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00:00so uh the last time we had a chance to speak with members of this band uh they were in transit they
00:06were on a bus we had this great conversation fantastic our first interaction with the band
00:10and now we've got everybody who is in our studio here everybody else get the emails about excited
00:16people that they were coming in today i i got an email from somebody who has rescheduled their
00:21vacation around their tour wow that is how uh rabid their fans are please welcome josh zach
00:28travis and claudio from this morning gentlemen good morning good to see you again last time
00:36all right i'm not hearing them coming through here uh rodney i want to make sure i have this
00:39hold on a second case we will not stand for anything that's inferior yeah we already had
00:45that a few minutes ago um so no the last time at claudio you were on a bus we we chatted with you
00:51uh are you guys your tour doesn't start just yet though right no we're actually headed to uh
00:57lit it's for um dress rehearsals i uh i keep hearing great things about that uh soundstage
01:02there like all the bands go there uh to uh so can you explain to the layperson what it is that
01:10that you do there well it's it's more of like dress rehearsals so it's really if you have a lot of like
01:15at least from my understanding because we don't typically go there um but because we have props and
01:21video and things like that it gives it gives like the production a chance to run the system and
01:25that's what it's it's the facility's designed to accommodate that yes yeah because we've had
01:30who is who i mean the stones were there fish goes there metallic chili peppers are there are there
01:35other places like that in the country or i mean probably uh but i think this is the one we're aware
01:42of uh primarily because our old tour manager lives in that town and now works for the facility there
01:47you go okay we get a discount when it when it comes to the production so we you know we just played
01:52rush and i had a chance to talk to getty lee one time and i i'm a lifelong rush fan and when i go to
01:57the shows that's one of the things i love they would put movie screens up they would have inflatables
02:01they would do these things that were part of the music that was being played as well to interact and
02:05give you this visual as well as audio sense thing and and i'd ask i'm like okay you guys just don't sit
02:10down and come up with that stuff yourself do he's like no there's there are people that help out with
02:14this what about with you guys and the production value of your show do you have people that listen to
02:19the music and go okay here's what i envision this looking like i wish it was like
02:24no so uh typically i'll draw like a very crude sketch of what i imagine and then like send it
02:32off to management and then they'll find somebody that can you know put the pieces together in terms
02:37of like financially like if you want a stonehenge but you accidentally put the inches instead of
02:43right right okay i would say the same thing because to me that seems but you you're and we
02:49talked last time and and uh i've i've since uh you know uh uh taken a more um active approach in in uh
02:56listening to a lot of your stuff because we love progressive uh you know concept albums and we love
03:01the the whole predicate for for your musical um journey across these different albums and and the the
03:07the sci-fi elements and so on and so forth but it's got to be hard um when you're putting together
03:13a show because it's so in your minds and you've lived with it for so long in that staging process to
03:18say you know how do how do i convey this thought because it's so near and dear to you to at some point
03:25say all right you do it now it's got to be hard right right absolutely um but you know i also understand
03:31like with trying to put together a production like this there are going to be limitations i'm not
03:35making like the star wars movies right there's like trying to find these pieces that are really
03:41both resemble uh the story properly and also just the lineage of the band right so like picking those
03:47things and so it is it's a delicate process that's why it's so hard to just kind of hand off you know
03:53it needs to work in both domains it's amazing when you encounter someone who's who's very creative
03:58uh and and can do that i think that actually is an evolution in the step of being creative is to say
04:05to get your people you can go okay now you can i i'm going to pass this along to you because you
04:10have to at some point because the general product will suffer if you don't have someone doing that
04:15right yeah i was curious about you know when you are rehearsing for a tour if when you guys go and
04:21you're getting this uh in this uh performance space and do it if you will try to get to where
04:25okay guys we're going to run it all the way through from beginning to end as if there's an audience
04:30there do you try to do that or you do okay yeah so with with similar amount of breaks in between
04:35songs like you know you only have a certain amount of time you go right into this other song
04:38and then uh and then you then i obviously you do that for a little while once you get out on the
04:44road you've perfected it a few shows into that yeah i mean it's really because some people i'm sorry
04:48to interrupt but some people i think like pearl jam is kind of like all right here's the set list for
04:52tonight here's what we're gonna do you know you you don't you don't have kind of that luxury
04:56yeah yeah so so but to that point i mean how how long into a into a tour routinely does it take
05:05before you've got the product the way you want it oh that's a good question i just reduced what you
05:10do to a product right um you know yeah with lights and and and programming and whatever that is you
05:17know that usually takes a couple weeks but for us you know it is we we got to understand our bodies
05:22and there's a lot of movement there's a lot of action you know we don't just sort of rely on the
05:28visuals you know right coed has been a very energetic band you know the 20 years we've been
05:33one so it's uh so uh you know we need to take that into consideration we don't you know are just
