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The volume’s up and the lane’s wide open: Like Ghosts return with a sound that folds bright synths into crunching guitars and somehow makes heartbreak feel like a victory lap. We sit down to map the jump from viral covers to original anthems, unpack why Wish You The Best leans further into pop and EDM without losing its punch, and trace the throughline that connects Better Now to the band’s next chapter.

On tour, the new cuts didn’t just work—they ignited the room. The band shares how live crowds validated the shift, why Better Now closes like a “win,” and where Like I Do lands as the EP’s heartbeat with harder rock hits and bigger electronic payoffs. We get candid about lyrics too: still emo at the core, but sharpened with pop phrasing and real-life detail that sets scenes you can feel. If you’re craving modern pop punk with festival-ready sheen, this conversation sketches the blueprint.

We also zoom out: how strategic covers turned casual clicks into committed fans, why summer 2009 energy can live in 2025 production, and what it’s really like navigating a label-backed tour from a sprinter van. Expect nostalgia, Digimon soundtrack love, Power Rangers trivia, and a refreshingly honest look at a band evolving in public—on purpose. Tap play for a story-driven deep dive into pop punk revival, EDM-rock crossover, and the EP that ties it all together.

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SPEAKER_00:

What is up, everybody? Welcome back to the Hook and Bridge podcast. I am your host, Harley, joined by my co-host and little sister, Chris. And for a round two, guys, we've got like ghosts on the show again. What is that, everybody? We got Noel, we got Gage, we got Tyler. How's it going, man?

SPEAKER_01:

It's going good. You're the first one to have us on twice, the first podcast. So no shit.

SPEAKER_00:

Hell yeah. You're you're the first one. I just told Noel, um, you're the first one in the new studio. We just moved. Um, so you're the first interview in the new studio, man. Well, we're happy to be here.

SPEAKER_01:

And I also like that you wore your uh Green Ranger uh costume, Chris. That's a throwback to the conversation that has happened.

SPEAKER_00:

Dude, your guys' interview that we did last time was so fun, and honestly, the fans loved it. It might be like one of the favorite episodes of our entire show, hands down. Um, you guys also have created a handful of super fans from our show. Uh, specifically Chris. Chris is a super fan if I've ever seen one.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, I won't shut up.

SPEAKER_01:

So well, no, please tell us how great we are.

SPEAKER_00:

I've had it, I've had it, man. I I I've been waiting for this moment. I'm so excited.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, dude, guys, like it's yeah, I don't I don't even know what to say. I think I own every song you guys have on Apple Podcast. I think. No way. If I'm missing one, like tell me.

SPEAKER_01:

I appreciate it. I was joking about that, though. You don't have to tell us how good, bro.

SPEAKER_04:

I need somebody that's not my mom to also be also being allowed.

SPEAKER_01:

All the listeners are gonna be like, Man, I kind of like this band, but they seem got douchebags.

SPEAKER_00:

No, couldn't could be further from the truth, man. You guys are awesome. Um, no, you your music's obviously incredible. We went over that a little bit last time. We're gonna dive more into that this time. Um, because last last show was more of a get to know you guys. This show is gonna be a little more in-depth. Um, but I know Chris has some specific questions on a few songs. Uh, we're here to celebrate Wish You the Best, though. Let's talk about let's talk about that for a minute. Um, what a sonic shift, literally from the last time. Like Wish You the Best is so different than better now.

SPEAKER_01:

Really? You think so? Wow.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, yeah. I feel like yeah, I feel like you leaned far more into the pop than than the last time, and I thought the last one was really pop heavy, but this one is far more of the electronic side.

SPEAKER_01:

Nice, yeah. Well, I mean, I I pretty yeah, I mean, I produced those songs uh together, but that's cool to hear that. This is what I'm going for, so I'm guessing getting closer.

SPEAKER_00:

Now, the um guitar though, Noelle, fucking brutal in that song, man. You kill it in that one. Well, thank you.

SPEAKER_06:

A lot of that, well, a lot of that writing does come from from from Gage, and so a lot of stuff just kind of gets sometimes maybe maybe ad-libbed or switched alive, but mainly for studio stuff, it's a lot of what gage has in the dome, and then he just lets it rip on the session. And we do fine-tune and oh, dude, let's do this, that, and there. And then Andrew also puts his spice in there as well with some lead lines and like measures of of things. But overall, I would I would agree with you though that it is more of a shift from even from better now. I think it's that bridge song that connects the old stuff to the new stuff where yeah, that one sits in the pocket where it could it could grab both, and then wish you the best is more of that. Um, this is what it's kind of gonna be like for a little bit, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Right. Um, how are we how are we enjoying uh the reactions to the two songs comparatively?

SPEAKER_01:

Um people seem to love it. I mean, we have pushed harder on these two songs than I think we've ever pushed in the other songs, but it seems to be working and people seem to uh to enjoy it. I will say I I think I can speak for everybody when I say that like those songs are like kind of a high point in our set. We just got off sword, so like that was like those the new songs are like there's a lot of energy there, and I think it goes off really well.

SPEAKER_00:

What about you, Tyler? How do you how you feeling about it?

SPEAKER_04:

So wish you the best for me, like legitimately. I mean, I feel like it fits in with better now, but it feels to me like a modern version of like a Forever the Sickest Kids song. If Forever the Sickest Kids is still like dropping albums, that's what it really feels like to me, and I love them. So when we're playing that live, I'm like running around. I think uh I think it was the stop in Atlanta. I was like, there was a drum riser for a drummer on tour that was like 10 feet above the ground, it was so high up that it was like I'm 6'4, and I'm telling you, his drums were sitting higher than my head up there, and I was running around the side, jumping up on his stage with him just to play that song because that song gets me hyped.

SPEAKER_00:

That's awesome, man. Um, Noel, how's the reaction been for you?

SPEAKER_06:

I like it a lot. The biggest tell for me um has been live because it's interesting to mix obviously the old songs with these newer songs because it is really two, it's like two different sounds, two different types of people, you know. And so for me, for them to like fit in well and get received well, even inside of the same set, um, that's like the big validation for me, where not that I didn't have any faith in them or like thought, you know, anything that they weren't gonna be like great, but uh for me, that's just the tell where if the same group of people that came to watch us because they heard the old stuff, but they like this stuff, is gonna be the probably the biggest part of validation for myself. So I like it, I dig it. I've gotten good uh at least for me visually, I've gotten good um uh reception to it all.

SPEAKER_00:

So do you guys dive into reading um comments at all on your stuff?

SPEAKER_01:

Yes, I read all the comments.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh do you comments?

SPEAKER_04:

Gage actively does read all the comments, he doesn't even know this, but I got like multiple YouTube accounts, and one of the ones back in the day, like I'll go on there and he'll reply to me, and he didn't even know he answered. He answered me on something. But like legitimately, I'll go check like after the fact, and Gage has actively read everything.

