WISCONSIN MUSIC PODCAST WMP Linktree: https://linktr.ee/WI_Music_Podcast AMPLFYING WISCONSIN MUSIC Nuke Plant Chickens https://linktr.ee/nukeplantchickens EPISODE 140

Welcome to a stirring episode of the Wisconsin Music Podcast featuring the distinct sounds of Kenosha-based band, Nuke Plant Chickens. Born in the midst of the COVID-19 lockdown, these young music enthusiasts have grown into a seasoned band with a powerful synthesis of various music genres, offering a unique, homegrown energy with every performance.

The diverse group shares their exceptional journey, discussing their music inspirations, from King Gizzard and his Lizard Wizards to Black Sabbath. They reveal their band philosophy, revolving around enjoyment rather than strict professionalism, and the exploration of a wide variety music genres.

They delve into the challenges and triumphs of forging a path in the bustling music scenes of Chicago and Milwaukee. Get a peek into the band’s DIY recording process: a journey centered on raw, authentic music creation and problem-solving equipment issues, song selection, and balancing gig schedules.

Nukeplant Chickens not only discuss the release of their four finished singles, but also offer a glimpse into the stories imbedded in their music. They candidly share their experiences of attending influential performances and their appreciation of their supportive community. Above all, they light the beacon on their ambitious future plans.

We invite fans, fellow musicians, or those simply curious about the eclectic music scene to immerse themselves in this compelling episode. Join us as we reveal all this and more about Nuke Plant Chickens, the band that’s lighting up Wisconsin's music scene.

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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,600 Music.

2 00:00:11,994 --> 00:00:14,654 Ladies and gentlemen, music enthusiasts and podcast listeners,

3 00:00:14,754 --> 00:00:18,314 welcome to A Sonic Journey Like No Other on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.

4 00:00:18,554 --> 00:00:22,194 I'm your host, Zach Fell, and we're here to amplify Wisconsin music.

5 00:00:22,294 --> 00:00:26,254 In this episode, we're diving into the eclectic and electrifying world of Nukeplant

6 00:00:26,254 --> 00:00:29,694 Chickens, a band hailing from the charming town of Kenosha, Wisconsin.

7 00:00:30,214 --> 00:00:34,574 Prizing a remarkable ensemble of talent, Nukeplant Chicken weaves a mesmerizing

8 00:00:34,574 --> 00:00:39,094 tapestry of sound, leaving no genre untouched. Get ready to immerse yourself

9 00:00:39,094 --> 00:00:42,834 in the music of Newt Plant Chickens, where every note is an adventure,

10 00:00:43,054 --> 00:00:44,214 every rhythm is a heartbeat.

11 00:00:44,394 --> 00:00:48,374 Join us in exploring the sonic landscapes crafted by this extraordinary band

12 00:00:48,374 --> 00:00:53,414 as we unravel their musical journey in this special podcast episode on the Wisconsin Music Podcast.

13 00:00:53,794 --> 00:00:56,554 Ladies and gentlemen, thank you so much for joining me here on the podcast.

14 00:00:57,214 --> 00:01:04,994 Thank you. So why don't we get a quick synopsis of each one of your music origins story.

15 00:01:05,014 --> 00:01:07,734 How did you get started? it i'm jeff i'm the

16 00:01:07,734 --> 00:01:11,014 singer and i i started

17 00:01:11,014 --> 00:01:13,794 taking piano lessons when i was seven and i'm

18 00:01:13,794 --> 00:01:17,534 23 now so that's 16 years ago and

19 00:01:17,534 --> 00:01:24,534 yeah i i can't remember why i started doing piano lessons but yeah okay i really

20 00:01:24,534 --> 00:01:33,094 liked guitar hero as a 12 year old so who are you oh my name is uh my name is

21 00:01:33,094 --> 00:01:35,054 ethan i'm I'm a guitar player sometimes.

22 00:01:35,494 --> 00:01:39,854 Awesome. Yeah, I really liked playing Guitar Hero, and that stuff is,

23 00:01:39,894 --> 00:01:44,414 like, the first stuff I learned, so that's a working story there.

24 00:01:45,214 --> 00:01:52,094 Cool. My name is Chloe. I started on bass in middle school, actually.

25 00:01:52,134 --> 00:01:53,914 My dad convinced me to play.

26 00:01:54,014 --> 00:01:57,594 He would show me Talking Heads footage,

27 00:01:57,754 --> 00:02:03,494 and Tina Weymouth basically played for Tango, to, which I'm happy about it,

28 00:02:03,534 --> 00:02:08,354 but I started on bass and then I started guitar after bass and that would have

29 00:02:08,354 --> 00:02:09,674 been also middle school.

30 00:02:10,234 --> 00:02:17,374 And then recently, you know, drums and all of that, but like I play guitar in this group.

31 00:02:19,574 --> 00:02:21,834 But yeah, I've just been playing forever since middle school.

