Do Go On - 222 - Frenzal Rhomb: The World's Fuckedest Band

Episode Date: January 22, 2020

Frenzal Rhomb are one of Matt's all time favourite bands! Hear their story involving chart success, controversy, silly song names and multiple hospitalisations - fun times ensured!We are back for another run of live shows in MELBOURNE for the International Comedy Festival (March 28, April 4,11,18)! Grab tickets (including a season pass which gets you 4 tix for the price of 3) here: https://www.trybooking.com/BHUVCMatt is performing his new stand up show MONKEY HOUSE in BRISBANE March 10-15 and MELBOURNE March 26-April 19, find more details/get tickets here: https://mattstewartcomedy.com/gigs (use the code 'podcast' for a special listener discount)Jess is performing her debut solo stand up show ALMOST in MELBOURNE March 26-April 19, get tickets here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/almostSupport the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-TopicTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasREFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:https://www.thesoundcheck.org/post/interview-jason-whalley-frenzal-rhombhttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/frenzalled-attack-20030530-gdgugd.htmlhttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/frenzal-rhomb-refuses-to-grow-up-and-thats-just-fine-with-fans-20170719-gxe2x6.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080914015138/http://www.jplay.com.au/JSite/ViewArtist.aspx?ArtistID=382&ShowFullBio=truehttps://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/early-morning-wake-up-call-20050129-gdkl1u.html

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Hello, Dave. Hello, Jess. Hello, Dave. Hello, Matt. Great to be here again. Sorry, we're fighting again. Who? Did I do something?

No. Matt and I are fighting. Oh, right. We're not talking to each other. Well, tell Matt that you're fighting with him. No, you're the, I'm the one fighting with him. You tell Matt I'm fighting with me. Dave.

God, that would be so tedious for a full episode. Tell Matt, my very funny joke. He's pretending you can't hear it. Make Matt laugh at that. It's great to be back in the studio. This is our first episode that we've recorded after our Christmas break. Yeah. We haven't seen each other in three weeks.

When I saw Jess, I said, is this the longest time we haven't seen each other in the last four years? I feel like it might be. I think it might be. Is that sad? Close. Probably. That's been three weeks. I don't even realize it's been that long.

It's good to see you again. No, that is true. Before Christmas. I've been away. I've been in Tasmania. Yeah. For about three weeks. So it's weird.

Weird that it's been that long. We all went out and saw a bit of Australia. Yeah. I went north. I went south. I went not as far north. Yeah. You know, all four corners of the globe.

So arguably, I was way better because I went a bit further. Yeah, I think so. So there's that. It's absolutely true. Just saying? But I had to cross water. You did. So I think I am the better one.

I think I did tell you. We arrived in Byron Bay on New Year's Eve, Byron Bay, a very popular place all year round, really, particularly at New Year's Eve, as Falls Festival is happening there at the time. And we got there to realise that our accommodation had been booked for the 31st of January. And who booked that?

Not me. Okay. No, all the ones I booked were, which was every other place we stayed on the trip. That's lucky. were correctly booked. Just give him a little bit of responsibility to make him feel good.

So did you just book that one? Are you going to go up for January? Look, if we weren't going to get a refund, I was like, well, we're going back. But we found literally the last Airbnb available and it was a little shack. It called itself shabby chic. It was just shabby in a caravan park.

And there were cockroaches. Oh, that's living. And the floor was dirty. So it was a holiday. You want to get the New South Wales experience, you've got out of cockroaches. You're simply much. They're huge up there. They are.

They are massive. Aren't they known as the cockroaches, maybe? One of their sporting teams or something, the cockroaches? I think maybe they're rugby. Is there a rugby team? I would hate to play for the cockroaches. I might be making that up. Maybe that's what Queenslanders call them.

They have a real rivalry, Queensland in New South Wales. Yeah. Feels weird being down here and not really hating anyone. We're like the third sibling. We are. Hey, guys, fight with us. What's that? Oh, gosh.

Yeah. Be pissed. stuff at us. Oh, okay. Don't worry about it. Let us know if you need anything. We're pathetic. We are pathetic. We need to grow up. We need to read a book. Yes. No, I think we should have a three-way with Queensland and New South Wales and really get something going. Okay. Really? All right. Anyway, good to be back from our holidays. It is good to be back from our holidays. I'm off to a flying start. We are. Very much so. So this show, we're works, Jess, if that's what you're about to ask me.

Yes. One of the three of us research is a topic, often suggested by a listener, and we research that topic with all we've got. And we bring in the report that we've come up with. With all we've got. We bring it in with all we've got. Yeah, we drag it in. My God, we're on the second floor here.

Honestly, it's exhausting. We like that guy, Apicus or whatever. He pushed a rock up a hill. Someone correct me. What's the guy's name? Abacus. Abacus. Abacus.

Abacus. Don't have me. And so we... I love to kill a rocking chair. I love it. Oh, that's very... A classic. So we all...

One of us has a report done this week is me. And then we tell that report to the other two while they normally, annoyingly interject. According to listeners. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what you mean. And we get on to the topic with a question. This week, I'm asking the question,

because it's my topic. And the question is very self-indulgent. Which band have I seen live more than any other? Oh my God. Oh my God. What's the name of that cover band? At like the Maribonong Hotel or some shit hole. At Adam 13 or something like that.

Taco? Such a weird reference to Taco. Taco. I actually would have seen Taco quite a few times back in the day. The edgy and other such places. The Sandy. I couldn't think of any of your actual haunt. Maribon.

Your one was the knot, wasn't it? Yeah. Okay, it's no offense to Maribonong, but you know what you did. And most live at, well, you already done Tism, but you couldn't have seen them that many times. I think so of them four times, Tism. I reckon I've seen this band be pushing up to 15. Wow. Okay.

Are they Ozzy? Yes. Okay. My mind is going completely blank. Oh, my, I was just listening to you on Josh Ours podcast a few months. a few months ago with Tim Rogers from UMI. It's not UMI. Great band.

I would have seen them a good half dozen times. This band. Is it Nick Cave? It's not Nick Cave. Can we have it like a letter? Frenzel Rom? It is Frenzel Rom. Fifteen times.

I reckon, yeah. Including festivals. They were at the first festival I went to in 1998 at the music ball called Pushover and it was sick. That's great. I think I've seen them twice. Put on a good show. Oh, so fun.

The first time was at another sort of like all ages festival at Lunar Park. Oh, yes. I reckon that might have been another one of the push-overs or push-on, man. Oh, yeah, it might have been a push-over, I think, actually. Yeah, it was about 2004 or five maybe. Yeah, it was pretty young. Yeah. Yeah, great band, very fun.

But I don't know too much about the history of them, to be honest. Oh, cool. Well, I'm about to tell you about that. I just reminded me if I'm going through my brain all the times I've seen them, One of the times I saw them was after the Saints lost their 2010 grand final. So they booked it, they booked the weekend after the grand final, but because it was a draw, they had to replay the game. And I bought a ticket to it thinking, oh, it's a week after grand final.

Yeah, so it was such a weird show where I'm real sad. They put on a good show, I remember, all the same. They chid me up quite a bit. And the venue's at the corner in Richmond, so I walked from the MCHA. CG to the ground amongst all these celebrating calling you fans. Well, I don't think I would have been wearing a hat and a scarf or something probably. Oh, you thought that sucks. Probably face painted.

Yeah, so dejected. Like, oh, I'll go see friends. Probably holding like red and white and black balloons. You're wearing a flag. The red and white drift off, but you just left the black. Covering up your premiership tattoo. Yeah. This is embarrassing.

I already changed the date from last week. No, we didn't win. So this topic was suggested by Michael Nados, who wrote in the suggestion hat. Along an interesting career, my favorite Australian band. Oh, great. Anyway, let's get into the topic. Friends are on. They were formed in Newtown in Sydney in 1992 by singer Jason Wally and bass player Alexis Feltham,

who were childhood friends. At the time of their formation, Jay was the son of academics, still is, I suppose. was studying philosophy at Sydney University. And the band formed to enter a university battle of the bands. And there was no plans to keep the band going after that. I was just like, well, bring it together for a one-off battle of the bands and then it'll move on with their lives. Oh, that's fun.

The band was named after Jay's Pet Rat, who was in turn named after French physicist Augustine-Gene-Fresnell's invention, the Fresnel Rom. According to Miriam Webster, a Fresnel ROM is a rhombic prism of glass used to transform plain polarized light into circularly polarized or elliptically polarized light. Yep, that makes sense. I knew where I knew that from. Yeah, elliptics are where plausibly light. Yeah, light beams and.

I think maybe I read it was, it's used in like lighthouses and stuff maybe. I'm not sure. I mean, it sounds fascinating. And if you know anything about it, I'm sure it's really interesting, but I didn't understand 90% of those words. For I have an arts degree. Yes. You know? Well, which is what Jay was doing as well, majoring in philosophy.

Jay remembers the influences that got him into the idea of starting a punk band saying, the punk music really started appealing to me by listening to Australian punk bands like the meanies, the hard-ons and nursery crimes. They were also doing all-ages shows way before all ages was a popular thing to do. For the Battle of the bands, the lineup was rounded out by guitarist Ben Costello and drummer Bruce Braybrook, and they ended up coming second in the Battle of the bands. And this modest success led to the band continuing on and eventually to singer Jay dropping out of uni. Oh, wow. I mean, you only came second, mate.

No, we're on the highway to success. Yeah, punk. Australian punk, this is going to pay the bills. Well, probably more than philosophy, to be honest. Take that philosophy. But they're not listening to us. Original drummer Bruce, I bet they are. Please email, do go on pod at gmail.com and tell Jess.

