- [Man] Ady, did you stock this fridge?

- [Ady] Yes, sir.

- Do you want me to sing still?

(Evan drumming) (instruments tuning) (Will vocalizing) - [Soundman] Can I go a little just tom work?

- Sure.

(upbeat drumming) - [Manny] Yes, that's good.

- [Evan] Maybe, should we, (indistinct)?

- [Soundman] Oh yeah, that's totally fine.

- [Soundman] Mario, can you check the cable and the one into the mic?

(upbeat guitar strumming) - We're Gila Monster and this is our Sound on Tap.

(upbeat music) ♪ I'm not your whore ♪ ♪ So don't run me ♪ ♪ Into the Tennessee ground ♪ ♪ I'm not your whore ♪ ♪ So don't pretend to love me at the end of every night ♪ ♪ I swore it'd be easy ♪ ♪ To set sail on the corridor to hell ♪ ♪ I swore off all four of you ♪ ♪ so you can go ---- yourselves ♪ ♪ I--I left you on an aeroplane ♪ ♪ and you--you left me delirious ♪ ♪ Hitch a ride ♪ ♪ oh hitch a ride ♪ ♪ to the airport ♪ ♪ Because I--I left you ♪ ♪ on an aeroplane ♪ ♪ I had to break away ♪ ♪ to know your talons were down to my bones ♪ ♪ and I had to ♪ ♪ Hide away to know I've never had a home ♪ ♪ I've since been ostracized ♪ ♪ into the caverns of the call of the wild ♪ ♪ and I've since realized ♪ ♪ that my fickle heart pulls apart from my home ♪ ♪ I could cry and it's about time ♪ ♪ I--I left you ♪ ♪ on an aeroplane ♪ ♪ and you--you left me delirious ♪ ♪ Hitch a ride, oh hitch a ride ♪ ♪ to the airport ♪ ♪ Because I--I left you, yeah ♪ ♪ I left you, yeah ♪ ♪ I left you ♪ ♪ I--I left you on an aeroplane ♪ ♪ And you--you left me delirious ♪ - Yeah, you know, like you asked us like, "Okay, how did you guys get together?"

I'm like, "I don't know."

I guess I wrote a bunch of songs and I was like, "Okay, who can I get to play on this?"

He used to play in an amazing band, the DA.

And so I didn't actually know him.

So I messaged him.

Turns out he was super down.

I was super surprised.

I was like, "He's awesome."

- I saw his old band Digital Ed play at Double Daves when I was in like seventh grade.

And it was my first local show, and he had this stage antics and this energy, and I was like, "That dude is legit."

- You were like 13 or something like that?

- Yeah.

And that's where my first band started playing.

If you were in a local band- - On the west side of El Paso, Texas.

- You'd play at Double Daves.

- Yeah, that was the spot.

- And so I was 13 calling bars and being like, "Where can I play?

Can I play at your place?"

Well, it's like, "Are you 21?"

I'm like, "No."

Well, all right.

I'll stick to pizza places for a while.

- And then Manny's a no brainer, because he's, you know, like I don't know, we hang out all the damn time.

I was like, "Well, I have to have Manny," and he's my brother-in-law.

- Is this the first band you're a front man in?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I played for, I don't know, 14 into 30 in bands, not singing at all.

And then I don't know, I was just like, "Well, ----, I gotta do something."

So we did a four-piece a couple of times.

And it was, like we started as a four-piece.

So we had another guitarist.

And then a couple things happened, and like you know, just we lost a member.

And then we were like, "Okay, who are we gonna get to fill that spot?"

But then we started muscling out a three-piece.

And the live show, at least, became more punk rock, and then we kind of fell in love with it.

And we just went back to a three-piece, and we were like, "That's it, no more, we're done."

And we really just ultimately fell in love with just being the three of us.

We feel like family.

We get in a room, and it just feels like home, and it just feels weird to even add anybody else.

The records don't sound like a three-piece.

I think especially maybe the new one.

I think that gives us an extra challenge when we play live.

And okay, so how do we get the same energy out of playing way fewer frequencies and notes and patterns and all of that?

Like what do we do to get things rocking again?

And I don't know, it takes a lot of creativity.

And that's just as fun as making the records.

