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to try out three drummers and Dave was the third, and forget it it was
an easy choice. Especially for me, being a bass player, you can tell right
away, and immediately me and Dave -
Dave: We fell right in love. It was unbelievable.
Tony: We both came at the same time. It was really good.
S: Do you two have any other projects - anything else going on? I know
Marcellus put out the solo record on Walt.
Tony: I used to play in - before we split up - Mother Head Bug, a
twelve-piece- strings and horns and stuff like that. I played on the last
Lubricated Goat album, I played bass just as a worker for Stu. That was
a real fun thing to do. I do this blues thing, and play the slide guitar, and
that's to be coming.
Alec: I played bass in this band Smack Dab for three years. You prob-
ably don't know them down here, they haven't really toured that much.
We were on Homestead Records.
M: Do you guys feel like rock stars yet?
Tony: Almost, but not quite yet.
Marcellus: In a few more hours, maybe.
Tony: Ask us later. Do you feel like we're rock stars yet?
M: On your way. Well on your way.
Tony: I definitely will buy you a drink later.
Marcellus: What are your ages?
S: I`m 18 and Margaret`s 16.
Tony: You guys look similar too.
S: I think we have the same parents. How come you guys take so long to put
out records?
Marcellus: How come Matador does?
S: So it`s Matador`s fault?
Dave: Hell yeah.
Marcellus: You want the number? You can call them.
Tony: Right now, Matador is totally streamlined. It took Raise the
Plow over a year to come out when we handed them the final artwork
and everthing. Finally, when it was ready to come out, the printer, the
color seperator, fucked up so it took another two months. Our timing
has been impeccably bad, for releases and ads and everything for every

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