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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