[Andy] Howdy, this is Andy. Who am I here with today? [Noah Dillon] Noah Dillon. [Chandler Lucy] Chandler Lucy. [Together] …of The Hellp. [Andy] The Hellp. How are y'all doing today? [Noah Dillon] Houston, Texas, you know, we've had a complicated and convoluted past with this city, but, you know, I recognize that there's greatness here, and we're happy to be a part of it. [Chandler Lucy] Amen, Mo ID, Mo Money, Mo, people keep the city... [Together] Spinning. [Andy] So what's with the change in the dynamic? Originally, it was you did not like Houston, Texas, is that correct? [Noah Dillon] We… we hate Houston, Texas. We're just trying to be cordial. [Chandler Lucy] No, we're being polite. It's nothing against people here. Met a lot of really fucking cool people here. [Noah Dillon] It's not the people. It's just the dynamic of the city's a concrete block in the middle of, you know, an anti-oasis desert, and we're just trying to figure out why and God's name did they build this monstrosity? But, you know, it's okay The people are right. Cancer research is good, and, you know, there's a couple of, there's the, you know, the Rothko Church Chapel. There's the Cy Towmbly Museum, so there's some good art here. apparently there's a great Thai food, which I had last night. [Chandler Lucy] Apparently, you guys got great strip clubs here, too. [Andy] There's a lot of good everything here. A lot of good food, I’m saying, I'm in, I'm from Houston, so that's why I'm representing… Now, what's y’all’s favorite city if you guys do not like Houston? [Noah Dillon] In Texas or the world? [Andy] Anywhere. [Noah Dillon] I mean, for this last tour that we've done our last, you know, three months of playing shows, I think Montreal is probably our favorite new city. We love Chicago, Montreal, New York City, you know, Paris. That's pretty good, but you know, every city has its charm, but. [Chandler Lucy] I’d say, European, I think, Prague and Krakow and Poland. [Noah Dillon] Krakow is great. [Chandler Lucy] Yeah, very cool. And honestly, this little tiny town we spent a lot of time in in Portugal named Geres National Park goes on this lake, because it was like the Lake Como. [Noah Dillon] It was like Lake Como, but nobody knew about it. It was very very cool. There was black mold in our place, though, so it really fucked me up, and I think there's probably mold in here that's blowing directly on me right now, but... [Andy] This place reeks a piss. Honestly, if you go around there, it reeks of piss. Now, gotta say, you’ve got fans all over the world. Who are your favorite fans? [Noah Dillon] You know historically, we've always been a New York style band. We've never lived there, but I have a soft spot for New York culture and the people who showed us for the most love initially and the fan base. 
But you'd be really surprised Chicago, they're pretty ravid. They should really show out. Seattle was pretty interesting, actually. 
So, I mean, it's also shocking that we have any fans at all. It always blows me away. So, yeah, I don't know. [Chandler Lucy] Favorite, I think I think people who met in Europe were my favorite personally. Like, they were just very. Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, I think, had my favorite fans. Berlin. Berlin. They were very respectful and really gave us a really fucking ripping time and Prague as well. [Andy] You know, you guys mentioned, it's kind of a surprise that even have fans, and, you know, I'm sure that's an interesting thing to wake up to every day. You probably have a million DMs, you got people wanting to take your photo, your autograph, and everything. How is that different from the beginning? How did y'all start out? [Chandler Lucy] Um, I mean, night and day. [Noah Dillon] It's night a day, but also, I was always around when I was first started even not music. I was around people that was part of their life. So it's kind of just seemed like one continuous stream. It's not like it was all of a sudden people knew us. It was like, oh, we're around people that already, a lot of people know. And so by derision, people know sort of, maybe who I am or what then the band sort of picking up more, more steam, but I think the more shocking thing is just that we've been doing this for nine years almost, and we're becoming more and more popular. So usually you’d expect, you know, there are those the burnt out 55 year olds who, you know, are, you know, they' from days gone by, but, you know? [Andy] That's awesome, yeah. What does the future of The Hellp look like? [Noah Dillon] You know, we're moving to Houston, Texas. [Chandler Lucy] Opening a shawarma business. [Noah Dillon] We're gonna releasing our record in two or three weeks. [Chandler Lucy] Album release party in Houston. [Noah Dillon] Yeah. Releasing our record, and then, you know, after that, we don't really sure, but one thing after one thing, after another, you know, a couple of music videos and the album released, I'll see what happens. [Chandler Lucy] We're not