The Tenenbaums are a 3 piece 99% punk band from Ottawa, Ontario. Supporting thier latest album "God Dam It, You've Got to Be Kind" The Tenenbaums have been a easy going band since thier inception around 2015. The Tenenbaums have said they will probably be a band forever. Good for them. Better for us.
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E&V
[00:00:00] Hey, this is Mike. Welcome to Ego and Vice, episode 130. Wow, 130. What an even number.
[00:00:08] I've always been a little partial to odd numbers. For some reason they make me more comfortable.
[00:00:14] Anyway, today on the podcast, I have Shea and Kyle from the local band The Tenon Bums.
[00:00:21] Let's get into it.
[00:00:30] I've been on the race, the inside TV. Those last on gas, I was not worth grade.
[00:00:37] I had it in my head.
[00:00:41] Spin my knife, drinkin' with my mates. Just to show them us a ride up to me.
[00:00:50] Red riddle red.
[00:00:55] Then I hit the wall and I knew I had some bounce. This will say that 19 years ago, I like a little bit loud.
[00:01:08] Wrong time to tell me, may I see me hanging around? Now I feel like a stranger in this town.
[00:01:23] Cracking the rolls is where I learn to play. Westwood's haven't swear I learn to walk away.
[00:01:29] Hey, we're back. This is Mike. This is Ego and Vice, episode 130. As promised in the intro,
[00:01:35] I have two members from the local band The Tenon Bums here. I have Shea and I have Kyle. What's going on?
[00:01:42] Not much. Nothing much at all.
[00:01:45] We had a little Mike problem that no one will ever know about. This is the very first time we've done this.
[00:01:52] Yeah, exactly. Very good. Show business, folks. The Tenon Bums.
[00:01:58] Like I said, super busy. I took some time off over Christmas holiday after the Christmas holiday.
[00:02:05] Then I just started booking bands in. I got to hold you guys maybe a month or so ago.
[00:02:11] We don't know each other very well, but during our conversations off of the mic,
[00:02:16] I think we've all seen each other. Maybe even played each other?
[00:02:19] Yeah, I think so. Played together.
[00:02:21] It's summer, in our bands and our respected bands.
[00:02:26] Let's talk about the Tenon Bums a little bit.
[00:02:30] What would I like to know?
[00:02:33] Well, I was doing a little bit of research on you guys. As far as I could go back,
[00:02:39] maybe 2013. Does that work as a timeline?
[00:02:43] Yeah, on the way over here we were both saying and we're not really good with years.
[00:02:48] I don't know exactly when we first started jamming,
[00:02:52] but we would have first recorded at our parents house, Kyle and I are brothers,
[00:02:56] as I was saying before, and Alex was our well-class high school friend or middle school friend when you meet Alex.
[00:03:02] Yeah, great seven.
[00:03:05] My first band ever was with Alex and another friend of ours,
[00:03:08] and then we were jamming with a guy Cam who's in a band called Wine Lips now.
[00:03:12] He couldn't come to a jam one time, so we played some songs I wrote.
[00:03:15] I think I was in high school still, so it would have been 2011 or 2011.
[00:03:19] A lot of time ago.
[00:03:22] Go, go, go.
[00:03:24] Alex unfortunately can't be here. You're a three piece.
[00:03:27] Yeah. What do you two do in the band?
[00:03:29] I play guitar and sing.
[00:03:31] I play bass and sing too.
[00:03:33] And have you two ever been in a band together?
[00:03:35] Now that you're since your brothers, did you?
[00:03:37] We're in many bands together.
[00:03:38] Yeah, quite a few.
[00:03:40] Big before ten and bombs.
[00:03:42] I don't think so.
[00:03:43] Well I guess technically that one with Cam, but it will be played like one show.
[00:03:46] What was that thing the radio station used to do?
[00:03:48] The music battle of the bands?
[00:03:50] The big money show.
[00:03:51] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:03:52] We played a show that was our only show.
[00:03:54] We were called Dawn Grande.
[00:03:55] It sounded like Weezer kind of.
[00:03:57] Okay.
[00:03:58] That was our first band together.
[00:04:00] And then for a while we had a band that never sounded light of day where I was playing drums
[00:04:04] and singing and you were playing guitar.
[00:04:06] Oh yeah.
[00:04:07] Yeah.
[00:04:08] I don't even think we had a name.
[00:04:09] No, I don't think so. We mostly just had like one song we played every night.
[00:04:11] Yeah.
[00:04:12] Being musicians and brothers, I have a feeling.
[00:04:17] And I've noticed in the past whenever I run into this situation.
[00:04:20] And I have before.
[00:04:21] Like, oh by Lucy.
[00:04:23] Have brothers in the back.
[00:04:24] Oh, we played with them actually.
[00:04:25] Yeah.
[00:04:26] You guys probably play multiple instruments each.
[00:04:29] How did you decide on what to do whenever we were in bands together?
[00:04:33] And I'm just still drawing that out there if I'm right.
[00:04:36] The funniest part is when we first got guitars,
[00:04:38] I think I was in grade six and you were in grade seven or eight or whatever.
[00:04:41] I think so either.
[00:04:42] And I got a bass and he got a guitar.
[00:04:44] Yeah.
[00:04:45] And I'm actually primarily a guitar player.
[00:04:46] Yeah.
[00:04:47] I think honestly with this it was just that I had played the songs with the Alex on drums
[00:04:53] and you came out and grabbed a bass.
[00:04:55] Yeah, probably.
[00:04:56] It's something I can't for the first five years of our band you used my bass.
[00:05:00] Yeah.
[00:05:01] So I don't even think you had one.
[00:05:02] No, I did.
[00:05:03] But I love playing bass so it works out well.
[00:05:05] Yeah, I think it just naturally happened.
[00:05:07] I think it kind of worked out well too because I also would be playing a lot with Alex.
[00:05:11] And usually when we were jam would be guitar but just kind of worked out as a good rhythm section.
[00:05:16] Sort of thing that we had a thing that we were doing that sort of translated well to bass and drums.
[00:05:21] And then we'd take she and songs and yeah.
[00:05:24] And I think because I was writing the songs on acoustic guitar it was kind of like I would just picked up the guitar and played mostly just chords.
[00:05:30] Over time, it's kind of changed a lot and now there's more like riffs but the first few songs were like almost like
[00:05:35] Foki tunes turned into punk not folk punk not like playing a banjo really bad in a dog with a bandana on but like like Foki punk.
[00:05:44] It's like my favorite band.
[00:05:46] We too.
[00:05:47] It's like dog banna.
[00:05:49] When you were younger obviously at some point as brothers you lived under the same roof.
[00:05:59] Maybe you still do.
[00:06:01] No, okay we did for a little bit.
[00:06:03] We have a few different times though.
[00:06:04] Yeah and how was the dynamic as kids did you play music?
[00:06:08] Did you like what where did it come from?
[00:06:12] Did you come from a musical background musical household?
[00:06:15] Yeah, our older brother was in a lot of bands too actually.
[00:06:20] He was in most recently a band that was called Snatchback.
[00:06:23] You might know some of the guys that were in that band.
[00:06:25] Sounds familiar yeah.
[00:06:27] I can't remember their full names right now.
[00:06:30] Me neither but the Steve and Ben.
[00:06:32] Ben was like a really tall guy.
[00:06:34] I played guitar and did sound and stuff to him.
[00:06:37] And Steve Sinclair.
[00:06:39] Yeah.
[00:06:40] And then I was kind of like a good written style kind of punk like that.
[00:06:43] They both went on to another band.
[00:06:45] Side lines.
[00:06:46] Side lines.
[00:06:47] Yeah, yeah.
[00:06:48] They probably on the wall down here.
[00:06:49] Yeah, there's a lot of things to look at on the wall.
