Hippie Death Cult

0:07HostWelcome to Interceptor Beyond Podcast. My name is Arthur and this is the Green Room Sessions. And on this episode, I talked to Eddie of the rock band Hippie Death Cult that played in Vienna that night in the Viper Room. There were also two bands there. Lurch, spelled L-U-R-C-H. Really cool band. Check them out. And also Mothers of the Land. You already know them. We had an interview with them a long time ago, a couple months ago. I think it was the first episode of the Green Room Sessions. So I decided not to interview them this time. It's too early. It's too soon. And with the Lurch people, we agreed that I'm going to interview them sometime later when the new material comes up. All right. So I recorded this interview with Eddie outside of the club. We found a really cool place one block away. It was a park. It was dark. And there was only one table. And there was some light shining on it. And it was really super quiet. It was perfect interview atmosphere. So yeah, enjoy the show. And don't forget, if it's the first time you're listening to this episode or this podcast in general, don't forget to follow and rate this show. And if it's not the first time you're listening to the show, please tell somebody about the show. Send a link. Anyways, thank you very much. And let's talk to Eddie.

1:35HostI've known your band since the very beginning, since 2019, I think, right? When you released the first single. 111 was a single, right?

2:40HostYeah, yeah, yeah, I remember. I remember because I remember the cover for the 111. And yeah, I mean, for what I've known, I mean, I checked all the interviews with you and all the stuff. So I saw that it was kind of a coincidence that your band came together. Sure. And actually, like, I noticed a thing that you and Ryan said in separate interviews when you were on Couch Riffs, that it also, it clicked with you, yes, on the vibe level, on everything, right? Sure. But also, you and him, I didn't find anything about Laura because she doesn't give so many interviews. Sure, sure. But you stopped caring, you know?

3:22?Sure.

3:23HostWhen you stopped caring about how you, what other people think, I would say. Yeah. And it was a magic moment that it happened.

3:31HostAnd the question is like, do you think that would it be possible that you had this epiphany earlier, you know? Because you were playing in other bands. Sure.

3:40?For a long time. Over 20 years, yeah.

3:42HostYeah, and then it happened later. Do you think it would be possible earlier in your life when you stopped caring, the stopped caring part?

4:19HostYou never thought because you never, you didn't have time to think about it.

5:08HostI ask this for the bands who are new. For example, we've seen one band today. You know, they're super fresh. Yeah. And, you know, like, it's something, you know, like, because when you, before this moment, you're trying to fit in, in a way. Sure, sure. You're checking the trends, what's cool now, what's not. Ryan was doing with his drums. Sure. Before he was like, Nirvana came and he, everybody wanted to be like Nirvana, limited kit and stuff.

5:36HostAnd that's what I want to say is that maybe if people start to listening to what they want to do more in the beginning and not really caring that much, it's possible. I don't know.

6:16HostI checked the time. I remember, yeah, I know that time.

6:53HostThat's why I wanted to ask, you know, like starting over and over and over and over again, it's like devastating and then it finally clicked.

7:02HostBut it was coincidence. It was not like plans, plans. It's how you met, like you met Ryan when he came out of the room when you were checking the guitar and stuff.

7:11?Yeah. I mean, yeah. Like, cause at that point I had already been trying for four years to put this band together, um, with lots of different people, just trying to find the right people. And, uh, and then, yeah, I got to a point where I had a steady band for about a year or so. Um, and then that fell apart and it had nothing to do with me. It was like the other members had issues with each other and they were both, they were all coming to me saying, you know, I can't be in a band with this guy. It's either me or him or whatever, you know, and they were all saying that about each other and I was in this weird spot. And that's where I was like about to give up on the whole idea. Cause I was like, I've been putting so much effort in this.

7:49HostUm, but even four years, like for any band, not only yours with your dedication, it's just in general, it's like a soul crushingly long.

8:03HostThere was no releases at all.

8:06HostTrying to find the right people.

8:08HostSo Ryan said that he, the vibe is really important for him and for you also.

9:26HostUm, do you get self doubt? You quit your job, you quit steady job, good job. Uh, and at the same time moved in the van, slept in the van for a long time in hostels and all that stuff.

9:37HostDude, the classic rock and roll stuff.

10:26HostAnd especially you, you worked at Amoeba shop and everybody who will listen to the episode knows about Amoeba, of course.

10:34HostYeah. It's an awesome record store, but you knew from the, from, first of all, LA show business, of course, that's one thing. And the second thing in Amoeba shop. So you, you saw the music industry at its core, how it's going.

10:47HostAnd it was not really pretty, I guess.

11:37HostAnd that's what people like here in the music, that they feel that you are the real shit. And, uh, at least that's how I felt, you know, and I was okay. And everything else just comes together with it, I guess. Yeah.