Philosophers love podcasting too. I want that email, yes. Original drummer Bruce made way for Carl Persky. And in 1994, they released their first CD, an EP called Dick Sandwich. He was like, quit my job, and I'm going to hear the big time with it. Well, he recalls telling his parents about the change in direction, quote, I told my father I was going to be dropping out of university going on the doll and starting a punk band

with our first EP called Dick Sandwich. I showed him the cover of it with the character on the front eating a sandwich full of severed penises. You'd never seen a more disappointed human in all your life. Break his dad's heart. The band were told by Link from the Meanies that it would be crazy to pay more than $500

to record an album. But according to Jay, they spent 1,200 Oh. Recording Dick Sandwich and it quote Sounds much worse than any mean he's $500 record.

Just to clarify there too 1,200 is more than 500. Yes. Thank you. And it sounds worse. Yeah. Amazing. I did some maths.

Yeah. Just wanted to point out there I can do it. I can blast light through a prison number one too. Yeah, I can do an optical figure digger d'em. It's a euphemism, is it? I can blast some light.

Can't blast light through your prison? Absolutely not. Okay, I bid you farewell. I just mean, can I use you, John? Yeah. Can't blast light through your prison. Your porcelain prison. It sounds like you're saying prison.

Which is a way, a porcelain prison is a toilet. They should make prisons out of porcelain. Nah, that's probably a bad idea. You can break it, right? Yeah, but I'd look nice. Do you get covered in shit if you do it? I'd look nice.

It's a problem in prisons. Don't look nice. Yeah, prisons are very ugly. Yeah, make them nicer. Make it pretty. Make it more attractive. Put a rug down or something, you know. Juge it up.

Out of throw cushion. Bit of wall art. Make it a place where you'd like to go and live. Make it out of porcelain if you want. out a porcelet if you want, I don't mind. The album has been derided, the EP at least, has been derided by the band and others for sounding like it was recorded under a dooner.

Because it was. But despite this, the independent release sold out its run of a few thousand copies and is now somewhat of a collector's item, which I'm an owner of a little retirement fund. Where did you pick up your copy? J.B. Hi-Fi. Wow, it's pretty hard to get that.

Yeah, I think they, Yeah, it was just the only one there. And as a fan... I wonder if there was a re-release or what, because I wasn't into them when they kicked off. I didn't get into them until later in the 90s. As a fan, listening back to it compared to their other stuff, is it not as...

Is the quality bad? It's different in a few different ways. I mean, compared to the band now, Jay's the only member who's still around, the singer. And they used to do a lot more slap bass than the early does. But also it does, like the... Not everyone can. can do that.

Well, that's the cool thing about as the base, like there's been a couple of replacement bass players since, and they've been sick at playing all the different styles of bass players. I always find impressive, seen them live with a newer bass player. They play an old song and they're pulling out all the slap stuff. Just punk music with the Seinfeld theme mixed in. What's the deal with telling your parents to go fuck themselves? No, well, speaking of TV themes, that first EP did have their version of the home and away theme. I actually think I have heard that.

I didn't realize that that was from that. That's awesome. When they released the EP National Youth Radio Station Triple J, Jess's employer, told the band to, quote, grow up. That sounds like something we'd say. Jess, have you ever told any new young up-and-comers to grow up? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So we have Triple J unearthed, which is a whole number. another station now as well and like people starting out upload their music there and people can

jump on and review it and us presenters review a lot of stuff too that really helps out um young up-and-comers and all of my reviews just say grow up i give everyone half a star and i say grow up grab read a book what's the lowest star rating you've ever given oh like four i'm very kind i thought you might be very much i don't want to give everything like they're all trying their best that's the thing if i really don't like something i won't review it yeah that makes sense to me i'll just review stuff I like. Because it's just it gives everyone a little

oh that's nice. Yeah, not as good as the Seinfeld thing. Yeah. Oh, okay, that'll be my next one. But that I think,

because it sounded like you were diminishing the nice words you were saying for any of them listening. But then you went on to sort of change that because you're like, if I haven't reviewed you, I probably hated it. I can't possibly listen to everything.

You've listened to everything. I've listened to everything and I've written like 10 reviews. So grow up. In October. So over that year, 1992, they released a three-track, hang on, 1994, sorry, they released a three-track single called Sorry About the Ruse on their label, which they called, How Much Did I Fucking Pay for This Records? And this included a cover of Depeche modes, Just Can't Get Enough,

which they changed lyrics from Just Can't Get Enough to, How Can I Fuck the System when I Just Can't Get It Up? It's political. That's good. Which I like about it. think makes you chuckle. Yeah. And then it makes you think.

Yeah. And then it makes you grow up. Yeah. They took Triple J's advice and they've grown up very quickly. And once again, on behalf of Triple J, you're welcome. I remember when I, so I think that was maybe a release as a final initially, maybe, but when I saw them in 98 at that pushover festival, I remember them just flinging CD, cardboard CD, copies of it into the crowd.

And I got another one of those also. funding my retirement. Perhaps naively the band sent a letter to Depeche Mode's publishing company asking, Oh, would you mind if we use this song and change lyrics? And according to Jay, singer, they sent back a very firm no, no you cannot. You do not have permission. And that's when we realize, oh, wow, we should just have never asked. Yeah.

And then we went and did it anyway. The back cover of the CD is the rejection letter printed out. Or it's actually a fax. A rejection fax. A rejection facts. Somehow. The most brutal form of rejection comes in a fact. Because it sort of prints out slowly.

And you're like, oh, oh. Man of a thousand noises. That's a fax. Dear friends are wrong. Stop. Please stop. Stop. Yeah, you're right.

Rejection telegram would be worse. Rejection carry a pigeon because then you have to look that pigeon in the eyes and it knows. And it can't look you in the eyes. No. It's like, oh, I'm all sad. Oh, God, I'm so sorry. I think it's a great idea. Yeah, I think you're great, but don't shoot the messenger.

That's good stuff. In the early 90s, the Californian punk scene was exploding and that sort of skate punk scene, which I think Dave was, you're into that a bit as well, a bit later on. Yeah, love all that stuff, yeah, no effects, etc. Jess, you ever get into that kind of stuff? No, I'm very wholesome. This is wholesome stuff. At 13, I was very into Delta Goodroom.

Oh, that is wholesome. She was very awesome. She was born to try. Yeah. She learned to love. You know? She had a very, very big album. Yeah, I can't stand her now.

But. Was it born to try? Yeah. Was it learned to love? I think it was this. Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. Think I'm lost in my reflection. Yeah.

That doesn't really ring a bell. Downed at the start while you're doing the OCD. Right. I mean, the other great song of 2003. So that Californian punk scene was exploding. Australia was one of the biggest scenes for it outside of America that really got in. Especially the American bands and also had a bunch of our own. So it meant Frenzel was able to support a bunch of touring bands including Bad Religion, the offspring, Pennywise, and Blink 1282.

Damn. In 1990, who was the first concert I ever went to was Blink 1282? Really? Supported by Body Jar, an unwritten law and Costick Serder. That's cool. I remember. Taco? Tucker with her.

I probably saw Tucker the night before. But I remember I didn't, I don't think I really got how it was meant to go. So I got there in Costic Soda, the opening act we're playing. I was on all-age of show. It would have been 14. So he just went real hard.

And everyone was going hard. I remember the band were like, wow, this is great. We played the over-ages show last night, and everyone was too cool. So thanks so much for getting into it. We love the kids. And I was fucking knackered by the time when it came on.

You just pooped yourself. Blink are like, what the fuck's on of these kids? You're all having to nap. They also probably were like clearly the worst band on the, like I liked them. Great, but they're as a live act. They're sort of pretty clumsy. Yeah. I think they got better, but this was, you know, it was pretty early on their career.

In 1995, the band released their first LP coughing up a storm on shock records in Australia. Around this time, they supported one of those day's favorite bands No Effects, whose band leader Fat Mike also had a burgeoning record label, Dave, named... Fat Records. Fat Rec Records, sorry. And Fat Mike really liked Frenzel, and he put out one of the tracks off the album as a single, as a seven-inch single in America, four liters, which is a song about Goon, Australian boxed wine.

That's why it's called Four Leaders. They sort of just go through a bunch of different kinds of goon, so that's fun. makes you sexier. So they were also featured on the fat records compilation, Survival of the Fattest, which opened up more doors for the band. This is a quote from Jay. I guess the Fat Records thing helps us wherever we go.

Their compilations, they put out sell way more records than any of the bands on them. So everywhere we go, the kids know at least two songs. I guess it's the, it shows how important something like that is. So it open with one and close to go for the other. But I think a lot of people go to the show

The shows I go to everyone's singing every word to every song And they play for the song in a set Yeah, yeah Yeah, I guess early days And going to America and that sort of stuff I read somewhere a more modern quote from Jay saying Someone asked me about how they go touring in America And he's like, it's fun

But it can be hard And as he's getting older it's hard to do Because they're fan They've got quite a few listeners over there But they're spread out in all these little towns He's like, if we could just get a few, them to come to one big central show, it'd be sick. It'd be huge. But we've got to go around and play all these little shows instead,

and it can be pretty draining to 40 dates of small shows over and over. At his age, I guess he's in his 40s now, I can even imagine. No. As you get so close to your 30s. Are you your 30 yet? Not yet. Not yet. Close?

It's over six months, baby. Shut up. It's fine. It's okay. It's, I'm fine. with it. Yeah, it's the beginning of the end. It's all good.

It's not, it's the beginning of the beginning. That is the new 14, so. I don't want you 14 again. Well, that's a shame, isn't it? Because you're about to be. Oh, no, I had my braces off by the time I was 14. So yeah. I'm pretty young to get on.

