Ep449: CJ and Spike of Me First & the Gimme Gimmes

The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds

9 years since the last album, CJ Ramone and Spike Slawson discuss the new album "Me First & the Gimme Gimmes ¡Blow It…at Madison’s Quinceañera!" - the victories and challenges of the band, disgruntled audience members, picking annoying songs to cover and what's next for the band.

Topic Include:

• What is a quinceañera?
• MFATGG music wasn’t familiar to 15 year old girls
• Traditional Spanish songs in the album
• Making the live album at a quinceañera
• MFATGG is a live band – best way to capture them on record
• Spike and band enjoys the live awkward moments
• A nasty email from a disgruntled audience member
• Dealing with difficult audience members
• American schlager culture / antagonizing the audience
• The process of selecting Madison for the quinceañera
• The family struggled through parts of the show
• Comparing to MFATGG Ruin Johnny’s Bar mitzvah album
• The quinceañera was filmed, when will we see it?
• MFATGG hearing back from artists they covered
• CJ comparing MFATGG to Ramones doing “Acid Eaters”
• Spike hates the original versions of songs MFATGG play
• How are the songs selected for a MFATGG project?
• Nate screws up the “Queen of Hearts” lyrics
• What other songs would Spike like to cover?
• They like covering songs that give them negative responses
• Folding in punk riffs into covers
• Memories of Steve Soto and Manic Hispanic
• Will there be more MFATGG albums in the near future?
• Interview wrap up

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