David & Destiny Gebbia, Ryan Perdz, 12 Gauge Trixie & Sludge Mother Attend Big Machine Rock Concert

Guys, we are so excited for the show tonight. How are you feeling about tonight? I'm so excited. I can't wait to see everyone perform tonight. It's gonna be ******* amazing. Oh, wait, can I swear? No, no, you can, actually, yeah. It's all right, I'm not gonna call the police or anything. Now, tell me how'd the Viper Room come about? This is a legendary venue. What made you guys choose Viper Room? Destiny grew up in L.A. I've been in L.A. half my life, so it's legendary, and we want our acts to have that ability to play the room, so we're excited for them to actually experience what L.A. is. Right, right, and so Destiny is the creative director? Did I get that right? Yeah, and it's been like a dream come true to finally see the Viper Room as an adult now. Right. Because I moved from L.A. a few years ago, so I didn't really get to get that full experience of being an adult in L.A., and now I finally get to see one of the most famous spots in L.A. do our show and everything, so I can't wait. I know, and now, I can't help but notice there's a huge billboard behind you guys. Can you talk to me about what's going on? Is this your new office? What is this? Well, it's our new office, but BMR is our record label where we're really promoting young talent. The whole goal is to, we want to expose the world to rock again and build these artists one at a time. One at a time. Yeah, and also, we have some legacy acts that have been really great in taking some of our acts on tour, so it's like the passing, there's kind of a passing of a torch now. To bring rock to a new generation. I love that. Which Sunset needs, right? Sunset needs to be revitalized. And you guys killed it at the Whiskey, what was it, like a month or, was it a month or two ago? About a month or two ago, yeah. A month or two ago, amazing show. Great response. Right, right. Now, I heard that this venue might have gotten overbooked a little bit. I heard maybe a few people maybe got invited that there's not enough room in there, so. We'll see how it happens. Honestly, we had such a great response to the last event, everybody's been blown up by phone to come. And we're happy to accommodate them, but people might be waiting in line. Right, I know, to get into their own event. Would you guys ever do like a block party? Like a open air, city, shut down a city street block party? That sounds sick. Tell them we'll do it tomorrow here. Do it tomorrow? Open up all the bars again, we'll have everybody party. Yeah, years ago, Christina Millian did that. She shut down Melrose and just did a whole concert in the middle of the street and it was just jam-packed. Everybody loved it and it was free. You know, everyone just came and it was loud as hell and it was so much fun. We might need to take some pistols with us. I'm feeling like we need the BMR block party is I feel like what we need, so. We're completely down for it. There you go, everybody get your chrome hearts gear and come out and have a good time. Here's some rock. I know, I know, man. Tonight's gonna be such a great night. You guys are blowing up. We love what's going on with the new building and the offices over here. We have two spots on Sunset. We have this one and we have the one on La Cienega and Sunset, the building, the now. Amazing. Yeah, we took the penthouse there, so. Wow, okay. So we're gonna do some live events out there. We got some big plans. I love that. Maybe we'll get a BMR beach party or something. It's a good idea. There's a million parties. I'm your guy. Any reason to party, I'll help you think of it. You're always invited. Thank you so much. Well, guys, I know you gotta get in for the show. It was so great to see you. You guys both look great. Yeah, and Destiny's been killing it, working with our action, bringing them up a notch video-wise. I love that. Awesome. There you go. Destiny, it was so good to meet you. You guys are gonna have a blast. We got some of the band members coming in over here. Thank you guys so much. We're looking forward to it. It's gonna be a great night. Thank you so much. Thank you. So, who's your favorite singer and why is it Ryan Pertz? Oh my God, I can't do that. I love Ryan. I can't say he's my favorite. Everyone's amazing. I love the new 12-gauge Trixie. The music video is crazy. I love it. Oh my gosh, good. Yeah, I helped them with their photo shoot yesterday. Really? Yeah, I styled them. Amazing. Now, they're doing the Viper Room tonight. This is a legendary venue. Yeah, hell yeah it is. Obviously, River Phoenix, you know what I'm saying, passed away here. Johnny Depp used to live here. You know what I mean? There's so much, such a legendary place. I know, I've heard it's such a legendary place. Yeah, are you excited for the show tonight? I'm so excited. All the artists here are so