The Artist Interrogations podcast. Hey, Molly. How's it going? Good. How are you?
I'm doing fantastic. Well, not necessarily fantastic. I'm sure you saw the crazy breaking news from earlier today that Ozzy passed away. So yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. Today's not a good day. Right. Yeah. So I've been, messing with the, playlist trying to do all Ozzy Black Sabbath songs for the afternoon.
So yeah. Yeah. I had a co I I had the whole show, like, not necessarily the whole show, but, like, the first part of the show prerecorded and then had to go back because otherwise, it would have been like the same old show and it would have had a bunch of listeners go, why why didn't you play any Ozzie or talk about it at least or something like that. Yeah. And it was kinda crazy because we gave away, tickets for Weird Al and we're all goofy with that giveaway.
And then literally five minutes later, guys, Ozzy passed away, like, shortly after that. That changed the tone. You're right. Yeah. Exactly.
What a flip flop, you know. But, what is how's everything going for you? Pretty good. Thank you. Yeah.
Glad to hear it. Glad to hear it. I was talking about it, with Rob. I was like, well, not only are you in Living Dead Girl, you also are a professional model. You're also, like, a travel agent for Disney.
I'm like, how do you handle all of that stuff? I like to keep busy. Yeah. No kidding. No kidding.
I mean, it's crazy just to think, like so when you when you keep busy, do you have, like, the giant wall calendar? Or do you have, like, some sort of planner? Do you use, like, the Google Calendar? Like, what what's your what's your secret? I need to know because I I get bombarded with tasks here.
I'm literally sitting beside my calendar right now just, like, staring at it. I like to physically write it all down. I don't like a phone one or a Google one. Yeah. That's that's better or the old fashioned way.
I did I did see I I was watching a previous interview with you, and you were talking about being old fashioned. And we were gonna I was gonna talk with you about that, about the, the the DVDs and VHS tapes that you have of Disney films because I know you're such a Disney fanatic. And, yeah. I am. Yeah.
And, I I still love physical media. Oh, yeah. No. It's crazy because, like, I talk about I talked about it. Now it's a conspiracy theory that, I I think intentionally my disc drive on my Xbox Series X stopped working, because they want you to go buy the game online versus owning the game itself.
I have all of these DVDs, and I can't watch any single one of them with my series. The first world problem, I know. But I have my old Xbox One that's, like, my glorified DVD player, and I'll plug that in if I wanna watch one of the movies instead of, you know, trying to stream it. But yeah. I went to go buy a DVD player, like, two years ago to watch the Melissa Cross, Zen of Screaming DVD.
And when I asked the employee at Walmart where the DVD players are, he asked me, what is that? And you just Sorry. My cat just meowed also. Your cat is also mad about that too. Sorry.
You interrupted. That's awesome. That's great. No. So cat interruptions are always the best.
What's the what's the cat's name? Boo. Boo. Oh, what a great name. I thought it would have been, like, Ariel or something like that, like your obsession with The Little Mermaid.
No. I've got Boo and Minnie. They're both Disney names, but not princesses. Boo and Minnie. Love it.
Love it. So, I was actually one of my big questions for you, considering you are the the the, like, the Disney fanatic. Which one which park do you prefer? Disneyland or Disney World? Disney World all the way.
Disneyland is the original. It's the classic. It's, you know, older, so it has more of, like, that nostalgia of, like, classic Disney. But I like living near Disney World because there's four parks and more resorts. So if I'm gonna go to one frequently, I'd rather the bigger one.
Yeah. I was thinking the same thing. I I unfortunately have not been. I did grow up in Southern California, so I was kind of by Disneyland. I went a couple of times.
I worked at I worked at a Knott's Berry Farm as a ride operator, and everyone was saying they preferred Disney at the time when I was there. So I was like the one I was like Knott's Berry Farm is the theme park you go to when you can't afford Disney. And and, you know And so we have Disney at home. Yeah. Exactly.
Exactly. But, I feel like there would have been a lot more, stricter rules as a ride operator at Disneyland versus working at Knott's Berry Farm. And I'm the worst when it comes to customer service. So I could not imagine trying to be having to point with the two fingers, having to follow every single little rule. But, yeah, it would be it would have been a nightmare.
Yeah. But, That's why I feel safer at, like, Universal though is the standards. I don't like going, like, Six Flags. Like, I've had friends I've gotten stuck on their roller coasters. So I'm scared of those ones.
