, yeah, yeah. If you don't catch on to it, then you're, you know, you're dull or something. Did I just hear an asshole? No. This is a podcast. We're allowed to curse, aren't we? Yeah, you can swear. It's the internet. I heard you curse. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm cursing. No one listens. It's cold. Don't worry. That is one of the hardest parts about it, though. It's, like, getting up there, you're cold, it's early, and just trying to, like, give them the same kind of show that you would give in that other thing, you know? Yeah, yeah, where it's a small, intimate setting and all that.
So we're going to take a quick break here in the middle, play some more tracks by Gaslight Anthem. Hopefully you enjoy them. Yeah. If not, hopefully you're enjoying the interview. If not, I'm not sure why you're still listening, but thanks. It's that kind of lazy listening that keeps us going. So, yeah, more music, the rest of the interview, tune in and enjoy.
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Your last album, the 59th sound, you guys had, like, what, a month or something in L.A. to record that all together? Yeah, to finish recording or finish writing. So how was that? I mean, because, I mean, I know a lot of the rest of your stuff, it was, like, more or less breaks in between practicing and being on the road. How was it, like, having an entire month to kind of just put it all together at the end? Nice. Yeah. Yeah. I enjoyed it. It was cool. We got to mess with some stuff that we normally get to play with. You know, I got to use a bunch of different amps. So Ben got to use the tubular bells. Tubular bells. Tubular bells. Those are fun. Those are fun. They're there. You can hear them. They're there. They're in there.
First of all. So it was cool to, like, be able to experiment with stuff like that and be able to take time to actually, you know, write something worth writing. Yeah. Right. It's dangerous, too, though, because, I mean, you're in that environment with time. And, like, that's when bands, like, a lot of times start getting way too silly. Yeah. Because it sounds cool, but it isn't necessary, you know? Yeah. That's where Ted came in a lot of the way, you know? Yeah, yeah. And the guy who produced it, Ted Hut. Yeah. And, like, just to, you know, all of us make sure, like, we're focused on what we're doing and making sure, like, you know, we're going to go Hollywood on the thing. Now, were you all, like, were you at all nervous?
Because it's like, now we got a month and this is, like, a legit album. And was there any pressure on you guys? Or was it just kind of like, eh? I don't know. I didn't think. I think maybe the next album. Yeah. I definitely feel some sort of pressure, but, yeah, I guess, I guess so, yeah. I always, yeah. Yeah, definitely felt some sort of pressure. I don't know what kind of pressure I was feeling, but. Yeah, I mean, I. I don't really know. Some sort of atmospheric. Yeah, I mean. We were with LA's very ground level. It's a barometric pressure. Yeah. It seemed like it was going to rain constantly. It was hard to tell. I wasn't feeling outside pressure because, you know, I try really not to care about that stuff. That's what I was going for.
I mean, every time I'm, since I was 12 years old, if I've recorded anything with any band, I feel pressure. Yeah, yeah. To make it as good as I can make it, you know what I mean? Absolutely. Yeah, there's always that pressure, for sure. Yeah, yeah. Now, do you guys read any of the reviews on any of your stuff, or do you just, do you try and stay away from that? Only the bad ones. I think it's more fun to read. I know you like the bad ones. I like the bad ones, because they tell you, you know, it's an opinion on what other people think is wrong with your stuff. Yeah. You can read about people who think what you're doing is right, but, I mean, you should think you're doing it right anyway. Yeah, yeah. So, I don't need other people to tell you that.
Is it ever, like, when you read a bad review, is it ever, like, well, that's not even the point? Like, there's not nearly enough rap in this album. Totally. They need more 50 Cent. My favorite was a German one that we had our driver translate, and, like, the only thing he said in German was, to tole scheisse, and I knew exactly what that was. That one kind of came through. I read all of it. I read every review and threads and all that shit, just because I had a sheer curiosity, honestly. But, that being said, I really could give a shit. Yeah. Like, you know, as long as I walk out of the studio, like, stoked on something I made, and my bandmates do, and we're happy with it, then everything else is out of our power, you know?
