Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast - EP 307: Nick & Andy

Episode Date: February 11, 2025

Andy and Nick are joined by the Cocuzza bros and we’re talking about the biggest event in America. No, not the election, not even THE SUPER BOWL, but in fact, the pinacle of Denver Debauchery: the Andy Frasco & The U.N. show at The Mission Ballroom in Denver. That magical night in which nitrous flows like the tears of so many Kansas City Chief fans. But that’s not all! We’re diving deep into the Disco Biscuits—cuz why watch Kendrick Lamar hammering in the final nail of Drake's coffin when you can watch people melt into the floor instead? And will Andy still be allowed back to The Mission Ballroom after burning down the house? (Legal says we can’t comment.) Strap in, tune up, and get ready for another ride on the chaos train. Lest we forget: HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our boy, Andy! Let’s goooooooooo Call, leave a message, and tell us who you think the essential American rock band is today: [phone]  Check out our new album!, L'Optimist on all platforms Follow us on Instagram @worldsavingpodcast For more information on Andy Frasco, the band and/or the blog, go to: AndyFrasco.com Produced by Andy Frasco, Nick Gerlach, Joe Angelhow, & Chris Lorentz Audio mix by Chris Lorentz Featuring: Mara Davis Jon Barber Matt & Chad Cocuzza

And we're live, Andy Frasca's World City Podcast. I'm Andy Frasca. How's your heads? How's your hearts? Are you just getting off a fucking killer, killer concert? Good job. Andy, can I tell you something? Yes. Good job. Really? That was a great show. I'm proud of you Are you like figuring me? I'm proud of you. Really? I'm being nice to you today. What happened? Well number one Your band sounding as good as this ever sound you're performing at a high level It's the best I've ever sound your singing's the best it's ever been What I know I feel like an asshole right now contract renew I know I feel like an asshole right now contract renewing

Anyway, so I'm just that's it. No it was great show. I was proud to be part of it really yeah You're killing that we had the Nick Gerlach horn so funny shit Dave even said some nice words about the show. They loved it Yeah, he's like very inspiring said text me twice inspiring Gabe is one of those guys where he's a jazz dude, and you think he's gonna be a snob He's actually one of the more open-minded cats there is He's I really like him. He's a vibe. I'm starting to like he's a work. You would like his work ethic Yeah, I didn't I just never had a hang with him So I always thought he was just like a jazz like you said like really pretentious jazz do know he's the opposite of that But he is a great jazz musician. Yeah, I mean real jazz positions aren't pretentious

That's true, but it was just a great show main Main Squeeze was great. I can't take you serious. Biscuits for life, fucking gold chain. We have a lot of things to talk about this weekend. Family now. You're part of the Biscuits for life. We'll get to that later. Let's kiss your ass a little more. Okay, thank you, okay, thank you.

I just thought you're just getting better all the time. I can't believe you're still getting better. Wow. The crowd was lit. The crowd was lit. You were so worried I know I thought I was gonna leave I mean main squeeze fucking killed it. They did draw they drew Yeah, yeah, they draw more than I thought they'd draw. Yeah. Yeah, that was I mean it was packed in there

Yeah, I mean we did it together shout out to me squeeze and shout the squeaky feet there They're good. I didn't realize they're like a little umphries heads dude. They're fucking rock and roll dude. They're sick They're sick. I like some of the best guitar player. I mean they're all great musicians So shout out to everyone who went to the mission day. I think I'm really proud of that show I really took it seriously, and I'm like the JJ Grey tour helped me just like I could take everything seriously That's what I was gonna say next. I think that touring with a guy like that kind of Helped you settle down. Maybe a little bit. Yeah, I don't have to like just keep my foot on the gas Sins lower. Yeah, it's good. No one likes desperation. It's a stinky cologne as they say. Yeah. No, actually that's a good point

I think when I was getting desperate even I died of the fort even Julie liked it She's always stayed she stayed for most your set and then she got tie-tie, but um She was like really fascinated by you before the show. Oh, yeah, how you get just quiet It's just like the opposite of how I am. Yeah, she's like he's he nervous. I was like, and I was nervous. It's like Anxious or something. I don't like waiting around by at a venue for fucking eight hours So the words and like that was such a long show. Squeaky Free played 45, May and Squeezy plays 90, we play 90, it's a five and a half hours of music.

You played for two hours. I played for two hours. Yeah, exactly. 90 plus a 30. We did it. I like the acoustic break. I think that should be something that you should really start doing a lot.

I'm gonna start doing that a lot. Good for the crowd. Yeah, and I realized, you know, you can't just like, even in workouts, you have to like slow down. People take breaks. I don't realize that. Yeah, and people are getting older, you know. Dude, they are.

That was the most women I've ever seen at an Andy Frasco concert. There's a lot of attractive women there. I always like to see that. Moving up. Moving on up. Not just old dudes at the JMC, baby. We got women. But that also helps from main squeeze.

Not if I'm at the after party, but you know. I tried to sneak out of there and all of a sudden three o'clock happens and the fuck, Menver, Menver shows up into my house and fucking 20 of us. But it was low key. It was more low key than, There's a hundred fucking people. Yeah, it wasn't like crazy That was dudes. It was a lot of dudes or shouts everyone who made the flight to the mission show That was really a monumental moment for our bullet. I've been having I've been getting kakusa all week

Just fucking just partying down. We actually might as well just get him on the jacket kooza Macacusa Get in there Get in there Did you do the zoom out video? All right cool. Just um just sit down yet Will you do the video edit for the second Nick? Cacuzas yo, it's been fun, but you need to get the fuck out of Denver, dude, cuz there's a there's a mic behind you Matt Matt check it. Who's my best friends my traveling partners in crime? I'm so happy to be here with you guys

You've been here a long time and my brain is starting to get fried No No, no, no. In the past year we've been leaving it up to you. In the past year. True. The vacation. You slowed down. You were calling us old on vacation. You were like, these guys don't really party anymore.

So you come back and you know. It whipped me to shape, dude. The Santorini crew. I mean, that was such a blast. This has been fun. The Cacuzzo bros are in town. They're going to, they've been here for a week. It is actually my birthday today, because this comes out on Tuesday.

We recorded this on Monday, so it's my birthday. And for my birthday party, wishes, I need you to have movie night with me tonight. This is our, oh no fuck, we gotta go see Nick's trivia. We got Yacht Club tonight. We got Yacht Club, we're gonna get Julian. We gotta bring our thinking caps. We're gonna win tonight, dude.

