♪ Oh, hi, guys ♪.

♪ She's worth the trouble ♪.

♪ No one ♪.

♪ Nowhere in any way can go ♪.

What's up, everybody?

My name is Manny, and we are live from KABC, our studios in San Bernardino.

This is Rhythm Lounge, where we spotlight the top musical talent from across the Inland Empire.

Ladies and gentlemen, you're in for a treat today.

We got some music.

Some IE locals give it up for Juniper Grey.

♪ Don't pick up the bar ♪.

♪ Just leave me alone, the light ♪.

♪ In your eyes, it's hard to come by ♪ ♪ Oh the faster you live ♪ ♪ the less you get ♪.

♪ So stop and look around ♪ ♪ I don't want to talk about it let's just live tonight ♪ ♪ If you want to talk about it then you're off my mind ♪ ♪ I don't wanna talk about it, let's just live tonight ♪ ♪ If you don't want to talk about it, then you're off my mind ♪ ♪ Oh the the faster you live ♪ ♪ the less you'll get, so stop and look around ♪ ♪ Oh the faster you live the less you'll get ♪ ♪ So stop and look around ♪ ♪ I don't want to talk about it let's just live tonight ♪.

♪ If you want to talk about it you're off my mind, oh I don't want to talk about it ♪ ♪ Let's just live tonight ♪ ♪ If you want to talk about it then you're off my mind ♪ ♪ I saw you walking by ♪ ♪ and you hadn't said a word ♪ ♪ paint splattered on the walls of all our favorite stores ♪ ♪ The bombs are all rolling in, we don't have much time to spare ♪.

♪ So tell me about your life and all that you've been through ♪.

♪ For tonight is the last night we'll ever have together ♪.

♪ I won't hold my secrets anymo ♪ In our last night alive ♪ ♪ I'll be there by your side ♪.

♪ In our last night alive ♪ ♪ Through all the fire will you be too?

♪ ♪ Our last night ♪ ♪ Alive ♪ ♪ Tears are falling the yellow sky, fills your heart ♪ ♪ Sky falling over us it's the end of our time ♪ ♪ I see ♪ ♪ Why do you look away ?

♪ ♪ I just want to smile at your eyes ♪ ♪ Why are you so shy?

♪ ♪ Tell me all you need to say.♪ ♪ For tonight is the last night ♪ ♪ we'll ever have to have together ♪ ♪ I won't hold my secrets anymore ♪ ♪ In our last ♪ ♪ Night alive ♪ ♪ I'll be there by your side ♪ ♪ In our last ♪ ♪ Night alive ♪ ♪ Through all the fire ♪ ♪ will you be too?

♪ ♪ As the world falls over♪ ♪ tonight.

As the world ♪ ♪ I wouldn't keep ♪ ♪ secrets anymore ♪ ♪ Our last ♪ ♪ Night alive ♪ My name is Mariana Lapizco And you spell that M a r i a n a Okay awesome.

Can you tell me about how you heard about the internship program?

Yes, of course.

I heard about the internship program on social media.

And then right after I decided to go apply.

Okay, and tell you tell me why students should join the film, TV and media program.

Working with professionals just gives you a sense of confidence you know, as artists were always self-conscious and stuff like that.

But working with like minded people always inspires you to go more and get out of your comfort zone and keep learning not only that, but people are super cool here.

Yea, you know, we're always helping each other out.

If someone doesn't know something, the other person might know and they're we're always teaching each other.

It's always the teamwork that makes the dream work.

And it's all here Welcome back, everybody.

My name is Manny and this is Rhythm Lounge.

We have Juniper Grey with us guys, thank you so much for stopping by.

Now you all are super busy, but thank you for coming through and sharing your music, your talent with each and every single one of us.

So let's have each of you all introduce yourselves and share which instrument you play.

My name is Matt Villalobos, and I'm bass man, but I play bass as a as I just said.

My name Sa eed and I play the drums.

I'm Andrew.

I play half of the guitars in this band and I sing.

And my name is Alex, and I also play guitar and sing.

So I just want to say thank you for thanks for the opportunity of having us here.

And we're super excited to have you guys.

