[00:00:01] Speaker A: He was born on a Saturday in 73 he loves punk rock music fighting.
[00:00:06] Speaker B: The 13 cabin in the dazzle Jazz.
[00:00:09] Speaker C: Rocking out on the beats Guitar with.
[00:00:11] Speaker B: A short wind Radio bass His motherfucking envy scar Motherfucker. Cuz here he comes Andy Sculling wearing.
[00:00:25] Speaker D: His orange hats welcome to unsigned 518. I'm here with Andy, Anti Rent Rebellion. How's it going?
[00:00:32] Speaker C: Hey.
[00:00:34] Speaker D: And I guess we'll just. We'll start to my left to just go around and introduce yourself and what you do in the band.
[00:00:41] Speaker C: Okay. Hi, I'm Katie. I am the lead singer and.
[00:00:47] Speaker D: You.
[00:00:48] Speaker C: Know, talker of the band. I guess I banter a lot.
[00:00:51] Speaker E: Hermit.
[00:00:51] Speaker A: I play bass.
I'm Adam and I play guitar.
[00:00:56] Speaker E: I'm JD and I sit behind the drums and make a lot of sound behind there. Make a lot of noise, a lot of racket.
[00:01:02] Speaker D: Nice. Nice.
And, you know, before we get started, you know, because I always.
I'm always honest with my audience, we had a. A bit of a dilemma, and the show literally almost did not happen after. After you drove all the way up here, my little interface would not turn on. I couldn't get it to turn on for the life of me. And then we realized that if we went and want double A batteries, we can do it. So this. This podcast literally is being powered by two AA or four AA batteries right now that I made the band run down to Stewart's and get.
[00:01:42] Speaker C: So you brought in the bunny?
[00:01:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:01:44] Speaker D: I'm just happy that it works because it was. But when you guys left, it was just a theory. Like, I was like, oh, I hope the batteries work. I don't know. This is 1987, but yeah. So this podcast brought to you by, is it Energizer?
[00:02:00] Speaker E: Energizer. Let's just hope they keep going.
[00:02:02] Speaker D: Energizer Max Riding the Bunny.
[00:02:05] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:02:05] Speaker D: So I think we'll have enough for the episode.
[00:02:07] Speaker A: At least Hermit actually had a preference. I didn't know batteries really were different. He's like, energized.
[00:02:14] Speaker D: So let's get to ourselves.
[00:02:16] Speaker A: They have what they have.
[00:02:19] Speaker D: Yeah. Any port in a storm.
[00:02:20] Speaker C: I think Energizer is more appropriate, though, because the bunny plays a drum, right?
[00:02:24] Speaker D: Yeah, that's true. That's nice.
[00:02:27] Speaker C: Apropos.
[00:02:27] Speaker D: So I guess what. What we're gonna do is, you know, I said we. I kind of do the same thing every. Every episode. So we're gonna go back and tell the story of Anti Rent rebellion, and we'll go back as far as you want, pick up the story wherever you want and kind of bring us up to, to now. So you wanna.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: So this band predates any of us.
This band has been around for I think about four or five years and it was a friend of mine who I'm not even sure if he would consider me a friend anymore at this point, but unfortunately, yeah, was. Was jamming with a guitarist and wanted a second guitarist.
So he was playing drums, brought me in. So this was. They had been jamming for like a year or so before I even joined that project. And then over time the other guitarist was like, you know, this band's not really going anywhere, so I'm going to do another thing. So he left.
[00:03:30] Speaker C: We were sitting at dinner, we were sitting at our friend's house.
[00:03:35] Speaker A: You had joined at that point? Yes. So drummer, guitarist, none of us.
I joined that project. We jammed for a little bit. Then they were like, yeah, we need a vocalist because. Yeah, forgot that actually happened first. So I was like, oh, I know a, I know a vocalist. And, and so Katie's got a history of, you know, singing really well, but had not really sang in a rock band.
[00:03:59] Speaker C: I didn't know I could be a rocker at all.
