Interview with Off With Their Heads - Podcast 94

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Thank you for tuning in. We have an interview today. We have a lot going on, actually. We wrapped up our 1-2-3-4-go records contest, and we have a winner, and they're going to be getting CDs. I'm not going to give them a name, because apparently here's some funny shit. But we have enough listeners at this point that we actually have people with the same first name in same regional locations. And so we try not to announce names, because I don't want to get someone's fucking hopes up. They're like, I'm David from Nevada. I'm totally going to win, even if you didn't send an email. You just assume somehow we knew you were listening, and we're fucking down with you, David from Nevada. So you assume that maybe you won, and then you send us an email, and you're like, I never got my stuff.

And we're like, because you never won shit. And then you get mad at us. But we don't want that. We want you to be happy when you talk to us, and we want you to enjoy our company. And so we're not announcing shit anymore. Also, I'm lazy, and I don't like pronouncing people's names. Sometimes all you fucking parents out there who give your kids fucking 20-syllable fucking names, your kid's name should be David, Ryan, or Michael, if it's a guy. If it's a girl, she doesn't listen to her show, so you can name her whatever the fuck you want. We're total fucking cockfest in here. It's disgusting. It's really, it's kind of depressing. But that's that. We got that out. We got a new interview today. It is with the fine folks of Off With Their Heads.

We were supposed to do an interview with them like four months ago. But Ryan from Off With Their Heads kind of had a nervous breakdown apparently on that tour and was not really much for chatting. So it's respectable. So we didn't get the interview. But we got it today. And it's pretty fucking phenomenal. This was right after their show from when they played with Thorns of Life, which was fucking unbearable. If you're a fan of Jawbreaker, you can get mad at me if you want. But hearing a fucking middle-aged man sing about the time that he lost his fucking virginity is really uncomfortable. It really made me squirm. And yeah, dude. If you're 16 and you write a song about losing your virginity and you perform it when you're 30, it's one thing.

If you're in your mid-30s and you were suddenly looking back and you were like, hey, you remember that first time I had sex? I'm going to write about that. I don't know. Maybe it's because hindsight, you know, you view history through different lenses. But I would not write that song. And it would be a really short song if I was to write it. If you know what I'm saying. It's a premature ejaculation issue. It's taken care of. There's medicine for it now. Anyhow, we're going into the interview with Off With Their Heads. We're going to play some tracks from their full length from the bottom. Because they don't have anything else new out yet. So enjoy it and bye.

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All right, so we are outside of 924 Gilman with the folks from Off With Their Heads. If you guys want to say hello. Hello. This is a podcast, by the way. Yeah, it's for the internet. It's going to go live. Yeah. It's live right now. Anything you want to say. Yeah. It's live to the person listening. Can we swear? Yes. Yeah, because it's the internet. Because it's the internet. No one hears, dude. No one listens. So we're really wasting. We're wasting time. But do you guys want to introduce yourself so everyone can kind of differentiate? I'm Ryan. I play the bass and sing. Hey, I'm Zach and I like to party.

I'm Robbie. I play guitar and sing and write all the songs. Mario. Mario. Drums. All right. Nice. Not bad. Quick, brief. I like it. So, I guess. Did you say sex with a panther? Aqua Panthers. Also good. So, I guess the easiest place, just a brief history of the band or how you guys got to be where you are today. Oh, shit. Perseverance. How you've continued to this point. Tons of sadness piled with nacho cheese is why I wound up sitting outside of this goddamn fucking old building that Rancid played in once, which was pretty cool. Rancid Green Day. No, no, not Green Day. Just Rancid. Don't taint me. It's all cool. Let's not put the bad memories in there. We, I don't know, we started in 2002 with none of the people that are in this van except for me and wound up fucking 15 or 16 members later touring around.

Actually, I think you're like probably the 21st member of the band, which is super fucked up the more I think about it. So, but yeah, I don't know that that's a really terrible answer to your question. Rancid. It's, it's, it's an answer and that's all. All right. Well, if that's all you want for me, there's no good and bad answers. There's just, there's just rancid, just answers. So out of how, what is probably the position you guys have rotated through the most? Cause you said they've been through like 20 something folks. Bass players, right? I guess. Yeah. Like bass players always are just fucking terrible. And like none of them can ever like, yeah, we are the one we have now. Like I like him. He's like a good looking dude.

