PipemanRadio Interviews Silly Goose at Welcome To Rockville 2023

0:04 Hey, do you love them too? Yes, that's sure. From Why You Wake Up of America, it's time for the Adventures of Pipe Man on W four cy dot com West pom Beats his number one internet radio station. Here's your host, the White Man. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm here with Silly Goose. That's us. Thank you for having us. Nice. So, the last time we talked, like you weren't really necessarily a Danny Wimmer festival official band, you know, yeah, you can kind of work because that you've died after in right, yeah, right around that time. Yeah, we had we had done that one festival, but it wasn't like legit yet.

1:21 But I'm hoping. I think we're all we're all hoping that, uh, it's gonna be an every year type of thing. But um, yeah, I guess we're a Yeah. I was just telling the band before. You never tell the story about how you're here playing at Welcome to Rockville, and I have to repeat it because it's pretty fucking badass. Like listen, I'm from old school and that was an old school move that you guys pulled. That doesn't go on anymore and as total rock and roll. Do you want to tell a story or you want me to tell a story? Um? Either either or I can start telling it there your way, and then if I forget it, I know it's me in the story. But if I forget, like jump in and correct me. But I think right around that or oh all they closer, my bad? Um. Yeah. We we played outside of the Festival of Incarceration and um we yeah, we just played like in the parking lot as everyone was coming out. Well wait that you crashed. Oh yeah, we crashed. We were not supposed to be there, ye into the parking lot set. Yeah. So yeah, it was it had a potential to go great, which it did, or it had a potential to land us in jail. You never know. Um, but luckily it worked out and uh, Danny had us coming to the festival that day or then the next day and play at INK and then they added us so Louder than Life and then uh, now it's a year later and we're here at Welcome to Rockville. And that's kind of how we we started

2:53 our our relationship with DWP. A bit unusual, but we're happy it worked out. And you know when when Danny's walking up to you guys in the parking lot, you gotta be thinking yourself, Uh, we're fucked, To be completely honest with you, we didn't know who was right. I knew he was somewhat important because I could see I saw he had a walkie talkie and like, so I knew he was some sort of festival staff. But it wasn't until he approached Tyler uh and and explained who he was. And then I was in the middle of selling shirts like this was after we played, and of course, like at that time, that's my main priority, like I'm not like, we're trying to make money so we can eat, uh, And then Tyler came over. It was like like the and we had just met Tyler at the time, so um, Tyler was like, Danny Wimmer, the guy who runs the festival wants to like put talk to us. And I was like okay, okay, like like like after I sell these shirts and then I'm so happy. Tyler was persistent and and got me to stop selling shirts. Uh yeah, because because here we are.

3:59 And then after that day I knew who Danny Wimmer was. I made sure I knew I should hope so yeah, and you were even on that day, you were on a twitch thing. Uh yeah. So that was that was like Saturday night or something. And then they they the next day Sunday, they had us come play, and that whole thing was so hectic because that was like we we found out we were playing, I think like forty five minutes before we even come from the stage, and we were running around and it was just the most chaotic, crazy awesome thing ever. Um. Yeah. And then and then right after our set, either right after right before we had that that interview, and if you go watch the interview, I none of us had any sleep the night before, and I'm just like the I'm and I'm like freaking out by what's happening. And you just see me like smiling and laughing the whole video. Um. So yeah. So I got asked too. Okay, so family and friends when you going and crashing this festival, there had to be a bunch of them They're like, don't do it. Well, you your mind, You're gonna go to jail there. There definitely is that. By that point, we had a we had already done it a few times though we had uh, we had traveled and played outside of places a lot, so uh it. But yeah, it always gets the like what are you doing from from our family? But now they're now our families are all used to it um. But hopefully we

5:30 won't have to do that much longer. I think we might be wrapping up the trailer shows. Yeah, the trailer tourist, Yeah, I think the right right. And then when that happens with Danny Wimmer, now you're telling those same people that maybe you know, we're not on board with the crash, and they're probably like, yeah, right, then believe in the next thing. You know, you're playing and you're on on Louder and then you're here at Welcome to Rockville and they get the ill eat their words, the negat Yeah, that's what I love. It's been crazy. It's it's been really cool. And the lesson there is, man, you just do you and if you have the passion for something and you want and that's what you want to do, you gotta go for all the way balls out, you know, and that's the only way you get here for sure for sure.