05:39our health you know right right so that's why we run it front to back is to make sure that we can
05:43breathe claudio as an artist i'm curious as to how do you know when uh something is finished you
05:47know be it um a song or you know a stage production or whatever like because so much um artistic vision
05:54goes into it and i think artists sometimes don't know am i done with this did i do it the way that
05:59i wanted to do it so how do you know all right this is i'm done now and now i can move on to the next
06:04one you know it's it's tough because you're never really done right like i you know i mean i i want to
06:11say it's safe to say with this last record i feel pretty complete just because the music has been
06:15around for so long but typically the music is alive for a moment you record it you put it out and
06:21you can't help but like sit and sort of nitpick it and think about the things that you could have
06:26done better um you know that happens so but but uh usually for me when i know a song is is done is when
06:34i'm pretending i'm josh and i'm like slamming air drums and i'm like getting super uh you're you're
06:41you're hearing it as you're hearing it as an audience member basically right right oh okay
06:46you mentioned you mentioned josh your drummer and when we spoke to you last you said you made an
06:51interesting comment i wish i had the exact quote but steve i think you had asked him you know wish
06:55if there was something you wish people uh appreciated more about the band or something like
07:00that and i think you said something along the line i wish they knew even more so what a great
07:05drummer josh is so he gave you this big time love on our on our program which was pretty cool
07:09yeah i saw it it was incredible oh you did yeah nice yeah you know uh we've all been playing music
07:15together for a very long time and in different bands you know and uh you know when i first saw
07:21josh play he was playing in a band with his brother and i just remember being like so like fixed and
07:26fascinated on him yeah as and i'm like wow you know it would just be incredible to one day play
07:32with him and i think we had one night had a few beers together and we were maybe taking a pee or
07:39inside of the house and i said to him and and mind you josh's brother and his their band was like
07:44signed they were off and going to do something and i had said to him you know one day we're going to
07:48play in a band together and uh he's probably like you're crazy 15 years old you were 15
07:54that's great hey uh i want to go back to the finished product have you guys um changed anything
08:09that was quote unquote finished whether it be a lyric or or chord progression or have you because
08:14you've been you know playing something or singing something for so long and you go you know what man
08:18this would have sounded and you know what you're the creator you can do whatever the hell you want to
08:22it you know what i mean like have you ever done anything that was um kind of already in the books
08:27for years yeah we have we've added like you know little things like like injecting like a cover of
08:33the trooper inside a coheed song you know um uh things like that you know to be able to do that
08:40that's cool yeah and you also because you know you when you make a record and you record the record
08:44you only have this like it feels like at least like this finite you know portion of time and
08:50you know as you play it and perform it you start to realize there are some things that you can do
08:55a little better and i mean you know you start to modify and it happens and you know i was curious
09:00about you know musicians bands that have have a body of work uh if you can kind of fall in and out
09:07of love with certain songs uh that you've written through the years does that happen oh yeah yeah
09:11like i don't what what let me jump in here quickly press what what song fell out of favor that is
09:19now back in favor um oh what has fall you know that's a tough one i know you don't just to
09:26revisit like you're you know it's sometimes you need to rediscover why you wrote it and loved it
09:30in the first place you know right there's one song we're performing on this tour that we haven't in a
09:35while and i i like the song um but it's just a difficult one and it seems to be a fan favorite
09:41and we haven't played it in a long time uh but it's like it's the one of the set list that i'm like
09:46i'm like i want to battle you know i want i want to get it because it is it's really
09:51tough on my throat and it's like right in the middle of the set and but it's called the running
09:56free okay so is it like in the show you're like all right three more till the running
10:00three more two more all right now i gotta do it do you guys all feel the same about that song
10:07is it sort of a group or do you all have your own specific uh
10:11so i don't think that that song i mean there's a song that we're playing from the new record which
10:17is a big undertaking and i think that every night when we get that done for me in particular i'll
10:21feel really good okay okay all right what about you zach anything or is it just all easy no
10:27actually yeah uh there's some stuff um you know from the new record where singing backup vocals
10:40is really difficult so that's that kind of stuff will uh stress me out because i can't really sing
10:46that good and we know josh is so good that there's no problem with it well your music has so many
10:53different textures it has so many different places that it can go to from tender ballad to
10:57in your face you know uh that i would imagine the set list allows you time to take these breathers
11:02and and and flow and and you want the music to flow anyway when you're when you're playing a show
11:06yeah yeah we also curate a lot of segues to allow us time okay you know keep vibe going and
11:12allow us time to just gather our speaking of segues i'll use this one to see if we can get some
11:17music for us this morning and what what song you want to do here claudio we're going to do the
11:26liars club ah excellent all right this is coheed and cambria on mmr
11:31liars it's the fear that wakes us up it's the truth that things are research unless far beyond prepare
11:54so
11:56so
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14:10Cause I can do it, baby
14:13Baby, are you okay?