[00:04:01] Speaker D: I love that. I was like, yo, yo, everybody can.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly, exactly, exactly. And she's, she's, she's got it. But I was like, Katie, do you want to, do you want to sing in a punk band? She's like, sure, why not? Yeah.
So then Katie joined, then we, we jammed for, for, you know, a while without really. Yeah, a couple months. And then the, the guitarist left because we had two guitars at that point. And it's interesting history. I, I play in drop C tuning which if it wasn't for that other guitarist, I would never have considered drop C tuning. And now that the original, original band is all gone, I'm still playing in drop C tuning. It's like this connection to, to like a non existent entity is still, still there, which is interesting. But then, yeah, so he left me and Katie and the drummer. And then after a while the drummer's like, no, I'm too busy for this band, I'm sorry. And so I was like, oh, oh no. We actually after he left we got Hermit. And yeah, Hermit starts playing bass. So guitar, bass, drums, Katie almost the, the, the current lineup. And then the drummer was like, I don't have time for this band. So I was like, okay, we meet JD at a Bad Religion show in Albany and then JD starts playing with us. And then the drummer's like, actually I didn't really mean It. I want to be.
That's why I say, I'm not sure you consider me a friend anymore. But I was like, well, we kind of got another drummer. Sorry. Sorry, dude. So that's. That's the band now. So. And that was about a year ago. Yeah, a little tiny bit over a year. So then. Then we really started moving. We did the ep and none of.
[00:05:42] Speaker C: This time the band had a name. Did not have a name any of this time. For none of that time, the band did not have a name.
[00:05:47] Speaker D: Oh, well. So when did the name. Did the name come out? Once it was the current lineup.
[00:05:51] Speaker A: Yeah, it was actually. The EP had been recorded and we were like, we really need a name then.
[00:05:55] Speaker D: The band doesn't actually start until the name.
[00:05:58] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:05:58] Speaker C: True.
[00:05:59] Speaker D: So, you know, originally all that is.
[00:06:01] Speaker A: Just, you know, so the band really. I mean, it started in August.
[00:06:03] Speaker C: I guess we weren't called 45 at first because JD was like, oh, all of our songs will fit on a 45. I'm like, that sounds like a band name. And so we were working on that and then I get to rehearsal one night and the guys are like, don't hate us. I think we need to change the name of the band. And that's where Anti Ret Rebellion kind of was born.
[00:06:24] Speaker D: Well, the name is what stood out to me the most. Like, I was like, well, that sounds kind of punk rock.
[00:06:29] Speaker E: You know, I also really appreciate how we do kind of stick to the local feel of it, the 518 feel. I mean, we kind. Our unofficial logo is the, you know, the New York State historic marker sign. And there's the Anti Rent Riot or Anti Rent wars all up in the Helderbergs there. And so it's, you know, a little tie to local history too. And then also too, just the story of the Anti Rent wars is kind of a little like reminiscent of today.
[00:07:00] Speaker A: Yeah. Now that we're facing an oligarchy where similar societal issues.
[00:07:05] Speaker D: Yeah, let's fucking burn it all down, right? Exactly. Exactly.
That's where I'm at. I'm at that age. Right. I like, don't even fucking care anymore. Like, fuck it, just burn it all down. Yeah, I'll do is.
[00:07:18] Speaker A: It is interesting. I mean, the. The anti rent wars were fucking the early 1800s and now we're what, 200 years ago? 200 years later we're facing the same.
[00:07:28] Speaker C: Similar issues anyway because, you know, the rich people were doing rich people things and everyone else was like, no, we're not doing that.
[00:07:36] Speaker D: And I think we're at that. We're just about at that no stage where we're all like, I don't know, man.
[00:07:42] Speaker A: Yeah. Maybe by the time this airs, things will be turning.
[00:07:45] Speaker D: Yeah.
Yeah, Maybe right after we record this episode. Let's go set something on fire. Yes, exactly.
[00:07:52] Speaker E: Or what they did then is the whole tar and feather.
[00:07:56] Speaker D: Right, right.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: Bring back tar and feathering.