Hey Nick, we're gonna win tonight. Don't tell us any of the answers. How do I do that? You never do that. That's why they were saying like, does Nick give you any of the answers? No, he fucking takes the answers seriously. Not the answers, but Nick give you any of the answers? No, he fucking takes it seriously. Not the answers, but it may be a little early

on the category. So have you had a good Denver experience? I think this has been one of the best ones yet. The mission the other night was electrifying. The energy was out of this world. I think that could possibly be. My favorite indoor Frasco show yet. We took it seriously

Coming off the JJ tour which kind of was Giving a different light shine on yeah, you can do it and you know hang out a lot guys. Yeah last month We've been hanging out all month. It's been amazing Well, I love it Any before I get Nick back in here, we're gonna we have a lot of voicemails to talk about We're gonna have a birthday party today We're going to dinner We're gonna black out. What are we doing? Like are you have any surprises you want to tell me about or?

nothing But that's what you guys did was the stripper the male stripper Romeo. Yeah two years ago He got the years it was like four feet of snow on the ground that night He still made it you call the stripper you guys called a male stripper Yeah and I think for a brief second there you really thought the show is getting shut down because I did a blown cop mode she was And then until I saw the plastic cop this also a plastic bed. Oh fuck Yeah I saw the plastic cup and I saw the plastic bags. Oh fuck Yeah

And Schwartz his little arm was trying to push this big guy That was pretty hilarious that was fun And but I've been having fun with you I we have a lot to talk about because I need to talk about this disco biscuits with Nick this chain He's got fucking on but um Yes, the Cuccos Rose are the best. They're my vacation buddies as you know It's just been an honor to be your little brother You know you've had a long hard life with the passing of a lot of family members

And just I just want you know publicly I always say this every year. I got your backs We're going to continue to have my back and we're having movie night after fucking trivia. Thank you Get in here Nick come back in guys. I love you. I love you, but I love you too be safe We'll see you in two days on Jam Cruise This is like oh god, this is like it's like party prison with the cacuses here. Oh God, I love it though. We have fun though because they're the only people that I could drink vodka sodas with I was cutting hard. I didn't know how to do it. So I had to figure oh, I had to figure this out. So Nicholas, he ace. You think the cacus are bad? Thank you sir. Thank you.

27 25 25 We're gonna take two years off for that mission show. We're gonna take two years off? 35. Do I might get better? Let's go. Let's go. You look younger. I've been taking some Joe Rogan age pills. Oh good. Whatever, he looks good, I guess. Whatever you want want to take it's better than drugs. That's true I did do a little had a little party this last couple days Super Bowl was fun. I can't believe I got smoked. I know so refreshing. Yeah, it was good. I liked it Yeah, Eagles were just better in every phase of the game the entire game

Let's talk about Saturday Saturday, what was that? Oh, yeah disco biscuits in town and family now stuff Who's making these gold bling disco biscuit? This is on this is Magnet is like I can't wait to hear about the show Let's talk about it felt like felt like I was it was 1992 Berlin in there. I know dude, it was like they were doing all their techno stuff, which I really liked. It was cool, dude.

I just like it was like progressive like I thought they're just gonna roll into do ha's. Yeah. And like, shout out to their drummer Alan for playing like that for like three and a half hours. Dude, did you like the disco business Chad? Yeah, I know that he man. It was the first time to see him. I know, he was kind of. That's a good first time to see him. That's one of their best shows I've ever seen them do.

Yeah, and they're, yeah, they're actually, they are really sounding pretty good. I mean, they're pros. They got their shit together. My boy, Herm's on lights. He had them looking good up there. I wish I got to see the meltdown of the biscuits, because that would have been a fun time for me.

Oh yeah, dude, you love that. I love seeing a band meltdown hair I love all the industry people they bring out What like all the industry books they bring out like I've never seen so many 50 year old dudes from Philadelphia. There's a lot of Eagles jerseys dude just backstage like hey Barbara Here's some people aid mushrooms from the you know kids. I say thanks John You know I just sold my company for 250 million. It's like yet whoops who all have trust funds They're all rich or they like invented some company or something Magner looks so happy. Yeah, Magnus looking hot He's looking buff. I was looking at his like pectoral muscles. Yeah like

No, this is a muscle. It's not fat. No, it's yeah He's got the hottest dad bod in the band. He's got the slick back fucking. Yeah. He looks like he got his hair cut in the matrix And then barber is like Confident I didn't realize he's a tall motherfucker. He's a big boy. He's big. He wears own management So he's like a tight end. Did you notice that he what he was? Management NASCAR style management hoodie on stage. I love it. I'm obsessed with barber barber Just coming out with a matching sweat. That's a vibe. I might start doing that. We should call him call him Oh, you might be on a flight. Oh no, he flew yesterday. Hold on. Let me grab my phone. I have my phone

Maybe yeah, call him call him I'll let you talk. Okay, um Yeah, he was great. And then when did When did mark brown see and start looking like at Baruch Ben Baruch he's stealing his style Ben Baruch if you don't know is manager of goose and we're calling barber. We need to talk about my answer We'll see you made he's probably this kid working out. I'm in my big league us. I don't know. He's pretty nice

Hold on If you're calling him, he's probably like what the fuck's happening. He gave me the chain. So we're homies now He gave you made someone else give me their chain. You know if you're just listening to the podcast Nick is rocking a gold biscuits for life like change Walking this kid yeah Unbelievable I think it is real if I'm gonna get it appraised the jeweler

Looks pretty real to me. Look how shiny it is. Nice and heavy. Now he literally made a girl take it off and give it to me. The Disco Biscuits getting good is the worst thing for the jam community. Their fan base is gonna be so obnoxious. It's gonna be it's gonna be so obnoxious with their fan base. They're gonna be like we're finally good again. We're back. We're back. It's gonna be like, we're finally good again. We're back. We're back. It's like, they're all like 45 year old dudes. It's like that Titanic meme where she's like, it's been 98 years.

You know, talk about what the thing is. Exactly. The documentary. They're talking about the Titanic. It's been like 90, it's been 98 years since I found the hope, they found the diamond. It's been 98 years. Shout out to Herman, their sound guy. God damn it. Sounded good. The lights were cool too. It was banging a little long but whatever. Jam bands. Three hours. I'm like dude, chill it out. That's what happens when you get sober, you have all this energy. Well sober enough. Ben Baruch loves not having openers for their bands. I kind of get it. Save the money. I mean they sold a lot of tickets.

And the fans just want to hear you. Jam Scene just doesn't want to hear an opener. They just want to hear their fucking band. I've opened for Disco Biscuits a handful of times. It's not the best crowd to open for, honestly. They kind of hate you. Yeah? Even if they like you.

Oh dude, yeah, they asked me to sit in. I'm like, I was like, we're just talking with it in the morning, Barbara and I'm like, your fan base does not wanna see Andy Frasco come onto your fucking stage. No, what would you even do? Yeah, like, let's pop this bitch like a balloon. It's time to walk down to Electric Avenue.

Dude, they did the sweet Led Zeppelin thing where they like played a sample of him singing over their thing. Yeah. Like, who's the guy? What's this? Come on? Help me out the singer from Yeah, Robert plant. They did a sick Robert plant solo over like a sample over a techno jam. That's so cool Dude, that show is fun What?

And I hate to say this But the fucking moon hooch too many zoos show bro, I went I left it check get back in here You you were amazed sit down and pick up the mic pick up the mic check. Who's it back on the show? I mean, I'm a huge fan When I knew you were a fan. We're like this show this show is gonna blow your mind, I'm like, okay, cool, whatever. I say that sometimes. But you don't say that. You say that when you're proud.

