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The Linda Lindas stopped by the KROQ Studios to chat with KROQ Locals Only host Miles The DJ about the band's new song "Burning Out" and more!
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00:00So world famous KROQ at KROQ, Miles the DJ here, KROQ music director, host of Locals Only, thrilled to be
00:06joined by the Linda Lindas.
00:08Hi!
00:09Welcome, thanks for being here, and congratulations on Burning Out.
00:15We're very excited.
00:16Just released, incredible new song.
00:18Yeah, it's finally here.
00:21We'll get to that in a minute.
00:22I want to start by just sort of talking about how it's been about five years since the viral video
00:28and the big explosion with the Linda Lindas, right?
00:31And, you know, it's such an incredible journey to this point, and a lot of bands are kind of like
00:37figuring things out and gaining momentum while still sort of just, you know, building over time.
00:43And this is all kind of happening, happening kind of quick for you guys, right?
00:46So when you look back on the last five years as a band, what's something that, you know, your audience
00:52may not know about or be surprised with regards to the last five years?
00:58Huh.
00:59I don't know.
01:00I mean, I think we kind of surprise ourselves a little bit sometimes.
01:04Sometimes we, I mean, it's been, yeah, five years since the library video, but, you know, it's been, I think,
01:14almost eight years since we started our band.
01:17So that, is that right?
01:18Yeah.
01:18Something like that, which is kind of also another, like, layer of craziness to add.
01:26I guess something that people wouldn't know, be surprised by.
01:32Let me ask it this way, Mila, like, what's the biggest thing that's changed from five years ago to now?
01:40I'm a lot taller.
01:44Mila's hands are so big.
01:47Well, you have small hands.
01:48Eloise has really small hands.
01:50I think, you know, we, we've kind of gained a lot of experience just with playing a lot.
01:58But we, we're really lucky we got to open for so many incredible bands over the years.
02:08And that's just, like, been such, like, a gift, I think, as, you know, a younger band that has so
02:16much to learn.
02:17And we, we really have tried to, like, soak up everything that we get from just being a part of
02:25these incredible tours that we've had the opportunity to do, like, with Green Day and Paramore, Japanese Breakfast, The Ya
02:34Ya Ya's, Jawbreaker.
02:36It's all been really valuable and, you know, it's, it's really cool to see, you know, a music industry where
02:43people that have been doing it for a long time are welcoming to, you know, younger bands that are still
02:50trying to figure it out.
02:51Because, you know, it's, you hear a lot of, like, scary stuff and, like, horror stories.
02:56Yeah.
02:57And I think, you know, we, you know, we just, like, feel like we have support.
03:04And I think that's something that we've learned we're super lucky to have.
03:12And, you know, it's, it's been five years, which is, like, a long time, but it's nothing compared to, like,
03:19how long a lot of these bands that we've learned from have been doing it for.
03:25It's crazy.
03:26Yeah.
03:26There's been a lot of, a lot of your interviews, and we'll talk about this, the Green Day tour and
03:30opening Rolling Stones.
03:31But I'm really happy you mentioned the, the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs and Japanese Breakfast at the Hollywood Bowl a few
03:37years ago.
03:38That was, like, one of the coolest and most, you know, just amazing nights of live music.
03:43Eloise, what was that experience like for you guys, just at the Hollywood Bowl opening for Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs?
03:49That was so surreal.
03:51I mean, both of those bands put on such a great show.
03:55Just, like, half of how cool that was, was just being able to see them do that, right?
04:03Yeah.
04:03Yeah.
04:03And, you know, the Hollywood Bowl, it's like, we went there, like, so many times, just, like, as kids, just,
04:11you know, having picnics in the, in the back of the bowl or whatever, and bringing our sandwiches and soba
04:18noodles or whatever.
04:19And I think that, you know, we also got to do the song with Japanese Breakfast and the IA as
04:25at the end of the night.
04:26We, we all played Kids in America together.
04:31And, yeah, that's just, like, something that we'll never forget.
04:35I don't know.
04:36Because we covered Kids in America when we were, like, a cover band starting out, and we would play that
04:44song, and just to, like, relearn it years later, playing it at the Hollywood Bowl with Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, As
04:53in Japanese Breakfast is, like, so full circle.
04:57Yeah.
04:58What's the biggest, you know, mentality or difference in mentality with regards to performing in front of 50,000 people
05:05opening at a stadium versus a couple hundred at a venue like Gilman or The Echo?
05:11I mean, I feel like it's all, at the end of the day, it's all the same, you know?
05:15You have to give the best show you possibly can for the people that are, that came to see you
05:20or came to experience something.