SPEAKER_01:

Tyler's just making Brennick accounts to fuck with me, dude.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, dude. This is how you gas like your singer, bro. Bro, I just logged into the YouTube and fucking Toaster Muncher left a comment four years ago. I'm gonna sucks.

SPEAKER_00:

So if it first off, Gage, you gotta stop reading the comments. Number one. Number two, um, you're you're far too famous for that shit. Uh number two, um there, I don't remember what song it was, but somebody put a comment that said, I came for the covers and I stayed for the originals. Is that like the best reaction for you guys? Is like being known for so long as the guys that did this cover song or that cover song to have a fan base that came to see those types of things and then end up saying, Oh, I love their original stuff too.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I mean, yeah, absolutely. And that was the intention. I mean, all the covers are all just like marketing, right? Conversion to bring them in to the to the originals. So, I mean, people like that, that's exactly what we're we're trying to do. So, yeah, man. Well, the cover can work.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, because you don't really want to be to where it's the other story where it's like, oh man, I wish their originals were better than the covers, or I wish I like their yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, no kidding.

SPEAKER_00:

Do you feel like one of the greatest compliments that you guys could get is for um for somebody to say something along the lines of like, oh, their version of this song is what I know as the original? Like so great example, Nirvana's live album. Half of that album is covers, but for 15 years I thought it was their songs, didn't realize they were covers for a very long time.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, exactly. With uh Man Who Sold the World, I didn't know that one.

SPEAKER_00:

Right, right. Yeah, so like you you synonymize them with the original, yeah, you know, so it would that be like the biggest compliment for you guys for somebody to be like, Oh, I thought that was your song.

SPEAKER_01:

Um, I mean, maybe. I mean, I think that just means that they heard it first. I've gotten that reaction a lot for ghosts by Justin Bieber. Um, that's the one where people are always like, Oh, I thought this was your song. Actually, what my kid, dude, he uh heard the Justin Bieber song like on the radio in the car, like during with his mom. And uh apparently he was super mad that like, why is he singing Gage's song? And yeah, and then uh uh I also had one where uh a buddy of mine uh he said he was shopping like in the grocery store and he heard it come on, uh, and he thought it was like a cover of our song. So that's awesome. Yeah, that that that Justin Bieber cover specifically has has gotten that. But I think that's just because a lot of like core kids don't listen to like Justin Bieber deep cuts, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00:

I was gonna say, yeah, that's a deep cut Justin's Justin Bieber song. So like of course, you know that, but that's similarly, like nobody knew Man Who Sold the World, you know what I mean? Like I didn't know that was a David Bowie song, and I also love the David Bowie version, but like I think of Nirvana when I think of that song. Um, and and I think that's so cool to see like music be able to carry on a new life from artists who can bring a new version or a new image to it. Um what the all of this led into a different question. What is going to be the new cover song for this new sound? You guys are you gotta be cooking up something, right?

SPEAKER_01:

We we're focused on originals um right now, just because we have so many to write. I mean, we got we have to finish the CP that's upcoming, there's more to come after that. So I mean, we've got a lot of original songs to write. Um I think if we were to just like choose one, it would probably be like another throwback cover. Um, or on the opposite end, if there was just some song that came out that was just on fire and like the biggest thing in the world right now, and we genuinely loved it, then we'd cover that too. But as far as like actively like cooking stuff up, I mean I've got tons of covers on my laptop right here, but it's nothing that's like we're seriously cooking up right now or anything.

SPEAKER_03:

So love Gage, I'm so happy to hear that because I was one of those where it's like, oh dude, the covers are sweet, you know what I mean? My wife straight upset, just a panty dropper, and uh and and then I started deep diving and I was like, Oh my god, I love this song. Bye. Oh my god, I love this song, bye. Like, so what is the cover? What's this, Justin Bieber? I do not own this one.

SPEAKER_00:

Uh Ghost. Um you probably do have it and think it's their song.

unknown:

Probably do.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, that's uh sorry, sorry, Bieber.

SPEAKER_06:

Um he's got enough money, dude. He's okay.

SPEAKER_00:

So we're coming off a tour. How was the tour? Because you guys haven't been on tour in a little bit, and this one was a little more spread out than your last one, right? So how how was the new image of like ghosts being on a new label, um, transitioning into a new family dynamic with that label and just having kind of that backing behind you on this tour? How do you feel that went?

SPEAKER_01:

It was like an entirely, it was almost it's almost like being a new band with um a couple old songs that we play, almost like but yeah, because we're everything's new. I mean, from from the songs to like you're saying, the label to the merch, a lot of these uh markets are the first time that we play these markets too. So it's like just from top to bottom. Uh it's like being a new band.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah. I will say, Peter promised me you're gonna be coming to Virginia. That was a promise made, so don't forget.

SPEAKER_01:

I got you. I got you. We'll do one in person.

SPEAKER_04:

Next band meeting, we'll get on on that.

SPEAKER_00:

Okay, yeah, there you go. You don't he said, Don't worry, they're coming. I said, All right, because I'm gonna be there. Um, so I know we're cooking on this new EP. Can you give me a little insight to the next song we might expect to come out?

SPEAKER_01:

So I think the next thing to come out is gonna be the EP, uh, not another song, but we do have one of the other three songs done. So one of those three songs. We were playing it live on tour. Uh, it's a song called Like I Do. I think it's my favorite on the record, to be honest. Um, I think so. I think that might be my favorite. But um, yeah, it's super cool. Uh the uh the rock parts rock harder, the EDM parts EDM harder.

SPEAKER_06:

So, you know, so yeah, so it's like kind of one of those where if you thought better now was a cool blend of like this style and that style, um, and then if you thought that better now was more on this side, then now it's like if you were to combine Wishy the best and better now, and now this is right in now that pocket. So that is where I think we're landing on what sound we're going for, but it just could be because kind of we've all had a collective in insight on it. Um, it still comes from the same process where, like, you know, Gage writes and has the big chunk of that done, and then Andrew writes some licks on it, and then we all kind of oversee and have a community input on it towards the towards the tail end. But that song I'd say if like you were to literally blend those two because it's like because if you thought Wishy the Best was more synth and electronic, like I do, is a more like rock version of that.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm loving the evolution, man. Like the evolution is so cool. I love the sound that you guys are developing, and I like that you're doing it within the album, you know what I mean? I like that that we're able to kind of like piece together what this new sound, this new image is gonna be and be able to see the next step of that in the future. Um, are you guys anticipating? Because I know you said you got a lot to write right now. Are you anticipating? I mean, you must be uh anticipating next steps after this EP.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, um, after that, it's gonna be probably just honestly more touring and more pushing that EP until um it's time to drop the next one, and it just doesn't stop.

