1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,080 Speaker 1: Missed Opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Hosting them requires a 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:08,080 lot of show prep. My podcasting platform features thousands of guests. 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:10,839 What you don't have access to are my missed opportunities. 4 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:15,240 The show prep was completed, the conversation didn't happen. I 5 00:00:15,359 --> 00:00:18,239 keep all of my notes, mainly because paths will cross again. 6 00:00:18,800 --> 00:00:22,480 Let me explain missed Opportunity. It's my questions and statements 7 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,160 without their answers, So I'm gonna leave open enough space 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,519 at the end of each question, hoping they'll download the 9 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:31,079 talk and insert their answers. Missed Opportunity is a lost 10 00:00:31,079 --> 00:00:33,280 piece of history, like a message in a bottle. It's 11 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:36,479 been tossed out to see I hope to locate the destination. 12 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:39,840 This week, we're putting focus on my missed Opportunity with 13 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:43,840 the band Bad Mary. Here's something you should know about 14 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:49,119 this edition of Missed Opportunity. Before production, there was no conversation. 15 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:54,200 It happened after this was completed. Okay. The group is 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:56,719 called Bad Mary, a New York based glam rock band 17 00:00:57,079 --> 00:01:01,000 that was about to release their debut sixteen track live album. 18 00:01:01,159 --> 00:01:04,079 Think about that. The debut album of a band is 19 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,599 a live album. It's called Live on Long Island. The 20 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,359 mission was to get the band on all major streaming platforms. 21 00:01:10,439 --> 00:01:16,200 Their first single is titled Mars Attack mar z ATTAQX. 22 00:01:16,319 --> 00:01:16,879 Speaker 2: That's awesome. 23 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,400 Speaker 1: I love it when they do stuff like that Bassis. 24 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,719 Mike Stobb says the band loves live albums and has 25 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:25,799 always wanted to do one. They physically believed listeners would 26 00:01:25,799 --> 00:01:29,040 get the full band experience listening to the sixteen tracks, 27 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,040 and yes, it does feature videos. The band members are 28 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:36,239 Amanda Mack, David Henderson, Mike Stobb and Bill Mack on drums. 29 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,799 The invitation to share a conversation with Bad Mary arrived 30 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:42,519 on April ninth, twenty twenty five. I instantly wrote back, 31 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,359 I gotta do this. Please, let's do this. They replied, 32 00:01:45,359 --> 00:01:49,040 The band was available after April fifteenth, anytime on the weekends. 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:51,920 Uh oh, weekends are never available for me because I 34 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:55,959 perform on a stage. They responded, May seventh, eighth, or twelve. 35 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,280 I chose the seventh because that's my brother's birthday. They 36 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:02,840 wrote back, can you do Sundays? Not's that's my day 37 00:02:02,879 --> 00:02:06,200 of church. They then said how about Saturday May twenty fourth? 38 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:09,199 After I said I'm not failable. On the weekends, they 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,319 rode back, can you do eight pm Monday through Wednesday? 40 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:14,479 Kind of tough? Kind of tough when you get in 41 00:02:14,479 --> 00:02:16,639 the studio at seven am in the morning. But we 42 00:02:16,719 --> 00:02:19,560 worked it out. And here's the thing. I do have 43 00:02:19,639 --> 00:02:23,319 the questions that I prepared for before knowing we actually 44 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,719 were going to do this. So I'm going to ask 45 00:02:25,759 --> 00:02:29,280 those questions and then and then you'll get the full 46 00:02:29,560 --> 00:02:32,319 one hundred percent conversation that took place. This is every 47 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:36,400 bit the reason why I wanted to create Missed Opportunity, 48 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:39,439 because things happen when you put it back out there 49 00:02:39,439 --> 00:02:41,439 in the future. And once again, this is the reason 50 00:02:41,479 --> 00:02:44,439 why I don't throw anything away, because there's always that 51 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,639 opportunity that things will come back together. So coming up 52 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:52,879 next the questions that I originally prepared, and then it'll 53 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:58,280 be followed by the actual conversation. Hey, welcome back to 54 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:03,879 Missed Opportunity. This week, Missed Opportunity is the group Bad Mary. 55 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,879 Your first song is Mars Attack. Am I saying that right? 