05:22And I feel like Eloise said this on a couple interviews that Eloise kind of learned how to perform, right?
05:28Yeah, like, touring in stadiums, like, kind of taught me how to perform in small rooms better.
05:36Because, like, I used to mostly feed off of the crowd.
05:40I still feed off the crowd, but I used to rely on the crowd's energy, you know?
05:43Sure.
05:43Because in a small room, you can feel it, and it's exciting, and they're right there in front of you.
05:48But in a stadium, there's, like, and in the opening slot in a stadium, there's maybe, like, 10 people in
05:55the pit up here, maybe a few up there.
05:58But, like, you can't feel the crowd at all, and the barricade is, like, so wide, you know?
06:02And it's just hard to feel the crowd there.
06:05So, just, like, learning to put 120% out there, even just, like, among us, you know?
06:14And having fun playing with the band and giving it my all, even though I can't see or feel the
06:20crowd, really.
06:21Right.
06:22Yeah.
06:23I've carried that to smaller stages, too, and it makes, it makes...
06:26All the difference.
06:27Yeah, it makes everything so much more fun, just, like, putting it all out there, regardless of how many people
06:32you can see or how close people are to you.
06:35That's got to be a pretty wild experience, like, going from, like, a smaller room, and you have, like, you
06:40know, wireless equipment, I'm sure, in your monitors and whatnot.
06:44Like, can you even really hear the crowd when you're playing at a stadium with that mindset?
06:49Or not mindset, but just that equipment.
06:50Not really.
06:51Not really, yeah.
06:51That was our first, that was our first tour on wireless, too, because the stage was, because the stage was
06:56so huge that we couldn't have wires, you know?
07:00Yeah, yeah.
07:00And, you know, I would, like, run over to one side of the stage, and I'd be like, oh, shoot,
07:05it's my turn to sing, and I look over, and my microphone is, like, all the way across.
07:11I'm like, how do I get there?
07:13We used to be small rooms, and now we're at SoFi Stadium.
07:15Totally, yeah.
07:16Yeah.
07:16It's incredible.
07:18Burning Out, my favorite Linda Linda song to date.
07:21The evolution of the band has been amazing to witness and watch as a fan.
07:26Lucia, your vocals on the record are amazing.
07:31I believe this came from, like, a writing retreat, right?
07:34Yeah.
07:35Springs, tell me about that experience.
07:37Yeah.
07:40So, we did this headline tour last spring.
07:43We went around the U.S., and then we went to Canada a little bit.
07:47And after that, our record cycle was kind of over.
07:53We were kind of like, what do we do now?
07:54I graduated high school in June, and then, like, a few weeks later, we were like, maybe we just start
08:00writing.
08:00And so, we rented it at Airbnb for seven days in Palm Springs, and we went there, and we wrote
08:0810 songs.
08:10And we did that a few more times, but Burning Out was written in that first, like, round in Palm
08:16Springs.
08:16And, I don't know, I think, you know, it was kind of this mindset of the world kind of passing
08:25you by.
08:26It was very desert vibes, and also kind of in that place of nostalgia as I was, you know, graduating
08:37high school.
08:38And, you know, all my friends were going to go off to college in the fall, and I was, like,
08:43you know, going to go into the studio and record music.
08:46It was different experiences, for sure.
08:50And I think that we were just, this was a song we were, like, really excited about because just of
09:02the feeling that it has.
09:04It was just, like, very fun to write, and we were writing it, and we, like, played it back.
09:09When we were writing, we, like, demoed as we went, and then when we got to hear it back after
09:14we started writing, it was just, like, very fun.
09:20Mila, I know we haven't graduated high school quite yet.
09:22We're getting there.
09:23The rest of us have, right?
09:25And, you know, you mentioned, Lucia, your friends, you know, going off to college.
09:29Was there ever sort of a, I don't know, a get-together or a conversation about, like, post-high school,
09:37staying together, like, maybe going off and doing other things?
09:40Like, what's really helped the band stay strong over all these years post-high school and keeping this friendship so
09:46strong?
09:49I don't know.
09:50I think we just love it.
09:51We really love doing music, being on tour.
09:58It's, like, not what we expected to happen when we first started our band.
10:05We were just, you know, playing some crappy covers at, like, little venues.
10:15We would play, like, five songs or whatever and get off stage.
10:23But, you know, life is funny.
10:27I think that we really just, like, found a really deep love and appreciation for all the opportunities that we've
10:37kind of gone after.
10:39And now it's just, you know, we just want to make it last.
10:44We're really excited about this new album and making music in the future.
10:48Yeah, I think we all want it.
10:51We all love it.
10:52And this opportunity is in front of us to make it a real career.