12:54HostYou're going to still play tonight is for the context for the people to understand. So, but I'm pretty sure like most of the people who came today, uh, well, as you said, but in this case, 60%, I would say it came for you.

13:06HostSo, yeah, you mentioned that you had a really extensive tour, uh, this year. We need to tell that you in 2018, around September, you were writing new material, preparing all the good stuff, right? The recorded stuff. And then 2020 came with the Corona stuff. Sure. So my, my question is that probably because of that, you postponed to everything. Plus there was a change in the lineup.

15:08HostThat's a, that's a new info.

15:20?there's Corona stuff, but probably, I mean, it doesn't matter. I mean, on, on, on, on a, on a level, just like human, it's not really important in that case, you know, like for the musics, what happened there, it's, it's, you can put it in

15:37HostBut for this case, no. So you've got the circle of days, right? So yeah, to get, and you had material also for doom sessions, you recorded it together. Yep. And okay. Finally, the time comes this year to tour in the beginning of the year, you already had some tours in the U S. Yeah. And then the, the, the cool stuff happened is all this festivals this summer. Yeah. So I would just say cycle Las Vegas, ripple fast, Texas, a UK tour, heavy psych sounds. It all happened this summer. Yeah. And it's happening now because you're right now on tour.

16:13Host35. Uh, so you, you had 35, where the fuck is it? 35 two shows in the U S and 24 in Europe.

16:21?Yeah.

16:22HostAnd you're like this Sunday, you should be done with your tour.

16:27HostHow are you feeling?

16:32HostBut you're the band who like freaking enjoys playing live.

16:36?Yeah. Yeah.

17:10HostThat's what I heard many, from many people, like from broom people also, they said the same thing that in United States, especially LA. Yeah. Forget, forget about distance. Yeah.

17:28HostUm, why is that? Is it because there are so many, uh, musicians out there and they can like, uh, choose or it's just the attitude of music industry, for example, LA, you know, it's like business, business.

17:57HostUm, how much is the price of a ticket, for example, in the United States?

18:28Hostyou know, everybody exploring, exploiting the musician.

18:46Hostpsychic kids, uh, bands, you know, even though, uh, one of the, uh, one of the singers was touring with some, I forgot which band, but even them, they were treating like shit in LA everywhere else. Yeah. Better a little bit better. But still, uh, how, who organized usually you do book? Well, usually everything that you do, you do yourself. Sure. But what's about the European tour who helped you with heavy psych sounds? It was heavy psych sounds.

19:16?because not only is it a really cool label with a lot of cool bands and stuff like that, but because I knew that they were also a booking agency and they were well connected in Europe and like playing in Europe and building an audience in Europe was one of the main goals

19:33HostSo, uh, how was the, the, the, uh, heavy psych sounds fast that it was recently like, like last two weeks. Yeah.

19:51HostRyan told me that he was like, uh, checking out the black rainbows, uh, like now wearing the black rainbows t-shirts at the moment.

20:10HostSo it's an Italian band.

20:30HostHow was the UK tour?

20:34HostThere were not so many, like six gigs.

20:50HostUm, you, you managed to, to go through Birmingham.

21:00HostAnd that's important for the Black Sabbath people.

21:18HostDid something like, uh, like totally surprised you?

21:31HostSo like, um, maybe like our people, uh, imagine LA. Yeah.

21:37HostSo I didn't, I mean like just as an image in their head.

21:53HostUm, you checked out, uh, I saw the photos that you checked out the bench where the Black Sabbath people.

22:07HostI, I wanted to check like if you went to Liverpool and not to get the Beatles or something like this, because I know you're a Beatles fan.

22:25HostWe were, you, you're a touring band. You're like working band. You, you, you, you like, you see, you play, you sleep and then you go next place.

22:43HostSo, and I'm pretty sure it will happen.

22:52HostAll right. All right. Uh, so let's talk about the recent single, the nice to know. Sure. Nice to know you. Yeah. Which was released in July this year, 2022. Yeah. So first of all, um, Laura sings.

23:05?Right.

23:06HostUh, I don't think it was before like that in the previous recordings.

23:10?Never. Yeah. She started doing backup vocals and things, but, um, yeah, it was never even a thought to have her be a lead singer for her or us or anything. Um, she was kind of just thrown into that position because we had, you know, the album

23:33HostEverything was planned already.

23:47HostAnd like, you know, you will never get invited again.

24:19HostI loved it. I loved the new, the new, the new single.

24:23HostAnd it's like, uh, uh, it felt a little bit doomy for me, like more doomy. Is it like how you're like want to go a little bit?