56 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:08,599 Because look at the way it's spelled m A r 57 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:15,120 zatt a q X. Designing the sound of the band required, 58 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,479 what challenges and changes and where were your victories. Each 59 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:22,919 live cut leaves every listener with an opportunity to pick 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:27,759 something up and say, I really like this experience. Putting 61 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,280 focus on glam rock is such an amazing expression in 62 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,520 twenty twenty five. There's something about the art of it. 63 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,039 So what does it require to make a live album today? Now? 64 00:03:39,039 --> 00:03:41,439 I've been with the Sex Pistols and they told me 65 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:45,080 that punk is the blues. Arrow It's the blues. They 66 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,639 were very honest with me. What about you. You've actually 67 00:03:48,639 --> 00:03:52,759 created a podcast that supports your musical journey. So with 68 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,800 so many strong options available, do you need record reps 69 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,879 to get your music spun? Do you really look at 70 00:03:59,919 --> 00:04:03,439 you yourself as being a modern day punk band? You 71 00:04:03,520 --> 00:04:07,439 are a true live experience. It's about to ignite those 72 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:09,680 who want to feel something and you give it to 73 00:04:09,759 --> 00:04:14,840 us inside your videos. Seriously, a debut live album, listeners 74 00:04:14,919 --> 00:04:17,279 want that true experience. How is it that you were 75 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:20,279 bringing it to them? And it's something that's very unexpected. 76 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,759 You've got merch. We want merch. It doesn't matter where 77 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:26,439 we are in this country. How do we get our 78 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,759 hands on it? And there you have it. The original 79 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,759 questions for Mike Stobb from bad. 80 00:04:32,879 --> 00:04:33,240 Speaker 2: Mary. 81 00:04:33,759 --> 00:04:38,759 Speaker 1: Here's the thing. After production things came together. We got 82 00:04:38,959 --> 00:04:43,800 the conversation Hello and good afternoon. Hello, how are you fantastic? 83 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:44,360 How about you? 84 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:46,720 Speaker 3: I'm doing aokay, just. 85 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:50,199 Speaker 1: Aokay, not a double a okay or a yeah. 86 00:04:50,279 --> 00:04:51,439 Speaker 3: You know, I don't want to get too ahead of 87 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,680 myself here, you know what I mean. They still relatively young, 88 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,959 so we're gonna leave it at just the single A. 89 00:04:57,519 --> 00:04:59,439 I haven't graduated to double A triple AA. 90 00:04:59,519 --> 00:05:00,759 Speaker 2: And hopefully they'll make the Mavies. 91 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:03,959 Speaker 1: I love the sound of your band. I mean, we 92 00:05:04,079 --> 00:05:06,759 are starving for some great rock right now. And I 93 00:05:06,759 --> 00:05:08,680 swear to God you you fit right in there to 94 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,240 where you can go. Yes, I can play this outside 95 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:12,759 and people are gonna go, who is that? 96 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 3: Well? I I appreciate that, you know, we're always going 97 00:05:17,079 --> 00:05:19,480 out of our way as a band to make music, that. 98 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 2: We always want to make music, that. 99 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:26,519 Speaker 3: Hm, that we have fun playing and that people can 100 00:05:26,560 --> 00:05:31,480 have fun, you know, enjoying. It's it's it's that, it's 101 00:05:31,519 --> 00:05:33,319 it's our roots, you know, our roots is we want 102 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:34,120 to make music. 103 00:05:34,319 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 2: You know, there is a party aspect to what we do. 104 00:05:37,319 --> 00:05:40,319 Speaker 3: And I think that's really really important for pretty much 105 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:44,199 our entire you know, the entire mood, you know what 106 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:44,480 I mean? 107 00:05:44,639 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: Ye yep. Is that the reason why you've got the 108 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,360 live sounds in there? Because I mean, there's nothing better 109 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,000 than a live concert. And instantly I was shot back 110 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,199 to kiss a live one as well as Peter Frampton 111 00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:54,759 Comes Alive. 