insanely talented. They perform so good, so I'm really excited. Awesome, and then what is going on that you have, is this you guys' new office across the street here? What's going on with that? I think this is temporary. Okay. Yeah. Okay, because it used to be a bank. Yeah, I heard. But it's got you guys' logos and stuff all over it now. I'm from the Miami office, but I'm pretty sure, I think that's temporary, but I'm not sure. Okay, can you give us any other insights with what's going on with Big Machine Rock? Like, what are the plans for the future? Hopefully, signing more talented artists and more shows, of course, more concerts. Yeah. Do you think you guys would ever get into country? I don't know if we can get into that. You think you'll stay sticking with rock? I think so, but we'll see, we'll see. Maybe like country rock. I don't know, yeah. There you go. Who's your favorite artist right now? Like, what are you listening to in your car? What are you blasting right now? You know what I love to blast is the Eagles when I'm driving. Take it easy. Yeah, take it easy. That's a good. One of these nights. Yes. It calms my nervous system. Yes, yes, yes. What's the one, I can't tell you why, that's a good one. I forget what that one's called, though. Yeah, that's the name of it, it's called I Can't Tell You Why, but they got it already gone. They've got a ton. Well, really super excited for the show tonight. It was so good to see you. Yeah, so good to see you, too. And we hope that you have a lot of fun. It's gonna be really cramped in there. Oh, it is. I think they over-invited too many people. There's 350 people. And it's a very, very small thing. Oh, I know. People maybe are gonna have to sit on shoulders. I know. So we need to do a before and after because I think when you come for this, it's soaking in sweat, darling. Yeah, my hair is gonna be in a ball, you know. Well, you look amazing. Thank you. It was so good to see you tonight. Thank you so much. Yeah, good to see you, yeah. Bye, Julia, thank you. Brian, what's going on, brother? How you doing tonight? Not a whole lot, man. I love the new video, it's crazy. Which one? It was the one with all the blood. Oh, okay. Blood on my lap? Yeah. Nice. Yeah, that one was wild. I was just talking to 12-gauge Trixie. You're such a calm guy, but your voice is so strong and powerful. Like, I was blown away. Thank you. So what can fans expect from the show tonight? The Viper Room. It's gonna be loud. Gonna do a Nirvana cover, too. Really? Yeah, and then, yeah, super loud. What Nirvana song are you gonna do? Territorial Pissings. Okay, I like that, I like that. One of my favorites is On a Plane. Okay, yeah, same album. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, great, great, great, great album. So is this your first time playing here tonight, or have you been here before? Yeah, yeah, it's my first time. Man, this is a legendary venue. I know, I'm excited. Are you, you got anything you're worried about? Are you nervous at all, or is this just easy, easy for you, regular Monday night? I'm not really nervous or anything. I mean, we played at the Whiskey, like you were there. No, I remember that, I remember that. Yeah, we played at the Whiskey. Just as cool. Just as cool, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, on the marquee there, anything, is there any other new projects that you're working on that the fans need to know about? I'm going on tour with Autry in about a month. Oh, wow, that's huge. Yeah, acoustic tour, so be there. I love that. You know what, I've always felt like they need to bring back MTV Unplugged. Yes, I agree, I love MTV Unplugged. Okay, well, good, so that's what fans can kind of expect with this new tour. Yeah, all Unplugged, my band will be with me, and Autry's also Unplugged, too. Okay, okay, let me ask you, do you play guitar, or? Yeah, yeah, it's a three-piece, I'm the only guitarist actually. Oh, okay, okay, do you buy a lot of expensive guitars, because I know Kurt Cobain played a really cheap, $100 acoustic guitar. Do you have expensive guitars, or do you play cheaper ones, or what do you think? I'm actually playing Kurt Cobain's model Fender Jaguar tonight. Really? Yeah, for this show, but I'm not freaking well-off or anything. Thank you, Autry, for having me on the tour, but I'm not buying super expensive guitars, but I like Fender Strats, I like Fender, I'm a Fender guy. How do you feel about the Jag Sting? Yeah, it's cool, I don't have one, but it's cool. Yeah, I don't have one either, but they're very cool, though, so. All right, well, I know you gotta go to Soundcheck, any final message for your fans? Buy tickets for the Autry tour. I love that, man, so good to see you. Hey, well, have a good night, man, it's so good to see you, take care, brother. I'm so excited for the new single, it is so good! Thank you. Are you guys looking