Yeah, yeah. You say that about disco business, too. I'm like, okay, whatever. And I saw it and it was dope. I gotta start taking your advice a little more about music, you are a genius. I do know a thing or two. Me and Chad, because we laughed at set breaks. I really wanted to go catch moon hooch

whole Lee Fucking shit, dude. That was some psychic we we have my Michaels coming over the house in like an hour We're gonna talk to this guy. Yeah, I want you guys to geek out about sacks. Okay, nothing about this Holy shit, dude they Nothing about this Holy shit, dude they Yes, Scott brought us into the Cervantes. We went red. Yes. We got the The prime view and I think all of us were in I've never seen you like that at a show where you're just like Oh my god, do this and the dance party the energy and this is the most New York subway shit

I've ever Brooklyn shit. I've ever seen in my life We had saxophone players this one saxophone player from too many zoos. We're wearing he's wearing this one piece fucking Yeah felt like the from straight from Europe. Mm-hmm. He's Crip walking yep with a baritone sax and killing it killing it like Stopping it's like it was like it was like Brooklyn boy band Hell yeah, doing high kicks with a 40 pound saxophone around you He works out cocaine something I don't think he does I think he's pretty chill yeah, a dude looks a little crazy He's a little crazy at the pink cowboy. Oh, yeah crazy people need drugs. You know what I mean? No no that's cocaine

That's product of cocaine. That's some New York cocaine Parties, baby sweatin. I heard he has a wild tattoo of a dragon that goes all the way down to his penis I'm not kidding This is the most in New York shit I've ever seen and Michael Wilbur if you asked me if he if you told me he was Michael Wilbur is one of the bad if you told me he was the best saxophone player on earth I wouldn't really have a good argument. Yeah, that was such a great hang at Super Bowl It's like it was Gerlach, Wilbur, and then the beatbox guy.

Honeycomb. Honeycomb. Good dude. And then they had Opio there. Yeah, it was like a it was EDM. EDM Mecca. What's the weird group? Over there. Jeremy. Jeremy Salkin. Yeah, to keep a party going like that with a couple of saxophones, a drummer. And a moog bass. And a moog angst. Going like that with a couple of saxophones a drummer and a move The drummer I mean he's the low-key gangster that whole thing that was one of the best you have to be you can do that Without good drums so shout out that what do you what what was your experience about that Chad I? Mean I did I had an idea what we were walking into but once you really get in there, and you see them live I mean, it's that's a dancing party party it's just non-stop the whole time super entertained about the whole thing man that was I mean special treat selling of whatever how many tickets they sold it

out just have a sold it out with Biscoe disco biscuits in town yeah and just saxophone and drums who the fuck pays to I mean the kind of kind of speaks to like is it music industry or is it you or is it yeah I want to talk about this like why did it take 10 years for Too Many Zoos and Moon Hoots to go on tour oh no they've been touring together for a while I think they're always yeah and then like Michael and him have some side groups too one's called like Thunder Saks and then the guy who else is in Moon Hootsch uh Wenzel the fucking european Wenzel with the cone traffic cone that oh hello like his you can totally tell he's German just fucking He's the construction half a whole lot start fixing

Or his grandfather was a huge YouTube channel where he pranks people big part of 1946 Have you seen those where you let's bust it? Let's bust into a Burger King and like just start playing a sax and he'll get like millions of views that dude looks like an Aryan German Dude, yeah, or no, I think he's a Austrian. Okay, even earlier. It's like he had an accent for sure His grandfather was definitely part of 46 That's I don't know. I'm gonna keep that over too soon. I'd be love too soon for that. Yeah. Yeah No, but yeah, it was crazy But Chazamoon hooch that was fun as shit. Did you party after?

Nope, I went home. You went home. We went to 715, then we went to Yacht Club. Oh, oh yeah. And people were just buying us, I guess really people were coming out to the mission. Because everyone, all night, were just buying us drinks. Oh right, because the surf show got done early.

Yeah, they were just done. See, I think that's the key. Midnight's the new ending, I think. Midnight. Also, you'll need two 90 minute headliner sets. If two, there's two different headliners, 75 each. Couldn't agree more. Saves 30 minutes.

It's amazing how that 30 minutes saves a night. I couldn't agree more. I've never seen a band for an hour and 15 been like I need another 15 minutes of this right after 75 minutes I'm good movies are too long to do all that Yeah, actually you got a port yeah Chat Talk to Nick about this moon hoots thing because I want to grab my phone cuz I really want to we got to talk to Barbara about this gold chain. Don't answer if you call you're more famous

What do you think about the moon Interview me kakusa. What do you want to know? You know, what are you scared of? Saxophone player like would you get up there and be in sit-in with those guys? I'd be a little scared They're so athletic and I don't really play in that style very well They're very great. You know, it's very aggressive. Would you would you bring just like a like a miniature? Traffic cone just to like yeah, I try to show dominance and just yeah, I think I would just yeah Maybe a little like a little one. You wouldn't like go in there alpha style. We're done

Before we finishes this biscuits thing I got have to call, we just have to call, Todd Glass has called me. Babs? But, we have to call Barber. Barber. Text him, say you're on the podcast. Alright. What?

I was amazed. They were, they did, I mean, mean people I was amazed with the disco business thing Dude, it's not my thing. We need to really and I enjoyed it Yeah, dude, they're the best I mean they're just fun guys. They're cool. They're relaxed a little bit, too And they're just personalities like that You know yeah harbors man those and so is Magner Alan's cool You may have you ever met him super quiet. Yeah, he's like the baddest drummer He's a perfect drummer for them. Did you ever see how they like so they had a drummer before him?

Yeah, they did public auditions like at a show so they play the show and like I don't know I don't know that I wasn't really a fan of them this is all secondhand but like they had like the five finalists come out and each do like a Couple song segment and then the fans got to vote they like the fans got to help decide who the new drummer was Yeah, Alan won which was kind of interesting to me. Wow. Yeah speaking of new drummers Prima fucking prime is Hoffman from dirt foot got the gig. You know him. Yeah, I don't know him We used to play with him all the time. I didn't know that side of him. Is he badass? He's bad to the bone.

I texted Barbara, he might be working out or doing kid stuff. Aaron Magnus is like, God, please be nice to us on the podcast. Really? Yeah. We're sucking your dick. We're sucking your dick right now.

I got a chain, dude. I'm talking about you more than I'm talking about my Mission Ballroom show. Yeah. Nick is repping a chain. I swear to God. This is real I think this might be worth like 40 grand Call me

No, it's a it's very you're on the pot no one's answer Everyone's so tired. We're filling one the Super Bowl last night. They might be party. They might have partied all Congratulations Philadelphia Eagles Only a lot of voicemails. A lot of people do not agree with the Grateful... last week we talked about the Grateful Dead being the greatest American rock band. A lot of people... this is the most voicemails we've gotten on this on a rebuttal. And what's interesting is they were almost all different bands from each other. It wasn't like four people called in and said Pearl Jam. It's on the second one over. Yeah, I got it

It wasn't like people called in it's like four people said Pearl Jam and like ten people said Tom Petty a lot of different bands What should we start getting through these some punk rock? This one, you know, I'm from LA, I'm half indifferent about this. But I think another one, another good contender, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, they're divisive, so I don't know, Nick, you probably have some goofy take on them, maybe not, I don't know. But they probably rock. They've been around for ages,

and they keep pulling out songs and albums big people some people like him some people don't that's neither here nor there but they get fucking listen to they sell tickets that's true my mom knows them my mom's 75 from eastern Montana and she knows the red hot chili pepper she knows some of their songs Mm-hmm Peppers that's my vote. I'm probably gonna call back with more. He didn't well But I think red hot chili peppers are a strong contender You know guys I'll go first I was gonna ready to shit on this and I'm from LA and

I do think the red hot chili peppers need to be in the running up now. Yeah, it's true. They're generational Because I was thinking about this when I was watching Kendrick Lamar last night Like do you think it's the end of rock bands doing the halftime show? Yes, I agree I'm here talking they thought they didn't think so Foo fighters were gonna could do it. I've got a really good argument for that actually They didn't think so. They thought the Foo Fighters could do it. I've got a really good argument for that actually. The Grammys this year, the two guys that won

Best Rock Album and Best Rock Performance, the Beatles and the Stones. Like there's just like no new rock bands that are on that level, you know what I'm saying? Like it's so bad that the 60 year old bands are winning Grammys for the rock stuff. So I think that speaks to that as well. Like the Beatles used AI and they won Best Performance.