He like, he like takes care of business on the road, but like he just can't tune his bass. You gotta tune it. You gotta tune it up. It's too many strings. Yeah. You gotta whittle it. You gotta whittle it down. It really has been bass players mostly that we've gone through and like a couple of guitar players here and there, but guitarists, pardon me. You guys, that's about it. See, you asked, you asked a new child receive. Fair enough. So you guys have been on the road the last year, probably more than almost any other time in your entire existence. Almost any other band in their existence. Yeah. I was going to say the last year you've, it's like all the years of motorhead combined into one. Boom. So how has that been?

I mean, considering, you know, before then hasn't been that extensive touring. Red dragon. Red dragon. No, it's been awesome, man. Like, I don't know. Fuck it. Who cares? None of us can like get a job. Well, except for him. Cause he's like the Ted Bundy of jobs. What? He fucking rapes jobs and kills them and like takes all their money. Oh, that is a good metaphor. I shouldn't say that. But, uh, no, like, I don't know, man. Like, fuck, who cares? We're, we live in this van that you're sitting in right now. It's a good van. No one knows who you're referencing cause it's audio. Yeah. So call him out. You gotta say his name. You can't just say that guy. Who is Ted Bundy? Yeah, Mario. Mario is Ted Bundy. Now there is no question.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry about that. It's all right. But yeah, I don't know, man. It's fucking rad. We live, we don't make any money, but we live off of it. We eat Wendy's cause we're pieces of shit and it's fucking whatever. I don't know. We just saw another state of mind. Like we're not as goofy as Mike Ness. At least I don't fucking put makeup on my face to express how sad I am and get sympathy from the crowd. But I'm going to do that tomorrow for sure. That's the next, next gig. I'm definitely doing that tomorrow. When you guys start your House of Blues tour. I just changed my whole philosophy on that. I'm going to put makeup on and you are too, Mario. Cause you're a fucking piece of shit. Get ready for that. All right.

Next question. And I'm just, I'm sorry. I'm looking at the decor of your van. It's cool. Yeah. It's pretty gnarly. Sorry about that. It's all right. That has to do with truck stops and loneliness.

What has been probably the hardest part of touring for you guys for the last year or so? Ah, Zach, feel this one. Passing it off. Wait, what? The hardest part of touring. What is the hardest part of touring? He was like, oh shit, he's serious. I wasn't ready for that. I don't know. None of it's really very hard. No. It really isn't that hard cause none of us live anywhere. So we don't really have any rent to pay. We don't have any bills. So like we just sit here, dick around, make fart jokes and dick jokes to each other and get paid for it. Yeah, it's way easier. Anyone that complains about, and I'm fucking, what, what are you like, 38? 39. You're like 39 years old. I'm like 28 years old. Mario is the young, whatever, you guys don't even matter cause you guys are gone.

But like think about it, we're older than most bands that do this. Like fucking stupid dumb hair bands that like get record deals and go on buses and shit right away. Fuck that. We're old dudes and we fucking party.

That's terrible. Quick, next question. Quick, quick, quick. No particular reference to the hair bands. All right. So, um, come on. I'm going to have to go to the written questions. Yes, definitely. Figure out what we got here. Hold on. Yeah, dude. Read your napkin, motherfucker. This is written on a bar napkin in between beers. So hold on. Oh, you guys have a new, uh, collection of singles coming out called, uh, I believe the 69 sound. Nice. So, uh, is that in fact true? Well, I mean, it's called that. So, uh, what was the motivation behind that? Well, seriously, like, I was like 69ing my girlfriend and I was like, man, that sound is great. So I was like, fuck it. Let's just call it record that. Like, if I could think about anything that sounded better than 69ing my hot ass girlfriend named Renee, I could not ask for a better record title than mine.

And, you know, any other, like, speculation that it's like has to do with something else, that's just bullshit. That's garbage. Yeah, it's total garbage. Next question. Fair enough.