10:56And, you know, like, why wouldn't we if we can, you know?
10:59It's like the dream job.
11:01We're doing what we love with people that we love and making stuff we're proud of.
11:06It's the right decision.
11:08I think you guys did a good job with that.
11:10The new album.
11:11What's up with the new record?
11:12What's it called?
11:12What can we say about it?
11:13What can we not?
11:14Is there anything we can talk about?
11:15I know Burning Out just came out.
11:17Yeah.
11:17Anything we can kind of dive into at all or still we're still kind of a wait and see
11:22situation.
11:23It's kind of.
11:24I don't want to get you guys in trouble or anything.
11:26But we're at K-Rock.
11:27It's OK.
11:28We're at K-Rock, guys.
11:29Don't even.
11:30We're at K-Rock.
11:31We're in trouble all the time here.
11:34I would say that we there is there's music on the way.
11:41There will be songs on the album.
11:43There will be.
11:44Yeah.
11:45On the album, there are songs.
11:47Actually, it's all just interpretive dance.
11:50It's silent.
11:51Burning out in a bunch of silence.
11:52Yeah.
11:53Yeah.
11:53It's just burning out over and over and over again.
11:55No, every track is burning out, but we take it through all 12 keys.
11:59Right.
12:00We just modulate it every time.
12:01Yeah.
12:04I don't know what we can say about it, but it is.
12:07It is a variety of things that we're very excited about.
12:12Is burning out a good representation of what the rest of the record is about?
12:17I think we all agreed it was a good starting point for the record.
12:28It's hard to pick one song that's a good representation of the record.
12:34I guess you'll just have to wait and see.
12:36You'll have to just listen.
12:38Oh, well.
12:39Oh, well.
12:40It's a surprise.
12:43Carlos de la Garza.
12:44Can we talk about him?
12:45Oh, yeah.
12:45Oh, boy.
12:47The legend himself.
12:48The legend.
12:49Our father.
12:50Yeah.
12:50Yeah.
12:50Notable producer.
12:52Been in a million bands over the years.
12:54How is he?
12:55Obviously, he's your dad, but aside from that, how has he really helped kind of shape your
13:00influence?
13:01Yeah.
13:01Your sound?
13:02Talk about Carlos.
13:04Talk about Carlos.
13:05Talk about Carlos.
13:06Good dude.
13:07Yeah.
13:07He knows what he's doing.
13:08He is.
13:09No.
13:09He's been.
13:11This.
13:12I think he.
13:15He was excited about this record and that made us excited about this record, too.
13:19I think it was really a.
13:24It was like a group project, but with our dad, it was weird.
13:28But I think that he is really good at, like, seeing what we want to make and helping us
13:34execute it.
13:35Yeah.
13:35You know?
13:36Yeah.
13:36He.
13:38You know, he's.
13:39He's known us forever since the beginning of our lives.
13:43He knows us really well, and we, it's really cool to be able to talk about music with him
13:54and talk about how much we love it.
13:58And, you know, going to shows and him being in the studio and us kind of knowing the intricacies
14:10of a studio now.
14:12I mean, not, not as much as he does, but like, you know, it's really, it's really special
14:16that we get to, like, have that added connection and bond with him.
14:21Um, and he's just been the most supportive.
14:27I think he never expected us to go into music.
14:30He was like, you sure you want to do that?
14:32But, um, he's, he's, uh, he's great.
14:37I think he's equally as excited about this album as we are.
14:42Yeah.
14:42Is there ever a piece of advice that he kind of gave you guys that you maybe ignored at
14:48first and we're like, oh no, he was totally right about that.
14:52His like number one thing is like play to a click.
14:56Um, I remember when we were first starting, we had this like little like metronome thing.
15:04It was like an electronic thing and we would plug it into a guitar amp and we would like
15:08blast it so that we could all just like hear the click as we were practicing.
15:12And it didn't always work.
15:13We couldn't always hear it.
15:14It didn't always work.
15:15Imagine being your neighbors and just you're like, yeah, when we were starting out, he
15:25like really wanted us to like get on that.
15:27And now that, you know, we're making records and actually recording music, we're really
15:31grateful that we were doing that from the very beginning.
15:35Great producer.
15:36I know he helped mix the last, uh, latest Death Cat for Cutie album.
15:39Yeah.
15:39I built you a tower, which I'm obsessed with.
15:41So, uh, shout out to Carlos.
15:43Um, Bella.
15:45I think like when people think of like the beginning of, of Linda Linda's, they think
15:50about racist, sexist boy and the video and all of that.
15:54Like when you think about the beginning of Linda Linda's, like, like how would you describe
15:58that?