Right. You know what I'm saying? So like, I don't know, I kind of agree that the rock thing, I think they're going to go country next year. That's right. That's what I said. I think what's considered like full bands, we were talking about this yesterday, right? I think like Post Malone, Morgan Whelan. Yeah, we're definitely due for a Post Malone halftime.

But here's the thing is Jay-Z's in charge of it, so who knows maybe. so the Apple music he picks. Yeah, I think he kind of is like the guy that picks I like Tandem he he doesn't care if he wants to get sued or not. Yeah, I really like fuck Drake fuck Speaking of the music at the Super Bowl. I really like the stuff before the game New Orleans II Yeah, the national anthem was cool. They had a trombone shorty. Yeah, that was sick It was like a good nose for the city. That was very New Orleans. And like, that town was lit, dude. Lit. I was watching like, you know,

I was watching Kreischer's Insta story. He was out in the town. He was fucking just getting after it. He did the raffle ticket thing too, did you see that? Yeah. But back to the red hot chili peppers. Yeah, he has a good point. They are generational.

I do think they're a little like, like they have like hardcore fans, but they also have a lot of people that kind of despise them Yeah, I don't really like I'll be fair. I mean just to be honest I'm not a big fan like but you have to say that they have been around for 40 50 years and have been successful So like yeah, they're like top 50 or top 20, you know, I mean top 15 Yeah, I don't think they can be I don't think they've influenced other people though the way the Grateful Dead has I don't think there's like people like trying to be them. Also, anything to key this weirds me out. I'll be honest. I Mean heroin to wild drug. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah

Alright, here's another one this one We're gonna do kind of the stuff that isn't traditional before because there's a lot of runner this one. I like to American songwriters and performers but oh sorry that's cool just do it from there I think that the velvet underground are truly American rock and roll yeah so must get cut off or something or toggled velvet underground yeah I don't know much about them you know much about the learning I know they kind of invented punk yeah they did but I don't know enough about

them which kind of speaks to maybe they can't be the greatest American rock man since we can't even really riff on them but I mean like are they influential yeah but like I feel like punk is too new. Punk is like too niche. I don't know the class was fucking pretty revolutionary are they American? British, okay?

So so they're not part of But punk itself like I don't know dead Kennedy's were they British They're American or were weren't American were they I was American Yeah, New York is fucked. They're like CBGB band of the year, but I think the Ramones would be the number one punk band right? I mean yeah, I mean a band that the year, but I think the Ramones would be the number one punk band, right? I mean, yeah. I mean, a band that was punk and got through to the next level. Yeah, like they're on the Tony Hawk's thing.

For sure, for sure. You know, they're on all the Tony Hawk soundtracks. Did you see Weird Al Yankovitch and Marco Benevento? I've been waiting to watch that. Oh my God, it is fucking amazing. Clara, Clara did a music video and they put Weird Al Yankovitch and Marco Benevento in it. It is the coolest, Marco Benevento is singing Clara.

What? I mean, Weird Al Yankovitch is singing Clara. Like the girl singer? Yeah, the girl singer, like the girl. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We saw her at the mission. Indie rock. It was so well done.

And Marco Benevento's just like, dude, Marco Benevento is hot. Is he? I haven't really checked him out Look take a picture of it. Look at it. I was like Damn, this man's aging like fine wine over here is weird. I'll mark top 20 American rock bands weird He's been around since 1980 something this one is my this is my runner-up this I think this one is pretty damn good I A couple ways I try to rebuttal with oh, yes, dude look at his eyes Holy shit Marco Benaventura eyes dude like some he's not like young right like no no

Check this one this one. I like this one here, and I got an answer to question as far as the greatest American rock band after the greatateful Dead, because I gotta say, I agree with The Grateful Dead, but if you're gonna say another band, it's gotta be Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, because first of all, that's a band like Andy Prasco and the UN. That's a real band. Tom Petty, Southern Boy. But they don't embody just the South,

they just embody the entire spirit of America. It's simple, easy, everybody sings along. They had more hits than the Grateful Dead on the charts. That's a point. If I were to say, on the charts. That's a point. If I were to say, you know, my humble opinion is Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

I mean, just think about that. Thank you. I agree with this. And after a week of listening to this, thanks, Jeddy. I agree with this. Tom Petty has hits. A lot of the songbook is America in a nutshell.

And for California, that was our songwriter. So I might be a little biased. Southern California, that was our songwriter. Northern California had the dead. But our roots, our car drives was always Tom Petty. Yeah, I guess I just- But is that America?ty Yeah, I guess it is that America Also is I just I guess my thing with them is like I didn't really understand if they were a band or Tom Petty In a band you know what I mean they're bad. Okay. So he's been a band. I think there's number two They're the reason why I called myself and the UN really yeah, cuz Tom Petty

I wanted to have a band, but I didn't want to have the pressure of someone breaking up and changing the band name Fair enough. Yeah, and then you can also just somebody was always top in the heartbreakers Also, you can rotate new members in and doesn't really have to change the name. Yeah the vibe I mean, yeah, Tom Petty does have more hits. You can't argue that. He's also more hits in the grateful dead He's also more palatable for more people. I think like think like you know I'm saying like your dad probably likes him Yeah, kids like him. I always respected like he did that thing in the 80s where he would just start with the chorus Yeah, it's always kind of badass. Yeah, come out with the hook, and then I love that and you go to the verse That's pretty bad Boris get to the chorus. He also died of a drug overdose, which is very American. Oh that is it any oh

No, I think he did. I think he was clean forever, and then he had a heart attack. Oh, yeah I don't quote me on that, but I think it's true if it's a podcast and yell at me on there But I think that is what happened. Thanks Chad, which is very American dying of a drug overdose is very rock I'm sorry, but so did you're very very cutesy Yeah, so like being a drug addict and then relapsing and dying is like one of the most American things you can do So you got to give him that? Jesus Christ We're done with that no rest in peace Tom Petty

Have you ever watched that documentary about him? Yeah, he's the only guy with a four-hour documentary where you're like this should be four hours long It's just you know his guitar player was my soccer coach what you know this no dude Mike Campbell I grew up with his kid Darian Campbell. I Didn't know why my dad was so interested in my my soccer playing oh You might walkers funny tell to me by the way. I quit right away. You don't feel like a soccer No, it's fifth grade. Oh, yeah, I was looking at the grass and shit. I was not that was not I was so ADD But I was like why is my dad always coming to my soccer practice because this is what Mike Campbell's going to rehab He had to go hang out with his kid. Oh, so we were like had to go hang out with this kid. That's so funny

