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Here at Impact 89FM, our staff has the opportunity to interview a lot of bands, artists and other musicians. We're excited to be highlighting those conversations and exclusive live performances.
Live from the East Lansing Underground. This is eighty eight nine bringing you the basement as always, Thursdays, eight to 10PM. I am the host, Liv.
Speaker 2:And I am Griffin.
Speaker 1:We have a lovely band in studio tonight called Queen Jane. Would y'all take a second to introduce yourselves?
Speaker 3:Hi. I'm Tanner. I'm the lead singer and lead guitarist.
Speaker 4:Hi. I'm Lee. I'm the rhythm guitarist.
Speaker 5:I'm Eric Zubie. I'm the drummer.
Speaker 6:I'm Colton Proctor. I'm the bass player. Sing back ups.
Speaker 1:Wonderful. Well, thank you guys so much for joining us tonight. Let's start the way that we always start. I'd love to jump right in, and y'all can just show our listeners what you're about.
Speaker 7:There's something about you babe that There's something holding you back, baby. I'm thinking something to let go.
Speaker 2:That was awesome. Once again, this is The Basement, and you are listening to Queen Jane. And that song was The Groove. Now, I wanna know, what made you wanna write the song Groove? And second of all, who is Queen Jane?
Speaker 3:Well, the second question is kind of a long story. Well The first question was is kinda like, that that song's been around for a while and gone through a lot of evolution. Like, it it changed numerous times over the last, like, well, I wanna say, like, five, six years. And, so it's it's been around a while, but it was initially about, you know, trying to get back with somebody who, you know, had left your life and it was, you know, they were important to you. And then things kinda get complicated.
Speaker 3:You go back and forth after a while. That's kind of like this whole generation really is dealing with that. So it felt very relatable. And then it turned more into, like, a lifestyle choice of, like, I know I want this lifestyle, don't know if I can have it, but I'm ready to do it, if that makes sense. So it kinda turned from a relationship thing more into, like, a wanting a lifestyle and not sure if it'll choose you type of thing.
Speaker 2:Okay. But we also are dying to know, who is Queen Jane?
Speaker 3:Well, so Queen Jane herself was actually a real queen back in the 1500s. And we got the name originally from a song from Bob Dylan called A Letter to Queen Jane. And she was known as the nine day queen, because she was, killed by her family and things like that. Like, she was betrayed by the whole kingdom. And, she wanted to go more of, like, the freedom route for the people, and she was considered an illegitimate child.
Speaker 3:And it kinda felt right to be like, a, that's 'Murica for wanting freedom and b, that's kinda like, you know, the black sheep of the family gets the down part of the spoon type of deal.
Speaker 2:Now, where did you find
Speaker 3:the story? Where did you
Speaker 2:find this history? And then why was that motivated to, name your band that?
Speaker 3:I mean, we found it just by looking it up after we saw it or heard Bob Dylan talk about the situation. It's not exact from his song, but, afterwards, me and my my friend, Chris, who is our other guitarist at the time, we started looking at more and more about, like, that era in that time, and we finally found we dug up enough to be able to find a find about it. Yeah. Jeez. Sorry.
Speaker 3:Can't talk today. But, yeah. And why it fit us was kind of we were, kind of feeling like the the outcast, you know, like the ones who would only be here for a little while and then gone. And then when we wanted to fight for this dream, it was like, well, I mean, even if it lasts nine days, like the nine day queen, it'd still be worth it. You know?
Speaker 3:That's sick.
Speaker 1:I love the, kind of the way that these themes are changing for you as it goes. Like, especially what you're talking about with the groove, how this song was written, like, ages ago when you're in a different headspace, and now it's it's come to mean something else even though the song is, in some ways, the same, at its core the same.
Speaker 8:Mhmm.
Speaker 1:Do you feel like Queen Jane and this band and what it is has similarly over time kinda like shifted to mean something new for you from when it first started?
Speaker 3:Personally, I think so. When it first started, it was I mean, that's kind of you guys okay with me getting into that story? It's kind of a long one, honestly, but
Speaker 1:Sure. Yeah. Let's get the synopsis of, like, the original genesis and then how everyone in this room came to be here.
Speaker 3:Okay. So the original idea was from me and my buddy from back in the day. We had lost a lot of friends and lost a lot of people in our lives, and we ended up kind of forming, like, a little two piece band that didn't really do much at first. And then we found some people who were willing to give us a shot at something, found some people that didn't work out. So it kinda, like, broke apart the first go around.
Speaker 3:And then after, I wanna say, four or five years of just, like, me continuously writing and all my friends kinda being scattered, I ended up running into Zubie, our drummer at a bonfire. And he was like, hey, I'm in this band. I'm like, hey, I play guitar. And he's like, I'm a drummer. I'm like, I'm a guitarist, so let's let's get some of this stuff out and going.
Speaker 3:And, he was the one who initially helped me record Groove and get it out on the on social media and stuff like that. And, later on, we ended up finding Colton who is our bassist. And I had actually worked, like, what, two, three jobs with you before?
Speaker 6:We worked a few jobs there, and we never even made the connection until most recently when we worked together. Yeah. We were sitting on the on the assembly line all day long through. It was a Christmas break from
Speaker 8:there, I think. Mhmm.
Speaker 6:And, we were talking about music and since we just got, you know, I was gonna be standing there and talk.
Speaker 3:We really got talking.
Speaker 6:Then he put out we kinda I went back to school and we went on several days, and I had him on social media. And he puts out Groove and then, hey. You wrote the bass on yourself, didn't you?
Speaker 8:Let me let
Speaker 6:me play bass on your next one.
Speaker 3:So and then, later on, he ended up saying, like, I have this friend who's a really, really good guitarist. I I know we need another guitarist, so, like, let me let me get in touch with him. And then Lee came into the picture,
Speaker 2:so. Well, I know that Queen Queen Jane is across the ocean. Well, at least was from across the ocean. But you also have a song, that you covered is which is called The Ocean. Can you tell me, what who what song you're covering?
Speaker 3:The song is The Ocean from Led Zeppelin. And we Okay. I think we've all had a big inspiration from Led Zeppelin. So it just kinda suits and fits our style and vibe, and we think it's, really rad. So
Speaker 2:Well, sick. I I wanna know, like, where you guys are all from, first of all.
Speaker 3:I'm from over by Yale, Michigan, which is yeah.
Speaker 5:I'm also I'm also from Yale.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Me and Colton are both from Saint Clair, Michigan.
Speaker 6:Technically, I'm just outside of Saint Clair, a little country called China. Okay.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Yeah. So we're we're pretty spread apart, but, you know, we've been trying to make it work the best we can.
