THE SPI INTERVIEW, PAGE 3
New Caller: Give us a treat, we'd appreciate that.
DJ: We're trying to get them talked into it. Alright-
New Caller: And all the luck to those guys.
DJ: Aaron? Was it Aaron, is that your name?
New Caller: Yeah.
DJ: Well, thanks for calling in, we'll get 'em on here in just a few minutes…
Aaron: Well, thanks for getting those guys on cause they really are going to do it.
DJ: Alright, well, thanks. Hey, I'm just honored to have them on with me. It's fun.
Aaron: Thank you.
DJ: Thanks, Aaron.
Aaron: Have a beautiful night.
DJ: You, too. I think, I think the people that are calling are all the same people.
Horton: Same people, yeah…
DJ: But they're just giving us different names…Which is fine… yeah…
Grover: Makes it interesting…
DJ: Yeah, it's keeping it real, right?
Horton: Keeping it real…
DJ: (laughs)
Grover: Well, not really… (laughs)
(laughter)
DJ: No, but, you really don't have any significance from the name? Not really…
Horton: Well, I used to think it was a really stupid name and then, I mean, I just thought it would be the right one… (laughs)
Grover: We were the Gards 3 or 4 years ago or something like that…
Horton: Briefly.
Grover: Briefly.
Horton: We just…I don't know… It's hard to name something…
Siemers: I always thought it sounded really cool.
Horton: I'm starting to like it better now, but it's not like the best name…(laughs)
DJ: I've got a question for you guys that I remember off your website-
Horton: Oh yeah?
DJ: About something about you guys are the reason bands aren't allowed to play at Stonewall anymore…?
Siemers: (laughs)
Horton: That's what we've heard.
Grover: Yeah, that's what we've heard.
Horton: Yeah, because when we played there, um, the crowd was just being…
Siemers: Unruly.
Horton: Yeah.
Grover: Yeah. The cops came.
DJ: Like rude unruly, or happy-for-the-music unruly?
Horton: Yeah, it was like that. Happy for the music.
DJ: Really…
Grover: Well, pretty much, you're responsible, I think, for what you bring in…
(laughter)
Grover: And when you get a couple guys up there, you know? And during the intermission, you know?
Siemers: As you can see, some of our fans are kind of-
Grover: Yeah…
DJ: They're a little, they're a little odd.
Siemers: (laughs)
Grover: Busting the nasty rap?
DJ: They're a little odd. But that's okay! I like odd…
Grover: Well…
Horton: We don't.
DJ: Odd is good. You don't?!?
Horton: No…
Siemers: We appreciate-
(laughter)
DJ: That's bull!
Horton: Yeah. Get rid of them.
(laughter)
DJ: Yeah…Can we lock the doors?
(at this point some of the interview is lost)
DJ: …did the pool table get stolen?
Grover: Well, we were the Happenin'.
Horton: We weren't called the Gardes then. We were playing with our friend, Ricky Lenhart, then…
Grover: And, umm, yeah…
(feedback)
DJ: Hold on. What the hell? There we go. You there? Alright.
Siemers: I was just whistlin'.
DJ: Sorry about that. Are you whistling?
Horton: (starts whistling)
Siemers: Yeah, I'm a whistler.
DJ: (laughs)
Siemers: I'm the whistler for the Gardes.
Horton: But it wasn't us…
DJ: It was just the crowd?
Horton: We didn't have anything to do with it. We didn't do anything.
Grover: But, you know, we changed our name…
Horton: But that's kind of stupid that Stonewall won't have any bands come and play after that.
DJ: I don't understand why they don't do that.
Horton: Well, yeah…
DJ: There's not much room in there for it, but still, I think it could work.
Horton: I've heard some things about the owner…
Grover: There's a… there's a…
(a knocking sound)
Grover: Oh shit.
DJ: I didn't hear anything…
Grover: Alright. Neither did I.
(laughter)
DJ: …well, alright, are you guys gonna have any breakage at the next show you guys play?
Horton: Any what?
DJ: Any breakage at the next show you guys play?