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you guys, okay, in the last year you've done the EP and then the new album, are you just guys going to take some time and tour and hopefully breathe before we make the next one, or? Breathing would be nice. Yeah. Ideally. I mean, I guess. I don't want to be like, it came out last week, you need to put out a new one, you need to start writing, recording. Yeah, we're going to take a little while and tour for the next, probably, six months or so. Ah, even more, yeah. Actually, yeah, we're in a, yeah, we're about nine months of touring already. Yeah, I was going to say, how often do you guys get home? January. Not often at all. Yeah, and if we're home, it's a couple days. But none of us really have settled homes.
Yeah, I was going to say, do you have permanent residence? No. No. Yeah, me and him are straight floppers. You know, the other guys are flopping with parents and, you know, just like, yeah, we had to do it to be able to go full time. We all had to do it. Yeah. You know, because we all had to quit our jobs and stuff. So, but, yeah, so, again, with that being the case, like, I know most of us don't really even feel that need to go home. Yeah. We probably use a rest, but besides for that, like, homes and that. Yeah. Yeah, but it's not like you have, you know, an address. You know? Yeah. It'll be there waiting for me. Open arms. Like she always does. Like she always does. What's probably the longest break you guys have had in the last, like, 14, 15 months?
Last January. Yeah, last January. Last January we had, what, a month? Yeah. All January, yeah. You guys just, you're like, what do we do with ourselves now? Yeah, but then even in that span of January, we were getting ready, we were writing, you know, we were doing that kind of work. So, I think once you become, like, become a full-time band and shit, especially in the situation we're in, I don't think there's a whole lot of time off. It's just not part of a thing. Oh, yeah. It's not like you guys are making tons of money where you're like, I'm going to take two months off, go to Hawaii. I mean, you can survive on the band, but it's not like, yeah, if you're out on the road, but if you're not on tour, you got to go get real jobs.
Or something, you know. I might deliver for a few weeks while I'm home in January. Yeah. Mm-hmm. It's easy money, man. I'm going to deliver. Going to deliver what? What are you going to deliver? Babies. I'm straight delivering, yo. Yo, I'm going to deliver mad arms. I'm going to deliver new songs, mad beats. Yo, get ready. She's going to drop it. No. I'm going to deliver. I'm going to make the second question right now. I'm going to deliver pizzas. You're going to deliver pizzas? Yeah, it's something I've done a lot, and it's quick money. I get super bored when I'm not doing anything. I would imagine. Plus, it sounds like it'd be all right money if you get tipped. Oh, it's good. It's really good money. Though, I hear pizza delivery guys get robbed a lot.
I'm not trying to jinx anything. The guy I worked with took a delivery before me. He got mugged by three people. Seriously? Kids, man. It's usually kids. Well, yeah. I'd imagine in that situation, it's not a real – it's probably not a hardcore criminal if they're robbing you for pizza and change. Yeah, they're usually kids. Yeah, but still. They usually just want to run your pockets. They're not even interested in the food. Seriously? It's a shame. I don't know. All that good pizza. I mean, if you're going to rob somebody, you don't want to run down the street holding a pizza either. At least a slice or maybe a garlic bread. I don't know. Do you know what he looked like? I don't know, but he had a large pepperoni.
He has three hero sandwiches in his hand, buddy. I had a plate of mussels right in there.
That's all I saw. He should be pretty easy to detect. Look for the kid in front of the liquor store going through a wallet with a plate of mussels. That's him. Some kid opening a oyster shell, counting money. That's your man right there. That's Jersey, dude. So, I want to ask. I know Brian's not here, so I'm not going to get into the bunch of the, like, the, tell me about this song you wrote. But I do want to ask. On the title track for the 59th sound, it references, it's a death, basically. I was curious if someone asked me to ask this. So, if you could shed any light on that, if there's a story behind that, or if it's just a general type question or reference. It's definitely, it's not, it's not specific to any one event.