forward to the show tonight? Yeah, it's gonna be a great one, there's some cool bands on the lineup. Yes! I can't wait to play with Sludge Mother, oh my God, they're so good, I love them. Really, okay, okay, it's small in there, I've never been in there before. It's a tiny room, it's actually my first time going there, too, but it's cool, there's a lot of legends that have played there, so I'm stoked to be able to stand on the same stage. To even be there, I know, I know. I know, how are you guys feeling about the new single? ------- awesome. ------- awesome, ******* awesome. I love the video, it was so good, I was just watching it. Dude, yeah, it's a killer video, shout out Macy, girl, you got that ---- off the wall. I love it, what can the fans expect from the show tonight? Honestly, just straight rocking out, you know what I mean? Hopefully some hip wiggling, ass shaking, I mean, you never know, but just the good vibes, that's what we want today. Okay, and this is your first time playing here, too, right? At the Viper Room, yeah, I've never seen a show here, I've never been here before, but I'm super excited. I know it's gonna get sweaty as hell, so I'm probably gonna take these boots off eventually, but still super hyped. Okay, okay, is there anything else the fans need to know about? I know you guys gotta do soundcheck. No, we already did our soundcheck. Oh, you already did it, okay. We already did soundcheck. Wait, hold on, let me see, what was, your eyes are red? Yeah, I got red eyeballs today. Oh my God, that was so cool. I'm trying something a little different, a little different, a little different. But yeah, honestly, I think it's just gonna be a ******* rock the house, you know what I mean? We've got Sledge Mother, we've got beautiful bands going on today, my amulet, Ryan Pertz, like, I'm so hyped for everybody. Thank you so much, BMR, for all this opportunity. I'm so hyped, so, so hyped. Love it, and Ryan's new video's good, too. Dude, yeah, super fire, bro, super fire, bro. He is, and you know what, and in person, he's like, he's really quiet and calm, but then you hear his voice is so powerful. Yeah, yeah, yeah, definitely, definitely. Like, I was blown away by how good it was. He's a super chill guy, yeah, like, he's super chill. He's super duper chill, but he's a cool homie, he's a cool homie. Very chill, I love that, I love that. We got everybody out here from the band, it's just gonna be a good, good, good night. Yes, we do, everybody and they mama's coming out tonight to shake some tail feathers, as they say. I love that, well, thank you so much, so good to see you. Yeah, nice to see you. Trico, what's going on, man? Hey, what's going on? You ready for the big show tonight? Oh yeah, I'm ready for the big show. Already locked in, ran the songs earlier today. I'm ready to go. You know, I'm the caveman on the drums, so I'm gonna hold it down and try to do my best to make everybody else sound good, so, yeah, I'm stoked. I love that, I love it, and we got the whole... He really is the best drummer. The best drummer, just a period? No, not period, but you wanna talk about who's the best, it's her, she's the best bassist ever. The best bassist, okay. Yes, the best bassist. I'm all right, I guess, I think I'm just all right. You're all right, okay. Well, we both hold it down, we're the rhythm section. I think we complement each other. Exactly. Complement each other. Okay, now, what about her, what is she playing? What was that? What are you playing? I play guitar. Okay. Yes. All right, who's your favorite guitarist? Oh, Jennifer Batten, she's the one that inspired me to play. It's Michael Jackson's guitarist. Oh, I love her, with the big, she has a big arm. Big arm here. Yes. She's amazing, I love her too. Yeah, she's great. Okay, are you a big Michael Jackson fan? I'm huge Michael Jackson fan. Huge, huge. We're, us specifically, yeah. Yeah, he got me into music here. He is the Michael Jackson fan. All right, so you're gonna be moonwalking on the stage? Oh, maybe, you'll have to, if you come, maybe you'll see it, maybe you won't, you'll never know. How long does it take you guys to rehearse these songs? Like, is it a long thing, or you guys know them down pretty good? It feels like, it varies, it varies. I mean, we practice all the time, so sometimes we could go through the set in like 30 minutes, other times we need to go through the set in like. A few times. A couple hours. Okay. You know, hash out some details. Yeah. Okay, I was watching the Beatles documentary, and sometimes they get on each other's nerves. Do you guys get on each other's nerves at all, or are y'all like all pretty happy, or? We're pretty happy. Yeah, we are, we're stoked. We're stoked, okay. We're just having fun. We're all best friends. All right, all right, so everybody's in a good mood, or whatever. Unless we're on the road, sometimes we can