[00:07:59] Speaker D: Bring it back.
[00:08:00] Speaker C: One thing we are not bringing back are those hoods. If you look up anti rant war, they are all wearing these terrible hoods.
[00:08:08] Speaker D: Like, clan hood. No, no, no, no, no.
[00:08:11] Speaker C: Not clan hood. No, they're brown.
[00:08:13] Speaker D: Or just fashion.
[00:08:14] Speaker C: They're brown, and they're, like literal, like, flower sacks kind of thing with, like, these really terrifying faces on them. We are never bringing it back.
[00:08:20] Speaker D: It's not coming back. Jason Voorhees in part two.
[00:08:24] Speaker A: A little bit. A little bit.
[00:08:25] Speaker D: Part two. With the. More, like, flower sack on his head or whatever.
[00:08:28] Speaker A: Yeah, actually. Yeah, kind of like that. Yes, yes.
[00:08:30] Speaker D: Nice.
[00:08:31] Speaker C: Similar, like, oogie boogie kind of style.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:08:34] Speaker D: Yeah, I get it. Much better than a clan hood.
[00:08:37] Speaker C: Way better. Way better. But also, like, that sounds pretty much associated with them universally. So, like, they're never coming back. Yeah, I'm. I'm just, like, putting it out there on the line right now. They're never coming back.
[00:08:50] Speaker D: And that's why we call our hooded sweatshirts hoodies. You know, no one says, my hood.
Yeah, I'm just gonna go put on my hood and raise some hell tonight.
What the.
Yeah, you gotta make it sound cute. You know, it's just my hoodie.
Just gonna go rob a convenience store.
[00:09:13] Speaker C: Pull the strings tight.
[00:09:14] Speaker D: Yeah, totally.
I told you I talk a lot. All right, so we've got the band together. Like, the ep. Like, so the songwriting. You know, when you're. When you're first coming together and you're first putting music out and an ep, how did you approach the songwriting? Was it just get some songs out, or were there already ideas brewing and you're like, now, let's just tighten these up.
[00:09:38] Speaker A: Like, do you want to take that? Yeah.
[00:09:41] Speaker C: Okay. So, like, Adam and I pretty much primarily write lyrics. We actually do covers. Well, we're working on doing covers of Bender Mellon songs, which is actually Hermit's previous recording name is Bender Mellon. And so we're working on that. So, like, we have some lyrics from that, but for me, I have a manic Google document called Katie's Thoughts, and pretty much if inspiration hits, whenever it hits, I open it up and I type it in there, and then they become Lyrics later. So, like, I'll go in there and I'll pull songs out, basically.
[00:10:15] Speaker A: Yeah. Usually one of us usually brings a completed song as a starting point, and then we all work. I mean, it's. You never know what part of the song is going to really make the song. So I can't really consider any song, like, written by me or written by.
[00:10:30] Speaker D: I mean. Yeah, same like with. With our. With a lot of bands. Like, if, you know, if I'm just bringing three chords.
[00:10:37] Speaker A: Right, exactly.
[00:10:37] Speaker D: You know, I'm like, hey. And I play bass, you know, so for me, it's three notes. If I'm bringing three notes and, like a teeny vocal melody and then it becomes a song. I'm like, I didn't write the song. You know, like, I wrote three notes and then the guitarist wrote riffs and melodies and licks and hooks and then, you know, the vocals. So, yeah, I get it.
[00:10:55] Speaker C: Like, they just kind of come together.
[00:10:57] Speaker A: JD's beat might be the thing that makes the song. Yeah, exactly. But for the ep, we had, we had maybe three or four of the songs like, that we had been doing for some time, even before JD was in the band. Some of the songs like, like For My Daughter, which I believe we're gonna be playing later, and Vin Berto's. Really?
[00:11:15] Speaker C: Which you already played.
[00:11:16] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
So we had those and then the few other ones, like, like Crushing Irony. We did that in, like a week.
[00:11:23] Speaker C: We were like, yeah, that. That one came together in, like, a single practice. It was wild. I had.