SPEAKER_06:

But yeah, and then we're gonna yeah, and then we're gonna go back to metal.

SPEAKER_01:

So no, we're actually uh I don't know, we're gonna do like Americana. Well, actually, we we do like really fuck heavy with country music, so that might be another you guys gonna go the post Malone route? I mean, like we well, we covered that song. We cut that was another yeah, so this is a deep cut here.

SPEAKER_06:

Now that you like you said that it's not gonna happen, but this brought this just joggled my memory. But so I'm not a big fan of like bluegrass because that's like way another subgenre of country that's like I won't even really touch anything about it. But I found this YouTube channel that this band called the Beverlies, and they're a bluegrass band, and they did a cover uh Red Hot Chili Peppers by the way. Oh no shit, and that's and that today, like to date, has become now my favorite version of that song because it's so sick. So look up like by the way, bluegrass cover, the Beverlies. Like, look it up because it goes pretty hard.

SPEAKER_00:

I gotta cue it up for after this. I'm definitely gonna listen to that. Dude, I love the chili pepper so much.

SPEAKER_06:

It was a it was a sweet treat that I found just one day on YouTube.

SPEAKER_00:

You guys ever mess with uh uh Richard Cheese? You ever listen to any of Richard Cheese's stuff? No, dude.

SPEAKER_03:

So the the whole is this is this a dick joke?

SPEAKER_00:

No, well, so his name is a joke, his name is Dick Cheese, but um he does uh like duo versions of of like rap songs, so like he does a duo version of WAP, and dude, it's one of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life. Like you it's like imagine like Nora Jones singing WAP, like it's it's that level of like jazz, like club music.

SPEAKER_06:

I think I've seen a version of that. I don't know if it's the same guy, I'll look it up, but I actually have seen somebody that does it. Yeah, dude, for art so good. Of just pop, rock, whatever type of songs.

SPEAKER_00:

Right, right, right. Um so we're anticipating next steps. We got this EP coming out. Um is there going to be some sort of a ballad element to this EP? Because so far you've put out some really heavy pop, like hard-hitting songs. Is there going to be like a softer track on the EP?

SPEAKER_01:

I don't think on this one, unfortunately, not much to my dismay. Um maybe on the next one. I would like to. We actually have no ballads. We have like two acoustic versions of some of our older songs, but we have no ballads like in our entire discography. So um it would be something I it was designed that way. Like at some point, like I want to do a ballad, but um yeah, but we we already have like this CP completely like in the oven. It's not done, but it's in the oven, you know what I mean? And so, like, yeah, there's there's no ballads on it, unfortunately.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, because like the song after that, I don't know if it's gonna be like the there's no more singles after after Wish You the Best, but like the fourth song, at least for me, the working title. Uh sorry y'all like the the working title colder, like that song's a bop. So like how Tyler was saying that like it's kind of like Wishy the Best is kind of F T S K. Like this one is like really like FTSK, like fucking blast your uh blast your radio with the windows down and you're fucking riding on a on a cool sunny day.

SPEAKER_01:

That's summer 2009.

SPEAKER_06:

Exactly. Oh, I like that. Oh, I like that. Summer oh nine. That's the that that's this feel, and I I love that song. Like, I can't wait for that one to come out because that one is gonna be my personal favorite whenever it drops.

SPEAKER_00:

So do you feel that um you guys are kind of bringing back that type of sound?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I I I I think so. I think a lot of our stuff is very um I mean when when Noelle and I started, we were like all-time low, boys like girls, like that type of those type of bands, right? And I think we're we are kind of going back into that, but but also with and actually I literally just saw all time low the other day. It was sick, but uh it's neither here nor there. Um, but uh uh I'm trying to do that, like you know, with like I said, my Chain Smokers Elenium set aside influence and try to try to carve something unique. So you were talking about like developing the sound through the record and kind of finding it or whatever. Like, yeah, we are trying to like like you know, with the image and with the uh uh the sound and everything, we're we're trying to build something kind of unique, or as at least unique as we can.

SPEAKER_00:

So yeah, I think you guys are doing a hell of a job too, honestly. Like, like the the hype on these last two songs truly has been incredible. And and shout out to Manicat too for doing such a great job promoting them too. Like, um, I really think that that that was a pivotal point in your career, and I think in the future, looking back when we're doing this again 10 years from now, like that's gonna be like a pivotal moment when we're sitting here and we're like, oh yeah, that that was the moment, you know. Um so I I really think that the rebrand and and just coming together and creating this new sound is so unique and so cool. Um, I also love that like your influences are bands that are kind of missing in the industry right now, you know? Like we're we're kind of moving past that era, and I think that with you guys bringing that sound back, it might even hit some of that nostalgia for those bands to be able to come back as well.

SPEAKER_01:

I hope so. A lot of them are um doing like at least the reunion stuff though, which I'm stoked about.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, yeah. I I think that um I think that the the what is it, we are young festival is like when when when yeah, when we were young. Yeah, that is like the moment where I saw Pop Punk coming back, and I dude, I want to see you guys back on Warp Tour. Like, no joke, I think that would be one of the coolest things to see next year.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I would love to uh to be on warp tour. I mean, we we've done it a few times um in the past, you know, like the old the old guard warp tour, but dude, I would definitely want to do like this new warp tour as well. That'd be safe.

SPEAKER_04:

Dude, I want to do warp tour in general. I'm the only one who didn't get to do it. I wasn't in the bank.

SPEAKER_01:

He's the only one who didn't get to do it. Yeah, sorry, Tyler. Sorry, bro.

SPEAKER_00:

Hey, I also want to do warp tour, man. You're not alone.

SPEAKER_04:

Well, but get on your comments. Yeah, we all need to do warp tour, man.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, but no, dude, I think that would be such a cool moment to like be able to take that old moment of doing warp tour back in the day and then reflect on a new version of you guys at Warp Tour again. I think that would be such a cool thing to kind of showcase the changes that you guys have gone through. Um what has been your favorite song to play on this tour that you got off of?

SPEAKER_01:

For me, it's better now. Um, that was the closer, and that one was like the most like locked in and in the pocket, I think. Um yeah, that one just every night was like it like when you're tired and it's like the end of the set, like that was like definitely like a lift, like for me, like every night.

SPEAKER_05:

So when the set was done though, well, like the last one. When the workout's over. I know, right?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, it's a good victory lap, is what I'm saying. Instead of something, you know, maybe I'm not as excited to play, then it's like, man, I just gotta get through this last one, you know.

SPEAKER_00:

What about you, Tyler? What's been your favorite song on the tour?

SPEAKER_04:

Definitely wish you the best. That song directly reminds me of a really old uh FTSK song called uh hip hop chick. And that was like I think I was like 16 and I owned a synthesizer for some reason, and I actually learned how to play that song on synth. It feels like I get to live out that same energy now that I'm an adult.