112 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 3: Oh, I mean those are two, I mean, those are 113 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:01,439 two incredible live records, right, two of the most memorable. 114 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:05,920 You know, with the with the live record, we wanted 115 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:09,199 to do something that finally like really captured that. And 116 00:06:11,199 --> 00:06:13,920 we've been a band now for you know, as Bad Mary, 117 00:06:13,959 --> 00:06:15,959 we've been a band like probably about twelve years or 118 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,439 so as Bad Mary, and we've been a band, the 119 00:06:18,560 --> 00:06:22,560 four of us have been a band for about fifteen years. 120 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:23,079 Speaker 1: Wow. 121 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 3: So we have you know, I can't even geez if 122 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,160 I win, I'd have to go to like I'd have 123 00:06:30,199 --> 00:06:32,600 to go to like my files to see all of 124 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:34,839 our records. But you know, we have like nine or 125 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:39,680 ten a combination of like nine or ten EPs albums 126 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:41,360 and all that stuff. And we've been playing these songs 127 00:06:41,399 --> 00:06:43,519 a lot of them live for you know, some of 128 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:44,480 them more than ten years. 129 00:06:44,519 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 1: Wow. 130 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 3: So we figured like we had this opportunity this really 131 00:06:47,319 --> 00:06:50,279 great club here locally on Long Island that we wanted 132 00:06:50,319 --> 00:06:52,800 to we had we had a great opportunity to maybe 133 00:06:52,839 --> 00:06:55,000 put together a live album. So yeah, that's why we 134 00:06:55,079 --> 00:06:57,000 left all the live sounds in there, and we wanted 135 00:06:57,000 --> 00:06:59,399 it to be, you know, as raw and energetic a 136 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:00,439 live album it could be. 137 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: So how is it that you were able to get 138 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:04,000 such a quality sound? Were you using the zooms? What 139 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:05,920 were you doing but to get that real feel? 140 00:07:06,639 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know, we had some help from the venue. 141 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:18,519 Speaker 3: I reached out to the venue and I told them 142 00:07:18,519 --> 00:07:21,000 that we wanted to do a live record, and when 143 00:07:21,040 --> 00:07:23,240 I booked it that night, I was like, Okay, we 144 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,879 want to do a live record. It was it was 145 00:07:24,879 --> 00:07:26,959 an album released party. I actually was an EP release 146 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,560 party earlier this year. February of this year, we released 147 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:37,279 a split seven inch vinyl EP with our friends Mega Infinity, 148 00:07:37,279 --> 00:07:39,399 who are another local band here who are also another 149 00:07:39,439 --> 00:07:43,519 great band on a record label called Skotpunk International, And 150 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:48,839 we had this release party set up in February to 151 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:53,879 release the physical version of the the EP. The digital 152 00:07:53,959 --> 00:07:55,920 versions of the songs came out late last year. 153 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: Wow. 154 00:07:56,879 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 3: So it's a really good venue, this great spot it's 155 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:03,560 like this rock club artists collective art installation kind of 156 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,759 plays here in Huntington, New York, which is kind of 157 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,959 like a it's like a like a main street kind 158 00:08:07,959 --> 00:08:11,040 of area, and we had the name. 159 00:08:10,879 --> 00:08:11,959 Speaker 2: Of the club as Industry. 