6:21 Yeah, if we had played by the rules, we would still be in in our in our garage, that's right. Say look at that, so what else you got going on after Rockville? So well, let me since then, but before before Rockville, like leading up until now, like after that whole thing in Ink, like we played Ink last year, we played louder Um and then like we didn't hear from Danny for a minute, or we didn't hear from some from some people, and we were like, we're silly, Goose, We're still fucking here. We're gonna keep grinding with or without the industry. So we went out and we followed Highly Suspect for about three months. We drove across the whole country twice. We followed Highly Suspects, spirit Box and UM and and bath Flower and UM. Yeah. We we lived in my truck for for three months and we spent thousands of dollars on gasoline and only had a T shirt sales to power it. And then a Highly Suspect had us come in one day and open for them. Um.

7:23 And then after you were stalking their shows. Yeah, yeah, play inside. Those guys were so cool the whole rest of my career. I will always be um talking positively of them. They were just so so nice and supportive of what we were doing. By the end of the tour, we had like uh like all access passes, like we were supposed to be on the tour. Um, so we we had that going and then um, we we became like we became or I became friends. We became friends with this band that I I grew up like listening to. And then there's been a lot of those moments recently where like I've got numbers or I've become friends with people that like I would have never thought and it's been really cool.

8:09 Um. But but yeah, we did that, and then, um, what what other big thing happened before this? A few big thing? We Oh, we had this TikTok video go viral for whatever whatever that means. Um, but it did get a lot of people talking about us. The one where they were trying to arrest you. No no, that was one of that. That one got like one hundred two hundred thousand views. Uh. We did one where we played inside of a subway like the restaurant and uh that all of a sudden that had like five million views. And now there's people in in like China and different countries like hey, when are you gonna come play? Like and we're like, we didn't even know like that people knew us over there. So yeah, we had that, and then we played in a in a waffle house, uh last week, and that one has been that video has been going around. Um. Definitely not trying to be just a TikTok band because I think we all think that's a little corny um, but it does work to get your name out there.

9:09 Yeah. Um, So we've been doing stuff on the internet, like to try and go viral and get our name out there to new people and then hopefully they they that gets their attention, but then they see the work we put in and like, oh, this is a this is a real band. So waffle House yeah, well that one's funny. Waffle House was last weekend, and then tomorrow night will be Cracker Barrel. And I'm not joking, by the way. Tomorrow night is Cracker Barrel. You should play it in the rocking chairs. Oh yes, yeah of course. And then Saturday night tonight, sir Thurs Yah, Saturday to night is Bucky's. So we'll see, we'll see how we're just gonna show up. So maybe you'll become like the waffle House band, you know. That's what we don't want, that's what we don't want, but but it is fun playing in waffle house though. It's really easy. All you have to do is just ask the employees and then if they say no, then you just go to the next waffle house and ask them, and then your three waffle houses in and all of a sudden you're playing. Well, now you have to move up to like I Hop and Denny's. Yeah, yeah, oh yeah. People people love to compar us to the Denny What the fuck's up Denny's? So how do our listeners connect with the on socials? Buy your merch because that's the only way that bands survive and for you guys, that's the only way you get to crash all these shows for sure. So so everyone can look us up on Spotify and Apple Music. Um, just look up Silly Goose and then we're on Instagram and Facebook. We do most of our our promotion and