SPEAKER_00:

That's pretty cool. That's pretty cool. Um, what about you, Noelle?

SPEAKER_06:

Uh mine's been like I do. That's my favorite.

SPEAKER_01:

He didn't even like that song we wrote it, dude. That's no, dude.

SPEAKER_06:

That wasn't me. No, that wasn't me. No, actually, no, you're just that wasn't that email, Noel. No, the mix was off, and I had I was like, bro, you're killing me right now. But the to play it live, I dig it a lot. Uh, what I like about it is that there's a lot of room for engagement with playing it and being able to like jump around and actually like look at the crowd and stuff like that. Because a lot of times with the old songs, it was like you kind of had to focus and make sure that like something got nailed, and you know, you maybe weren't moving around so much just because it's like there's like four different parts in this one section that had to hit before something you know popped off. But um, with like I do, like it's a jam, and so that reflects, and that's been my favorite part about it because that was my kind of at least the goal for tour was to um actually start you know performing. And like I do really was like, okay, sick, it's like this, and I can do that, and I can do you know, so that's that that's why it's been my favorite.

SPEAKER_00:

Hell yeah. Um, I'm gonna pass the mic over to Chris because he has some questions that uh I am very, very interested to hear your answers on.

SPEAKER_01:

So all right, Chris, let's do it.

SPEAKER_03:

Okay, first off, Gage, how's your mom doing? Where were we going to be?

SPEAKER_01:

I can't believe you remembered that comment, dude. That's gonna haunt me. Our entire professional relationship, that's gonna haunt me, but uh, she's good, dude. She's good. Thanks for asking. I'm so sorry.

SPEAKER_03:

She's a saint. Um hey, so with this new evolution, the um, I don't want to say new direction, um, but the way that things have changed, are you guys drawing off anything different? Um, whether it be you know past feelings, past experiences. Um have you pulled, you know what I mean? Like are you pulling from things that just just different?

SPEAKER_01:

Like lyrically or sonically, or both?

SPEAKER_03:

Lyrically.

SPEAKER_01:

Lyrically, um, all our stuff is super just you know, emo and heartbreaky. It's all it always has been. I mean, that's just kind of the brand. But um I am doing a couple things, I think. Um, I'm trying to get a little more personal with it, uh, then rather than more like general. You know what I mean? Um I'm trying to draw from like my own experiences. I know Andrew's been, uh he's not here today, but our start player Andrew, uh, who is uh has been helping writing lyrics as well. Um he's got a lot of experiences that he's been drawing on too, that's been you know helping me kind of put words to to paper, if you will. Um, and then the other thing is I'm kind of trying to stylistically take from like pop lyrics, you really like, you know, like especially like in better now. I think when I talk about like you're hiding out at the bar downtown, like like I I can't think of, you know, because no one's around to feel better now, and like the drugs and alcohol A or whatever. You know, like there's a lot of lyrics in there that I don't think I can't really see a lot of other like pop punk bands like singing, you know what I mean? Um, so I'm trying to give it that kind of pop edge a little bit, um, which I think is kind of cool and unique stuff. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh I I I agree, yeah, dude. Yeah, um, so wish me the best. That is something that uh I didn't think was gonna be my cup of tea. Um me and I fucking loved it. Like, like, oh man, I loved it. Um I I I had this thing where uh I'll let I'll buy a song and then listen to it like 200 times in a row before listening to something else and then shortly going back to it. Between Better Now and Wish You the Best. Yeah, like yeah, it is my cup of tea. Um so thank you guys.

SPEAKER_01:

Thank you. I appreciate that. That's a wonderful compliment. Thank you for listening.

SPEAKER_04:

Dude, I do that all the time when I get songs. It's such a double-edged sword because it's like you like them so much more in the moment. Well, like you burn yourself out on them and then you hate them later, and like a year later you go back and hear the song and you just repeat the cycle.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I I I if if I find a song that's like really you know it for me, like I will play that it has to be like hundreds of times in a row. It has to be like you know, like that's all I listen to.

SPEAKER_06:

What caught you about it where you didn't think it was gonna be your cup of tea and you ended up really liking it?

SPEAKER_03:

I think I think it's the what do you call it? See, I'm not the music, I'm not the guy who breaks it all down. Um I'd have to say it's the instruments, the the way they're played, you know. I mean, uh what's what do you say the E um EDM? EDM.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, yeah. Chris isn't Chris isn't much of like a electronic guy.

SPEAKER_03:

No, I wasn't.

SPEAKER_00:

Right, right.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh yeah, like I grew up with Black Sabbath, Metallica, Beastie Boys, and Shania Twin. You know what I mean? Like that was that's what was played in our house.

SPEAKER_01:

Let's go, girls.

SPEAKER_03:

Yes. Uh I think that was my first crush. Yeah, Shania Twin was my first crush, yeah, definitely. But uh but yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

What about uh your question about Iris?

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, oh I I've gone to Harley like uh maybe a dozen times. So Iris Volume 2, yeah, which I ran across that before I ran across Iris, and it was Iris Volume 2 was like 2022, I think. Yeah, something like that. 22 or 23.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, yeah, because it was like right after the pandemic, yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah. So so I have no idea who Kellen Quinn is, right? And I'm like, oh man, this chick rocked. I'm like, you're no, there's no way. Shut up. He's like trying to find a music video, and I'm like Maybe there's someone else in it. No.

SPEAKER_00:

So the question, the question is, is Kellen Quinn in fact a biological male? Is the question. Oh, yeah. Yes. Kellen Quinn is a biological male. He's a very cool guy. Yeah, we didn't we didn't talk about it too much on the last one, but like how how fucking awesome was that experience, man? Like he's he's gotta be like up there for you guys as far as like um an idolization, right? Just based off of the kind of music that you guys uh all have said that you listen to.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, for me a hundred percent. He's like one of my top, top like guys. He got me into, and it's funny because now we're going like poppier and stuff, but that you know, 10-year period or whatever I was doing like heavier music, um, it was because of sleeping with sirens and like Kelly Quinn and stuff. So that was a huge thing um for me. And then um we actually played a festival with him in 2020 what four, I want to say three, something like that. Uh yeah, and getting to hang out with him and and talk about the song in person and everything. Just a he's just a wonderful human being, super cool. So great experience.

SPEAKER_04:

He's actually like super nice. I think he was the first like legitimately big, famous person that I've met that was just immediately nice, you know? Like, and I I don't like actively try to hold conversation or do anything like that because I'm a little bit of a shy kind of person. I just am. So when people have like status like that too, it's like an extra layer of okay, well, I'm not usually nervous, and now nervous plus shy equals don't talk. But nervous super welcoming. Like I didn't expect that. And then uh shortly after that, I met Ryan Cabrera, who was like Kellen times three when it comes to being crazy nice.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, dude, that guy is one of the nicest guys I've ever met in my entire life. Ryan Cabrera's he's so incredible. Um so the tour, I I have to ask what was like the crazy like, tell me the the back, the backstory, the behind the scenes, the craziness of this tour. What's like the one moment that sticks out after a show?