160 00:08:12,439 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 3: The current location of Industry actually just closed and they're 161 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:18,120 actually moving locations and hopefully they'll be up and running soon. 162 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:19,800 Speaker 2: But it's a great room. 163 00:08:19,839 --> 00:08:22,759 Speaker 3: We love the sound in there. So we reached out 164 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:25,560 and yeah, we got we got the stems from the board, 165 00:08:25,639 --> 00:08:28,279 we got audio from all the different cameras we had 166 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:32,840 to do the videos with. And our guitar player David, 167 00:08:32,879 --> 00:08:35,120 who does all of our mixing, mastering and a lot 168 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,240 of our production, he just you know, worked with it 169 00:08:39,279 --> 00:08:43,320 and really I think did some incredible work on making 170 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,440 sure that the whole album, you know, the whole album 171 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:48,879 live on Long Island all the I think there's sixteen 172 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,200 there's gonna be sixteen songs on the album, all of 173 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:56,440 them are as true to what we do live as possible. 174 00:08:56,480 --> 00:08:58,919 And that's that's another thing, you know, to not be 175 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:03,240 too long winded about it. Over time, and you'll see 176 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,320 this with every band right that puts out any live record. 177 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:08,279 Speaker 2: Over time, it's. 178 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:11,559 Speaker 3: Almost like the live version of the song is almost 179 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,120 it's it's almost like a different song almost, you know, 180 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:18,080 with the with the intensity that goes into it and 181 00:09:18,279 --> 00:09:20,519 the little live bits that you do. You know, we're 182 00:09:20,559 --> 00:09:23,840 a band, we love our bits, you know. It's a 183 00:09:23,919 --> 00:09:25,879 thing that that's become part of who we are as 184 00:09:25,919 --> 00:09:28,960 a band, and we've always really appreciated, you know, a 185 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,919 good bit, and we wanted to have all that in there, 186 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,120 all the crowd callbacks, all the you know, the haze 187 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,360 and the hose and all that stuff. So you know, 188 00:09:39,519 --> 00:09:42,440 between everything, we had room mics in the room picking 189 00:09:42,519 --> 00:09:45,080 up the freaking up the crowd. We had mics on 190 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,600 the cameras, we had, we had the mics from the board. 191 00:09:47,639 --> 00:09:50,519 So we mixed all that together and obviously put it 192 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:52,799 together with the video as well. So yeah, we wanted 193 00:09:52,799 --> 00:09:56,519 to have this kind of combo product of like live album, 194 00:09:56,799 --> 00:09:57,799 live video, all that. 195 00:09:57,759 --> 00:09:59,080 Speaker 2: Stuff that we can put out the same time. 196 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: It's the type of music that you know, first of all, 197 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:03,600 I have to check it out first with my earbuds 198 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:05,320 to see how if you know, how intimate it is, 199 00:10:05,399 --> 00:10:07,639 God almighty, it was unbelievable. And then I want to 200 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:09,360 hear it on a radio station. I want to hear, 201 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:11,679 you know, shoot through the air on an FM signal, 202 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:13,279 just so I can pick up on the vibe on 203 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:14,000 that as well. 204 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,159 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and that's what we try to do. 205 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: You know. 206 00:10:18,519 --> 00:10:20,399 Speaker 3: We we have a lot of our stuff gets played 207 00:10:20,799 --> 00:10:23,759 locally on a really good radio station here locally on 208 00:10:23,799 --> 00:10:26,679 Long Island called ninety four to three The Shark, and 209 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,840 I know we've sent them all the stuff, and we 210 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:31,679 also get played on this is satellite, so it's a 211 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,559 little different. But Little Stevens Undergroand Garage, yes, on a 212 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,480 few of those few of those stations quite a bit. 213 00:10:36,799 --> 00:10:40,759 We're played on Rodney's Bingenheimer Show quite a bit. 214 00:10:40,919 --> 00:10:42,279 Speaker 2: Excuse my Long Island accent. 