I had them on at 11. Okay, you had a shock. Yeah, that were real bad. Anyway, they had to take a, they took an x-ray of my hand before doing my braces because that tells them how much more growing I had to do. Oh, really? Really? Yeah, because if you have braces too early and then you keep growing,

it can just mean that they move more than they... Oh, right. I don't think you were a dog and seeing if you had a big paw? Who's this big boy? Oh, it's a little girl. Come here, Jess. Come here, come here, come here. Let me see teeth. Did you go to a vet dentors?

Yeah. It was cheaper. They said, just get it a gnaw on this. Fix it right up. Have one of these denter bones. Anyway, yeah, I'd go back to 14 because I'd have to do with brace. Great. And I'd go back to the vet in a heartbeat because they were very nice. I don't gave me a treat.

Schmacko. After coughing up a storm, the drummer Carl left the band. I'm not sure exactly what the story was, but the secret tracks at the end of the album include some semi-threatening voice messages left for the band by him. So it seems like it wasn't on good terms. How do you be semi-threatening? I love that. I'd never even, I actually never even put tickets.

I'm probably going to kill you. I listen to that album a lot when I was younger and I'm, it's sort of a bit passive. I would have to listen to it again, but I remember towards the end he's like, call me back, though you probably won't. I was going to like, oh man, that's possibly sad without knowing the story.

I like to think that he did something bad. And they weren't just being mean. Yeah, semi-threatening. Please, please return my call. All right, mate, okay. That's it. Prestraining order. Yeah, we're going to take this to the police. Police call me, but I left my drumsticks in your car.

I'd have to listen to me. I'm pretty sure they were, like, it was on a roller coaster. Some of it was like, that's it. You know, if I ever get a hold of you, but then I think, I'd have to, I'm going on a vague memory. Please. Just RSVP to my wedding, please. It's very expensive per head. Just need to know.

Please. All right, call me. So they've gone through two drummers pretty quickly. Their follow-up album, not so tough now, included the band's third drummer. Nat Nyk. I've realized I've never said that out loud. It's a tricky one.

No, I don't know. NYK-Y-R-U-J. And the album was another step forward in production values with producer Tony Cohen at the helm. Cohen had already produced a bunch of other big name, Ozzy Axe by that stage, including do go on favourites like Paul Kelly, Nick Cave and Tism. And the album was the band's first to make the ARIA charts,

peaking at number 53, and included the single Punch in the Face, which was the band's biggest hit up to that point. The album was also released in the US and Japan, and the band toured in support of it, burning up a solid following in both those places. The secret track on the album had lyrics referencing guitarist Ben Costello, Here they are in full, get the beeper ready.

To see what he has done, what has he done? Nothing at all. Ben is a fuckwit. He's a cint. Ben's a cunt. Ben's a fucking silly cunt. Ben's a fucking stupid cuck. Ben is a fucking stupid.

Ben is a fuckwit. After the album's release, Ben left the band. According to their website at the time, he mysteriously disappeared. Many rumors have circulated about his disappearance, but no one really knows where he is. That's the official word. Right. But I think he actually just left. due to pursuing animal activism and going to study at university.

And I think it was all on good terms. It was all just a bit of a job. So that song wasn't actually... No, he was all playing guitar on it. I think it was just all in a bit of fun. He's playing guitar, bopping along while they're calling him a... We'll come in and do the lyrics after. You just play the riff.

This is great, guys. Yeah, I love it. When are we doing the lyrics? No, we'll let you know. We'll let you know. You can, actually, you can clock off. Do you know what? You've done so well today.

Why don't you have to do it off? Go just get outside. See some, do some activism. You love activism. Do it, do it full time. Leave. Leave and never come back. His replacement was 18-year-old Lindsay McDougal,

aka the doctor. Apparently the young doctor didn't tell his mum that he was leaving to tour with the band. And when he returned, he found that his key no longer opened the front door. Oh, mum. Mom changed the lot. So this story is referenced on their 1997 album Meet the Family, which included the single, Mum, Changed the Locks.

She's a bit of a hit. Mom. What? I'm pretty sure Jay gave him the nickname The Doctor as well. I couldn't find that when researching doesn't seem to be on the internet, not in a way that I could find it. But I remember hearing the story at some point that Jay said, we're not going to have a band member named Lindsay McDougal.

Your name is now Dr. Lindemans. It's a weird way to get a nickname I can just call him McDougal or something McDougal's great Oh Lindsay, it's his name Yeah Anyway, he still goes by it He doesn't have to anymore

No, but he does This was around the time I started getting into the band When this album came out It was the first one I'd borrowed it off a friend I don't have 30 bucks Or whatever they used to cost

And I remember having an assignment Where we had to write an animal related poem for English class And I handed it instead I handed in the lyrics of their song, Guns, Don't Kill Ducklings, Ducklings Kill Ducklings. Do you remember that song? Yeah.

The teacher was pretty baffled by it. But, you know, it's a poetry. So what do you do? It looks like he's written something there. I don't get it. I've put in the effort. I've written a bunch of words. Sorry, I'm making a point that you don't understand, lady.

Did you, yeah, did you listen to friends or much when you're younger a day? Yes, probably had a two. couple of their albums. Was this one of them? Yeah, that's one of them. Had that one and... Well, I'm going to go through it. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You'll know when you're hearing, probably. The one before that, not so tough now is the one with the like McDonald's that had been demolished. I remember saying that, yeah. Do they get in trouble for that album cover? I don't think there was a lot of trouble for it, but it's sort of like, wow, would you?

They have been in trouble over the years, though, for their album covers. You're going to talk about that? Is there one of their albums? Well, I've talked about the album that had a dick sandwich on it. Yeah, and the rejection. letter on the back.

They were banned from, Dick Sandwich was banned from some stores. So I think there's little things, pits and pieces like that. But yeah, let us know when you, because I don't know if I remember anything in particular that was worse than that than just being banned from some stores or whatever. After the release of the album, the drummer Nat left being replaced by their fourth drummer in six years. Mine's their drummer Gordy Foreman, who remains with the band today. So they're getting closer to their classic lineup now.

Well, I guess this is probably one of their classic lineups. They toured in support of the album and headlined the Australian leg of the Vans Warp Tour as well as going over and performing on the American Warp Tour as well. Sick. In 1999, they released A Man's Not a Camel, which was produced by Californian Eddie Ashworth, who had previously recorded Sublime's huge self-titled album. Oh, very cool. Yeah, we also listened to that album when we were in Weid Hornet. Oh, yeah. Big influence on Weid Hornet.

Oh, big influence, Tom the singer, definitely had a Man's Not a Camel. Remember that one? Do you know that saying, Bob, Man's Not a Camel? Yeah. It's like in reference to, do you want a drink? Yeah, mate, a Man's on Camel. Yeah, it's so dumb. Yeah, I know.

It's a man. Do you want one or not? Yes or no. Yeah. You've used so many words to say yes or no. The album hit number 11 on the R-HAR. The R-R-A chart is the Australian mainstream chart. A new high for the band.

And celebrations didn't last long, though, as the band announced they had to cancel their US tour due to Jay having a heart attack. Oh, what? Okay. Jay's later said that the heart attack was a bit of an exaggeration, but there was some sort of a heart issue, and he had to rest for a quarter while.

You don't fuck around with heart issues. No. You know? I don't. No. And you shouldn't either. It's pretty important. I was having like palpitations and my heart would race every now and then.

I'd just be like lying down. It would just suddenly race. Do you get that checked out? Yeah, I did. Because I was like, I'm not fucking arounding. Even if it's something minor, if your heart stops, you're done. I'm no doctor. Yeah.

But I'm pretty sure that's true. You grow another hand. You can grow another leg. Whatever. You can't grow a head. Grow a head. But you can't grow a heart. And some of our bloody politicians are up in.

on Capitol Hill have proven that. They've tried. They have tried. They've tried in jars. Trying to grow them. But they can't. They can't do it.

No matter how much money have. Anyway, I was fine. Oh, that's the end of that. There's a Saints player who's been on the long-term injury list because he had heart palpitations. I think he got a pacemaker put in.

Shit. And then it happened again in the preseason the following year. So he had all of 2019 out now. He's hoping to start up again in 2020. So Jay's has had a start up again in 2020. So Jay's has. heart issues.

Yeah. How old is he by this point? When was this? This is late 90s, so end of 9099. So he would have been in his late 20s, I think. Yeah, right. That's young. Yeah, that is young.

Really, even 30 is young, you know? Yeah, I agree with that. It's young. He's still young up until you don't feel young anymore, I suppose. Really, age is just a number. It's a construct, really. Yeah. That's to cancel the US tour.

That's right. But the chart success of a man's not a camel caught the attention of major labels. And in 2000, the band signed with Sony, giving the band their biggest payday with the band able to buy new equipment and even pay their rent for a couple of years. Whoa. But the band weren't happy with the album, which was called Shut Your Mouth. And it didn't sell particularly well. Jaya has described it as a little more serious than our previous work, adding that after it was released, they realized it's pretty fucking shit. That's funny guy.

I missed that one. I kind of, I remember, you know, when you get a bit too cool towards mid to the end of high school, I started listening to more metal and less punk and I thought Man's on a Camel was a bit soft. Yeah. That is slower songs. It was whatever. So I fell off them during a Man's on a Camel. And I totally miss shut your mouth, which as it turns out, is even the bands seem to say is their worst album.

But I was listening to it today. I listened to that whole back catalog today. That's the beauty of a punk band, all their albums are about half an hour long. And I reckon it's pretty good. It's not what I was expecting it to be really bad, but it's got a bunch of songs. I'm just looking at it now. I'm enjoying that it's like their major label debut and they're like, no, it's not really our sound, you know?