So yeah, yeah, you had to go to rehab was like Mighty Ducks We had to go coach it like where you got in trouble you had to go coach a team He's Gordon Bombay What so he's the lead guitar player or something and main songwriter with Tom they write all the songs together so he's mad rich too hell yeah do I used to go to his house I didn't I didn't know what a student I wasn't into music but yeah you're going right Darien's house and we'd go into the studio Tom Petty would be chilling with Mike because

they're on their hiatus when we were fifth grade and they're fifth grade yeah, he was at my uh my um You would love you're gonna fucking love it my participation trophy award Mm-hmm saw we didn't win the championship where we got the fucking participation trophy hot ass la Soccer scene and Mike Campbell and Tom Petty were giving out the awards and playing songs my dad was like having such a heart I'm like why is my dad care so much about this like this was the year that I wanted to quit everything to be a jazz to be a musical Broadway musical guy oh my god and then I

went straight into soccer you forgot you were a Broadway kid you're good your dad's like please please please please I have two other girls I have two And then I went straight into soccer. You forgot you were a Broadway kid. You're dancing. My dad. Please, please, please, please, I have two other girls. I have two girls already, please God, not a musical theater son, oh my God, he already has curly hair, please God, he's too good looking. Just swimming, I'll do that.

Yeah. Oh, dude. That was fun seeing your parents the other night, by the way. Oh, they were fun. Your mom was nice to me. Yeah, she loves you. That's weird remember. She thought I was a golden retriever Yeah, that was the funniest text we went to the golden retriever festival in Golden they

That is the most dopamine. I've gone in my life. I want to take Denzel next year. D. I D. I dog Oh my only black dog. Oh my god. Oh my god But he has golden retriever energy You know what I mean? Sometimes I always give I gotta start giving my dad more love at my shows It's all about my dog. Like my mom is the best person in the world. Also. My dad is in attendance My dad is a good dude. He did fund your life for 18 years Oh, he's the sugar daddy sugar father sugar father. He's on in my life Yeah, my mom didn't work. My dad worked and made all the money and I always just get she works

She's a mom, you know, she did he raised. Yeah. Yeah, but yeah, I get what you mean. I feel bad I always after every show my dad looks at me like you piece of shit Always after every show my dad looks at me like you piece of shit Really? No, no, he's cool. He might have in my head. He's like cuz he like, you know, he's like me He likes to be the front of the party. I know I knew your dad when he's a little younger I feel like he was a party boy back in the day dude. He used to tell me you don't in this crazy story used to like Drive to drive two hours to work every day, and my mom used to call the bar, get his ass out of the bar to go home.

And my dad's like telling the bar titter, I'm not here, I'm not here. You would think in LA he would just, there's so many bars, he could just go to a different bar and she wouldn't know where he was. I mean, I'm like on my dad's side, like I'm not gonna sit in traffic, I'm gonna go at the bar, go drink some drinks. I'm gonna drive home drunk's I like I'm not gonna sit in traffic I'm gonna go at the bar go drink some drinks and then drive home drunk and then I'm gonna drive home drunk

I got a porch. It's fine. You can't get pulled over in a porch That's so Indiana though what that like your mom calling the bar cuz like you know, there's only one bar in town So you know a bar there at but that's so funny. She knew a bar. He was Downtown LA my dad creature habit like me. Yeah, exactly. If you want to know where I am I'm probably at Cervantes. I'm at Don's. Yeah, Don's or Cervantes. Calabasas Don's. Calabasas Don's. That's so funny. Speaking of Bruce Frasco, this one's also Joe Angelhowe, our producer. What about Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band? I just, they have to be, as we've normally mentioned, iconic. If there was one rock star that died right now,

and Obama would cry, it would be Bruce. Our little Republican producer, Joe Angelhal. No, he's a libertarian. He's like a Ron Paul guy. Shout out to Joe. He's a good dude. Our producer of the podcast. Good boy. Keeping us honest. He's got a point. He does have a point. This was my rebuttal from last week. This was the only rebuttal about the... I think Springsteen is the American songbook. Yeah, okay. Too many songs about blue collar, oil spills, and jeans that are greased up.

Yeah, I'll give you this. I'll give you this, it's a little, to me, Bruce Springsteen's a little performative. I don't know that it's coming from an honest place, okay? That's fine, it's America. Here's things that are American about him. How dare you disrespect New Jersey like that? I don't think it's New Jersey,

I think it's him pretending to be blue-collar when really he has a podcast with Obama anyway So that's later in his life. I get about the younger guy Okay, we'll talk about me ten like now that I have a fucking area podcast with Nick girl I'm a boss guys in a Porsche Nick Bama. Yeah, but to use Porsche. Oh, it's my dad's Porsche. Yeah, yeah, so His music very loud and brash and annoying. Okay, right? So that's American. Right. He's prolific. He likes to wear the jeans.

One thing I will say, as much as I like to make fun of Bruce Springsteen, the guy's 70 and he looks great and he's put on a hell of a show still. I just saw him last year with my parents. I was amazed. He should be your inspiration. Three hours straight. no separate disco biscuits. Springsteen went three hours straight. Damn, well he's got songs, it's different. Yeah.

No, I get it, I just like, I mean I do like to make fun of him because it's like my mom was obsessed with him when I was a kid and I just had to, she'd be like, learn the sax solo from Born to Run or whatever. So I don't know, I don't know if he's like the best, but you gotta put him in the top 10 probably. You gotta put him on the pantheon of like but he's sitting at the round table the Knights of you know The Knights of the Templar like the sword out, you know, I think grateful dead as the sword, but he's there

I just think he's kind of niche. It's like if you're not from the East Coast You're not as into him or if you're not like a woman who's in her sixties, you know, you know what I mean? But he's definitely on the pantheon. He's definitely you know. I'm just not into the music I guess So it's biased bias, but that's what I mean music there's no like T. Shea Eagles this is cheap 40-40 you can't do that right you know so you know he's got a point I'm just not a fan. I guess but uh and whatever you can hate me for that go ahead. I love it I love being hated um last one

Connor our super fan Connor shout to Connor. He's he's the best he just told us he just finally listened to every single podcast He's caught up. He's caught up. He started from the beginning. He started for the bottom now here. He sent us a voicemail We both don't agree with this one. No, but he does have a point he has a point All right, here we go Eat A Matthews why does everyone give everyone gives their best, their energy basically. But harder drums like Vav Hell basically. The Jeff Collins, this amazing trumpet here. um There um a message this like jumps around and

He even brings like the entertainment into the entertainment business a rock That's it. Thank you Connor. So the amethyst they are fucking massive. I mean they have a lot of fans They sell out amphitheaters. It's a little niche. It's like they're sort of on the jam band spectrum, right? Like a little just like that the the underculture One issue here. I have with this is Dave Matthews is from South Africa though So here's the argument he's gone So here's the question is the band American if the whole they started in America He met them all in America, but he's from South Africa Africa but does he come off as like an American to you he comes off as America okay so we'll

count him as an American speaking of famous people talk about a volume calm volume calm no but you're so right I will be I am you fall for I fall for ad dude you and Julie are so alike in that close how like we are I know we were talking about it before the show She was like you and Nick are opposites before the show you're like I get like chill. I like I'm not not Nick girl lock in the UN either. It's a little different thing Yeah, I'm just going through and playing some horn charts. That's easy. I've been I've done that a hundred million times You know what I mean? Oh