She's going to love that. That is an exclusive. So, uh... It really is. It is in your eye. Alright, so that's the, uh, middle section. We've reached the midpoint of the interview. We're going to take a break. We're going to play some music. And then we're going to jump back into it. Uh, and listen. We don't have a contest this week. But you'll find some reason to keep listening. Because you're awesome. So listen to the rest of the interview. And enjoy some music from off of their heads. Off of their full length from the bottom.

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You guys actually only have one, like, full, intentionally recorded as an album. Album, correct? That's from the bottom? Well, I mean, there's Hospitals. Oh, but Hospitals is more of an EP, isn't it? It's eight songs. Okay. I'm not... It's teetering on the brink of the laziness that we constantly teeter on the brink of. Yeah, alright. Yeah, you're right. Although, like, that one's the only, like, full record. Robbie, shut the door. We're fucking doing an interview. So, Robbie, either get out. Robbie got out. Robbie was like, fine, then. Alright. Robbie had to deal with the Gilman security. The guy was like, you guys gotta get the fuck out. What the fuck, really? Alright. Thorns of Life tour bus is pulling in. We don't have room for all this.

Uh-oh. Oh. Blake's never gonna talk to me now. So, what is going on? This is a 69 sound in terms of what you guys have done. Wait, what? What do you mean by that? So, it's a collection of your singles, previous work. It's a second collection of singles of shit that we've done, and it's, like, seven inches and also shit that we haven't, like, released yet. Because we have, like, there's something like 15 songs to choose from. We'll probably only release, like, 12 of them. Okay. So, and that's coming out on No Idea? Yes. Fantastic. So, how do you guys actually hook up with the folks of No Idea?

That security guard was just like, hey, what's up? How did I hook up with them? Yeah. How did you hook up with the folks? I just called them and asked them to put out a record, and I did. And I'm not shitting you. That's actually what I did. You just called them, and you're like, hey, guys. Literally. I called them and was like, do you want to do this? And they said, yeah. Really? That's pretty fantastic. So, for all you bands that want to do something, call No Idea. And if you want their number, send me a MySpace message, and I will give you the No Idea office number. Call them and ask them to put out your record. Ask to speak with VAR. You know, that sounds really fucked up, but, like, do it. Fuck it. Who cares?

Like, what's the worst that can happen? They're like, fuck you. I only, like, some ridiculous bullshit like that. I don't think they've put out a whole album yet. No, I saw it on their, like, upcoming, like, you know, they have a whole section of, like, upcoming really shitty bands that they're going to put out. Check that shit out. And then, like, think that your band's better than that, and then call them and put them out. The thing about you guys is you guys are crazy.

Hold on. I heard you guys were putting out. We are way fucking better than that. Just letting you know. Dude, are you a. No, I'm not. Okay, good. I'm actually. I don't even. I am. I don't know what. But, like, sucks.

I'm not. You're going to get your van tires. Yeah. From. Fansville, they're going to paint flowers on our tires. Dude, you guys are dicks. Whatever. All right. A bunch of guys on bikes are coming up to your show. Whatever. Fuck those guys. I'll kill them.

Sound guy Nairman likes Ryan from off of their heads. I'm just fucking. You guys got me in a bad time. I'm drinking cider. What are you drinking? Donuts. Keep going. Seriously. All right. I got only, like, four minutes left. Before you black out? No, I'm not going to black out. I just really want to smoke a pig.

Fair. Enough.

Justin, you got a question? Oh, no. I actually want you to ask, like, number eight on that. Number eight? That should be fun. Number eight?

Members of the Lawrence Arms. Yes. Would you care to comment on that? I did shots with Brendan from the Lawrence Arms at the fest, and all things that we had, he forgave me for trying to kill him with my guitar, which I did do, and I almost killed him. When did you try to kill Brendan with your guitar? It was before a fest, like, a couple years ago, and, like, I don't know. He told me to, like, lig his balls or something at a show, and I fucking swung my guitar at his head. And you know what? Now, when I'm in Chicago, I go to the bar he works at, and he theoretically gives me free shots. He's a good dude. He's a weird dude. And I'm saying this on the fact that I know that he might hear it. No, he doesn't. Brendan, you're cool, but you're a weird dude.