32 00:02:21,874 --> 00:02:25,054 And my dad wanted me to. Cool. Very cool.

33 00:02:25,694 --> 00:02:31,034 Max, I play the drums. And for my fourth birthday, I got a drum set.

34 00:02:31,354 --> 00:02:33,314 I don't know why I didn't ask.

35 00:02:35,174 --> 00:02:37,754 But yeah, I've been playing ever since. I was happy about that.

36 00:02:37,754 --> 00:02:38,774 It's never stopped. Yeah.

37 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:48,514 Camera. Sorry. Eight. Fourth or fifth grade. when I played trumpet for Mrs.

38 00:02:48,674 --> 00:02:52,394 Ripley in the KUSD school.

39 00:02:53,314 --> 00:02:56,654 Shout out to Mrs. Ripley. Yeah, shout out to Mrs. Ripley. Hi.

40 00:02:58,874 --> 00:03:03,794 You all basically started at a young age and grew through music and decided

41 00:03:03,794 --> 00:03:05,754 on the instruments you're playing in this group.

42 00:03:05,994 --> 00:03:10,654 So what is kind of like your philosophy as a group?

43 00:03:10,874 --> 00:03:17,054 What's your goals? And what makes you guys become this group of musicians and

44 00:03:17,054 --> 00:03:20,114 going out on stage and playing these types of songs that you play?

45 00:03:20,734 --> 00:03:22,834 Well, I'll say whatever sounds good.

46 00:03:24,414 --> 00:03:27,334 Whatever sounds good. Sounds good. Get it to sound better. I don't know.

47 00:03:27,814 --> 00:03:29,054 At least that's my philosophy.

48 00:03:29,814 --> 00:03:33,794 I think we all love being able to have fun. Yeah. Goof around,

49 00:03:33,954 --> 00:03:38,774 you know, whatever feels right, I guess. A lot of goofing around on stage.

50 00:03:39,554 --> 00:03:43,534 Yeah, it's a lot. We're not very professional. No, which is what's good about

51 00:03:43,534 --> 00:03:47,194 it. Which is why, I mean, that's why I did it. You know what I mean? If I'm being real.

52 00:03:48,174 --> 00:03:52,914 If we were going anywhere, Chloe would not be here. Absolutely not.

53 00:03:53,774 --> 00:03:58,834 So, yeah. Just enjoy it. You know, it's not taking things too serious.

54 00:03:59,754 --> 00:04:03,494 You know, that whole thing. Because it's not that serious. Make sure everyone is granted.

55 00:04:04,351 --> 00:04:07,551 Oh absolutely yeah yeah like these guys they're all my brothers and

56 00:04:07,551 --> 00:04:14,311 then so much as far as

57 00:04:14,311 --> 00:04:17,651 philosophies we actually have on the wall a list

58 00:04:17,651 --> 00:04:20,591 though that i wrote a few years ago called the

59 00:04:20,591 --> 00:04:23,331 jam commandments and the the number one rule the

60 00:04:23,331 --> 00:04:26,491 most important rule of the jam commandments no assholes

61 00:04:26,491 --> 00:04:30,091 so that's maybe the philosophy gotcha excellent

62 00:04:30,091 --> 00:04:33,151 so what kind of groups out there would you

63 00:04:33,151 --> 00:04:36,631 say inspire what you guys do well i

64 00:04:36,631 --> 00:04:39,971 mean the biggest one i'd say the one collective is

65 00:04:39,971 --> 00:04:43,291 king gizzard yeah and the lizard wizard okay and

66 00:04:43,291 --> 00:04:47,751 why is it why is that have you

67 00:04:47,751 --> 00:04:52,011 heard them brother come on yeah but

68 00:04:52,011 --> 00:04:55,991 there's listeners out there that haven't so probably helps them kind of grab

69 00:04:55,991 --> 00:05:00,051 an idea of what you're you're about they've done it all and they'll continue

70 00:05:00,051 --> 00:05:06,051 to do more and that's what keeps me i'm not limited to one genre the variety

71 00:05:06,051 --> 00:05:10,711 yeah yeah and it doesn't matter how many albums they release they'll all be good.

72 00:05:11,831 --> 00:05:14,491 Okay cool well it's good that you know to

73 00:05:14,491 --> 00:05:18,511 have that kind of inspiration in your life to be able to have something that

74 00:05:18,511 --> 00:05:24,271 you can kind of follow and go these are the kind of people that we like to you

75 00:05:24,271 --> 00:05:28,711 know follow in their footsteps basically right and always like individual people

76 00:05:28,711 --> 00:05:34,151 we all have different things which is why it's hard to find collective yeah like I,

77 00:05:35,071 --> 00:05:41,291 don't I'm not into like King Giz like all of these guys are I will say I'm not a nerd but,

78 00:05:42,251 --> 00:05:47,771 yeah I'm not you know I have a much more I mean not that King Giz we're all

79 00:05:47,771 --> 00:05:51,231 into OC's yeah we do like OC's OC's are great.