[00:06:52] Anyways but yeah so he played a lot of music whenever we were growing up.
[00:06:55] He's 10 years older than me.
[00:06:57] So like 12 or 11 years older than sheesh.
[00:07:00] And both our sisters play music too and our parents both play a little bit of music.
[00:07:05] So it's a big family.
[00:07:07] Yeah.
[00:07:08] Our brother Jay though definitely influenced like he showed us like Megadeth and like like
[00:07:12] Wagon and stuff like that when I was in like grade two.
[00:07:15] So it was like I didn't really know what it was but it was like oh that sounds cool.
[00:07:18] And then when we got older I played in bands where he would drum because our drummer wouldn't show up and stuff like that.
[00:07:24] And he was living out our parents and then yeah he definitely got us into like he showed me the first chords on a guitar kind of thing.
[00:07:30] Yeah and he like gave me my first amp, like actual amp that I could use playing with other people
[00:07:35] and set it like a little practice amp.
[00:07:37] Can you remember before like Megadeth was injected into your life?
[00:07:42] Can you remember like old songs that were playing in the household when we were just kids and you know those nostalgic moments
[00:07:50] because when I think about that when I was a little kid I'd still hear the Eagles.
[00:07:53] I couldn't close my eyes and say okay the kid and I hear the Eagles.
[00:07:56] Our mom still does this but she used to like blast music and clean the house or do something but like really really loud
[00:08:02] and I can just picture like I don't know like the cranberries comes to mind but our sisters also like that band a lot.
[00:08:07] Yeah they played a lot of Rogers.
[00:08:09] Yeah like Foki music and like Celtic music too which I play a lot of that now as well so it's kind of interesting to look back.
[00:08:16] But honestly I don't think we really remember a time where we didn't know like Megadeth and like where he was.
[00:08:21] Our brother and sisters were listening to that stuff all the time so it's kind of funny.
[00:08:25] We probably got as much of the Foki stuff and other stuff.
[00:08:29] I think that's definitely like a common thread but it's a natural thing because when I was a kid I have an older sister and I just listen to what she listened to.
[00:08:40] Yeah exactly.
[00:08:41] So that was the thing and then you eventually kind of branch off and you find your own path.
[00:08:45] Yeah sure.
[00:08:46] But some of that music to me I remember like Corey Hart she used to love like the old kidney.
[00:08:50] Okay.
[00:08:51] Corey Hart and Brian Adams and like Platinum Blonde and the new sweet and that stuff I still listen to that stuff.
[00:08:57] I think there was a time in my life where I was like I don't listen to that.
[00:09:00] But you did.
[00:09:01] But deep down inside that's like the roots of what started right?
[00:09:06] Totally.
[00:09:07] Yeah I mean our parents were definitely into the kind of like folk revival he kind of stuff but then our dad got really into like
[00:09:13] like he's a pretty big music lover like he had this like Delta Blues phase where he was like obsessed with the blues and then like
[00:09:19] yeah he's kind of gone through phases that he I got him listening to the weaker thens and he really liked them.
[00:09:25] But our parents were kind of more into that stuff but like they've come out to our shows and they like our mom saw their
[00:09:30] amones.
[00:09:31] Wow.
[00:09:32] Yeah.
[00:09:33] She showed me the clash.
[00:09:34] I remember like talking to our brother Jay about like lag wagon and all these bands and my mom was like well if you
[00:09:39] like those you should listen to this old stuff like the sex pistols and stuff and it's kind of like a reverse of how most people would do
[00:09:44] it.
[00:09:45] But yeah propaganda's first album.
[00:09:47] Yeah how did they never think is like stuck in my memory as a kid because like our sisters liked it a lot too
[00:09:53] and I think it was like it was a big album for that era but I think like our whole family kind of loves that album so yeah.
[00:10:00] It's pretty amazing how like the music that we grow up with where I'm sure it influences you somehow but the Ten and
[00:10:07] Ballam sound nothing like propaganda.
[00:10:09] No I know yes well and I was just thinking it's even funnier too because Alex grew up with a sister who was our brother's
[00:10:15] agent he was going through the same thing as a kid but separately from us like I mean we grew up like what 15 minutes
[00:10:20] of each other but when you're eight that's a really far distance and you get different schools.
[00:10:24] But when we met like our we had a very similar musical trajectory for sure.
[00:10:27] Well and actually Alex and I met because I was wearing one of my older brothers bands shirts and I think
[00:10:34] I wish Alex is here because he could tell a story better than I could but I think he like didn't understand why I
[00:10:40] had that shirt because he was like that's like a local band why would you have that shirt and I was like this is my
[00:10:44] brother's band and I think he actually got mad at me or something because he was trying to cool
[00:10:48] or something.
[00:10:49] And he continues to get mad at you to the day but it is just so funny like yeah our older siblings were
[00:10:55] friends and hung out in the same circles and then we became friends and like are still really good friends.
[00:11:02] Are you from Ottawa?
[00:11:03] Oh we're from Winchester.
[00:11:05] Like south of here like 45 minutes yeah.
[00:11:07] Not the GTA, the G.O.A.
[00:11:11] The greater Ottawa area.
[00:11:14] Yeah it's funny I was like as I was listening to your podcast and looking at all the bands that were on there that have come recently.
[00:11:19] It's like we've never really been in Ottawa collectively.
[00:11:23] Alex has never lived in Ottawa.
[00:11:24] No.
[00:11:25] No he lives in Renfrew now where like Arm prior and I live in Perth and Kyle still in Ottawa so for a long time I was in Kingston
[00:11:31] and we kind of just would get together and play but we've never really been like an actually localized band ever.
[00:11:37] Do you consider yourself an Ottawa band?
[00:11:39] I would say so that's kind of the scene that we fell into most when we were playing your working city.
[00:11:43] Yeah when we were playing our most at our most we would play Ottawa shows would be our local shows for sure.
[00:11:48] We did play in Kingston quite a bit when you were in there too.
[00:11:52] Yeah for sure.
[00:11:53] So Tenon Boms round you said 2011, 2012 started kind of putting some stuff together, started jamming a bit.
[00:12:00] It's a three piece now.
[00:12:01] Yeah always has.
[00:12:02] Has it all you the core, you and Alex always been like you're the same members?
[00:12:08] Yes.
[00:12:09] 11 years, 12 years?
[00:12:10] Yeah yeah yeah.
[00:12:11] See, unknowable amount of time.
[00:12:15] I think that's awesome and you guys still get along.
[00:12:17] Well your brothers you're not getting rid of each other so I guess Alex has to put up with you two.
[00:12:22] Yeah that's just the federal confesses.
[00:12:24] Does he ever feel like overpowered?
[00:12:28] I don't know about overpowered but he gets annoyed.
[00:12:31] He gets annoyed but actually not as much anymore whenever we were younger and we used to do a lot more like out of town shows and spend the whole weekend together
[00:12:38] and you would definitely spend some time without us.
[00:12:41] Do you remember your very first show?
[00:12:44] Like playing?
[00:12:46] Yeah like an actual at the Tenon Boms.
[00:12:49] Actually the three piece band actually playing your very first show ever.
[00:12:54] And then we had our first show ever, Alex's cousin did like a comedy.
[00:12:57] Oh yeah.
[00:12:58] We booked a show I think and this was kind of like a thing that led into us being like oh we could do this as practice but his cousin was a comedian or is a comedian or a film?
[00:13:05] I don't know what he's doing still.
[00:13:07] He's a cool guy.
[00:13:09] Yeah he's really cool but he had us come like kind of do like almost like a late night show-esque thing where he had like the show he ran and then played at the end.
[00:13:18] It was really cool it was like a talk show.
[00:13:20] And it was in Montreal and so we felt really cool.
[00:13:22] Yeah we felt really cool.
[00:13:23] Your first gig was on the road?