like, get agitated with each other. Right, okay. I heard Ryan's gonna do a Nirvana cover tonight. How do you guys feel about that? Nirvana's legendary. He's got the voice for it, he's got the band for it, so they're gonna kill it. Yeah, I heard a little bit during sound check. Sounded great. I don't listen to a whole lot of Nirvana. I don't listen to recovery. Wait, what did you say? Yeah, I don't like Nirvana. Hey, Violet, you don't like Nirvana? I don't like Nirvana. Really, why not? I don't like Nirvana either, really, but. What? I think the Pixies did it better. Oh, that's why. The Nirvana got the fame, but I think Pixies did it better. Okay, okay, all right, all right. So we got, what's the best song you guys are gonna play tonight? The new song? Across the Jetty. Yeah, Across the Jetty. Across the Jetty. That's one of our newest songs. Okay, I love the new video too. I was talking to Julia. She said that she styled you guys. Yeah, she did killer. She did great. No, so. Shout out, Julia. So wait, what's the beef with the hippie? What hippie did you? **** you, hippie, I don't know. I'm just tired of hippies, dude. Tired of hippies? Let's see the shorts. What do you got? Motley Crue, Master bedding is not a crime. All right, you got a. If it was, I'd be in like hell of jail. I'd be in prison, to be honest. Yeah. Okay, okay. Dude, I'd be doing 25 to life. 25 to life. You guys, it's gonna be a great show tonight, and it was so good to see you, and we can't wait. It's gonna get hot in there soon, you know. Y'all be ready. Sweaty as balls. That's right. Like a sauna. You gotta film this guy sweating, dude. I sweat a lot. We can do it any time you want. Wait, what? Sorry. Hey, what'd you mean by that though? Right, right, right. Anytime you wanna film me sweat. All right. All right, here you go. All right, we'll have to add that to the buck list. You're making fun of me? I'm not making fun of you. Ah! You guys see this? It's so funny. It doesn't make sense. Oh, you got some lipstick on there. Yay! Oh, wait, did somebody kiss you? Somebody's kissing on him. I guess so. Wow. There's me, my man. It was him. Couldn't stop myself. I couldn't help myself at all, dude. Best time, bro. I like that. Your mama's right in the corner. Hey, pretty sick, though. Oh, there used to be a light. Oh! Did they take the light away? There used to be a light. They stole the light. Somebody took it for, like, copper or something. I don't know. The light disappeared on you. Here, somebody took it. I knew someone would steal that right away. Yeah, that's what you gotta do, I guess. We gonna do it. I remember when I used to live in Palm Springs, I hopped in one of those for my first time in L.A., and I got to see Katy Perry's first house, and I was like, ooh! Really? That's gonna be me. But was it, you know what, though? I don't know if this was actually a second house. Sometimes they scam, though. Like, sometimes they'll just pull up to just some random house. I think that's what they were doing. They were just going in the hills to the 1%. They were like, yeah, that's Elton John. Right. Yeah, that was Amy Winehouse. Right, because once they've got your money for the trip, then it's like, it's all done. They can just say whatever the hell they want. Right, just anybody they want, but yeah. Dude, that's so gnarly, bro. I've never had, like, a Hollywood bus come over, and I'm like, hello. Yeah, no, they're still stuck at the light. Waving, too. I wonder where they're from. You never know. Sometimes you do see a lot of celebrities, though, like, I've been out here before. I've seen Lady Gaga driving down this street. That's a good find. Yeah, yeah. And she has the most random cars. Like, she has, like, an old Ford F-150 truck. She has, like, a bottom-of-the-line Mercedes car. Just random stuff that you would never expect her to be in. Yeah. And you look over, you're like, wait a minute. Why is Lady Gaga at the stoplight? Yeah, you're like, I would expect it to be some, like, 56-year-old dude, but apparently it's just Amy Winehouse. Lady Gaga. That would be a great find. I never saw Amy Winehouse before. She's one of the few people that I haven't seen, so. You know, my manager, Phil, he got to see her live, and he said it was ******* amazing. I mean, she was drunk as hell, but that comes with it, Winehouse. Yeah. But I take so much inspiration from her. She's such an awesome singer. Tomorrow, I'll do a cover, too, in a car, like, acoustic vibes. Really? I'll do Valerie by Amy Winehouse. It's gonna be sick. Okay, are you guys, you know, Ryan said he's doing acoustic stuff. Are you guys? I think it's, like, a whole day tomorrow at BMR, we're gonna do, like, an acoustic set, like, in a car. Yeah. Something like that? Did you ever see when the Smashing Pumpkins did their acoustic set? Dude, no, I don't know. I mean, I probably saw it. It was MTV, like, unplugged. It