80 00:05:53,731 --> 00:05:58,851 Ween to ween to the stone age Okay.

81 00:05:58,991 --> 00:06:01,131 Well, it's like Black Sabbath, but that's like in a different way.

82 00:06:01,251 --> 00:06:03,671 Pink Floyd, we all really like.

83 00:06:03,691 --> 00:06:08,011 Dice Fits, even though that's in a different realm. They're like my favorite band of all time.

84 00:06:08,571 --> 00:06:13,031 Dice Fits. Everyone looks like Chippewa. Them Crooked Vultures, too. Yeah.

85 00:06:13,951 --> 00:06:20,791 Awesome. So it's an eclectic collection of individuals plus what you all are

86 00:06:20,791 --> 00:06:25,231 together enjoying at the same time, which is what creates the difference of

87 00:06:25,231 --> 00:06:27,671 what you are from other type of bands out there.

88 00:06:29,540 --> 00:06:35,640 So what made you guys decide to have horn players in your shows as well we knew them.

89 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,040 They were they were our friends maddie was the first

90 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:42,880 and she was just a she was a a friend of

91 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,920 mine from a long time ago i met her through a band

92 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,660 that i used to be in and uh she just

93 00:06:48,660 --> 00:06:54,800 kind of stuck around and jammed with us and yeah yeah yeah and when she when

94 00:06:54,800 --> 00:07:02,500 she was out of town we had a couple more shows so we asked Finn to play in Kirstead

95 00:07:02,500 --> 00:07:06,760 who's basically family with us. Like literally.

96 00:07:07,180 --> 00:07:13,620 Yeah. So when you guys do a live show are they with you all the time or just for special shows?

97 00:07:14,140 --> 00:07:19,460 Whenever they can. Whenever they can. Okay, cool. How long have you guys been together as a group?

98 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:24,960 As the five piece with everybody in here right now since February February,

99 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:29,700 March, it would have been after the live stream.

100 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,840 There's like other stuff that goes way back. Yeah. Like I'm the last to join and I.

101 00:07:36,020 --> 00:07:39,360 Okay. So why don't you give the listeners like a little bit of the history of

102 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:41,960 how this group grew and became what it is today?

103 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:46,280 Our show. Our very first. We got to go back to the jam. Yeah.

104 00:07:47,060 --> 00:07:50,860 First of jam. Yeah. Oh, yeah. The COVID jams.

105 00:07:51,880 --> 00:07:54,600 That's where it started was COVID. Okay. it

106 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,920 was a pandemic and we were all bored and the

107 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,900 old band that i was in i got kicked out

108 00:08:00,900 --> 00:08:08,840 of because i'm a i'm a bad guy and i needed a new band and well we we also can't

109 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:15,180 forget that max ethan and cameron yeah we're in a band together a metal band

110 00:08:15,180 --> 00:08:19,160 starting in 2020 yeah 2021 21,

111 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:21,300 24, 2020. Okay.

112 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:27,900 Well, me, Cam, and Jeff are all blood related. So that's how far in the back of that goes.

113 00:08:29,340 --> 00:08:34,780 And the first glimpse of the new plant chickens, I guess you could say,

114 00:08:34,820 --> 00:08:38,900 was my and Max's first band. It was called Floodplain.

115 00:08:39,480 --> 00:08:45,880 And we started playing together in November of 2019 or something like that. Wow.

116 00:08:47,454 --> 00:08:54,954 Yeah, COVID hit, and we got bored and started jamming with a bunch of other people. So I don't know.

117 00:08:55,394 --> 00:08:58,854 We kind of just grabbed anyone we could and brought them in the basement.

118 00:08:59,854 --> 00:09:04,754 Just played for hours. I mean, I think we... How big was the biggest one?

119 00:09:04,954 --> 00:09:08,674 The biggest jam that we were... I don't know if you were at the biggest jam.

120 00:09:09,154 --> 00:09:12,374 I think I was. It was the one. It was David, Logan.

121 00:09:12,994 --> 00:09:16,154 That one was pretty big, but we had another one out. we

122 00:09:16,154 --> 00:09:18,894 had these jams of like the most was probably

123 00:09:18,894 --> 00:09:26,234 like 13 or 14 people in the room and like at like many many guitars sometimes

124 00:09:26,234 --> 00:09:32,134 two drum kits yeah and i think one time we had two basses hooked up and everybody

125 00:09:32,134 --> 00:09:37,134 else was like either playing wind instruments or like rapping or vocals yeah.