Like, what are you sold out? Track one is called, Everything's Ficked. It goes for a minute 37. It's still a punk. Everything is fucked though, eh? Like, that's still relatable now. Do you what I mean? Yeah, yeah.

That's like 20 years later and I'm still like, yeah. That song is Evergreen. The album's still charted in the top 40 But Jay has since said that the major label Weren't a good fit for them As they didn't do the legwork Or put up the posters in shops Or get our CD in bizarre places that we often tour

Unlike Shock, a smaller indie label Who did do all of that As opposed to Sony who just had a bunch of telephone staff Sort of calling around So I guess they didn't know the tricks And it led to them selling less albums Than they did when they're an independent band Which is interesting

Possibly the album being pretty fucking shit didn't help either. But I reckon if, yeah, I still feel like if went a different way, that album could have sold pretty well. But like I said, still made the top 40. The age reported that, quote, Friends of Rom left Sony on amicable terms and signed to Epituff Records, which is one of the biggest punk labels in the world

with bands such as Rancid and Pennywise for Australia and New Zealand. They remained with fat records in the US and Japan. In 2002, founding member Lex Feltham left the band. The official is the bass player who's the one who brought him the slap. He left that as a legacy for those to follow him. The official word from the band was that he was booted after quote, insisting that Franzerom should incorporate synth

and guitar-shaped keyboards into their work. Which obviously probably bullshit as well. I think he just, I imagine he just went like, oh, I'm 30 now. I don't want to be in a punk band anymore. After holding auditions in Sydney, they recruited 18-year-old Adelaide bass player Tom Crease. The new setup seemed to work well. We keep getting all these young members in.

It is interesting. It's always young blood, isn't it? Yeah. Interesting. The doctor and Tom both came in as 18-year-olds. I read that actually in an interview from 10 years back or something. Someone asked, I think it was in a Thai, they were about to tour Taiwan. And the interviewer asked a question, how old are you guys?

And Jay was like, I would kind of range in age a bit. Oh, I'm 30, our youngest member 18. So I guess average age of 25. So I mean, that's what it's done. It's like you guys, keeping me young. Yeah. Oh, average age of the pod? We bring you down.

Yeah, yeah, you do. What's our average age now, like 33? Yeah. Oh, it's so sad. Oh, death is me. Oh, no. That is when Jesus started. It's actually slightly younger.

God, you're a fucking kill, Joy. What is it then? Because we're, there's two 30-year-olds. Yeah, right. 29 year olds. Let me hold on to it. Sorry. Even younger then. Yeah, but Matt is 175. Yeah. So it's actually quite a bit older.

Factoring that in and blasting it through the prism. At the porcelain prism? That's where I did my best calculations. So the band's first album for epitaph was called Sans Sushi, which we mentioned very late in last week's episode. That's right. was a return to form debuting at number 24 on the aria charts and featuring songs such as Russell Crow's bands

a fucking pile of shit, bucket bong and worlds fucked as cuck. In 2003, single Jay Wally was at a protest rally against mandatory detention for asylum seekers in Sydney when he got caught up in a ruckus and was arrested. But they got lucky, or he got lucky, as according to Jay, we got arrested, but it turns out the cops were fans.

cops were saying, Jay, really liking new stuff. It's really cool. As we were leaving, they were saying, Jay, you should write a song about this. This is funny because their album, San Francisco has a song on it called Who'd Be a Cop. And it's very anti-policy. Very anti-cop.

Is this saying, yeah. Yeah, I remember my sister's drunk friend. He was a drunk one. No, no, he's the drunk friend. Big fan of punk music and he was being fined for drinking in public. and he started singing this lyric to be a copse. It's pretty, it's very anti-police

as far as the cops are like, hey, big fan. I see the comedy in it, I guess. In 2004, the band played the bass in the grass festival in Darwin. Radio presenter Jackie O from the Kyle and Jackie O show, you know the story? Was set to MC the day,

but she arrived nine hours late. As the band were about to take the stage, they were told the show was running overtime, they would have to cut a few songs out, cut their set short. And then as they were about to go on, Jackie O finally rocked up and go straight out to talk to the crowd.

And in response, they were just sort of sitting in the wings with their gear ready to go out. Lindsay, the doctor, started playing a riff from ACDC's Thunderstruck, drowning out her voice. It's very funny. Which upset Jackie O, she left the stage.

And then they played their set. But they sort of went out going, fuck pop stars. Fuck pop. Which was the show she was presenting on at the time. And they were talking about how shows like Australian Idol and Pop Stars, which are like American Idol, they probably don't need translating for that. Pop Idol in England. They're hurting the Australian music industry so record labels can make a quick buck,

basically saying that at the time, they'd take the winner of Australian Idol and the five runners up and then, but also drop other actors. So drop Establishax to get them on, sell a bunch of records and then drop these reality show contestants as well. On the next episode of the Kyle and Jackie O's show, this interview is on YouTube, which will be linked in their show notes. They phoned Jay on air to confront him about the incident and told him that Franzerom would not be played on the Elsterio network anymore, to which Jay responded, the thing is, Kyle, have you ever played us on the Elsterio network before? And they're like, yeah, I'm triple A, I think. But it was about a 10-minute thing, and it's a bit up and down.

I remember listening to it at the time and thinking like, geez, Jay was all over that. Now it's sort of like, oh, there is something a bit weird about, I don't know. Right, because I haven't heard it in so many years. But, yeah, I remember when YouTube first started, you hear that interview? And he's like, and, you know, Kyle is famously sanctimonious. Yeah. He was so contradictory as well, Kyle, and it. He sort of at one point he's like, we'll never play on the station again.

He's like, you never did. And he's like, oh, we could. And then he's going, mate. If you've just got to get the right, I've never, no one's ever put your music in front of me. You know, if you're just got to get the music in front of the right people. And then he's going, your music, shit, mate. I'm never, we're not, that's why no one's playing it. It was like, oh man, you're sort of in such as weird cycle.

It doesn't quite make sense. Are we putting music in front of Kyle? Is he the one to ask? I thought he was doing trial by Kyle. Yes. Yes, he's doing a Dennis duty style show. Yeah, that's an, that's an illustration. He's doing a just duty cell show.

But back then, he was doing trial by Kyle, and it was trialing demos for new CDs. The 10-minute combo ended with some bickering before Kyle hung up on Jay and then said, man, what a cock. It was... I mean, out of context, does sound a bit like he's complimenting.

Man, what a cock. That thing was awesome. It's all that tone. Wow, man, what a cock. I should say, during a Jaggio did, she made it. pretty clear. She was like, it was pretty upsetting to her. She was sort of, I think she felt a bit

bullied by it or whatever. Yeah. And Jay did sort of apologize for that. But yeah, it was a weird and it ended up just like ramping up at the end with her sort of just talking over each other and... Why was she nine hours late? I'm not sure if it was a flight or what, but it sort of feels like...

Just fine and go, look, I'm not coming now. And not when you get there sort of jump out in front of another band. Yeah. You can sort of understand why they'd be annoyed. But that was, you I can also understand why it would have been really distressing for her. Yeah, yeah. For sure.

And did anyone go to this music festival to hear her? Yeah, why the fuck? No, I don't think. So I think, well, that's what Jay was sort of explaining in the interview as well. He's like, just before she went out, there was another person talking and it was like the basically, what do you call the Territories Premier? It's like the head minister or something. Yeah, right. And they were just getting yelled at by the crowd.

And then it was sort of going the same way. They were like, just get to the fucking music. Yeah. That's what you go to a music festival for, funnily enough. Yeah. So it was kind of like, anyway. Not to see Jackie O. Jackie O festival.

Now that's my kind of festival. The funny thing was the Kyle threat of, apparently they also called up their record label before this interview and said, you're finished in this industry, you're dead in this town and that sort of stuff. And one of Jackie O's security guards threatened violence against friends of Rome on the day. And Jay's like, did you know about that, Jackie? And she's like, yeah, I did. But, and then I didn't really, I was interested.

to hear where that was going to go. Because he goes, do you think that's good behavior or something? And she's like, yeah, but, and then it sort of doesn't get to explain it. So weird. I'd love to know, like, the whole story because it's really just this clip. I'd love to know why Kyle thinks that he has the power to call a record label and go, you're done. Because I'm Kyle.

Yeah. Fuck off. No one cares. They did, Ossterio executives later said, that's not really his role. we have a we have a music team who do pick the songs and that's been made clear to Kyle

Do you think that he goes to the McDonald's drive He was like He didn't put a pickle in my burger You're finished You'll never make another burger in this world McDonald's He's incredible Media

It's been made clear to him That's not his wrong He brought him in for an interview And had to go through his contract Now no way here In the job description Does it mention you making or breaking record labels, for example.

Just want to clarify that's not in your wheelhouse. You don't think you do that, do you? Media Watcher on ABC TV later that week featured the interview or clips from it with host David Maher saying, Kyle and Jackie O are part of a new generation of radio thugs. Love Media Watch. Wow, from the ABC. Love Media Watch.

In a strange twist of fate, Jane, the Doctor, got the gig of hosting Triple J's breakfast show the following year. making them direct competitors of cars. You're done in this town. What? Oh shit. I thought I'd heard that name before.

So the situation was made Stranger Still by the fact that Friends are on were at one point banned from Triple J apparently been played on there. I don't know if that's actually true or not, but apparently that is believed that they were banned. Banned? The language?