really like long vision people. We're kind of like, this has been. Everything's kind of like the biggest fight you've ever fought in your life is getting a record done, then the biggest fight ever is doing a tour, and then the biggest fight you've ever done is this.. [Noah Dillon] The future… I wouldn't say it's bleak, but you know, if it's anything like this room, it's not, not too pleasant.. [Andy] Constant an uphill battle for sure. [Noah Dillon] Feels like we're, you know, it feels like a blast from the past. We haven't played a show like this and probably five years, so, you know. No disrespect to anybody. We were very grateful that people like us, but it's just interesting to kind of feel like you're regressing, even though you've hired a security guard to be with you, you know. [Andy] We're very happy that you're here and we're very excited for the show y'all are going to put on. What are y'all anticipating the most from the show? [Noah Dillon] I mean, I'm anticipating that I'm gonna be kind of embarrassed because I'm a very insecure man, even to this day, and I'm like, man, there's not that many people out there. So I feel like, you know, we're kind of worthless, but we'll give it a good go and, you know, hopefully it's loud and hopefully the sound is mixed halfway decent. We didn't do a sound check, so we'll see what happens. [Chandler] I just hope it fucking sounds all right, man. Like, you If you can hear the kink, it's fuck it, you know that’s all… It's depending, I don't read you completely trans. I never really think about that. We just kind of just do a fist bump and just go do the job.. It's just the job. Albeit it's a pretty fucking flashy, cool job, in my opinion. [Andy] Do y'all see music more as a hobby, job, or is it something else, a secret third option? [Noah Dillon] Clock in. Clock out. [Chandler Lucy] An obligation to the… those watching above you, maybe, I don't know. [Andy] I see. Noah, you went to college is that correct? [Noah Dillon] I did, yes. [Andy] What, lessons did you learn there that applied today? [Noah Dillon] I learned vitriol, hard work, dedication, sacrifice, and the the main lesson of being alone as a young man, which I think is very important to be able to know yourself, and just, you know, how to think critically and correctly. I took college, taught me all those things. I think college is a beautiful place and I think it is something that everybody, if they have the opportunity to do so, they should go. And yeah, I wanted to drop out every single day, but I'm glad I didn't and I got my degree and a couple of minors, so that was good. [Andy] Considering the sunk cost fallacy, when do you know, when you quit? [Noah Dillon] When do I know I want to when to quit? [Andy] Yeah. [Noah Dillon] You know, I've been wanting to quit the band for five years and end the band, but it hasn't happened. But it's like, I think about I think about great people who, especially in sports, because there's metered and measured, you know, games that they have and then certain occurrences. So you think about Tom Brady. He won the Super Bowl with the tampa, but he won a bunch of Super Bowls and then won the two more Super Bowls at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. and he quit. Quit on top. John Elway, quit on top. Won the Super Bowl, then he quit. So, you know, we're seemingly approaching our, who knows what our peak is, but it seems like, you know, we're climbing, climbing the mountain, and it seems like the apex may be near, so we want to make sure that we go out on top of our own legacy so that, you know, when people look back, the legacy is intact. And the lessons that people learn from this band or the emotion that they took away from it cannot be misconstrued or twisted by the... our own desires and wants for, you, more autographs and extra Kiss My Keto snacks in the green room. [Chandler Lucy] More rotisserie. [Andy] More rotisserie chicken. Awesome. Well, I just got one more thing for y'all. I'm here representing a college organization. What message do y'all have to any organization out there that wants to hear what y'all have to say? [Noah Dillon] I mean, I don't know about any organization, but for college organization, think for yourself, you know, don't let the the facade of collegiate intellects or faux collegiate intellects, cloud your vision, and what you think or don't think. So do your research and, you know, take that with you in the future. That's all I got to say.. [Chandler Lucy] Be somebody, man. Be whoever you want to be, man. Be someone great. be someone that kids want aspire to be and be someone on your parents are proud of, I think that's the most important thing. And, Fuck it don't do shit. That's coming from a bad place in your heart, man. [Andy] Funny enough, "Be Someone" is the unofficial motto of Houston. It is be someone. [Chandler Lucy] Is it really? [Andy] It is spray painted on a railroad. [Together] Wow. [Andy] Well, thank you guys so much.

Post-Concert Interview