215 00:10:44,279 --> 00:10:48,720 Speaker 3: We're played on Rodney Bingenheimer's show quite regularly that that 216 00:10:48,759 --> 00:10:50,879 team has run our music quite a bit. But we've 217 00:10:50,879 --> 00:10:54,720 also been played on they have a station specifically for 218 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:56,759 quote unquote coolest songs in the world. So we have 219 00:10:56,799 --> 00:10:59,159 to thank the folks over at Little Stevens Undergroand Garage 220 00:10:59,159 --> 00:11:03,159 for putting our songs. And our friend, a friend of ours, 221 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:05,000 Kelly Agden and the Dolly Rots has also has our 222 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:06,840 own show which is a great show, which I try 223 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:10,039 to listen to as much as possible, and she's actually 224 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,279 premiered a few of our songs as well, and has 225 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,720 uh you know, has has has been awesome. So that station, 226 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,320 we love that station, Channel twenty one on Serious XM. 227 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,399 So a big fan of their that too. 228 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 1: You aren't afraid to jump on streaming platforms. I mean, 229 00:11:24,240 --> 00:11:26,519 I mean you're you're everywhere, dude. I mean, that's the 230 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,200 greatest thing about what you guys are doing. 231 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:29,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, we are. 232 00:11:30,039 --> 00:11:36,399 Speaker 3: You know, we realized in today's today's age. While it's 233 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:40,039 hard because I know there is major pushback against the streamers, 234 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:45,000 and rightfully so, because musicians aren't being compensated what they 235 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:47,720 think is a good or fair rate for what putting 236 00:11:47,799 --> 00:11:50,519 the music out there, but we've also as a band 237 00:11:50,519 --> 00:11:53,480 have realized that it's one of those things where it's like, well, 238 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:55,360 if you're not there, then no one's going to hear you. 239 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,279 So while it is a little bit of like, hey, 240 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:05,159 you're playing first exposure, we know that we can reach 241 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:07,480 so many more people through being on all these different 242 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,360 streaming channels, whether it is Spotify, Apple Music, you know, 243 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:21,360 Deezer band Camp, Amazon Music, YouTube, all that stuff. But 244 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:26,159 at the same time, that philosophy also follows us to 245 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:28,720 the other social media avenues that we have to be on. 246 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:30,559 Speaker 2: And while it. 247 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:34,559 Speaker 3: Is absolutely a ton of work to keep up with 248 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:34,919 all this. 249 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:36,399 Speaker 2: Stuff, We're on. 250 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 3: Whatever they're calling Twitter these days, We're on you know, 251 00:12:41,879 --> 00:12:44,840 Facebook for the people that still use Facebook. We're on Instagram. 252 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:50,360 We're on TikTok, and we're on YouTube. We're on Blue Sky, 253 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:54,559 and we're on Twitch. And Twitch has been some of 254 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:58,840 the most fun we've had with Twitch because I'm naturally 255 00:12:58,919 --> 00:13:02,360 meet personally outside this world of rock and roll and 256 00:13:02,399 --> 00:13:05,720 all that stuff. I'm actually a pretty avid gamer. Wow. 257 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,159 Speaker 2: I'm also like a little bit of a gaming historian. 258 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:14,000 Speaker 3: So Twitch has always been something to me that's been interesting, 259 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,399 but it's always been so much more tailored towards gaming 260 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:23,519 and I when we started doing stuff on Twitch, it 261 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:26,240 was really cool to kind of add that kind of 262 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,480 game the sphere attitudes to what we were doing. And 263 00:13:29,519 --> 00:13:32,000 it also allows our listeners and anyone who wants to 264 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,960 tune in on Twitch. If you want Twitch dot tv, 265 00:13:34,039 --> 00:13:36,679 slash Bad Mary Band, We're a Bad Mary band on 266 00:13:36,840 --> 00:13:39,080 every single social media platform, so it's easy to find. 267 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:39,519 Speaker 2: Yep. 268 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,039 Speaker 3: But you know, people who come there, you know you're 269 00:13:43,080 --> 00:13:45,279 getting a live show. Granted it's in our studio, but 270 00:13:45,320 --> 00:13:48,440 you're getting a little bit of everything there. So yeah, 271 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:50,159 you know, that's all part of it. You know, you 272 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:52,440 have to be in all these different places so that 273 00:13:52,519 --> 00:13:54,679 people can hear your music. And we've also had a 274 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:58,960 really great time streaming to stuff like TikTok as well, 275 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:02,000 where TikTok has been great for us for discovery, Like 276 00:14:02,039 --> 00:14:03,759 we've had a lot of people find us through TikTok 277 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:05,639 because we posted a fifteen second clip of one of 278 00:14:05,639 --> 00:14:09,759 our videos. So it's good, good places to be. I 279 00:14:09,759 --> 00:14:13,679 guess you know, it's exhausting, but it's we're out there. 