Horton: Breakage?
DJ: Yeah…
Grover: Riot-style?
DJ: Yeah, where people come in and just riot…
Horton: Nooo…
Siemers: Last night, of course there was a little conflict-
DJ: Last night, yeah, somebody got hit with a glass or something?
Siemers: Well…
Grover: Yeah.
DJ: But that was the other band so screw them, you know?
(laughter)
Grover: Pretty much it was like a hoe-down last night.
DJ: It was a hoe-down?
Grover: Yeah. It was a hoe-down.
(laughter)
Grover: Yeah. It was wonderful.
Horton: Yeah.
DJ: Wait a minute. A hoe-down?
(laughter)
DJ: Last time I said a hoe-down I got arrested.
(laughter)
Siemers: It was kind of a folk-off.
DJ: Ohhh…Okay…
(laughter)
Horton: It was a hootenanny.
DJ: A hootenanny…
(laughter)
DJ: Sounds up-alright, you feel risky?
Horton: It was all fun.
DJ: You guys feel risky?
Grover: I guess.
Siemers: Yeah, sure.
Horton: Risky?
Grover: Let's take it.
DJ: Hold on. Let's see. Alright, you there? Rock and Roll Alternative…Hello? I'm talking to you. On the phone. You're not there?
Grover: Wow, it's magical right there, magical…
DJ: Oh, hey, is this-
Horton: Hey, why you call and not say anything?
DJ: Is this Shields? Is this Shields from Shields and Yarnell? …No, I guess not. I thought that was one of the mimes that I had as a guest one time…That was a fun show, you remember the eighties show, Shields and Yarnell?
Horton: You have mimes calling you?
DJ: Every now and then.
Horton: Clown shoes.
(laughter)
DJ: Trapped in a box!
Grover: Pretty boots.
DJ: Alright. (laughs) Here's some-
Horton: Trapped in a box…
(laughter)
(Break)
DJ: …The Rock and Roll Alternative, and we have an old friend of the guys…this is Alexis, are you there? Alexis, hellooo…? Alexis? Now Alexis isn't there… You there, baby? Alexis?
Alexis: (clears her throat)
DJ: There you are. Hey, Alexis! I hear you! I hear you, Alexis. Are you there?
Alexis: Yes!
DJ: Hey, what's goin' on?
Alexis: Nothing! I was just listening to the radio and I heard my old friends, Brett Horton and Lance on the radio, and I didn't know what had happened to them, so I want to say what's up to them and stuff, and I'm knocked out by this music…
DJ: You likin' it?
Alexis: Yes!
DJ: Alright, well good…And how did you used to know them?
Grover: What's up, Alexis?
Horton: (laughs)
Alexis: What's up guys? I can't really hear them very well. Can you put them on?
DJ: They're there!
Grover: (in a singing tone) Alexisss, we're going baaankiiiing…
Horton: (laughs)
DJ: Can you hear that? Can you hear that?
Alexis: Yes.
DJ: OK. Well, they're trying to get warmed up to play a song live in the studio here so, so they're-whup! So, so-(laughs) it's getting a little loud and distracting in here, but, how did you know-
Alexis: Can Brett talk?
DJ: How did you know these guys? Brett-
Alexis: I used to hang out with them. We'd go under the bridge and drink beers…
DJ: (laughs)
Grover: We'd smoke cigarettes at Hutchins…
DJ: (laughs)
Alexis: Yes! Everyday! And they were acting like they didn't remember me. I am so offended.
DJ: I can't-
Alexis: Are they like big rock stars now-
Grover: No, that wasn't…
Alexis: And they can't remember their old friend, Alexis Bales?
DJ: No, I can't help you there, that's, that's, you explain that.
Alexis: Well, where's Brett Horton? Cause I want to talk to him…
DJ: (laughs) Alright, well I'm-Why does everyone know Brett and no one know any of you other guys? (laughs)
Horton: I'm not a rock star.
Grover: Alexis would like to talk to you.
DJ: (laughs) They're getting read-look! They're getting ready to play live on-on the air.