Oh, yeah. No. I I I used to have to test the ride that I worked at. It was called Boomerang. And I was already, too big for the ride itself.
And it went it it would go back up, like, up the ramp. And once it was at the top, it just stopped and did not move. And my knees were just digging into the front of the cart, and I remember getting out eventually. And I just had bruises all over. And I I feel like the only one ride that ever broke down at Disneyland for me was the Winnie the Pooh ride.
And it kinda sucked seeing the behind the scenes magic of it. You know, you got to see, like, oh, the rain is not real. It's just streamers coming down. I'm like, I I wanna see that. I wanna, you know, be in the be in my imagination there.
That's why I would never work there. I don't want it to be ruined for me. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I was, talking about it with somebody recently.
It's funny that we brought this up, a Space Mountain at Disney World. I know it's like they they turned the lights on in there now or something like that. If it breaks down. Yeah. If it breaks down.
Okay. Because I I was told by somebody. It was like they turned the lights on because somebody complained, and I'm like, okay. That's a little don't think they would do something like that. I yeah.
I don't know. I had the same look on my face that you just made right there. So but, well, you guys have the the latest single out Poison Me played on the new music feature. And, I was laughing at what you said in a prior interview about how when you shot the music video, your husband was the guy that built the entire rain set in your guys' backyard. And is that, like, now a permanent fixture of the backyard?
No. We quickly pulled it down because we rent, and we don't want our landlord to know we did that. I I feel bad. Said in the least that we couldn't, but Right. I feel bad for even sharing that then.
Like, the landlord somehow hears this way. Oh, no. Wait a minute. Oh, I don't care. It's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
It didn't wreck anything. You know? Like, the backyard's still intact. Was he is he, like, is your husband a part time, like, engineer? Because I would never know to mess with PVC pipe, anything like that to get the rain effect.
No. He's just a very, like, I don't know, like, a hands on kind of guy that knows how to build things, I guess. Just naturally talented. Jealous of people like that. I mean, because I know he's a drummer too.
He's the drummer in Living Dead Girl. He, you know, does all that stuff. And meanwhile, like, I asked my boss recently, like, how to put on a shelf on the wall, and I still watch those YouTube videos on how to do certain things. So now I feel useless. So but Wait.
You've never tried to build a rain set in your backyard? Oh, no. That's such a specific I should try. I should give it a shot at least, you know. And I don't really have a backyard, so maybe I could just in the parking lot here by the stations, just tell my boss, hey, you know.
Oh, not even tell them. Just when it's done, be like, hey, I built this for whenever we need a rain room. We can start a whole interview segment where I interview artists in the rain, and we just sit there soaked with the microphone. There you go. Yeah.
Yeah. So you you guys just, wrapped up your latest tour? We did. Yeah. I just got home on Sunday.
Oh, how was it? How was the whole thing? It was really fun. I love that we ended with the upheaval festival because it's, like, we were just, like, building up, building up, building up, play the big show, done. I hate playing a big show and then playing a small show again after because it ruins it for you.
Like, ending on a high note with a festival is just perfect. Now in your mind, when you're on stage and you're trying your best to amp up the crowd and the crowd is not necessarily, doing their part as I as you as I would put it, do you kind of in your head, like, freak out a little bit and then go, like, okay. How can I make this better type of thing? The thing that I've learned with the past four years of touring is that not everyone will do that. So it's not personal if they don't jump around or don't headbang.
Some people are very introverted. They're shy. They don't want other people looking at them. So I've really learned not to, like, take it personally because I've had people who stand there with their arms crossed and just stare at me the whole time I'm on stage. And I'm making eye contact with them and trying to get them to move, and it, like, kinda makes you uncomfortable a bit.
And then they come up to you up to the show and say, that was the best concert I've ever been to. You're my favorite band, blah blah. At the merch table, they tell you that after. So I've learned that just because someone's not jumping or not head banging doesn't mean they're not having fun. Everyone kind of expresses that differently, I guess.
And, you know, you just kinda learn not to let them determine your mood. I I I I'm I'm guilty of being that guy that stands there with my arms crossed because if I move around, you can't tell, but I'm close to seven foot. I'm about six foot nine. So, like, I'm usually the guy in the back just standing there with my arms crossed. Like, I wanna watch this, and if I get into the pit, I I might push someone over by accident.