SPEAKER_04:

Gade, were you awake when we were driving uh just down that mountain? I don't even know where the hell we were. Were you awake?

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, he was the one that'll be Cody.

SPEAKER_04:

No, no, no. This Cody was driving. That was that was before that. Cody was driving when we were going down like a mountain, just no gas on brakes for like an hour straight, and Cody was like shitting his pants, like oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

I mean, that's the other one.

SPEAKER_04:

This is it.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, that was like after uh was it Atlanta? No, it was uh going to Atlanta from Kentucky. That's what it was, and uh uh yeah, there it was just uh down a mountain, basically, right? And uh there were these 18 wheelers to going like past us, like and we were doing like a hundred, and they were just flying past us crazy stuff. They probably do those routes all the time, and it was foggy, and it was the middle of the night, and there were like curves and stuff on the road. Yeah, that was uh not for the faint of heart at all.

SPEAKER_03:

So, was this a tour bus?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, dude. We spent like 100 G's on it, it was awesome. No, I'm just kidding, bro. I'm thinking so it was amazing.

SPEAKER_06:

So I was thinking it was oh, okay, okay, it was a Mercedes printer, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

This is this is something that Chris and I haven't really talked about much. Um so me being a musician, uh I I've been in those types of experiences before, but like just curious, Chris. In in your mindset, like when you see a band like being on tour, do you kind of assume like everybody's on a tour, like a bus or something?

SPEAKER_03:

Well, so I've only seen, well, I guess yeah, I've only seen the tour buses. You know what I mean? Anyone else is just some guy driving by. I need to start flipping them off, give them something to talk about.

SPEAKER_00:

So depending depending on the situation, most bands are in like like a box truck or like uh like a sprinter van, or you know, like you guys probably were traveling with all of your equipment in the back too, right?

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, we were in the sprinter and we had enough room. Uh we've made I've actually put a lot of time into that. We made the set uh the the other the uh the gear like as small as we can, yeah. Uh yeah, so I mean it was just everything in that in that sprinter van. Um and then yeah, some some bands will do like the bandwagon, which is like uh you know kind of a step up from that. Um and then I guess you got buses, which I hope we can do one day. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_06:

My guys will get there. My biggest my biggest uh accomplishment would be like have you guys ever seen the music video to Redneck from Lamb of God? Yes, and the first scene is the bus rolling up, and it's that under it's that low shot with he fucking whams the door open and the smoke comes out, and he's just like this dude coming out of the van, all like hard and shit, and he steps in the kiddie pool. It's like that would be my biggest accomplishment to step in a kiddie pool. I'm just playing.

SPEAKER_00:

I would just like to sit on one of those buses. I don't even I don't even need to be on the tour, just let me come hang out.

SPEAKER_06:

I've been on a tour bus before, but it was like uh because I used to shoot the Hano bands for like South by for South by Southwest, and I yeah, yeah, yeah. And I and I've been on a tour bus, not like driving, but like, oh yeah, dude, come on our bus, get some pictures and stuff like that.

SPEAKER_00:

And they're pretty badass, but like enter if you dare, you know, like back back in the day when I was in a band that did some stuff, we went on a festival run in Columbus on a festival that's no longer around anymore. Um, but to get there, we drove the equipment like van. So it was just like me and three other guys, and then other bands' equipment in the van, and then our equipment was in another van, and it was like five vans, you know. It's just like, yeah, the tour buses are in front of us, they're doing their own thing. The us losers are in the back, you know, trying to include the women, yeah. But the trip was free. We just had to drive the vans, yeah. So um anywho, um, Chris, do you have any other questions, sir?

SPEAKER_03:

Of course, now that you asked, I don't have them written down.

SPEAKER_01:

No, I'm here to answer all your questions, man. Whatever you got.

SPEAKER_02:

Oh.

SPEAKER_00:

Well, I have a very fun game plan for us. So last time we did the get to know me session. This time we're talking real trivia guys. Oh, nice, okay. Okay, so we established in the last episode that we are the 90s group right here. We are the 90s kids. Um oh, sorry, one other question I wanted to ask. Uh so you guys are all family guys, right? You're Gage and Noelle, you guys are married kids?

SPEAKER_06:

No, Gage does. Andrew also uh is a father, and then Tyler is a uh very loving dog father, and I have a girlfriend. Gage and Andrew are the only ones that have families per se.

SPEAKER_00:

So, Gage, how old are you? You have one child, two children? Two, ten and six, ten-year-old girl, six-year-old uh boy. Six-year-old boy. I have a one-year-old boy. It has been an adventure. Uh Chris has a lovely family of five. Nice, my man.

SPEAKER_01:

That's how you do it, dude. Good job.

SPEAKER_03:

So ranging from two to sixteen.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah. So good luck with the 10-year-old. Uh I'm telling you, bud. Oh, the attitude. If it's not already there, it's coming.

SPEAKER_01:

It's it's not, but I've always said I feel like in terms of like how hard it is, I feel like boys are front loaded, meaning when they're little boys, they're the hardest, right? And they kind of mellow out, and girls are like little angels, like at the beginning, and then it gets harder into their teen years. Is what I've always said that.

SPEAKER_03:

So thus far, that's my experience.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. Literally, literally, like 10 minutes before I jumped on here, my son Adam walked from the couch to our dog in the middle of the living room. It was it was awesome.

unknown:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_06:

Was that his first steps?

SPEAKER_00:

Uh, not his first steps, but like he's like he's taken a couple of steps here and there, but like this was the longest stretch.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, but but he's getting there.

SPEAKER_00:

He's getting there, it's crazy.

SPEAKER_06:

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, so, anyways, last episode we established, we are the 90s crew. So now I've put together 90s trivia for all of you guys, and we're going to uh we're gonna do this the gentleman's way. We're gonna go round Robin and I'll keep track of points and we'll see who is the 90s trivia champion. Are you guys ready?

SPEAKER_02:

Let's do it.

SPEAKER_00:

All right, so the order is going to be Chris, Noelle, Gage, and then Tyler. And then we'll go in reverse. Uh no, we'll just keep doing, we'll keep doing that circle because if we do it in reverse, then Tyler answers twice. He gets double points. That doesn't seem fair.

SPEAKER_01:

So I feel like Chris just has the advantage right now, just looking at his how he's dressed and that shelf behind him. I'm like, that's just his competition, man.

SPEAKER_00:

All right, Chris. The first question, sir. What boy band released the hit song Bye Bye Bye in the year 2000?

