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Rock Solid

S15E856: Tony Thaxton

Rock Solid

Pat Francis

Comedy, Music

4.6559 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Pat welcomes drummer Tony Thaxton back to the show to promote the new Motion City Soundtrack album "The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World."

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0:00.0

I am Tony Thakston from Motion City Soundtrack, and you're listening to the Rock Solid podcast.

0:24.6

Make me a deal and make it good for me I won't get full of myself

0:26.5

I can't afford to be

0:28.1

This is small town music

0:30.0

This is big town music

0:32.0

He's ahead of his time, you know, but he can't use it

0:35.4

If only he could prove it

0:37.2

Well tomorrow's just a song away me know, but he can't use it. Funny he could prove it.

0:44.8

Well, tomorrow's just a songway, a songway, a songway, a songway.

0:50.2

Hey, everybody, welcome to Rock Solid, the comedy podcast for all things music, both new and classic.

0:55.9

I'm Pat Francis, and joining me in the Zoom room to promote the release of his new album with the band Motion City soundtrack called The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World. Please welcome

1:02.4

drummer extraordinaire Tony Thaxton. Hey Tony. Hello Pat, I'm both new and classic like your show.

1:13.3

Yes, I'm classic and you are new.

1:21.0

Well, I'm getting more and more classic by the day. Well, me too. All right, so the same old wasted wonderful world is out right now, all formats, including vinyl and colored vinyl. How cool is

1:27.1

that? Yeah, a lot of different. I forget how many different ones there are. I think there's like four or five different colors out there. So, uh, yeah. Yeah, you guys are doing the Taylor Swift thing. You want your fans to buy every single one. I mean, if they want it, I'm not going to stop them. Do you have copies in your possession? Do you have a vinyl copy for yourself? I do. I have multiple. I think I have all the colors. I actually, I think I have all but one of the colors. All right. Well, you can collect and trade with your bandmates probably. Yes, exactly. All right. Let me tell people before we get started where you can find everything about motion city soundtrack

2:01.1

go to motion city soundtrack dot com on facebook dot com slash motion city soundtrack and on

2:08.6

instagram at tony faxton and at motion city soundtrack you guys are branded across the board

2:15.0

uh pretty well so congrats on that thank you you so much. So many I'd like to

2:20.4

thank, but we won't get into that. All right. Tony, where are you right now, Los Angeles?

2:27.1

Yes, Glendale technically. Glendale. Okay. Yep. So the same old wasted wonderful world,

2:33.2

11 songs, 35 minutes, all rock and roll, produced by Sean O'Keefe.

2:38.7

Tell me who this gentleman is.

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