Yeah, you convinced me anything anything dude. I should just start making having people make fake commercials like giving your co-hosts to raise Extend your lifespan by five years call the voicemail and try to try to convince me that Yeah, I should put something in my body and give me a real pitch. Yeah Anything it could be healthy water. yeah, whoever gives us the real pitch First off we have to we have to announce the virgin winners. We didn't get a lot of virgin questions No, and they were dudes a lot dudes So we're gonna give it to the guy that we put it on there with the with the airplane You know okay, I'm playing fuck. We're gonna. We'll give you some money. Yeah, just remind us hit me up

Yeah, hit up my voicemail line, and then do we harbor text me back. He's a doctor Even better sonogram with his wife. Oh, no, that's not cool. Yeah, yeah, they're having a baby Oh, he said he's a forgot a baby. We can press it. Yeah, he said he's cool. Yeah, congrats barber Yeah, I was having a baby. Yeah You heard it here first Just start announcing all their pregnant Speaking of babies we got to touch on this what when you were went to coon's is last night Oh my god, you were so scared to hold that precious angel. Oh my god, and you said Nick. Do you want to touch the baby?

That's something and you said y'all made me wash my hands three times Well, that's cuz you wash your hands and then immediately like picked up something I got a cookie and like you're like, okay, let's go over there Uncle Andy that kid was so cute though. Sarah's so over my bullshit. She's like really I touched my baby It looks amazing. She looks like she didn't even have a kid. She does she's looking hot. They got cute kids, man Yeah, Coon just looking kind of hot his little buffalo short king I don't think on a short king my new thing when I hug him is I get down to his level and I get my Like head or his head is yeah eye contact with him precious. Yeah, you don't want me and just like look him in the eye

And say I'm so proud of you. I love Coons man, but it was funny. You kept saying Nick Do you want to touch the baby? I was like don't say it like that dude Say hold the baby. I don't know what fucking baby etiquette is. I know. You're only 37. Been around baby. You have neph- My sisters didn't let me hang out when they were babies.

My sister, once, she's like all anti-vax and shit, but when the baby came before like the whole, she was like- This was pre- Pre- Pre- Pre- COVID. COVID Pre-COVID. She would make me take flu shots to go see the baby.

I'm like, I'm not putting that shit in my, I was when I was real hippie now. And the tables turned. Oh how the Terrence have tabled. Um. Yeah, I probably wouldn't. I probably wouldn't. So I couldn't even see the baby when they were babies.

Like how old are your nieces and nephews? Like 10? Yeah, eight- dish. Yeah, I wouldn't let 30 year old Andy hold my baby either. I'll be honest Bailiffs lets me hang out with his kids. Yeah, but they're like they have immune systems That's true. They go to Catholic school. I hung out with Blake when Blanford came to Dallas I saw that he did she was sick, sicker than a dog. And I did not get sick. And we hung out, she slept over, we hung out.

And fucking sicker. And I did not get sick. I was like, I'm patient zero, dude. I have all this shit in my body. Like Montgomery Burns and the Simpsons, like I said. It's all trapped in there. Nothing else new can get in. It's filtering it out. Oh my God, it's so fucking funny.

You do get sick though, you're just kind of always a little bit sick. Yeah, like I was a little sick this week. I saved some of my steroids from last year, and I ate some, I was like, wow! Oh, is that really? Dude, steroids are fucking awesome. Oh man, I have had them once,

I had them injected in my spine. Oh That's all right to the car accident. They gave me the hiccups for two days It's What's up? Oh? The squee at this girl's been fucking haunted this way I don't sleep in my bed anymore the squirrel wakes me up squirrels No, dude 7 a.m. Like wake up wake up. We've got a new squirrel in my Building it's fucking with Denzel and really driving Denzel crazy He wants to eat it really bad. Yeah comes up the window and like fucks with him. Yeah, he tries to go

He has to kill it. So funny. He turns into a man for once. He's obsessed with Julie lately. Oh, yeah It's like I don't exist Yeah like the other night he she fell asleep on the couch and to stayed out there and I slept in the bed and Instead of sleeping in the big warm bed with me He slept on the very end of the couch with her just like he's a big dude you know he's like curled up he'll do that just wherever she goes I love it so the party's over now Julie once Julie comes back from vacation yeah like you

don't even fucking exist it's kind of like that he would throw me off a selfish ass dog he is a fucking narcissist dude. He's kind of been pissing me off lately with his narcissism and his attitude. Fucking dick. And he knows he's handsome. He knows he's cute and he knows everyone loves him. You know what I mean? Get over yourself dude. He's like Justin Timberlake or something.

Dog. You're talking shit about yourself. You're talking shit about yourself. You fucking dumb piece of shit. I'm talking about a seven-year-old standard poodle you look at you look at him just like loving on jewels like you fuck that's how I feel that's how my dad probably feels about what I'm just like My dad's like you fucking my mom's a bad person this bullshit. My mom's the best person ever My dad is also in attendance tonight She got backstage and he didn't yeah. Yeah, we just gave him the we gave her the VIP Dad you have to pay for a ticket your gem pop. Yeah, I'm paying for this dead

What about those guests you had? You had Ali Kroll. Ali Kroll. I might have her in the band. What do you think? What do you think? I don't know if she'd want to do that full-time, but... We also didn't talk about what's your take on Sam Kelly, our new saxophone player. Oh, yeah, I'd love to talk about him. I thought he was amazing. Yeah? Perfect.

Perfect? Perfect fit, good-looking guy, nice in shape, plays the good shit, can play keys. Oh my God. Extrem extremely easy to work with Yeah, he's the best just kind of a nice guy right like yeah hot girlfriend. Which is always a good sign Very that was a sign right? Yeah, it's go for brunette. Yeah, beautiful girl. What's one thing about him? I know he has a twin. Yeah sister. She was out there. Whoa. She was nice, and then you're like, oh you're fraternal But then you see it. Oh, yeah, they do look alike. Yeah, especially from the side profile Well, you got any graduate from Berkeley. I'm a huge fan of Sam, man

I think he's gonna be a perfect fit for your band this year Yeah, and for more years whatever years amount it is, but I think he was just like I think everyone else likes him, too Right. Yeah, man. He's jumping on the table. He's not committed. Oh yeah, he's not a pussy. He's like, you know, sounds great. You know, it's like when you have a... He's excited to be there, which is always nice. Yeah, when you have a new girlfriend, then the other girlfriend is there. Like Nick, you're my sax girlfriend.