They are IE locals, which is amazing.

Which is why we love y'all even more.

But I was going to ask during the break, you guys mentioned some something super interesting, which is all of you guys are different ages.

One of you is 18, one's 19 one's 20 and one's 21 years old and you guys all went to high school together.

You said Bloomington High School.

So at one point, one of you were in ninth grade, 10th grade, 11th and 12th.

Tell me a little bit about that and how you guys, you know, got together as a band.

Well, Andrew and Sa eed they were in a band before and you know, as me and Alex would see them every now and then, we were interested in doing such a thing.

And over time they, they started a music club and I came in and um, you know, Andrew asked me if I wanted to play and then, you know, and the same thing went for Alex that, uh, he came around and, you know, we're all here, we're all standing here with these guys.

Yes.

So that first year, just to get a little bit more into it, that first year, I was, uh, I was, uh, a ninth grader.

And then the list just went up from, from Sa eed to Matthew and Andrew, and we all shared the same seventh period jazz band class.

And so from there, um, we were all in the rhythm section, right?

We all had our guitars, drums, bass.

So, um, we just, we hit it off right away.

Um, aside from, from our assigned charts, we would, we would just take it upon ourselves to learn our own songs and, and that's how, that's how it got started.

Got it.

Wow.

That's pretty amazing.

I can't believe that.

Still, that you guys, like, all got along like, a ninth grade, got along with the 12th grade student and etcetera.

But who would have thought?

Yeah, so.

The music removes those boundaries.

Gotcha.

Yeah, that.

So you mentioned your music.

How do you guys describe your music and what inspires you guys to create?

Yeah, I mean, you know, we usually use the umbrella term, you know, like indie rock, but, you know, it could vary from all our influences.

Like we love classic rock and stuff like that.

So we just kind of like all meshed together and like whatever comes out, I guess, you know, it's our sound, you know?

Right.

Drummer, drummer man.

How do you how do you explain your sound?

How to explain my sound?

Yeah, well, I just basically just the way I love to practice is just listen to our songs, play along to listen to my favorite songs, and I just get my influence from the music, taste that I pretty much find myself listening to every day.

Gotcha.

And how long have you guys been playing together and then individually within like your own instruments, would you guess?

Hmm.

If you're playing since like 2019 ish in this band anyways.

But we've had our own respective bands for maybe like a year or two before that.

Gotcha.

And for our own, like, individual instruments, honestly, it's kind of hard to tell.

I probably say like eight years at this point or something like that.

Okay.

Something like that.

Yeah.

So since you were maybe in second grade just getting on, that put me, I think that put me back like what, freshman year of high school.

So like, that's where like I took it seriously, right?

Yeah.

And these guys like, it's all varying levels.

Like, I think Matthew has actually been playing the least, but he's like improved the most with the time he's had, so.

Wow, he's a monster.

The monster.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I see someone mentioned earlier that you're playing on a Rickenbacker.

Many of you are.

You are as well, I think.

Andrew.

Right.

Tell me a little bit about your instruments.

You want to go first Okay.

Uh, well, what is it that you want to know?

Just everything.

Why did you choose this?

Well, yeah, I chose this because it really stood out a lot compared to all the Rickenbackers.

Right.

Um, and Paul McCartney used this in 67 and, you know, so on.

And this encouraged me to purchase something like this, and I gotcha.

Uh, only 25 of these were made (jeez wow) in existence.

Yeah, that's cool.

And what made you go with that color?

Uh, yeah, pretty much.

What color is it?

Plum glow.

Wow.

He even remembered that color.

That's awesome.

I call her.

Uh, Rita, because, you know, and Sergeant Pepper's lovely Rita is my favorite song.

Oh, that that's awesome, right?

You mentioned just right now Paul McCartney.

He's one of your musical influences.

Why is that?

Uh, I don't know.

It's like.

And not to disrespect every other bass player, but, uh, he he's very melodic and his bass playing like he does.

He just doesn't do root notes.

And that's what I do too much because of him.

Right.

Okay.

And what about you, Andrew?

What made you choose the Rickenbacker guitar?

for this brand?

