The Moe Train Show: Music. Food. Interviews.

By: Monty “Moe Train” Wiradilaga
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  • Do you love great interviews? Consider yourself a music aficionado? Are you a foodie? If you answered yes, you’ve come to the right podcast. The Moe Train Show and Moe Train’s Tracks are hosted by ridiculous, but truly skilled conversationalists Monty “Moe Train” Wiradilaga and Brian “King B” Kracyla. These funny guys have traveled all over the US, covering the world’s best music festivals. Over 60 of the world’s biggest musicians, celebrities and politicians, such as members of Pantera, Ziggy Marley, Public Enemy, GWAR, O.A.R., The Grateful Dead and more have been interviewed face to face on MTT. These co-hosts have teamed up with the biggest names in music media, and continue to produce absolute gems of interviews... Which are more like conversations between friends. Be sure to check out this world renowned interview team as they continue on their perpetual World Domination Tour!
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  • Portugal. The Man Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks

    Portugal. The Man Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks
    May 3 2020

    Classic interview with Portugal. The Man while backstage in the semi-luxurious confines at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.

    Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently residing in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of lead singer John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and background singer Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School in Wasilla.
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    12 mins
  • The Knux Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks

    The Knux Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks
    May 3 2020
    Interview with The Knux on Moe Train’s Tracks Krispy Kream, Rah Al Millio, Brian Kracyla, Monty Wiradilaga Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2009 B: Standing back here with Krispy Kream and Rah Al Millio, the Knux, the duo out of New Orleans that is currently in L.A… No strangers to the festival scene… R: No strangers, love these festivals. B: But probably new to the Bonnaroonians.. R: Yeah, no doubt. K: I like that! Bonnaroonians, I like that. R: That’s dope.B: So what can they expect to see for your show today? R: The show today, man, all you can expect is some explosive, ego-flying action. Getting crazy. K: Releasing the eagle, like he says. R: Releasing the eagle tonight! B: Now I like that. K: Getting crazy. We’re flying like an eagle today. B: It’s cathartic for you guys to get out there and let it out? R: Yeah, just let it out. It’s a musical orgasm on stage. K: I explode. So don’t stand directly in front of me. B: The first album, Remind Me In 3 Days, was super-nova hot. R: Thanks man. B: What are you gonna do on this next album, you’ve got one coming out soon, right? R: We’re in the process of recording the next album. We got crazy songs done and right now we’re just kinda going through what we’re gonna use on the album. We got some features on there this time. I know everybody was like, “Yo, why the Knux don’t feature?!” We had to put ourselves out there first. K: We wanted everybody to get to know us. R: So we got some little features, some unexpected features. And, you know, can’t really say the names… Lupe is on the remix of Fire!, so look out for that. K: In about ten days it’ll be out. See, it had been delayed, man, had to be delayed. You know, some industry blah-blah-blah, but now we’re ready to release it. So the Fire! remix gonna be out this week for ya’ll, a summertime jam, so you got to have that. Lupe, the Knux, Currency, you know what I mean!? Bow! R: Getting crazy. On this record you can expect a lot more of the same thing; sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll. K: But way more sex. R: No, I think it was more drugs on this. K: Yo, this is about us destroying our lives. People will say, like if you didn’t know me and you looked at those Say No to Drugs commercials and all the safe-sex shit, I mean, honestly, we’re destroying our lives on this album! Destroying it! You guys are witnessing the destruction and reconstruction of The Knux. B: So, basically, the first album was that you had to dip your toe in the water and the second album is just a straight cannonball! R: Yeah, it’s just straight cannonball. It’s like if Iggy Pop rapped or something, you know what I mean, it’s just raw. K: I liken it to ZZ Top in that most sexual, late 70’s, coke rush. I liken it to that. B: Yeah, you guys need to start spinning the guitars. R: Yeah! But, it gets a little deeper as far as bending the genres, we didn’t fall off of that. We didn’t go backwards, it’s only forward. K: The hip-hop’s harder, the rock’s harder, the electronic is harder… R: It’s all harder. K: It’s like everything now but boosted up. We had our fans who were really into our rock stuff, and we kinda gave them something. And we had our fans who were really into our hip-hop stuff, we kinda gave them something. And our electronic fans who like up-tempo, they were like, “Yeah, The Knux do all these remixes, yeah…” And we gave them something too on the last album. But this album is like hard-ass rock, hard rock, like Stones in the 70’s. You got straight up just fuckin hard-ass boom-bap, this is like hard spitting. You gonna hear some blistering breaks, some treacherous… R: Rhymes! K: Your about to hear some Euro-techno-ridiculousness. R: Exactly. K: And we’re gonna rip your fuckin heads off. R: Exactly! B: So, I’m the oldest of five brothers and I don’t know how you guys can do it on a day-to-day basis. What’s the dynamic? Isn’t your youngest brother your tour manager as well? How do you guys do it without ripping each other’s heads off? K: I do rip heads off. R: Yeah, that’s what I was about to say. There’s a lot of fist fights, a lot of brother issues. Eventually, at the end of the day, we’re all trying to make money. So we’re like, “Whatever, I can stick it out with this asshole.” That’s how we see it. We’re kinda like the Bee-Gees, you know. K: Yo, my girl said the same thing! She just trying to make some money so she’s gonna stick it out with this asshole. Damn, that’s a universal thing with me! R: He sucks. Just talentless, terrible. But we get through it somehow. K: I’m just a leech. B: I read somewhere that Nas’ second album was one of the most influential albums for you guys… R: Yeah, It Was Written. B: That was one...
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    7 mins
  • Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Interview at Rothbury Music Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks

    Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Interview at Rothbury Music Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks
    May 3 2020
    A big welcome to all you rastas and reggae heads. We’re headed back to the vaults for an interview with Matthew O’Brian, the former lead vocals and guitars for the roots reggae and dub outfit called Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad. Although Matthew and the band have parted ways, this interview gives a great insight into the mind of one who has created a thriving and perpetually touring band. Have a listen as we discuss the vibe of their band, brushes with the great Toots of Toots and the Maytals, and their green stance. We wish both Matthew and Giant Panda the best in the future, so be sure to check them both out when they hit your area! So from the vaults, the Tracks bring to you… Matthew O’Brian, former vocals and guitars for Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (giantpandadub.com). Interview with Matthew O’Brian (Formerly of Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad) Brian Kracyla and Monty Wiradilaga (Moe Train’s Tracks) Moe (MTT): We’re sitting back here with Matt from Giant Panda. What’s going on, man?! How are ya? Matt: Very well. Nice to see ya, Monty! MTT: Awesome, great set today. M: Thanks. MTT: How is the Rothbury experience compared to your other festival experiences? M: We’ve gotten to experience it since Thursday night, we had a whole day and a half of anticipation for our own set. Everything has been super-exceptional, super-clean, and the vibe is real strong. The experience with the set was great. We played first so we got an excellent soundcheck full. We were ready to go, all dialed in before we hit the stage. That’s better than most festivals where you’re rushed to get on. MTT: Your music draws from the roots, dub, but you guys also mix in improvisation. How important is it for the band to take the listeners on a musical journey? M: It fulfills our own musical desires and our own creative desires to be able to take those risks in the live setting and really feel like we are pushing our selves and challenging ourselves. For very many people, it’s apparently one of their favorite things they get to experience at the Giant Panda shows as well, the improvisation. It’s been openly confirmed recently that we really want to bring that to every show. We really want to have that experience of not knowing what’s going to happen next, no plan. MTT: So, you feel that your live show is really the bread and butter of your music? Or do you feel it’s your recordings? M: We tour and do 180 shows a year. Our live shows are our bread and butter. The history of reggae is a studio history. A lot of the sweet reggae we have heard over the years is all produced in the studio and rarer live. We’ve sought to bring true roots-sound and that real vibration to the live scene as much as we can, that’s our contribution. MTT: Speaking of which, you’ve shared the stage with some legends. How have they really influenced your sound? Do you have any stories with the classics? M: Their sound influenced us for our whole upbringing. Lee Scratch Perry was influencing our sound before we knew what recordings he had influenced so much. You listen to the old Bob Marley and that was all black art, that was the finest Lee Perry productions. Toots sets a wonderful example because Toots’ music is some of the most uplifting and positive of that roots era. His voice is so rich, but he also is so positive and so giving of his own energy to his audiences. He’s very, very musically disciplined and his band is one of the sharpest. He really lives up to his reputation. MTT: Do you have any stories with him? M: We lived down on State Street in Rochester, NY and he was staying at the Crowne Plaza, directly across the street from our apartment. We played with Toots at one of the biggest shows we’d ever done at the time, in Rochester, at a big outdoors jazz-fest thing. Toots headlined and at the end of the festival blew it out in the street, and we got to open for him and then we were heading to Bonnaroo that night, the minute we were done with the set. We were running late, running around, and we found ourselves back at our house getting our last things together as Toots was pulling into his hotel. Dylan, our guitar player who’s met Toots before, ran over and said “Hey man, nice to play with you. It was a great honor.” And he turned to us with both of his hands in the air and just like (pumping both hand in the air), all the way as we were driving away he was pounding two hands in the air! He gave us the best energy we could get to hit the road with. We were just proud to be there with him, let alone the fact that he acknowledged us like that. MTT: Speaking about legends, we’re doing a show on Michael Jackson. How has Michael Jackson influenced you personally or musically? M: Michael, to me, means quality, top quality from the time the public was aware of him. He was five years old and making ...
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    7 mins

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