Garza Podcast - 135 - Weight Loss WINNER Reveal

Episode Date: July 15, 2024

Garza & Ernie talk WINNER of the 28 day weigh loss challenge, The Ramones, Garza's hidden tattoos & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB NEW MERCH: https://garzapodcast.myshopify.com

Dude, I'm quick. No, we've had this conversation time and time again. Dude, Garza is, you're like undercover strong, dude. Most people will lookie and be like, yeah, I can take them. Do you see that tricep? You're in the bathroom? I have a tricep. I have a tricep.

I have one tricep. It just looks really hairy that at all. It almost looks like you have a tattoo, dude. No, that's open triceps. I run that tricep. Somebody someone, come on. You already know, dude. I wish I wrote that riff.

So, dude, some reps you hear him like, I wish it. Did Head and Monkey sing the back part to that live? Live, I'm not sure. Or would they not do it? Brian has the sickest backing vocals. He does. And I try to, I'm trying to rip it off. When I start singing, dude.

He's like, it's over for you, bitches, dude. When I start singing, dude, it's going to be sick as fuck, dude. Hey, dude, don't bugger break my new table. I'm not. I'm just trying to fucking. All right, I just don't mess with this whole thing, right, man? I'm not, look, I'm just trying to. trying to get a decent hang.

How are you feeling that? Do you feel comfortable in this room now? It is a bit of an adjustment. Yeah. It almost, almost feels like the garage, but... Oh, cool. But cleaner.

You know what I mean? Yeah. Not that the garage is fucking dirty, but all our gears in there. Yeah. I mean, this is a fucking adjustment because I'm used to sitting this way and facing you that way with the table.

Yeah. And I'm just like, oh, yeah. We've got the casting couch now, dude. Well, now you're forced. Now you can't hide. No, I mean, I wasn't hiding behind the table, fucking. Oh, you were. You were for sure, dude. Now it just feels like the bandcast.

Well, sort of. Except there's cooler lighting in here. So if you're listening, we readjusted the room in the studio. Definitely the black currants. It was missing the special sauce. I won't go too far into it while we moved everything around, but I think, I think shit's sick. it was a very feng shui move on garza's part you know what i mean it needed a it needed it needed another change you know what i mean but i mean i also fuck with it it it's it is like you know okay okay so

let's we're not going to work any time let's get into it okay um so last month we decided to make a bet correct even though i first saw What the outcome was? I still wanted to... I still wanted to at least give you a shot, you know? Thanks, Pops. I appreciate it. Anytime, man.

I love my band members, dude. He's fucking sick. And by that, he means he loves trying to humiliate me mostly as much as he possibly can. This is true. But, um, okay, so it is... Day 28? It is literally day 28. It's done.

It's judgment day. Um, so... Before we do the wing, we have our scales here. We have the blankets. We have our handheld mic. Wait, what do we need the handheld mic for? When we're weighing in, I'm basically going to stand by you and start talking shit. So that's why it's there.

Oh, okay, okay. I was just like, is it... Yeah, it's where it's there. Okay, so you had a full month. I did. How are you feeling about it? I'd be honest. I feel better.

Not as good as I wanted to feel, but I feel way better. I feel way better. Okay. Yes. Again, without delving into too much, it's, it's unfortunately been a very rough month in personal matters that I won't fucking get into. Excuses? It's not an excuse, no, for sure. But for where we are at the 28-day fucking mark, I'm happy with it.

the progress that's been made through all the bullshit. Good. And like I said, and I know you're just going to continue with me anyways, at least I hope you will. Of course. We're going to, we're fucking, we're going to tell mayhem, dude.

We're going to be buff boys, dude. Mayhem's going to be fucking crazy. But at 28 days, with everything I did, including the fucking, the two fucking slip-ups that I'll absolutely admit that we talked about the other fucking night, dude. It was morning two.

No, it was two. Okay. It was two for sure. don't don't lie to do not lie to the bands I'm not they were too bad slip-ups bro I'm not even lying about it too this band's been through a lot

this band's been through a lot and this only honesty going forward exactly okay so it's probably more than two right it was two okay two and they were big they were they were both blackout nights dude they were both blackout nights

yeah yeah in fact he's gonna be here and he'll vouch for him because he was there for both of them Oh, yeah. He was there for both of them. I drove him home one night.

He drove me home the other night. Wow. Yeah, bro. They were fucking bad, too. Well, look at this. Look what's happening right now as not necessarily a step forward, but just maintaining. Maintaining is a form of success. 100% because you don't want to slide the other way.

No, because we're going to go on a scales. I mean, the people are waiting. 100%. But we're going to go to scales. We all know the outcome, but just, but just know that, that you, but that you just maintaining is a big success, you know. I mean, all jokes aside, it is. Mm-hmm. It is.

I've been fasting for 24 hours. So, because that was, that was the original deal. Yeah. How do you feel? Alive. I feel fucking alert right now. I'm not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing. No.

It's good. It's good. Because it just, what's the, what's the last thing you ate? What, like, what's the last, like, food you consumed? I don't care. It doesn't matter. Okay. I'm sure it was pie.

Okay. I'm sure it was fucking pizza. Okay. I was just talking about honesty. Honesty. Yesterday, I knew it was the last day. I felt confident I had it in the back because I knew you were struggling. Big time.

So I'm like, okay, he's probably going to lose. I'm going to stop eating at six. that's funny forever fast. You know what? I went to Lampost. I had one slice and one beer. Oh. Okay.

I'm not on my mind. Oh, okay, okay, okay. I also trained with Nick Vega, so that burns a lot of calories. Yeah. Then I went to when Nick Vega, I went to Lazy Dog. Yeah, and I had a beer there,

and a Lazy Dog. Before or after? After. So I went to Lampost, straight there. You went to Lampost, then, trained, then went to Lazy Dog? Mm-hmm. All before six?

Yep. Oh, okay. That was like, hold on a second. You said you stopped at six, but you went to Lampost. I was like, wait, so then you ate after six. I'm like, that's... But even that, I added up the calories, and I was, I'm still... You're still within the...

It was still negative. Oh, okay. So I was like, oh, you're chilling. I found a, there's a plate that were called a walk-fired chicken. Mm-hmm. It was amazing. And it's probably like 400 calories. It was sick.

It was like compound chicken with rice. I'm like... Yeah, yeah. One of my new favorite... Chicken and rice. Yeah. Oh my God. Okay, dude.

This is my map pretty much all the time. Okay, so I... Do you want to continue? No, no, go ahead. Okay, so... So, yeah, we mean... You're right, dude? Yeah, I'm good.

The fucking cable snagging my arm here right now. I should hurt. Oh, my goodness. Okay, so I feel good, and we... We already talked about it, like me and you personally. I didn't know that I needed it as well. I needed it. And it really helped me, you know, I was meal prepping, eating chicken and whole food.

And I saved money from Domino's. And it made me very, very focused, very clear. And that really helped me make decisions. You know, I don't know. things, I don't know, things like this. Like, I had a very clear head. And just, uh, it also helped me just going to, let's say, for example,

uh, lamp post pizza. Me and, me and my lady would go there. Let's get a Cedars out. And it's, damn. Make little. This probably happened three times. That's what I'm talking about. And it's, you know, just making like a,

this kind of push you to make a, a smart decision here, a smart decision there. Okay, like you're, you're going to have your fuck up, not here. It's fine. Okay, but you'll wake up and make another smart. decision here. It really fucking helped me, man. Yeah. So. Damn, that's, you're going to make me spark a fucking tear,

dude. Garza, that Lampos eating fucking salad, bro? On what planet? But also, that's sick. It's pretty sick. It felt good, man. I always say that you got to pick your poison. Whether it's carbs or a beer or smoking or you kind of pick a poison. All right, so my poison is

the bishop triple beer. Damn. So it's beer and salad. you feel great. I'm like, oh, shogga, shit. And, uh... Damn, I think it just clicked on me, guys. I think I actually know why Garza picked up smoking cigarettes, dude, because it kills your appetite. What a bastard, huh?