15:59Like what's, what's the beginning of the band?
16:01How did this all start?
16:03Um, it was, was it eight, eight, seven, eight years ago?
16:082018.
16:09Bella and friends.
16:10Yeah.
16:11Um, we, my friends asked me to like play this show and I, we'd already, I mean, I've known
16:18the DLGs and the Wongs for, um, a gazillion years.
16:22Bella's basically like our cousin because she was always in our grandparents' house.
16:27Bella was your cousins with Lucia and Mila and then Bella, you went to high school or
16:32went to school?
16:32No.
16:33No, just family, friends.
16:34Just friends.
16:35Okay.
16:35Our moms worked together.
16:37Gotcha.
16:38Um, but yeah, I, I was like, Hey, can we play this show please?
16:41Cause I really want to play.
16:43And they said, yeah.
16:44So did you have a broken arm?
16:46I had a broken thumb.
16:48I mean, it was drumming.
16:50Wasn't it like, wasn't it like a scootering accident?
16:53Um, we don't, we don't know.
16:56Well, she was scootering.
16:57It was really cool.
16:58I was seven.
16:58You're seven years old.
16:59Yeah.
17:00Mila's pretty cool.
17:01She broke her thumb scootering.
17:02Um, yeah.
17:05We, that was at the point in our band where we played only covers and we,
17:11we also switched instruments.
17:14And so I played drums on one song.
17:16Yeah.
17:17With one arm.
17:18Oh, damn.
17:19Did we play two songs?
17:20Yeah, we played two songs.
17:22And then Eloise played drums on the other song.
17:24It can't be done.
17:25I saw Travis Barker once.
17:27He like broke his wrist a million years ago when plus 44 was touring and he did this thing
17:32where he, I think if you look at letter, there was like a Letterman performance once
17:34where he did that.
17:35So there's a way to do it, but you gotta be very talented to figure it out.
17:38Oh, don't worry.
17:39Mila's very talented.
17:40He's pretty good.
17:41Yeah.
17:42It was like Mila, you pulled it off too.
17:44So I'm just saying.
17:45Yeah.
17:45Yeah.
17:46Don't want to watch that footage, but I'm sure it was okay for a seven year old.
17:51We played Manic Monday.
17:54Yeah.
17:54The Bengals.
17:55And we played All Up Are Sealed by the Go-Go.
17:58Classics.
17:59That was our set.
18:00I think my favorite Linda Linda's cover is California's Son.
18:04Oh, I love that cover.
18:06Which I know isn't an original Ramones song, but as far as I'm concerned, they're the one
18:11famous, you know?
18:12Yeah.
18:13Didn't you guys do like a Hollywood Forever performance and you came out and done Ramones
18:19or something?
18:19Yeah.
18:20Well, it was a Halloween show.
18:21Okay.
18:21And we were like, okay, if we're booking-
18:23It was also our album release show.
18:25Yeah.
18:25And we were like, okay, if we're booking the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever and it's
18:29a Halloween show, we need to dress up as the Ramones.
18:33And we were also zombies.
18:36And we're also zombies.
18:36So we're like, yeah, so we're like the zombies, but like from the grave, you know?
18:39Yeah.
18:40We just walked out of the, yeah.
18:41Very apropos place to-
18:43And then Linda Ramone was there.
18:44Yeah, Linda Ramone was there.
18:46Oh, Linda Ramone was there.
18:47Yeah.
18:47Right.
18:48Yeah, yeah.
18:48Johnny Ramone's wife, right?
18:49She showed us to our dressing room and we were like, oh my God.
18:53She gave us her brand socks, you know?
18:55Yeah.
18:56We got socks.
18:56A lot of Ramones swag.
18:58Yeah.
18:58Bag.
19:00That was awesome.
19:01She invited us to the ranch.
19:02We still gotta take a ride in there.
19:03Yeah, we gotta go to the Ramones ranch.
19:04It's funny because any time that we need to like do a costume, we're like, what about
19:08the Ramones?
19:09Yeah.
19:10I feel like we've done that like three times.
19:11But then it was like, oh, okay.
19:13If we're playing Hollywood Forever Cemetery in October, we have to just go back to our roots.
19:19I think like-
19:20Dressing up as the Ramones, yeah.
19:21Yeah.
19:22I was grateful that other people also dressed up that were in the audience.
19:26Yeah.
19:26I was scared that no one was gonna dress up even though we were like, this is a Halloween
19:29show.
19:30Let's dress up.
19:31When Karomi played, they threw out like plastic bugs into the crowd and one of them landed
19:37in my base and it's still there.
19:40Oh, that's what that's from?
19:41Yeah.
19:41Oh.