Like, I was introduced also through the Beatles, John Lennon using guitars like these but as more so, like, my modern day music tastes that I really like, got me wanting to get it.

It's just, like, so chimey.

Um, my favorite artist or one of my favorite artists besides the Beatles team Apollo.

He's this one.

Yeah.

So I was just like, why not, you know?

Right.

Yeah.

So, yeah, I got this one for, like, graduation.

I guess it was a little, you know, reward Alex, I know earlier, too, you mentioned that The Beatles is one of your musical influence.

Why is that?

Yeah, definitely.

I just feel like for me, I personally resonate with just hands on instruments.

Like, I just love when when I can see a band play and they have all their parts, and they're not just, like, utilizing some right.

Some backing tracks or like editing and stuff.

So I just I really resonate with that.

And it's just their music is so soulful, just fun to me.

And since all their parts are on the guitar, which I play, I'm able to just follow along with my favorite songs.

And that was that was really an important step in my playing and also getting better.

Gotcha.

And I know you guys have I may butcher this, but you're paddle board?

Oh, would be a pedal board.

Uh, I did.

You did.

Okay.

And there's something a little special about it, right?

It's a little bit.

Would you say you guys are using kind of like older equipment in newer equipment at the same time and mixing it up?

Yeah, actually, um, I, I was able to find some, like, pedals from like the eighties and nineties, which were really cool gotchas, just like.

Yeah.

So you guys are heavily influenced a lot by eighties just that, that era, right?

Why would you guys say that?

What's so special about the eighties that you like to, you know, bring that time period and era into the 2020s?

I think it's just, you know, like for me at least, I'm like a huge nostalgic person.

Um, and so like just being able to mesh like those different eras was different like vibes.

Um, it's just a lot of fun, you know what I mean?

It's like kind of refreshing, but also kind of welcoming, like an old, you know, kind of like friend style, you know, like I love all of stuff, like I see in the Vox back there too.

What's special about that one?

Um, what is it called?

Freakin We were also uh, influence into getting these amps by, like, all the artists.

Um, yeah, from the sixties.

It's just like that chimey, um, you know, really jangly sound that we love.

So, you know, we're just like, let's try to get as much as we could.

I guess so.

So who writes your guys the songs?

Do all four of you collectively assist in that or is it mostly one of y'all, or how does that work?

So a lot of the time is that Andrew and I will kind of bring a skeleton, I guess you could call it, to the group and from there we'll just kind of say, you know, these are my chords and we'll sing our lyrics over it.

And then all the guys will listen to it and they'll say, You know, I really like that.

Why don't we add this in there?

Or or we'll kind of just all get free with our own parts adding in what we think sounds good and or oftentimes we'll even just bring in like a riff or something and just kind of see where it goes.

Yeah.

And sometimes we have the whole song laid out and it's just a matter of, of putting it together.

I know the second song that you guys what was the name of the second song that you guys performed today?

So that one was called Last Night Alive.

Last Night Alive.

And you had some pretty pretty long notes in there towards the end of the song.

How do you usually prepare your voice for performances?

So for for a lot of my life, I was I wasn't very confident with my voice.

I always felt like I'm a musician just before, before everything.

Right.

So, um, during the pandemic, I just I put in a lot of hours just practicing, just singing consistently.

And, um, I just, I found my voice just improving over time.

And I would, I would kind of document my progress.

And, and once that, that pandemic was over, I felt like it was, um, it was a nice opportunity to be able to to showcase kind of the things that, you know, so.

So were you backstage doing scales or anything, or how do you, how do you warm up?

Um, yeah, I just, I like to find my favorite warm up video or catch along to my favorite songs and can, can you give us a brief?

I know it's usually something weird.

What do you what do you usually do?

Do rae mi fa so.

Okay.

Gotcha.

What about.

What about you, Andrew?

I just wing it, you know, like, I used to, like, do warm stuff like that, but I just wing it now.

Gotcha.

Okay, cool.

Well, I know you.

I know you mentioned that.

What was the name of the song last night?

Alive, I believe.

Correct.

What inspired that, though?

It was a great song.

What would you say was the back, you know, the influence of that?

So I appreciate that.