I had most of the lyrics and I was like, I need something else. I need something else. And so the, you know, you have to go to the EP to hear it. But the. The bridge that, like, they told me go to college is like, I thought of that in the shower and I was like, we have to do this.
[00:11:47] Speaker A: Yeah, we just set the rest of the music to it. So, yeah, Katie sings it and we just threw the music on.
[00:11:53] Speaker D: So you, like, had the. Even, like, the inflection and the hook and the melody of the thing and then you wrote around it.
[00:11:59] Speaker C: Well, that's like a. It's a childhood rhyme that, That I remember. It's like, girls go to college to get more knowledge and boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider.
Yeah, it's from the early 90s.
[00:12:10] Speaker A: It's kind of interesting to me. So I. I have never, like, coming out of, like, the punk and hardcore scene, which is what I'm. I'm, you know, where my origin is. I've never worked with somebody who has such a. Like, tight melody, like, in her head before coming to, like, practice with a song. So, like, I'll hear, like, every single note. Like, you don't. Like a hardcore band. Like, you don't really hear every note. Like, it's a layer upon layer of notes that come out of somebody's. Somebody's mouth. But, like, with Katy, it's. It's easy. I'm like, oh, I know what that is. I know a key that's in. I can play along to it, which is really a weird thing.
[00:12:45] Speaker C: They love and hate that because sometimes I make them write songs in major keys instead of minor keys.
[00:12:50] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:12:51] Speaker A: Yeah. One's. That's. That song that we're going to play later in this episode is, I think, the only song I've ever played in a major key.
[00:12:58] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:12:59] Speaker A: It's a weird thing.
[00:13:00] Speaker D: And for those that don't know, you know, My minors are. Tend to be a little more dour, a little on the. On the sadder side, and the major is a little happier. I didn't even know what Keith's like. I didn't. I don't know. I'm like, that's that punk rock that. I don't even know.
I didn't even know anything. Yeah. I'm like, what's the key? I don't know exactly. Like, sometimes they'll say that, you know, like, they'll be like, what key is this? And like, I. I don't know, man.
[00:13:27] Speaker A: It's like, you're fucking lucky I tuned to that.
[00:13:29] Speaker D: Fucking nerds.
[00:13:32] Speaker C: Well, Kermit. Kermit would never tell you.
[00:13:34] Speaker A: John Mayer.
[00:13:35] Speaker C: Kermit will never tell you, but he has an extensive orchestration.
[00:13:39] Speaker A: Yeah, he's a fucking degree.
[00:13:41] Speaker C: He has a degree in orchestration. So all of our songs have key signatures.
[00:13:45] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:13:46] Speaker D: Yeah, that's. Like I said, I just play what I'm told. Not what I'm told, but I just lay down the most simple thing to the. The things that the guitarist put down. I'm like, what's. What's the root note?
[00:13:57] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:13:58] Speaker D: Cool.
Yeah.
[00:14:02] Speaker A: Not tonic. Root note.
[00:14:04] Speaker D: Right. I'm basically, you know, 16th notes and root. No, that's it.
Yeah. So we're at this point, we have the ep and that came out when?
[00:14:15] Speaker A: August.
[00:14:15] Speaker D: August. And what month are we now? And now we're in the spring, so it's been a minute. It's had some time to marinate. And you've obviously done a bunch of shows in support of it. Well, yeah, two is a bunch.
Like, if you went to go buy bananas and there was one bite, you'd be like, that's a banana. And then if there was two, you'd be like, there's a bunch of bananas. There's a bunch.
[00:14:38] Speaker C: Fair enough.
[00:14:39] Speaker D: A small bunch.
[00:14:42] Speaker C: Small bunch.
[00:14:44] Speaker A: So Dole and a tequila.
[00:14:47] Speaker D: You know, we're gonna have you play a song later, which I'm excited for, because, you know, we're in a garage and there's no better place for a punk rock band than in a garage. And we'll. We'll see what we make happen. But we're gonna play something off the EP now, right?
[00:15:02] Speaker A: I believe so.