[00:13:25] Yeah and it was funny because it was at this bar actually it's one of the Pooza bars I can't remember what it's even called but they ended up like closing the bar and letting us stay there after and hang out with all these people and I was like just out of high school it was pretty sweet.
[00:13:39] But I remember the show less than I remember the experience.
[00:13:43] I don't remember how the show actually went.
[00:13:45] I don't remember it's fun.
[00:13:46] Yeah.
[00:13:47] And I think we played the open mic at that bar out on Greenbank.
[00:13:53] The brass monkey?
[00:13:54] Yeah.
[00:13:55] I don't even remember it.
[00:13:56] I was probably in the early stages of the brass ball.
[00:13:59] I don't even know what even not even that 12 years ago has been around for quite a while.
[00:14:02] Yeah they had like an open mic but you could actually play like proper instruments like drums and stuff.
[00:14:07] Gotcha.
[00:14:08] I don't know if they still do that or if they even if that was a one time thing but you know most typical open mics it's like a coup stick or like maybe like
[00:14:14] yeah yeah for sure you go up there you bring your own guitar.
[00:14:17] Yeah they have a house guitar so it's usually just kind of that acoustic act.
[00:14:20] Speaking of the big money shot that was a contest put on by Live 88 5 the radio station.
[00:14:27] Yeah.
[00:14:28] That radio station used to have the live lounge downtown.
[00:14:31] Yeah.
[00:14:32] They had their own bar and they had an open mic called the electric frying pan which coincidentally I actually hosted for two years.
[00:14:38] Oh well they think that's actually what we did.
[00:14:40] Yeah maybe that's what we did.
[00:14:41] But they had the full capacity to you wanted to go up and jam with your band.
[00:14:46] You could there's a kit there was.
[00:14:48] Yeah I think that might have been what we actually did.
[00:14:51] Because do you remember this is probably a long shot but what like night of the week that would have been?
[00:14:56] It was like Thursdays.
[00:14:58] Because it seemed to remember that it wasn't a weeknight that we went because we like we drove in from Winchester.
[00:15:04] Yeah.
[00:15:05] Anyways.
[00:15:06] Anyway but yeah you could get it recorded you could get it filmed.
[00:15:11] Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what we did.
[00:15:13] And we played our two songs and it was like a kind of like I said the band was kind of like weezer-esque.
[00:15:18] But yeah cam our buddies still playing a lot of music and he was I was in a bunch of bands with him.
[00:15:23] And yeah we always were like into like the fat records kind of stuff.
[00:15:27] Sure.
[00:15:28] So we had like that kind of punkiness to it but it definitely was more like I guess what you would call indie rock or something.
[00:15:33] Yeah.
[00:15:34] I think we only had like two songs maybe three.
[00:15:37] Okay.
[00:15:38] Did those two songs make the original EP called the self title EP in 2000?
[00:15:43] No so that the songs we'd written with cam he took and he started a band called OLCD which we actually ended up playing a lot of shows with over the years.
[00:15:50] And his songs got translated to that.
[00:15:52] The EP was stuff that I had done in like acoustically and then we all recorded it at our parents house.
[00:15:59] Our parents kind of had this like building that we'd set up our brother set it up as a studio and we turned it into kind of a jam room.
[00:16:04] And we recorded that EP all by ourselves.
[00:16:06] Nice.
[00:16:07] Yeah.
[00:16:09] Yeah I don't really remember me neither.
[00:16:12] I remember it was like six in the morning and we made Alex do another take or he might have asked to but we did it all in one night.
[00:16:18] And I don't really remember what songs are even on it to be honest with you.
[00:16:21] I'm sure you go through that but like stuff like it's hard to listen to music you made like ten years later.
[00:16:27] Yeah well if you buy yourself and it's in it.
[00:16:32] You know what I mean?
[00:16:33] You'll put it on and you'll have like fuzzy memories or you'll yeah yeah yeah but I get it I get it.
[00:16:40] But it doesn't even tell you what songs are on it but it's part of the catalog.
[00:16:43] I did a little bit of research on you guys.
[00:16:45] Yeah thank you.
[00:16:46] And you're doing great for what I for what I can do but I find a lot of local bands it's not like you're sitting there adding to your Wikipedia page.
[00:16:54] You know what I mean so I usually wait for the conversation but I'll just give you some bullet points.
[00:16:59] So after the 2013 EP which you don't even remember what songs are on it.
[00:17:04] Can you tell me something about fish the second?
[00:17:07] That one I remember that one we recorded with Yogi actually.
[00:17:11] Oh yeah from Target.
[00:17:12] Yeah we actually when we were there he was telling us about Target hadn't opened yet and he was talking to us about there was like an old Targ.
[00:17:18] I think you may want to ask what you want from me.
[00:17:20] I never got to go but he's telling us all about it.
[00:17:24] It was super cool he had like a theorem in we got to use and like a space echo and we recorded the whatever five songs in like very short period of time went back the next day and mixed them with them Yogi's like by far the most efficient recording engineer I'd ever experienced.
[00:17:38] I don't know if that's just because he recognized it was punk songs and you could just press record and do your best but it went well and we really liked it and that was a great experience.
[00:17:46] And that was kind of like what I would consider our first one that EP I kind of forgot existed fish.
[00:17:51] No the first the self title one well like I said it's in the discography.
[00:17:58] It's deep man it's a deep cut yeah you're testing us but yeah fish like our buddy Justin did the art and we got stickers and like yeah we actually got physical CDs so the band was evolving and that was yeah that's when we sold out hard.
[00:18:10] Yeah totally we had merch.
[00:18:12] I think Justin's done all of our art since then.
[00:18:15] Yeah I think he has actually got busy selling out over here what you need.
[00:18:19] All right so it must have been good experience because no more than four months later you released another EP really yeah and it was called will always have like 10 years until the next
[00:18:30] year. Yeah we'll always have Milhoes we did with Ty Black and his buddy Isaac Isaac they were in a band called Pretty Little Death Machine yeah we recorded it in Westboro somewhere.
[00:18:43] Yeah once again really fast but it was good yeah that one also that was I would say like the one that we kind of had when we were doing most of our touring and stuff around Ontario little not big tours or anything but
[00:18:56] that was like the one that we were playing the most and it was our critically acclaimed.