I'm like, oh, let them have their fun. And it it's a whole whole thing. Like, I plus, if I go to the front, I then get ridiculed for being that tall guy at the front that that blocks everybody. And I nobody paid, you know Everyone hates you. Yeah.
Nobody paid money to see the back of my bald head. So it's just one of those things. But I did go to the front for Brand of Sacrifice, and I turned around. And luckily, I did when I did. But one of the crowd surfers boot like, giant boots was right there about to drop kick me.
And I I was like, okay. Perfect. And just, you know, glad I didn't get knocked out or something like that. There you go. But, so I used to crowd surf as a teenager, but now I'm an adult and I don't want to.
Oh, yeah. It is weird because I think we're both around relatively the same age because I'm I'm 28. And so I heard, like, you say you were 21 a couple years back. I'm like, yeah. She's around the same age as me.
That's crazy. Like but, like, as the older we both get, like, I the less I wanna, like, see like, the less I wanna see a four band lineup. You know? Because by the third band, I'm just done. So Yeah.
That's the other thing. And, like, if I'm going out to a concert now, I'm like, I need my comfy shoes. I need my earplugs. Like, you gotta do all the steps to make sure it's enjoyable. I have now started carrying a fanny pack of all the meds, potentially needed, the ones that are mandatory.
Any potential snacks. Yeah. Ibuprofen. Yeah. I go down I make sure they're all alphabetized.
Pretty soon, I'll have that Sunday through Saturday, pill holder and be just like every other older individual. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah.
So you guys finished up the tour. Do you do you kind of when you plan your next tour, do you kinda have this mandatory rest period? Like, you like, I need to have some time to breathe. We like to if we can because, like, we all have to go back home and, like, work for a bit and kinda recoup from the time off and everything. So there's that.
But sometimes we do kind of schedule things really close kind of by accident. Like, we got home from last summer's tour, and I went to Nashville two days later to go record. So I literally went straight from three weeks on the road, two days later to Nashville for another three weeks. So I was not even home for forty eight hours to see my cats and, like, be in my own bed and everything. But it actually worked out really well that we did that because I was very warmed up from the tour that I felt like my vocal sounded better than ever recording this new album.
And it's funny because we thought, oh, she's gonna be exhausted and burnt out, but it actually worked in my favor. But, no, there's not much rhyme or reason. We always think, oh, let's go home for a bit. But sometimes, you're just so go go go that you don't get to have that. Yeah.
And especially with the the type of field that, like, you're in, especially within being an an entertainer and also in the music industry. It's like, if you're not touring, you're not necessarily making the money that you should, and it's just the whole thing. I totally understand. So, how how excited are you to take this new album on tour potentially, early next year or if if if that's the time frame? I'm extremely excited because I do not wanna say by any means that I'm sick of my old music because I'm not.
I'm very comfortable with our set list, and I love it. But it is very exciting to add new songs into the set list because it just changes it up. It gives us, like, a new challenge. Like, okay. Let's nail this song down.
Let's get the choreography down. Let's figure out what to do with it. So even on this last run we just got home from, we did, two unreleased songs, three unreleased songs at some shows. The ones that had an encore, we just threw another unreleased shows or unreleased songs. Sorry.
So we got to play three brand new ones, and that was a lot of fun. And how was the crowd reaction for those, three unreleased tracks? Oh, it was great. We did something really fun in one of them where our drummer and our bassist switched instruments. And then when we played it at a People Festival, we actually did, like, a full musical chairs where the drummer played guitar, the guitar played bass, the bassist played drums.
So we all just, like, handed each other our instruments, and I got this new prop. It's like a little gun that shoots. We were shooting money at the crowd. It's like fake money that has my face on it. So the crowd absolutely loved that song.
It was very high energy, very fun, and just like a lot of, you know, shenanigans going on during it. And when you talk about choreography, is there a lot of just, like, stuff that you have to specifically do or the whole band has to specifically do? Like, what do you mean by choreography? Because is there, like, a whole dance involved type thing? Oh, we're not quite there yet, but that's the goal one day.
But there is actually things that I admit we could, like, sync up a little bit more, but it's just making sure, like, okay. During this part, we all know what to do. Like, during worship me, our guitarist Michael runs over and kneels down, and I, like, step on his back, and then the other two kneel down facing me. And then we all have to know the exact second to stand up, so we all stand up at the same time. And then just, like, little things like that.