[00:15:03] Speaker D: Which. Which one did you want to play?
[00:15:05] Speaker C: For My daughter. It. Adam wrote the lyrics to this song, and I think it's. You were thinking of your daughter when you wrote it.
[00:15:13] Speaker A: It's kind of like a.
It's kind of like a anti love note. I mean, I love my daughter. Luna's like, everything, but, like, it's kind of like a. Here's this world that we're passing along to you. It's shit. Good luck. You know, it's.
[00:15:28] Speaker C: It's basically luck to you.
[00:15:29] Speaker A: Yes, It's. It's. Katie describes it as a song about the. What do you call it? Existential stress.
[00:15:37] Speaker C: Existential stress of. Of having a child while the world burns is really what it is.
[00:15:43] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:15:43] Speaker C: So, yeah, that's what I say during shows.
[00:15:47] Speaker D: And it's called For My Daughter.
[00:15:48] Speaker A: My Daughter. Yeah.
[00:15:49] Speaker D: All right, well, let's check out For My Daughter. Anti Rent Rebellion and then we'll be right back.
[00:16:17] Speaker B: We dug in the skies set your legs on.
We emptied out the ocean depth to satisfy our desires. We were the frogs boiling alive now we pass this poison still to you, you my.
I hope you love your gift it's one you can't return.
See this dying world without hope Plastic waste, poison seas and smoke we leave it all to you to fix our father we slaughtered the forests and grasslands Built your future on the path into extinction Sterilized without restriction But I'm sure.
[00:17:34] Speaker D: You understand.
[00:17:38] Speaker B: A George played to a match we waited for the light when the plane came up line it was too late to set it right we raised a white flag give up blame each other as our fight support cracks.
I hope you love your gift from your game it's one you can protect Earth receive this dying world without hope. Blessed waste poison seas and smoke we leave it all to you to make so.
[00:18:38] Speaker D: All right. That was for my daughter. Anti Rent Rebellion and that one is off. It's fitza. On a 45.
On a 45. And that is out now. But you're working on maybe a full length. There's rumblings of maybe something there.
[00:18:55] Speaker C: Yeah. Hermit has. Has a connect for a studio that we can spend a. Spend an extended amount of time in. So we're gonna be working on that.
[00:19:06] Speaker A: And we have so much material that we are. We are prolific considering we have not been playing that long. So, yeah, we. We have a lot of material and we're ready to just throw it together and.
[00:19:19] Speaker C: Because that's all we did in the year that we were rehearsing is just. We just wrote new songs and we're just writing and writing and writing and writing. So I have a bunch of stuff.
[00:19:27] Speaker A: I want to win a fucking Eddie.
[00:19:30] Speaker C: I'm so glad you mentioned that.
[00:19:31] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean. Yes. Yes.
[00:19:33] Speaker D: Holy shit.
[00:19:34] Speaker A: Yes.
You have been nominated, actually.
[00:19:37] Speaker D: Congratulations on your win.
[00:19:39] Speaker A: By the time this comes out.
[00:19:41] Speaker D: Yeah, I mean, I doubt. I doubt I'm gonna win, but like, I'm in the. I'm in the unique position, you know, because I'm on the startup team of Metroland, so, like, I'm, you know, if. If Metroland wins, I get to take the podium and I'm up against them as untimed 518. So I actually have like a 2. I think it's 6. I think there's 6 in that category, but one third. Yeah. Yeah, I got pretty good options, you.
[00:20:05] Speaker A: Know, just in case.
Just so you could edit it in or whatever later. I. I cannot believe you got robbed at the Eddies. Yeah. Sucks. So.
[00:20:14] Speaker D: That's right. You're right. You're right. It was a robbery. This will probably come out before the Eddies, but.
[00:20:18] Speaker A: Okay, never mind.
Well, that's up to you.
[00:20:22] Speaker D: But it's still probably absolutely true.
[00:20:25] Speaker C: You just jinxed him.
[00:20:27] Speaker A: I just said either jinxed him together.