126 00:09:37,794 --> 00:09:40,794 And we would just i mean we would go from like 7

127 00:09:40,794 --> 00:09:44,414 p.m to mid yeah let's play and then

128 00:09:44,414 --> 00:09:47,234 this was we the people in the band are just

129 00:09:47,234 --> 00:09:50,634 the people that remained from those jams gotcha

130 00:09:50,634 --> 00:09:53,514 wanted to keep playing because everybody else kind of has a life or

131 00:09:53,514 --> 00:09:56,714 moved on right right okay so this

132 00:09:56,714 --> 00:10:00,634 is what kind of glued you guys together was this jam and you guys met each other

133 00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:04,654 i mean you said three of you are blood related but then you guys kind of became

134 00:10:04,654 --> 00:10:09,554 friends and kind of created this this group that you are so where did the name

135 00:10:09,554 --> 00:10:15,654 come from it's a simple story that i could draw out a lot but But basically, I worked at a beach,

136 00:10:15,834 --> 00:10:18,034 the Illinois State Beach in Zion,

137 00:10:18,254 --> 00:10:20,494 which is just down the road from Kenosha.

138 00:10:20,794 --> 00:10:28,634 And my boss was a very nice man, very funny guy, but he was not the most educated man.

139 00:10:29,014 --> 00:10:35,714 Okay. And at the beach, there were some sandhill cranes that were,

140 00:10:35,854 --> 00:10:37,674 you know, they hung around the water.

141 00:10:37,794 --> 00:10:41,714 And he didn't know they were sandhill cranes, though, because he didn't know

142 00:10:41,714 --> 00:10:43,894 anything about birds. And.

143 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:48,219 Right next to the beach as well, weird detail, but it's true.

144 00:10:48,299 --> 00:10:52,799 Right next to the beach is a defunct nuclear power plant.

145 00:10:53,139 --> 00:10:56,979 Anyways, all these elements coming together. On my first day of work at the

146 00:10:56,979 --> 00:11:00,579 beach, my boss pointed to some sandhill cranes,

147 00:11:01,499 --> 00:11:07,559 and he said, guests and visitors ask me all the time what those birds are called,

148 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:09,379 but I don't know what they're called.

149 00:11:09,619 --> 00:11:14,579 So I tell them that they are chickens who wandered too close to the nuke plant.

150 00:11:16,239 --> 00:11:20,959 And the light bulb light bulb just went off there you go there you go awesome,

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160 00:11:49,219 --> 00:11:53,379 31st so when

161 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:56,439 you guys perform out live what's the reaction from

162 00:11:56,439 --> 00:11:59,219 from the audience most of

163 00:11:59,219 --> 00:12:07,119 it most of them are friends so far so it's people who who even if we played

164 00:12:07,119 --> 00:12:11,579 i hope i hope we play good but people who if even if we played bad they'd be

165 00:12:11,579 --> 00:12:17,999 they still oh it's a great job at least not me I haven't gotten a lot of,

166 00:12:18,679 --> 00:12:25,719 people coming up to me who just didn't know how to I saw some people at the

167 00:12:25,719 --> 00:12:29,699 last show some strangers who were people I didn't know who were filming.

168 00:12:31,419 --> 00:12:34,199 That feels nice like a stranger who doesn't

169 00:12:34,199 --> 00:12:36,979 know us wants to look back at us later

170 00:12:36,979 --> 00:12:39,999 people want us to play rooster every single

171 00:12:39,999 --> 00:12:42,859 time every single time drunk people

172 00:12:42,859 --> 00:12:45,739 want us to play rooster that's a good reaction i feel like

173 00:12:45,739 --> 00:12:49,119 we spark a lot of curiosity people don't

174 00:12:49,119 --> 00:12:51,899 really know what what's gonna go on oh

175 00:12:51,899 --> 00:12:58,999 yeah it's gonna happen what we're gonna do right so so are you guys like mostly

176 00:12:58,999 --> 00:13:04,099 covers or do you add some originals in there on top of it we're actually like

177 00:13:04,099 --> 00:13:10,299 all it's like all we do almost no covers i mean we we we played a three hour set. Yeah. To fill time.

178 00:13:11,119 --> 00:13:13,619 There's like 26 songs. Okay.

179 00:13:14,599 --> 00:13:17,679 So where do you guys usually perform? Where's like your home base?

180 00:13:17,739 --> 00:13:20,859 I mean, you say you're in Kenosha, but like, is there a certain place that you

181 00:13:20,859 --> 00:13:24,479 play that you would call home or is you guys kind of spread it all over? Yeah.

182 00:13:26,144 --> 00:13:29,084 Rustic road definitely and let's get the kenosha

183 00:13:29,084 --> 00:13:33,104 creative space okay two places definitely one's

184 00:13:33,104 --> 00:13:37,744 a bar one's just like a community center and they're on the same block and they're

185 00:13:37,744 --> 00:13:42,784 they're right next to each other yeah so downtown kenosha basically okay and

186 00:13:42,784 --> 00:13:47,344 you guys said so you're not really taking this super serious so what are kind

187 00:13:47,344 --> 00:13:52,204 of like some of your main goals with this this group over the next maybe three to four years.