Speaker 2:So where's your hub when you all come together and create?
Speaker 3:Generally, it's over at my house because I have, like, this little, nook that we made into our studio that we're recording this in. And, it was actually like a a one car garage that was turned into, like, a secondary living room. So it's, like, all wooden paneled and everything all the way around.
Speaker 2:Sick. But, yeah.
Speaker 3:So it has really nice warm sound to it. But that's that's kind of been our meeting spot for a while now.
Speaker 2:Well, sick. But once again, I'm really excited to hear the cover of The Ocean by Led Zeppelin. Once again, this is Queen Jane and you're listening to The Basement.
Speaker 6:One, two,
Speaker 7:Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain, getting Singing to an ocean, I can hear the oceans roar.
Speaker 8:Way. I don't know.
Speaker 1:Very nice. That was the ocean. One more time, let's give it up in the studio. We've decided on snaps. Snaps is the way to go.
Speaker 1:Clapping, it doesn't translate on the mix. Well, that was wonderful. Thank you so much for playing it, and it sparks the interest for me. Is what you guys play as a band the same as what you all listen to in your own time?
Speaker 3:That is an excellent question. I feel like we have slight differences. We're all inspired by, like, the same I guess well, we have differences within Eros too, I suppose. So, I mean, we we all, like, appreciate what each other appreciates, but I feel like on the general listening level, we all kinda listen to different things.
Speaker 2:Yeah. I noticed, Cole. Is that right? Colton? Short
Speaker 3:for Cole.
Speaker 2:Yeah. I noticed, on your socials, you had training in jazz and funk.
Speaker 6:Oh, yeah. So Lee and I went to the same high school, and we're in, seventh or eighth grade. And he goes, hey. I'm picking up guitar, so pick up bass so we can jam. I don't wanna be a lot of you guys.
Speaker 6:So that's how we learn we grew up learning together. When we got to high school, you know, we practiced up a lot and got into the high school jazz band. And, we had a really, really good band director, and we played a lot of jazz all through high school. And then, me and my dad found an ad on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist or something looking for, bass player and guitar player for a local cover band. So we we grew up playing in bars.
Speaker 6:We we came into that after a short minute. So, yeah, I grew up playing jazz and funk in that school band. It's I love playing that. It's fun.
Speaker 2:And you can find band members on Facebook Marketplace.
Speaker 6:Well, yeah. That was that was a funny story. That was, not that I mean, it's done now, but we it was a it was a fun cover band that went through high school and, that yeah. It was it was a lot of really good early exposure. We we really learned how to, play in front of the crowd, work with the crowd, have fun, you know, not just be all uptight and nervous the whole time.
Speaker 6:So
Speaker 2:I I also noticed that your biggest influence were Les Claypool and Joe Dart.
Speaker 6:Yeah. My brother showed me a band called both Pet when I was in middle school. And he was like, if you're learning bass, you need to learn to play like this guy. And I still cannot play like him. He is easily, like, one of the greatest bass players in my head.
Speaker 6:So, yeah, he's he's a funk bass player. He plays for. And then, who's the other one? Les Claypool? Mhmm.
Speaker 6:He's the bass player and lead singer for Primus. If you've never heard of him, go have a listen. That's Who
Speaker 3:has a nerd of Primus? Come on.
Speaker 6:You're in for a you're in for a treat if you if you go over to Primus, but, he he just plays the the most unique style. Nobody plays like him.
Speaker 2:Well, thank you, Cole.
Speaker 1:Yeah. How do these, kind of disparate influences find their way into what you guys play together for all of you guys, the different perspectives and experiences that you bring in?
Speaker 3:As of right now? Yeah. I mean, as of right now, it's kinda like the the originals we're playing were stuff I had written prior to this. Mhmm. So it's
Speaker 1:more reflective of you and your voice.
Speaker 3:And it mainly comes through within, like, the covers we do and stuff like that because we all have, like, we have these covers that we're like, oh, I want that one. Oh, I want that one. We need to play that one, and then it, like, kinda be the whole show kinda becomes ours. As of right now, we're hoping to, like, write more together to actually kinda see that influence come through.
Speaker 8:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:Have you ever used vintage instruments, or have you record, or, like, what are some recording techniques that you have, to get the sound that you have as a band?
Speaker 3:I I feel like that the most important thing I have found out is just different mic ing positions and, really, that's pretty much it.
Speaker 2:That's it?
Speaker 3:Because You
Speaker 6:got all this cool equipment, tell about it.
Speaker 3:Well, I mean yeah. So, I would say, yeah, the most important thing I've found so far is how to try to make it organic sounding in a world full of overly compressed and I I'm not gonna down today's music at all, but, a lot of the newer production styles of music, but I feel like there's there's a quality of old school music that we're kinda losing, I suppose, nowadays, where it felt like you were just in the room with them. You weren't at a concert necessarily. You were just there while they were playing. And I feel like that natural organic sound is what I'm trying to capture throughout all this.
Speaker 3:So very simple in inputs and outputs, you know, just all everything mic'd up, not really too much going on throughout most of the production process.
Speaker 2:Well, I wanna bounce off that. How do you feel about the evolution of rock from the seventies, to today in 2024?
Speaker 3:It's back and forth. Like, I I have a lot of artists that I really, you know, admire and enjoy nowadays too, but I will say, like, I do feel like we've kinda lost a little bit of the authenticity, I'll say, because it it's become so competitive, I think, is the main reason. So, like, everybody needs to be kind of a step above the next to be able to stand out nowadays. There's millions of artists, you know? But, so I I think maybe we've turned a little bit more into a numbers game
Speaker 8:and a social media game more than, focus on the music
Speaker 3:and getting a focus on the music and getting a good song out type of game. I'd that's probably the main difference I've noticed, at least.
Speaker 2:Well, that breaks my heart.
Speaker 1:I mean, it's interesting to think, though, like, as much as the world has progressed and music has changed and the styles that are popular continue to evolve, like, this music still speaks to you.
Speaker 3:Oh, absolutely.
Speaker 1:And it's been so many decades, and I don't know. Is there any, like, distillable kind of core element to it beyond just, like, the the dynamic that it plays socially, you know, of of how we're consuming that music? But, like, I guess for all of you guys, the music that you enjoy, what about it resonates with you?
Speaker 3:Did you hear it again?
Speaker 6:Yeah. I don't know. I mean, it is just it's the classic rock deal. I mean, it's it's the it's the I wanna hang out with my friends, and I wanna get my guitar, pick it up, plug it into a big amp, and turn it up and play.
Speaker 5:Yeah. I just love the raw emotion.