So when you throw a new song in the mix, it's kinda awkward because the first few times you play it, it's like, how do I move to this song? I have never done this before. Now did the guitar player, volunteer for that whole worship me, like, to be stepped on type thing where you're just like, hey. I'm gonna step on you during this part of the choreography, and you're gonna you're gonna do it. Okay?
It was actually his idea, not mine. I would feel badly if I was, like, f someone to do that, but he said how about because I always just have the guys kneel down. And I used to kneel during it too. I did that for, like, two or three years. And then finally, I thought about it.
I was like, why am I kneeling? Right. This doesn't make sense. Yeah. Finally, I questioned it.
So I was like, how about I said, how about I stand in the middle and you all kneel facing me? And then Michael was like, how about I slide in front of you and you, like, put your leg up? And it's so cool because it's such a good photo op. Like, it's just a cool pose. Like, it just adds a little gimmick.
Like, the second we do it at every show, every phone comes up to take a picture. Oh, that that that's I would think, you know, what artists somewhat hate but also somewhat love, like, immediately when they pull the phones out. I feel like you're doing something good there. Right? Yeah.
Like, it's worthy of them sharing it so they must like what you're doing. Yeah. Yeah. And when I listened to Poison Me, the latest single, I immediately just heard the, In This Moment influence. Was that something that was a part of that whole songwriting process?
Like, you had the great screams, you have the clean vocals. Is that was that a like, is Maria Brink a huge influence on you? Yeah. She absolutely is a huge influence for me, especially her screaming because I don't do, like, the low guttural growl kind of vocals. Like, my screams are a lot more, like, high feminine shrieky sounding.
So comparatively, I would say it's closest to Maria Brink more so than, you know, like, Ginger or Spirit Box or anyone. That's kinda my range is similar to hers. So sometimes I unintentionally end up sounding exactly like her, and I wasn't exactly trying to. Like, the big scream in the bridge of Poison Me. When I heard it, I thought if someone told me this was Maria Brink, I'd probably bleed them.
But it's like, I just sound like that, but I wasn't necessarily trying to. Yeah. There was a cover that you did on your YouTube channel. I was looking at those different covers, and there was I completely forget the song now, but you sounded almost exact I think it was Slaughterhouse. No.
Was it Slaughterhouse? It might have been a different one where you almost sounded exactly like Maria. Yeah. And, the cover was, of course, great. I I love Slaughterhouse.
I played Oh, closer. Closer. It was closer. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. That's what it was. Yeah. No. I, the I just heard the in this moment influence.
I'm like, am I gonna insult Molly if I say, like, hey, you sort of sound like Maria Brink. And so I I I'm glad you took that as, like, a compliment there. Oh, that is absolutely not an insult. Like, I feel like if you're being compared to someone and that person is incredible, it's a huge compliment. Right.
If you compare me to someone who sucked, then I'd be insulted. But she is incredible. I should I should have thought of somebody that just be like, hey, you sort of sounded like this just to see, like, how I rate you would have gotten. I'm just kidding. I would not do that.
You sound kinda like Rebecca Black or something. She her career has taken off too now, which is crazy. I remember that Friday came out and, like Yeah. Like, I don't know, middle school for me or something like that. And I remember that was a huge thing.
And now she's, like, doing other songs and, yeah, she's all over the place now. I did not know. Yeah. I think she's torn with Katy Perry. Oh, okay.
Well, I take back my statement then. I just have, like, something that sounded auto tuning, and that was the first thing that came to mind. Right. No. Jojo Siwa.
If I said something like that, like, her cover in Betty Davis' eyes No. That that's what we'll use as the the insult. There we go. There we go. I do know one of the biggest influences for you, of course, is Avril Lavigne, and I still love the fact that you have this, your very first YouTube video where it says Avril walks right by me, and it's just a twelve year old YouTube video of you seeing Avril Lavigne walk by.
Have you two had the chance yet to actually meet each other? I'm hoping so. We have. Yes. Perfect.
I have a picture with her. Oh, I I didn't see that anymore. So I was like, I need to ask her that question just as a personal, like I'm like, please tell me she met her because and I know, like, Avril was just at the, Van's Warp Tour in DC. Did you go and see that at all? I did not.
I did see her up in Canada on her last tour, though. Oh, okay. Perfect. Yeah. Didn't she have, Derek, her ex on stage too at one point at Warped Tour, or is that somewhere else?