188 00:13:53,424 --> 00:13:57,104 Records. Yeah, a couple of records, probably. I mean, I personally just want

189 00:13:57,104 --> 00:14:00,764 to be able to play out and more than just downtown.

190 00:14:00,884 --> 00:14:05,984 I mean, I'm like thinking to like different live stuff for like like our first

191 00:14:05,984 --> 00:14:08,844 show of the summer that we created in space.

192 00:14:09,084 --> 00:14:12,804 That was one of the best like like times I've ever fucking heard.

193 00:14:15,984 --> 00:14:18,764 Yeah, it was just so fun. fun and it because there

194 00:14:18,764 --> 00:14:22,184 was so many people our age yeah there yeah

195 00:14:22,184 --> 00:14:25,044 and people that like maybe

196 00:14:25,044 --> 00:14:27,824 like all of us collected we didn't know and it was just

197 00:14:27,824 --> 00:14:30,484 it was really fun and it was packed and it was

198 00:14:30,484 --> 00:14:34,824 just it was so great i just want to play more shows like that but get out of

199 00:14:34,824 --> 00:14:41,904 the city too yeah i would really eventually yeah of course but you know i it's

200 00:14:41,904 --> 00:14:45,764 just this is like to be able to play that kind of stuff in Kenosha would be

201 00:14:45,764 --> 00:14:49,264 really and I know that's asking a lot. That would be really fun.

202 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:54,344 So Wisconsin being mainly a cover band, that's usually what you're going to

203 00:14:54,344 --> 00:14:57,184 see mostly in Wisconsin bars and everything like that.

204 00:14:57,264 --> 00:15:02,724 You guys being mostly original, do you find it hard to get gigs or is it pretty

205 00:15:02,724 --> 00:15:05,584 decent to find gigs for an all original band like yourselves?

206 00:15:06,104 --> 00:15:10,984 It's not hard to get gigs because we're not a cover band.

207 00:15:11,164 --> 00:15:16,044 It was pretty hard at first. it's hard getting your foot in the door with some.

208 00:15:16,044 --> 00:15:23,264 Of these because they're busy they don't have time sometimes it's just it's hard because,

209 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:29,004 especially in venues in Chicago and like Milwaukee where they haven't heard

210 00:15:29,004 --> 00:15:35,704 you they won't take you into consideration unless you played gigs in the area

211 00:15:35,704 --> 00:15:40,024 before you kind of gotta be there yeah you gotta be active in the scene that's

212 00:15:40,024 --> 00:15:41,844 kind of what's hardest about it,

213 00:15:42,384 --> 00:15:45,124 how is it that to get in the scene if you

214 00:15:45,124 --> 00:15:48,364 can't get into the scene right yeah so do

215 00:15:48,364 --> 00:15:51,884 you find that like it's not hard anymore really to get gigs why is that is it

216 00:15:51,884 --> 00:15:56,344 because you have now played so many shows or what's what's kind of like the

217 00:15:56,344 --> 00:16:00,924 secret for you yeah you play shows make connections yeah and we always make

218 00:16:00,924 --> 00:16:05,464 friends also go and see these venues in person because that will help a lot

219 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,904 People talk, our owners talk,

220 00:16:08,044 --> 00:16:12,624 they talk among each other, really that's a great, great.

221 00:16:13,715 --> 00:16:16,935 Way to sprint yeah absolutely networking and making

222 00:16:16,935 --> 00:16:19,915 sure that you're not like you said earlier bylaws not

223 00:16:19,915 --> 00:16:23,475 to be an asshole right yeah yeah yeah so

224 00:16:23,475 --> 00:16:26,435 be kind you know be helpful be

225 00:16:26,435 --> 00:16:29,315 you know be positive so the local scene

226 00:16:29,315 --> 00:16:32,395 for you guys it seems to be a positive experience is

227 00:16:32,395 --> 00:16:35,455 there anything in the local scene of your area that

228 00:16:35,455 --> 00:16:40,115 you would wish was stronger sometimes people

229 00:16:40,115 --> 00:16:42,875 get egos i wish it wasn't that

230 00:16:42,875 --> 00:16:49,435 strong but i wish like people would build more bills together you know there

231 00:16:49,435 --> 00:16:55,495 was there was a lot of gatekeeping in the scene before yeah that's kind of coming

232 00:16:55,495 --> 00:16:59,695 down a little bit yeah a lot of people i mean like i had said people taking

233 00:16:59,695 --> 00:17:01,915 it seriously and i mean i don't mean like.

234 00:17:03,195 --> 00:17:07,955 Having boundaries within groups and like oh and you know planning out and things

235 00:17:07,955 --> 00:17:11,355 like that because Cause that's whatever, but I mean, taking things too serious

236 00:17:11,355 --> 00:17:13,775 and like professionalism are like two different things in life.