[00:20:31] Speaker D: You know, I'm. I'm actually. I would rather Metroland win than unsigned to be. If I'm being honest, like.
[00:20:37] Speaker A: So you can keep your job.
[00:20:39] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:20:41] Speaker C: But I'm sure you like eating, you know.
[00:20:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:20:44] Speaker D: But, you know, I think. I think it would be cool. It's cool just to be nominated.
[00:20:47] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:20:47] Speaker D: Like the last couple years, like, you know, just between me, you, and the four people that Listen, I felt fucking snubbed the last couple years.
[00:20:56] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:20:56] Speaker D: What the hell, man?
[00:20:57] Speaker A: Well, for what it's worth, I. It has not been on my radar until this year when for I saw that you were nominated, but. But also there's a punk and hardcore category and I was like, oh, like, this is something that, like, is. Is genuinely, you know, and I can.
[00:21:15] Speaker D: You know, and I can tell you, like, the. To get on, like, their radar, really do what you're doing. Putting out releases and, you know, putting in the work. That's what gets you the stuff and that's what you're doing. So, you know, you're like, I want to be nominated for an Eddie, but I'm telling you, like, I wouldn't be surprised if next year you are.
[00:21:38] Speaker E: We haven't put any singles out. Like, that's another opportunity, like, while we're dabbling with a new album.
[00:21:45] Speaker D: Yeah. And the thing is, too, I guess, if you're doing the album and you have a shitload of material, like, you know, take some stuff. If you're in the studio working on and you have one that's done, just be like it. Let's package this, put it out and then get back to work.
[00:21:58] Speaker C: You know, record Family values.
[00:21:59] Speaker A: Yeah, it's good. Let's play that later.
[00:22:02] Speaker C: Yeah, that's. We were thinking about playing that here, so.
[00:22:05] Speaker E: Good idea.
[00:22:06] Speaker C: Be a good intro for the single. I think that would be.
[00:22:08] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:22:09] Speaker A: Yeah. The whole world of, like, marketing music is so, like, I have been. I think you use the term, like, dormant, like, for a long time. Like, me personally, I think you use the word dormant. Right.
[00:22:22] Speaker D: Probably dormant sounds like something else.
[00:22:26] Speaker A: My, like, music, for me, I've been dormant for years. Like, I moved to Albany, I went back to school. Like, I did a lot of things.
[00:22:33] Speaker D: 25 years of, like, really not doing anything.
[00:22:35] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, I did a lot and then stopped doing stuff and then recently came back and I'm like, marketing fucking. There was no social media when. I mean, it was, but it was like MySpace, like, it's like a whole marketing an album. Putting out an album's a whole different thing.
[00:22:52] Speaker C: We were just talking about doing video on the way up and how, like, that's something that's really important to do with your. With your music these days, because people like to watch music instead of listen to it.
[00:23:00] Speaker D: So, yeah, it's fun to do. We did. We've done a couple videos right in this room.
[00:23:05] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:23:05] Speaker D: Like, it's pretty fun to do. I'll. I'll hook you up with a video guy because, like, I actually know somebody who's done ours and he's really reasonable, does a really good job, and he's a one man. Daydreaming camera I'll shout him right out Daydreaming camera I'll give you the. I'll Give you the. The info. He's done two videos for us, and I'll show him to. He's like. I mean, like Hollywood quality videos at a. You know, a dazzle tent. Right.
But yeah, I. So working on an album, I think is got to be exhilarating. I guess, as a band especially, like you said, it had been a really long time. You went dormant for a while. Now you're coming back into, like, a new thing. But I also think in marketing, you know, because I'm in marketing in my day job, not music at all.
But I think having the power to do it yourself is a lot. I mean, it's a lot of work and a lot of people think that it's like, shit, and they hate doing it. You hear it all the time. You know, people are like, I hate having to do this. But I look at it as a different way. Is like, you get to do this, you get to control. Because I was in corporate radio for two decades, and you don't get to control shit about you, yourself, your fucking art. You know, who you are. You know, some dickhead in a suit is like, no, do it this way. We're doing it like this. And you'll be like, that doesn't. Isn't.