Fucking... Cheat code. You're a cock sucker, dude. Cheat code? He was like, no crash diet, no cheat codes. He's like, I'm smoking cigarettes because I'm stressed out. Fucking wink, wink. So, uh...

Got him. Got him. No, I'm kidding. I'm joking. Garza is stressed. It's true. We got a lot of shit coming up. Got a lot of shit coming up. Less stressed, though. Yeah, for sure. For sure. I always, I keep fucking saying it, man. I'm like, this is, I'm going to look back at these times in a year from now, two years. I'm like, this is, I'm going to miss this time. I'm trying to be present. I'm going to look back at this time.

Oh, I wish, man, it was so cool, like, this coming up. And I know this is going to be the time I miss. But it's badass because we'll also. be able to look back at it fondly and be able to laugh and be like, damn, yeah, we were going through it as a band and as individuals and all that shit, but again, it's all

you're learning from it all. Like I said, I firmly believe you don't ever stop learning. At least I don't think you should. You know what I mean? If you're not taking it as a fucking learning lesson, you're kind of not progressing. You know what I mean? So. Every day, it's literally everyday learning. 100%.

How do I like you will all fucking force? psychopaths. And we are psychopaths, dude, like... We are five degenerates. That's literally what a band is.

Yeah. Yeah. You're five degeneralites. And we're five degenerates growing together and figuring it out. Of course.

You know what I mean? And actually, I think that's fucking cool. Look at those fucking... That's cool, man. Those fucking handsome degenerates right there, dude. That's the most DM photo of suicide silence ever, dude. We don't even look like a death core band in that fucking picture.

We look like we play death metal. Is D.K. wearing a skeletal remains shirt? Yes, he is. Oh, wow. I also love that Dan Kenny hates this fucking picture. Coincidentally, I think it's one of the cooler-looking picks of us. Your hair looked really good here.

We all look pretty fucking sick. You're in D.K.'s like, my face is weird. I'm like, my lips are pursed. I'm like, that's what you picked out of this fucking photo. Oh, my goodness. Trying to pick a photo between four guys. that that it really wasn't that difficult for the four was Dan was the one being the biggest heart on all the fucking photos he was like we would send like eight to the group chat that Travis shouldn't took he'd be like now I don't know these are all kind of fucking shot I like this one and it would be the one where his hair looked the best in it and I'm just like oh my gosh all right Dan Kenny like all these other ones are perfectly fine it's like dude that's why a few of us like stepped away mark does not care I don't care I might be okay we need to find a photo that certain members yeah or we'll be okay with it

Could die happy with I don't care Pick Pick the one where I look like shit Fine That makes this person It feels better Literally

I was just like This is for DK I don't even give a fuck Like My goodness dude I can't Alright so I think it's time

Is it? Okay so Who should wait first Me? Yeah he can go first Okay So I have a handheld mic Mike

Is that a... What is that? Is that a Carson podcast fucking... Of course it fucking is, dude. Here. Are you guys getting naked or what? Yeah, I am. Fuck.

Hold the other side. Oh, you want me to... Oh, oh. Sorry, I was just like, wait. He's shot. Don't drop it. All right, I'm gonna get... No, no, no.

Oh. Oh, you're dick! All right. Okay. Cover room with your hands. Oh. Okay, so from the... So from the start, I was 166 pounds, and I had to lose eight.

So my goal was 158 pounds. So let's see how close I am. You can see the number up front, right? Yeah. Okay. Dude, I feel like a fucking U.S.C. fighter. Just getting ready to fucking talk. hell is shit, dude.

Damn, your rig looks sick, dude. Let's go, dude. Let's go, dude. Let's go. Forward? I can't see the number now. Can't see the number. 160.6. Will you see it? Yeah.

I got it now. 160.6. Dude, all right, let me a fucking print. Fucking pants. So you should have done the pro move like me. I'm just not wearing any underwear, dude. I just put on poly shorts, bro. They're lighter than my underwear.

I just got to take off my shoes and my socks and we're fucking rigging, dude. What do we say? 160.6? Mm-hmm. 160.6? So you lost a total of what? Let's see.

I'm going to write this shit down. Let's see, now one. Okay, Ernie, you're next, dude. I'm still recording. Cool. You want to use your skill? I mean, it doesn't. fucking matter.

I mean, I mean, yeah, you're, yeah, you're gonna lose anyway, so just, yeah, she's mine. Okay, so, uh, would you, would you make? One, I started at 160.6. No, no, no, no, me or him? Is that same? Oh. So I lost, uh, yeah, a total of what? 166.

6 pounds? 160.6. The first one. Oh, yeah. So I lost, uh, 5.4 pounds? 5.4 pounds. Yeah. Okay.

Okay. so I'm pretty satisfied. Okay, Ernie, Ernie was 291.4. So let's see if he least gets to... 290. Oh, are you serious?

Are you serious? That is not true. Yeah. That's what I'm saying, dude. Like, my shirts are fucking fell out. Oh, my goodness. This is... Right?

Wow. That's what I'm saying. Okay, so you lost one pound. One fucking pound, dude. You lost one pound, dude. That's fucking... Wow. How do you feel, dude?

I feel... I mean, the number makes me feel like shit, but I feel fucking better. My clothes fits me fucking better, so I don't know if it's just like... Because I was also lifting weights. You added muscle. So, like...

But no, I mean... Why do you hold that? I'm all. Maybe, I mean... You know, I don't skip fucking leg day. Not never, dude. Wow. Yeah.

But no, I mean, like I said, I lost a bet fair and square I'm buying you guys fucking dinner and I'm gonna keep going until they have festival that's the fucking name of the game dude I'm a fucking winner dude Ernie Let's go

Good job man Hey we're not done dude Fucking job Oh I'm not I'm talking He said I'm talking hell of shit Fucking I'm talking shit for the next 40 minutes Dude That's it

Can pass me my shoes Yeah I got you Okay so yeah 60, wait, it was, you were 290. One point, what does it say? You're 291.1, right? Yeah, Jay. Oh, the after.

After. I lost, so, wow. Yo, I'm honestly not gonna lie. I really thought you were gonna lose more than eight pounds, to be honest. Like, not as a shot or anything, but like, I figured you would. Ernie lost one fucking pound. One fucking pound, dude. That's fucking crazy, bro.

You know what, dude? I can't say I'm shocked. You know what I'm saying, dude? Wow. Okay, well, so a few things happened, right? Yes. So, when it started, I predicted this. I knew that we were going to start,

and Ernest would come out, oh, yeah, I fucking lost fucking six pounds. in fucking one day but I knew okay you know I'll let the hair go by and I'm gonna be a tortoise oh for sure

for sure because and you and he'll vouch he'll say it did I not send you like two follow up texts like a few days later I was like fuck look

I was fucking like 288 or whatever and I was like sick like all right cool it's it's fucking going so I I'm not gonna sit around and say it was a fucking fluke

I know I lost that fucking weight whether it came back on his fucking muscle or fat. Like I said, my close fits fucking better. Which is also, like, I'm not going to let it discourage me

because I know, like I always said, I've always been the guy that's like, the number bums me out a lot of the times. Help. What does it say? Help. Yeah, we're pinky toes are fucking beat.