237 00:17:13,935 --> 00:17:18,215 You know, like you can be a professional and not be like an asshole. Right.

238 00:17:18,435 --> 00:17:24,895 Exactly. Which is the problem that majority of people here have because whatever.

239 00:17:25,535 --> 00:17:26,835 Yeah. It's just.

240 00:17:30,180 --> 00:17:33,540 No, that's good. That's good. Now, earlier you kind of talked about hopefully

241 00:17:33,540 --> 00:17:35,500 making some recordings.

242 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:39,200 Have you done any of that yet? Yeah, we got a record.

243 00:17:39,660 --> 00:17:44,180 Yeah, for finished singles out there. So take them through the journey of the

244 00:17:44,180 --> 00:17:47,280 start, the process, and getting those out there to them.

245 00:17:47,740 --> 00:17:51,000 Actually, this just came up in my year ago today from Snapchat.

246 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:53,340 We started recording. Really? Yeah.

247 00:17:54,260 --> 00:17:57,440 Like the other day. What is it? The 21st? Yep.

248 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:06,940 So the 19th. So two days ago. We started recording because I finally got Ableton on my computer. Okay.

249 00:18:07,300 --> 00:18:12,260 And we just, I mean, we picked what songs we had, I think.

250 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:17,460 It wasn't what ones we had. It was just, you know, what we wondered, what we felt we could do.

251 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:23,840 Oh, yeah. But I mean, the songs mostly come from me, and Ethan writes some of them.

252 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:28,040 But I think of the four, they're mostly like old.

253 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:30,860 I'd like wrote them a couple years ago when

254 00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:33,820 i was in the other band and then they never wanted to play them

255 00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:37,720 okay you know i don't

256 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:41,900 know how we picked the four singles it's the one are they the ones that just

257 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:47,920 got one yeah yeah okay so the the first four they got finished now you you had

258 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,240 mentioned that you just got ableton about a year ago on your computer so So

259 00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:54,360 I'm understanding that this is a DIY project.

260 00:18:55,020 --> 00:18:59,400 Yeah. So kind of, was this like done in like a living room?

261 00:18:59,500 --> 00:19:02,860 Did you do it at separate places? Kind of like how did the whole thing come

262 00:19:02,860 --> 00:19:03,840 together for the recording?

263 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,220 Where was it done? Just my basement.

264 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:08,980 And it's just like where I'm as I let go.

265 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:14,040 Okay. So what are some of the things that you've learned over time when you were recording?

266 00:19:16,220 --> 00:19:20,980 If you have to EQ too much, then you need to re-record it. Okay.

267 00:19:22,735 --> 00:19:27,395 Buy guitar plugins if you don't know how to mic and amp and don't be afraid

268 00:19:27,395 --> 00:19:35,295 to spend money on equipment good it's a good investment yeah i still i still

269 00:19:35,295 --> 00:19:37,055 have a lot of stuff on this thing,

270 00:19:37,595 --> 00:19:41,555 so for better recording yeah so the

271 00:19:41,555 --> 00:19:44,415 did you like put blankets up or anything around

272 00:19:44,415 --> 00:19:47,475 the room or is it like sound bouncing off

273 00:19:47,475 --> 00:19:50,155 cylinder blocks or whatever your walls are made out

274 00:19:50,155 --> 00:19:53,075 of it's mostly just it's about

275 00:19:53,075 --> 00:19:55,855 as raw and real as you can get it i mean

276 00:19:55,855 --> 00:19:58,915 we mic up each of the each of

277 00:19:58,915 --> 00:20:01,655 the drums but there's no like for for the

278 00:20:01,655 --> 00:20:07,415 most part there's no like sound cancellation okay there's a lot of that what

279 00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:10,775 a lot of that reverb gets filtered out through these mics anyway because they're

280 00:20:10,775 --> 00:20:17,195 i don't because they're condensers which is which is really nice yep cool and

281 00:20:17,195 --> 00:20:20,315 now you guys got four four songs finished, you released them.

282 00:20:20,355 --> 00:20:23,935 Let's talk a little bit about each one of those songs and maybe pick a few that

283 00:20:23,935 --> 00:20:25,795 you would like the listeners to hear on the podcast.

284 00:20:28,895 --> 00:20:33,375 I'd go for the first one. I'd go for Police State. The first one we released

285 00:20:33,375 --> 00:20:34,875 is called Police State Disco.

286 00:20:35,455 --> 00:20:37,895 Which is not fun. Not a disco.

287 00:20:39,455 --> 00:20:47,315 It's the only one that has Maddie fully on it. Like a solo, like a feature.

288 00:20:47,655 --> 00:20:50,715 The saxophone. And it's amazing.

289 00:20:51,095 --> 00:20:54,735 And is there a certain story behind the song? Or is it just...

290 00:20:55,435 --> 00:20:59,795 You want the listeners to make their own decision about what it's about?