[00:19:00] Yeah critically by like our five buddies that's the the ten and bombs gold standard yeah yeah it's all been downhills since then never never been better never been worse never been
[00:19:11] better exactly man sounds like it was a it was a pretty big kind of writing spur spurt and that thing I guess I find like when things start moving and everything
[00:19:21] like that was probably any sweet spot when you look back on the band and yeah I would say that like fish I find that something as like I wrote all the songs for this
[00:19:31] in general but usually now we kind of jam on them and it's kind of more of a collaborative process but with fish I seem to remember being more of like songs that
[00:19:38] I had figured out yeah and I think with Milhoes that album was much more kind of like an actual sound and vibe to the band not just like the song
[00:19:48] writers songs that are going to be done in a punk style right right and I would say that was like a real switch but yeah I guess I didn't realize those came out so close to
[00:19:55] each other mean either well that's what I'm here for you know yeah yeah thanks for down I find that's the way it goes with bands at start because you need
[00:20:02] somebody you need songs that come from somewhere and I think bands that just get or members that just get thrown together it's
[00:20:08] hard to just kind of like you might be able to write songs on the fly but I think it's always the case where someone says I got this song
[00:20:14] let's you know yeah and then and then it's like the next record is the one that's like we wrote this as a band that's kind of the
[00:20:21] maker breaks like this is going to work and if it obviously worked because that was nine years ago well yeah it's crazy to think I would say
[00:20:30] that is exactly like what I was trying to describe there like fish with songs I had and I was like we should be a band
[00:20:35] and then we made that and then it was like okay now I have these other songs but they're not finished and we're a band now so we can
[00:20:41] like jam on them and it's more of like I know okay let's see where this goes yeah for Milhoes and then from there on
[00:20:46] it's been much more like that like I don't know how what are we right like two songs a year yeah maybe it's like this is our second record boys we're all
[00:20:54] in yeah yeah maker break anyway let's play let's play a song off one of the two first DPs
[00:21:01] okay pick a song what songs are on which well everybody's favorite is community but we don't even play that one
[00:21:11] anymore so we do play friends from Milhoes now we brought it back from the grave it's funny when you've been a band
[00:21:17] this long you forget about your own songs yeah do friends on will always have Milhoes I think it's on there
[00:21:22] okay well I don't have to do anything because you just introduced it perfect I hope it's on there
[00:21:27] all right we're right back you go and vice
[00:21:57] yeah
[00:22:19] friends are waiting just outside they hope they're on the flash the lights what's the use of trying it's too
[00:22:30] goddamn cold at night you got that superficial way always trying out things to say for your reach
[00:22:44] for your reach you're more for you even reach today you keep trying to turn back time
[00:22:54] again
[00:23:03] all the birds and all the bees all those flowers all those
[00:23:16] trades they don't care to see
[00:23:56] you keep trying to turn back time
[00:24:15] you keep trying to turn back time
[00:24:32] again trouble in my mind
[00:24:38] and then
[00:24:59] so you had a ton of music to kind of keep you busy when you were playing shows playing you know doing live stuff
[00:25:07] because there was a big chunk of time between 2015 and the next release which was March 2020 23 but as we always got
[00:25:17] a cover a little bit in between those eight years there was probably about a three or pause on everything
[00:25:24] yeah totally so how did the band again you guys are brothers so I guess it was that but how did the band do during the pandemic
[00:25:35] well I mean we were kind of always stop and go anyways so it kind of I don't remember if we did anything
[00:25:41] I mean during like there was that the pandemic had phases there was the phases where like you didn't see anybody
[00:25:46] and during those phases I was at home recording a lot and Kyle was recording at home we were sending each other back and forth
[00:25:52] yeah actually we made a pretty funny she should I album that was all influenced by board game music because we play like
[00:26:00] board games online with our friends yeah so I guess we did that yeah cousins all this family game board game night
[00:26:08] I think it's called the camp yeah there was actually also an EP that we didn't put on Spotify
[00:26:13] that's on band camp that was like recorded as like a learning project for our buddy who is trying to learn how to record
[00:26:18] and was kind of practicing so it was kind of like a bit of a rough almost sounds like a like a demo tape
[00:26:24] I guess you could say okay but those songs aren't on any other albums that would have been probably like 2018
[00:26:29] or 2017 somewhere in there yeah there's a secret tape that you're not allowed to listen to
[00:26:35] yeah you have to know the secret knock that's bad camp calm and faster
[00:26:42] and if anyone any purists out there start fact checking anything we're just gonna put this out there really quick
[00:26:50] I said 2 EP's were released in 2015 but they're actually two thought fish was 2014
[00:26:58] mill house was 2015 just a little correction does change the story really in your defense on Spotify it does say 2015
[00:27:06] yeah Alex if you're listening you're in big trouble yeah you blame Alex because he's not here
[00:27:11] yeah hell I'm coming home and hell's going with me
[00:27:16] but yeah there was a big break in there and a big portion of that was a pandemic for sure but also was just kind of like
[00:27:23] we used to play a lot more shows and we used to do a lot more kind of like stuff
[00:27:28] and I just find when you're doing stuff you're doing stuff so we record more and we'd want to get stuff out
[00:27:32] but there's definitely a big pause in there of productivity in general
[00:27:37] we still played shows here and there but even now we don't play as much nearly as we used to
[00:27:42] no no
[00:27:44] I always like to ask that question with the pandemic
[00:27:47] I found it could go either way for anyone who's a songwriter who I guess you all write songs together
[00:27:53] were you more creative in that period or are you less creative
[00:27:57] I was definitely really creative in terms of songwriting but not really ten bomb stuff
[00:28:02] I was doing a lot of like sending stuff to people and having them kind of randomly add stuff to it
[00:28:07] or there was a thing called demo fest that took place that I did a demo for
[00:28:12] that was kind of almost like a big like let's do something during the pandemic and record something
[00:28:17] and put it up
[00:28:18] That's with your other band
[00:28:20] precious failures
[00:28:21] Oh well so I wasn't so hey wow this is going to be a long story sorry for the length of this
[00:28:25] but precious failures did their own that is how they started
[00:28:28] I did one of just like songs I made up on the spot
[00:28:31] and put up and then later on when precious failures decided they were actually going to do a band
[00:28:36] that's when I joined
[00:28:37] So I'm not on that demo
[00:28:38] Oh okay
[00:28:39] I just I heard demo fest and I had what that was before so I thought I thought I just completed the dry
[00:28:44] What he kind of did
[00:28:45] Yeah yeah but I think it was a Montreal thing
[00:28:47] I forget who exactly organized it but it was like a kind of there's a thing called the record production month challenge
[00:28:52] RPM challenge
[00:28:54] That happens every year I actually just did it this year
[00:28:56] And you try to record a EP a single whatever you want in February
[00:29:00] And it's kind of like February sucks why not try to do something in it
[00:29:04] And I've done that a few years and this was kind of a similar thing
[00:29:06] It was like a big group of people trying to record music during the pandemic
[00:29:09] Posted onto the demo fest bandcamp or whatever I think there's like a hundred albums or something
[00:29:15] But yeah so I did a lot of recording at home
[00:29:17] And I learned a lot about recording but I wouldn't say we were doing much ten and bomb stuff
[00:29:21] But then our most recent stuff that's just about to come out slash is kind of coming out as singles
[00:29:27] We recorded ourselves in the same setup that I'd kind of learned how to use
[00:29:31] So I guess technically it did influence ten and bombs
[00:29:34] Yeah and I'm actually thinking that we were doing some of that recording during COVID
[00:29:39] Yeah later on remembering yeah I think we did
[00:29:43] Yeah actually it's kind of funny you kind of forget how long that was
[00:29:47] But there was a period of time where it was like if you weren't sick you could go hang out with people
[00:29:51] Yeah
[00:29:52] And that was I think like when we were recording the ten and bomb stuff
[00:29:55] Yeah
[00:29:56] I'm just looking at the bottom of my list here
[00:29:58] And was the album that you were talking about that was released in between that time?
[00:30:01] Was that the god damn it you got to be kind?