SPEAKER_03:

Somehow I always oh I'm gonna get it. You don't know this one? No, I wasn't a NSY backstream boys. That's it's either in sync or backstream boys. What final answer do you want to do? Lock in.

SPEAKER_00:

Lock in 5050.

SPEAKER_03:

It's fitty, it's fitty fitty. Uh no, it's actually not fitty.

SPEAKER_00:

Uh he's a different guy.

SPEAKER_03:

Uh let's go backstreet boys.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, you were so close. It was the other one. Look at this dog right now, guys.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_04:

Oh my god, that was hard.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, no, it was in sync, sir. Um, Noel, what was Ash Ketchum's first Pokemon in the series?

SPEAKER_06:

See, this is a kind of like a rhetorical question, but it's I so it's Pikachu.

SPEAKER_00:

It is Pikachu, it is Pikachu. It so when I saw this question, I also was like, This is a complicated question. On the surface, it is Pikachu.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, it's like is it Caterpie because he catches exactly because he catches the caterpie.

SPEAKER_00:

I agree. That was my argument as well. So we're all on the same page so far. Okay. Um, bonus points. Who here thinks that they can name the first six Pokemon that Ash catches? Oh, that's a good question. Gage, are you a super Pokemon fan?

SPEAKER_01:

Uh, I was up until like when do we? I was kind of rolled with Tyler on it. So up until like maybe like 20 what like 18. Like, yeah, 100%. I know everything like previous to that. So it was let's see, so it was uh Pikachu.

SPEAKER_06:

That's the guy who was opening packs on the fucking van the whole time in between.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, I got the little quick.

SPEAKER_00:

Whoa, I didn't know that I was talking to the Rockefellers. Where are you guys getting this money from?

SPEAKER_06:

No, he's got the iOS and like oh okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, I don't I don't have anything on the challenge hit pack every hour, dude. Oh, you wait, you're is this my quick okay? Well, I get bonus points for this. It's Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Butterfree, Pidgeotto.

SPEAKER_00:

That's six. That is that is six. That is six. Um, can you name so technically hate to be technical here, but I said that he caught he didn't catch Pikachu. Okay, all right, all right, all right. There we go.

SPEAKER_04:

B bro.

SPEAKER_01:

And I knew it was in seek, and I knew it was Pikachu, dude. What's and my question is gonna be something crazy, dude, isn't it, dude? You're gonna I don't know. Let's see, let's see.

SPEAKER_00:

I'm doing too good, dude.

SPEAKER_01:

Like how many sparrows? How many sparrows were in the flock of sparrows that he thunder?

SPEAKER_04:

What's the first legendary Pokemon he saw?

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, I know that.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, it was the ho.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, number three here is for Gage. What color Power Ranger is the leader of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the original series? The original leader. Red is the original. There we go. Okay, that is the original.

SPEAKER_01:

You would go red, green, or white, but red is first, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Right.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, so so fun fact, I asked my wife all of these questions in the other room, and she did okay, but she got a handful wrong. So that told me that they were complicated enough, but I did add another 10 more complicated questions at the end. So these ones are gonna be a little smooth. Um, Tyler, what band had the hit in 1999 called All Star?

SPEAKER_01:

Smash Mouth. Let's go.

SPEAKER_00:

Smash Mouth. Okay, okay. There we go.

SPEAKER_01:

Wasn't that that was Shrek, right? I'm just kidding. It was made famous in Shrek. Actually, before that, it was made famous in the Digimon movie, just to be clear.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you. Thank you. Uh, another another fun fact, there's a band that's on your guys' label that also was made famous by the Digimon movie. Dude, I'm ready because I also have a whole story.

SPEAKER_01:

Okay, so show off. Um, we played with them last year in New York in September, and uh there was two sets, right? And us and Ryan Kabr are on day two, they were headlining day one, and so I was just at the festival, just like watching them. Uh, and so they opened up with that song Spill that was on the Digimon soundtrack, and I'm all like, what is this? I know this song, like, but I have never heard of Show Up before, right? At the time, and uh I'm like, I know this song, and then I was like, Oh my god, this is from the Digimon soundtrack, dude. And so then afterwards, uh I went and talked to the band, and I'm like, okay, like I was like eight when that movie came out, so I'm like prime demographic for that. I need to know everything about that experience. That's so cool. And they're like, they were like, What's Digimon? What do I don't know what you're talking about? What are you going on? And then I was like, I just show them on my phone. I was like, Oh yeah, like our manager said y'all are probably gonna be on the soundtrack, and then we were, and that's that. And I'm like, that's it, and they were like, Yeah, and I'm like, Oh man, and they were like, What's Digimon? And and I was like, Well, you know what Pokemon is? They're like, Yeah, and I'm like, it's kind of like that, but better. And they're like, Well, yeah, now that you mentioned it, it wasn't like less than Jake, and uh, and you know, Smash Mouth and all these other people. Smash Mouth, bare naked ladies, yeah, and I was like, Yeah, and they're like, Oh, so it's like a punk rock Pokemon, and I'm like, Yeah, exactly, it's like a punk rock Pokemon. And then uh the next night, they were like, Oh, we went shopping at a toy store for like our kids to bring souvenirs home, and we saw some Digimon stuff, and we thought of you, and I'm like, I'm glad I have that connection with show up now that when they see Digimon, they think of us.

SPEAKER_00:

Dude, you and I have almost the exact same experience. So Manicat floats me, you know, names to have on the show, and they had show off. And I was like, Fuck yes, I'm so excited. I know them, I know the Digimon soundtrack, one of my all-time favorite movies. I've got so many questions. Same thing, dude. Three minutes into the interview, I'm like, here's what I know. I'm a giant fan. Let me tell you how important you are. Tell me about the experience. The same thing. He was like, Yeah, I mean, we don't really know what it is. Basically, our manager was like, Hey, they're gonna do this thing, they want to use your song, and we said, Yeah, that's cool, and that's it. And I was like, But you guys, like, you know, went to the premiere and and saw like the movie, and he was like, No, we were invited, but we didn't really do any of that. We were like, What is this, like Pokemon? And I was like, No, it's not Pokemon at all, like you you don't understand, and then I'm going through and naming Digimon and all that. Well, you see, and then I'm giving them the plot of the movie, and I'm like, Yeah, and that's where I learned about bare naked ladies, and they're like, Yeah, man, you seem really passionate. And I was like, This is the worst moment of my life.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, dude. I mean, they were they were nice about it, but yeah, they were just like, What's Digimon?

SPEAKER_00:

I'm like, dude, they're so funny, they're one of the funniest group of guys in the world. They they dude, uh, you should go check that. Everybody listening, go check that interview out on on uh YouTube on our page. They they did some wild shit in that interview.