Yeah, but I'm not jealous or anything of him. No, I was worried about bringing him around. No, I'm a nice guy. Yeah, but like, some saxophone players are like, no. Yeah, I have my standards and my limits. Yeah, so I was like really worried of bringing like this new girl around you. Well, I just wanted to make sure

he really felt comfortable, because I can be really, I can be like a little intimidating, you know what I mean? Like coming around with me there, and like doing the pod. Dude, he sidebar'd me a couple times, like, um, isn't Nick going to be around be around really he's scared of you. That's fine. I'm good, but I was really nice to him

So yeah, but he deserves it too, but Ali crawl was great game urban will trash is no slouch I know on the fucking percussion very reliable guy, too Yeah, even on your he did your little live record thing. Yeah, it was awesome. Check that out. That was sick. Yeah, dude. You think I'm becoming a musician? Yeah, but don't don't fish. Don't let me just compliment you. Don't ask for more, okay? More like Oliver Twist. Please sir, can I have some more? Please have another compliment about my musicianship. Mr. Gerlach, please. Please, sir. You want more?

I'm like the orphanage guy. You want more? He wants more, he says. Maybe far away. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Orphaned, Andy. Where is love? Where is love? Dude. It's all over Twist for all y'all yeah only g-rated Oscar only g-rated movie to win the best picture

I gotta get you I gotta we gotta go to back to future the musical. I think you'd love it I probably what I mean those are my favorite movies kind of I'm as an atyph Antity the manatee I kept calling her that Antity's great. I was like not cuz you're fat cuz you're nice. I really like that girl. Yeah, she was she at the after party. Yeah, yeah She's she's really good girl. Ain't a tea the manatee. She loves jam scene a little too much. I'm freaking freaked out. Ooh She's a fangirl She loves panic Was like having acid reflux like yeah

Yeah, well, but she's a good lady acid reflux, thinking of like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. But she's a good lady. This is the first time I'm not chasing women. Yeah, you gotta love them. They're coming to you now, big dog. I'll clap to that.

I damn, I'm being so nice to you today. Yeah, what's going on? This is weird, are you asking for a raise? I'm an honest guy. No, I've never asked for a raise and I never will. I just have to give it to you. The universe will, yeah, see, it feels better when you don't ask.

I agree. When you ask, then. I don feels better when you don't ask I agree when you ask I don't know. I don't it's not time anyway, so yeah, I'm just honest, and it's good. I mean I threw here Oh everything I said is true. Am I growing up you're getting better. You sounded so good when you sang with JJ Gray, that was the best you've ever sounded. Thank you. It helps that you're with that band and just like he's such a good singer So like brings you up a level. It's true. It's like intimidating. Yeah, was it's fun to watch him pretend. You're like just as good at him as singing Because it was the best you've ever sounded, but he was still way better Yeah, I mean, that's not an insult to you is no he sounds like Otis Redding. Yeah, he's amazing He's the white Otis Redding. Yeah, yeah, that band's incredible pretty amazing pretty maze

Um a lot of things to you Nick and I are Going on Jam Cruise We got I guess we can talk about the lineup now. Yeah, we got snarky puppy Michael League Michael League. We got mark Browns here We're gonna talk about his new fashion style. Oh, yeah His little midlife crisis thing is going on right now. I'm really into it right now. He's well past the middle of his life, but okay How would you think mark is 50? I know exactly how old he is. I would, yeah, basically. He's 50, wow, he looks good actually.

49, he looks great actually. Barber looks fantastic, he's 52. I think they're all like basically, because they all went to college together, so they all- I didn't realize how big Barber- Alan's a little younger, the drummer, I think. He looks the oldest. But he's like, he doesn't look that old,

though he's very jacked too. Yeah, he's running. He runs, he's always been a runner, like ever since I've known him. He's been like a marathon runner like oh My god the disco basis fans are gonna be so obnoxious. They're so I know they're the funniest fan base So it's fun when they're obnoxious. Oh, man Hmm I was talking to my friend Susie who loves jam bands, you know, I love we'll keep it there who loves jam bands, you know her. We'll keep it there. But she's like, thanks for warming up our stage.

I'm like, you're saying our. Like it's our, like you're a part, like this is, like you're a fan of the Lakers. And they're a cult, Disco Biscuits fans. It's a cult. It's a cult for sure. I just laughed at her face. She's like, shut the fuck up Andy.

Should I get a, I should go on Disco Biscuit Store this year. With your fucking gold chain? Sponsored by 7-Eleven, you know what I mean? Sponsored by Nitrous. What if you become the spokesperson of B4L? Man, I think they would be open to that actually. You'd actually be a good... Mark Brownstein was like, well I didn't know you were coming, we would have had you on stage. Not to play saxophone to talk. Yeah.

That's like, alright. I do want to call Chris Lorenz He did that he did that thing that California thing. He's in our art my old bass player Chris Lorenz Is now in Phantom Planet California Let's call him the OC that volume calm while Chris is talking on the phone Call him the OC volume calm while Chris is talking on the phone You're on the podcast oh my goodness, I'm on the pod right now. Yes, you are Chris Lawrence our bass player our editor-in-chief sound sound engineer also bass player of Phantom Planet which I want to talk about this

What the fuck hat dude? I saw Jenny Lewis. I saw what what was that event about that was that was fucking nuts, dude It was uh you know it's one of those um wildfire Benefit shows yeah like a wildfire relief And it was I think the third one that phantom had done Yeah, man, I mean everyone was affected in some way or another even if our homes weren't burnt or like evacuated There's like LA's really come together Man, yeah, it is actually kind of incredible to see that Yeah, and these events have been like really cool man like I mean at least the two that I went to

Yeah, it was it was wild well, um tell me all the famous people you met It was wild well um tell me all the famous people you met Well man Reggie Watts was there that was a huge well I saw Jenny Lewis right next to you. Oh my god, Rilo Calli. That's my Williams was there Haley Williams Oh my god. Holy shit, dude. I know, it was fucking crazy. How wild was that? In my head, I'm thinking the entire time,

back to 14 years ago when you and I were touring together for the first time. And both of us were like, ah, Jenny Lewis, she's amazing. I was like, ah, Vasco's going to be so fucking jealous if he ever sees these pictures. Dude, I text you right away. I'm like, fucking Jenny Lewis and Haley Williams for paramour now. I know was Jenny Lewis like hot in person Dude, she's a lot shorter than I was imagine. She looks short. She's a short queen. Yeah, I like she's a short queen

Yeah, what about Haley Williams? Oh my god, so if you believe it even shorter What yeah, she seems short lady why is everyone famous short as fuck Yeah, he's really short we're not really into him Yeah, he's definitely short though, yeah, sorry. We're not a fan of him. He's alright. We'll strike that one. He's okay. We'll keep it. We'll keep it.

