May 5, 2024 • 6 mins
Coming to America for their first tour is a big step for Royel Otis, and even bigger since all of their shows are sold out! I talked to the boys in the DC101 Soundstage about what they like so far about America, festivals that they're looking forward to playing, keeping it just between the two of them when it comes to making music and how quick the cover of "Murder On The Dancefloor" actually came together!
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(00:00):
Royal Otis ladies and gentlemen here inour DC one on one soundstage. Actually,
it's the first time for you guysplaying in Washington, d C.
Right, that's cool. We getto be a part of history for royal
Otis today and tonight at the HowardTheater. It's one of Well, every
(00:20):
show on the tour is sold out. Has it set in for you guys
that you've come to America first time? You sold out everywhere? Like,
is that really set in? Okay? Because we hear a lot of stories
about bands they're like, well,we came and we played for eleven people
and we got to know everyone's nameby the third song. So you guys
are clearly doing something right to dothis song. Did you have any of
(00:44):
those those nights though back at homewhen you were first starting in Australia?
Was it like, yeah, weplayed like chicken shops and stuff wherever had
electricity and you could plug in andgo. Yeah, pretty much. That's
awesome. What have you guys found. It's been a couple of weeks here
in America so far. Yeah,I think three eight weeks. Maybe it's
(01:07):
been like two months. Time flies, it's been a short time yeah,
but I think it's been we werehere a little bit before the two started.
That's probably why in La. Idon't know, I don't know how
the week, Yeah, it doesn'tbe wrong. I'm wondering if you guys
have found anything that you really likeabout America that you're like, oh wow,
this is really cool sleeping. Yeah, well, you got a long
(01:33):
distance between every show, I'm sure. So everyone's so lovely, like the
hospitalities like multiple yeah, yeah,there you go already with this sold out
tour, you've announced another one.Yeah, gonna be back. How many
How many of us are going tonight? I'm gonna be there? Who else
is going? All right? Sohalf the room? That's great for the
(01:55):
rest of you. Get tickets forthe nine thirty Club September twenty seventh,
and I see you're adding actually moredays to every city, so maybe there's
gonna be two shows at the ninethirty Club. There's a good chance that
might happen, so we shall see. Also, you're doing like eight million
festivals between America and Europe this summer. Are there are there any on your
(02:15):
radar like that you really want toplay any of the big worldwide festivals that
you're dying to do. I'm notsure which ones we're playing. There's there's
one in Utah that with celt LakeCity. What's it cool? It's in
Utah and Salt Lake City. Iforgot what it's cool, but it seems
like a good Festal okay, Yeah, we're playing Shaky Knees in a few
(02:35):
days. Shaky Eese is a greatone down in Atlanta. If you guys
have never gone, go to Atlantafor Shakyeese. One year they got Who's
this year? The Food Fighters andQueens of the Stone Age. Not a
bad lineup, not bad, androyal otis the main event here, of
course, you know, very early. Yeah, that's for all the early
goers to get the full experience andlearn all their names. No, you
(02:59):
guys, No, that's that's actuallya crowd that goes early for the whole
day too, So you guys willhave a lot of folks out there.
When you guys, Uh, whenyou guys first got together, was it
pretty easy the two of you tostart making music together? Like, did
you find hey, this works realwell right off the bat or did it
take a bit till the real connectionhappened? It was easy, Yeah,
(03:22):
that's about. It's pretty easy.Yeah, until other people got involved and
the difficult then it got real difficult. That's what I was gonna ask.