14:25Ooh, are you okay with it?
14:30Baby, are you okay?
14:34Okay with it?
14:40Cause I can do it, baby
14:44Oh, do you want me to lie?
14:54Cause I can do it, baby
14:57I can do it, lie
14:59Do you please ask me to?
15:05Life would feel much better
15:08If we just avoid the truth
15:12Baby, are you okay to lie with me, baby?
15:20Cause I can do it, baby
15:22I can do it, lie
15:25Do you please, I'm begging you
15:30Cause life would feel much better
15:33If we just avoid the truth
15:38Baby, are you okay to lie with me?
15:42Oh my goodness, yes!
15:46That's beautiful
15:47That is just stunning
15:48Coheed and Camry on 93.3 WMMR
15:51The Vaxes 2
15:52A Window of the Waking Mind Tour
15:54We'll be at the Lea Kors Center
15:56On July 27th
15:59And they're rehearsing
16:00And they were in the vague vicinity
16:02So it came by this morning
16:03It was so glad to have you here
16:06You know, Preston talked about
16:07Getting emails
16:08And people being very excited
16:09And that, you know
16:10Your fan base is so invested
16:12In what you do
16:14And you mentioned Star Wars earlier
16:16There was a point at which
16:18George Lucas became a pariah
16:20To his own fans
16:21You know, how do you balance
16:22Because your fans have such ownership
16:24Of your content
16:25You know, they're so invested in it
16:27Is that a fine line you have to walk?
16:30Yeah, I mean, I don't think about it too much
16:33Just cause, you know
16:34A lot of the story is so directly related
16:38To my experiences when I'm writing it
16:41That it's hard
16:42Like, you know
16:43There are things conceptually
16:44That I'll inject
16:45That I'll know that
16:46Like, for example
16:47This last record
16:49And its story component
16:50Ends on this cliffhanger
16:52That I really knew
16:54Like, when I came up with the idea
16:55This is going to please the audience
16:57Yeah
16:57Like, in such a fantastic way
16:59And it has
17:00So far, like
17:00As people are starting to digest the record
17:03And read the story
17:04I'm seeing a lot of comments about it
17:06And people trying not to spoil the end
17:07But for the most part
17:09I try not to
17:10Not to think about it
17:12But when I get a concept
17:16That I know is going to be a home run
17:18It's like
17:18Oh, this is going to be great
17:19That's excellent
17:20That's a cool place to be at
17:21Yeah
17:21Speaking of concepts
17:23And genre stuff
17:24And so on
17:25Cause we had a nice lengthy conversation
17:26With you last time
17:27Did you watch Stranger Things?
17:28Oh, yeah
17:29Oh my god, right?
17:30Now, Nick has not finished it yet
17:32So
17:32No spoilers
17:33Two episodes to go
17:34I'm watching this weekend
17:35I know
17:37He's right
17:41It's funny
17:42Because, you know
17:43You're talking about spoilers
17:44And in this day and age
17:45Information just gets out
17:47You might just be scanning
17:48Through Twitter about anything
17:49And then all of a sudden
17:50You get some spoiler about Coheed
17:51You get some spoiler about
17:52Stranger Things
17:53Just because it's been out for a week
17:55Or however long the record's been out
17:56And so
17:57As a consumer of the product
17:59You're like
17:59But I want to be
18:01I want to take that in
18:01I want to be surprised by it
18:03You know, it makes
18:03It's a weird challenge
18:05To have to present to yourself
18:06But it's a challenge nonetheless
18:07You know
18:08Yeah
18:08Especially now
18:09When there's just so many avenues
18:11To get things spoiled
18:12I mean, it's tough
18:13Like, you know
18:13If you're on social media
18:14That's
18:15It's going to happen
18:16But you might be
18:16Your realm
18:17The story you've been telling
18:19With these many albums
18:20Over the course of
18:21You know
18:22This epic story
18:24I think it's
18:26Unless you actually sit down and listen
18:27It's harder to get spoiled
18:29You know what I'm saying?
