Description
The Schultz brothers (Matt and Brad) of Cage The Elephant drop by Klein. Ally. Show. They discuss opening for Oasis, their childhood gang "The Blood Suckers," & throwing pizzas and shattering glass tables at / on each other.
Matt opens up about his recent mental health crisis, explaining how getting arrested actually saved his life and what it means to finally write from a healthy, stable place on their new track, "Beaches in Tennessee".
Plus, we learn why their religious father used pliers to destroy Green Day CDs, how Brad experienced the most humiliating guitar giveaway in history, and where to get questionable clown-and-dagger tattoos in Los Angeles.
0:00:00 - Welcome back, Cage The Elephant!
0:00:41 - Stalking Oasis & Brotherly Hate: Detailing their tour with Oasis and learning what it is like to tour with a brother.
0:01:46 - Wasting Good Pizza & Shattered Glass: The brothers recall their past physical violence. Their fights involved throwing pizza at faces and getting put through a glass table.
0:02:40 - "The Blood Suckers" Neighborhood Gang: Brad explains how he used to order Matt around as his faithful sidekick. Whenever their parents locked the deadbolt, it was time to cause neighborhood trouble.
0:03:36 - The Favorite Child & Secret Songwriters: The boys admit their youngest brother, Jeremy "the Prince," is their parents' secret favorite. They also claim their two non-musical brothers actually write all of the band's songs.
0:04:17 - Satan’s Music & Needle-Nose Pliers: Growing up religious meant hiding Nirvana and Green Day cassettes while using Scope to cover up cigarette breath. Their dad once used needle-nose pliers to snap a Green Day CD in half to protect them from Satan.
0:05:45 - "Beaches in Tennessee" & Surviving Psychosis: Matt candidly discusses how getting arrested and hospitalized during a mental health crisis saved his life. He explains that their new music reclaims the ability to write about turbulent times from a healthy, stable place.
0:07:44 - Playing the New Single: Playing the new track "Beaches in Tennessee". 0:09:00 - Unhinged Stage Dives & Speaker Climbing: Praising Matt’s historically reckless live performances and speaker climbing. Matt admits that becoming a father has convinced him to take slightly better care of his body.
0:10:06 - Fatherhood & Smash Cake Overdoses: Matt describes his one-year-old son doing flips over playpens just like Brad. He recalls his son's reaction after experiencing his very first sugar rush from a birthday smash cake.
0:11:13 - The Most Humiliating Guitar Giveaway: Brad tells the humiliating story of jumping off stage stairs to give a fan a guitar.
0:12:56 - Epic Question #1: Best BBQ: When asked which state makes the best barbecue, Brad confidently answers with the city of Austin. Matt chimes in with Tennessee in honor of their new single.
0:13:48 - Epic Question #2: Questionable LA Tattoos: Matt reveals his must-do Los Angeles tradition is visiting the Electric Banana for a tattoo. His most recent piece is a knife-wielding clown running after a tiger.
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