[00:30:04] Yeah I think so
[00:30:06] So it was 2020 I guess I saw it afterwards
[00:30:08] Yeah that would have been okay actually you know what
[00:30:10] That was recorded and we were kind of sitting on it
[00:30:12] And we decided we were going to do like a release and everything and then COVID
[00:30:15] So we just put it out so that would make sense 2020
[00:30:18] Okay yeah that should be right there
[00:30:19] That's why it looks like there's such a big gap there
[00:30:21] Well but I don't again I think that's not on Spotify
[00:30:25] No I think it's only on bandcamp it might be on Spotify
[00:30:27] That I founded that on Spotify
[00:30:29] Okay
[00:30:30] I didn't check bandcamp
[00:30:31] Okay
[00:30:32] Anyway
[00:30:33] We clearly know a lot about our music
[00:30:35] Yeah we're the great guys to have on the podcast
[00:30:38] It's like if you listen to this podcast backwards
[00:30:41] It'll all make sense
[00:30:43] Okay so now we're into kind of modern times
[00:30:46] Band is going strong pandemic is in the rear view
[00:30:49] That stage of the pandemic is in the rear view
[00:30:51] Who knows what the future holds
[00:30:53] But you start writing and releasing music again as singles you said
[00:30:57] Speak 3
[00:30:59] Speak L of the Academy
[00:31:01] Oh I screwed it up
[00:31:03] Yeah that's actually funny
[00:31:04] I guess you could read it like that day because ILL
[00:31:07] Yeah but speak L of the Academy part 2
[00:31:09] It's kind of a part
[00:31:11] It's not really a part 2 actually
[00:31:13] This is very convoluted
[00:31:15] We have a song called Speak L of the Academy
[00:31:17] Which is one of the only songs that we actually wrote like fully together
[00:31:21] We wrote it to my old house
[00:31:23] Over the course of a night
[00:31:25] And it started off with a bass line
[00:31:27] And it kind of turned into a song
[00:31:29] And then it became a ten-a-month song
[00:31:31] It's on goddammit you gotta be kind
[00:31:33] But Speak L of the Academy part 2
[00:31:35] Is kind of part 2 of the first song on this album
[00:31:39] But for some reason it reminds me of that other one
[00:31:42] So I called it that
[00:31:44] Yeah
[00:31:45] As confusing as that sounds
[00:31:47] It does make sense in my head
[00:31:49] And it totally fits into this entire segment
[00:31:51] Yeah that's all very confusing
[00:31:53] Naming songs has not always been like a thing that I do for other people
[00:31:59] As much as for myself
[00:32:01] And sometimes it's like a total inside joke with myself
[00:32:03] Sometimes it goes well
[00:32:05] Okay yeah
[00:32:07] I'll say that this is the only podcast
[00:32:09] I'll record it ever
[00:32:11] And those seven years I've been doing it
[00:32:13] Where you're gonna have to listen to the middle section twice
[00:32:15] Go back and listen to that part again
[00:32:17] I swear it all the dots connect
[00:32:19] I promise
[00:32:21] It's a lot easier to explain to myself
[00:32:23] It is just somewhat of a thing
[00:32:25] And you said you write like two songs a year now
[00:32:29] Is it just because you're busy
[00:32:31] You got other projects going on or is it just
[00:32:33] You just
[00:32:35] Yeah a little bit of column A, a little bit of column B
[00:32:37] I mean so Kyle and I play in a band together called Duck Toys
[00:32:39] That's just like an improv project
[00:32:41] That's just guitar looping
[00:32:43] And some synths and stuff
[00:32:45] We were just recording
[00:32:47] Two days ago
[00:32:49] At my house and that's something that we kind of started doing
[00:32:51] And then also
[00:32:53] We've done some fokey stuff
[00:32:55] Where it's songs ever written that are totally different
[00:32:57] With like we had a guy playing pedal steal at one point
[00:32:59] And we're gonna hopefully do that again
[00:33:01] And Alex is gonna play some drums on it
[00:33:03] And then Kyle plays in like 100 bands
[00:33:05] Much different than the Rich Chris style
[00:33:07] As heard on your previous podcast
[00:33:09] Plug episode 129 I think it was
[00:33:11] 129 Rich Chris good guy
[00:33:13] But yeah Kyle does music like professionally
[00:33:15] I mean he can tell you about that
[00:33:17] And then we also live far away from each other
[00:33:19] So yeah
[00:33:21] I guess it's a little bit of everything
[00:33:23] I would say that I write more than two songs a year
[00:33:25] But Ten and Boms probably produce like two
[00:33:27] That are actually recorded
[00:33:29] And ready to go in a year
[00:33:31] Two to three
[00:33:33] We're sitting on a few cool ones right now
[00:33:35] They're in drop D so
[00:33:37] Yeah so it takes a while to tune down
[00:33:39] A couple years
[00:33:41] How do you feel about like new material?
[00:33:45] Would you be happy if Ten and Boms never recorded another song
[00:33:49] And you just played off your back catalog
[00:33:51] Or do you feel like a band should always be writing new stuff
[00:33:53] Especially when you're in so many other projects
[00:33:57] Yeah I think we just will
[00:33:59] Because it's what we just do that
[00:34:01] Yeah I would say that like to be honest with you
[00:34:05] I would be happy if all we did was record songs
[00:34:07] We don't really play much anymore live
[00:34:09] But we do get together in jam and like think of new ideas
[00:34:13] And record a lot on our own now
[00:34:15] And I think that honestly all three of us are probably just as happy doing that
[00:34:19] As we are playing a show
[00:34:21] Playing shows is fun
[00:34:23] Yeah I think we did go through a phase maybe around
[00:34:27] 2015 or whatever
[00:34:29] Where we were playing
[00:34:31] Well Alex and I were in another band at the same time as well
[00:34:35] And we were playing like almost every weekend
[00:34:37] Not just in Ottawa, although sometimes it felt like it was just in Ottawa
[00:34:41] But I think we kind of just got used to the whole playing show
[00:34:45] Which is really fun
[00:34:47] And we still do like doing
[00:34:49] But I know Alex was talking about
[00:34:51] He wants to do something that's like play sort of a space
[00:34:53] That we haven't played before
[00:34:55] Like a skate park or something
[00:34:57] Well actually we did play a skate park
[00:34:59] Yeah
[00:35:01] Like a house show or anything
[00:35:03] Yeah something that's like
[00:35:05] I don't know
[00:35:07] Have you ever heard of the womb?
[00:35:09] That's one Alex keeps telling us
[00:35:11] Yeah we were talking about maybe releasing
[00:35:13] Or yeah we haven't reached out to them
[00:35:15] So I think
[00:35:17] My really good friend Sarah got
[00:35:19] She is the proprietor
[00:35:21] Yeah
[00:35:23] She was in goat for about three years
[00:35:25] I've known her forever
[00:35:27] She's in wet that band wet for days
[00:35:29] Yeah yeah and I've seen the womb
[00:35:31] I've seen it like popping up
[00:35:33] And releasing the album as like a big release
[00:35:35] At like a big bar it might be more fun
[00:35:37] To do it out of smaller space
[00:35:39] That even if not everybody who wants to come
[00:35:41] Can fit in there at least it will be like a packed fun show
[00:35:43] In a space that's a little different
[00:35:45] Yeah and that's
[00:35:47] I'm super proud of that place
[00:35:49] Because she's a friend of mine
[00:35:51] And what she's done
[00:35:53] And how much she's giving back to like
[00:35:55] She does all kinds of stuff there
[00:35:57] Like she just had like a screen show
[00:35:59] A screen printing
[00:36:01] And it's cool that they do other stuff
[00:36:03] That's not just like
[00:36:05] Well she calls today a community center
[00:36:07] Rather than a venue
[00:36:09] Yeah that's awesome
[00:36:11] So that also has live music
[00:36:13] Some of the best shows we've played have been like
[00:36:15] Alex had like a big New Year's Eve party
[00:36:17] One time positive charge actually played with us
[00:36:19] And like that was super fun
[00:36:21] Or like our friend
[00:36:23] Like would have a house show
[00:36:25] And it would be like five friend bands
[00:36:27] And it would be more like a party
[00:36:29] All the time
[00:36:31] That it was like those shows started to become more fun
[00:36:33] Because there was a little bit less
[00:36:35] Well first of all you weren't spending all your money at a bar
[00:36:37] But also
[00:36:39] Like just being in a bar
[00:36:41] The same kind of even at the bars different
[00:36:43] It feels the same all the time
[00:36:45] But when we got a house it can be so much more exciting and fun
[00:36:47] I really really liked the host shows
[00:36:49] Especially being in punk rock bands
[00:36:51] There's always like the Aska Punk shows
[00:36:53] And stuff like that
[00:36:55] Yeah I'd always look forward to it
[00:36:57] When we got kind of asked to do it or I was told that we were doing it
[00:36:58] And we were told that we were doing it before
[00:37:00] Because it's kind of intimate
[00:37:02] And it's just a cool vibe right
[00:37:04] And you're right the bar scene can get a little old
[00:37:06] Yeah
[00:37:08] And just like as you get older
[00:37:10] I think it would for most people
[00:37:12] Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:14] Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:16] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:18] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:20] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:22] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:24] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:26] Dude you kinda were putting more thought into what we are gonna do
[00:37:28] Or is it supposed to say yes
[00:37:30] Everyone yeah
[00:37:39] Yeah sure
[00:37:40] Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
[00:37:42] Put more thought into what we are gynna do
[00:37:46] Or is it supposed to say yes to everything
[00:37:48] Yeah
[00:37:50] My group that
[00:37:52] Yeah, we used to play likeú and..." Е´S U P N A O X I M E S!!"