10:39 like telling people what's going on through Instagram and that is Silly Goose at l And then if you hit the link in our bio you can go check out all there's a link to like our music and our website and you can buy t shirts online and uh, we got some pretty cool merch. So if you're listening to this at home, go buy a silly goose shirt or a hat. You know, it's also pretty funny. I don't know if you remember this, but at Ink, before it even happened with you, we had these annoying geese. Yeah, I remember that, and so it was like so funny. When this all happened, it's like, wow, that's really weird. Yeah, yeah, because that that was because I remember exactly what you're talking about. There was the interview area just like this, and there was the pond in the in the back corn and the geese where were they like violent or they kept coming up, they kept breaking funny if the geese were like angry, um, but yeah, and then and then there was us that that same that same weekend. That would have been cool if like you brought the geese up on stage. They could be your like that could be your next new thing, Like you just have geese with you on stage. Tyler, what do you think of that idea? I think they might get a little angry with us and try to bite us, but that would be so punk rock. I don't know what's the i'm all organization and the ASPCA. Yeah, yeah, I don't think they would like it, um, but it would be it would be interesting. Yeah, well you

12:11 can have like the mascot. Yeah yeah, in fact, that's what you need to do too. Maybe one day you could be like some of the bands that dress up in customs and you could all just be dress up as geese. I I will I I will think on your idea. I will think on it. It's not a serious idea, Okay, Well what I would like? I don't know if I would dressed out of a go dress go on stage dressed as a goose, but I I think it would be cool if we had someone who ran out who was a goose, and different animals that ran out through throughout the set. That would be cool. Or you could have a bunch of people that you know, are dressing up as geese and they do a mosh pit that's like duck duck. Oh man, you got some good ideas. I like it. I don't know. They're pretty fucking stupid, but you know, listen, don't get don't give me a mic. Okay, who did that? Uh you you did that?

13:15 Yeah, fucking idiot? And did that? Uh so you guys played here? How was it playing at Rockville? In the Daytona Speedway. It was awesome. It was really cool getting here and then all of a sudden, my my truck is on driving on a race track. Right, that was cool? Um, it was. It was an interesting set. It was a lot of fun, and it was one of the biggest crowds we've ever played too. Of course, Um, I have learned a new lesson, and that is to not put sunscreen on my face before oh yeah, going on stage, because I thought I was using sunscreen that would not bleed or whatever it's called tear your eyes. So my eyes were like red and I couldn't see anything for half to set. Um. But other than the excruciating burning pain in my eyes, it was a lot of fun. Well that's rock and roll right there. Okay, Like listen, you're not going through that shit. Yeah, now I know not to do that exactly. Put on sunscreen exactly. Next time you'll won't put on sunscreen. You'll be burnt as fuck. Yeah, yeah, you'll have to do the next show all burnt. Because I had it on my face and you know, I had it up on my forehead and then I started sweating and it like bleeds happened in interviews where my eyes were tearing the whole interview. I don't, I don't. Yeah, yeah, well you get I can't it just like you, I can't like stop the interview. Oh sorry, you know, like I get the sunscreen in my eyes. You can't stop the set. You just gotta can't stop the set for for sunscreen in the in the eyes.

14:48 So it could be worse though, because it was a lot of fun. Though it's a it's a learning experience. Well, I've asked a question like, if you tell one story good or bad to like bands, I've been around a while, what woul be? Three times I've gotten the answer when I ship myself on stage. So so there, so there you go. Some times you've got what do you like? They? They are you being literally? They know they literally they literally ship their pants on stage and then you gotta keep playing. I haven't had that. I can't relate to that I've had. I always seem like I have to go to the bathroom right before we play, and it's always the worst timing. Never, Um, I haven't had that happen yet. I'm I'm hoping that that doesn't happen to see. So that's a lot worse than the sunscreen, right, and make you feel make you feel better now, right. I feel like in that situation, or maybe let me think about this, I feel like I would almost just tell the crowd and start and like what had happened and just start laughing. I totally tell them, Yeah, how comedic the situation was.

