Plain White T's | Rock Band and Label Founders
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4.8 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Plain White T's (Tom Higgenson, Tim Lopez, and Mike Redondo) join the show to recall some of their early jobs including working as a Sam Goody employee, loading UPS trucks, and being a Subway sandwich artist. They also explain why they decided to start their own label and put out their incredible new album, American Nights, independently.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's Chris here. |
| 0:00.8 | Just letting you know that resume season two premieres Wednesday, August 10th with guest Adam Carolla. |
| 0:05.9 | So be on the lookout for that. |
| 0:07.2 | And until then, I thought it would be fun to dig into the archives and re-release some of the old interviews I've done for resume. |
| 0:13.8 | So please enjoy. |
| 0:14.9 | Thank you so much for listening. |
| 0:16.7 | And thanks for listening to the water cooler. |
| 0:18.2 | And make sure to tune in Wednesday, August 10th, for the rollout of Season 2. |
| 0:28.3 | This is Corolla Digital. Oh, yeah, it's resume. |
| 0:53.7 | Welcome back to the show, guys, and thank you so much for tuning in. |
| 0:57.7 | Once again, my name is Chris Loxema. |
| 0:59.0 | I am your host. |
| 1:00.3 | And this is a show where we talked about career paths and the different jobs that we had growing up. |
| 1:06.6 | And I have some people here with very interesting jobs. |
| 1:10.4 | The plain white T's, we have Mike, Tim, and Tom. Hello, hello. You know what? Just because there's three of you, I'm going to just differentiate with the voice. We're going to start with Tim who plays guitar. Say hello, Tim. Hey, what's going on? Mike, bass player. What's up? This is Mike. And Tom, the singer. And I'm Tom. Hello, hello, hello. Yeah. Although Tim's saying some songs, too. Well, welcome, guys. |
| 1:11.4 | I don't know. What's up? This is Mike. And Tom, the singer. And I'm Tom. Hello, hello, hello. Although, Tim sang some songs, too. I do. Well, welcome, guys. I've been a huge fan. I've watched you guys for over 10 years. Oh, wow, man. Thank you. Chain reaction. I used to go to those shows. Hell yeah. I think it was one of the first things I've ever been to, where you guys played. You had to use a bunch of other people's equipment because all of your gear got stolen. Oh, yeah. I remember that. I remember that show. Yeah. How often does it happen? Only once? Oh, so, of course, you remember it pretty well. It does happen to a lot of bands. Yeah, I hear that all the time. Yeah, it's a bummer, man. That hurt a lot. Like, went out on tour. I took my dad's very first base that he ever bought. Like in the 17? 1976, Rickenbocker just gone, disappeared. Never got it back. The guitar that I actually wrote Hater Delilah on was in the van too that got stolen. Some asshole out there has the fucking Delilah guitar. Yeah, no idea. It's probably at some pawn shop somewhere. And you guys had to just use other equipment from different bands that you knew around the air, because you're not from you're from Chicago. Yeah. Well, Tim grew up in Santa Barbara and luckily had like, you know, a buddy from his old band actually. Yeah. That had a bunch of gear that we could borrow. Speaking of good jobs, stealing bands equipment. Oh, yeah. There you go. Jeez. Good one. You can make a lot of money. I had AJ McLean from the Backshie Boys on here. Oh, nice. Yeah, we love that. Good dude. Yeah, like that guy. He's pretty intimidating. He's weirdly enough. He's intense. |
| 2:34.2 | Oh, yeah. McLean from the Backstreet Boys on here. A couple of us. Yeah, we love that. Good dude. |
| 2:51.6 | Yeah, like that guy. |
| 2:52.6 | He's pretty intimidating. |
| 2:53.9 | Weirdly enough. |
| 2:54.4 | He's intense. Oh, yeah. |
| 2:54.8 | You're Backstreet boy, but why am I scared of you? He's show up with like a Mohawk and stuff. Yeah, he had the tattoos. Yeah, beard and all that. Yeah, beard. Big beard. Neoplas. |
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