That doesn't happen all that often on Triple J. I think it was they were giving Triple J shit, but that doesn't. feel like I think Triple J would, and especially when, unless there was a huge turnover in decision makers there, that they would end up in the plumb on here hosting job. Yeah. So, yeah, it feels like, I don't know about that, but their show included sort of as just a bit of fun, basically, and included one second I remember quite well, it was called the Friday Fuckwit,

where listeners would call in and nominate who should get the title of the Friday Fuckwit. And after every nomination, that'd be the same stinger of a play, Friday, fuck, wit. It was sort of bleep over a fuck. Very fun. I remember that, actually. In 2006, the band released their seventh studio LP titled Forever Malcolm Young, which was in reference to ACDC's rhythm guitarist, Malcolm Young. Yeah.

The album was funded with Money J-1 in a South African casino. Of course. What do you mean? I only just learned this this week. This is a festival. That's something. Jay recounts the story in an interview saying, it was just some random fluky win from $1 on a blackjack table, playing like a promotional square they were having,

where if you got three, seven of diamonds, you got the jackpot. So, yeah, I got this at like 10 o'clock in the morning at some random casino in Durban or somewhere. I won something like 197,000 RAND, which is like 40 grand Australian. From a buck. That's awesome. That's so good. And he goes, and yeah, came back and went,

what'll I do with that? So we did that record. What a way to fund it. That's so great. The album featured, and this was the album that got me back into him and then I went back to San Sushi and I reckon, since then,

just gone from Strength to Strength. This one featured tracks like Johnny Ramon was in a fucking good band, but he was a cunt, Wren Wyatt and Alter Boys and I'm a backwards fucking useless piece of dog shit and I vote. The album debuted at number 34

on the R-R-Charts. When asked about those who get offended by their use of language, Jay responded, I often get amazed how people often get offended by language, especially in Australia when it's nothing you wouldn't hear at your local office or school yard. Throughout this time, Jane the Doctor was still hosting the breakfast show on Triple J. From 2007, they're also joined by Miff Warhurst. It is a funny thing about language.

Like, I reckon you're hearing F's and Cs. I don't know why I'm censored myself after saying both of them a lot today, but you hear them all over the place. Yeah. I don't know. Well, maybe it's because, like, if you're standing with, your friend and your friend's two small children, you automatically censor yourself without even realising it.

You did not drop an F's and C's. So. Well, you shouldn't. You probably shouldn't. You do and apologize. Oh, sorry. Sorry, your little c-a-ha. Damn it.

Damn it. Every time. Oh, made it worse. So you don't know who's listening. I'm crying. You don't know who's in the car on radio. Right, yeah, that's true. And there's also broadcast code, so you're just not used to it.

So when the show goes out at 7 o'clock, then I'll like it. Say stuff. So if you do hear it, you go, ooh, don't really, don't usually hear that about this time. But that's fair for radio, but we're talking about his albums. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah.

No, it's weird for people to be offended. On Triple Day, you'd normally just do a language warning at the top. Yeah, but we, we want a few that will play songs not censored. Yeah. We're not allowed to say F. We can say other words. But, yeah, you have to issue a language warning. But we still get texts sometimes with people like,

I've got children in the car. How can you play this? It's like, why turn it down or change it? It's not on us to know who's in the car. Yeah, yeah. Anyway. Yeah, and you must know this is just what this station does. Yeah, go listen to something shit then.

Put on Smooth FM. Yeah, if you want Michael Boubley. So smooth. So there's a radio station in Australia called Smooth FM, and it's sad, um, to this for the listeners. It looked like I was telling you about it. You've just brought it up. But they play smooth songs and classic hits.

and their hosts, and I'm guessing they'd just record it all in a day. Oh, absolutely. Smash it out. And just smash it out all these forward-in-back announcing so many. One of my favorites. Who was it? I think it was Australian actor Andrew Dato. One of the Dados.

I might have mentioned this before. Maybe Cameron Dado. Maybe Cameron Dado. I think it's Cameron Dado. And he goes, hmm, maybe what are you up to at the moment before I play this next track? Maybe you want to slide into the bath, open a nice bottle of red. So creepy. Don't tell people to get into the bath.

Also, most commercial stations, a lot of it's pre-recorded. Yeah, right. Like all the weekend shows on, not all, but a lot of the weekend shows on like commercial. I feel like you're all done on Friday. Normally can tell, I reckon. Yeah. They just, what, that's just to save money from turning on the lights on the weekends. Yeah.

That's me. He wants to work on the weekend. Yeah. Yeah, smart. Yeah. But I'm going to work after this. I'm going to work at 1am. Yeah.

Definitely does not need to be done live. No, you could definitely put a tape on. Just play some music. I don't have to be there. But I'm going. I think that's actually how Jay and the Doctor said. They did some overnight. So I remember one time listening to them in the middle of the night.

It must have been one of their first times. And they played a Pantera song. I think it was five minutes alone. And I think they were making fun of it. But I didn't, I don't know if I got the irony until later. But they go, oh, still sounds as fresh as it did back then. Well, maybe they were being genuine. Maybe they were being genuine.

Jay announced he was quitting radio to travel at the end of the year. That's of 2007. But the doctor continued on in the role, now joined by Robbie Buck and Marie Cardi as, what was called? Robbie Marique and the Doctor, I think. Yep. Where did they get their ideas? In 2010, that was a really good show. I really enjoyed all this shows.

In 2010, did I say, initially they took, Jane the Doctor took over from Adam and Will, which is one of the iconic breakfast shows. All great shows. What great memories. In 2010, Tom Ballad and Alex Darson took over the breakfast shift. And the doctor started hosting the afternoon show solo. Much better hours. Yeah.

Much better alarm time. And it's like a more chilled out show as well, right? It's all a bit more relaxed. In the morning, it seems to be the shows have to be like, we're on. Quick section, segments of bang, bang, bang. You're also getting up at like 4.30 in the morning. That's no good. Yeah.

That's no good. Drive show, you rock up at like 10. Love that. Done at 6. Out you go. Fantastic. It's a dream. It's the perfect hours.

Perfect hours. In 2010, I don't know why I'd probably talk too much about their radio days, but anyway, I thought that'd be interesting to at least Jess. And it was. In 2010, Frenzel played a festival with a lineup including Megadeth, Descendants, No Effects, Guar and Dropkick Murphys. I think it was called the No Sleep Till Festival. I couldn't find this confirmed anyway, but I remember there being a story that this was

descendants' first time they'd toured in Australia for ages, and they were going to have to cut their set a little bit short because of the, like the local. council curfew. And I believe that the band's all chipped in and said, well, we'll all pay the fine so that they can keep playing. But I couldn't find that confirmed anyway. But I'm pretty sure that's the true thing. So Franzel and No Effects and others chipped in.

Must have been a few grand. Yeah, it'd be a bit. The following year, they released Smoker at the Pet Food Factory, which was recorded in Colorado by descendant's drummer Bill Stevenson. For me, this continued the run of every album release being better than the last one. since San Sushi. I reckon they just, it's one of those ben.

I was at the point of like, oh, like your oldest stuff when I was too cool in high school. And now I'm like, actually they're getting better with every album. The sound is getting bigger

and the songs are catcher and faster and more fun. You don't think they're picked with Dick Sandwich? I don't think they did. Although that is maybe the best album title. It is very good.

Could you just put your dick in bread? Yeah. Why are we severing these dicks? Just put your dick in bread. Yeah. Nice fresh piece of bread might feel nice too. Whoa. I'll have a light ride.

I'll get a crusty Fiona. I was thinking like just a tip-top white. So it would just look like a sausage in bread. I was thinking that you like hollow out of cold. You do whatever you want. It's your dick. Place it on there. Your dick, it's your loaf.

You do whatever you want to do. But if I had a dick. I'd be putting it in a piece of bread like a little sausage. If I had a dick. Jess, come on. Yeah. Big sausage. Thank you.

If you're going to get one. Get a big one. Dream big. Yeah, you're right. The album reached number 14 on the arrow charts and featured tracks, When My Baby Smiles at Me, I go to rehab, knuckleheads, and Mummy doesn't know you're a Nazi.

Jay explained the story behind that last one. It was based on a real story. This is Jay speaking now. That was when punk band propaganda were... Propagandy. Propagandy. I thought I fucked that up. This is when punk band propaganda were touring a couple of years ago.

They had quite a lot of interest from some neo-Nazi websites with basically all of these tools sitting online writing all this hateful shit. So our manager was promoting the tour and he was telling us about how the police were aware of some of these websites and that they have some pretty genuine bad dudes involved with them who were. pretty violent guys. So they take the threat seriously. Anyway, they'd been following this one guy and they'd been tracking his computer use. And the police ended up going around to his house just before the propaganda. Propaganda. Fuck. Before the propaganda tour. And when they got there, they realized he was a 16-year-old kid and his mom actually had no idea that he was a Nazi. Can you

imagine? So yeah, I thought that was a pretty good idea for a song. And so were the Nazis anti-propagandi, or they were fans. Anti-propaganda. Right, I was going to say, because they're a very political, progressive kind of band. It would be so funny to be a cop. Yeah, like, you're thinking you're going to get this guy.

You're in full swat. Yeah, the squad team's ready to go. On the ground, on the ground. Oh, no. Holy shit. And his mum's, get in here, Kevin. Yeah. I was going to say Kevin as well.

What have you been up to? Kevin. Kevin, I've burnt the muffins. Kevin. Kevin, please. Nazism. Really? Have you got your homework done at least first?

Wild. No, mine camp before dinner. Couldn't you just play video games like the other boys? In 2013, the band were gearing up for a national tour with Descendants, Body Jire and the Bouncing Souls, which I had tickets to, when they announced they had to cancel due to, quote, sudden and unexpected illness. As it turns out, Jay suffered from two seizures out of the blue.