15:52 It's like, Okay, so I I just interview recently because it was the fourth anniversary of the US Festival, which was in ninth eighty three. I was at that festival and it was like supposed to be to Woodstock of the eighties and heavy Metal day. They had like genre days. Heavy mel Day had more than any of the other days combine. There was like three hundred thousand people that they could count, but they couldn't cut play, No, they didn't. But but it was it was quiet, Riot, Motley Crewe, Judas, Priest, Azzie Triumph Um van Halen was the headliner, Okay, And so that was what I was getting to his So there's like a sea of people, like artists that were up on stage. They couldn't see the end of the crowd, that's how big the crowd was. And they're playing in talking about love and he's looking over at Dave because he's not singing, and then David Lee Roth just goes, I fucking forgot the words, and the whole crowd like roared like it was the best thing that ever happened.

16:57 And he really did forget the word. I've had that album before it too, So you just gotta play it off like yeah, you gotta play it off like it's there's not supposed to be words there, or just tell them what had happened, um now, because you know how to handle hecklers. Oh yeah, fuck you get it. I don't know if I'm allowed to curse on here, but yeah, but tell the fuck off and get out of here. So David Lee brought that same night to some guy heckled them, and he over to Mic He's like, I will fuck your girlfriend today. There was I don't know if you guys saw it or heard me say it for in our song in my head. I like in the bridge, I got everyone to get down to the ground and then like when it kicks in, everyone jumps up. There was one dude, I don't I don't know if y'all saw this. He was standing out there and he was like, no, I'm not getting down. He was giving me the finger and he was like he was really pissed off. And I said, I see you giving me the finger, fuck you motherfucker, And oh man, that's nice. So that that was fun that that I enjoyed that moment.

17:57 I love that too. Yeah, I was. It's a lot a show once where because it's like, what are you gonna get out of doing? Like, why are you gotta be an ass? Yeah, Like, I'm just gonna make you look bad. It's hard enough you getting up there and doing this on stage in front of an old crowd of people. Why are you gonna fucking do that? Show? Like it's like people in media that always try a shock jock artists like our job is to promote you, not to make you look better, right, And and they're no. But I will say there's things that definitely like h and I think maybe all of us can agree with this. There's things that like, like, we're all human, there's things that can get under our skin or bother us or make us feel self conscious about like how people react to things. But when there's someone in the crowd like that dude, that just made me happy to see it like that didn't even make me angry. Um, yeah, because publicly humiliating people who are trying to embarrass me, and he makes you look better, it makes himself look stupid, you know, Like, so hey, there it is, you know, and so now you know, next time, just tell him you're gonna fuck his girlfriend. Yeah, I will say, I'll say that next time. I'd probably say so. Next time I'll probably get too carried away and then say something that I'll have to apologize for.

19:11 But so I think I'll keep it out just to fuck you. I was at a show and I can't remember. I think it was Slipknot. I can't remember if it was slipped on or Stone sur but I'm pretty sure it was Slipknot. And somebody was right up front and they were on their phone and Corey Taylor just walked up and slapped the phone. Dude, I need to do that next show. Not that, but like if someone I'm gonna go to the barrack up to the barricade, you just gave me a good idea. No, but like I would have done that today. It doesn't matter. Like I know, we're one of the smaller band, the smallest band on the bill. Or one of them. I will go to the barricade and if there's someone on their phone right in front of me and they don't even realize I'm there, I'm taking their phone and I'm throwing it as far as I can nice and they're doing and their phone can crowd surf, yeah, or they're fucking fly for a brief moment. What do you think of my Is my idea a little too a little too hard? I think it's funny, but I think it's funny too. I mean, I think it's funny, but you better make a lot more money first, because you're gonna have to pay for in case we've got to replace it or something.