We gotta let people know that we can't love everyone. This is not socialism. This isn't kindergarten. Not every week it's a, hey we love you badge. This isn't the Netherlands in 2022. No. Come on. Let's be real here also Nick

Who else was there with a couple other famous guys it was that whole line of yeah, John C Riley was hosting the thing it's fucking So strange about it like everyone that was there did like two songs so like five minutes tops So it's just like perfect for somebody with ADHD. They're just cycling through people constantly You know somebody from the podcast was on, Kevin Morby. Oh yeah, Kevin's great. That's Waxahatchee's boyfriend. Yes, exactly and Waxahatchee, Katie was there singing with him. Nobody knew who the fuck she was. I don't think Waxahatchee has gone big on the West Coast. No, they're big though. I don't know though. She's like, she's cool. She's cool. Yeah, they live in Kansas City

so You only did two songs or was it your event that was that dude just two songs We were we were the last band to play How did you get to play one of your new songs and you guys got put out a new record and play? I quote new ish right like as a song called raised it to every 2008 It's one of my favorite songs dude Chris is in Phantom Planet. Yeah Barbara Collins, I'm putting a good word for you. Yeah, come on. Why don't we just tour together? You know I'd work. I mean dude as the French say not no

Not no, I love it. Well Chris. I'll get you this edit here this podcast one right get out make sure you Yeah, make a good you're gonna want you're gonna have to find a breakout But I'm proud of you. I just wanted to say I'm I'm so proud of you buddy and your love this girl's really She's your new girlfriend's beautiful, and she loves Wes Anderson. I know she's a winner for me the fucking coolest Dude, we all gotta get a hang going next time you guys are in town. And you cut your hair. It's short now, it's not on my shoulders. I feel a great weight has been lifted from me.

Are you doing some tantric sex shit too? What are you doing? What are you doing? Hey, we'll save that for the next interview. Alright, goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. Love you, love you too, bye. Did Barbara call you? No.

He was just texting me. He did? Yeah, I told him to call you. Someone called you so I thought maybe he did. I'm gonna call him one more time. We're gonna have one last shot with you are and that's Yeah, maybe he'll answer I call him bad if not we're ending this podcast if not yeah Barbara's your last chance There yes our king our fucking king the sweatsuit Dom the sweatsuit Don the Tony Soprano of sweatsuits, dude Yeah

How are you not hot as fuck you have all these lasers on I'm not wearing any clothes underneath the sweatsuit. That's what nobody knows Nobody knows that. Robert. You rock sweatsuits in hot environments you don't take off the sweatsuit that's the amateur move you leave the sweatsuit on you remove clothes underneath. You psycho fuck. Dude this is the best I've ever heard your band we were just talking about how obnoxious your fan base is going to be because you guys are good again. And the Eagles won. Oh my god. We're just talking about how obnoxious your fan base is gonna be because you guys are good again

My god, yeah, you feel it about that. I love that dude. I loved the game yesterday was great Did you fly back to Philly? I did And then the night like after we played this incredible to show at the mission I got this email that they were canceling my amazing flight and putting me on the plane streams and automobiles Version of getting home. So it was a challenge. Well, what did you fly into New York? Charlotte and then Philly and Something but I got home I made the game by like 20 minutes and And then the game was over six minutes after that. So it was really awesome.

It was over pretty quick. Yeah. OK, so how is the city burned down? What's give me a live take of what happened in Philadelphia last night? Last night seemed pretty tame, actually, because the game got over so late. And it just didn't like there was some stuff going on

There was some like fuck Taylor Swift chance going on Fans in those chance just like a bunch of like metalhead They moved the thing to Friday is like the big parade. So no city will burn. Oh My god Jesus fuck are you going to the parade? I'm wearing my chains. I'm going to parade We got a we have an apartment that we can piss in but we're at the parade cuz that's a key Yeah, that's all right. Are you playing the parade? No, no, no, I'm just going down there to, you know, wear ugly green colors and yell go birds.

It's the Eagles. Fuck you. Let's go, I'm proud of you, Barber. What a fucking year you're having. What a year. Dude, it's wild, right? Dude, your band's kicking ass, you're happy. You seem like you're, yeah.

What's the deal with these B4L chains? Nick is wearing a B4L chain right now. I work to the podcast. This is very culty, I'm kind of you're yet. What's the what's the deal with these B4l chains and Nick is wearing a B4l chain I work to the podcast is very culty. I'm kind of worried about it. What's going on? It's if you wear that chain it means that you've gone through the initiation rights and processes and you're probably like, you'll probably have to shave your head, but maybe not for a month or two, depending on what comes back. This feels like a sex cult. I don't know if I agree with this. This feels very sex cult-y. Dude! Try, put the chain on, have some sex. Okay.

Just- Let it hit your chest a little bit, and then call me back and tell me how it went. Oh yeah. I'll report next week for you. Barbara, I just wanted to call and say, fucking awesome. Nice work, buddy. I'm really proud of you and the band. And you know, it's like no bullshit.

All bullshit aside, it was really cool to see you guys. You're back. It's awesome. It feels pretty good. That was a great show for us. I mean, you warmed the place up for us the day before I mean that was that was like the biggest weekend the mission has seen in like five Yeah, well in the jam scene you have a jam scene Well, what a weekend go get out there and they're with your your wife and deal with stuff

We just want to say we're proud of you. Congratulations. Everything's awesome We just wanna say we're proud of you. Congratulations, everything's awesome. Awesome, man. Thanks, buddy. Congratulations to you too. I love that we're both killing it now. It's crazy, dude. I know, and we're happy, you know,

and we haven't talked about your other side businesses that are kicking ass to you, so good job. Thanks, man. Go get them. Well, get out there, go have fun. May the world be your oyster oyster and keep wearing sweatpants I'm flying I'll fly in with I'll come in Yeah

We're gonna helicopter off Jim Chris all right, buddy. Love you, buddy but Volume calm you love John Barber. He's a man. He is the fucking man He literally made a girl take this off and give it to me. I'll get you a different one later Nick girl, I was like the most honored I've ever felt in my life. I love it. All right guys. We're out of here Don't forget to get on volume. Yeah head to volume calm best livestream company in the nation Everything you need and subscribe to only Frasco. People are subscribing. Yeah, we've got, we got.

I think we're like 50 already. Yeah, it's pretty good. Yeah, we are. Yeah. And we're gonna be doing an extra podcast. Me and Nick, got a lot of work to do. We're interviewing a lot of people on the Jam Cruise. Yeah, we're gonna do some real interviews too.

Next week, yeah, we're gonna do three. I wanna do a Snarky Puppy, I wanna do a couple, I wanna get. Everyone's there. Yeah, it's gonna be fun. I want to do a snarky puppy. I want to do a couple. I want to get everyone's there Yeah, well, it's gonna be fun, and then it gives keeps us from the bar going to the bar Yeah, I was like I'm bringing my PlayStation 5. I'm chilling my room. Yeah. Yeah, I got my own room I'm very excited about that. Oh man me too. I'm gonna watch porn. He's like you're on the inner side I was like perfect the quiet side. Yeah

Also, we just announced our new record growing pains coming May 23rd. Pre-save it if you can. New single Crazy Things comes out February 21st. Is that the one with Krasno? No. No that one's with Pultz. And then we start our tour guys. I'm just so amazed. The ticket numbers are so good. I feel like I don't even have to promote the shows. It's going that well It's going that well, but if you haven't bought your tickets yet head to Andy frasco comm slash tour We are on tour for the next two months Till April 1st. I'm coming out to Indy coming out to Indy We got a lot. We got a lot to do Nick for this podcast. We're away. I love working. Let's go. You know me I know you know you buddy on time ready to go and Thanks for everyone for the birthday wishes. We love you and we'll see you next week with Warren Treedy,

which was a fucking fantastic interview. One of my favorite interviews we've done. That was a fantastic, yeah, Warren Treedy. That was unbelievable. Inspiring. Inspiring, all right, bye. Bye. That was good.

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