[00:37:54] sticky floor bar not just not to say any of those any of those things are the
[00:37:58] downtown bars and auto I'm just saying in general right we do a lot of talking
[00:38:01] in our shows too so it's always nice to know how show because like people are
[00:38:05] actually like there to listen to you at a big show in a bar it kind of feels like
[00:38:09] sometimes you're just like yelling into the void well and sometimes you are
[00:38:14] because they're like why the hell are you still talking play a song yeah 40%
[00:38:19] of the people aren't there to see the band right it's actually yeah shoot shit
[00:38:23] with their friends yeah which is also cool I guess I mean which one it's it's
[00:38:27] it's the nightlife but I get what you're coming from and I agree with that I
[00:38:30] think it's cool and then and if this is all leading to promote the womb a
[00:38:34] little bit more places like the womb exactly support local even when it's
[00:38:39] super DIY local like that yeah and I think like it is cool to see places like
[00:38:44] saw though still like I mean saws gone through many since I was a kid like
[00:38:48] many variations of like I remember it being kind of like bigger shows at one
[00:38:53] point then it was like just an art space and then it was like nothing for a
[00:38:55] long time and it's cool that they're back doing shows but there's a lot of
[00:38:59] venues in Ottawa like pressed that's that are gone or like you know have come
[00:39:03] and gone it's sank home is a really cool one or sinkhole but like it's cool to see
[00:39:08] that there is still lots of places like tarragon those places to play yeah
[00:39:11] but it goes to show yeah but it is sweet to see a place like the womb doing
[00:39:16] that kind of stuff to me and rich just had the conversation about saw when he
[00:39:20] was on the podcast last week it's like I was at club saw is it called club saw
[00:39:25] he's like I think it's saw saw center or saw gallery I actually said that
[00:39:31] I've said I've been through so many iterations are like levels of saw I don't
[00:39:35] even know what to call it yeah it's like the corals or whatever it's called
[00:39:39] that's what I said yeah okay yeah it's like they still called the corals
[00:39:42] yeah me too really the hammer it's the Canadian
[00:39:45] yeah but yeah I think yeah Ottawa actually is a pretty it does have a lot of
[00:39:50] like vastly different places to play like I mean the rainbow versus avant-garde
[00:39:54] versus targ versus somewhere like the womb it's pretty there's quite a few choices
[00:39:59] but yeah it definitely has its pillars like what holds the city up like the
[00:40:03] rainbow and and saw in those kind of places but yeah there's there's other
[00:40:08] place there used to be lots lots lots of places to play in Ottawa but
[00:40:12] unfortunately it's trunking a little bit but the key ones are still there I'm
[00:40:16] still kind of bummed about zeyfods yeah but that's fine yeah the reason I
[00:40:21] ask about that is that um I guess there's some people that like to record
[00:40:25] music and some people that love to play music and I used to be full on state I
[00:40:29] loved being on stage I love performing I love the energy and everything about
[00:40:33] it and now I'm really more into the recording of stuff I love here even
[00:40:40] when I'm recording like my last I just recorded a goat record and I actually
[00:40:43] went to my friend studio and we did it and I still love sitting there even though
[00:40:47] I've heard it a thousand times demoed on my stuff I love sitting there and
[00:40:51] listening to like pre-mixed tracking and just being there you know what I mean
[00:40:56] it's just I love the process of creating music yeah yeah it's it's almost as
[00:41:01] exciting if not more exciting than jumping on stage sometimes yeah absolutely
[00:41:07] and we've since we've started recording ourselves it's been really fun because
[00:41:10] we can kind of mess around with it and we can add stuff to it and do overdubs
[00:41:13] and stuff I would say I still enjoy playing the shows but getting to the shows
[00:41:17] and hyping myself up to get there takes a lot more I used to be like all week
[00:41:21] I'd be like oh man I can't wait for the show now I'm kind of more like okay
[00:41:25] we got this show coming but once I get there I'm excited for it yeah it's a
[00:41:29] little bit harder to get up on the stage and I agree excited but once you're
[00:41:33] doing it it's always fun yeah I have one of those things like before the
[00:41:36] shows I just I do I do some acoustic stuff now I'm in another band called
[00:41:41] the riptides and stuff but oh you're in the riptides yeah cool we can talk about
[00:41:44] that afterwards though um fair yeah where it's like what you said where you
[00:41:50] just kind of like oh yeah that show okay this will be fun and then when you're
[00:41:52] at the show you're I'm like what am I what am I even doing here like why am I
[00:41:55] doing this why do I still do this yeah yeah then I get up and I'm great yeah
[00:41:59] exactly I have that moment but I quit drinking two and a half years ago and
[00:42:03] that was a big part of the whole social thing yeah and now it's like I don't
[00:42:07] even like being in the in the second imagine it would be hard yeah so anyway
[00:42:12] it's not being in the bar it's being around yeah as people get drunker yeah then
[00:42:17] it then it's like that okay it's time for me to go because I yeah this is not
[00:42:21] it's kind of funny like there's nothing wrong with that but it's just you know
[00:42:26] sometimes you end up being like the sober driver or whatever no and it totally
[00:42:30] turns into like a weird um like I don't know how to describe it but almost like
[00:42:36] you're at like a legion or like the one buyer in town that has alcohol and
[00:42:41] it just like everything seems so it's like when you go on a bar where the lights
[00:42:44] are on you know what I mean and you're like oh this is just this normal four
[00:42:48] walls it's just a room yeah this is just a room why is it so different whenever
[00:42:52] anyways yeah it's it's a very different and when you're not in the mix of it
[00:42:57] all yeah it's very different observing it right yeah exactly those endless
[00:43:02] conversations that someone they've told you the same thing four times and
[00:43:06] they're like kind of spitting on you and it's just like that was me yeah yeah
[00:43:09] those were those were good times yeah yeah I used to spit on my buddies that's
[00:43:14] so much anymore anyway yeah anyway okay so why don't we play one of the newer
[00:43:23] songs because we have songs from speak ill of the academy part two we have two
[00:43:29] more e two more singles that came out April 5th and April 28th of 2023
[00:43:35] classical acts classical ass classical ass damn it man yeah your your research is
[00:43:42] good but you're writing is poor I'm falling apart here I'm falling apart so it all
[00:43:46] comes out in the wash so yeah and then we have the latest I guess the latest I
[00:43:52] don't know what order they came out but fun and fancy free yeah so those three
[00:43:55] singles are gonna be on an EP that's all planned and ready to go I just we
[00:44:00] don't know when we're gonna release it but yeah I guess which one would do you
[00:44:02] want to hear oh I do even know which one is which I there's kind of a running gag
[00:44:10] that Kyle doesn't know the names of any of the songs it's not really a gag as
[00:44:12] much as it's just true do classical ass it's a it's a nice slow burn that's the
[00:44:17] one that I know it and it kind of relates to what yeah actually it's kind of all
[00:44:20] about growing up in Winchester and hanging out with people who are drunks and
[00:44:25] being one cool what a great segue yeah yeah all right this is classical ass
[00:44:31] by the tenon Brahms this is ego and books
[00:44:50] I can tell man drinking look on your face and I know what you're thinking it's always
[00:45:15] the same thing for me but you have that no it's yeah
[00:45:25] trying so are you dropping your singer friends don't you want a drink tell me it's
[00:45:41] different it looks just the same no I was like them
[00:45:55] Good-bye, I'm just for a hint to say that I'm tired of hearing.