19:43Yeah.
19:43I didn't know that either.
19:45You're such a like distinctly LA band.
19:48Yeah.
19:49I think about the Linda Lindas.
19:51I think about Southern California.
19:52I think about locals only.
19:53When you have, I don't know, friends, family who come to visit or come to LA to see the
19:59real LA.
20:00Like, which direction do you point them in?
20:02Whoa.
20:03Ooh.
20:05I feel like everyone-
20:06He places neighborhoods.
20:07East side, baby.
20:08All the way.
20:09Yeah.
20:09Yeah.
20:09That's what I was going to say.
20:10Yeah.
20:12I don't know.
20:13You got to go to Philippe's.
20:14Yeah.
20:15Yeah.
20:15Classic.
20:16I love Philippe's.
20:23Chinatown, another special place in my heart.
20:25I love Jade Walk.
20:26I always take my friends to Jade Walk because they make their own tofu.
20:29Oh, okay.
20:30It's so good.
20:30Have you been there?
20:31I have.
20:31It's so good.
20:32They make their own tofu.
20:34You need to eat it.
20:35Really?
20:35Yeah.
20:36Okay.
20:36In Chinatown.
20:36In Chinatown.
20:37It's pretty good.
20:38Yeah.
20:38Yeah.
20:38I'm a big tofu guy.
20:40Yeah.
20:40What's the most important hometown show you've ever played?
20:45They're all like, really-
20:47What about the one that we just did?
20:48That one was pretty important.
20:49We just played the Echo and Echoplex, or we booked a fest there.
20:53We invited all our friends to play.
20:54Got it.
20:55It was a School's Out Ice Out Fest.
20:56It was a benefit show where some of the proceeds went to Churla.
21:01But yeah, it was fun.
21:03It was like all our LA friends that we invited to play.
21:08And it was really scary because we've never put something together that intricate before
21:14because it was like 10 other bands.
21:17Yeah.
21:18And we were just hoping nothing would go wrong.
21:21Lucia did like crazy scheduling.
21:22She was like sending like revisions of like the schedule.
21:27Oh, wow.
21:27Shout out to our manager, booking agent.
21:29Oh, yeah.
21:30But it was really exciting.
21:32And we played Burning Out for the first time there.
21:34Yeah.
21:34Yeah.
21:36It was pretty cool.
21:36And I played two sets.
21:37I played in a band called Astratine.
21:39Oh, word.
21:40Okay, cool.
21:40Yeah.
21:41And I was like running around all day.
21:42I didn't like realize how tired I would be at the end of the day.
21:46At least the next day she was like, my pointer finger is really tired from playing bass.
21:51I didn't realize I also like hold the bass down because I jump around a lot, you know,
21:55so I hold, I don't know, my finger was tired.
21:58What is it about the Echo that made you want to do your like mini festival there?
22:02I saw you open for Teen Jesus, maybe a year or two there.
22:06Like it's such a great venue to see the Linda Lindas.
22:11We, I don't know.
22:12I think it was, it was Elise's idea to do it there.
22:14I think it's just very East LA.
22:19And it was nice because they have two stages and we used both of them.
22:24Oh, cool.
22:25And it worked well for the fest.
22:27Yeah.
22:27And I have this friend who like loves the Echo and Echoplex and he'd always wanted, he
22:33always had wanted to throw a show there.
22:36And so that's kind of also why we did it there.
22:39Did you guys catch the, like the Green Day warmup show they did a few years ago before
22:45Save Your Store?
22:46Eloise.
22:48What was I doing?
22:49You had a big band sponsor.
22:49Was I like playing a show?
22:50Yeah.
22:52Jazz.
22:53School.
22:54Jazz.
22:55Right.
22:55Um, but the rest of us went, um, that was pretty crazy because it's before we went on
23:02tour with them and it was, we were in the music video for Bobby Sox, one of the songs
23:10on their new album.
23:12And we met them and Billy Joe for the first time at that, on the set for that video.
23:20Billy Joe Armstrong came up to me and he said, wow, I'm so excited to go on tour with you.
23:24We're going to pull so many pranks on you.
23:26And we're like, what is going on?
23:28I thought you were pulling pranks on them.
23:30Okay.
23:31No, okay.
23:31Well, that was because it was like threatening because he was like, we're going to pull so
23:35many pranks on you.
23:36And then two weeks went by and like, there were no pranks and we're getting really stressed
23:40out.
23:40So we're like, we better pull the first one or something really bad is going to happen.
23:44So we started pulling pranks and then they kind of also pulled pranks on us.
23:48But I think we were very nice about it.
23:49You know, it was like, well, there's not much you can do on a big stadium tour with
23:53like that level of security, you know?