Speaker 6:Yeah. It's it's just it's just, like, power in your hands. It's it's just anything it's the satisfaction. The most satisfaction you can get playing guitar is this this music.
Speaker 3:Yeah. I just I feel like Soul resonates more with the people who haven't really needed to focus on numbers and things like that. So, like, I don't I'm not trying to, like, downplay any of today's music.
Speaker 8:I have
Speaker 3:a lot of artists in today that I like, but,
Speaker 8:I
Speaker 3:don't know. The the rawer side of things where it's, like, not as computer generated, I suppose, I guess I'll put, because it's like, you know, you have a little help here, a little help there. It kinda, like, changes that emotion from something that was organic into something that doesn't maybe feel the same as, like, what the initial artist went to intend. So, like, having a guitar in your hands and just cranking it up to 11 and seeing all the the flaws and everything that come out of it, to me, that's more, like, I guess that's where, like, my emotional side comes out. Because it's like, I'm feeling that.
Speaker 3:Like, even if he messed up, it's like, that's where he was in that moment. You know? So
Speaker 1:And, Eric, you jumped in for a second. What artists are your influences, and and what about them do you most enjoy?
Speaker 5:I would say, lately, it's been Rush, The Strokes, Mac and Marco, stuff like that. So yeah. I just love how the just the raw emotion. And yeah. I don't know.
Speaker 5:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Lee, did you have any any other influences you wanted to mention too?
Speaker 4:Yeah. Well, so I grew up basically as, like, one of the biggest metalheads you could find in school, you know, in a school where everyone's listening to rap. So I definitely stuck out, you know, like a thorsethom. And, I don't know. It's evolved over time.
Speaker 4:But I think for me, it's always just been about emotion. Anytime I pick up my guitar, it's about the emotion. I love when guitars are fast and shredding, but I can still feel, like, the emotion in that kind of side of things. And, you know, ever since I've got out of high school and got to college, it's kinda went more to the chill side of things. Pink Floyd's, like, my favorite band now.
Speaker 4:I love David Gilmore to death. He's probably one of my biggest influences. And I don't know. Just something about the way he can make the guitar speak is just what inspires me to pick it up. So
Speaker 2:So Lee, do you feel like you were born in the wrong generation?
Speaker 4:Unfortunately, yes. Well, give it
Speaker 3:up. Give it up. Now can you
Speaker 2:tell us what you're giving up exactly?
Speaker 3:Maybe not over air. No. Honestly, that that song kinda felt relatable to me in multiple categories. It was like, you know, the idea of just, like, kinda caving into something, calling out to you. It's it's to me, that was like you know, there's there is a reason I'd rather not get into that right now.
Speaker 3:But, for the most part, I feel like it's just relatable in all categories in regards to wanting something to, like, happen naturally and just being, like, caving into it. You know? Alright.
Speaker 1:Do you feel like you could try and keep that, like, ambiguity in your songs where, like, it could mean anything. It could go a thousand ways.
Speaker 3:I would like to continue to try.
Speaker 2:Yeah. Well, once again, this is Queen Jane, and you are gonna listen to Give It Up.
Speaker 8:I'll get talking to me.
Speaker 7:Oh. Quick clap talking in the keyboard until you get to me. Backseat season and a long ride season for little kid.
Speaker 8:Thank
Speaker 1:you so much, y'all. That was Give It Up with Queen Jane in studio tonight on The Basement. I would love to know. So how long was it that you said y'all have been playing together?
Speaker 3:What? About five months?
Speaker 1:Five months. I Okay. So it's pretty young. Uh-huh. Pretty young.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:We see.
Speaker 1:What's everyone's archetype in the band right now? Like, do we have a big brother? Do we have, the responsible one?
Speaker 5:Tanner's in charge.
Speaker 4:It's Tanner's all of our father.
Speaker 3:They're like, we kinda, like, started this based on what I had at the time. Mhmm.
Speaker 6:And I think he's downplaying himself. This guy, he he has us all come in for these recording sessions. He he does all the editing, all the mixing, all the mastering. This guy is a genius. Not only can he do all that, but he also sings these amazing vocals.
Speaker 5:And he makes our shirts.
Speaker 8:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah. I meant to ask. It's real bummer tonight, folks. We had a banner that we were trying to hang, and, alas, it could not come to be. But who does the the graphics for Queen Jane?
Speaker 3:For the initial skull of our first release, that was a design I based off of a a bit of artwork that I had bought off of somebody on Etsy and asked them if we could modify it to make our own. That's a long explanation. As for, like, the this design here, this was our friend Gabe, who, is one of my work partners. And, he heard that we were in a band from the first day that we met, and then he kinda has become, like, my art friend since then. Mhmm.
Speaker 3:So any, like, logo designs or, you know, art concepts or whatever else we discuss and try to have him come up with because we really like the the style he has.
Speaker 2:For the people that aren't, for the people that are listening, to give you a visual visualization of their shirt, and just brand, the q is a skull in Queen, and it seems as if he's smoking or they are smoking a cigar. Mhmm.
Speaker 3:That's sick. Yeah. Who knows that to? That is my friend, Gabe. He's,
Speaker 5:Shout out.
Speaker 1:Yeah. Shout out to Gabe.
Speaker 4:Shout out, Gabe. Hope you're listening.
Speaker 3:That's our second one. Hope you're listening, buddy.
Speaker 1:Well, how are these relationships that you have with each other different than your other friendships? You know, there's this, like, creative element where, like, you need to rely on each other in a way that's it's not really there with your other relationships. Like, it depends.
Speaker 8:But
Speaker 4:Yeah. I think that playing music is it kinda builds a relationship that you don't really understand unless you've been in a band with someone and you've been on that stage. And, I mean, I'm the newest member. So this lineup, five months since I joined five months ago. So, like, that's when I came in, and I already know that you know, I've known Colt my whole life, but I just met Tanner and Zubi five months ago.
Speaker 4:And I already know they're my best friends for life. And I know I can rely on them for anything. And, you know, there's no one I'm more proud of than to be on that stage with. You know, everyone's clapping, and it just is a great feeling. It really bonds you like nothing else.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Why do you think that playing music with someone either requires to develop just, like, so much trust? Where does this trust element come from?
Speaker 4:Well, I think it's just because at the core, the music we're playing is so emotion based. We're all up here letting our emotions out, basically. We're being vulnerable. We're making music, letting people listen to it, hoping they like it. But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what they think because we're just making music that we're speaking, you know.
Speaker 4:Our emotion is coming out through the music. And I think, you know, if you're vulnerable and you're emotional when you're doing stuff, then, yeah, that's gonna build a trust and build a bond with people.