Dude, what the fuck? Sorry to whoever this feet those are. Look at your toes, dude. Don't fucking talk shit. What's wrong with my fucking toe? Yo, for playing fucking drums, my feet are actually not busted the way most people would fucking think they were.

Like, I take care of them shits, all right? No, they're busted, dude. No, I mean, yeah. I'm taking the fucking L on the chin, and I'm just going to keep fucking going. We're going to have a nice fucking dinner. And then, now the next fucking challenge begins, and actually, you know, it's really hilarious.

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Oh, that's scary. Yeah. We are exactly three months away from him. Wow. And I want to see, like, where we're at then. Mm-hmm. Like, I definitely have some fucking reprogramming I need to do. One of those is definitely not have two.

Okay, so what happened? I know people were thinking about that. How did Ernie Luce so bad? So what happened? I mean, look, I don't know. No, no, I don't mean like that. But it's just like also leading another thing that I was kind of thinking about when I got on the scale this morning. I was like, what the fuck?

Like, that doesn't seem right. but you know, whatever. Everything leading up into you being like, hey, let's do this 28-day challenge. Because I started at 321. Okay. That was 321 fucking pounds. So I lost all that fucking weight leading up to this. Yeah.

And what I didn't take into account for was plateauing. And I didn't change up anything during this whole time. You know what I mean? And I think that's what happened. I hit a fucking plateau, didn't change anything up in the fucking regimen. And so it just kind of like a little bit of way. came off, but I didn't change up enough to take more off.

And I'm just like, fuck. And I think, that, and then, like I said, I know that it's already been, a week and a half, two weeks. But those two blackout nights probably did not contribute to this at all either. Alcohol never does. I don't know if I would call that a plateau. People are listening to Washington.

Wait, the guy got blacked off fucking drunk. Twice. I'm not sure if that's called a plateau. No, no, no. That's what I'm saying. I'm saying it contributing. to it. But getting fucking absolutely obliterated

blackout wasted fucking twice also did not help. And that's a conversation for another fucking podcast another time. But yeah, you know what I mean? You ever just fucking meet somebody, dude, and you want to just fucking punt them into a garbage can, dude? I'm dealing with someone like that right now.

Oh my goodness. Well, this is... But all in all, if I'm being honest with myself, I'm just going to go harder in the paint. I'm good. Like I said, I still feel better. My clothes fits fucking better. I fucking gained another fucking notch on the fucking belt too.

Cool. So I know things are fucking working. And like I said, even through all that, I was also fucking lifting weights in the gym. So if some of that got replaced as muscle, sure. But I'm just fucking glad that I'm not 321 pounds anymore either because that would also be really fucking bad if we did this for 28 days and I somehow regressed that far fucking back. You know what I mean? Yeah, man. But yes, again, handshake.

Congratulations to the winner. You know, I keep it clean. Yes. I'll keep it clean. No farting around. No fucking around. No, he leaves it like dirty clean. Fuck you.

Because Ernie's a dirty boy. Fuck you. Dirty, dude. I knew. What an asshole, dude. So, you know how I knew that I knew that I won? How? What show was it?

We went to Tremant Action. Was it the Jerry Dines show? I didn't go to that. How was at work? What show were... The last chain show we went to was Boundaries. I didn't go to Oceano, either. Wait, when did I...

The last time I saw you at fucking chain was boundaries. Then where was it? I saw you, I'm like, he's struggling. Chaos? No. Oh, observatory. Observatory. Observatory.

Decapitated? Aborted. No, aborted. Aborted. That's what I saw... Yeah. Wow, yeah, I got the venues mixed up I saw you at the observatory

And I felt like He's struggling really hard right now And I have this in the bag Again, I don't want to get into it But literally the day before Was really bad Really fucking bad, like Did you look in a mirror

Her first time or what or what happened? No, like I said, just You know, people I'm fucking dealing with right now They're just interjecting themselves Where they don't need to be Yeah, I got you know Yeah, that type of thing And I was like

Yeah, when you saw me at Observatory I was like I knew it I was coming out of an episode I was like fucking just You know Trying not to fucking be that guy Yeah

You can probably tell by the way I was talking to Gitter too dude I was just like Oh yeah I saw it Yeah Yeah Which is a fucking bummer dude

Because like I say I hate That I also let someone outside of my circle fucking get to me mentally I'm just like Why? These people just because it does

Like it does affect me I try to not let it affect me and it does Why does it affect you though? Just because I don't want to give away too much But um It is someone I've known for a long time And I've never been fond of

And they've just kind of made their way back into our circle and I'm trying to Get them away from my circle Because they're not good people And so they just you know They're interjecting themselves into matters that have nothing to do with them. Yeah. Yeah.

And it's unfortunately, I, I am, I know I'm stronger than that. But, you know, sometimes they just know how to get under your fucking skin. Oh, sure. You caught me the day after, and I was fucking fuming, dude. I was like, yep, I'm going to drink. But yeah, so yeah, I definitely had some fucking, some slumps along the fucking way. But I'm not going to lie to you. I'm actually not as far as.

fucking bummed out as I thought I was going to fucking be, dude. Yeah. So, yeah. But I mean, all in all, I'm just kind of fucking go harder for the next fucking 90 days. Yeah. Yeah, from now until October 12th is exactly three months, right? Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Well, good luck, man. That's it. That's it. You're doing this with me, dude. We're both going to be fucking buffed up, dude. I'm not, I'm not stopping. It's a lot of, not only for just the physical, but the mental, dude. The mental really, it's really good for the mental, too.

It really helped me, dude. It really helped me. I didn't know I was just shoving bullshit into my brain, like, almost on that daily. And it's, and it's, and it's, and it's easy to do when you're not focused, when you're not as clear-headed as you, as you can be. You know what I mean? You just, you kind of, it's easy, it's easy to let the, like, the unimportant shit sink into your brain and kind of take a hold, especially when you know, there's other stuff at hand that needs to get handled and shit like that. And yeah, that's what I'm saying.

I actually, like, obviously, I do, I'm definitely more in tune with this for the physical aspect. But, I mean, and anyone out there that fucking goes to the gym ever knows how dope you feel after going to the gym, like, for your mentality too. Shit works wonders. Like, you know what I mean? Especially, like, after not going for a long time, for me, that, like, that, like, first time back after like, you know, a couple months of not going or like slacking off me like,

like, fuck, I haven't gone in a while or whatever have you. Like, you go and like hit it fucking fucking super hard in the paint. And when you leave, you're just like, like, you feel it. You know what I mean? Like it's like a, I mean, it gives you like a dopamine rush. You know what I mean? Like you, because you're fucking, you're just like, you're exercising and working out and like doing all this shit. Like it's, it's sick. Hey, Sid. Hey, Sid. What up, baby? Yeah, so it's like While I am in it very much for the fiscal aspect And to get in better shape as well

The mental benefits of it are also fucking sick Especially with everything that you know that I'm going through So it's like I really like Look forward to that feeling afterwards And so we got another 90 days of going hard in the fucking paint So that we can be sleeveless boys at fucking mayhem And get rid of this fucking Excuse my French white trash rash this fucking sick ass redneck tan

I'm gonna get rid of it yeah you like you're like the perfect combination but you look great but also look like shit at the same time I'm not sure how someone could do that it's hard work what's your excuse you just look like shit all the time dude fuck

have you seen the people I'm I'm in a bandwidth yeah that's true that's true it's all it's all that guy's fault dude it's all day and Kenny's fucking fault, dude. That's called stress.

Yeah. I mean, look at your face on that photo. We're all fucking mean, mugging, and stoked, and you're just like, God, fuck these guys, dude. God damn it, dude. Another record cycle.

