Ep449: CJ and Spike of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds - Un pódcast de Nate Goyer, Record Collector, Music Fan, Vinyl Maniac - Lunes

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9 years since the last album, CJ Ramone and Spike Slawson discuss the new album "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes ¡Blow It…at Madison’s Quinceañera!" - the victories and challenges of the band, disgruntled audience members, picking annoying songs to cover and what's next for the band. Topic Include: What is a quinceañera? MFATGG music wasn’t familiar to 15 year old girls Traditional Spanish songs in the album Making the live album at a quinceañera MFATGG is a live band – best way to capture them on record Spike and band enjoys the live awkward moments A nasty email from a disgruntled audience member Dealing with difficult audience members American schlager culture / antagonizing the audience The process of selecting Madison for the quinceañera The family struggled through parts of the show Comparing to MFATGG Ruin Johnny’s Bar mitzvah album The quinceañera was filmed, when will we see it? MFATGG hearing back from artists they covered CJ comparing MFATGG to Ramones doing “Acid Eaters” Spike hates the original versions of songs MFATGG play How are the songs selected for a MFATGG project? Nate screws up the “Queen of Hearts” lyrics What other songs would Spike like to cover? They like covering songs that give them negative responses Folding in punk riffs into covers Memories of Steve Soto and Manic Hispanic Will there be more MFATGG albums in the near future? Interview wrap up Extended, Commercial-Free & High Resolution version of this podcast is available at: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8

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