Do you have other people or doyou guys just keep it between you for
the music writing just mostly Yeah,once you get to the b someone's in
the room and they're throw an ideaand we lock it, then we'll be
like yeah, okay putting in.But mostly just mostly we've done okay so
(03:43):
far. Let us do our thing. Yeah. I have to ask about
Murder on the Dance Floor because it'syou know, we're playing it on DC
one to one and all of ouriHeart radio stations and everything. Did you
guys know when you did that coverof like, oh we got something pretty
special here, Like did you feelthat when you recorded it for the first
time? No? Way, wewere stressing. Yeah. Actually yeah,
(04:05):
every cover we've done so far,we've been out. This is gonna fucking
wreck us, destroy us. Wewere talking to our lawyer man get ready
to take put the season desistent us. Did they I don't know how that
works. Did they give you alist of songs that you pick from before
you come in to do the thing? Not? Really, it's kind of
(04:27):
up to you, which makes itkind of harder because there's so many,
so many somethings to pick from.Sure, it was pretty last minute with
that metal on the down, sowe learned it learned the day the day
before. Really yeah wow, withan hour to do it. Yeah,
stupid. So that's why we wereexpecting it wasn't gonna do that. Well,
well it's not. Okay though,it's done. All right, You've
you've made some fans because of that, and yeah, I'm sure you're gonna
(04:50):
be playing that tonight at the HowardTheater and then when you're back at the
nine thirty Club for maybe two showsand everything else going on? What on
the royal otis bucket list for rightnow? Because this is really you know,
to get to know America and Europetime, and you know, we're
we're happy to go out and seeyou guys doing the shows. What do
(05:11):
you want to accomplish over the courseof the next year? Oh my days,
that is I give the wrong answer. I want to go to Mas.
I want to get to Mas.You know see what, it's more
years for that. I'll send himoff. I'm not gonna come with you,
but I'll send you into it directlyinto the Senate. All right,
(05:39):
it's just have fun and players show. I just think that for the next
time we tell you that's okay.Well guys, tonight it's gonna be a
lot of fun again at the HowardTheater with Royal Otis and you got a
bunch of festivals and shows and allover the place. And when when's the
next time you're going to be backat home? We were talking about this
earlier, Yeah, December at thenot home till December in Australia the summertime
(06:03):
though, Yeah, back in theI don't feel like nothing's changed from here
to there though exactly. But youknow, I don't know if we will
be home in December. I don'tin the case is home to go home
to? So yeah, but we'llsee. Well, that was something we
were talking about too. It's likewhen they tell you you're going out for
nine months, you guys are like, what do I do with my stuff?
Like you're going on the road,okay and pack it up? You
(06:26):
know, roy you don't even havea place right now. Yeah, if
if anyone knows anyone in Australia thatmight be looking for a roommate December January
ish, could be February, butroughly my number is there. We'll just
stop it right there. You guyswant to hear one more song from royal
Otis all right? Well, wethank you guys for coming out to our
(06:49):
DC one one soundstage, and thanksto Papa John's for lunch day. One
more time with royal Otis everyone.Thanks man, thank you,
Royal Otis ladies and gentlemen here inour DC one on one soundstage. Actually,
it's the first time for you guysplaying in Washington, d C.
Right, that's cool. We getto be a part of history for royal
Otis today and tonight at the HowardTheater. It's one of Well, every
(00:20):
show on the tour is sold out. Has it set in for you guys
that you've come to America first time? You sold out everywhere? Like,
is that really set in? Okay? Because we hear a lot of stories
about bands they're like, well,we came and we played for eleven people
and we got to know everyone's nameby the third song. So you guys
are clearly doing something right to dothis song. Did you have any of
(00:44):
those those nights though back at homewhen you were first starting in Australia?
Was it like, yeah, weplayed like chicken shops and stuff wherever had
electricity and you could plug in andgo. Yeah, pretty much. That's
awesome. What have you guys found. It's been a couple of weeks here
in America so far. Yeah,I think three eight weeks. Maybe it's
(01:07):
been like two months. Time flies, it's been a short time yeah,
but I think it's been we werehere a little bit before the two started.
That's probably why in La. Idon't know, I don't know how
the week, Yeah, it doesn'tbe wrong. I'm wondering if you guys
have found anything that you really likeabout America that you're like, oh wow,
this is really cool sleeping. Yeah, well, you got a long
(01:33):
distance between every show, I'm sure. So everyone's so lovely, like the
hospitalities like multiple yeah, yeah,there you go already with this sold out
tour, you've announced another one.Yeah, gonna be back. How many
How many of us are going tonight? I'm gonna be there? Who else
is going? All right? Sohalf the room? That's great for the
(01:55):
rest of you. Get tickets forthe nine thirty Club September twenty seventh,
and I see you're adding actually moredays to every city, so maybe there's
gonna be two shows at the ninethirty Club. There's a good chance that
might happen, so we shall see. Also, you're doing like eight million
festivals between America and Europe this summer. Are there are there any on your
(02:15):
radar like that you really want toplay any of the big worldwide festivals that
you're dying to do. I'm notsure which ones we're playing. There's there's
one in Utah that with celt LakeCity. What's it cool? It's in
Utah and Salt Lake City. Iforgot what it's cool, but it seems
like a good Festal okay, Yeah, we're playing Shaky Knees in a few
(02:35):
days. Shaky Eese is a greatone down in Atlanta. If you guys
have never gone, go to Atlantafor Shakyeese. One year they got Who's
this year? The Food Fighters andQueens of the Stone Age. Not a
bad lineup, not bad, androyal otis the main event here, of
course, you know, very early. Yeah, that's for all the early
goers to get the full experience andlearn all their names. No, you
(02:59):
guys, No, that's that's actuallya crowd that goes early for the whole
day too, So you guys willhave a lot of folks out there.