291 00:21:00,495 --> 00:21:04,175 Yeah, yeah. I like that. Let them decide.

292 00:21:05,840 --> 00:25:32,240 Music.

293 00:25:32,702 --> 00:25:36,962 Would be another song that you would like them to hear on the podcast for there's

294 00:25:36,962 --> 00:25:40,262 one there's one there's one for each each people

295 00:25:40,262 --> 00:25:43,082 those who like upbeat stuff there's one called

296 00:25:43,082 --> 00:25:46,422 party wazo and those who like stoner metal

297 00:25:46,422 --> 00:25:49,282 there's one called way on three and the other people

298 00:25:49,282 --> 00:25:52,402 for the other people who like guns and roses ripoffs

299 00:25:52,402 --> 00:25:55,882 yeah there's one for you cool very

300 00:25:55,882 --> 00:25:58,862 cool so of those four do you

301 00:25:58,862 --> 00:26:01,862 want me to put all four on there or do you want me to put two or three on

302 00:26:01,862 --> 00:26:04,542 the podcast for them to hear that's up to me i

303 00:26:04,542 --> 00:26:10,562 mean up to you at least why not okay so after they hear this they want to hear

304 00:26:10,562 --> 00:26:13,562 it again and not listen to the podcast again they want to actually just listen

305 00:26:13,562 --> 00:26:17,342 to the songs in row obviously you guys are probably on most streaming sites

306 00:26:17,342 --> 00:26:23,282 do you guys also have a band camp site or are you not on that yet no we're not on so no we did not okay,

307 00:26:23,762 --> 00:26:29,262 i would say spotify and are you on whether it's reverb nation i think you guys

308 00:26:29,262 --> 00:26:33,202 are on as well where else can they go and hear your music online,

309 00:26:34,482 --> 00:26:39,182 anywhere you can we have some live recordings on YouTube.

310 00:26:40,862 --> 00:26:44,002 That's on your YouTube site okay cool we

311 00:26:44,002 --> 00:26:47,542 have to watch the first show we don't

312 00:26:47,542 --> 00:26:51,142 have ever we have the

313 00:26:51,142 --> 00:26:58,642 most not the most recent show but we have Octoberfest in Bloomingdale the only

314 00:26:58,642 --> 00:27:03,842 full show we have is one we played at a place called Moose Lodge in Kenosha

315 00:27:03,842 --> 00:27:10,082 it was an event called Blue Bands yeah that was a charity it was a charity event but yeah.

316 00:27:11,762 --> 00:27:15,782 Excellent as we're coming down to the end of this when

317 00:27:15,782 --> 00:27:18,482 do you think your next single is going

318 00:27:18,482 --> 00:27:22,542 to release or are you going to do like multi-song ep release yes

319 00:27:22,542 --> 00:27:25,522 so so the the

320 00:27:25,522 --> 00:27:29,302 goal is is because we've got a couple more shows coming

321 00:27:29,302 --> 00:27:36,622 up and the big plan is because it's such a pain in the ass to set up all this

322 00:27:36,622 --> 00:27:41,362 recording and then tear down for shows it's it's such a hassle so So our plan

323 00:27:41,362 --> 00:27:46,442 is to play the shows and then for the winter,

324 00:27:46,582 --> 00:27:51,542 because we don't have any booked then, to record during the winter so that we

325 00:27:51,542 --> 00:27:53,822 can get the same sound, same sonics, same everything.

326 00:27:53,982 --> 00:27:59,402 Kind of like a regular recording process for an album. Cool. Very cool.

327 00:27:59,862 --> 00:28:03,682 But we don't have one in the pipes? We do. We do. Which one is it?

328 00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:07,842 I have a one-tone drum. So that one's finished and ready to go, basically.

329 00:28:09,222 --> 00:28:15,062 Very soon, maybe. be so soon yeah so if you guys let me know when that might

330 00:28:15,062 --> 00:28:20,162 happen we could probably coordinate where this episode comes out around the

331 00:28:20,162 --> 00:28:25,262 same time that single comes out to kind of help you promote that so yeah just

332 00:28:25,262 --> 00:28:27,562 shoot me an email when you think that's going to happen and then,

333 00:28:28,142 --> 00:28:33,382 we'll we'll try to get this all together at the same time for the last question

334 00:28:33,382 --> 00:28:38,162 i have for you guys is there any gigs that you have been at that made a major

335 00:28:38,162 --> 00:28:40,162 impression on you either as As a performer.

336 00:28:40,702 --> 00:28:43,622 Or as an audience member. Watching someone perform.

337 00:28:44,082 --> 00:28:49,562 Are you talking like local scene shows. Or just like. Overall just experience doesn't matter.

338 00:28:50,582 --> 00:28:53,662 Well I. I'm a big fan of.