Like, you know, a number of things happened to us and our friends over, you know, the last, like, couple years and things involving a lot of shit. Brian definitely doesn't always write autobiographically. He writes a lot about what other people are going through and stuff like that. So, I think it was written more on a feeling of what other people, but it definitely wasn't based on any one specific situation. Inspired by, perhaps. Yeah, not based on a single instance. All right, fair enough. He's a storyteller. I'd be like that. He's going to write a book one day. It'll be good. I'm sure he will. It'll be good. Well, fair enough. I want to ask, real quick, because you guys have probably done a ton of interviews in the past year.
What's the best question you've been asked and the worst question you've been asked? God, I hope that the worst one isn't in this interview. The worst question is just in, like, a pool of those, like, 12 every time questions. Yeah. What's it like to be in a band? Yeah. Influences comes up. Yeah, influences. How do you enjoy this recent success? What's your name mean? Do you guys think you sound like Bruce Springsteen? Yeah, boss questions. What are the best ones we got in the best world? The best one was that one, I think, from Moorhead. It was the, you can talk about anything that you never talk about. Like, what's the one question you've always wanted to get? Oh, yeah. Oh. Yeah. He gave that one. That's a pretty good question.
He stumped us, too. We were all like, ah. Yeah, yeah. Ah. Like, what are you talking about? We also really, really hate, like, those garbage, like, you know, teen magazine questions. Top five. Yeah, if anyone asks, like, what my favorite color and my favorite food is, I'm liable to hit him with a microphone. Oh, dude, because that was totally where I was going to go next. What's the craziest thing you've ever done on tour? Like, I'm going to tell you anyway, Jordan. I'm going to tell you your favorite shoes. Smash somebody in the head with a bottle of whiskey. What do you want me to say? That was the time I totally decked this reporter. Right? About five minutes. Stupid questions. Get ready for it. No, absolutely.
I mean, I imagine just, it's got to be the amount of questions that you guys get asked anymore. It's just got to be kind of weird, because, I mean, everybody wants to know. Well, now. Yeah. I guess. I mean, you try, yeah. I like the questions when somebody actually puts thought into them. No, you're not going to get any of that. I'm sorry. I'm kind of like, so, uh, if you could be an animal, what animal would you be? That is a cool question. That would be a dog. A bear with the head of a hawk.
That's from 30 Rock. A dog or a griffin. Dog or a griffin. That's a good one. Half cat, half gator. Half cat, half what? Gator. Gator body cat. Cat-a-gator? Cat-a-gator. Cat-a-gator. Kitty-gator. Kitty-gator. That's going to be on the logo for next year's fest. Cat-a-dile? Cat-a-dile. There's a good number of combinations that work with that one. I like alley-kitty. That's pretty good. But that also sounds kind of like a straight cat, though. It does. But anyhow, I guess I'll wrap it up before it gets too long. I know you guys got a shit ton of things to do. We were going to play for about 27 and a half minutes, and that's about it. There's a – well, you guys got to go to Portland tomorrow, which is a fucking – We got it tomorrow.
Yeah. Today. Yeah. You play tomorrow. You get there today. Yeah. We got some serious trips coming up. Yeah. Have fun with that. Yeah. But before – How it goes. Yeah, before we go, is there anything you guys want to add? Anything you want to say? Congratulations. Shout out. Yeah. Congratulations on getting married. I'm glad we didn't ruin it last time we were there. We were in Pacifica because we know that was a little bit of an interesting night. I think the hardest part – That was an interesting night. The hardest part about that was taking Chris to the airport at 6 in the morning. Yeah, and he left like half of his things at your – Oh, my God. All I remember was making grilled cheese at about 6 o'clock in the morning.
Dude, I woke up that morning. I'm uncomfortable. And I needed to – I needed to find – I forgot about that. I'm so upset.