[00:46:15] You're making a racket, bringing up the state's fence and slipping, glistening all in
[00:46:34] Bullets for a try, but I can't give up just if no one are you lying.
[00:46:44] There's nothing I can't let it go, you wanna shake.
[00:46:55] Tell me it's different, it loves just the same.
[00:47:00] You know why, what could I have?
[00:47:08] Nothing got happened, no past for it is a bad time of day.
[00:47:25] Okay so we're kind of getting long on time here.
[00:47:39] What do the ten and bombs have coming up?
[00:47:44] Well that happened eventually.
[00:47:49] That's about all we can say for now.
[00:47:54] Any shows coming up in the next little while?
[00:48:20] No, I don't think so.
[00:48:24] You can't take yourselves too seriously, it's all for fun.
[00:48:50] Okay we're back.
[00:48:54] Okay this is 13 questions with the band.
[00:48:59] What is the first record tape or CD you ever bought with your own money?
[00:49:09] I remember that, I don't know who bought it but one of us bought Weezer Blue album.
[00:49:17] I remember buying the Clashes first album with the Green one.
[00:49:23] I was thinking, I seem to remember at time and you got that, I think I got a black Sabbath.
[00:49:30] That's about right.
[00:49:37] The metal and the punk.
[00:49:43] I remember when I was young my sister had a Bondjovy slip-ru and wet record.
[00:49:53] I used to do it all the time and my mom ended up buying me like a Bondjovy slip-ru on wet cassette.
[00:50:01] There was two in the house.
[00:50:07] I actually, now that you mentioned it, the black Sabbath album I bought would have been paranoid and we definitely had that record.
[00:50:16] It's amazing the older I get though and it's nice to have.
[00:50:23] I've actually had guests on where I asked them that question and they're like, I don't know, I've never bought music before.
[00:50:28] I still buy CDs.
[00:50:34] I wish that...
[00:50:36] Yeah, it kind of changes the way you listen to music for sure.
[00:50:39] That's a whole other conversation.
[00:50:42] Okay, next question with 13 questions with the Ten and Bombs is what is your desert island record?
[00:50:51] If you're stranded on a desert island and you only had one record to listen to for the next 10 years.
[00:50:58] I don't know which one, I'd have to pick one. Maybe left and leaving I guess.
[00:51:05] I don't know.
[00:51:12] Maybe this is going to be...
[00:51:16] There's a Majemal's Jazz piano player. A Majemal trio live at Pershing I think it's called.
[00:51:25] I guess I would pick that right now, but I don't know.
[00:51:28] You know what that reminds me now? We didn't talk about your professional music playing.
[00:51:35] He's a jazz band.
[00:51:37] There's not too much to say.
[00:51:40] I play a lot of styles of music. Jazz is one of them.
[00:51:45] I play Celtic music too.
[00:51:49] There's not a lot to... Sorry, that was my fault I was petting him.
[00:51:54] I don't know. There's not a lot to say and the podcast is...
[00:51:58] Okay, anyway, I just didn't want it to go unappreciated.
[00:52:01] No, hey, there's no problem. He's a jazzman.
[00:52:04] Yes, I am. Very good.
[00:52:06] But that's a really good album if anyone wants to expand their listening into the jazz air. It's really listenable.
[00:52:12] Especially on a desert island.
[00:52:14] That's why I'm thinking that. I would never get sick of it, so it's a good album.
[00:52:18] That's a new one for this question.
[00:52:20] Thank you.
[00:52:22] Thank you for injecting a little maturity into the podcast.
[00:52:27] Sure, yeah.
[00:52:29] Okay, next question is...
[00:52:33] What should we do here?
[00:52:34] What was the first live concert you ever saw?
[00:52:39] Well, I was just talking to our mom about this and she thought that I might be wrong.
[00:52:43] It's hard to remember, but I remember our older sister's ex-boyfriend took us to see Metallica with everybody taught.
[00:52:50] Yeah.
[00:52:51] And it was during the St. Anger years.
[00:52:53] During Metallica's greatest time.
[00:52:56] It was a weird experience because I don't even think we were particularly into Metallica.
[00:52:59] I think he...
[00:53:01] I think he was more into it than us.
[00:53:04] And God snack opened.
[00:53:06] Yeah, yeah.
[00:53:07] They're a terrible band.
[00:53:09] Well, you go for the presentation.
[00:53:11] Yeah, exactly.
[00:53:12] Yeah, they played in like a circular stage in the middle of the...
[00:53:15] But I think we might have went to Alice Cooper.
[00:53:17] Oh, okay. That might be what my mom was talking about.
[00:53:19] Because I think there was a thing where mom was like that was one of the first...
[00:53:22] One of the first shows she went to.
[00:53:24] Yeah, she couldn't remember what it was, but she said she took us to a concert before that.
[00:53:27] That's probably what it was.
[00:53:28] I seemed to remember something like that maybe.
[00:53:31] So either Alice Cooper or Metallica, two of the best bands, they've ever been...
[00:53:34] Something very typical of the first show, yeah.
[00:53:37] Awesome.
[00:53:38] Well, at least you got the whole experience of it.
[00:53:41] And at least we're together, you know?
[00:53:42] Yeah, exactly.
[00:53:43] So there's only one answer.
[00:53:44] And those were probably pretty big shows.
[00:53:46] Yeah.
[00:53:47] Yeah, spectacle shows.
[00:53:48] But now because Alex isn't here, I'm pretty sure that Alex...
[00:53:52] I don't think we ever saw our brothers...
[00:53:55] ...band from whenever he was in high school, which is a band called Minnesota Fats.
[00:54:00] But I know Alex did, so I'm guessing that was probably one of his first shows that he did.
[00:54:04] Yeah, that would have been cool.
[00:54:05] Yeah, cool.
[00:54:06] Alright.
[00:54:07] Next question.
[00:54:09] Where am I here?
[00:54:11] If you had a time machine and you could go back in time to one musical event, what would it be?
[00:54:18] I'm going to have to go back to the first album.
[00:54:20] I always think it would have been cool to see the clash.
[00:54:22] I would have to say that that's...
[00:54:24] That's a band that consistently...
[00:54:26] When I listen to them, I'm like they would end you see videos and stuff.
[00:54:28] They look like they were pretty sweet live.
[00:54:30] Clash at Wimbley Stadium?
[00:54:32] Yeah, anywhere.
[00:54:33] I mean, I guess if I had the time machine I could pick, so sure.
[00:54:35] Yeah.
[00:54:36] Yeah, that'd be cool.
[00:54:38] I don't really know.
[00:54:40] Man, I don't know.
[00:54:46] Just say same.
[00:54:47] Same.
[00:54:48] Same!
[00:54:49] Yeah.
[00:54:50] The same.
[00:54:51] The Smith would be cool to see too.
[00:54:53] Yeah, I...
[00:54:54] You'll go to the clash, I'll go to Eliot's here.
[00:54:56] Cool.
[00:54:57] Okay, next question.
[00:54:59] If the 10 of Bob's could open for Annie Band, who would you like to open for?
[00:55:05] There's this band called Goat.
[00:55:07] That would be really cool.
[00:55:08] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:55:09] Do you know what that is?
[00:55:10] At the Woon?
[00:55:11] Yeah, yeah.
[00:55:12] Anyone at the Woon's living?
[00:55:13] We couldn't remember maybe this happened.
[00:55:15] Yeah, actually.
[00:55:16] Actually to answer your question, there's no one I'd rather open for than who I've already opened for.