It was believed he had a brain tumour. A little while later, Jay posted on the band's Facebook page explaining this. This is one of the stories where I'm like, oh, this is got to be told on a do-go-one episode. So it's lengthy. He describes it as a bit of a doozy. Anyway, I'll let Jay take it from here. On the 25th of Jan, I was loading a base cabinet into my car at the Pet Food Factory for a Chinese Burns unit gig that night when I started to lose vision and feel pretty strange.

I thought I probably shouldn't drive right now, so I went inside and tried to buy a water. I was looking at the coins of my hand and realized I had no idea what they were and what they were for. Luckily my friend Davis from front end loader was there, and after a brief moment of thinking I was on drugs, ushered me down a corridor where I proceeded to have the first of two seizures. This has never happened before, and I'm so grateful Davis was there with a cool head to see me through it and call an ambulance. The next thing I remember was waking up in hospital with an incredible, incredibly painful back and neck and my family all around trying to smile through stressed expressions. I also have a vague memory of Lindsay McDougal by my bed laughing at how he'd seen me in the nude.

What a good friend. The actual doctor came and told me I'd had two seizures. They'd scanned my brain and found a small tumour about one centimeter in diameter, the nature of which he wouldn't know until they operated, removed it and sent it for a biopsy. Worst case would be a malignant melanoma. the best would be a benign tumour or an infection of some kind. I didn't feel a lot of positivity from the neurosurgery team. The LST they were going to be able to do the op was February 14th.

A couple weeks later. Yeah. What followed was a grim three weeks waiting for the operation trying to not think the worst. My beautiful wife, family and friends that knew were amazing during this time, cooking food, looking after our three-year-old, sending super positive messages and phone calls, and generally trying to lift me out of what I reckon was the bleakest time of my life. Gordy Foreman, the drummer, visited my spirits regardless of his real motive to check which of the pills I'd been prescribed.

He could use recreationally. There were several. What do you got? Hey, buddy, you're feeling good? What did I get you on out of interest? Can I get you? Do you need me get anything for you? Any spares or...

Valentine's Day brain surgery. Sounds like a Ramon's song. They gave me general anesthetic and cut a 10 centimetre rectangle at the back of my, back left of my skull, which took out the offending alien and put the skull piece back. It was over in about three hours. That's wild taking skull out and replace the skull. Two hours later, I was in intensive care when the head of the neuro team came in and said, Good news.

Looks like it was some kind of infection. Holy shit, the relief I was feeling was overwhelming. Not just for me, but for my family as well. I felt like I could breathe for the first time in weeks. No cancer, or as Gordy put it, Happy Valentine's Day, you tumulus fuck. Now where are the pills? You don't need them now!

So what the hell was it? How did I get an infection in my brain? I was tested for all sorts of things over a couple of days until finally they got some results back from the lab. Here's an approximation of the conversation. Have you been to Central America in the last few years? Asked the doctor from the infectious diseases department. Sure, we think it could be a parasite. Again, is this somehow related to Pico the

botfly larva I picked up in the same region? There's another story. No, this is specifically neurosysicirosis. Basically the egg from a pig tapeworm. A pig? I'm fucking vegetarian. How did I get the egg from a fucking pink worm in my brain? They then very calmly explain to me the life cycle of this thing. This is a bit gross. This is my understanding. Skip forward if you don't I like gross stuff. This is my understanding of it. So the tapeworm eggs live in pig flesh, most common in Central America,

but found in loads of other countries too. The pig is killed and the meat undercooked and eaten by Old Mate. Old mate grows a tapeworm in his intestine, which eventually produces eggs. Old mate goes to Albanyo. Or the porcelain. Porcelain prison. Doesn't.

doesn't wash his hands properly, then busies himself. If I said El Banya, right, I don't want to get any tweets. Yeah, that's right. I couldn't get proper gandy right, though. Oh, I said it wrong again? No, he said it right. That was right. All right.

So he doesn't wash his hands properly, then busies himself cooking my vegetarian burrito. Gross. Once in my stomach, they never become tapeworms, but they migrate into the muscle. Most of the time causing no problem, and you'll never know it's there. The only place they'll have problems is if they make it to your brain or eyes. Once in the brain, the body reacts by sealing it in a kind of cocoon or cyst. Oh, wow. Quite happily lived for four fucking years.

It's only when it dies that the body has some kind of inflammatory response resulting in swelling, which in turn led to seizures. I'm out of hospital now, finally after an extended stay due to picking up two separate infectious post-operation. Oh. Two separate infections post-operation. Bloody hell. Headaches, fevers and the likes. What a nightmare.

If it wasn't for the fear of death and the horrific pain, I've actually been living close to my dream lifestyle, lying down watching movies and bathing in opiates. I don't feel like I've retained any deficits from the brain surgery, but I guess only time will tell. Perhaps the slice will be taking out of my golf swing. Big line. My friend Clem thinks I'll become racist.

Sorry, that's funny. Sorry about the descendant. shows. I'm sure I was more bummed than anyone that I was silly enough, uh, that was silly enough to buy tickets because we were on the bill. I heard it was great. I'm having, it was great. I still went along. I was like that were probably the band. I was looking forward to the most on the lineup, but the other three bands are sick anyway. I feel like there was someone replaced them, but I can't remember who was. Um, I'm having a- Taco. Don't mention tarcos him. That's what got him in this pig went.

Yeah. Isn't that gross? What a way to find that out and be like, oh, for four years. that has been Yeah, it's been there the whole time. And you would think, oh, I don't eat meat, so I'm not going to cop any of these. Yet he has two parasite stories, clearly. So I'm having a hard time putting into words

the depth of gratitude I have for the love I felt for my amazing wife, my family, this band and my friends. So that'll have to do in this forum. I'll get emo with you over a beer real soon. Love shit for brains. It's kind of beautiful. It's a real nice sort of heartfelt message, but a real fuck story between.

Awful story. Oh, my God. God, that is full on. Yeah. And then infections post up as well. Like, oh, man, let me over. Let me go home. That does feel unfair.

Yeah, totally. Share the infections around, can't you? But how, well, I mean, it's gross, but it's good that it wasn't a tumour. Like, it, yeah, good that they could take it out, you know, all that. It's really the best case scenario. Yeah. And I believe, like, this is a couple years later now, I believe he hasn't, as far as I know, he hasn't felt any long-term brain effects from the surgery.

The run of weird luck for the band continued when at a show in 2015 drummer Gordy Foreman came to the front of the stage saying, pretty sure if you're on a stage dive, it's simple. He then dived in the crowd. On the video, like I've seen this on video, he then instructed the crowd. Here's the one, two, three dive.

Stand up here, then he walked away from the mic. goes one, two, three, and he dived into the crowd, before getting thrown back towards the stage, landing upside down on the barrier. Ow! In a video of the incident, you can hear the bass player Tom go, don't break his arm, please, he needs that. And singer Jay says, oh, oh, that's no good.

Oh, no, he's broken his arm. Oh! And then they're carrying him off in the video. They start off saying, it's very simple. This is all you've got to do. And it ends with him going, Oh, my God. Oh, fuck.

The band later released the statement saying, you got to admit, we're pretty great at irony. A dude in the crowd at his 22nd Friendsle Rom show tried to stage dive, and he sucks. So Gordy, being the benevolent soul he is, got up from behind his drum kit to show the young gent how it's done. Unfortunately, a combination of an enthusiastic crowd, a selfless drummer, and an unforgiving crowd barrier, meant that Gordy's humorous landed in two pieces,

snapped in half like a drumstick. Oh! So he was out of action, like, mid-tour as well. He's had to delay a few shows and get a replacement drummer. And there's a mid, not mid-only mid-tour, but mid-show. So they finished the show as a three-piece. Tom, the bass player, ended up playing drums. Jay sang and played bass, and they sort of just got through the show.

But, yeah, you'd feel like such an idiot. You'd be so embarrassed. Which is why I never staged dive at our shows. Yeah. I know how to, obviously. Yeah. Yeah, it's pretty simple. It's very simple.

Here, I'll show you. I'll show you. You guys stand over there. Two of you can catch me, surely. A few months later, he was good to go again, though. So he recovered. He still drums for them. And he still drums for Monser.

You're familiar with Monser? Yeah, much heavier. He's a Melbourne guy. They kind of spread around Australia, but started as a Sydney band. For a long time, the bass player in Adelaide drummer in Melbourne. and then the other two in Sydney. The album release that he was talking about, that was album number nine,

was 2017's High Viz High T, which is their most recent album. Six-year gap, so each album of late has been a little bit slower to come out than the one before. It was recorded again by Bill Stevenson of the descendants in Colorado, Colorado.

It featured... It featured tracks, including Cunact, And of course, pig worm. Of course. When asked in an interview, how did Bill feel about the song Karnak? When Americans seem to find that word more harsh than Australians do, which we're aware of here, it do go on. Jay replied, he's been to Australia quite a bit, so he gets the common vernacular of Australians. He's actually said he wanted to write the descendants version of the song, which would be called Dick Move,

which is basically the American equivalent of Kahn Act. Dick move. Bit of a dick move. I don't feel like that is. You know how offensive that is. here. I mean, we also say dick move. Do we? That's a dick move. Yeah. That sounds a man. I can only hear it in an American accent now in my brain. That's a dick move mode. Do we say it? Yeah. Oh, sorry, younger people do, yeah. Oh. Yeah, people in their 20, say it. Do you say

no? Yeah, right. It's an old person saying this. I don't say that word. It's very offensive. Act. Yeah, I don't say it. Dog acts. Oh, how dare you? Sorry about that. That's copyright. You can't say that. anywhere other than triple j. Triple J. Don't, hopefully my music isn't going to get banned from the station. It definitely is.

