Giovannie Interview with Steve Black at Riff Fest 2023

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00:00Gio!

00:01Yes, sir.

00:02Hey, man.

00:03Now, I think every interview today was before the band went on stage, but because, you know,

00:07Michigan and it's hard to travel and get anywhere with freaking traffic, I get to talk to you

00:12after you played.

00:13Absolutely.

00:14Now, tell me what it was like.

00:15That was really cool.

00:17It was really, really fun.

00:19We had a blast, man.

00:20So, you know, I hope we keep getting to do this over and over again, man, so, yeah.

00:26Now, I know a lot of times when you've got to play out in the sunshine and stuff, you

00:29don't get as many fans, but it seemed like everybody just kind of ran in to check you

00:32guys out.

00:33Yeah, it was awesome, man.

00:34There was a whole lot of people when we got up there, and then the weather out here is

00:38just so beautiful under the, out, man, it was awesome.

00:41It was just, everything was awesome, man.

00:43Yeah.

00:44It was awesome.

00:45So, last time I saw the band, which by the way, wasn't expecting a tuba necessarily, but

00:50that kind of blew me away, but last time I saw the band was in January on Shiprocked.

00:54Yeah, man.

00:55And, I mean, what, just phenomenal time.

00:59We can talk about that for a second.

01:00Yeah, dude.

01:01Yeah, absolutely.

01:02But go ahead.

01:03What the hell was that like?

01:04Man, yeah, we couldn't bring the tuba onto the, we could, but, you know, it was just like,

01:10I don't know.

01:11I don't know why we didn't bring the tuba, man.

01:13It just did it.

01:14And then, man, Shiprocked.

01:16Wow, that was such a blast that where we go and play shows now, man, and like, there

01:23is, like, in different states, and there's at least one or like two people from Shiprock

01:28that bring all their other friends that didn't go to Shiprock.

01:31So, yeah, man.

01:32Every show, isn't it?

01:33Yes, it is insane, dude.

01:35Yeah.

01:36Yeah.

01:36So, that was the last time I saw the band.

01:37Yeah.

01:38That was January.

01:39Have you even been off the road since January?

01:41It seems like you've played constantly.

01:43No.

01:43Yeah.

01:44So, we have been on tour for, on this Tahano Punk Boys tour for, man, since January, man,

01:53when we got off of Shiprock.

01:53Even before Shiprock, we were pushing that album, and we still are, and, yeah, man, we're

01:59about to be off for a whole entire month, though, after touring.

02:03I don't know how long we've even toured, man.

02:05Like, real off or off and writing songs and doing promos or real off?

02:10Real off.

02:10Like, I'm not going to worry about anything else.

02:14Like, I am just going to strictly.

02:15You're going to worry about football, though.

02:16Oh, yeah.

02:16I'm going to worry about football.

02:17Every Saturday, college football, Thursdays if it's there, Fridays, you know.

02:21Right.

02:22Yeah, man.

02:22I love college football.

02:23I love NFL football, man.

02:25So, yeah, we were actually watching the games while we were over there eating on some grub,

02:29man.

02:29Right.

02:30Yeah, man.

02:30So, it's awesome, dude.

02:31That's cool.

02:32Who's your team?

02:33My team?

02:34Man, I'm about to, in October, I'm going to get married.

02:39Yeah.

02:39And she graduated from Texas Tech, man.

02:42Okay.

02:43So, that's your team now.

02:44That's my team now, man.

02:45You know?

02:46So, yeah.

02:47Go Red Raiders.

02:48Hey, I know what that's about.

02:50I married into Boston College.

02:51You know, hey, you know, you've got to be the supporter.

02:53I didn't go to college.

02:54Me neither.

02:57We date smart girls.

02:58That's right.

02:59We're smart guys.

03:00You see that?

03:01All right.

03:05I know it's impossible to project too far away, but what's the next album going to sound like?

03:09What are you guys going to do?

03:11Man, we cut a little demo not too long ago.

03:15Me and Jerry, one of my guitar players.

03:17And I'm really excited because it is more of a rock.

03:24I'm not saying that we weren't rock, but it's more of, yeah, man.

03:29It sounds good.

03:31I can't describe it, man.

03:34It is just, it's going to be like a mixture between, I don't know, man.

03:38I really can't.

03:39It's going to be awesome.

03:40I'm a little bit of a guitar nerd, and you've got a rock player and a metal player.

03:44Oh, yeah, dude.

03:46That's a pretty fine combo.

03:47Yeah, and I think this one is going to be the first, like, actual, actual album that Carlos,

03:56the metal player you're talking about, left-handed, that he's going to be on, like, completely be on.

04:00Because we had my old guitar player come in and do a few things, you know,

04:04because he was just getting used to being in this thing, you know.

04:08But this next album, I'm not going to let him hold back.

04:10Whatever he thinks sounds badass, I want him to go and play that thing, yeah.

04:15I'm just going to, I mean, you know, it's the band, man.

04:17It's not just me.

04:18Sure.

04:18You know, so.

04:20And you must pay them a lot of money if they're hired guns.

04:22Yeah, man, I guess so.

04:23You've got to save something back for yourself a little bit.

04:25Yeah, that's right, dude.

04:28Yeah, man.

04:28Gio, man, we love you.

04:30It's great to see you again.

04:31You look great.

04:32Thank you, man.

04:32Yeah.

04:33I love you guys.

04:34Thank you all so much for supporting us, man.

04:36It's been a hell of a ride so far, and I can't wait to see where we all go.

04:42You know what I mean?

04:42You've got a lot of fans in Detroit now.

04:44Thank you, man.

04:45You've got it, brother.

04:46Love Detroit.

04:46All right.

04:47All right.

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