23:55So we always had to like go through their management first.
23:57We were like, so is it okay if we do this?
24:00And then they already knew about it.
24:01Yeah.
24:02We would like walk up to the tour manager and they'd be like, okay, what is it now?
24:07What are you planning?
24:08What are you plotting?
24:09What's the best prank you pulled?
24:11I think the banner.
24:12Yeah.
24:13I painted this huge banner and we put it on their inflatable blimp.
24:18But we had to wait for like one of the blimp days because they also have this airplane
24:22that goes around.
24:23But the like production people said, no, you can't put it on the airplane because it's
24:27too expensive.
24:28So you have to wait for a blimp day.
24:29When it's windy, they used the blimp.
24:32Oh, okay.
24:33Two shows I saw were both blimp days, I guess.
24:34There was an airplane too.
24:36There was an airplane.
24:36And it drops like dookie bombs.
24:38Yeah, it drops.
24:39We put a sign on it that said like, was it Linda Linda's rule or something?
24:44Probably something like that.
24:45Something like that.
24:46It was a while ago.
24:48But that was, that might have been our favorite.
24:51Because we could kind of see, because Trey is the one that it's kind of like looking around
24:59the most, I think, when they're playing.
25:01And we could like kind of see Trey looking at the blimp.
25:04Yeah.
25:05It was fun.
25:06Yeah.
25:06I was lucky enough to see the SoFi show.
25:09I went to San Diego, which I think was the last show of the tour.
25:13If I'm not mistaken.
25:15One of my favorite things about those shows and, you know, with the Linda Linda Linda's
25:19in particular was after your set, I noticed you would always like go in the crowd.
25:24Yeah.
25:25Kind of get people going during Rancid's set.
25:28What made you want to do that?
25:29What was the mentality?
25:31Like, it was just, I really kind of helped kind of set the tone for the rest of the show,
25:35I thought.
25:35I mean, seeing the other bands is the best part.
25:38You know, like, come on, we're on tour with Rancid and the Smashing Pumpkins and Green
25:41Day.
25:41What are we going to do, not see them play?
25:43Yeah.
25:43What other opportunity would we have to like see them play every day?
25:46Right.
25:46I know.
25:47But even beyond that, it kind of felt like, and again, I'm just kind of an observer over
25:52here, but it kind of felt like there was this idea to kind of get the crowd into it.
25:58Because like you said earlier, like it's an opening set.
26:01Yeah.
26:01There aren't a ton of people there quite yet getting there super early.
26:03So once you-
26:05And also like stadium crowds tend to be like kind of tame, you know?
26:08Yeah.
26:08So it's like, come on, we're here to have fun.
26:10We all got to-
26:11We just want to have fun.
26:11We want everyone else to have fun.
26:13And also we're just really excited to see Rancid.
26:16Right.
26:16We love those guys.
26:17That's like most of it.
26:19It's not, it's not that complicated.
26:21What's the biggest thing you learned on that, on that tour?
26:24There's some really big Green Day fans.
26:26Like it would be funny.
26:28Yeah.
26:28We'd go in the crowd and we'd like see people multiple times.
26:31Yeah.
26:32We'd be like, you're here too?
26:33Like we're here too.
26:34Yeah.
26:34That's so cool.
26:35I feel like honestly though, we did learn how to perform and how to be more band.
26:40Because we also only had 20 minutes and we were like, we got to make the most of this.
26:46Yeah.
26:46And really like, do it.
26:47We'd play seven songs in 20 minutes.
26:50Oh, also I learned that catering is like the most amazing thing ever.
26:54Because we would have, our routine would be, we would, we would go soundcheck.
26:58We're the last ones to soundcheck because we're the first ones to play.
27:00We had a 20 minute set.
27:02And then like, you just have the rest of the day to mess around and see bands play and eat.
27:06Right.
27:07And I ate so much in catering.
27:09The one thing is they don't usually have like good cooked vegetables.
27:12I think I like, I'm used to Chinese food.
27:14So we have like good cooked vegetables.
27:16Sure.
27:17But like, it was all salad.
27:18It was like a salad bar.
27:19Yeah.
27:19Yeah.
27:19So when I got home, the first thing I did was like cooked vegetables.
27:22Who had better catering?
27:23Green Day or Rolling Stones?
27:26I don't remember.
27:27SoFi has pretty good catering.
27:28SoFi does have pretty good catering.
27:29I think it depends on the place, how the catering is.
27:32But it was all, it was all very good food.
27:34I love food.
27:35I would eat so much.
27:36Especially free food.
27:37You played with the Rolling Stones within a few weeks of playing with Green Day at SoFi Stadium.