280 00:14:13,879 --> 00:14:15,799 Speaker 1: I love the lettering for Mars Attack. I mean, you 281 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:17,600 guys really put a lot of thought into this because 282 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,120 it instantly gets your attention, especially with the way you're 283 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:21,440 spelling Mars as well. 284 00:14:24,919 --> 00:14:27,159 Speaker 3: So that's funny. 285 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: So I appreciate that we really really do. 286 00:14:29,799 --> 00:14:34,039 Speaker 3: So. Mars Attacks was a song that was originally released 287 00:14:34,159 --> 00:14:37,120 on an EP we had put out called we Could 288 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,360 Have Saved the World, which came out, and that's actually 289 00:14:39,399 --> 00:14:41,559 one of the lyrics in the song which came out 290 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,879 and in I want to say twenty sixteen. Wow, Yeah, 291 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:47,759 and that's on an EP called We Could Have Saved 292 00:14:47,799 --> 00:14:49,919 the World. But it's become our the second song we 293 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,720 play live every single time. It's always the second song 294 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:57,039 because we kick our first song, whatever our opening song 295 00:14:57,159 --> 00:14:58,919 is for a show, we kick that right into Mars 296 00:14:58,919 --> 00:15:00,879 Attacks and we get that whole thing with the haze 297 00:15:00,879 --> 00:15:04,279 and all that stuff. And you know, when we were 298 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,279 coming up with what to name that song when it 299 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:11,720 was written, I put together I'd written, I had written 300 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,799 the majority of that that song. You know, obviously, everything 301 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,120 we do is super collaborative. Everyone brings their ideas into 302 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,519 the into the rehearsal space and then were working on 303 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:21,879 and we hash it out together. But that was one 304 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:23,519 of the songs that I had brought to the table. 305 00:15:24,279 --> 00:15:26,559 And you know, I'm a big sci fi guy. I'm 306 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,679 a huge nerve, so you know, it's just it's just 307 00:15:29,799 --> 00:15:31,240 is what it is. And we as a band are 308 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,519 really like I joke around all the time if like 309 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,679 I do, these people know that we're just a bunch 310 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:39,679 of dorks, So you know, we I always want to 311 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,159 write stuff about robots and aliens and all that stuff. 312 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:45,159 So we'd written that song and then Amanda just kind 313 00:15:45,159 --> 00:15:48,240 of threw it out as Mars Attacks with the Z 314 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,559 and then we started laughing and she was like no, no, no, wait, 315 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:53,679 and then she did Mars Mars Attacks with the M 316 00:15:53,679 --> 00:15:56,759 A R Z A T T A QX. So you 317 00:15:56,799 --> 00:16:01,320 know where where where. We are definitely a braddy, sarcastic 318 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:04,679 kind of band. But that's all part of the charm, 319 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:05,879 I think, and part of what we do. 320 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,600 Speaker 1: Well, it's all about the attitude because I mean, you're 321 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,919 a glam punk band. I mean, you've got to live 322 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:10,759 up to that title. 