How has touring changed in the twenty years you’ve been together?Īli: Well, we started in a little van down by the river, and then we moved to an RV down by the river. Matty: All of our songs we try to make fun, I don’t think we have a really serious song Our boss says no.Īli: The setlist is printed, bam, it’s done!
Matty: We haven’t played that in a while.Īny chance you’ll play it today? Because you should… What are the most fun songs to play live? Matty: It happened today and it wakes you up and then you get to see some cool bands. For me, it’s when you’re trying to sleep and they do sound check at like ten in the morning.Īli: And the bus is parked right next to the stage… What’s your least favourite? And you can’t say interviews again.Īli: Oh. What’s your favourite part of playing festivals? I said she was horrified by the size!Īli: Yeah like, what is that? It looks like a gummy worm! Matty: She didn’t laugh! At no point did I say she was laughing. Shame it wasn’t the mean girl that laughed at Ali. Matty: I don’t think that was bad, I think that was kinda cool.Īli: Yeah that was cool. I was like naked in front of her.Īli: I can’t beat that! Alright, so it might have been the same girl, probably not, but I remember kicking a beach ball, I was gonna kick it over, but it hit a girl right square in the face. So I turned around to get water and, I was wearing like boxers and the zipper was down and my wiener was hanging out for everyone to see! I felt like so bad, I thought she was just like a mean person but it all made sense. Matty: We were playing this show once, and there was this little girl in front stage, like right in front of me, and she had this horrified look on her face every time I looked at her. What’s the strangest thing to happen on stage? So last night, we were hanging out, and this guys goes “hey can you do a Snapchat for me?” And I’m like yeah, and I’m an idiot and forgot it’s only like ten seconds so I started doing this bit like ‘Man, I’ve had so much coke’ and I was gonna say Coca Cola but it ended and he was like thanks man! I just said I did a lot of coke on somebody’s Snapchat so I’m waiting for that to come back and bite me in the ass. Matty: So here’s the thing, I have to tell you this story. Coca cola! For the record, can I just say, I don’t do any kind of drugs. How do you prepare for a festival? Are there any good luck rituals you go through?Īli: This is our single malt! Yeah no, we stretch a lot, meditate together, we do group yoga, steam baths to get the pores open. We find ham on the bus and eat it.Īli: Salami. But this is dedicated to punk music so it’s a cool experience and the fans are awesome. Other festivals will have us, and maybe another punk band and then different kinds of music. We were talking about this just the other day, it’s a punk rock festival for punk rock fans. Matty: Everything else is kinda same old, same old.Īli: It’s got a lot bigger. Ali’s started eating the hot dogs in the arena, I told him not to…Īli: But they’re delicious. This is your third time playing the festival, have there been any significant differences from previous years? How does it feel to be playing Slam Dunk?Īli: This is our third time and yesterday was the first show in Leeds, the weather was beautiful, the fans were awesome, we had a great time. Prior to their performance in Birmingham Ali Tabatabaee (vocals) and Matty Lewis (vocals/guitar) sat down for an interview to discuss the band, their touring rules, and their current Slam Dunk performances. This year represents the band’s twentieth anniversary of the formation of ZEBRAHEAD, and their third time playing Slam Dunk. Hailing from California, ZEBRAHEAD are known for being a less than serious punk pop band, with a flare of ska.
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