18:30I mean
18:30Right
18:30So you might be
18:31In all the realms
18:33You might be
18:33The most immune to spoilers
18:36Correct?
18:37Right, right
18:37But it's funny
18:38Because the other day
18:39My wife
18:39She got
18:40Because my wife and I
18:41We partnered together
18:42On writing the story
18:44And she got a social post
18:48That was a picture
18:49Of the end of the story
18:51With the illustration
18:52And, you know
18:53The big spoiler
18:53Right, right
18:54And she's like
18:55I can't repost this
18:56So she just like
18:57X's out
18:58Oh my god
19:00So it happens
19:02But yeah
19:02I think we're
19:02We're definitely
19:03In a safer zone
19:04Is there any talk
19:05Of this
19:06Coming to the screen?
19:08You know
19:08We started
19:09To talk with our agent
19:10At William Morris
19:11About trying to make it
19:13Make it happen
19:14Meet with the Duffer Brothers
19:15Why do you say that?
19:17Yeah
19:17I just saw that
19:17They put out
19:19They have now
19:21A subsidiary of Netflix
19:23That they're putting out
19:23And I sent it to management
19:24Like we should send this
19:25To the Duffer Brothers
19:26Yeah
19:26Like why not?
19:27You know
19:27Do you see it as
19:28An animated story
19:30Or live action?
19:32I see it as all of them
19:33I could see it as an animation
19:35I could see it as a live action film
19:36Or a show
19:37What do you think
19:39Your fans would like to see it as?
19:41That's a good question
19:41I think probably a show
19:42Just because it's more in line
19:44With the format of a comic
19:45Yeah
19:46You know
19:46Seeing as like
19:47You know
19:47Comic book is like 12
19:48Issues
19:50Primarily like
19:50In like an arc
19:51So 12 episodes
19:53In like an episodic
19:56I could see that
19:57I could see it like that
19:58But you know
19:59These Vax's stories
20:00Really to me
20:01Play out more like a film
20:03Who rocks your world
20:04As far as
20:05Who were your
20:05Seminal influences
20:07As far as science fiction
20:08And you know
20:08I assume you're all
20:09In the genre
20:11As far as
20:11A love of this material
20:13You in particular
20:14I mean yeah
20:15Just growing up
20:16Star Wars
20:17I mean
20:17I was born in 78
20:18So that was just in my
20:20In your wheelhouse
20:21Yeah
20:21And then you know
20:23That was so
20:24I was so into that
20:25That I was looking for
20:26You know
20:27Sitting up waiting for HBO
20:29To maybe get the license
20:30And play it
20:30Yeah
20:30And find things like
20:31Kroll
20:32Kroll
20:33We talked about Kroll
20:33Kroll was a favorite of mine
20:35Doom sits right
20:36In your wheelhouse
20:37I forget if we asked you
20:39Last time
20:40But have you seen
20:40Do you see the most recent
20:41I mean that's right
20:43In your pocket there
20:44Absolutely
20:44Yeah
20:45Big sci-fi
20:46World building
20:47It's become my thing
20:48I think about it now
20:49I'm like wow
20:50I've been doing it 20 years
20:51It's actually over 20 years
20:53Because the concept
20:54Was born in 98
20:55And I'm just like
20:56Wow
20:56This is
20:57It's so bizarre
20:58When I see all of the characters
20:59And we do the comic conventions
21:01And even the crews
21:03Like when people cosplay
21:04Fans cosplay
21:05As like characters in the story
21:07That they seem to resonate with
21:09It's like wow
21:09That's pretty powerful
21:10Like you know
21:11I've always wanted to have that
21:13I've always wanted to do that
21:14You know
21:14From the characters in the story
21:16Do people reach out to you
21:17And say that they've
21:18They've you know
21:19Gotten inspiration
21:20And in their own personal lives
21:22And so on
21:22Yeah
21:23Yeah absolutely
21:24You know
21:25Just inspired to create stories
21:29Or
21:29Fan fiction basically
21:31Off your stuff
21:31Well that happens
21:32That could happen
21:33But even just like you know
21:35You know
21:35Aspiring to be like
21:37An author of some sort
21:38Wow
21:39Or a creator
21:39That's so cool
21:40Nice
21:41Do we have time
21:42To get another song out of you?