But, like, even though it's tedious and it's a lot. And social media can be a choreography, the narrative is yours, which is a completely unique thing that you can.
[00:24:52] Speaker C: That's so true. That is a very good point.
[00:24:55] Speaker A: Yeah. This guy knows what he's talking about.
[00:24:56] Speaker D: Yeah, sometimes.
[00:24:59] Speaker A: And it was a therapy session.
[00:25:02] Speaker C: Actually, so that's something. The therapy session. I feel so lucky to be a part of the band. And I just. I get such a rush out of even just rehearsals. I. My partner, every time I call her, and I'm like, I just. I'm coming home from band bridge. She's like, yes, I know. You call me every time and your energy is so high. And I'm like, because it's awesome.
[00:25:26] Speaker D: Yeah. And you're doing it for the right reasons. You're doing it for. And like, I always say selfish reasons. Like, people always say selfish, like it's a fucking bad thing. Like you have to give and give and give like this. Like, being in a band is selfish. And that's why I love it because I get satisfactory, like, practice. Like you said, like, rehearsal is my favorite night of the week. And, like, I get such a fucking endorphin rush off it with nobody hearing. Like, we don't even record our practice or anything, you know, it's just like music into the air. And that's amazing.
[00:25:58] Speaker E: And what I would want to add is, what I so much appreciate is that after we rehearse, nobody leaves until we pick the next date and time for the next rehearsal. And, like, I think that's where, like, some bands probably, like, fail, say, all right, you know, well, and then they're texting the next week and Mike this week. So I think that's kind of kept the momentum going.
[00:26:19] Speaker D: Yeah, we basically don't really standing day.
[00:26:21] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:21] Speaker D: We have Mondays. Unless, like, sometimes someone might be like, hey, can we do a Wednesday this right. Sure. But other than that, like, it's an unspoken, you know, Monday at 6 where.
[00:26:31] Speaker A: We'Re here policy too. Yeah. Our lives are too chaotic, but we do. We find a night every week. Every week.
[00:26:38] Speaker D: It's nice for me because everybody just comes to me, you know?
[00:26:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:41] Speaker D: I don't have to. I don't have to go anywhere. I'm like. They'll be like, how about this? I don't care.
[00:26:47] Speaker C: You can't hear it. But Hermit is nodding because he agrees.
[00:26:51] Speaker D: He didn't even want a microphone.
[00:26:52] Speaker A: Exactly.
We've got him to talk.
[00:26:55] Speaker C: We got the one word that's good.
[00:26:57] Speaker E: He gets a wood stove going for. Literally the wood stove going for us in our practice space there. And it's. Yeah. Cozy and home and.
[00:27:05] Speaker D: Yeah, yeah, like, you know, like the Dazzled then.
[00:27:09] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:27:10] Speaker D: All right, so we've kind of been building up to. We're gonna have you do a song here live, and I am gonna video it. And, you know, we'll. We'll probably put it out on the. On the dreaded social medias and give you evil content to chop up and use. Gross. But what. What song were you gonna do?
[00:27:31] Speaker C: So we're going to do a song called Family Values. I wrote the lyrics about a time in my life that was kind of difficult. Like, my life blew up when I was 18, and I just kind of had to figure out how to adult and also take care of my family, like, at the same time. And. Yeah, I, like, just kind of got in that headspace and I wrote the lyrics and. Yeah, it's. It's. It's a really cool song.
[00:27:54] Speaker A: This is another song that. That Katie came with the. The melody, and we kind of built. Built around to the melody that had already existed. Yeah, that's why it's a major.
[00:28:03] Speaker C: Exactly. It's a major. Yes.
[00:28:06] Speaker D: Awesome. All right, well, let's check out Family Values Anti Rent Rebellion Live Here in the Dazzle Den and then we'll be right back to wrap it.
[00:28:33] Speaker B: You sat.
Why oh why oh why do you wanna me?