I could even find a van in the morning. I don't remember getting out of it. That was a rough one. That was a good time. What was it? Fermented kamikaze. That's what they said. Oh, what they had at the Santa Cruz – Oh, the Pacifica venue. Put us all in the – That was all – That was the only advantage I could guess of that show was they were pretty much handing out drinks that night to like anybody. Yeah. I mean, it was a raging show with like 10 people. Yeah, yeah. And no sound guy. For the 10 of us that – Yeah. Basically – But somebody got to go up there and work the lights, which was kind of fun because they just left the booth open. They did. Yeah, all you. And somebody from Signal to Noise. Yeah, Signal to Noise started to work the lights.
Wasn't that also the first time you saw the Pacific Ocean? It was the first time I saw the Pacific Ocean. It was pretty cool. Yeah, it's not the best view from Pacifica, but it's a good ocean. So, you know, I would have gone San Diego, but Pacifica is not a bad way to see it. I saw that one too. Yeah. Take a cheek and go. That was the first time I went into the ocean of the Pacific Ocean. In Pacifica? Oh, in San Diego. Yeah, I was like, God, tell me you didn't – It's like 30 degrees and overcast would not have been pleasant. But, yeah, so, yeah, anything other than congratulations, which is weird. I don't – it's weird being brought up on the show. Take it like a man.
Nah, just, I don't know. Thanks. And I hope we see anybody who's listening soon. Stoked that you're doing the interview. I'm just bringing questions up for you. Believe me, no – we've done like 90 of these. No one wants to hear anything, I got to say. Why don't you lie down and tell me something about your mother? I'll bring you up the wheel of cheese. All right. I think we'll wrap this up. Good luck with the show and the rest of your 25 years on tour. Thanks. Enjoy it. Appreciate it, man. All right. That's all of it. That's the whole interview with Alex, Benny, and Alex. Three really, really good guys. Like, super nice, super friendly. Like, I mean, can't say enough good about them. Well-dressed, very polite. The kind of guys you'd want to date your sister.
Maybe. But, uh, so, yeah, keep listening. Keep an eye out for Gaslight Anthem. They're – I mean, I expect more and more good stuff from them in the next, you know, three or four years. I mean, unless they all get addicted to, like, crack cocaine or – and even then, who knows? Maybe they make some great crack cocaine music. No one – you can't – Rick James. Some of his best music was made on cocaine. Unity. I've never actually heard that song. I just know he had a ring with Unity on it.
Thanks, Dave Chappelle, for that bit of information. But, um, yeah. So, like I said, this – we're going into the holiday break. We will wrap up our Austin Lucas, our MC Chris contest, and all of that next week. I was going to do a contest for Gaslight Anthem because I've been really listening to them for – I mean, since more or less before Sink or Swim came out when they were just a, you know, new music roundup or whatever they were on Punk News. And so, I have a bunch of old Gaslight Anthem vinyl. I was going to give one away. But then I was like, fuck, it's worth so much money. I'm not going to give it to some kid just so we could sell it on eBay. So, sorry, kids. I'm probably going to sell it on eBay before I give it away.
It's kind of fucked up, but I bought it first because I love – no one knew that their fucking black – the black copies or Sink or Swim were going to go for fucking $200 on eBay. No one predicted that. People bought it because they liked the music. Like, now, all their new shit, everybody buys because they figure it's going to go for $80 to $100 on eBay. But back then, nobody knew. Nobody was buying Gaslight Anthem vinyl. Fucking no one. Man, believe me. I talked to them and they're like, no one's buying this fucking shit. And now everybody wants it. So, fuck. I feel I'm justified in selling all my shit for tons of money. So, save up during the holidays, bitches, because you're going to give me all your money.
Enjoy the holiday season, your Kwanzaa, your Hanukkah, your Christmas. Even if you don't celebrate anything, enjoy it. Enjoy all the sales. Enjoy the fact that, like, fucking Walmart's going to be open at 2 in the morning every fucking day through the new year. And you can enjoy the blood money that fuels America's biggest retailer. Awesome. We'll see you guys all in a couple of weeks. And one more song from Gaslight Anthem. Be sure to write in. SoundSceneRevolution at gmail.com. MySpace.com backslash SoundSceneRevolution. Yeah, man. Good friends with Rupert Murdoch. Check it out. And we'll see you guys in a couple of weeks. Bye.
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