wasn't unplugged. I think it was, like, for Virgin Records, or something. It was not unplugged, but it was really, really good, though. If you look on YouTube, find that, because the Smashing Pumpkins acoustic, it was great. I will look that up, because that's how good it is. Yeah, no, it was good. I mean, everybody knows the MTV unplugged ones, which are, like, the- They know, Nirvana, MTV unplugged. That'd be one of the most, like, crucial moments for me, where I was like, whoa, you can play the, you know, the music, and not sound too old, if you still sound too old. No, they sound amazing. So that, also Pearl Jam unplugged was really good. Oh, dude, don't even get me started. I got to see Eddie Vedder live over in San Diego when I was, like, 16, and for one moment, he, like, took away his mic, and just started singing raw, like, into the crowd, and I could hear him from all the way up there. It was insane. And his brother died around, he went to that school, that, in San Diego. There was, like, a whole song for his brother. Dude, I almost cried. I was like, this is emotional, like, this is emotional. But- You know, I've never seen him, either. He's one of the few people that I've never seen. Voice sounds exactly the same. That's my mom and my brother. Hey. Hey, shout out to them. You guys excited for the show tonight? We're so excited. Yeah, they're excited. Something about this, I feel like, Stevie Nicks is inspired. I think so. In this- The stylist said that she was, like, going for a little Stevie Nicks kind of vibe, but still, like, I'm almost haunted, like, I'm summoning people with the red. Okay. So, I think they pulled it off pretty well. Okay. And I'm super excited. I might take these off, like I was saying, you know, eventually, but, like, shoo-hoo! I'm excited. All right, all right. Well, we can't wait. We're looking forward to the show tonight. **** yeah, dude, I'm excited, too. Thank you. Got the whole crew. So, tell me about tonight's concert. Are you guys pretty excited? **** yeah. I've played it a couple of times, yeah. Oh, really? Yeah, I'm a hired gun dude, and I've played with a bunch of different bands, but this is, like, my final resting place. Nice, nice. I think we will, we will be here. Okay, okay, all right, all right. So, first time for you, but you guys have been here before. So, what should fans expect about the concert tonight? Wow. Wait, wait, how does this guy get in here? How does this guy get in here? You're not complete. Okay, there we go. He's a random guy from off the street. All right, random homeless guy. No, I'm just kidding. Another one of our guitarists. Nice. He's asking, what's the show gonna be like? Loud, angry, intense. Intense. Crazy. Okay, I heard they- I heard they overbooked it and let- They don't know about that. Are you guys at Pyro in there? Really? No. No? Man, so y'all just gonna burn the house down, just like that? Absolutely. No, never in this legendary way. For someone that, if someone's never heard you guys before, what's your best song to listen to for a first time listener? I personally like Pig, because it's grungy. Pig. That's gonna be my call. Okay. And the angry bitch of it all, which is Sledge Mother. All right, that's the one. And is there a video for this song? Have you guys shot a video for it yet? Yeah. Okay, nice, nice. We got loud. So, and also too, that I heard Ryan's gonna be covering Nirvana tonight. How do you feel about that? You can't do that. Yeah, I see you got the Soundgarden. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The Chris Cornell. No, I look- I get to hear that. 90's Friends of 2096. There we go, there we go. I'm so happy that they're bringing back live music to the strip. You know, we need a little bit more of that. Is there anything new that you guys are working on that your fans need to know about? Bro, we just performed a full EP. Really? Hell yeah, brother. Okay, recorded, but it's not out yet? Yeah, we just finished recording last week. Okay, really? We are playing three of the songs for the first time ever tonight, so. Wow, okay, there we go. That's the thumbnail right there. No, no, no, no. That's the thumbnail. I told y'all this was gonna be a full EP. Right, right, right. Okay, so three exclusive songs tonight? Yes. Okay, that's pretty good, that's pretty good. Now, are you guys gonna be recording a lot more stuff? Or like, where are you- Very cool, very cool. All right, well, that sounds great. Yeah, I mean, I hear the band playing now. I mean, you guys should probably be going on pretty soon, right? Yeah, we're on at 8 p.m. 8.40, an hour. Ready to ******* rumble. All right, well, I can't wait. You guys look like it's gonna be a good show, so. So good to see you tonight. We're looking forward to that new EP, so. Yeah, so are we. Thank you so much, guys. Well, have a great night. So nice to meet you. Okay, take care, guys.