Another one? With these clowns? Another one, dude. Fuck. And another insane drummer to fucking deal with, dude. Look how stoked you were in that photo. You were like, God, damn it,

here we go again, dude. Oh, here we go. I'm ready. I'm ready. I'm almost ready for the next round. Oh, it's common. I'm ready, but, you know, I know, I'm almost. Sinking into it. You fucking heard me

chugging earlier. I'm almost ready, dude. I mean, listen. I'm not going to lie, you walked out of the room to go fucking take a piss, and the guys were like, yo, why does your right hand sound sicker than Garz's? I'm like... That did not happen. It did. That didn't happen at all. You guys better stand on business and tell him, dude, fucking, I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it.

He got, yeah, he recorded it, dude. I was like, damn, bro, that's crazy that, like, There's no gate on this amp and my hand just sounds that tight. Garza could never, but you know what I mean? It's okay, dude. Not everyone could be this sick. I get it, man. I get it.

You just lost it from the world, so you're dealing with trauma right now. In front of the 27 people that are going to watch this? 28 people. 28, my bad. I get it. You're experiencing a trauma response. It's fine. I've had plenty of those in the last four fucking months, dude.

you know what's one more dude i think we're fucking good your face is a full-on-on-trauma oh yeah this dude you have trauma face 100% dude smiling through the pain oh my goodness uh no but for real all like fucking all jokes aside cool 28 days i know what i am capable of doing and i know what i need to not do now for another fucking 90 days to get to where i want to fucking be so that's that's the next on the prize. I mean, it's always been the eye on the prize, but now that we got the first 28 days out of the way, got another power 90. And also, shout out to this dude, sit right here. I don't have to fucking drive to downtown LA anymore after Saturday, so I'm fucking stoked. Let's go. And now I actually had that pizza. Yeah, yo. Dude, holy shit, Garza can finally try the greatness that is Prince Street pizza.

Oh, dude. It's going to turn him into a monster, bro. He's going to have one slice of spicy spring, and he's going to look like that after, dude. He's going to traumatize him the rest of his fucking life, dude. He's never going to want to eat anything else. Let's go. So we open in Costa Mesa on Saturday at 4 p.m. You should come by. 4 p.m.

4 p.m. Okay. Sick. So whenever you're done here, just mosey on over there, dude, then I'll fuck your life up, dude. Oh, shit. Look at that thing, dude. Wow. All right there.

Look, that's it. That's the location right there. you knew how serious I was when you brought over that pizza oh yeah I walked in with the two pies and he was like he just shot me the most fucking like what a dick I was like you know what it is dude I knew like you know what this is fucking war

I feel like I'm in a war right now and look you still came out victorious dude you didn't but seriously though I really like 28 days for you eight pounds I was like that's gonna be cakewalk from me I thought for sure you would lose like 10 or 12, dude. No, I already lost the water weight.

So, two months ago, two months ago, I lost, for two months, I lost a total of 13 pounds. Oh, shit, okay. I was ultra-stressed. I clocked in at 175. That's, for me, that's a lot. A lot. Damn. You said your heaviest was like 177, no, or something like that?

They were around there. And then you said your thinnest was like, what, like 135 or something? like that? I hit like the one 20s. That's Bro. It was too, it was It looked gross. You can't stop me era Garza You would have blown away in the fucking wind bro But you were also like skinny buffo

Because you were doing the Muay Thai thing or whatever So you were like fucking skinny but you were also jacked Yeah like I probably still would have beat your ass But like you probably you would have had a good shot You know what I'm No, I'm quick dude I'm quick No we've had this conversation time and time again

Dude Garza is you're like undercover strong dude. Most people will look you and be like, yeah, I could take them. Do you see that tricep? I'm in the bad photo. I have a tricep. I have one tricep. It just looks really hairy that at all. It almost looks like you have a tattoo, dude.

No, that's a fucking trice I earn that tricep. What were you rocking? What was like 22s or what, dude? Maybe some 18s? That's one thing that sucks about losing weight is your arms get smaller. You have to like keep it up to not have them go away. They look bigger though, once you lose weight.

but actually measure them. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, and like I said, that's also how I need, like, you know, whatever, despite what the fucking, with the number on the scale said, I've always fucking done this forever. I know when I get to a point where I need to, I need to fucking stop focusing so much on the weight loss and more on, like, building some muscle.

When I can wrap my fucking hand around my wrist and I can touch my fingers like that, I'm losing too much muscle. And that's where I'm at right now. So I'm like, fuck, like, you know, know what I mean? But I was lifting weights, probably not enough. So it's like, I have to like, I got to come down with you in Vega, dude. Vega's like, dude, come down. Let's fucking train. Now that I'll be in Costa Mesa, not L.A., it'll be a lot easier

for me to come down. Because I won't be driving 40 fucking miles away. You're invited. You're, you're invited. I'll kick your out zero too. Let's go. Let's go. Dude, I'm down to do pad work with you. That'd be fun. I might surprise him, dude. I might fucking sweep his leg out from underneath him, dude, give him the old fucking. Also, just to add a. Oh, that's fucking clean, dude. Damn, who's that fucking Shazzo, dude? So, just to add a little bit more reality.

So I didn't really tell a lot of people, but a weekend, I blew out my back, lower back. Yeah. So all I was doing was training. Once a week, so I had to really rely on going on walks or just food. And I still smoked you. I still fucking I fucking If we're going number for number

This motherfucker lost three and a half more pounds than I did Relax, dude Fucking simmer down If we're going on sheer number To beat you I always lose like a half a pound And I would have beat you right Right

I mean yeah But also When's the last time you like lifted Like at the gym I live all the time. You do. Okay, so it's... All week.

When did you start again? Because I know you weren't going to the gym for a while, but like, when did you start up again? Because, I mean, we don't know. We don't actually talk about it. Oh, no. Has it been a minute? No. There was, like, a time where I stopped going on for a few months.

That was when we were up in a living in Venice because that gym sucked. But once I came back to Corona, I went full full time again. So that's what I'm saying? So you've been going since, like... Mm-hmm. Yeah. Huh. I mean, again, I don't know because I don't go to the fucking gym with you. Look at me, dude.

Do you lift heavy? Look at me. You don't want the answer to that, dude. Look at me, fucking. Okay, wait. Go back to the, go back to the number J. Oh, he wants to see that percentage that he first put up. You know what?

Okay, you know what, dude? It was, okay, so we put up a poll on YouTube. Oh, that's on YouTube? The number wasn't as drastic as I thought I was going to be. You had a chance. No, for sure, for sure. I was actually surprised that more people were like, yeah, like, Ernie's got it. I was like, I was ready for the people being like, oh, yeah, Garz is just going to fucking speed run through this fucking thing.

You know what I mean? I think it's full sorry for you and there is a vote of you. Hey, probably listen, but I still appreciate the big ups. You know what I mean? Thank you guys. Ernie is gaining a fan base at an alarming rate, dude. A rapid pace. It's bumming Garz out, dude.

I was like 39% Damn He's like fuck this guy Just try to shut me down At every corner Yeah so thank you for everyone That that that voted It was fun

Yeah And honestly it's like It actually is like really encouraging To like see people like fucking Like be positive about shit like that Which I fuck with There were some people that were like Yo jumping on the 28 days with you guys too

Like let's see what the end was like That's fucking sick So now Another 90 days The road to mayhem The fuck the road to getting shredded for fucking mayhem dude let's go yeah

I'm already there I mean I mean it's debatable but yeah I'm getting ready dude you know pizza biceps are a lot different than actual fucking gym biceps you know one more thing and then

we'll we'll wrap up the weight talk the shit talk what do you what do you think it is it's best for you Ernie is it go hard or is it pacing yourself

for three months and you'll actually end up at a better result three months a happy medium between the both because I also know that I have I have that problem with like going all in instantly and then burning out yeah and so I that's what I said I need to like reprogram a little bit and it's that because then I get I get real pumped at the results right at the fucking top and I'm like oh hell yeah bro I lost fucking six pounds in a fucking week and then I start tapering off and then and yeah and yeah so that's what I'm saying it's a good happy medium of the both so I guess really pacing it out and being more consistent with it will definitely garner a way better result. than just going hard in the pain. When I say go hard and I mean, like, go consistent all the way until mayhem. You know what I mean? Like, yeah, I'm using it as another date in mind. But it's also a long enough goal of three months to instill those habits too and keep them going even after the fact.