Do you have that power? I have that power in that I will tweet at Richard Kingsmill. Am I finished in this town? Is that in your God? Jess, just so you know, we have other people that do that. There is a music team,

Jess. No, no, it's me. I decide. We actually have other people who finish careers at this station. It's still funny they had to explain to Kyle. Not your role? Yeah. You can't tell a record label that they won't work in this country again.

Who the fuck do you think you are? I hate him so much. Yeah? Yeah, I don't know. I mean, in my head as well, he's sticking up for his mate, right? That's why he's... Sure. But, I mean, he's going about in a weird way, but you can sort of understand, I don't know, whatever.

I'm just non-confrontational as well. So I wouldn't call him live on air. Yeah. And be like, duh. Eh, eh. It's a... Fuck on. After all, I mean, he called the record label off air and then called it Jay on air.

It felt like at the time because Jay, for the most part, stayed pretty calm. And I think he came off a bit better. Like, you know, when those arguments where one of them gets a bit more heated? Yeah. He didn't do that as much. But I remember at the time being like, it's weird that they even put that out. Yeah. That didn't go as well as they were hoping it would.

I think on the YouTube one that's uploaded with most views or something like, Jay from Frenzel owns Kyle Sandalands or something It was 2003 People used to say owns a lot You wouldn't understand that's all the people talk I was far too young Due to hearing problems

Base player Tom Kreis left the band After 17 years So he was a guy started on his 18s I was in the band Half his life And that happened really quietly Because I saw him a couple months ago And I didn't even realise he left a band

I'm like oh new bass player Or I just thought it was a feeling baseball player and then I realized later. So you still slapping that thing? Oh, sure. Just more quietly. It was similar to Brian Johnson from ACD, so he had to quit because of long-term hearing damage as well. And I think it's doctors say you keep playing in this loud rock band.

You're going to lose it completely. And they're like, oh, I like hearing. So, yeah, tough call, but it makes sense. Do you rejoin OCD? Do they still tour now? I think they're talking with, don't know, Axel Rose, I think's full-time singing now, isn't he? Oh.

Pretty sure. So Tom was placed by Michael Dallinger, who was formerly of Newcastle punk band Local Resident Failure, which is a band that was named after a Frenzler-Rom song, which is kind of thing. Right, and how old was he 18? He looked like he was probably 30-ish. Okay, a bit more age-appropriate.

Age-appropriate. Decaprio style. A bit young, mate, for a bass player in your band. Well, I always thought they must have just joked about this because that guy was only 18. I always thought that they, when the other guy left, that they got a 15-year-old in the band for a while.

Oh, maybe he was young. Was he 16? Maybe he was younger. Maybe they just joked about that. Exactly. Yeah. Because they're much, but yeah, I was always like, wow, imagine being a teenager

when you get to be in friends of raw. That's so cool. I'm only thinking about it as, like, having to hang out with a teenager all the time. Yeah. And, like, if you're, 18, 19 listening to this. I'm sure you're awesome. But trust me, you don't want to hang out with me. And I probably don't want to hang out with you. We have different activities we want to do.

We have different interests. You know? So if you're touring with someone who's like 10 years your junior, I don't know, would you go, would you, I don't know. I'm just going to shut up. No, I think, yeah, I think that probably makes, that probably depends on the person. Totally. I'm centuries older than you two, and I still tour around with you. Yeah. We've tried to make it. make you stop. Wait, is this, was that a sudden? Leave us alone, old man. Hey, guy, hey gang.

It's what David I. What are up to today? Yeah, that's what David I always do the activities. Shuckers? Should we go and own somewhere? I sometimes write own like Pohn or the Pee, because I think that's, you know, you guys, guys. I'm coming towards the end. I'll finish with this kind of nice story Jay told about how they got invited to play

the Montebello Rock Fest in Montreal a couple of years. ago. They were there and they weren't really sure why they were invited necessarily. They hadn't been in Canada for a while. This is Jay again. He says, how it happened was that there were these two Mexican kids who were driving their car in the south of Mexico on their way to the beach. And they picked up a hitchhiker. And when they picked up the hitchhiker, they were listening to Smoker at the Pet Food Factory in their car. And they told the hitchhiker, oh, this is our favorite Australian band. They're never going to come to Mexico though. so we're never going to get the same.

I was sort of bummed out about it. So the guy that they picked up said, oh, I run this festival in Canada, and it's the biggest festival in the whole country. And I'm going to pay for that band to fly to my festival, and I'm going to pay for you two guys to come up to Montreal to see your favourite band. And so we met these guys when we were backstage

at the festival in Montreal, and it was wild. What a wild story. Isn't that nice? I just looked at David. His mouth was agape. That dude was hitchhiking. Yeah.

Oh yeah, I run a very, very successful festival I could easily afford to fly here to Canada. You going that way? I will not pay for a taxi or a bus. I know, well. Yeah, somebody lives the free and easy lifestyle, but... Love that. And then, obviously, yeah, they play the festival,

hope that a few other people knew who they were. Footage of them playing, and that was... I watched that video earlier today, and that was one of something they go, this was on a fat records compilation, and the crowd definitely knew the song very well. A lot of crowd members singing along. So that was an early song.

That was something off coughing up a storm as well. That's awesome. That was like a 20, 23-year-old song at that point. Or at least 20 years old. So the bands, I was a quarter of a century old now. They did a big tour a couple of years ago where they let the audience choose the songs on an online poll, which is sort of fun.

They've just got so many songs. And they're just really fun to see live. So I keep going back to see them. I saw him a few years ago and the night before I tweeted at the doctor I said Hey any chance you can play lead poison gene Or

Red Wine and Alter Boys Because I took my favorite tracks of theirs And he replied the next day He said oh sir I miss it He'd come to the show tonight I'll play him then But I wasn't unfortunately Wasn't going to the

Frankshish or whatever But yeah what a legend So it doesn't seem like a cool guy I did read as well Maybe just wrapping up You know, I said when Jay told his dad about his change in direction, that you never see a more disappointed human. Apparently now his dad really supports what he's done.

After 25 years. His dad now has a tattoo of a dick sandwich. Yeah, he's like, that's my boy. And that is the end of my report. Oh, well done, Maddie. So it was cool. I was glad that that was suggested as a topic because I do love him. And I probably never would have thought to have done him for some reason,

just because I don't know why. I just thought it feels like it may be an in thing, but the way that Michael Nadas explained to me, he's like they had a bunch of interesting things happen to them. Yeah. Like the Jackieo controversy, like the pig worm, gaudy breaking. You know, there were bits and pieces that were interesting along the way. The Triple J stuff.

So hopefully that was interesting for people who haven't heard of them. If you are into sort of catchy fun punk music, fast fun punk music, definitely look them up. They're all on Spotify and whatnot. And yeah, you could start at any album, but I'd start at the more recent ones, maybe. Or maybe San Sushi is a good starting point. It's sort of, at the last I was show,

I saw it. I think he even said this was like, this album was our rebirth. After the, you know, the major label, weirdness where they went sold out with the song, everything's fucked. Sellouts. Well, that brings us to everyone's favorite.

section of the show, which is, of course, the fact quote or question section. I just realized this is episode 222. 2-22. Ideally, we would have done a report on Richie Benno. 2-22. It's not a good. Beno is it? Damn it.

I just assumed I could do it. It feels like the easiest, the most impersonatable person there is. But you fucked it somehow. It's worse. Dave, can you do it? Uh, it's two for two to two, two. It's not better. I'm not doing it.

I can't do it. Chew for drinking chew. Stop it. Why are you saying two? Stop. Isn't that? I hate it. Everyone knows Richie Benner.

We need to do. No, quickly do your Bill Laurie impression. Oh, fuck off. Oh, he's gone now. Fuck off. Oh, he's a great Victorian. That's the 12th man's Bill Laurie. All right.

Let me just, um, what if someone, he's saw someone wearing something on their legs that they might wear like trousers and the brand is not Adidas but are similar. Oh, I should get my puma pants. There it is. There it is. I wonder you're saying. Puma pants.

Very good stuff. No, Tony Gregg's, let's do fragments of the 12th man albums. My other one I always get runs through my head is Tony Gregg. Someone talks about it holding a grudge and Tony Gregg's like, grudge. To me your grudge is just a place you park your core. That is funny. That's funny stuff.

That is funny. Okay, so it's time for fact quarter question. This is where a Patreon supporter on the, anyone can do this if you support us at patreon.com slash two go on. On the Sydney-Schenberg deluxe memorial package level, VIP, RIP, and you can give us a factor quota question. You also get to give us a,

title for yourself. This week, we have got, with the title of Gamey, Gamekeeper, it's Gary J from the UK. Gary J. I'm Gary J from the UK. We saw him again not too long ago, December. And he's given us a fact. Thank you so much, Gary. And the fact is, he also came to my stand-up show and Lennon. What a guy, Gary. One of my favorites. He says, Ducks penises grow and shrink with the seasons. Four seasons. Condoms. And he said in brackets, all right.

High-five me, Dave. You asked for it. Reluctantly high-fived me. All right. All right. He said in brackets, I'm trying to keep my fact short and sweet, just like Dave.

Well, I don't think because it's winter. You get sweeter in the winter. What is it in the summer? Long and sour. Spring? Spring? Salty. Salty.

Salty. I'll keep going salty. Salty and white and salty. Wide and salty. Like a, I don't know. And obviously in the autumn it's narrow. And woody. And woody.

Oh, oaky. That's nutty and woody. On the back palate. Thank you so much, Gary J. And giving himself the title of Professor of Crastination It's Drew Forsberg. Drew. And he's offered a quote.

Love a quote. This is rare, which I, but I appreciate him. And the quote is, Full Koch. Oh, boy. That's off to a good start in English. So I've been a quick translator in. Google Translate.