21:43Absolutely
21:43Alright
21:44Make sure I'm there for you guys
21:47Alright
21:47I'll mention again
21:50Vaxxas 2
21:51Window of the Waking Mind tour
21:53At Leah Kors Center
21:54On July 22nd
21:56You can get tickets
21:57Just go to
21:57Coheedandcambria.com
21:58All the tour information
21:59And ticket sales information
22:00Is right there
22:01What are we going to hear now Claudio?
22:02Shoulders
22:03Excellent
22:03This is shoulders on MMRs
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22:21Now that I've got your attention
22:24Got to let you know
22:27I hate to see you go
22:33Now that you go
22:34We can enjoy the show
22:37We'll fight laughing at you
22:40There's no one saying
22:42Hey!
22:43Hey!
22:44My wicked eyes
22:45You'll see that I'm the one
22:48In the world of my
22:51Shoulders
22:52You're going out of your way
22:57Just to keep me down
23:01Maybe we weren't made for each other
23:07And I'm just the one
23:09Can't keep around
23:21Maybe all things have their misconceptions
23:27That's the life you chose
23:31But change is the exception
23:37Time to breathe your life outside this shadow
23:41When you keep on laughing at you
23:45Then you've got to say
23:46Hey!
23:47Hey!
23:47My wicked eyes
23:49You'll see that I'm the one
23:52With the world on my shoulders
23:56You're going out of your way
24:03Just to keep me down
24:05Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:11And I'm just the one
24:13Can't keep around
24:16You're going out of your way
24:30You're going out of your way
24:40You're going out of your way
24:44You're going out of your way
24:45Just to keep me down
24:49Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:51Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:53Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:54Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:55Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:56Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:57Maybe we weren't made for each other
24:58Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:00Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:01Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:02Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:03Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:04Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:05Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:06Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:07Maybe we weren't made for each other
25:08You're kicking me down
25:11Maybe we were
25:14in the fall
25:15to reach other
25:17But this
25:18worst thing is
25:20to keep around
25:23Yeah.
25:27Oh, man.
25:28You guys sound so damn good.
25:31We gave each other the nod,
25:32Derek Braston.
25:33No eating Cambria,
25:3493.3 WMMR.
25:36It's everything that rocks.
25:37It's shoulders.
25:38That's just awesome, man.
25:39We love that song.
25:41Are a lot of these songs
25:42that you're playing
25:42this acoustic today, obviously,
25:44are a lot of them
25:44born on the acoustic guitar
25:45or they start somewhere else?
25:48You know,
25:49Liars Club may have
25:50been born on acoustic guitar
25:51but not in that fashion,
25:52probably more like
25:53it is on the record.
25:54And I think
25:56Shoulders was just
25:57sort of right into
25:58like an amp.
26:00Okay.
26:00So it was guitar-driven
26:01but not acoustic.
26:03Yeah, I mean,
26:03I guess everybody has
26:04their method
26:05of writing songs
26:06or they might
26:07just be kind of scattershot
26:08doing it here and there.
26:09How do you do it?
26:11That's kind of what I do
26:12is it's just
26:12it really all depends.
26:14Like I've, you know,
26:15I'll write something
26:16maybe on piano,
26:17I'll rock on, you know,
26:18acoustic guitar,
26:20synthesize, program stuff.
26:21I'll do whatever.
26:22Whatever, like,
26:23sort of inspires.
26:24We have a friend
26:25and we're very lucky
26:26to have befriended this guy
26:28for a number of years now.
26:29His name is Michael Giacchino.
26:30He's a composer
26:31and he has done
26:32everything from,
26:34he wrote the music
26:35for The Incredibles.
26:36He just did Thor.
26:37He did the recent Thor film
26:38and he did The Batman.
26:40Right.
26:40He's like the guy.
26:41He's like the John Williams.
26:42Amazing.
26:43And a complete,
26:44you would pick up
26:45with him immediately,
26:46you guys,
26:46because he's right.
26:47Oh, yeah.