Speaker 2:I have to ask, what does your creative process look like, as a band when you come together and jam out and, you know When
Speaker 3:we come for recording sessions, it's a lot of reeling the basses back in. That's for sure. Like, Colt Colton is one of those players where, like,
Speaker 6:you It It was jazz and funk.
Speaker 3:Yeah. He he comes in with, like, a lot a lot of energy, and it's like, well, I love that, but we need to, like, see what the song needs first, and then we can, like, add more to it later. So it it's a lot more of, like, I guess, working together in a sense of, like, let's get together, see what this song requires because we already have, like, a layout for something. Mhmm. And then just be like, okay.
Speaker 3:Well, let's try this. Let's try that. You know? Continue going through, like, the whole, like, trial and error type thing, I suppose, until you find the right feeling. And then as soon as you get that feeling, you're like, ah, that's it.
Speaker 3:Like, that's exactly what we needed.
Speaker 2:So so, Tanner, you're saying you to keep coal coal in check, yeah, we need to have you need to have the structure first before you can sprinkle in the details.
Speaker 6:He he, you know, he he had he brings me in, and he has this song where he's laid out, like, him and Zubia have done the drums and the guitar. And I come in, and I just he lets me listen to it, and I start playing whatever I want, and I like some complicated bass lines. And, you know, then he'll he'll tell me, like, well, you know, there's gonna be the vocals and a guitar solo in this part, and we're gonna have rhythm and lead guitar in this part. And and I know that you can't have a complicated bass line, crazy drum fills, guitar solos, back up vocals, everything all at once. So it's it's not really, like, raining in.
Speaker 6:It's more of just, like, you know, I come in hot with these bass lines that are just fun to play, but they're not always what suits the music that
Speaker 3:I'm I'm giving him, like, too much garbage right now. He's actually an incredible bass player. Like, it's more just like, yeah, like, the creative process in general is just, like, throw it out, throw it at it, and see what sticks. And then if it, like, feels right, we just go from there.
Speaker 1:Yeah. What part of the song is is kind of the body that, like, demands from the rest of the elements that it suits it. Does that make sense? Like, is it the lyrics that that are the core and everything else has to, like, fit to complement it?
Speaker 6:I think that depends song to song.
Speaker 3:Personally, yes. Song to song in particular. Because, like, I'm I'm very, like, riff based with my writing. Like, I have a particular groove or melody in the guitar that kind of, like, sticks in my head for a minute, and then that kind of becomes, like, the, I guess, like, the driving factor of the whole thing. And then at least in my mind.
Speaker 3:But then when other people hear it, they're like, oh, no. No. That element can be added here instead. And then it kinda shifts focus, I suppose. To me, the most important thing would probably be the rhythm.
Speaker 3:But, I mean, rhythm and melody kinda go hand in hand in my opinion. So
Speaker 2:So, Tanner, you're saying that, for you, it starts with the melody and rhythm, then you can start with the lyrics.
Speaker 3:Yes. Yeah. I I I tend to write music before lyrics most of the time, actually.
Speaker 2:And you'll you're probably by yourself when you think of, you know, a melody or a rhythm and I
Speaker 3:don't know.
Speaker 2:And you just listen
Speaker 3:to the voice in the head. You know?
Speaker 2:As an artist, how do you how do you keep remember that? How do you keep track of it? Like, just you know what I'm saying? Because sometimes I'll be like, like, that's kinda cool. Like But,
Speaker 3:like, all day. Sing it all day. Sing it all day. Either that or you track it on your phone, something like that.
Speaker 1:Do you have a lot of voice memos?
Speaker 2:I have
Speaker 3:so many voice notes.
Speaker 7:There's so
Speaker 3:many voice notes of just different beats and different melody lines where, like, you know, I'll be at work. My coworkers will just hear me going.
Speaker 6:Like, in the back,
Speaker 3:and they're like, what is he doing back there? That's like, like, trust me.
Speaker 4:This is gonna be a banger.
Speaker 3:They just see me sitting there, like, nodding going, yeah. That's gonna turn into something good. And they're like, what is he
Speaker 7:on? What is
Speaker 3:he on?
Speaker 1:Is that, kind of true of all
Speaker 3:of you?
Speaker 1:Like, do the people in your lives know about this band and know about the music you make, or is it sort of your, like, secret other life?
Speaker 3:No. They they know about it.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Everyone knows.
Speaker 2:We're pretty
Speaker 3:vocal about it too.
Speaker 4:We need all the fans we can get.
Speaker 3:Like, hi, mom. Bye, mom. Going to practice. Who is
Speaker 2:the writer of the group? Eric Lee? Tanner?
Speaker 3:It's mainly been me for the what we have right now.
Speaker 8:That's awesome.
Speaker 3:So we so initially, when everything started with Queen Jane, it was like I had gone through you okay. So you know how, like, most bands well, every band, really. If you go back in, like, their first couple albums, they don't sound anything like later on. Mhmm. Like, when they're very first starting, be that with their first group or their first, you know, solo project or whatever it is.
Speaker 3:I feel like because Queen Jane itself, like, the the group that started initially, went through so many changes within a ten year or so period because I'm I'm almost 27. And, like, this started back when I was about 16 or so, and then things kinda fell apart, and then we actually found people who wanted to fight for the dream. You know? But over those ten years, it was almost like that these songs kinda went through that evolution already. So I kinda feel as if the identity was already kinda being built by the time we found each other, if that makes sense.
Speaker 3:So when we when Zubi and I initially got together, we were just like, well, we have all this stuff, and we now it has kind of a purpose and I did an identity. So why don't we just go ahead and, like, take all this stuff and throw it out? So now we have, like, you know, two albums worth of music to, like, dig through, either rewrite or see if we like the formats of and layouts of and continue with them or ditch them.
Speaker 2:Well, I know you said you have, music that's worth
Speaker 3:two albums, you said? About two albums worth. Yeah.
Speaker 2:And I noticed on streaming services you have about five or five to four singles?
Speaker 3:Yes. So four out right now.
Speaker 6:Okay.
Speaker 3:And then we're working on our fifth, series right now.
Speaker 2:So when's the album?
Speaker 3:Excellent question. That'll kinda depend on work schedules, but we are hoping to get it out sometime soon.
Speaker 2:Okay. Sick. Well, out of all the singles on there, one that did one that stood out to me was Cold Love. Would you like to, play this for us? Yeah.
Speaker 2:Absolutely. Okay.
Speaker 1:That was amazing. That was
Speaker 3:so good.
Speaker 1:You have such a rock star voice. Oh, thank you
Speaker 2:very much.
Speaker 1:The vocals. You kill the vocals. It's amazing.
Speaker 3:I appreciate that.
Speaker 8:Thank you very much.