[00:30:30] Speaker D: All right, that was family values, anti rent rebellion, live here in the dazzle den. And I want to thank you so much for taking your time out of your day coming up and doing this, rolling with the punches, with the technical difficulties and, and even making a run to stewards for double A batteries that came in and saved it. And that's, you know, this is a Eddie's nominated program.
I just want you to know that.
So. But before we go, I just want to give you a chance to say what I refer to as your gratitude. So Katie will start with you.
[00:31:06] Speaker C: Well, first and foremost, I want to say thank you to Adam because he really, I don't know, I feel like he took a chance on just a choir singer, you know, and really kind of helped me find a new musical outlet that is just unique and wonderful and I really love it. So thank you. I want to thank my partner for being supportive of me disappearing for hours and hours at a time every week. And yeah, I want to say thank you to the promoters who've been booking us.
We got doors at 7 and Birdhouse Records, so they've been really, really supportive. And thank you to you also for just the wonderful feedback and advertising you're doing for us. We really appreciate that too.
[00:31:55] Speaker D: You're welcome.
[00:31:58] Speaker E: I want to thank you for liking our record. We heard the podcast and I'll be.
[00:32:04] Speaker A: The one that thanks Josh Herzog for.
[00:32:07] Speaker E: He mixed, recorded, mixed and mastered the ep and he doesn't get the credit. Most of we haven't given him much credit. So he's got a nice studio in, in New Scotland.
[00:32:19] Speaker A: So thanks. I, well, I want to, yeah, I want to thank all of you, hermit and Katie and JD for, for, you know, just bringing life to this band and the world.
And my wife for being supportive. Laura who's really supportive. Like she doesn't even like what, what I'm doing. She's like, she like, she's like, yeah, go ahead and do your. She really, she really hates it but she's, she's so supportive and. Oh, and, but my daughter Luna who really likes what I'm doing and she's a five year old punk rocker who's like, when I'm like, what do you want to listen to? She says, Google.
[00:33:03] Speaker D: Ramones.
[00:33:04] Speaker A: Ramones. I'm like, all right, I like that. And oh, and all the. You, of course, Andy, Andy Scullen and, and whoever the. Does the Eddies and And you know, people that book bands and people that go to shows and. Yeah, exactly. Especially the Eddies.
Yeah, no, all. Everybody that supports local music and, you know, book shows and goes to shows and play shows. I think I just said that. And. And yeah, just does whatever. Whatever it takes to promote like the whole. Yeah. Community that supports itself. I just want to thank the community and the Eddies especially.
[00:33:51] Speaker E: Well, I really looking at the three of you, appreciate the living hell out of the three of you. First for giving me the. Just, you know, the opportunity. When Adam first sent me some recordings with their other drummer, I listened to that and I was just. I mean, he pounded sounded the hell out of Drive Phil. I'm just. I can't do that. I mean.
And that's why. So, yeah, the first covenant, then they gave me a chance and they're like, oh, J.D. you're. You're. You're. You're a good drummer. I was like, really?
Yeah, just their encouragement and everything, really. So I, I really appreciate all of you. And then also to. Yeah, same with significant others. I appreciate my. Now she's Was girlfriend now officially fiance.
Last week she. She proposed to me in Costa Rica.
[00:34:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:41] Speaker E: Yeah. And. And tradition from her mother for proposing there.
[00:34:45] Speaker D: So those gender norms. Anyway.
[00:34:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:47] Speaker D: Right.
[00:34:48] Speaker E: So, yeah, Audrey, she's such a. Such a fan of us too. And yeah, she'll be taking many photos and videos of us as we're playing live coming up. So. So, yeah, send that shout out to her as well.
[00:35:02] Speaker D: All right. Yeah.
[00:35:02] Speaker A: I just want to hug you all. You're the best.
Thank you.
Yeah. The fucking unicorn and your drums.
[00:35:11] Speaker C: We forgot we have a practice unicorn. He sits on the drums.
[00:35:14] Speaker D: Nice. That's amazing. All right, so they are anti rent rebellion. I am Andy Scullin, this is unsigned 518 and I'll see you on the road.
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