24:34HostIs this like, uh, uh, inspired by the Corona time? It's like, you know, like where we feel heavy, let's do heavy stuff.

25:04HostHow much Funkadelic is in there?

25:16HostUh, you know, like, uh, still remember, um, uh, forgot to ask you about the tour. Uh, so Dave Mustaine, uh, uh, uh, gave you an advice, you know, like he gave you an advice, uh, to always be clean so that you don't get sick. And he also gave you an advice to journal everything so that you have something stuff to remember. Do you do that?

25:55HostResponding to my messages.

26:11HostAnd actually it works pretty much. You have a lot, you made a lot.

26:15HostI had to go through all of them, but it's pretty, pretty accurate of how the, how you feel, how like you can like, just remember to save all of them.

26:49HostSo we can say that you're following the advice of Dave Mustaine. Yeah, absolutely. You just do it in a, in, in, in, in a new way that he didn't, he didn't even expect to happen.

27:09?I mean, not the plan, but okay. Uh, first of all, how do you relax after the tour? Because you don't really relax after the tours.

27:15HostYou like, you stay at home for like a month and then you go on the next tour. So what's the plan now?

28:06HostSo probably the new material, are you going to release some singles before, but so, but probably the album will come out somewhere at least in March.

28:22HostIt's for the people who want to expect new stuff from you.

28:30HostI want to ask, you know, you recorded, uh, the nice to know you at the eight four studio, right? Knowing that you like to like have funny names for your home studio, I guess it's a new studio that you moved into in your location.

29:10HostSo yeah, nice to, to know you was recorded to tape also.

29:18HostTo get this nice saturation of the tape.

29:29HostWell, this is new. Yeah. From, from what I heard from other bands.

29:58HostUm, so, so limitations improved your work workflow in a way.

30:08HostLike usually like, uh, the, with the previous albums, it was the riffs that you composed some time ago, right? Before the, with this one, is it also like some old ideas revised or you decided to go all new here?

30:26HostThere is, I think like when you change, when, uh, Laura started to sing, you realize that it's time to maybe like, uh, do it new way, you know?

30:40HostYeah. You wake up in the morning and guitar and all this stuff.

31:00HostBut, but what about, uh, the recent, uh, single nice to know you when it came out, let's use this as an example.

31:11?Yeah. Yeah.

31:12HostSo that's that kind of guy. We know you have a huge vault with all the riffs and stuff. Yeah.

31:45HostLike, I like what this single is that everybody has a chance to shine, shine in the thing. Everybody has a cool part and it's all going into together. Like, uh, uh, like harmony is there, but it's, it's, uh, you have parts, unexpected parts, which I like.

32:25HostAll right. So, uh, the new stuff is coming out sometime next year, right? Yep. You're going to play tonight, uh, tomorrow Sasquatch is coming to town.

32:35HostIt was last minute, uh, addition, you know, I know that you played with them together. Yeah. Sasquatch and slow moles are playing together. I'm going to take interviews through with them also, but my brain is fucked right now because I didn't expect them to come and I had to like prepare like really quick. Yeah. Anyways, what could, what could you help me with a Sasquatch? What should I ask them? Or maybe what do you want to tell them? You know?

33:23HostYeah. The Sasquatch, the fucking bonkers people. Yeah.

33:59HostAll right. All right. Well, I'm going to have a separate episodes with them. We don't want to talk too much about that. You know, I would just ask them about the tour. Sure.

34:05?Yeah.

34:05HostYou're the highlight of tonight. It's just, I wanted to, to, to, to, to ask like, give me a quick example. Anyways. All right. So we don't have much time because you need to play and we want to see the other band also play. Yeah. Yeah. Um, uh, what I usually ask in the end is what, could you give me a, uh, hippie death cult song that you put at the end of the episode? Oh, wow. A good introduction to your band. So that's somebody who doesn't know.

34:30?Yeah.

34:31HostUh, will, will listen.

34:45HostAnd that's red, I think.

34:48HostIt's for the people to get like, oh, cool.

34:52?It's just, yeah. It's just a reminder again, like what I was talking about earlier, just like how, how temporary everything is. Um, that's even kind of like, kind of like the theme with, with even with the name of the band and stuff.

35:08HostAll right. And say again, the name of the song with attitudes.

41:05HostThanks. Hippie death cult. I really dig that song. Thank you to a listener for staying to the end. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Don't forget to follow the show on Spotify. And if you like what you're hearing, rate the show on Spotify, Apple, or any other podcast platform that you prefer. Check out the Patreon page. Write a review. I like reviews. And I hate reviews. Anyways. Also, you can leave a comment on Instagram. Everything is welcomed. All right. Thank you very much. Wish you all the best. Until next time. Bye. Bye.