And I enjoy it, because now I get it. Now you understand it all makes sense. I understand it, and I got no beef. There's bigger problems to deal with than the Lawrence Arms. Especially if they're going to give you free shots. And I like the Lawrence Arms, like, old shit. Like, I told them that. Like, they're old stuff. I haven't heard any of the new stuff, to be honest with you, but. The one where they got the female singer and the banjo player? That shit is. Are you serious? No, I'm just fucking with you. I'm told. No, you're talking about fucking.

Hippie dickholes. I'm just going to keep bringing that up throughout. I'm going to be like, oh, yeah, like. Next! The fucker was in a ska band. He was. I know that. I booked a show for him once when I was in high school. Really? Yeah, they were bad. I wouldn't mind. Well, I'd imagine. And then they turned into hipsters that like. And now they're in a show and talk about how they go to college. Oh, we're college educated. Have you ever read their bio? No, I haven't. It's ridiculous. We're all college educated musicians who decided to like, you know, like spend our lives touring around. We're just like, fuck you, douchebag. Fucking hippie. We were attending university. We attended university. I don't know. Honestly, I've never really listened to that band, but whatever.

I have no idea what I'm talking about. But the hippie dome is enough in my line. Based on what you've heard from hearsay, if you were to give it a. Oh, shit. This is good for what? Oh, someone's coming in. Oh, it's Lisa from Ant Magazine. She's pissed at us. Go away, dude. We're almost done. We're going to wrap this up. Yeah, you really need to wrap this up. All right. We're going to wrap this up. As we wrap it up, first question, two questions as we get to it. Number one, did Brian just hit it? Brian just hit himself in the face? No, it's cool. What's the next question? Continuing. Last of two questions. Number one, any results from the herpes test? Negative. Negative on the herpes test. I have no herpes, and I am having some sweet-ass, unprotected sex with my hot-ass girlfriend.

Every two months. What? That's the rhythm method. That's safe. Next. Next question. Anything you guys want to say before we wrap this up? Any shout-outs? Anything you'd like to plug? Sorry to d**k. Seriously, it's cool. You guys are cool. Don't slash their tires. Oh, don't paint flowers on our tires. We won't slash your tires and fucking gut you and drink your blood. Everything's cool. Mario, anything you'd like to say? I'm good. Mario likes the gaslight anthem a lot. A little bit. Yeah, he does. So he's kind of bummed about our 69 sound thing. Don't worry. Which is cool. Seriously, I don't care what anyone likes. I don't know why people get so bent out of shape about that sort of shit. Eh, because people like to get upset.

Like, if you guys like shit that I don't like, who cares? No, I remember when you were giving Gangloff shit about that, though. The gaslight anthem? Yeah. Well, yeah. I was just trying to figure out what the deal was. I didn't realize that he was a 16-year-old girl.

Alright, end the interview. And that's it. We'd like to thank you guys for coming out. Thank you guys. Enjoy the rest of your tour, and we will hopefully see you in the future. Alright, man. Alright, that's it. That's the whole show. I hope you liked it. I hope you enjoyed the interview. We'll be back next week. Feel free to drop us a line at soundscenerevolution at gmail.com, on our MySpace, or at the comments section of the webpage, we take that shit seriously. We got a bunch of emails recently, including one, you know, with interview requests, and someone requested that we interview Frank Turner, and we fucking did, son. We fucking interviewed Frank Turner, and it was fucking amazing.

Actually, we were going to do that anyway, but we appreciate the thought, and it's good to know we're getting people you want. So, keep emails coming in, and we will continue to check them with increasing irregularity. Have a good week. Oh, you may have noticed that there were a few beeps in the episode, a few things taken out. Ryan from Off With Their Heads asked if we could remove some content simply for his own convenience.

Yeah, I mean, it wasn't a big deal. He cried a little bit when he was talking to us about it. And, you know, he bit, he bitched and moaned, and we decided to oblige. No, I'm just kidding. But, we removed some stuff, so you might have noticed. Uh, if you really want to know what it is, figure out how the fuck to use Google. Maybe Google will help you. Have a good week.

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