26:47A pop culture nerd
26:49to the 10th level.
26:51So he's from New Jersey
26:52and we've been friends from him.
26:53We've been to his house
26:54in L.A. and all this stuff.
26:54But anyhow,
26:55I'm always fascinated
26:56with orchestration,
26:57how it can start here
26:58on the piano,
26:59but it ends up being
27:01multi-instrument
27:02on something
27:02completely different,
27:04you know,
27:04samples and all these things.
27:06And does that,
27:09you don't hear that
27:09right away, do you?
27:10Or, you know,
27:11when you're writing a song
27:13and maybe hearing it,
27:14playing it on this instrument,
27:15but maybe hearing it
27:16on another one.
27:16Do you know what I mean?
27:17Yeah.
27:17Yeah, absolutely.
27:19Okay.
27:19Like, clarity definitely comes
27:21with, like,
27:22with the sound,
27:23you know.
27:25Yeah, I could absolutely
27:26play something here
27:27that, you know,
27:28I might not vibe with
27:30and then go and play it
27:31on piano
27:32or program it
27:33and all of a sudden
27:34it feels like a different world
27:36and it works.
27:37It's like,
27:38this is where,
27:39this is the nucleus now
27:40of the song.
27:40I've always wanted that.
27:41The reason I brought that up,
27:42him,
27:43the reason I brought Michael up
27:44is because, you know,
27:44he has a whole orchestra
27:45to choose from
27:47and to pick
27:47and I'm like,
27:48well, how do you know
27:48that that's an oboe
27:50that's going to play
27:50that part, you know,
27:52when you have all these
27:52things to choose from?
27:53And it might be
27:54an acoustic performance
27:55here this morning,
27:55but Josh is getting
27:56a workout in the back
27:57and I am impressed
27:58by the tambourine
27:59on the left foot, Josh.
28:00I don't know
28:01if I've ever seen
28:01that before.
28:02I know.
28:02This is pretty cool, right?
28:03Yeah.
28:04I was thinking,
28:05this is more confusing
28:06than playing the drums.
28:07I just watch him.
28:08I'm like,
28:08what's going on back there?
28:09I couldn't take my eyes
28:10off of Josh
28:11the whole performance.
28:12It was mesmerizing.
28:13We were connected.
28:13I can feel it.
28:14That's it.
28:15That's it.
28:15So he's sitting
28:17on an instrument
28:18that's called a cajon
28:18and then he took
28:19a tambourine
28:20and just shoved
28:21his foot through it,
28:22through the hole
28:23and he has an egg shaker.
28:25So I think it's the...
28:27He's got it all back there.
28:30He's got a stopper.
28:30He's like one of those guys
28:31with the cymbals
28:32between his knees and the air.
28:34That's where this all ends.
28:35The whole thing.
28:38I'm okay with that.
28:39Josh,
28:39I don't want to say
28:41he's carrying the whole band,
28:42but I mean,
28:43Josh is dancing it all.
28:44That's the whole guy
28:44not singing.
28:45Josh is out on
28:47Fisherman's War
28:48for the case
28:48out in front of him
28:49and it's come to this now.
28:51Do you like my monkey?
28:54I wanted to ask
28:55speaking of Josh
28:56and drumming
28:57and doing research
28:58and I had not seen this
29:00and I don't know
29:00this is even remotely true,
29:01but at one point
29:02was Taylor Hawkins,
29:03did he do any studio work
29:05for you guys?
29:06Yes, he did
29:06on the record
29:08No World for Tomorrow.
29:09Okay.
29:09What was that experience like?
29:11Oh, it was great.
29:11I mean, at the time,
29:12you know,
29:12we were kind of
29:13going through some turmoil
29:14and, you know,
29:16Taylor just kind of
29:16brought an energy
29:17that I think we really needed
29:18to, you know,
29:19pull Travis and myself
29:20like out of the rut
29:21we were in.
29:22Right, right.
29:23But I don't get the impression
29:24that you employ a lot of,
29:26you know,
29:26hired guns
29:27when you're putting
29:28your music together,
29:29do you?
29:29Oh, no,
29:30not really.
29:31I mean, you know,
29:32usually when it's auxiliary situations,
29:34like maybe some,
29:35like,
29:36Latin percussions
29:36or this last record,
29:38we had a fellow
29:39by the name of Chris Schanke
29:40come in and help,
29:41like,
29:42with the orchestrations
29:43and things like that,
29:44but primarily,
29:45like,
29:45this is the,
29:47you know,
29:47the performance.