Grover: Oh, Brett's being kinda shy…
DJ: They're all like hooked up and plugged in and we're getting ready to jam out so can-
Alexis: Are they going to play a Smashing Pumpkins song?
Grover: (laughs)
DJ: I…doubt it, since-
Grover: Umm…
DJ: -since they're their own band.
Grover: Nooo…(laughs)
Alexis: Well, but Brett used to always sing me these Smashing Pumpkins songs…
DJ: Smashing Pumpkins?
Grover: Well, Brett's pretty-
Alexis: And he reminds me of Billy Corgan so much and, I just think that that would really be cool…
(silence)
DJ: Well-
Grover: Well, you know…
DJ: I don't think we can do that. I think they want to play one of their own songs, or two of them…
Alexis: Well, their own songs are awesome, too. They're like-They are better than the Beatles…
Grover: Hey, Alexis, where are you at?
Alexis: I'm in Oklahoma City.
Grover: Oh, really? Wow. Cool…
DJ: Oh, you guys are better than the Beatles…?
Grover: Uhh…
DJ: According to her.
Grover: Whoa…
Horton: We're bigger than the Beatles?
DJ: I didn't say bigger than the Beatles.
Grover: (laughs)
DJ: I said better than the Beatles.
Alexis: But the Beatles played cover songs, too.
(laughter)
Alexis: I really want to hear a Smashing Pumpkins song.
Grover: Yes, they did, but nobody liked 'em.
(silence)
DJ: Nah, he's…alright…hey, Alexis, we're going to go ahead and let them play a song, so I doubt it will be a Pumpkins song, but, you know, I'll do what I can to get them to play a song, alright, so-
Alexis: Alright.
DJ: Alright, well, thanks for calling. I'm sorry they were not sure who you were at first, but-
Siemers: Sorry, Alexis.
Horton: Sorry!
DJ: -they figured it out.
Grover: We…we know who you are.
DJ: But, hey! I love you…
Grover: I know who you are…
DJ: I love you, if it matters…Does it matter?
Alexis: I don't know about that. I'm really just interested in Brett Horton.
DJ: Oh, she's just really interested in Brett Horton…
Grover: Okay. Well, you know what? I'm gonna-hey, Brett!
Horton: Yeah? Yeah, what?
Grover: Ya know, she's interested in you. Not me…
DJ: (scoffs) He's pluggin' in-
(the sound of an acoustic guitar playing in the background)
Grover: Yeah.
DJ: You'll have to catch him some other time.
Grover: I'm sorry, Alexis.
Alexis: Well, okay. It was nice to hear all of this.
DJ: Alright.
Grover: Cool.
DJ: Thanks for calling, Alexis, have fun.
Alexis: Bye.
DJ: Bye… Oh, mannn…
Siemers: What a missed opportunity-
Grover: Yeah…
DJ: Are you guys gonna-
Siemers: -to reconnect with an old friend…
Grover: Yeah, that was nice.
DJ: Yeah, it was nice.
Siemers: We're just going to have to play a really pretty song for her.
DJ: Yeah, you should.
Grover: Yeah. Alexis is cool.
DJ: Are you guys plugged in and ready to go or, who needs to be where?
Grover: Umm…
DJ: You're the bassist so you don't need to be in here…
Grover: I'm not even going to be playing.
DJ: (laughs)
Grover: I'm gonna sit here and watch 'em play.
DJ: Well, alright.
Grover: So if they mess up, then the blame's on me.
DJ: There you go.
Grover: Just kiddin'.
DJ: Then you're in good shape. Who sings?
Grover: Can I lift up your wool socks, Aaron?
Siemers: Well, we're both singers.
DJ: OK. Jump in here. This is how radio works, ladies and gentlemen. We just cram everybody around a couple of microphones and we go out and have a good time, right?
Horton: We're just, ah, tired…
DJ: (laughs)
Horton: And we're gonna play a song…
DJ: Well, we understand. I understand that.
Horton: (laughs)
Matheson: We've been on tour.