27:42Yeah.
27:42What do you remember about that day?
27:44Did you interact with any of the Rolling Stones members?
27:47Like, tell me stuff.
27:49I'm really interested in what it's like opening for the freaking Rolling Stones.
27:54Well, first of all, getting to hear their soundcheck was pretty awesome.
27:58Yeah.
27:59Because.
27:59They're such a great band.
28:00They're such a good band.
28:02And we also got to hear them soundcheck like harmonica for like a really long time.
28:06It was just like solo harmonica for like a really long time.
28:10We're like, what is going on?
28:12And then.
28:13When we get a harmonica player, we'll understand.
28:15But.
28:16Yeah.
28:17We.
28:18That was actually our very first time playing wireless.
28:21And so that was really when we were like.
28:23We were like really out of breath by the end of our season.
28:25Yeah.
28:25I think that stage was like even bigger than the Green Day one.
28:27And was there a catwalk on there?
28:28Yeah, there was a catwalk, but we weren't allowed to use it.
28:31But we were allowed to go on the sides, which was pretty cool.
28:33Yeah.
28:34Yeah.
28:35And I don't know.
28:37I think that.
28:39They are just so, so incredible.
28:44Like they're like live show is so.
28:47It's so awesome.
28:48Yeah.
28:49And we got to like meet them for a sec right before they went on stage.
28:53And they were just like really hyped about going on.
28:55Yeah.
28:56Like they were happy.
28:57He seemed pretty subdued.
28:58He like came up to us and he was like, he was very like nice and like calm to us.
29:03And he went over and he shook all of our hands.
29:05He said, hi, I'm Keith.
29:07And we're like, yeah.
29:09Yeah.
29:09I think.
29:10No, but Nick was really excited.
29:14Yeah.
29:14I wish I could have that kind of energy.
29:16Totally.
29:17I don't know where he gets that energy from.
29:18Backstage, he sauntered over from his like golf cart, like the way that he does on stage
29:23with like his little jacket and we were like, wow.
29:25And he gave us all double fist bump.
29:27It was really cool.
29:29And Ron Wood was also really nice to us.
29:31Yeah.
29:31It's crazy how they're still going.
29:32And you forget, they're another one like Green Day, you forget how many hits they have.
29:36Yeah.
29:36And it was just crazy to hear every song was a banger.
29:39I was like, what is going on?
29:41This is amazing.
29:42Were you guys tempted to prank the Rolling Stones at all?
29:44No.
29:45We probably were unkicked out.
29:47No, we weren't even like allowed to take photos backstage, you know, outside of the
29:51one photo that we, that they took of us, but we never received it.
29:56Rolling Stones.
29:57Come on, man.
29:57Let's get Linda Lenders a picture.
29:58Please.
29:59No, but they were all really nice.
30:00And Ron Wood like went out of his way to say hi to Mila and me and catering and it's
30:06cool.
30:07Yeah, it was very nice.
30:07I've never seen my grandpa smile so big or like look so proud of us.
30:12He came with us to the show and he was wearing his Linda Lenders shirt.
30:16We're like, oh, cool.
30:17And then after we played, he took it off and he had a Rolling Stones shirt on underneath.
30:23And it was the greatest thing.
30:25We're like, okay, I see it.
30:26Quick change.
30:27No, but have you ever seen him smile that big?
30:30He's usually a pretty like stoic guy.
30:32Yeah.
30:33I mean, he's like, he's happy, but he's just like.
30:35Yeah.
30:35He's like.
30:36Yeah.
30:36It's a very calm.
30:38Yeah.
30:38Anyways.
30:39Bella, you design clothes, right?
30:41I do.
30:42You make clothes.
30:42Yeah.
30:42How does that overlap with music?
30:45I mean, I'm very lucky that these four or these three other humans next to me let me
30:52sometimes make clothes for them when we play shows.
30:58And yeah, it's just.
30:59What's your brand called?
31:01My brand is called La Rosa de la Esquina.
31:04But anyways, I just like making stuff for them.
31:08Yeah.
31:09And like, I feel like my favorite thing that I made was when we did the talking heads thing.
31:14I love the talking heads.
31:15We all love the talking heads, but they really inspire me, especially David Byrne's outfits.
31:19And I got to make suits for us.
31:21And that was like, that was a highlight.
31:24Bella's coolest thing is she really like gets inspired.
31:28Like, I've never seen anyone get inspired the way that Bella gets inspired.
31:32Like, just like by life.
31:36Bella just like takes everything in and like creates stuff.
31:40It's really cool.
31:41What was cool about those suits, too, is that Bella like drew all of the patterns that were
31:45on the cloth for the suits.