♪ I wait in the moonlight ♪ ♪ Just tell your sister a lie ♪ ♪ Read the sign: pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same ♪ ♪ I bored you to death tonight ♪ ♪ I can't make you alive ♪ ♪ Conversation pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same dead or alive ♪ ♪ Pays the same ♪ ♪ I'll write you a novel ♪ ♪ It'll be God-awful ♪ ♪ Sitting on the back of Edgar Poe ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ Sitting in the backyard on a Durham night ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ I flick on the floodlights ♪ ♪ We're too cold to survive ♪ ♪ I flip us in the ditch ♪ ♪ I save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ I save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ I save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ I save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ Save the day ♪ ♪ I write the last rites ♪ ♪ For the chance that they might ♪ ♪ Not blame me and save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ Save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ Save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ Save the day instead of the night ♪ ♪ Save the day ♪ ♪ I'll write you a novel ♪ ♪ It's called Black River ♪ ♪ Sitting on the back of Edgar Poe ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ Sitting in the backyard on a Durham night ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ Whenever I go when I want to be alone ♪ ♪ It's a room that I do not know ♪ ♪ Whatever I want when it's too cold ♪ ♪ Is a room that I do not know ♪ ♪ Wherever we'll be when we grow old ♪ ♪ It's a room that we will not know ♪ ♪ A room that we will not know ♪ ♪ Sitting on the back of Edgar Poe ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ Sitting in the backyard on a Durham night ♪ ♪ Singing dark melodies ♪ ♪ Sitting in the middle of all I know ♪ ♪ Seems the middle is all I breathe ♪ ♪ Sitting in the middle of all I know ♪ ♪ Seems the middle is all I need ♪ ♪ The pool is open, so dip in darlin' ♪ ♪ And drown in me ♪ ♪ I'll be waiting, so keep me waiting ♪ ♪ Please punish me ♪ ♪ Play my organ, like we were rolling ♪ ♪ In a coterie ♪ ♪ It's you and me and another ♪ ♪ You meld we three ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪ ♪ We've been running out of reasons ♪ ♪ To slaughter me ♪ ♪ We've had enough and I'm not enough ♪ ♪ Can't even sink ♪ ♪ You wanted more than a cold Pacific ♪ ♪ And the moon empty ♪ ♪ If I'm the moon then I'm the reason ♪ ♪ You're lost at sea ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪ ♪ It's radical, I, it's radical, I know, ♪ ♪ But you fulfill me colder ♪ ♪ It's radical, I, it's radical, I know, ♪ ♪ But you fulfill me colder ♪ ♪ It's radical, I, it's radical, I know ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a light on your shoulders ♪ ♪ I see you Daddio ♪ ♪ You left your wife's ears empty ♪ ♪ You were a colonel in the first world war ♪ ♪ That's how they scared it out of you ♪ ♪ I see you Daddio ♪ ♪ You left your soap box bloody ♪ ♪ They called you red and the fire in your head ♪ ♪ Won't leave a ration of food for me or you ♪ ♪ Oh I see you Daddio ♪ ♪ You left your icebox empty ♪ ♪ I'm sure you worked for the blue of your shirt ♪ ♪ But that collar choked the love out of you ♪ ♪ I see you Daddio ♪ ♪ You left your cuffs on the enemy ♪ ♪ I didn't ask for the trap of your badge ♪ ♪ It was the shine that made a shadow out of me ♪ ♪ I'm sorry Daddio ♪ ♪ I'm guilty of murder in the first degree ♪ ♪ All you can hope is that the sparks from my head ♪ ♪ Will be enough to make a man out of me ♪ ♪ Get down on your knees ♪ ♪ On the side of I-5 ♪ ♪ Stave off the I-V ♪ ♪ And stay alive ♪ ♪ Get up off your knees ♪ ♪ And sleep all day ♪ ♪ Get down on the stage ♪ ♪ And seize the day ♪ ♪ I trip all through the fields ♪ ♪ And blame all those bottles of beer ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ ♪ I trip all down the beach ♪ ♪ And blame all those out of reach ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ ♪ Get up to get down ♪ ♪ To the freezing brown ♪ ♪ Ground us with a song ♪ ♪ And the wind blows long ♪ ♪ Get up off your knees ♪ ♪ And sleep all day ♪ ♪ Get down on the stage ♪ ♪ And seize the day ♪ ♪ I trip all through the fields ♪ ♪ And blame all those bottles of beer ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ ♪ I trip all down the beach ♪ ♪ And blame all those out of reach ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ ♪ I trip all through the field ♪ ♪ And I blame those bottles of beer ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ ♪ And I trip way down the beach ♪ ♪ And blame those out of reach ♪ ♪ And I run ♪ ♪ Out of gas ♪ ♪ So kiss my --- some ♪ - I like, I'm a hard hitter, and I like the intensity and emotion of what I play, and that translates to our songs.