339 00:28:55,631 --> 00:29:02,331 I hate this word like punk rock shit and the funny thing I'm in this band something

340 00:29:02,331 --> 00:29:05,791 that kind of stick out like slits off but I you're a girl.

341 00:29:07,631 --> 00:29:16,111 We're so right I but I went to I've gone to so many shows like that and that's where I,

342 00:29:16,891 --> 00:29:19,871 just love that environment of like

343 00:29:19,871 --> 00:29:23,091 just people playing their little hearts out that's

344 00:29:23,091 --> 00:29:26,231 just so cute and I love it so much and I

345 00:29:26,231 --> 00:29:29,171 just like loud okay and like I went to

346 00:29:29,171 --> 00:29:31,931 a band I've gone to so many shows with

347 00:29:31,931 --> 00:29:35,071 my dad we've seen a band called the circle jerks okay

348 00:29:35,071 --> 00:29:38,171 one of my favorite bands of all time um I've

349 00:29:38,171 --> 00:29:41,051 seen them twice and the way that they play

350 00:29:41,051 --> 00:29:44,151 and their entire philosophy is

351 00:29:44,151 --> 00:29:47,131 like what I want to do it's just so much they

352 00:29:47,131 --> 00:29:50,411 just never grew up and they're like an 80s punk band

353 00:29:50,411 --> 00:29:53,531 right cool cool cool anybody else

354 00:29:53,531 --> 00:29:56,311 i mean me and you went to go see king diz

355 00:29:56,311 --> 00:29:59,811 over the summer yeah man man like

356 00:29:59,811 --> 00:30:06,171 it's just just go go go the whole time it's just their stage presence is just

357 00:30:06,171 --> 00:30:11,851 unmatched the sound quality was amazing i will say though i saw we saw them

358 00:30:11,851 --> 00:30:16,611 in june in chicago and that was great and And they've put out a lot of music.

359 00:30:17,311 --> 00:30:19,231 But I saw them in 2019.

360 00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:24,851 And I didn't have any fucking clue who they were. And I had never listened.

361 00:30:24,931 --> 00:30:27,511 Or I had listened to one album called Fishing for Fishies.

362 00:30:27,851 --> 00:30:34,051 But I barely knew who they were. I didn't know anything about them. And that was better.

363 00:30:35,131 --> 00:30:37,651 I like that. I like that one better. Because that was my first.

364 00:30:37,691 --> 00:30:39,411 You saw them on the Rat's Nest tour, right?

365 00:30:39,491 --> 00:30:43,171 I saw them a week after they released Infest the Rat's Nest.

366 00:30:43,391 --> 00:30:44,631 Though I had not heard it.

367 00:30:45,451 --> 00:30:49,091 It had just come out and they were, they were finally starting to play it. Cool.

368 00:30:50,151 --> 00:30:51,291 That's that's my view.

369 00:30:53,353 --> 00:30:56,933 I would say for a show that we played, for me and you at least,

370 00:30:57,013 --> 00:31:00,793 I would say that first creative show we did in a club playing.

371 00:31:00,953 --> 00:31:04,653 Oh, you're talking about Green Park. That made a big impact.

372 00:31:05,013 --> 00:31:11,713 My bad. That made a big impact on you too. Just the rush you get from playing that.

373 00:31:12,613 --> 00:31:16,753 I mean, I've seen I saw the OCs live.

374 00:31:17,193 --> 00:31:20,873 I've seen them twice now. And again, just like the go, go, go.

375 00:31:21,073 --> 00:31:24,093 Just balls to the walls for two hours and there's

376 00:31:24,093 --> 00:31:26,953 again stage presence lights sound quality

377 00:31:26,953 --> 00:31:30,153 and i'm a big polyphia fan

378 00:31:30,153 --> 00:31:33,813 and i just i went to go see them wednesday in

379 00:31:33,813 --> 00:31:40,333 milwaukee and then thursday in chicago but just the the amount of musicianship

380 00:31:40,333 --> 00:31:45,733 and the amount of talent in that band it really inspires me and the community

381 00:31:45,733 --> 00:31:51,133 too it just inspires me to be a better person what's the last thing that you

382 00:31:51,133 --> 00:31:53,233 you want the listeners to know about like your social media,

383 00:31:53,313 --> 00:31:57,313 where can they find you and things of that nature? Find us Instagram, Spotify.

384 00:31:58,113 --> 00:32:03,353 Those are the main two that we're on and give our songs a list. Yeah.

385 00:32:04,333 --> 00:32:08,193 That's all we can really ask. Awesome. Well, thank you guys so much for being

386 00:32:08,193 --> 00:32:09,393 on the Wisconsin music podcast.

387 00:32:09,553 --> 00:32:13,933 It was cool to hear about how you guys started, what you're working on and your

388 00:32:13,933 --> 00:32:15,893 future stuff. So thank you so much for being on the show.

389 00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:21,313 Thank you. Yeah. This was fun, man. Cool. We'll be right back.

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