Speaker 1:Of course. I guess for all of you guys, did you ever, like, as kids, did you see yourselves in these shoes when you got older?
Speaker 2:No. Rock band
Speaker 4:four started the dream.
Speaker 3:I'm not gonna lie. I've I've kinda been, like, dreaming about it since I was, like, seven or eight. But, that kinda stemmed from not really having a heck of a lot of influence, I suppose, in that regard. Mhmm. Like, my my older sister played piano.
Speaker 3:My mom played violin. And, like, I'd always been, like, attracted to that growing up. And then it wasn't until, like, you know, preteen years that I actually, like, tried it myself. And then from there, it was just like, oh, this is all I wanna do now. So,
Speaker 2:Eric, how long have you been on drums?
Speaker 5:Since I was seven. Really?
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh. I always wonder that. Like, when you start playing drums when you're seven, are you just on a tiny drum kit, or are you on a regular sized drum kit?
Speaker 3:There we go. I broke it. He would too.
Speaker 1:Also, like, kudos to your parental figures giving you a drum set and being, like, this is where we're going.
Speaker 2:So, like, when you're when you get to middle school, it's, like, alright. Here's the real life drum set. Is that how it works?
Speaker 5:Yeah. I was, like, 10. I got Okay. 10.
Speaker 3:You know you know what's funny is our first go around of recording groove, he we we recorded on the drum set at first.
Speaker 5:Drum set.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Well, that was good. No. It sounded great, honestly.
Speaker 1:Were there, like, house rules of, like, okay. You can only play the drums at this time. It can only be for this long. Or was it, like, free reign?
Speaker 5:Since, like, '9, I couldn't. And I you know?
Speaker 8:Mhmm. But
Speaker 5:they didn't really care. They're cool. So
Speaker 1:That's really awesome. I would love to learn how to play drums, but I feel like that's a rough one to learn. Because when you're in those beginning stages and it's just, like, impossible to listen to, there's no turning it down. Like, every mistake is so loud.
Speaker 3:Unable to hide those, for sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah. It's nice to be seven and and not too worried about that, I guess.
Speaker 2:Going back to cold love, I wanna go get into a little bit of the meaning of it. And, what inspired you to write it?
Speaker 3:Have you ever wanted something that you couldn't have? Yeah. So you know, that feeling when it's like, I know this is gonna be something that's bad for me, but I want to do it anyway. Yeah, like that. And that's that thing that you can't have, right?
Speaker 3:You're like, I know, I want to do it, but I'm not going to. It's kinda it stemmed from that, I suppose. I had a handful of friends kinda going through a situation where it was like, you've done me wrong so many times, and I'm still gonna, like, go for it. That and this was, like, multiple friends. So, like, I'm never gonna call anybody out for anything.
Speaker 3:Right? But so so many times they had been, like, you've done me wrong so many times, but I'm still gonna choose you. And, like, they knew what was gonna happen. And I feel like, did you really think I'd want your cold love is like that moment where it's like, oh, no, like, I'm never gonna do that again. Like, this is my turning point.
Speaker 3:Like, this is where I know that this decision is bad for me. And like, I'll never choose that again. So it kinda has that aggressive feeling of just, like, kind of a screw you type thing.
Speaker 7:I
Speaker 3:don't know. To me to me, that's kinda like where it stems from is like that that emotion of, like, I this isn't what I want anymore. Like, I don't want anything to do with this anymore.
Speaker 2:That's sick. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah. I like that it's it has that screw you energy, but it's still kind of turned inwards and, like, looking at yourself Yeah. About, like, what do you want?
Speaker 3:Absolutely. I think it it more or less focuses on more what you want and what you don't want more than it does to, like, you know, throw it at the other person. But, so, yeah, kinda like a self realization moment, I guess I'll call it.
Speaker 6:Mhmm. That's sick.
Speaker 1:For the rest of the band members, obviously, like, Queen Jane's pretty young, and a lot of what you're playing right now is songs that Tanner has been working on for a while. When you're playing them, do you do you more try and find, like, the emotion of the story that's being told and channel that, or do you find your own meanings in each of these songs?
Speaker 6:Personally, I I I've just enjoyed my bass part. Like, I I play it how I play it and express my mission through my playing. Mhmm.
Speaker 5:Yeah. I just listen to the music. I don't really pay attention there.
Speaker 6:Dang, man. Like
Speaker 3:Like, find that. I get it. And I'm getting
Speaker 4:Yeah. For one, I do love, like, the emotion that Tanner's put into these songs. I mean, I've been sold on them ever since I've heard them. For me as a guitarist, I mean, Tanner's got, like, what, seven years on me, something like that.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 4:So he's kinda become a mentor for me and, like, you know, I'm learning his guitar parts. I'm playing his guitar parts on stage.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 4:And it's just been a great, like, teaching moment for me, honestly. Like, he's teaching me stuff I never thought I'd be able to do before. So, yeah, I appreciate the music. I appreciate the guitar part, and I appreciate the lyrics a lot.
Speaker 3:And I appreciate that.
Speaker 8:Is this
Speaker 3:I'm actually really excited to, like, hear what these guys have to write.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Because, like oh, so once we get past that point of, like, here's our initial start as a group. I'm, like, just give it to me. Show me some stuff.
Speaker 4:Oh, we will.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Really excited for that.
Speaker 1:Have you guys started the wheels turning already? Like, do you have your own voice memos?
Speaker 7:A little bit.
Speaker 1:Logs of jam
Speaker 6:or Yeah. Jam. Here and there. Definitely. Whatever pops out.
Speaker 4:Yeah. Just keeping track of little stuff I like. Yeah.
Speaker 3:We have a group chat too where we're we're just like, if you have anything at all, just throw it in here. And so that way, you have it somewhere saved in here.
Speaker 1:Mhmm. What's the group chat name?
Speaker 3:Just green chan.
Speaker 1:I was hoping for something.
Speaker 3:Nothing clever. I was hoping for one. We can find one. I
Speaker 2:know your band is fairly new, but I see that you still have some opportune had some opportunities to perform, at some clubs or, bars. One specifically, the old Miami in Detroit. We've had bands come in here and praise their, experience at this old Miami. How was your experience there?
Speaker 5:Really fun.
Speaker 3:It was super fun there.
Speaker 2:Was it
Speaker 5:crowd outside?
Speaker 2:Yeah, we played on outside.
Speaker 6:The crowd was so electric. They just they were into everything and we're doing and we just we were feeding off that energy, and it was just this cycle.
Speaker 3:It was cruise week that week too, wasn't it?
Speaker 6:Yeah. Yeah. They're right after the dream cruise.