DJ: Been on tour…We played our one date.
Siemers: Yeah, it's been a long tour…
DJ: (laughs)
Siemers: We wrote this one on the road…
Horton: We just got back from Bosnia…
DJ: Really? Playing for the troops?
Horton: Nooo…
(laughter)
DJ: Oh, mannn…Well, is there anything else in works for the band at all or, just everyone gonna-?
Horton: Well, we might make another album, but we might not-
Siemers: A few more albums, though, we're kind of a…concepts with which we're working with…
DJ: OK.
Siemers: The first album, Legends Of Voddville, the Gardes put together, we might make a sequel to that, we've got some ideas…
(a jingling sound, and a hissing laugh)
DJ: Is that a new instrument?
Horton: It's loose change.
DJ: Your loose change?
(laughter)
Siemers: Then, of course, a follow-up to O My Garde! is somewhere-
DJ: Somewhere in the making?
Siemers: Yeah.
DJ: Cool.
Siemers: It's still in the subconscious…
(the jingling sound)
Horton: It's almost ready to go…
Siemers: Yeah.
Grover: Actually, that's 121, not 666.
DJ: So are you guys ready yet?
Siemers: Brett's just looking for a pick.
DJ: (laughs) What's the song you guys are going to play?
Siemers: It's called Go To Sleep-
DJ: Go To Sleep?
Siemers: But, uh, it's getting ten o'clock.
DJ: It's getting late.
Siemers: It's, you know, bedtime for most listeners to this show.
DJ: Fair enough. Fair enough. At least we hope it is.
(a strumming guitar)
DJ: What are we missing? A pick? We're having technical difficulties. I'm going to play a quick song and then we'll come back with the Gardes, live in the studio…We'll be right back with the Gardes.
(Break)
DJ: …And I think we've finally got a pick set up for Brett.
Siemers: Sorry about the wait.
DJ: I think we've got the guys here set up for the live sho-live song…Why did I turn into Ed Sullivan all of the sudden?
Siemers: This song was written by Lance Grover, and Brett, and I over a period of years, I guess.
DJ: OK.
Siemers: It's called Go To Sleep.
DJ: Alright, well, take it away, guys!
Horton: We haven't played it in a long time, so if we mess up, it's alright. We're tired…
(laughter)
(Horton and Siemers play Go To Sleep (And I Start To Dream) )
(song ends to finger snapping)
(silence)
Horton: But have good dreams…
DJ: (laughs) Is that…I take it that's it, then?
Horton: Yeah, we're not always that creepy!
(laughter)
Horton: We write happier songs.
DJ: Does the snap close it out every time, though?
Siemers: Well, tonight…
DJ: Fair enough, fair enough. Nice job. Nice job, guys.
Horton: Thanks.
DJ: Yeah, well, thanks a lot, man, and we're gonna play one more track off the CD, right? And close it out for the night?
Horton: Yeah.
DJ: You guys want to say anything?
Grover: Which track?
DJ: I don't know.
Grover: Alright.
DJ: I'll just pick one at random.
Grover: Oh, cool.
DJ: No, I'm kidding. He told me one.
Siemers: The song's called Right and Wrong…
(referring to the original title of the song)
Siemers: It's, uh, one of my favorites.
DJ: Alright. Well, guys, thanks for coming in.
Grover: Yup! Thanks!
DJ: We'll do this again. Hopefully in advance of a show so we can at least talk about what's coming up anytime you guys got something else coming on.
Grover: Cool. Yeah.
DJ: So, it's been fun.
Siemers: Thanks a lot.
DJ: Yeah. Thanks for all the listeners calling in, and having a good time with us tonight. And, you guys, we're probably going out to the Motel 51, room 666, to have a little after party. So anybody out there want to join us we'll be there.
Siemers: Highway 51…
DJ: That's right.
Grover: Meow.
DJ: It's a-it's a dangerous place. But we'll be back next week…right now here's Right and Wrong from the Gardes!
(I'm Right, You're Right, We're Wrong plays)
END OF INTERVIEW
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