29:48Yeah,
29:49it just sounds fantastic.
29:50It really is.
29:51Is it difficult
29:52because you're so firmly
29:53entrenched with it,
29:54with your style,
29:56your,
29:57again,
29:57many years,
29:58you know,
29:58you're talking about
29:59how long you've been at it
30:00and hopefully,
30:02we're serving the purpose
30:02of bringing new people
30:03into the fold,
30:05you know.
30:05Is that something
30:06that is in your mind
30:08or if it happens,
30:09it happens?
30:09Like bringing extra people.
30:11New people to the cause.
30:13You know,
30:14we have done it
30:15in live performances
30:16in the past,
30:18you know,
30:18background singers,
30:20you know,
30:20auxiliary keys,
30:22that sort of situation.
30:23I mean,
30:23I think about it.
30:23I was meaning
30:24more like a listener,
30:25a fan base.
30:25Oh.
30:26Yeah, yeah.
30:28Bringing them in how?
30:29In other words,
30:30because people
30:30who are unfamiliar
30:31with your music,
30:33you know,
30:33who may have perceived
30:35you a different way,
30:37not realizing,
30:38you know,
30:38is that something
30:40that you look to do
30:40or is that even?
30:42Absolutely.
30:42I mean,
30:43you know,
30:43anybody would want
30:44more ears on your stuff,
30:46but I wonder
30:47if that's an active
30:48modus operandi.
30:49You know,
30:49it is,
30:50it's definitely,
30:51you know,
30:51we,
30:51I mean,
30:52I'm,
30:53you know,
30:53the music is very personal
30:55to me
30:55and I think it has
30:56a very universal quality
30:58to it.
30:58Right.
30:59You know,
30:59a concept sort of aside.
31:02And yeah,
31:03I mean,
31:03I would love to reach
31:04a bigger audience
31:05and I think it has
31:05the potential to do that,
31:07you know.
31:08Yeah,
31:08it's funny,
31:10I just want to quickly
31:10bring it up,
31:11like when we had
31:12Ghost and Tobias
31:13Forge in here
31:14and,
31:15you know,
31:15it presents one way
31:18and then you see,
31:18oh,
31:19it's actually like this,
31:20you know,
31:21and,
31:21you know,
31:21and you can sort of
31:23clear misconceptions
31:24about,
31:24you know,
31:25what we've learned
31:26about you
31:27and how fascinating
31:28the whole thing is,
31:29I think a lot of people
31:30are now finding that
31:31a very intriguing aspect
31:32so hopefully we're
31:33helping in it.
31:33Oh,
31:34thank you.
31:34Yeah,
31:34I think so.
31:35By the way,
31:35Josh had tweeted out
31:37earlier that he was
31:38appearing on the show
31:39this morning
31:39and got a tweet back
31:41from Zach Myers
31:42of Shinedown
31:42and said to tell us
31:44all hi.
31:44Cool.
31:45Here at WMMR.
31:47Do you guys have
31:48buddy bands,
31:49guys that you,
31:50for some reason,
31:50another whole other band
31:51that you've become
31:52tight with?
31:53I mean,
31:53you tour with other groups.
31:54I'm sure you've played
31:55festivals throughout the years
31:56and things like that.
31:58That's for any of you guys.
32:00Any other bands
32:01that have become,
32:02you know,
32:03really tight with
32:03Coheed and Cambria?
32:06I do.
32:07Yeah.
32:07Yeah?
32:08For sure.
32:09There's numerous bands
32:10that,
32:11you know,
32:11I think we all have
32:12toured with
32:12throughout the years
32:13that we've gotten
32:15closer with
32:16relationship-wise
32:17in the past few years.
32:18For me personally,
32:20I have our friends
32:21from a band
32:22that we toured with
32:23early on
32:24called Thursday.
32:26Some friends
32:27from a band
32:29called Circus Revive
32:30that we toured with
32:32a lot.
32:33They're actually
32:33from Pennsylvania.
32:34Okay.
32:34How do your shows,
32:37how do they,
32:38I mean,
32:38obviously they differ
32:39in, you know,
32:40how long your set is,
32:41but when you do
32:42like a festival
32:43type of setting
32:43where, you know,
32:45you have to shrink
32:45everything down,
32:46how do you guys
32:47approach that?