So it's like, you know what I mean? Like, it's okay to fucking have a cheat meal here or there or whatever the fuck, but just not reverts it, like, fully having those bad habits and shit like that. Shout out's it for the Taco Bell. That's right. You're just as part of much as part of this as I am, dude. Ernie's partner crime just walk in a studio. That's right, dude. Already red in the face, dude. So, Sid, I appreciate your assistance, dude.

Yeah, you helped Garza get the dub on this one, dude. No, I don't. Sit up a double agent, dude. Yeah, I had. What a fuck ass, dude. I had, I had, no, I had a few nights, but it wasn't terrible. Like, I'll leave here, go to after observatory. I went to Del Taco.

Did you really? Yeah. Well, I was like, oh, you know what? I'm going to go out there and I'm going to have that hot dog. I don't care. Oh, yeah. So the hot dogs weren't there. It's like, fuck.

Okay, so I went to del taco. I finished two burritos and guess what? I went back. I have, what the fuck you had to have those? No way, dude. Cinnamon fucking? Oh, the little cinnamon chiro fucking things. Oh, yeah.

Damn, you're a fucking fat fuck. Garza. Holy shit, dude. I went back. He said I went back, dude. That's crazy, bro. I think what messed me up mentally, though, I think what fucked me up is that I saw you at the show. I was like, oh, he's done.

So I was just, I kind of. He took a breath. I kind of eased up a little bit. What a fucking bastard, bro. I'll go to a taco twice in 20 minutes. Damn, this fool was just laughing. He was laughing at my misfortune. What a rat bastard.

That's how he knows guy. What a sick bandmate, dude. I'm fucked up on, it's mean. Nah. Nah. No, it's like, it's like, I'm like. I'm like a cat playing with like a little mouse and you know like the little mouse I'm just like you know you fuck that it's fucking guy let me let me let the talk a real put it's fucking

play that hey that's diabolical this man said he went back for seconds at del taco that's fucking crazy dude that's nasty work that's a hundred percent of it is that nasty work but hey kudos to you though bro see so okay so this is us playing with his food he said this is us at a service where hanging out this is a photo a real photo of us hanging out Yeah, I was a fucking mess, dude I was just like, fuck man If you're only listening, it's a cat hanging A little mouse

God damn it Okay, so what's the So where we're going? I mean, I said no boo I mean, what times are right now? Seven. Seven o'clock It closes in two hours

And I'm sure it's probably Fucking packed Do you need a reservation? Do we know that? Probably. Really? Probably. It's not something I thought about before we decided on this.

However, however, we'll check right now. And if they do, we'll look at what the wait time is. And if that shot, we'll go grab something close by. And then Friday on payday, I'll make the reservations. And we'll go to fucking open. We'll have a sick-ass fucking... Or you know what might be sick? Orangeito.

You don't need a reservation for that. And it's right here. A bean and cheese. Oh, my. That's a massive bean and cheese burrito my guy. Fuck, dude. I've earned it, dude. He said, guys, those four pounds, I'm ready for a fucking bean and cheese burrito.

Let's go, dude. That is close by. We can do that. Or what's the other spot? Which one? The one we went. So me, I mean, me earning up. Okay, also another.

Okay, one last thing I promise. One last thing. What was it? It was Tuesday? You call me. Yeah. I'm craving sushi. I was like, oh, I was like, oh, I.

I had this in a bag, dude. He's fucking, he is cracking. He's cracking. And the sushi was fucking fire, too. So me Ernie had sushi during a weight loss challenge in the last two days. We did. We did. I had this in the bag, dude.

He said I got it in the bag. I knew I was five pounds down already. And this guy's fucking struggling. At least I wasn't like, yo, let's go to Korean barbecue and eat fucking four pounds of meat. You know what I mean? I just wanted some goddamn sashimi, dude. fucking oh but shout out uh having riceless sushi is sick you you introduce me to that so thank you absolutely and we will be going back we're back today we'll see what the team wants

yeah yeah yeah it's like a j either sushi or there's mexican there's uh too bet there's on a prince street around i will put that pizza up my ass what's up dude is there is there already product at the store dude Bastard. If I had pizza, I'll literally put one in my butt in my mouth at the same time. Oh, dude. I will spit roast myself in pizza. Oh, okay.

All right. Hey, this is getting out of hand fast, bro. I don't want to know about what you want to do with pizza, dude. That's a clip, dude. That's a clip. He said he wants to spit roast himself. Pizza. You're a sick bastard, dude.

That's what happened with me diet for a month, dude. It's like, you want to put. Oh, my God. That's a fine pizza ass, dude. That's Garza's next 10. too. It's going right on his back, dude, for fucking sure, dude. Oh, my God. Holy shit, holy shit. Are you ready?

You ready to do this, dude? I'm ready. I'm ready. We had a good fucking run, dude. 28 days. Didn't get the results number-wise that I wanted, but... Not even close. No, not even fucking close. But I feel better, and I'm still keep going. Good, good.

Same as you. Good, yes. I feel a lot better. But we're both about to throw it away for a night right now and go have a signal, and then get right back to it Yeah, I'm gonna be, uh, I was gonna have a drink here with you, but, but the whole fasting thing, the first thing we drink is alcohol. Oh, you're gonna fucking, you're gonna feel amazing. I would have said some, something on here. I was like, get us canceled, dude, let's go.

Yeah, I've got canceled. Fuck everybody. Yeah, you know. Oh, dude, one thing that's great about, uh, one eating less or eating better like salads here and there. If you have a salad or say for example Like a Cedger's salad You have the beer or drink you want It feels better

Well yeah It tastes better, it feels better And you feel it more Which saves you 100% Not what you and Sid did Fucking the past month Drink drinking your asses off

Yeah you know But you're like You don't need so much No Because you're not You're not putting the pad In your fucking stomach That's gonna soak it up

You eat a fucking salad and then go have a triple. Dude, it's so good. It was like drinking that triple on an empty stomach, basically. I'm going to fuck, dude. I'm going to get ripped. Your body turns lettuce and it's fucking water. So, of course, you're going to have that beer and still be fucked up and be like,

damn. Hell yeah. You know what I mean? That's sick, man. Hell yeah. All right. Yeah. So what's on your mind currently?

The road to mayhem, dude. The road to mayhem. Reprogramming the, the, the, uh, what's the word? Like the regimen. You know what I mean? To make it way more consistent all the way there and beyond, you know. You need consistency, dude.

Big time. You need to be consistent, a little bit more. Because I know, I've always had that habit of like, oh, fuck yeah, let's go. It's like, I got it in the bag. I'm dive in, go fucking hard. And then I'm like, I saw that, yeah, I saw that first initial result. And I was like, hell yeah, sick. And I got, and I got comfortable.

You know what I mean? That's, that's, that's, yeah, that's exactly why that happened. You thought, you thought you could go against the goat. You thought you could fucking take on the goat? I mean, the donkey, but, you know. Oh, donkey Garza. I got that fucking donkey chugged you. What's up, man?