20:15 You know, you never know what might happen, So let's make sure we got a little bit of money saved up first. What do we have to replace it? I don't. I mean, what you're saying makes sense, but something in my head is like telling me, like, no, there's no way we'd have to pay for that. Yeah, But like imagine if like if they're talking to like somebody who's dying and it's like a relative, and like they have to be on their phone. Man, No, no, no, no, no, no, that that they are not going to be barricade at a music festival. If they get on the phone and someone's dying, they are leaving the barricade. They're not like, hold on, sorry, But I don't know. The only way I could see that backfiring is if I threw it and it hits someone on the head and then they were uncondon chis that would be bad. But other than that died.

21:03 Yeah, yeah, so maybe I won't do that. Maybe we I'm glad we talked through it and we figured out the consequences. Um or we just take it on stage and they get it back at the end of the set. You know. There, this isn't I'm not a teacher, this isn't a classroom exactly there. Oh man, I think there. There's one show I was at that they literally did collect phones and like the band required tool does that? Yeah, that's what our friend Ian was telling me. Yeah, that is what who it is. Yea, So be careful. That might happen this weekend. Yeah, I don't think. Well, I don't know or if we got or when we get really big, are we going to be a band that collects phones? You know what you should do?

21:51 Okay, So you should just like get up and start performing with Maynard like you crashed it, crashed the festival and just crash their show. That's gonna come back on you. Yeah, if you're listening Maynard. They forced me to say that. No, I think I would get it doesn't matter who who Silly Gooses or anything. They'd be like, fuck that, you're getting tackled. That would be the end of that. Thrown off the stage. Yeah, thrown off the stage and not invited back. And I would be Yeah, I need be back to crashing festivals. Yeah, parking lot.

22:33 You'll be at the parking lot across the street. You'll be singing with megaphone. Yeah. So how's everybody? Uh, what how you feel about going forward? What are you doing other Danny Wimmer festivals? Of course? Uh so actually this year we're playing in the parking lot or not the parking lot, not the parking lot, the camp the campground at INC. We're supposed to be there. That just made me, It made me think of the parking lot. So that's what I said. But we'll be playing at the campground at INC. And then, um, it's not announced yet, but I don't see why I can't say it. We'll be at Louder than Life this year. Nice. Um, So yeah, we'll be back at Louder.

23:17 It's gonna be really fun. We're excited and um. Other than that, we're we're working with a real booking agent now and a manager and we're hoping to and we're kind of working on new music. We've got actually a song coming out tonight at midnight called Rap Rock Jesus. And this next era of Silly Goose is gonna be us like we're you know, the streets. Heart at first was our our last record, and now we're we're done with the streets. We're in the in the music venue is the goal. So so yeah, we're gonna hear a lot more from you. I hope so, or I know so I know. So I'm very excited for it because I can tell you that, man, if you haven't caught a Silly Goose, that is an experience again as an old schooler, man, that was some pretty badass ship when I saw you live, like, thank you the energy you have and just you know, I didn't expect it too because I met you before I saw your set. Yeah, and so I was probably pretty calm and like nervous to like professional acting and like, and then I saw you on stage. I'm like, there's the motherfucker right there. That that's that's the person professional. It's the goose up in here. There you go. I love it. Well, ain't final words. You want to leave the listeners with, um, well, thank you for having us on.

24:33 And then to anyone who's at home listening, just just yeah, check us out on Spotify, Apple Music, the internet. Just look up silly Goose and UM, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure coming on here. Yeah, maybe you guys can do the next Afflack commercial. Oh is that a goose in there? Yeah, it's a good I'm sorry that. Oh. Yes, So you could be like the band performing in the background when the goose. I like that. I like it. I'm just putting these things out there, like maybe somebody will contact you or something and that one one day, when it does happen, you will be cited for it. There you go, credited. Credited. Cited would be like a fine. It would be more like if it was a written thing. Yeah, and you're gonna be Yeah, and we're in college writing a paper and we're we're yes, exactly, so the source is silly Goose here at Welcome to Rockville. Thanks for being here and thanks for being on the Adventures pipe Man. Thank you for having us. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man on w for CUI Radio