Speaker 3:Yeah. So we had, like, people come on down from, like, the next road over to, like, you know, hear us because they heard live music, and that was really cool. So Yeah. Something very, very good energy there. And I feel like you can just, like, feel that other big people have played there because they're, like, it's just there.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 3:Like
Speaker 4:Something significant about our show at that venue was that that was the first time that we actually had people in the crowd singing our originals back to us.
Speaker 3:Yeah. That was our first crowd interaction.
Speaker 4:That beats any feeling that you've ever had before. I'm sure it's even better for Tanner because he wrote those lyrics. I'm like, I know it feels good to hear that get sung back to you right now.
Speaker 1:That's amazing. Do you guys have any, like, funny anecdotes from performing yet or practice even?
Speaker 3:The smalls bar?
Speaker 5:That was our first year.
Speaker 3:Yeah. That was our first that
Speaker 8:was our
Speaker 6:first ever game together. Really funny, Heather? I mean, I I have to eat a lot. So we have this running joke. I when I get I get really hangry, really easily.
Speaker 6:So as long as you
Speaker 3:Very.
Speaker 6:Keep me well fed, everything's all sunshine and rainbows. So usually, whenever we pull up to a gig, I just have, a spare burger and eat it right before we go on.
Speaker 3:He has a spare burger. Yeah.
Speaker 1:You just gotta wear cargo pants all the time for your your back stock of burgers.
Speaker 6:If you want a burger.
Speaker 4:We just keep our bases fed, and everything works out.
Speaker 2:Well, do you think being angry can make you also maybe play better? No. Because Depending on the song?
Speaker 6:Well, no. Because it for me, it's, the hangry comes with, shakiness, like loss yeah. Inpatients, it's it's just all around loss of function of everything. So, we think it's hypoglycemia. Yes.
Speaker 6:So anyways, that's that's relevant. Probably better than that was the emergency burger.
Speaker 2:Well, well, let's say you just had Thanksgiving, but you're still really mad. Like, is there do you think that kid
Speaker 3:just playing angry in general? Yeah.
Speaker 2:I don't
Speaker 6:think I get very angry.
Speaker 3:I personally, like, I have been irritated before going into it, you know, either a show or rehearsal, and I feel like I played my heart out. So, like, I I personally feel like it kind of feels the fire from time to time. Not that I would go looking for it. But Right.
Speaker 2:But if it's there, it kinda gives
Speaker 8:you Yeah.
Speaker 3:Some more fuel. I feel like when when I'm in the moment more, like, the emotion kinda peaks out through playing or singing more. So
Speaker 1:No better form of, an outlet, I guess. Some people just go run 10 miles. Some people get to jam out on stage. One of those is arguably cooler. But, how does music and and playing it and writing it, like, are there any other outlets that you have in your lives that are similar?
Speaker 1:Or is it really kinda unique in the way
Speaker 6:Working out. Mhmm. Live in ways.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Working out has become important to me too, I mean, over the years. And then
Speaker 4:Just music. And he's like, nope. Screw that.
Speaker 2:Tanner, do you have a safe space to write? Or do you like to go out anywhere and
Speaker 3:I used to write, like, I live over, like, maybe thirty minutes or so, thirty five minutes from Port Huron area. And, the bridge right there was, like, always a super peaceful place for me to, like, just kinda sit and look at the water and write. Other than that, it's just been in that garage for, like, ten years. So
Speaker 8:Mhmm.
Speaker 3:That's kinda, like, the comfort zone. Or the wooden panel basement? Wooden paneled garage. Garage. That's the same place.
Speaker 3:Yeah. You're good.
Speaker 1:So how and where did you write, dirty money? It's our next song for the night.
Speaker 3:Dirty money kinda it started out as, like, a way slower rhythmic section. Like, I mean, it had like this slower energy to it at first when it was first written. I wrote it on an acoustic in the garage. And, I was kinda liking the energy of, like, how slow it was at first, but then I was like, wait a minute. That rhythm or that melody kinda, like, has, like, a a signature kind of, like, singing sound to it.
Speaker 3:You know? Yeah. It sounds like you can sing it back. Like, it kinda has, like, that groovy rhythm, but also leaves you kinda, like, humming it. You know?
Speaker 3:So when we initially started recording it or, like yeah. We went into, like, record us, like, the first part of that, I believe. And, we ended up playing it with a lot more energy in that moment. And I was like, oh, okay. Now this is gonna become something, like, totally different.
Speaker 3:So, yeah, I mean, it started out as just kinda like a melody line that I thought of and kinda threw some energy into it as we got into the studio, which seems to happen a lot with us.
Speaker 2:Okay. Well, let's rock. This is Dirty Money. You're listening to Queen Jane, and this is The Basement Show.
Speaker 7:Shut up, freeze but there's no room to breathe Put my
Speaker 2:Dirty money. Dirty money.
Speaker 1:A lyric in that song that just I really it resonated with me is, why am I so tired? I feel like I feel that a lot. I feel like
Speaker 2:you feel like you're late along
Speaker 8:so many of you.
Speaker 1:I may need an emergency burger.
Speaker 2:Cool. I I noticed about this song. Correct me if I'm wrong. This is you were vocally open about it on social media that this is about a friend
Speaker 3:from Yeah. Yeah. Rehab? Mhmm. Okay.
Speaker 3:I had I had a friend a long time ago who ended up kinda coming back into my life, and he he was involved in some pretty pretty rough stuff in the time that we were apart, and I ended up finding out that he was involved in some terrible situations down outside of town. And, when he came back, he was, like, kinda you could tell he was just, like, searching for something. And he's okay with me talking about this because we've talked about this a million times. Like, he's very open about it and just, like, you can share whatever you want to, man. But when he came back, you you could tell he was searching for something to kinda, like, deter him from it, if that makes sense.
Speaker 3:Like, you can I kinda got this feeling that he was like, I need somebody to talk me out of this? And we ended up having this really, really, like, deep and moan conversation about what he wants out of life and how he could get there and things like that. I ended up helping him get checked into rehab. And then from there, he came back, like, two years later or so, back into my life. And he was like, we need to, like, meet up for lunch because I have so much to tell you about.
Speaker 3:And it was so, so, so cool to hear that he had, like, completely swapped his life around in that time, gotten clean and, decided to, like, kinda get rid of his old life in those two years. And, he mentioned that, like, if it wasn't for, like, something kinda like telling him, like, you're not okay, like, you need to, like, get out of this or else you're not never gonna be okay, if that conversation hadn't happened, he wouldn't have gone through with anything. So that song in particular was kinda like a kind of a testament, I suppose, to him and how you can help people like him, who I know are going through very similar situations.
Speaker 2:No. That was that's such a special story.