And no matter what, if lay back, I lay back, but it's all the ready to rock, like you know.

- These dudes play loud.

- Well, yeah.

- No, there's something really passionate about the way each of us play.

We play so hard and just aggressive, and you can tell by just the way we grab the necks and the sticks, we're really trying to give everything that we've got to show.

- It's something that comes from unexpected places.

Like I think Motown is a big thing to me.

I don't know, it's like the big thing to a lot of people.

- Yeah, me too.

- Yeah, and you know- - We're a groove based band.

- A wall of sound is essentially what punk rock is trying to do too.

It's just with fewer things and being minimalist about it.

Like even something like the Minutemen is super minimalist and it's only a three-piece, but everyone's doing so much, and it's to achieve this sort of wall of sound, but in a different way.

So anything that's like that, I'm drawn to, and all three of us are, so I think that energy just comes from wanting things to be big, you know, however we can do it.

Well, the big thing for us that's next that we're super excited about is our new record.

And we did it here at Brainville.

And we're releasing it in three EPs.

But it is one record.

It's like a 12-song record, and so we're doing three, four-song EPs.

We played all of the first EP for this and I don't know, it's been a crazy process.

Like you said the world's opening back up, and it's like, okay.

It's interesting, because the pandemic caused the record to sound the way it sounds.

Initially, we wrote the songs, we had them canned like a year ago, over a year ago, right when the pandemic hit and when everything got shut down.

And then we sat on it.

But through sitting on it, I kept tinkering with it, and then we kept tinkering with it like when we were allowed to get together.

I added and I added and I added.

And we got together, and we added and we added.

And yeah, it's just a ridiculous amount of tracks on this thing, so I hope mixing goes okay.

- It's nice, though, to...

Sometimes you just have to release the song and that's it.

But to be able to really use your imagination and- - Have that time.

- Yeah, to breathe.

It kind of makes you think.

- Yeah, the breathing and the turmoil allowed us to give it a second look and transform it into something else.

So it's a very different record than it would have been had there been no pandemic.

And I don't know, that feels like it's like I'm speaking about it advantageously like, oh, like this was a godsend, and that feels really sick and not right.

You know, I think that's the thing most people have to take away from the last year, is like, okay, now going forward, what was good?

And to me, this record and the way it sounds as a result, I can go ahead and let that be good in the face of everything being so bad.

♪ If you want advice ♪ ♪ I've got it ♪ ♪ Rot to the core ♪ ♪ For once ♪ ♪ And you'll roll ♪ ♪ Down in the valley ♪ ♪ And die ♪ ♪ If you want advice ♪ ♪ I've got it ♪ ♪ Rot to the core ♪ ♪ For once ♪ ♪ And you'll roll ♪ ♪ Down in the valley ♪ ♪ And die ♪ ♪ Shiver on the bathroom floor ♪ ♪ With his dead hand ♪ ♪ In my hand ♪ ♪ Shiver on a church pew ♪ ♪ With her cold hand ♪ ♪ In my hand ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ Up the California coast ♪ ♪ And I'll make waves in Japan ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ Is selfish ♪ ♪ If you want advice ♪ ♪ I've got it ♪ ♪ Rot to the core ♪ ♪ For once ♪ ♪ And you'll roll ♪ ♪ Down in the valley ♪ ♪ And die ♪ ♪ Mama, don't marry the minster just yet ♪ ♪ Mama, just give it one or five or ten years more ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ Up the California coast ♪ ♪ And I'll make waves in Japan ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ Is selfish ♪ ♪ If you want advice ♪ ♪ I've got it ♪ ♪ Rot to the core ♪ ♪ For once ♪ ♪ And you'll roll ♪ ♪ Down in the valley ♪ ♪ And die ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ Up the California coast ♪ ♪ And I'll make waves in Japan ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ My moon mile ♪ ♪ We could buckle at the shaky knees but I ♪ ♪ Don't know what good it would do ♪ ♪ I don't want to hate you ♪ ♪ I don't want to hate myself ♪ ♪ We could buckle at the shaky knees but I ♪ ♪ Don't know what good it would do ♪ ♪ I don't want to hate you ♪ ♪ I don't want to hate myself ♪ ♪ Little loud, little low ♪ ♪ Shine a light ♪ ♪ You've got a lot on your shoulders ♪