Okay, okay. Yes, okay, sure. Full court shot from Thurias. He's really showing us what a man where the cannon in his chest can do. That's Marv Albert from Futurama. Great quote. It's something for everyone there. I like full court personally.

Makes me to give a food court. Oh, I love a food court. Snacks. So many options. You can all get different foods. You know, Futurama fans? Yeah, I cannot place that quote, can you? I'm putting it together in my mind.

They're watching a basketball game. there's a man with a cannon in his chest. Maybe it's probably, maybe like a future version of the Harlem Globe Trottles or something. You're jumping to a lot of conclusions. I'm, and I respect that. Thank you so much.

But I love, I've seen every episode a couple times. I've been thinking about, I want to go back and watch it all again because I'm losing memory, which has been fun because I've watched a few things recently as if it was for the first time. I saw a movie recently.

I just, I don't remember. any of it. It was great fun. What was it? Funnily enough, cannot remember. It was not long ago. You enjoyed it? I remember last week thinking, I don't recall any of this. I'm going along with the twists and turns here. What was it? No, what was it? I can't remember. Total recall. Fuck. Oh, no, it was. That's so good. You can't remember shit. He didn't get it, but that was good. It was, uh, midnight run. Oh, yeah. Which was recommended on Twitter or somewhere by Tony Martin. He said it's the movie that he would recommend to anyone. If you didn't know anything about your taste, you'd recommend Midnight Run. And it's great. I bought her on DVD, and then

I watched it over the break, and I'm like... You wouldn't bought a DVD based on Tony Martin's recommendation on Twitter. That's lovely. I'm kidding. That's fucking lame. It would have been at a blockbuster closing down thing where it was like an X-France or something, but it's a good, it's a really good movie. That would also, I would recommend it in the same way. I think it's a lot of good fun. One of the cats, sort of like a buddy thing, like a cop-ish guy played by De Niro is taking over a guy. He's taking a crim across town, across the country, and he can't get there on the plane. Or there's twists and so. I don't want to. No spoilers. Don't ruin it. They have to get across for him to collect his bounty. Right. I can't remember the guy,

the criminal guy is played by the, I think he was the dad from the Beethoven movies. Okay. But I reckon if they did a modern retake, I'd cast that same role because similar sort of performance as Broden Kelly in his role. Okay.

I just picture him in it so well. I'd probably just get De Niro to stay as De Niro. So De Niro and Kelly. Yep. Love that. Love that combo. Modern Midnight Run. Real good movie. Check it out.

All right. The other thing we like, to do is thank a few other listeners. Should I kick it off? What kind of game you're going to do this week? So I can't. Maybe a Friends of Rom type song title? Yeah. Or a band name or

Yeah. That's what we can do a song title. Or what pet would you name them after? Dave, what do you reckon? How about, is there a way you can get up all their song titles? Yes, I've got them all up here. And then we could just assign one at random to each person. Great.

That song is dedicated to them. I love that. Beautiful. Look it up, listen to and enjoy it. Apologies if it's rude. I don't apologize. Language warning. Whoops, we're 90 minutes in.

My favorite language warning on Triple J goes like this. It sounds like Kate McLennan actually. It might be. And it just says, this next song's got a little bit of cussin in it. I like it a lot. I always pick that one. This Patreon section is a little bit of cussing in it as well.

Well, let me kick it off if you want. from Wakefield in West Yorkshire, Catherine Groom. Catherine Groom. I like that name. Shall I, am I picking this song? Yeah, at random. All right, I'll pick it at Rantam. Rantam.

You're not doing well today. You're so random. I'll pick them at Rantam. Bucket Bong. That's great. Well done. That's a good sign. That's a bit of a hit for them as well.

So that's a great choice there. Catherine Groom, which you gave to me with your vibes. Imagine you rocking out to that in West Yorkshire. She only wants me for my bucket bong as sort of the refrain of the song. Thank you so much for all your support. Catherine Groom, what a goddamn legend. I would also love to thank from Clinton in CT.

Would that be Connecticut, Dave? Connecticut. I'd love to thank Matthew Borkowski. Matthew Bukowski. And all right. Are you going random? You got one? Oh no.

I'll just scroll down at random here. That's just not legal. That's just not legal. With that's in brackets for some reason. I have a random bracket in it. That's great. There you go, Matthew. Your only two off genitals are funny.

So close. They're so funny. They are so funny. What could have been? Can I thank some people to do? Oh, that would be so good if you could. I would love to thank. from Sandy Springs in GA.

What's GA? Georgia. Georgia. I would like to thank. Chris Gallineck. I've got one this time. Yep. From cuffing up a storm.

Your song is Cones. Cones. That song's about smoking cones. A bit more literal, that one. Sort of a love song. Oh, that's nice. That's very nice. So there you go.

Chris, enjoy that. And I'd also like to thank from Milton Keyes in Great Britain. I would love to thank Ben Johnson. Ben Johnson. I imagine it would be Ben who we've met multiple times. Yes, Ben. In Thailand and in England. Absolutely.

Milton Keynes, I don't know, I can hear it in his voice right now. Hello, I'm from Milton Keynes. And what song would be dedicated to Ben? All right. Going on the scroll again. When will I see you at the ICU? Oh. A love song?

A love song. Yeah, well not a love song about getting injured. All right. It's probably appropriate for this band as well. When will I see you at the ICU again? I see you being the intensive care unit. Unit. Thank you.

I think I got the tricky ones there. Thank you to Ben. Thank you, Ben. Thank you. Thank you so much, Ben. I would now like to thank from Dagenham. Love that name in Essex. I'd like to thank you.

Carol Duval. Carol Duval. Please, Carol Duval. Carol Deval. I love that. And your song is, if I can scroll now, don't touch the rabbit. That's good advice.

Great advice. Any situation. You don't know what kind of diseases it may have. Carol Deval, I mean, if we're fortune tell us and you see a rabbit, don't touch it because bad things can happen. Don't touch the rabbit. Thank you so much, Carol. Great names.

Oh, Carol Jewva. Deghan, I love that. And I would also like to thank you. now from Newtown, New South Wales, where this bound was formed. Oh my God, that's awesome. It's your hometown band, Christopher. Christopher Beaumont.

It's Christopher Beaumont. Yay! Spoiler alert. You said it half a second to do early. Every other person in Newtown just went, no, not me. It's Christopher Beaumont. Sorry, I was looking over your shoulder there.

Spoilers. Got excited. Scrolling. Final scroll. Beast. my beating off. I don't think I would have got that at the time. Instead of my beating heart.

That's very funny. Very funny. Isn't it funny that I loved this album and I just would not have got that joke? No, you're just reading it out going, oh, yeah. That's good stuff. So thank you, Christopher. Enjoy that. Sand direct to your life and your place of residence.

Place of home. Place of home. Thank you so much for everyone supporting us on Patreon. Those who have supported us for three years plus on the $5 plus section get to also be entered into the most prestigious of places. My goodness. Not the Porcelain Prison, but the Triptage Club or Triptych Club. And this week I'd love to enter into the club from Victoria, Matthew Webb,

who we know and love, I mean we know and love all these people. from Victoria again from Melbourne as well from hire. Matthew Flanagan, good friend of mine. Matt Flanagan, what a great friend. Played golf with him over the break. Did you? That's nice. Real bad.

I'm not good at golf. So did Matt win. But he sometimes win tournaments? Yeah, occasionally. Well, you know, like matey tournaments. But you beat your mates. I'm very... Maity ones.

Mate, you know, just a few mates. Just matey ones. A couple of true blue tournaments. Diggy die. Like the tournaments, you have a little swing with the Rigged Edge Cup. But I mean, yeah, because I play once or twice a year, it's a real roll of the dice, how it is.

Occasionally I have a good day. And then this day, it was, I made golf look hard. It just my first shot. It went as far sideways as it did forwards. It's sort of like the kind of shot where you're like, how's that possible? How, like, you can't do that on purpose? That is, technically, a trick shot.

Yeah, it is. Tiger Woods couldn't do it if he wanted to, but I did it. I made it look easy and made golf look very hard. So, yeah, Matt Flanagan's in there. And well, that's all the, no, hang on. And also from Seattle, Washington, Alex Wu. And finally, I'm just trying to do the maths to see. And finally from Sheperton in country Victoria, Shep Life, Jonti O'Neill.

Thanks, you legends. Thank you to all you legends. So cool to have you in the Triptitch Club. I hope you're wearing something nice because it's a classy little nook. It's a business cash minimum. It is. And that's why Dave is typing all these names in golden font on a page on a website at some point. You've just got to learn JavaScript or something, don't you?

Yeah, I've got to learn to type. Tiping. What do you mean? You've got to learn type. Your excuses are getting weird. We know you can type, Dave. I've seen you do it. No, you haven't.

Think about it, have you? Yes. You haven't. Yes, Dave. Come on. I have video footage of you typing. Prove it. I just said I have video footage.

Yeah, well, prove that you've got it. Okay, I'll get it now. Can I see proof of that video? What, the video? No, no, I want proof that that video exists. Dave, you've lost your mind. Remember, the glove don't fit. Yes, go on.

He's lost his mind. Yeah, I can't remember the rest. All right. Something catchy. Wrap it up, Dave. Wrap it up. That is the end of the episode. Thank you so much for joining us.

We'll be back next week with another episode to tantalize your ears. Oh. I'm tantalized already. It's a Dave report next week. That's right. It's a fun one, I reckon. It's a topic that's been voted for already. So fate is already chosen what I'll be talking about.

And I think it'll be a good report. So hang out for that. We'll be back next week. get our tickets, those tickets to the Melbourne Comedy Festival would be awesome. But until next time, we'll say thank you and goodbye. Later. Bye.

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