Well, that song came from from a place when when everything was shutting down at the beginning of the pandemic for somebody as a as a teenager, it really felt like the world was just coming to an end.

Like, this was this was like like you couldn't you couldn't go out with your friends or just have those good times that you look forward to in that in that age group.

And so that song just it's it's sort of a plea just for somebody to to be there with you in those in those tough times.

And and I know you guys mentioned to me as well late last year, I believe in October, you guys kind of hosted a like a Spook Tober Fair was October Fest, October.

Oh, Rock Tober Fest.

I think October Fest is the beer one.

But yes, you said a rock tober fest.

They held that over at Prospect Park in Redlands.

Can you, Sa eed can you tell me a little bit about that, about Spooky Fest?

Yeah, basically in October, first there was I like what you did there, Spooky Fest.

There was a collection of like different bands or like, I want to say like five or six.

Yeah.

And we all just basically just went up one by one, basically, like put in putting each band out there.

Everyone had an audience.

Like every band invited their friends, family and even like locals that were just walking around in the band and we just were just pulling up and like, oh, what is this like?

Right?

Like, oh, I'm, I have to come by later.

You're like, Yeah.

I ended up being like, bigger than we thought.

And it was really fun.

There was actually a video that documented the whole, like, the whole, like, from the set up to the end.

Like, we all just took a little videos on our phone and just put them all together, and that's awesome.

Matt, what would you say was your favorite part of that?

That Rock Tober Fest got it right that time.

Uh, that's, that's pretty tough for me.

Not going to lie, but, uh, probably just everyone's costumes.

Just, yeah.

Seeing, um, the same way everybody had in mind.

Did you guys dress up?

Yeah, we did.

Yeah.

Well, we're each of you.

I was Grover from Sesame Street.

Oh, okay.

I was Jim from the office.

Uh, yeah, I love that.

So I was actually John Lennon.

That's awesome.

And I made my own, uh, linguine costume from Ratatouille with the on my head.

That is also.

I feel like homemade costumes are always, like, super.

That's cool.

That's awesome.

The best part is that you're able to see the rat in his hat.

You know how it's so.

So it was like a chef.

Yeah.

And it had a cut out of ratatouille.

Yeah.

And some lights inside it.

So you actually saw, like, the shadow inside of the hatch?

Yeah.

That sounds like it was extra entertaining.

Y'all gave a show and a show basically I was going to say, just coming out of, you know, the hopefully worst parts of the pandemic.

What are you guys as a band looking forward to doing most now and in the future?

Um, definitely our biggest goal has been just putting out more music because we have like a ton of songs.

Like not only the pandemic, like Slowed That Down, but just daily life, like school.

Like, especially since I go to college, it's really, you know, demanding.

Um, but yeah, for sure, just putting out music and putting on those shows have been some of at least my favorite memories.

So I definitely want to do more of that.

Yeah.

Um, you know, do more backyard shows and just, you know, just have fun with it while we still, you know, still can.

Yeah.

Which I did see you guys have some backyard sessions currently available on YouTube to to view.

And can you guys tell me a little bit about that?

I think you guys did it in your backyard.

Right?

Yeah.

So, so that album is called Live From Alex's Backyard by Juniper Grey.

Um, it's basically we, we just, we set up in this corner of my backyard and, um, and we just sang some of our original songs and, and closed it with the cover of, of one of our favorite tunes from the Beatles.

That's awesome.

Which is um, it was called Two of US.

I was playing.

It was.

Gotcha.

Okay.

It was actually really funny because Alex has like, these neighbors that, like, the, like, they're like, complaining stuff.

And then I couldn't actually use my, my drums, so I had to play drums on the, on the keys.

So that's why the drums kind of sound like, kind of like stuttery and stuff, right?

Because I was playing it with my neighbors, like, like mine.

They say that I've been loud all day, and I'm like, It's only been 45 minutes.

What are you talking exactly?

That is funny.

So, yeah.

Oh, and it was in the daytime when they called it, it was the, it was like 2 p.m. the first day of summer break.

And they, they called the cops on us.

We were just running our regular rehearsal, and I guess they just weren't having it.

Wow.

Man, sucks for them.