323 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:14,399 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, yeah, we we we we started calling 324 00:16:14,399 --> 00:16:20,559 ourselves that because we were getting into these these things 325 00:16:20,639 --> 00:16:24,519 where you know, we were not punk enough to be punk, 326 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,639 and we were not pop punk. We were not poppy 327 00:16:28,759 --> 00:16:30,440 enough to be pop punk. So we were kind of 328 00:16:30,480 --> 00:16:32,679 lost in this kind of like see of whatever the 329 00:16:32,679 --> 00:16:36,159 heck we were doing. But we really wanted to ensure that, 330 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:38,759 you know, there is a glam aspect to what we do, 331 00:16:38,879 --> 00:16:42,600 whether it's you know, David with his pink fuzzy straps 332 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:46,399 and his Hello Kitty guitar, or you know, I wear 333 00:16:46,759 --> 00:16:49,159 you know, sometimes they've been there. I've been known to 334 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:52,759 wear a you know sparkly, you know, leather biker jacket 335 00:16:52,759 --> 00:16:55,360 that you know, I sprayed down with with with with 336 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:01,080 spray paint, and you know, and and or you know, uh, 337 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,599 like a glitter covered suit jacket and things like that. 338 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,920 And Amanda always just you know, she's always just been 339 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:13,119 her her whole kind of ouva, if you will. It's 340 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:16,079 kind of this, you know, this kind of glamorous, you know, 341 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:23,119 impeccable makeup, you know, impeccable, impeccable style, right, and that 342 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,359 kind of feeds through it. But also in the end, 343 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,720 you know, we as a band, we're a New York band, 344 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,279 and we've always we've always wanted. 345 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:32,960 Speaker 2: That to be part of it. 346 00:17:33,079 --> 00:17:36,799 Speaker 3: And you know, what is glam if it's not New York, 347 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,559 you know. And that's also why we named one of 348 00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:42,200 our records Trash and Glamor, because we wanted that to 349 00:17:42,279 --> 00:17:44,960 really be representative of who we are and where we're from, 350 00:17:45,680 --> 00:17:48,039 you know. And I think New York in general, you know, 351 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:51,640 is like in a nutshell. I think that's the vibe, right. 352 00:17:51,759 --> 00:17:54,440 You can you can be in New York City, you know, 353 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,720 you could see someone in New York City, you know, 354 00:17:57,119 --> 00:18:03,200 wearing a five thousand dollars suit eating a you know, 355 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:07,240 dollar slice of pizza next to a one hundred thousand 356 00:18:07,279 --> 00:18:11,559 dollars car. That's you know, got a two foot high 357 00:18:11,559 --> 00:18:13,720 pile of garbage next to it. And that's kind of 358 00:18:13,720 --> 00:18:16,880 what makes New York beautiful. It's all that stuff is there, 359 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,400 and that's the attitude, you know, the attitude of it too. 360 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,319 We want to make fast, loud, fun music that really 361 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:24,519 represents that. So you know, when we have a song 362 00:18:24,599 --> 00:18:27,519 called It's All Trash, that's kind of, you know, kind 363 00:18:27,519 --> 00:18:28,359 of part of the fun. 364 00:18:28,880 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: You know, dude, you got to come back to the 365 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,240 show anytime in the future. Every time you guys drop 366 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:34,400 a new song, we got to talk about it and 367 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:35,279 get the word out there. 368 00:18:35,759 --> 00:18:37,160 Speaker 2: Sure, I am down. 369 00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:39,759 Speaker 3: We are down. We're working on a new EP right 370 00:18:39,799 --> 00:18:40,640 now as we speak. 371 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,119 Speaker 2: We don't have a name for it yet. 372 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:46,079 Speaker 3: But we definitely have a couple of songs that are ready. 373 00:18:46,119 --> 00:18:49,119 We will have new singles out this summer, and we 374 00:18:49,240 --> 00:18:53,680 should have yeah, we should have a we should have 375 00:18:53,759 --> 00:18:55,720 a new EP out this fall. We're also going to 376 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:56,960 do a Halloween cover. 377 00:18:56,839 --> 00:18:58,839 Speaker 2: Single, Nice and Yeah. 378 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:00,319 Speaker 3: We got a lot of stuff we work on. 379 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:01,799 Speaker 1: Something well, we got to talk about it. In the 380 00:19:01,799 --> 00:19:04,799 future then we'll book it, all right, Please do reach out. 381 00:19:05,200 --> 00:19:09,079 We're always happy to chat and talk about anything. Will 382 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,000 you'd be brilliant today? Okay, you too, Thank you so much, 383 00:19:12,079 --> 00:19:16,200 thank you. Please do not move. There's more with Mike 384 00:19:16,279 --> 00:19:20,200 Stob the basis for Bad Mary coming up next. Hey, 385 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:22,720 thanks for coming back to my conversation with Mike Stobb 386 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:24,200 from the group Bad Mary.