SPEAKER_01:

Um they did some wild shit like in the hotel that we were staying at with them, dude.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, they're crazy, man. Um, let's see here. Point recap. Everybody has one point. Uh coming back to oh no, I'm sorry. Everybody except for Chris has one point. It's like so far, it's like the big daddy, you know.

SPEAKER_03:

Go to it, you give them all the easy ones.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, Chris, number five is for you, bud. What was the name of the fictional town where SpongeBob SquarePants lives?

SPEAKER_03:

Bikini Bottom.

SPEAKER_00:

Hey, there we go. We're on the board. On the board. Uh, Noelle. The next one is for you, sir. In 1998, who released the song Baby One More Time, launching them into stardom? Brittany Spears. Brittany Spears, there we go. Oh, wait, that's gauge. What Cartoon Network show featured a trio of crime-fighting kindergarten girls created in a lab? Powerpuff girls. The Powerpuff Girls is correct. Coming in on number eight, we have Tyler. What 1999 sci-fi movie blew people's minds with the line there is no spoon?

SPEAKER_04:

Dude, I don't know. So I'm just gonna guess and say back to the future.

SPEAKER_00:

Uh, that's an 80s movie. Uh, do you want to try again? Terminator, bro. I don't know. All right. Uh well. Another 80s movie.

SPEAKER_01:

All right. It's a matrix, but I mean, okay. It's a matrix. Okay. I didn't know that one either.

SPEAKER_04:

Unironically, I didn't even watch the matrix until like two or three years ago, and I still didn't remember that.

SPEAKER_00:

That's the scene with the little bald kid, right? Yeah. Oh, dude, it's been years since I've seen that movie. I'm gonna trust Noel. I think so.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, he's going in the house to find Morpheus, and he's like, What am I doing in this like trap house? And there's like this the old lady, and then the oh, and the yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And then he's just so confused, and then he's watching the kid bend the spoon, and then the kid tells him there's no spoon.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, and then the kid ends up being Morpheus, right?

SPEAKER_06:

I I I think that's what starts. It's like implying like the movie, yeah. Like that's where the movie starts with being the matrix and all that, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, so now point recap: we've got Chris and Tyler tied with one, we've got Gage and Noelle tied with two, coming in at number nine, Chris. What is the name of Ash's main rival in the Pokemon series?

SPEAKER_03:

Gary.

SPEAKER_00:

Gary, there we go.

SPEAKER_03:

I wanted to say red because every time I played the game, you know, you get to choose the rival's name. I always pick red. No idea why.

SPEAKER_00:

Wait, that means that you always played blue.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, well, guys, in in blue version, right? The rival's version is red. In red version, the rival's default name is blue.

SPEAKER_00:

And red and red is the best character in the manga. I mean, manga, manga, whatever we want to call it, but um red is like a badass Pokemon trainer. Um, anyways, coming to Noelle, we have what iconic 90s Nickelodeon show featured the line, Dear Journal, it's me.

SPEAKER_06:

Dear journal, it's me. Is that Clarissa Explains it all?

SPEAKER_00:

That's what my wife guessed.

SPEAKER_06:

It is not your journal is then it's gotta be Doug.

SPEAKER_00:

It is Doug.

SPEAKER_06:

Oh so those were the yeah, those were the two because I don't remember any fucking buddy else. Because what the journal, yeah. Okay, so I get half a point, maybe point yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

I'll give I'll give you, I'll give you point five on that. I'll give you point five on that. Um, so gage coming over to you. What was the name of the hit reality show premiered in 2000 and introduced us to the phrase tribal council?

unknown:

Oh, dude.

SPEAKER_00:

Survivor. It is survivor. We're getting into the uh little more complicated questions, it looks like. Uh Tyler, in 1995, what technology company released the Windows 95 operating system massive worldwide marketing campaign?

SPEAKER_02:

What that would be on a you're all qualified for this question.

SPEAKER_01:

You have to repeat that new Yahoo, bro!

SPEAKER_00:

Um, in 1995, what technology company released the Windows 95 operating system with a massive worldwide marketing campaign?

SPEAKER_04:

Dell.

SPEAKER_00:

No, whoa, bro.

SPEAKER_01:

I don't know. I'll say you're old. I didn't catch what you said the first time, the second time.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, but dang that one that one I felt like was a give me just on the question itself, but it's okay, man. Um, it is Microsoft.

SPEAKER_04:

Ah, that makes sense. As I'm coding in the background, Windows 95, bro.

SPEAKER_06:

Um Pinball Space Cadet, dog. You know what does that give me on that?

SPEAKER_00:

Dude, so right now, right now, Gage is in the lead with three, Noelle Tailing with two and a half, Chris with two, and Tyler with one. Coming back over to Chris. Uh, let's see here. Here we go. Chris, which cartoon network series featured the characters Ed, Ed, and Eddie constantly scheming for jawbreakers to watch that.

SPEAKER_03:

Come on, you're gonna give Tyler a question like that, and then okay. I'm gonna go the Grim Adventures of Billy and Manny.

SPEAKER_00:

That's a far better show. Um, but I also love this one. Ed, Ed, and Eddie is the answer. Uh, Noelle. What band released the 2001 hit in the end, blending rap and rock in a way that defined the early 2000s new metal?

SPEAKER_06:

That was Lincoln Park.

SPEAKER_00:

That was in fact Lincoln Park, one of my favorite bands of all time. Uh, gauge. Yeah, you get you get two Power Ranger questions? That's crazy. This one's tough, though. Oh um, who played the game? We can't give them to the Power Ranger guy because he's you know who played the pink Power Ranger in the original Mighty Morphin Power Ranger series. Uh this is the actress's name. Yes, Amy Joe Johnson. Yeah, that was that was a harder question. Um I was fast with it too.

SPEAKER_06:

You know what I mean? Yeah, you talk about first crushes, my guy.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh yeah, oh yeah. Um, Tyler, what famous pop star wore an infamous meat dress to the MTV Music Awards in 2010? Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga. There we go. All right, so point recap for everybody. We're in the same place as we were last time. Gage is in the lead, Noelle trailing slightly behind uh Chris and then Tyler. Um, coming into the next question, Chris. Wow, what are the odds, dude? Uh, what major historical event in 2001 changed the world heavily and influenced pop music, film, and art for the years to come?

SPEAKER_06:

It's a heavy question for the release of Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American.

SPEAKER_03:

I'm gonna go with Noelle's answer. Not the one you're fishing for. Never forget.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh man. Uh, the answer is the September 11th tax or 9-11 for those listening. Gauge. The the grin tells me that you're familiar with the internet's obsession with 9-11.

SPEAKER_01:

No, I just thought it was weird to go from like you know, all of these other questions to uh what what show featured Ed, Ed, and Eddie and Jawbreakers to uh September 11th event all right.