32:48You know,
32:48it's just like that,
32:50basically.
32:51Right?
32:51You just play faster.
32:53It's the full concert
32:55just at 78.
32:57Yeah.
32:58It's tough
32:58because you don't
32:59get the sound checks,
33:00you don't get
33:00that sort of attention.
33:02So yeah,
33:03it's really kind of
33:03a running gun situation.
33:04You know what I never
33:05really thought of
33:06was in those type
33:07of settings,
33:08the festival shows,
33:09the,
33:10because you talk about
33:11like lighting
33:11and stuff like that,
33:12like how that all works.
33:15Because we have our
33:16MMRBQ every single year
33:17and I never really
33:18paid attention to,
33:20because you guys
33:20have your own
33:21lighting guy,
33:21right?
33:21So you're,
33:23we're lighting people.
33:24How many people
33:24do you got doing your?
33:26I think there's,
33:26I think there's just
33:27the lighting
33:27and,
33:28and video tech.
33:30Okay.
33:30And then of course,
33:31like.
33:32Yeah.
33:32All the other.
33:33Yeah.
33:33Sort of setting it up.
33:34Yep.
33:34So your question was?
33:35Well,
33:36just how that,
33:37you know,
33:37I forgot that I'd even
33:38asked a question.
33:40What do you guys
33:41like to eat?
33:41No,
33:41how that,
33:42how that,
33:43because it's.
33:44I forgot I had a question.
33:46Well,
33:47you know,
33:47it started getting answered.
33:48I was like,
33:49maybe the question
33:50got answered.
33:50I have no idea.
33:55But the,
33:55the light,
33:56so you talk about
33:57the sound on the stage.
33:58That's one thing,
33:59right?
33:59To flesh that out.
34:00When,
34:00when,
34:01you know,
34:02one band ends
34:03and all of their equipment
34:04and all that stuff
34:04goes to the,
34:05you know,
34:05back of the house
34:06and then the new stuff
34:07comes out,
34:07but like the lights
34:08don't come down,
34:09right?
34:09So you have to work
34:10with the lights
34:10that are in house.
34:12Absolutely.
34:12Okay.
34:13Unless of course,
34:14if you are headlining
34:15the set,
34:15then you can bring
34:16in your situation.
34:17But yeah,
34:17if you're just
34:18one of many,
34:19yeah,
34:19you're.
34:20I assume you put
34:21sanitizer on everything
34:23just to make sure
34:25it's not,
34:25you're not catching
34:26cold.
34:27Well,
34:27listen,
34:28Coheed and Camry
34:28are getting ready
34:29for their own tour.
34:31Themselves putting
34:31on their own production
34:32and it's getting
34:33underway.
34:34They're doing
34:35rehearsals right now.
34:36It kicks off.
34:36Actually,
34:37this is on Tuesday
34:38in Miami.
34:39That's where you guys
34:39have your first show.
34:40Yes.
34:40Excellent.
34:41Well,
34:41good luck.
34:41And Alkaline Trio
34:42is going to be
34:42on that bill as well.
34:44But they'll be back
34:45here in our area
34:46on July 27th.
34:47The Leah Kora Center
34:48and ticks are available
34:49at CoheedandCamry.com.
34:51And if you've been
34:52looking for,
34:52you know,
34:53a nice body of work
34:54and you've never
34:55dove into the Coheed
34:56and Camry catalog,
34:57it's all there for you.
34:58Sitting right there,
34:59ready.
34:59There's a story
35:00waiting to be had.
35:01If you're a fan.
35:03It's talking to
35:03John Anderson
35:04from Yes,
35:05you know.
35:05We just had him
35:06on last week.
35:06It's there.
35:07If you say
35:08they don't make it anymore,
35:09they do.
35:09And you,
35:09the guys that are doing it.
35:11So it's awesome.
35:11And Josh has removed
35:12his tambourine from this point.
35:14Just now.
35:15It's hard to jog
35:16with that up.
35:16The gig's over, man.
35:17Taking it off.
35:19You guys are awesome.
35:20We love you.
35:20Thank you so much
35:21for coming by this morning.
35:22Wonderful to have you.
35:23Let's hear it for CoheedandCamry,
35:25Josh, Zach,
35:26Travis, and Claudio.
35:27We will take a break
35:28and we'll be right back.
35:36Bye.
35:37Everybody.
35:39Bye.
36:01Bye.
36:02Bye.
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