Dude, I'm all horned up from fucking playing this thing. This fucking posseger shit sounds awesome. That sounds sick as fuck. Honestly. It sounds like... It might sound better than my amp at a home, dude. I don't know. You know, even though I'm a drummer, everyone knows this.

I'm kind of like a gear nerd and, like, fucking tone snob, that thing sounds fucking crazy, dude. Like, I wish you had been in here 30 minutes ago when we were we'll fire it up right now once the cameras off, but like it sounds fucking crazy dude, like, and it breaks up like a regular amp.

You can like, you know what I mean? It's kind of fucking nuts, dude. Like technology's crazy, dude. Because I'm also very much like you too. I'm like, I prefer old school ass amps like two amps with the breakup and the feedback and the shitty fucking hum and everything. Like, yes. I like that. This sounds fucking nuts, dude. great. To be honest, I was

debating about I should talk about it or not because I haven't got my sponsor code yet. So wait, so wait two weeks to make any purchases. Yeah. Wait, wait two weeks when I do the read. You heard it here first. So yeah, so

obviously positive grid hooked up some amps now I'm pretty still going on. Can you piggyback both caps? I haven't tried, but probably. Jesus. I bet it's sick. It's loud. I heard it when I came in.

I was like, damn, what the fuck? Like, things crank, dude. Well, no, it's me playing. So, it's why it was so good. Well, no, I said it was loud. I didn't say it was clean. Oh. It was just loud.

It sounded like fucking, you know, sounded like spaghetti getting thrown down a fucking staircase. But, you know, it was loud. It was loud and shitty. You know what I mean? I got those fucking spaghetti thingers. You don't know where I'm going to go. That's it, dude.

Spaghetti chugs. That's a working title for one of the next songs, dude. going, dude. It's fucking sad and saying. Damn, fucking fetichini chugs, dude, courtesy of Garza. He was so good, man. Breadstick fingers, dude. So good. So, I was, uh,

so I had some a realization this week. I finished a book from, uh, John Ramon. He has, like, he, he, he, he, he, he wrote a book. Yeah. I thought it was, uh, what, uh, biography, but no, it's auto. Yeah. Oh, shit, he wrote it. And I finished it.

a few days ago you know the Ramon started and none of them knew how to play their instia I read this one Commando

shout out oh that's it right there great great book um none of them knew Joey Didi Johnny

none of them knew how to play instruments they started a band got in the room and trade off instruments who could play that instrument better

until they figured it out yeah that's kind of fucking wild how crazy is that that's crazy. I think it's crazy to do as a band. Like all together do that.

As an individual musician, I actually kind of feel like there's a lot of musicians that learned their respective instrument that way. Kind of like, I don't want to say trial and error, but like picked up a guitar, tried that, found they didn't really like it, then picked up sticks. And they were like, oh, okay, I kind of like this better.

You know what I mean? Like I feel like at some point, every musician, I don't want to say, every musician, but a lot of musicians have done that. Like, I mean, yeah, my respective instrument has always been fucking drums. I started playing drums when I was, you know, four and a half years old or whatever, and I've always loved it more than anything.

Like, freshman year of high school, I was like, guitar looks sick, and I wish I could do that. And so I picked up guitar just because it looked like fucking fun, and it gave me something different than drums. And as much as I enjoy playing guitar, I don't like it nearly as much as playing drums. I was just like, eh. You know what I'm like? Like, it's there.

But I feel like that's how some people figure it out. You know what I mean? Like kind of like trial and error. But learning it, doing that as a band entirely and like going from instrument to instrument until you're like, yeah, this works. That's kind of fucking crazy. That is fucking wild. It's like, how do you go from not learning your instrument at all being in the band to being like literally legends? Yeah.

That's crazy, dude. But then also look at some of the biggest bands and like they're, I don't want to say like the leader's the bands, but certain musicians that are like crazy multi-instrumentalists. Look at Dave Grohl. You know what I mean? Like guys like that, it's like they play guitar, they play drums, they sing, you know what I mean? Like wildly talented dudes. And I'm sure that's how that happened, you know, or in some cases, some people are in bands

with musicians that maybe aren't as, I don't want to say talented, but not as like competent. And so they just kind of take it on there. They're like, well, fuck it. If you can do it, I'll just learn to do it. And all of a sudden they're like, oh, hey, this came to be pretty natural. so I'm just going to do that too. Like, I mean, again, I don't mean to keep putting this dude on the spot. This fucking dude, I've known, how long have I known you now?

11 years, 12 years? I've known said 11 or 12 years. And I had no idea that he played drums until I joined a band with him. All I knew was that he was a fucking shredder on guitar. And then he got behind my kit one day and he was like, here, I want you to play a pattern like this. And I was like, what the fuck? Like, you play drums too?

And he was like, yeah, I'm primarily a drummer, but I learned how to play guitar. And I was like, sick, of course. and he's fucking ridiculous at both of them. Most sick guitar players when I play drums because it's easy. So what's your excuse? Huh?

What's your excuse? My blast is better than your blast. It's all I know. This guy wishes, bro. This guy's topping out at 98 BPM tops, dude. He's like, I wish I saved money from my last record. Or save my footage

because that blast is not on time and we had. Fun fact, he's making a joke right now but I actually save the guys two days worth of drum tracking time because we got four days of drum time and I tracked the whole record in two. So it's why it sounded like shit, dude.

Anything else, dude? Come on. Bring it my way, dude. I already told him this next record, I'll track the whole fucking thing in one day, dude. Watch, 14 songs, one day, light work. Mm-hmm. I got it.

Okay, well, this is how we're going to track the next record. So this is what's going to happen. Okay, so. Let me hear it. So we're going to, this, we're going to schedule you for seven days. Okay. And then seven days

I know where he's going This by the way It's gonna be in a cage You're gonna be in a cage And I'm gonna lock it And even if you're done You're gonna start over If you're not done

In a full span of seven days If you get done any earlier It won't count Because you're actually had to sit there I actually play good Actually spend time Actually rice and parts As opposed to just go there

Like a fucking Banchy and idiot I'm gonna go there and play phenomenal. Still knock it out in a day, dude. Watch. Cage. Cage tracking. Send it there.

First ever band to do a cage track. I bet someone else has done it. I bet someone else has done it. Look. There you go, dude. No, I mean a cage. That's not gonna sound very good, though. I don't care about the sound.

You should, dude. Well, you already sound like shit, so I mean, I want the performance. Hey, don't forget, bro. Performance. No time to bleed made it on a list of the worst drum tones, dude. That's fucked up because that record sounds. thick. And it made it on that list, dude. Shot out revolver.

Yeah, it had a weird snare in it. I love that fucking snare. And that's why every time that, like, when I'm like going down the fucking rabbit hole and that list pops up, I'm like, they had it like next to sane anger and a bunch of other bullshit. I'm like, it's the same snare. Yeah. You know what I mean?

But it sounds good on that fucking record. And it's funny because we were talking about this the other day. We're like, oh, yeah. You know, magazines or whatever, like, you know, shit on that, on the, on the tone on that fucking record. And now there's fucking bands coming out now that are like,

oh yeah, we sample the snare from no time to bleed. I'm like, crazy, huh? Things always come back around. Yeah, of course. It's so fucking...

Hey, look at these fucking... Look at these shot guys right here, dude. So silly, dude. There it is. I wish we never did this record. I wish we never did it. But it was fun.

How long were you guys over there? A month. Oh. It was fun. It was cool. It was fun We were a different band, man Fuck We went from

The last record I was sober And this one was a fucking blacked out mess So The difference two years Makes Kind of wild Oh straight lace Oh wild

Oh to top off the subject of The Ramones So Johnny He stopped He stopped drinking He stopped drinking getting drunk in a 21. So he was a straight-laid's guy.