Yeah. Yeah. I was at Warped Tour. Yeah. Wow.
I'm That was pretty iconic. Yeah. I'm sad that I'm I'm missing the, Warped Tour down because I'm from Seal Beach, California. Long Beach, California is right next door. And, yeah, I'm so sad I can't make it to the Warped Tour down there.
I've been I but as soon as this all was announced, I'm like, maybe I should go back home and go see all those bands. But, yeah, I just didn't have the time or the money to really do so. Plus, now, like, we talked about just a little tad bit earlier with the whole, like, once you get past, like, three bands, you're like, I'm tired. I wanna sit down. As a war tour, you need water, all of that stuff.
And yeah. Water, sunscreen Oh, yeah. Shoes, everything. Right. Right.
So but I do like those though because they get starting during the day. Yeah. Yeah. And, like, it used to start, like, at 10AM, and you would, like, wake up and immediately go watch Chelsea Grin on stage. And you're just, like, oh, what am I even doing?
Like, I I just woke up, and now I gotta go, like, get in the pit and start punching people. But Yeah. I'm more energetic at ten in the at ten at night. So I kinda love that. Yeah.
Are you you're a morning person too? Because I'm, like, the the old man of the people my age, a 100%. Yeah. I, unfortunately, am a morning person. So when I'm on tour, I have to, like, force myself not to be.
But, like, every night at, like, 9PM, I'm yawning. I wanna get in my pajamas. Mhmm. Mhmm. Mhmm.
So another big question I had was the, the Disney movie collection and how you said you have you have all the VHS and DVDs of all the Disney movies. Were you hunting them on eBay? Did you have a whole team, like, the whole band hunt for certain ones? Because they're hard to find. They're hard to find.
It kind of happened gradually, and a lot of the times, I would just buy a huge chunk of them at once from, like, one person on Facebook marketplace. Like, there'd be one person that had 50 of them, so I would buy all of them from them. And then I'd find some at a thrift store. And then I have every single edition of Little Mermaid that's ever come out, including, so does it come out? Came out.
Wow. I'm so tired. Sorry. That every additional Little Mermaid that ever came out, even even the band cover. Like, I have every single one.
And I don't know why I felt like I needed to own every single one. But once I started, I couldn't stop. And that's just that's something to brag about at that point, you know. And, like, the band cover, like, you don't know how much money that will go down the line. I mean, you don't wanna sell it, obviously.
But it's like, you almost wanna put it in the glass case in the house and be like, yeah. By the way, check this out. Like, this is my rare Little Mermaid VHS, and it's a talking point. It for sure is. But, I've looked into selling them, but if they're not sealed, they're not worth anything.
Yeah. Yeah. My, my morning I'm confused. Our morning show host, Victor, here, he collects, like, Stephen King books, and he'll collect the first editions and all of that stuff. So I do get to hear what his tactics are when it comes to trying to conquer eBay.
So I was wondering what your tactic was for finding DVDs or VHS tapes of all these classic Disney films. And The Little Mermaid has to be your favorite. Right? Oh, yeah. Yeah.
I have a tattoo of Ariel on my arm. As soon as I saw, like, the different, like, Disney themed pictures that you posted and the of all that stuff of Disney related on Instagram. I'm like, I gotta ask her all about it. And and there was, I was I even had it in my notes here because it's so funny that, they are coming out. I'm sure you've heard about this already.
They're coming out with that Disney dating app for they're called Single Writers. And I did. I thought that was a cute idea. I I thought so too. Because you see a lot of people who are just, you know, Disney fanatics and they're by themselves or they're made fun of by people like me on the air.
I'm sorry. But, you know, I feel bad for doing so. Oh. I feel I feel definitely feel bad for doing so. But, you know, it's just, I'm I'm glad they have each other.
Yeah. It depends. Right. Right. Yeah.
Well, I'm glad you said that. I'm glad you said that. But to sort of, wrap up here, what can we expect from Living Dead Girl in the near future? I mean, clearly, the new album comes out. Is there a set date for it?
Yes. October 10. October 10. I'm I'm definitely excited to check out the rest. Poison Me, I'll definitely, give it a, of course, a bunch of spins on the air and, make sure our listeners, like it as much as I did.
So appreciate you, Molly, for, for come for joining the show today. Yeah. Thank you for having me. The Artist Interrogations podcast is a production of Riverbend Media Group. For more information or to contact the show, visit riverbend media group dot com.