Speaker 3:Yeah. It
Speaker 2:it's hard dealing with, having friendships that have, you know, addiction.
Speaker 8:Mhmm.
Speaker 2:I've I've been there. So, thank you for sharing.
Speaker 3:Absolutely. Yeah. I'm sure he appreciates it too. Shout out, buddy.
Speaker 1:Shout out. And it's pretty cool as well to play that role in someone else's life. Like, I'm sure I don't know. Maybe when you guys were having that conversation, you didn't realize just how much it would end up Mhmm. Meaning in the grand scheme of things.
Speaker 3:I I knew it would obviously, like, be good for him to get help. Mhmm. Like, I'm glad I helped him get checked into rehab, but at the same time it was like I didn't you know you know how like when you help somebody out of a bad situation you can only just hope for the best for them? Yeah. Like you can't make those choices for them.
Speaker 3:So it was insanely cool to to have him come back and be like, these are choices that I made from our conversation that, like, you know, affected my life in this way. It was amazing.
Speaker 2:So after that conversation, you're like, you wrote the song?
Speaker 3:Yeah. So I I ended up having that tune, like, kind of halfway written at the time, and he was, like, telling me about, like, you know, if you are gonna go, like, dive deep into music, like, if you're going for music fully, because this was back, you know, five, six years ago almost. What he what he was like, if you're gonna dive super deep into music, you have so much material to write about now, like, kind of as a joke, like, about him. And I was like, well, I don't know if I really wanna do that. And he's like, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3:You you kinda should. Like, I've just told you everything about my life and, like, you helped me get to this point. So, like, you have all the necessary ingredients to make something really good out of this. I'd I'd appreciate it if you did. And that's kinda where the lyrics at least came from.
Speaker 1:That's like a huge
Speaker 8:It was
Speaker 1:a huge honor. Someone else sang, like, tell my story
Speaker 3:Absolutely.
Speaker 1:In your words.
Speaker 3:It's pretty cool. Stressful too, but I wanted to do it justice, you know, but, but yeah. So it was a very special song.
Speaker 2:Did you have, like, certain versions of it and you're or just, like, this is the raw first thing that you wrote?
Speaker 3:It was kinda like a you know, you write from the heart, and then you go and make adjustments to what fits.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 3:You know? At least that's how I work is I'll have, like, an initial batch of lyrics, and then I'm like, okay. Well, this doesn't really work if I want to say that later. That doesn't really work if I want to say that later. I'm very, like, literature based, I suppose, because I'm kind of a nerd.
Speaker 3:But, when it comes to stuff like that, it's like, Well, that kinda rhymes, kinda doesn't. Maybe I can find something that means the same thing. So I wanna say it went through about two two or three drafts before it hit the final. Mhmm. But
Speaker 2:Thank you for sharing your, story on Dirty Money.
Speaker 1:Absolutely. Do you guys have people in your own lives that have sort of played that role of someone who steps in and it, like, redirects you in in some small or big way and, it's kind of changed the course of what you end up doing, how things go for you.
Speaker 5:Not yet. No.
Speaker 1:Well, we'll be on the lookout. And if so, I'm sure some great songs will come out of it.
Speaker 2:Well, I also wanted to ask, what aspects of seventy rock, do you try to capture in your music? You know, whether that's that raw energy that you all have or, the lyrics or instruments.
Speaker 3:You said, seventies music?
Speaker 6:Yeah. Okay.
Speaker 3:I wanna say my I don't I wanna say, like, my top influence from the seventies would probably be Aerosmith. Mhmm. Because Aerosmith had this you know, you had everything turned up to 10 in certain points, but you also never lost sight of, like, how it made you feel to hear that melody with that rhythm Mhmm. If that makes sense. And, like, they they were just a huge driving factor in, like, how much energy potential energy as in, like, literally just, like, kicking things in or throwing things in amps and all that Or, you know, just raw power of like Steven Tyler's voice or the I don't know, the rolling feeling of Joe Perry's guitar.
Speaker 3:Like there were certain elements of it that I just like really was attracted to in this writing. Same thing with like Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin. And then I will say probably, like, my number one influence kinda falls outside of the seventies, a little more on the late eighties, Slash from Guns N' Roses. Because Guns N' Roses in general had that very straight up punk attitude, and I kinda like to try to capture some of that too.
Speaker 1:Mhmm.
Speaker 6:So
Speaker 1:the next song that you're playing tonight, Slither, is another cover. Who's that by? Is it one of your big influences?
Speaker 3:Yes. Actually, that's by Velvet Revolver, which Slash was one of the main or he was the main person to make that happen, that band. And, that song meant a lot to me, and it's so fun to play. So we kinda, like, really took to it when we started playing it together.
Speaker 1:Alright. Well, we can't wait to hear it. Alright.
Speaker 7:Always keep me under finger. That's the spot where you might do me. Might see some type of pleasure in my mind. Yeah, here comes
Speaker 2:That was Slither by Queen Jane.
Speaker 1:By Velvet Revolver. Yeah. Hovered by Queen Jane.
Speaker 4:It's a co it's a co
Speaker 3:I am so sorry.
Speaker 1:But that specific performance was by Queen Jane.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 2:I can't help but think it there's this horror movie from the eighties called Slither, where it's like a bunch of, like, leeches that the size of, like, like a brick, like a cinder block.
Speaker 3:You peeks my interest. I love horror movies.
Speaker 2:No. You should watch it because I thought this is what it was named after for some reason. But it's a these these slugs, like, infest the city and, like, kill everyone.
Speaker 1:But aren't they, like, super slow moving?
Speaker 2:No. They're, like, fast. Like, you feel like they're, like, they're it's really scary, and they, like, come in your mouth. I don't know. No.
Speaker 2:They they, like, they they that's how they get you. They, like, crawl in your mouth. It's really scary.
Speaker 1:Oh. We're gonna have to watch this one.
Speaker 3:Yeah. So
Speaker 8:I don't
Speaker 3:know. It's I'm watching it. I just I'm watching it.
Speaker 2:You guys might be influenced by it. So Absolutely. Check out Slender.
Speaker 3:I am a I'm a huge classic horror fan. Like, I love all the slashers that are out there.
Speaker 2:It's a terrible movie.
Speaker 3:I mean, that's that's fair. I'll probably still watch it. Those are fun.
Speaker 1:Yeah. We should go rally up that, quality scary sometime. I don't know if y'all have heard of that. It's at the fledge in Lansing. I think it's the last Friday of every month.
Speaker 1:They host a screening of, like, a bad eighties horror film, and everyone just heckles it together
Speaker 7:so weird.
Speaker 1:In community. That's the thing.
Speaker 6:I'm so down. Yes.