He was like, yeah, one beer, two beers maybe after a show. Wait, after the age of 21? Hmm? He was a straight, a straight, dude. No way, dude. That's fucking crazy, dude. He was the business guy. He was...

Oh, wow. He handled the money and made sure everything was... Damn. What was right? It's funny. Like, you have, like, these preconceived ideas of bands and people. Yeah, well for sure for sure it always blows me away that one blew me away like oh you're like Because it's I would I would have never guessed that because if you if you associate the world punk

You just associate with the the bachshry yeah and yeah generally it's like and damn he was a straight-laid's guy That's kind of fucking wild he also drove a Cadillac you were telling I was just gonna say him like you were telling me is that he drove a caddy or whatever It might sound arrogant but there's a lot of similarities No we were talking about this for sure and personality is crazy also When did that book come out? Let's see He died. Because he passed away. He died in 2004.

Oh, shit. I want to say it was, I want to say he finished a book like a couple years prior. So it's been out for a long time then. Does it, does it say? Published 2000.

Really? It was published in 2012. But. Yeah. So John Iram passed away 2004 from prostate cancer. Fuck. And published 2012. Wow.

Oh, his wife put it out. Linda. There is a part where he says, if you're bringing this, I'm probably gone. It's like, damn, that's fucking, like, fuck, that's wild. Crazy. Also, something that I'm in a band I'm known to do, but he does it too.

So it made me feel pretty cool. What's that? Every record they do, he talks show on it. And he's like, because he just associates memories. He said, oh, we could have did that better, did that better? Yeah, of course, of course. He does that. He'd say he started doing that after their third record.

He basically would always be honest. And that's why this band didn't like him doing press because he was just honest. I mean, I don't like this record. I mean, look, I'll be honest. I kind of fuck with that. Like, it's cool. You know, like, I know you feel that way

about become the hunter and shit. You're like, I hate that fucking record. I'm like. I'm not stoked on that record. Yeah. There's definitely shit about that record. I don't like either. I think all things considered.

Well, one year on it. So there's that. That was right out the gate, you know what I mean? You know? And I told him, we got the final mix back, and I was like, I really wish Garza's guitar tone wasn't on this fucking record. It just bums me out. But, you know. We had to quantize all the drums.

Yeah. Every sample one. It's fucking true. Every single hit, dude. Everything you're hearing on there? Fake. MacBook. For what it is, it is a good record.

Because we have a record, you can't help but associate your, what you're doing at three and that time and memories, you just associate that. Well, not just that. And I think it's actually just a symptom of being the person that's creating the fucking music. I've always felt this way. When you're so closely attached to it, during the process while it's happening, it's right in your face.

And then when it's finally done, completed, and out, you zoom out and you're like, oh, God, I really don't like this about that or like this, because that's when it happens. You can fucking see it, like, in a way, in a zoomed out position kind of where you're like, you know what I mean there's definitely shit on that record that I don't like where I'm like this is kind of fucking cheesy or whatever but yeah whatever I feel the same way about remember you must die

there's definitely things of the record that I highly dislike but you know when we were fucking doing it it's like and I had a great time doing it it was fun I had a fucking fun time doing it but just you know once it was all set and done in the fucking bin and it got released I was like eh

I mean like the songs on it or sick, but there's just shit about it that I'm just like, ah, this could have been sicker, this could have been prevented, you know what I mean? But I think that's with any fucking musician, and when you, when you're close to the project, then, you know, it's your own personal thing. It's like, you're always going to, I think you're always going to find something to scrutinize, you know what I mean? At least I feel that way.

I don't know that any musician has ever, like, a hundred percent happy with any final product where they're like, yeah, there's nothing wrong. with this you know what I mean or or there's something that you're your own risk critic dude I'll admit it I nitpick shit to death dude like whether it's my performance your performance marks or something you know what I mean like it's just it's just like a mental thing you're just like oh okay like you know and then also again when you're in the midst of it and it's happening you kind of can't see it until afterwards then you're just like oh really like damn I thought that was a lot tighter and it doesn't sound that way now type of thing for us

It was the great snare tone debate of 2022, dude, fucking just trying to get that fucking thing dialed, dude. Yeah, well, we learned about the snare. We learned, I missed that high-pitched snare. I've missed it since 2008. And it's coming back, dude. Yeah, for those of you guys that don't know, a little fun fact, there are 17 and a half versions of, of the new record, master versions, the new record before we landed on one,

we were happy. It was version 17 point V2 that we landed on. I was just like, fuck, dude. Just to be like, okay, cool, it's done. Let's fucking put it out, dude. It was the snare or something? Yeah, the snare, initially, like,

because I still have V1 on my phone and I listen to it, and I like it way better than the final version. It happens, dude. And here's the thing. The only thing, and I can, and I can, like, say this confidently. To me, the only thing wrong with that fucking first mix, and yes, everyone agreed, Eddie's vocals were way too fucking loud.

Like, they were way up front in the mix. But the drums and everything else sounded sick as fuck. And I was like, this is it. Just leave this version, just bring Eddie's vocals down. And then I went back to mastering and stuff started fucking getting lost in the fucking master. And I was like, oh, wait, okay, now what's going on? Like, now the snare is starting to get weird sounding. and we couldn't get back.

You ruined it. I did, yeah, fuck it up. It was all my fault, dude. 17 versions just because of me, dude. 100%. It took Ernie two records to realize, oh, wait, I shouldn't gravity blast the whole fucking record.

There's not a single gravity blast on either of the records. That's what I'm dealing with. We would have these fucking demos, dude, and we listen back to our demos, and all you hear is kick and snare. It's like, Rudy's like, this tone's a fucking a banger.

Should be. It's like, dude, you don't hear shit. You hear fucking sloppy kicks in the snare. Well, maybe you should fucking pick harder, dude, so I can fucking hear your shitty guitar tone, dude. I'll fucking put my fucking pick in your butt, dude. Jokes on you, I might be into it, dude. Also, also next record, I'm mixing it.

And you guys are just going to fucking kick rocks. All right, guys. Get ready for the most disappointing record of fucking 2025, dude. I bet the best one. Garza behind the fucking faders, dude. It's going to be awful, dude. You know what? dude maybe unpopular opinion

I feel like if we let Dan Kenny get behind the fucking mixing board dude I bet he'd probably do it I bet he'd probably do a decent job dude I think he'll be I think he would surprise all of us like if we just told him what channels were what I bet he'd probably do a fucking decent job

he'll definitely make it sound like fucking deeds of flesh but he'd probably do a decent job I think it would be cool he's really good with first impressions or first thoughts he actually is he actually like all jokes aside we talk a lot of shit about Dan Kenny most of the time yeah

but he is yeah it's pretty cool and and Dan Kenny also a good guitar player that had no idea that Dan played fucking guitar and like he actually has decent riffs I'm like oh that's cool I mean Garza Mids drummer you know

Mids at best you know guitar player also Mids but you know he makes it work he writes wrists dude appreciate that man anytime dude. Yeah, appreciate it. But your right hand is getting stronger, though, dude. I see the improvement.

It's almost there. Every day. Every day. I'm not there. But is there so much to, there's just so much to do, man. One day you'll be that, that dig Dale level, dude. One day, Dino will give you the nod.