But when, when you guys aren't performing or making music, what do you guys each like?

To do individually for fun?

So for me, I actually, um, I just, I love music.

So I'm just, I'm always playing.

I also play piano too, composing stuff.

I play with my grandpa as well.

He's a, a master at the classical guitar.

That's awesome.

So when you're not making music, you're making music.

Making music.

Yeah, that's awesome.

Yeah.

For me, it's a little bit of everything.

I love movies, so whenever I can, you know, just go to the movies.

To my favorite movies.

I'm a big horror buff right now, so I love The Thing by John Carpenter.

So good.

If not that usually just.

Yeah, all this stuff related to music I love, like, collecting records and stuff like that, you know?

I mean, it's just really fun for me.

What's your favorite record store that you would like to run?

The, uh, Matt, what was, uh, Penny Lane records, which is funny because she actually records is named after a Beatles song.

So, like, how fitting.

That's awesome.

And what, what city is that in?

Upland.

Upland upland.

Gotcha.

Oh, what I'd be doing when I'm not, like, either, like, spending time practicing or.

Yeah, playing with them is I'd just be like either at home, just hanging out with with family or going to, like, just doing my job working and then just, like, hanging around with friends, getting the bag, getting the bag right there.

All right.

And then, uh, for me, I just play my guitar.

Um, not this one, but, uh, but, um, I, I just listen, to music.

Uh, sorry, I listen to music.

Just watch a lot of, like, TV shows or movies as well.

Um, every now and every, like, every two weeks or so, I'll, I'll purchase a record.

And right now I have, uh, 57.

Sheesh 57?

That's some money, right there.

I know them.

Records ain't cheap.

So it took me like two months just to get them all.

Wow.

Okay, so when you guys aren't, you know, playing music, some of you guys are playing music, some of you guys are doing other stuff.

Hanging with family.

A lot of people who follow you guys, I think, want to see more shows or a show.

What's one place around the Inland Empire that you guys would like to perform at this summer or this year?

What's that spot for you guys?

So first of all, I think we would like to throw some some backyard shows.

We really have a lot of fun doing doing those types of things, Scott, just because they're really intimate and stuff like that.

Um, but since you ask for like a specific venue, um, the Fox Theater honestly be like really cool or.

Yeah, because I didn't know they were like, um, like it was open to like local bands, which is really cool.

So, you know, if we ever get to that level, that would be a ton of fun.

That'd be amazing.

I'd be there.

Definitely.

Thank you.

So, uh, me, I'm not sure, uh, I'll probably go with Andrew's answer.

Fox Theater.

Okay.

I just, I just want to go back to, like, the roots and play a chain reaction one more time.

Like, that was so much fun.

Okay.

And also and Anaheim.

Yeah, I'm sporting the shirt right now.

I mean, it's the first opportunity.

Uh, yeah, he's sporting the shirt, too.

Chain reaction.

Chain reaction.

Got you guys.

Well, thank you so much for stopping by.

This is Rhythm Lounge, ladies.

And gentlemen, thanks for tuning in again.

My name is Manny.

We'll see you next time.

Give it up for Juniper Grey one more time.

♪ Inaudible ♪ ♪ be there for me cause she's worth the trouble ♪ ♪ Hold her, keep her, in any way just love her ♪ ♪ Cause she's worth the trouble ♪ ♪ My dear ♪ ♪ she's too good for me ♪ ♪ Oh I think, she's out of my league ♪ ♪ Oh I think, she's ♪ ♪ too good for me ♪ ♪ Oh I think I think, ain't she so sweet?

♪ ♪ Come here, go there ♪ ♪ In anyway, just be there for her cause ♪ ♪ She's worth the trouble ♪ ♪ No one, no where ♪ ♪ in any way can compare to her ♪ ♪ I know she's worth the trouble ♪ ♪ She's too good for me ♪ ♪ I think she's out of my league ♪ ♪ Oh, I think ♪ ♪ She's too good for me ♪ ♪ Oh I think I think, ain't she so sweet?

♪ ♪ Ain't she so sweet?

♪ ♪ Ain't she so sweet?

♪ Thank you.

Thank you.