Speaker 1:Alright. What are your top five, like, bad eighties horror film recommendations?
Speaker 3:To be honest with you, I'm kinda drawing a blank right now. I would not have any solid recommendations.
Speaker 1:Quick. Name all of worm films.
Speaker 3:Yes.
Speaker 6:I mean, we had I was
Speaker 3:gonna say, to be honest, you have, like, ones that are, like, they're bad if you look at specific qualities of it. Mhmm. But then you look at, like, the whole story overall or, like, the comics that something was based on, and it's like, oh. Like, that's actually, like, a good side of it, and that was just portrayed badly. And Evil Dead was one of those Yeah.
Speaker 3:Where I was like, the the movie itself, the movies, I was like, no. It's not not quite for me. But the, you know, original story that was written was just like, oh, okay. Now that's exactly what I what I wanted out of the story. You know?
Speaker 1:What's the premise?
Speaker 7:It's kind of
Speaker 3:a long story. An all kind of thing? In a way. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3:I'm not gonna, like, pretend like I know something I don't, though, and just try to be cool. You know? Mhmm. So I'm just gonna go ahead and say I'd know that. Yeah.
Speaker 3:For
Speaker 6:Has anyone seen the I think it's called rubber. It's not an evil tire that rolls around.
Speaker 3:Evil tire.
Speaker 6:That one. Speaking of bad
Speaker 7:I don't I don't know if I don't
Speaker 3:know what year it was, but
Speaker 6:It's it's so bad that it's good. It's worth a it's like worse than the bad ones. It's it's worth a watch.
Speaker 8:I feel
Speaker 1:like if you're writing that movie, you have to be going into it with a mindset of, like Yeah.
Speaker 3:And that's Like, you know it's bad.
Speaker 8:They know
Speaker 5:it. It's like Sharknado.
Speaker 6:Yeah. No.
Speaker 2:It's Oh
Speaker 1:my god. Dude, there's a new one. Just say it's Bee nado. There's a there's a new one. It's just a swarm of bees, and it's all these firefighters, like, trying to run from the bees, and they can't.
Speaker 8:Oh, have
Speaker 3:you guys ever seen killer clowns from outer space? No. Now that's now that's one you guys should buy.
Speaker 1:Kill I'm putting these in my search tabs right now.
Speaker 3:Killer clowns should have your space. I I think I want to say it was either late eighties or early nineties. I'm not positive on that, though. I'm not sure.
Speaker 8:If you're
Speaker 3:if you're looking it up, tell me the year on that one because I kinda wanna know now. So Oh,
Speaker 1:it's spelled with a k. Killer clowns nineteen eighty eight.
Speaker 3:Eighty eight. Okay. Yeah. That's probably the number one that I'd ask you guys to watch if you want a bad word.
Speaker 1:The cover kinda looks like Space Jam. Like, that's the vibes it's giving.
Speaker 2:I mean, for the band Queen Jane, is there a certain film or film franchise that, would be a dream of yours to cover or be part of a soundtrack
Speaker 8:at all? The
Speaker 1:wall? I don't know if that quite
Speaker 3:It might not.
Speaker 1:I think that, the job might be taken there, unfortunately, on soundtrack.
Speaker 3:A part of any films that we would wanna be a part of, like, the score of?
Speaker 1:Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 3:That's a solid question.
Speaker 7:I feel
Speaker 6:I feel like if we could get one song into a Marvel movie, it would lose our minds.
Speaker 3:Oh, yeah. Oh, you know how, like, you know, you know how, like, Greta Van Fleet had their song play, like, at in Aquaman as he went to, like, punch somebody? We need a scene like that Yeah. Where it's just, like, you know, balls
Speaker 2:to the
Speaker 3:walls, just everything goes crazy and then one of our songs comes out. That would be like a dream come true. Yeah.
Speaker 6:What Marvel movie? Oh, Wolverine. Oh, no. If they made something else, if there's a scene with him just kicking someone's butt.
Speaker 3:Yeah. I gotta admit, that would actually that would make Gabe happy too.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 3:That's sick.
Speaker 1:Are you guys big superhero enjoyers?
Speaker 3:I am. My my family is critical of anything Marvel or DC.
Speaker 1:Always has been or, like, just in the recent
Speaker 3:They've always been just constantly. They tell me everything good and everything bad they hated about every second of every
Speaker 8:one of them.
Speaker 3:So I'm kinda like, that's where my influence are.
Speaker 1:Unfortunately, there's been a lot of material to work with recently.
Speaker 3:I mean, recently though, Deadpool.
Speaker 6:Like Deadpool was pretty good. They I That's like the first, like, the first one of the reasons that was that was worth them all.
Speaker 3:To me, that was, like, that's a comeback. Yeah.
Speaker 6:It was a That's a comeback. For sure.
Speaker 2:Well, I mean so for your next song, White Lightning, could you go tell us
Speaker 3:a little bit about this? Yeah. This song was is one that we're in the middle of recording right now. We don't have it released yet, so y'all get to hear some unreleased music. Wow.
Speaker 3:And this is gonna be another energetic one that we like to we like to put it at the end of the show because it kinda gives the crowd, like, that wow factor. Well, I guess if it's done right.
Speaker 6:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Which speaking of which, if we wanna find your guys' album whenever it does come out, where can our listeners find your music? Where can they find when you're posting about shows, merch drops, any of the exciting stuff?
Speaker 3:If people wanna find out more about us, we are on about every social media platform and all, music administration. So, you know, Spotify, iTunes. And what is your at? It would be queen jane band on all socials. Yeah.
Speaker 6:This year we're gonna go live right now. Mhmm. Very exciting.
Speaker 2:And then when will when will we be expecting this album?
Speaker 6:Hopefully,
Speaker 3:we're planning on getting that out more than likely by the end of the year. Hopefully a little sooner if we can, that kind of depends on schedules and how, I guess, how fast we can get everything together. But
Speaker 2:and is there any wise words of wisdom you'd like to share while you're on the basement show?
Speaker 3:If video killed the radio star, social media killed the video star. Oh. Try not to focus too much on social media. Just make good music and get it out. Thank you.
Speaker 3:Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 1:Alright. Up next for you, we got White Lightning by Queen Jane.
Speaker 7:Once again, we would like to thank you all for having us. And we'll give a small outro for names here. On the bass, Mr.
Speaker 8:Cole Proctor.
Speaker 7:Nice. On rhythm guitar, Mr. Lee Smith. On the drums, this is Eric Tubi. And my name is Tanner Strunk for Tanner Mitchell.
Speaker 7:Thank you all for having us We have been Queen Jane. Thank you very much.
Speaker 8:And good night. Night.