He'll be like, one day, Dino, it's just going to walk, walk past me, and not see anything to be going to walk past me, like, and you'll know, you'll know. I'll be like, he's finally passed the torch dude i will fucking run straight to you and get it slap me in the face

and guess what gino gave me the nod you're fucked but until then dude i am i am the new goat but until then dude we're just gonna get on here and just talk mean shit to each other until further notice dude what we're going to eat fuck i don't know dude but i'm i'm i'm i'm ready to eat we can el ranchito sounds kind of fucking sick or chino sounds What? Native Son? You're not fucking down to cooking Native Son, dude. Am I a fucking sack of shit for saying that? Probably.

No, Native Son's sick. Of you? Natasun, it's a bar we go to. It's like an outdoor, upstairs. He kind of overlooks like the streets. It's really cool. Oh, the other plate you should be talking about was the tequila and amort above the venue, above fucking, what is it, La Santa or whatever? Oh, yeah. That spot. That fucking place is good, too, dude.

It's true. Is Day Tuesday? It's not. Fuck. Oh, yeah. And another, oh, okay, I lied earlier. Because you got off track. I lied earlier. Yeah. There was an other day.

Oh, we both fucked up that day. There was another day why you, I knew I was winning. Yeah. Me, Ernie on Tuesday got All You Can Eat Tacos. Dude, how fucking unplanned but sick was that, though? It was. We walked in. We were having a, I got a, I had a pretty deep conversation with Garza.

And our fucking server was like, just let you guys know, today's Tuesday. So we have a fucking special. It's all you can eat tacos for 13. We both fucking looked at each other like, yep. Yeah. Just fucking bring them out, bro. It was fucked up, dude. In my head, I was like, Ernie, he's struggling right now.

And I'm going to go home. He's going to think that I'm fucking up, but I woke him next day. I never thought you were. I never thought you were. I know how you are. I know when you're in the, and when you're in it, you're in it. I know. I don't never fucking doubt you're fucking.

I like doing things in public. I'll drink in public. public, I'll eat a breeder in public so people think Oh, that's all that's all of Garza does. He's fuck goes out and drinks. But I know behind the scenes. Yeah, I know in private. You're killing it.

I'm private. I'm reading and jacking off, dude. Don't worry about it. That's a joke. Garza also jacks off in public, too, dude. What are you looking at over there? Oh, no, dude. Special guest Mike Terry calling right now.

He hit the group chat. He wants to know what we're doing. I haven't answered him because I'm not on the phone when we're on. Jesus Christ, dude. Well, all right, boys, let's wrap the shit up and go eat something, dude. I can see the boys getting restless. Yeah, I can see the team being hungry. Ernie, it was a pleasant month, man.

I had a great time. So did I? Regaining some discipline I lost along the way. For sure, for sure. Cool, nice little reminder. For sure. Which we all need, I mean, I knew, I mean, the whole fan base knew what was going to happen. 100%.

But at least. But you know what? I also still appreciate all of the positivity that was sent. Both are fucking ways. It's pretty cool. And I mean, again, and if I'm fucking being brutally fucking honest and, like, not trying to be jokes right now, I've had a pretty up and down fucking month. And now I'm just looking forward to being a very consistent up next three fucking months.

I had to get surgical, cut some people out, you know what I mean? We've reached that point. Yeah. Yeah. I'm just like, yeah, some people got to go. I'm just like, hey, get away from me. Yeah.

Well, yeah, again, shit talking aside, I think you did a good job. Obviously, it was a little bit embarrassing, but the bigger picture, that the... But the big, but... But the big, but... But the big picture is you maintain and lost a pound.

So you are going forward. And that's cool. And that's all that matters, dude. Let's keep it pushing, dude. Let's keep going. Yeah. You did it. You did good.

No, hey. I feel like a villain. I feel like a fucking villain. All right. Wait, we made it. 28 fucking days. We'll keep fucking going, dude. Yeah, cool.

Anything else to close that with? Huh? Putting Ernie as an incorrect answer as a while. Oh, yeah. During, on the YouTube poll, I put you as an incorrect answer. Wait, what? Yeah, see, so if you click me, it's green, and they click you as wrong. Oh, my God.

That's also nasty work, but I respect it. You know what I mean? God. People People respect it See, I went deep, dude I post some pictures Polls

That's it Oh man Any closing thoughts Ah Just onward and up Dude Just keep going Can't get fucking

Discrourge You know what I mean? No I mean You hit rock bottom Can't Can't can't That's me dude What the fuck

This is me Is this AI It looks like it It's a picture Of a turtle going fast. That was me during the last 28 days. You should get that as a tattoo, man.

That's pretty sick. That's kind of sick. You know what? The older I get, I get a little desire to get tattoos. It's weird. Oh shit. It's weird.

Guys, Garza's changing, bro. He's looking into digital amps now. He's coming around. Now he's thinking about tattoos. Damn, dude. I'm going to get a turtle shell on my chest. Also, how the fuck do you not have a corn tattoo? It's been on my mind for you

That's honestly Like all jokes That's always one I'm like I want a corn tattoo I want to slip my S tattoo When I first met you I was like This motherfucker definitely has a case

Somewhere on him Like it's on the back of his leg Somewhere dude I was like he's got to have a corn tattoo And then come to find out I'm just like This guy doesn't have any tattoos Except for the one on the back of his neck

Like that's fucking crazy dude Yeah I only have three I want to have three tattoos Then they're all throw small Oh that's right They're all small Wait Three

Three? One's well probably give me cancelled right now but uh... oh I got the drunk koala wait yeah

so we from Soundwave Eddie's first tour so we all got the same thing oh oh oh that symbol I don't know that's

wait what the fuck where it's like the Russian symbol oh is it like the sickle thing or whatever so what the fuck I don't fuck if I never noticed that

I only knew about the koala and the fucking the one on your neck so it was yeah we were we were in Moscow and we He's just walking And then his

Hat 2 shot That's fucking crazy I got it Mitch got on his fucking chest Jesus Well what was this called Sternum

Sternum Yeah right in the middle Fucking psychopath Mark Mark got one I think I think Bacchens got one too Damn

Yeah And yeah Then Mitch passed away And then we I got the black crown Because because Because they all had it Yeah

But they all had In the back of their My I don't want it On the back of my neck They're like No You're gonna get in the back

your neck. So this was my first real tattoo was in the back of my fucking skull. So I passed out. It's fine. Did you really? Yeah, I had a tattoo the back of my neck I passed out. Who did it? John Montgomery. John did it? Yeah. Of course. I mean, we all Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We all got it from... What the fuck is? That's Carson's next tattoo right there.

Okay. I'll make you a deal right here. And then, and then don't close out. I will get this butterfly tattoo. I'm a lower back. No, you fucking want. If you get a tattoo on your your lower back it says, come on. To be determined, we'll talk about this on the next podcast. How do you spoke? I wanted to say, come on.

Lower back, dude. We're about to go sit down and eat dinner. We're going to discuss this further, and you'll know about it on the next episode for sure. Hell yeah. All right. Oh, my God, dude. There's no way that's fucking real, dude.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Would you get this tramp stand to raise $1,500? Nah, fuck that. Jesus Christ, dude. That's sick. All right, that's enough of this guys. You want to support the podcast. Please check out the merch is on pre-order.

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Is that what's going on? Right below the window. Or, I mean, it's... It's on our YouTube, so you literally scroll down and you see the pictures. And that's, you know what's crazy is that when you're depressed, you literally feel heavy. So life, like it's heavy. You literally feel like. Yeah, drag down, dude.

Big time. But it's all good. So check out the new merch. I feel like a winner, and I couldn't have done it without all you. So thank you. It gave me the drive and energy. I need this to fucking beat the shit, you guys. I appreciate it.

I appreciate it. And look at that. We're still friends, dude. I am done talking shit. Thank you for listening, Washington. Appreciate it. All right, Ernie. See you guys later, man.

Love you. Love you, dude. Love you, doggy. Later.