[00:55:21] Goat.
[00:55:22] Yeah, honestly don't know.
[00:55:24] Like I feel like maybe...
[00:55:29] I don't know.
[00:55:30] I always have found that it's more fun to open for like your buddies or like play with your buddies than to open for like bigger bands because
[00:55:36] a lot of the bigger bands that are touring, it's just kind of another stop on their tour.
[00:55:40] Yeah.
[00:55:41] But when your buddy comes in from Toronto or something and you play with them, that's always a good time.
[00:55:44] So maybe garbage face, be nice to open for Carl.
[00:55:48] Yeah.
[00:55:49] Or best friend from Peterborough.
[00:55:51] Yeah, let's go with garbage face.
[00:55:52] I like that answer.
[00:55:53] It's not always about the money, the ticket master selling, blasting anyway.
[00:56:00] I appreciate that answer actually.
[00:56:02] Sport the local my friends, even the Torontoneans.
[00:56:05] Well he's from Peterborough and he's proud of it so.
[00:56:08] I respect Peterborough.
[00:56:09] I played Peterborough many times.
[00:56:10] I have friends in Peterborough.
[00:56:11] Yeah, it doesn't everybody.
[00:56:12] It's just a beautiful place.
[00:56:13] Yeah, it's a great place.
[00:56:15] Yeah, it's like the nucleus of Canada anyway.
[00:56:18] Where Thunder Bay is the anus of Canada.
[00:56:21] Peterborough is the heartbeat.
[00:56:24] Okay, let's say that.
[00:56:27] Okay, if you could have a drink or a meal I guess with any musician or anybody, let's say that.
[00:56:36] If you could have a drink or a meal with anybody alive or dead, who would it be?
[00:56:39] Like an inspiration or a...
[00:56:42] I won't say hero but someone who inspires you.
[00:56:46] Yeah, I'm not sure.
[00:56:48] Maybe garbage face again.
[00:56:50] He's been a while.
[00:56:52] That was on my mind.
[00:56:54] I guess you're thinking historical figure.
[00:56:57] You can be anybody you want.
[00:57:00] You take this one.
[00:57:01] Oh, I don't know.
[00:57:03] Is that someone who's a good cook or something?
[00:57:06] Probably a good idea.
[00:57:07] Any birdain I guess.
[00:57:08] I don't know, he knows good food.
[00:57:11] He was a great chef.
[00:57:13] You ever read his book?
[00:57:15] No.
[00:57:16] It's amazing.
[00:57:17] Crazy stories.
[00:57:18] What a life.
[00:57:19] Yeah, I know.
[00:57:20] Kitchen's good.
[00:57:21] If you ever find it, I've heard it's an easy read but it's just like what this couldn't have happened.
[00:57:26] Okay, crazy.
[00:57:27] So maybe yeah for him and the food would probably be just amazing.
[00:57:31] Absolutely amazing.
[00:57:32] There we go.
[00:57:33] Okay, now the reason I call this 13 questions with the band is not because there's 13 questions.
[00:57:39] Because I have 13 questions and I choose from them.
[00:57:42] We'd be here all night if I ask you all 13.
[00:57:44] So this is the last question especially how long it takes us to answer your question.
[00:57:48] The thought, yeah, we're going speed around.
[00:57:50] We can't even answer.
[00:57:51] We're going speed around and all of a sudden we find out he's a jasmine.
[00:57:54] Yeah, exactly.
[00:57:55] So he's playing too many notes.
[00:57:57] The final question that I ask at the end of 13 questions with the band is who are the ten emboss?
[00:58:03] Oh, like as people.
[00:58:05] I don't know.
[00:58:06] We take that anyway.
[00:58:07] Well, we're a band.
[00:58:10] That's one thing.
[00:58:11] No, we've been playing music together since like we were kids.
[00:58:15] So yeah, it's kind of funny.
[00:58:17] Alex and I were just talking about I don't even remember this but Alex told me that at one point he told me he was going to quit the band because
[00:58:23] we were playing a bunch of shows and I guess I wasn't taking it very seriously and he and I was like well if you quit we're just not going to be a band anymore.
[00:58:30] And he was like oh, okay, I guess I will quit.
[00:58:32] I don't remember.
[00:58:34] No, I don't remember it.
[00:58:35] So that's the sign of he probably was right.
[00:58:37] I probably wasn't taking it very seriously.
[00:58:38] But yeah, so I guess we're a band and we probably always will be.
[00:58:42] Yeah, and if we don't do anything.
[00:58:44] It's cool to see how it changes and progresses over time.
[00:58:49] Yes.
[00:58:50] And maybe we'll release this album.
[00:58:52] I think we're going to do that.
[00:58:53] We should call it who wear the ten emboss.
[00:58:55] See?
[00:58:56] Anyway, thank you so much for being on ego and vice.
[00:59:00] It was a good conversation.
[00:59:02] I really enjoyed myself.
[00:59:04] That's too.
[00:59:05] Thank you for having us.
[00:59:06] Hey, anytime, anytime.
[00:59:07] I wish you nothing but the best in the future.
[00:59:09] Thanks.
[00:59:10] Thank you.
[00:59:11] If you're going to stay together forever, I'll check it like 20 years down the road and see how many two-year songs you have.
[00:59:18] Yeah, yeah.
[00:59:19] Well by the time we're 95 we should have an album ready.
[00:59:22] Yeah, nice.
[00:59:23] I think so.
[00:59:24] And you should get Alex on sometimes.
[00:59:25] Yeah, I'll have Alex on by himself.
[00:59:26] He'll probably be a much more interesting podcast.
[00:59:29] That's all right.
[00:59:30] All right, well thanks again and all the best.
[00:59:32] Thanks man.
[00:59:33] Thank you.
[01:00:03] You're walking as you're calling.
[01:00:05] Now's part day.
[01:00:07] Now's part day.
[01:01:03] Yeah.
[01:01:33] Yeah.
[01:02:33] Yeah.
[01:03:33] Yeah.
[01:04:04] That's all right.
[01:04:06] I'm sorry why you feel that way.
[01:04:12] So that is the end of episode 130.
[01:04:25] I'd really like to thank the dudes from the Tenen Bonds for coming down to Sothage Studio,
[01:04:29] sitting down having a fun conversation, really, really nice guys.
[01:04:34] And check them out because definitely worth your time.
[01:04:40] If you want to check out Eagle and Vice or if you want to talk to me,
[01:04:43] you can always reach me at Eagle and Vice at gmail.com.
[01:04:47] If you want to listen to the podcast, the best place to start is the website,
[01:04:52] Eagle and Vice Podcasts.com.
[01:04:54] It is the HQ, it is the hub, it is the home base,
[01:04:58] it is my fortress of solitude.
[01:05:00] It will have a link to anywhere you need to go,
[01:05:03] anywhere you've been, and anywhere you currently are.
[01:05:08] Remember, wherever you go, there you are.
[01:05:14] Anyway, that's it.
[01:05:15] We'll see you next week.
[01:05:16] Bye.
[01:05:17] You better real attitude problem, apply your slacker.
[01:05:24] All the raves here are south teabay.
[01:05:27] Those last on-casts I was born with grade.
[01:05:32] I had it in bed.
[01:05:37] Spin my knife, drinkin' with my mates.
[01:05:40] Just to show them us a ride up to me.
[01:05:45] Red riddle red.
[01:05:49] Then I hit the wall and I knew I had some pounds.
[01:05:54] This will say that 19 years ago,
[01:05:58] and I got the deal out.
[01:06:02] From time to time you may see me hanging around.
[01:06:09] Now I'll feel like a stranger in this town.
[01:06:14] I'm a man, a man, a man, a man.
[01:06:17] Crossing the roads is where I learn to play.
[01:06:20] Westwood's haven't swear I learned to walk away.