When you guys, Uh, whenyou guys first got together, was it
pretty easy the two of you tostart making music together? Like, did
you find hey, this works realwell right off the bat or did it
take a bit till the real connectionhappened? It was easy, Yeah,
(03:22):
that's about. It's pretty easy.Yeah, until other people got involved and
the difficult then it got real difficult. That's what I was gonna ask.
Do you have other people or doyou guys just keep it between you for
the music writing just mostly Yeah,once you get to the b someone's in
the room and they're throw an ideaand we lock it, then we'll be
like yeah, okay putting in.But mostly just mostly we've done okay so
(03:43):
far. Let us do our thing. Yeah. I have to ask about
Murder on the Dance Floor because it'syou know, we're playing it on DC
one to one and all of ouriHeart radio stations and everything. Did you
guys know when you did that coverof like, oh we got something pretty
special here, Like did you feelthat when you recorded it for the first
time? No? Way, wewere stressing. Yeah. Actually yeah,
(04:05):
every cover we've done so far,we've been out. This is gonna fucking
wreck us, destroy us. Wewere talking to our lawyer man get ready
to take put the season desistent us. Did they I don't know how that
works. Did they give you alist of songs that you pick from before
you come in to do the thing? Not? Really, it's kind of
(04:27):
up to you, which makes itkind of harder because there's so many,
so many somethings to pick from.Sure, it was pretty last minute with
that metal on the down, sowe learned it learned the day the day
before. Really yeah wow, withan hour to do it. Yeah,
stupid. So that's why we wereexpecting it wasn't gonna do that. Well,
well it's not. Okay though,it's done. All right, You've
you've made some fans because of that, and yeah, I'm sure you're gonna
(04:50):
be playing that tonight at the HowardTheater and then when you're back at the
nine thirty Club for maybe two showsand everything else going on? What on
the royal otis bucket list for rightnow? Because this is really you know,
to get to know America and Europetime, and you know, we're
we're happy to go out and seeyou guys doing the shows. What do
(05:11):
you want to accomplish over the courseof the next year? Oh my days,
that is I give the wrong answer. I want to go to Mas.
I want to get to Mas.You know see what, it's more
years for that. I'll send himoff. I'm not gonna come with you,
but I'll send you into it directlyinto the Senate. All right,
(05:39):
it's just have fun and players show. I just think that for the next
time we tell you that's okay.Well guys, tonight it's gonna be a
lot of fun again at the HowardTheater with Royal Otis and you got a
bunch of festivals and shows and allover the place. And when when's the
next time you're going to be backat home? We were talking about this
earlier, Yeah, December at thenot home till December in Australia the summertime
(06:03):
though, Yeah, back in theI don't feel like nothing's changed from here
to there though exactly. But youknow, I don't know if we will
be home in December. I don'tin the case is home to go home
to? So yeah, but we'llsee. Well, that was something we
were talking about too. It's likewhen they tell you you're going out for
nine months, you guys are like, what do I do with my stuff?
Like you're going on the road,okay and pack it up? You
(06:26):
know, roy you don't even havea place right now. Yeah, if
if anyone knows anyone in Australia thatmight be looking for a roommate December January
ish, could be February, butroughly my number is there. We'll just
stop it right there. You guyswant to hear one more song from royal
Otis all right? Well, wethank you guys for coming out to our
(06:49):
DC one one soundstage, and thanksto Papa John's for lunch day. One
more time with royal Otis everyone.Thanks man, thank you,
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