SPEAKER_00:

So coming over to Noelle, we have what 1997 animated movie from Fox featured a girl trying to featured a girl trying to find her royal family while singing once upon a December. Um this is this is where we get into the more complex uh questioning.

SPEAKER_06:

What uh repeat the question one more time.

SPEAKER_00:

Sure. What 1997 animated movie from Fox, not Disney, from Fox, featured a girl trying to find her royal family while singing once upon a December.

SPEAKER_06:

I think I know what it is. Five hole goes west.

SPEAKER_00:

That was a great answer, but the answer is not that. Is it is it Anastasia? It is Anastasia, guys. Dude.

SPEAKER_03:

Yeah, oh, love that movie. The animation style was close to like Atlantis, not quite there, but like I forgot about Fifle 2, dude.

SPEAKER_01:

That yeah, that's a great reference.

SPEAKER_00:

Um I always thought this was a Disney movie, and it is not. You would think, yeah, yeah, it's animated very, very similar to Disney.

SPEAKER_06:

So didn't Fox kind of jumpstart that like uh for a while it was like a Western animated style, and then the hard stop where nothing was ever made like that again after like Road El Dorado.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, I forgot about that movie too. I love it.

SPEAKER_06:

Yeah, that falls in that in that in that Prince of Egypt, dude.

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, Prince of Egypt is so good. I genuinely thought that Road El Dorado was also a Disney movie, probably until this exact moment.

SPEAKER_01:

So good, dude.

SPEAKER_06:

Movie so good, yeah. And that's that's why it's kind of confusing because I don't like I don't even remember if it is or isn't, but there was this like pocket of oh, this is gonna be the western animation to compete with Japanese anime, right?

SPEAKER_00:

Nope, nope. Also, Road El Dorado talk about another first crush as a child.

SPEAKER_01:

It's a drawing. What does that mean? Like chill outside, it's only a drawing.

SPEAKER_04:

Um bro, Dad, you went to that anime convention, you know what people would do for drawing. No, Tyler, tell us unspeakable things that I will not mention live with my own voice.

SPEAKER_06:

Let's just say you let's just say you don't want to get a second owned, a second hand drawing. Oh, why is it?

SPEAKER_04:

There's a reason like cons are smelly.

SPEAKER_00:

A second hand drawing. We don't know if he used his first hand, he might have used his first hand. All right, coming over to gauge, uh, what 1990s handheld gaming device let you raise virtual pets that could die if you forgot to feed them? Tamagotchi. Tamagotchi and then over to Tyler. Final question. Finish this 2000s lyric.

SPEAKER_01:

It's been it's been one week since you looked at me. That's all it is.

SPEAKER_00:

It's been bonus questions. Who can do the best it's been impression?

SPEAKER_04:

Oh, I mean, the vocalist should be able to win this easily.

SPEAKER_01:

That guy's a better vocalist than me, dude. Let's see.

SPEAKER_00:

It's been oh any anybody else gonna give this a shot?

SPEAKER_06:

I won't even get close to that, so I will gracefully pass.

SPEAKER_00:

I'll give it, I'll give it a go. Ready? I I do this a lot around the house. Oh, damn.

SPEAKER_06:

Oh yeah, I'm not getting close to that either, so I'm passing on that one.

SPEAKER_04:

You unlock the memory of that uh Edd and Eddie commercial that used that. You know what I'm talking about where they're driving the car around in the toyhouse. Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

For me, it's it's the Digimon movie, man. That's where I heard that song. I know the scene, everything, dude. I could talk about the Digimon movie for hours. I'm so glad that you guys love that movie. That that was so iconic.

SPEAKER_01:

Just for the Digimon movie. We should. That's yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Dude, I would absolutely do that. Dude, that movie was so iconic in my childhood. Specifically, like the music from that movie, like bare naked ladies, that's the only reason I knew who they were. And then as an adult, I got super oh, yeah, less than Jake. Um, but I got super into the bare naked ladies as an adult because of that movie. Anywho, um, that's it, guys. Uh, Gage, congratulations. You are the 90s champion.

SPEAKER_01:

Thanks, guys. What do I win? You win a monster. Here you go. You win another episode of the podcast. Say, dude. All right, is this one done by based on the Digimon movie? Round three, dude. The trade. Dude, we should.

SPEAKER_00:

We absolutely should. That would be fucking awesome. We should break out and just do a side podcast where we do like Power Rangers one episode, Digimon another, Pokemon another. I think we're the most qualified band to do that if you guys ever do that so far. Probably. Oh shit. Well, guys, thank you so much for hanging out today. Um, again, we're here celebrating the the release of the song, but potentially the EP itself. Like, I let's not even promote just the song, let's promote the EP coming out, man. Uh, do we have a name for EP?

SPEAKER_01:

No, we don't. We've we've been we've been working on it and we've got a lot of ideas, but I'm I'm being real picky with it, so not yet.

unknown:

Okay, okay, okay.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, Chris, do you want to float any ideas for a name for the EP?

SPEAKER_03:

Well, oh, what did you guys say earlier? What was it?

SPEAKER_00:

Um Cold?

SPEAKER_03:

No, no, no. That was wasn't that the name of the song?

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah, that's the name of the song from earlier.

SPEAKER_03:

What did you say? Oh, something about um you wouldn't want that guy's secondhand drawing.

SPEAKER_06:

Boom.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh, wasn't it something of the 90s?

SPEAKER_00:

Oh, dude, second hand second hand would be a great name for EP.

SPEAKER_03:

No, it was 2009. Summer of summer of 2009. Summer of 09.

SPEAKER_00:

Um, but we are here to to talk about wish you the best, guys. An incredible track on top of other incredible tracks that you guys have. Everybody should go check out Light Ghosts. Um, can't thank you guys enough for being on the show again. So awesome to get to sit down with you again and want to keep doing it. Keep keep coming back, man. Every time we're here.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, man, we're here.

SPEAKER_00:

Hell yeah. All right. Well, it's been real, everybody. Thanks for hanging out. It's been Chris.

SPEAKER_06:

Thank you for wearing your Sunday vest.

SPEAKER_00:

Thank you, Chris.

SPEAKER_03:

I will anything for you, Noelle. Thank you. Well, almost. Almost anything.

SPEAKER_04:

Next time, Noelle's gotta do it.

SPEAKER_00:

He'll he'll do almost anything for you. He will do anything for Kellen Quinn.

SPEAKER_03:

It's that voice. Holly dang.

SPEAKER_00:

Got me.

SPEAKER_03:

It's a trap.

SPEAKER_00:

Well. All right, guys. Take care. Have a wonderful evening, and we'll see you again very, very soon.

SPEAKER_03:

Let it go. Peace.

SPEAKER_02:

Thanks for listening to the Loken Brain podcast.

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