31:47And so like all of them were very, yeah, super cool.
31:51Have you ever designed something and kind of felt like, oh, this is like writing a song?
31:57I've never thought of it that way.
31:59But that's interesting.
32:01Yeah.
32:01Maybe next time.
32:02Yeah.
32:03I'm going to start thinking that way.
32:05You've gone from playing, you know, DIY shows to be on Epitaph Records to now you're on
32:10Warner.
32:11You're on a major label.
32:13Yeah.
32:13Talk about Epitaph and that experience and then, you know, segueing into Warner and sort
32:17of how that all came together.
32:19You know, we were really young and Epitaph was just like our home.
32:25Like it was it was like perfect.
32:27We we we kind of just wanted to do our own thing.
32:32And Epitaph was like they were like, OK.
32:34They let us do your super creative people.
32:37You should do your own thing and we're going to help support you in any way that you want.
32:42And, you know, we had a really good experience and it was, you know, I think we've just, you
32:51know, kind of grown and figured out that, you know, we're really lucky to have all the
33:00support behind our music and genuine, genuine people that we've surrounded ourselves with.
33:06And yeah, I don't know.
33:08I think we were just really excited about this new record.
33:12It felt like maybe the time to try something new.
33:17But we just we just feel really proud of this new music and everything that we've done before
33:28it, too. And I think we just felt a lot of love and support from Warner and that that was
33:39really valuable to us.
33:40And, you know, everything happens as it should.
33:45Sure. Yeah, sure.
33:47Love Epitaph, love Brett and love Warner, too.
33:49I mean, listen, when I think about major labels, when it comes to like rock music and emphasis on alternative
33:54music and whatnot,
33:55like they really do such a good job, like making sure it all gets out there.
33:59So great to see you guys with Warner and excited to see how this new cycle goes.
34:05Excited for the new record.
34:07Quick rapid fire L.A. edition question.
34:10Oh, no.
34:11Oh, no.
34:11Is this like a right answer thing or like opinions?
34:14It's opinions.
34:15And whoever wants to shout out an answer first, go for it.
34:18Best taco spot.
34:19Oh, V.S.
34:21For sure.
34:22Yeah.
34:23Best record store.
34:26Going underground.
34:28Yeah.
34:28Favorite venue to attend a show.
34:32Bad Dog Compound.
34:33There you go.
34:35Most underrated L.A. neighborhood.
34:39Ooh.
34:41Underrated.
34:42Underrated.
34:43You mentioned East Side, but I feel like people like the East Side.
34:45People do like the East Side.
34:47You know what?
34:48I've been really into the Valley lately.
34:50Really?
34:50I love the Valley.
34:52Like a lot.
34:53Wow.
34:54There's some good Mexican food out there.
34:56Definitely.
34:56Uh, dream lineup.
34:59Linda Linda's plus any two Southern California bands.
35:03Southern California bands.
35:04Southern California.
35:06Who's from California?
35:07Who's from California?
35:09But SoCal.
35:11Yeah.
35:11SoCal.
35:12SoCal.
35:13I feel like we just get it.
35:15Oh, yeah.
35:16Yeah.
35:16Best Coast is a good one.
35:22We're like a lot of people with a lot of different tastes in music.
35:25So we're like trying not to like hog up one of the two spaces.
35:30What about Moona?
35:31Are they from SoCal?
35:32Yeah.
35:32Moona's from here.
35:33Yeah.
35:34Yeah.
35:34Yeah.
35:35I hope Best Coast gets back together again.
35:37Yeah.
35:37I hope so too.
35:38It's really cool seeing Bethany have a moment with that Weezer song, Go Away, which is great.
35:42Yeah.
35:42Totally.
35:43We love Bob.
35:44I'll get you out of here on this.
35:45We kind of opened by talking about first five years.
35:48We're going to look ahead to the next five years.
35:50Cool.
35:50What needs to happen for the next half decade for you to look back and say that was a successful
35:56chapter.
35:57I mean, I kind of like, I kind of like already feel like, I know we've done so much, like
36:03not, like it's crazy how much we've done.
36:05Totally.
36:05Like we're just so happy to like be here and to just keep going.
36:09And we want to travel and we want to make a lot of music.
36:13We want to go to Australia and South America.
36:17I think if those two things happen, it will be a success.
36:20Yeah.
36:21Well, you were giving your booking agent a shout out earlier.
36:24Thank you, Carly.
36:26Burning Out is the new single, the Linda Lindas.
36:29Thank you so much for coming in and stopping by K-Rock.
36:32Thank you so much.
36:33Thank you for having us.
36:34Appreciate you.
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