Alright, this is Jimmy Cab's Tape to Broadcast, the Very Manic Jimmy Cab Show. I have Matt Young of King Parrot. How you doing there, man? I'm good, thanks, Jimmy. How you doing, buddy? Pretty good, man. This is really interesting. King Parrot is a band from Melbourne, Australia that has been touring the United States recently. How are you enjoying the 50 states, man? Yeah, good, man. We've been having a ball. It's been awesome. We started off in California at the start of March. We've been to Texas and did South by Southwest, which was an awesome experience. Since then, man, we've just been hitting it pretty hard, playing most nights. Only had a couple of plays off here and there, but it's been amazing, man. Really awesome experience. I think the last couple of weeks, we've seen show attendants picking up a bit, just as a sort of world's getting out around America and our show and stuff, which is really cool. You know, this is really... This is really interesting, because is this the first time you guys have been to America as King Parrot? It is, yeah, yeah. Like, you know, we're all guys that have played in bands in Australia and stuff before, and, you know, this is kind of our new band, and, you know, it's been going good in Australia for the last, what, a month? And, yeah, so this is... We've done some Asian stuff, but this is our first time in the U.S., so, yeah, it's going good, man. We're stoked. Yeah, real quick, why don't we mention some of the bands that you guys have played in? Okay, well... Okay. Okay, well... Okay. I mean, yeah, I guess, like, a whole bunch, you know, like, you know, there's, like, Damaged, Blood Duster, Cemetery Urn, you know, Bremolin. That's just to name a handful, man. There's so many. We've all been, like, playing in bands for such a long time. Dreadnought's another one that's, like, you know, been in an Australian band, El Guitarist, which is... He played in Dreadnought for a long time, and, you know, even some more sort of, like, rock and roll sort of bands and stuff. We've all sort of been around the traps, but, you know, King Parrot's our new sort of vehicle and seems to be taking us to a lot of places in a short period of time, which is really cool. So, we're just enjoying the ride at the moment. You know, it's funny, because you mentioned Cemetery Urn. That is so different from what King Parrot is now. Do you find that this band just really opens up the avenues for you to express yourself on a whole new level of intensity? Yeah, I think so, man. It's like, I think you take so many influences. It's from different places with King Parrot. You know, it's like, there's, you know, there's obviously, there's the grindcore influence, which is big and trashy. And there's also a huge, like, punk element to it as well. And, you know, I think the thing with King Parrot is that we try not to restrict ourselves too much. We like to be influenced by all that sort of stuff. And for me, it's like, as a frontman, it's like, you know, I just do my thing and just, you know, I've got a lot of energy to get out. And, you know, we try and purvey that in our live show. So, yeah, it's been good, you know. It's like, it's cool not to have any sort of rules. And, you know, there's no sort of, you know, we're going to be like this. We're going to be, like, strictly death metal or strictly trash metal or whatever. You know, we've just sort of found our little niche and we've got our own sound. And I think that's sort of resonating with people who are enjoying our music. Yeah, you know, what I really like about the album Bite Your Head Off, which is out now, is that there's really... There's really no, no what I would say, titles. It's just raw, brutal energy. But at the same time, it has a good vibe to it. It seems that all you guys, when you recorded this record, were having a great time and you're just fucking bashing out the tunes. Am I correct on that? That's it, man. Yeah, it didn't take us very long to record the album at all. You know, we had the songs for, you know, we'd been jamming to the songs for a year or so. And, you know, we had it down pretty good. We just got in there and we did it live. And, you know, obviously there's a few... Guitar overdubs and stuff here and there. But I think, you know, when I was recording the vocals, I think I belted out the whole album in about four hours. So it was like, you know, we didn't, you know, spend months and months and months doing it. You know, it was all done in a couple of weeks. And, you know, we just had a really good time doing it. And that's sort of like the work ethic of this band, you know. It's like we just want to keep the ball rolling and keep it going and tour as much as we can. And just enjoy ourselves while we're doing it. That's like... The most important thing, you know. I think that sort of rubs off more than anything with King Parrot, you know. It's like we're having a really good time. And, you know, the shows are funny and ridiculous and high energy and all that sort of stuff, you know. Rather than, you know, I guess some bands, it's kind of sort of like metal bands. Sort of doom and gloom a bit and all that sort of stuff. Where I think we're kind of the opposite to that. Yeah, man. It seems that you guys are just bringing in a fresh... A fresh new perspective to the music scene where it's gotten a little too mundane, a little too serious. And everybody's stuck up on, you know, fucking either wearing corpse paint or trying to outdo themselves with how brutal they could be. It's nice to have a refreshing perspective where everybody's just having a great time. Let's talk about the United States tour. You guys have been literally touring all different regions in the United States. As you know, because now you are literally here. Every separate big market is completely different. You have the liberal states and then you have the very conservative states. Have you experienced any of the political backlash in these regions? The political backlash? Yeah, like for instance, when you're like in the Bible Belt, that's like a very conservative, very right wing, very, you know, kind of redneckish type of... environment. When you're like either in the east or the west coast, it's a little more liberal, a little more, you know, we like to smoke pot and mellow out. We don't... We don't give a fuck about homosexuals or lesbians fucking or getting married. You know what I mean? Yeah, yeah. Well, that's what I mean, anyhow. You know the United States is a very bipolar country, man. Yeah, yeah. I noticed that. I certainly noticed in California how much people like to smoke pot. I mean, you can't... You can't go anywhere without smelling that shit everywhere. But hey, look, yeah, I reckon definitely down in Texas and all that sort of stuff, you know, you certainly notice the difference, don't you? I mean, yeah, for me, that was probably the most eye-opening thing, just, you know, just the people's demeanor and the way they talk. And, you know, I mean, we spent a week in Austin at South by Southwest, so that's pretty cool there. But, you know, going to Dallas and Houston and those sort of places is a little bit different, yeah, that's for sure. But, you know, I think, yeah, we sort of, the Bible Belt, which you're talking about, sort of in the middle, we're going to be doing that in the next little, in the next couple of weeks or so. But, you know, like, I haven't noticed it so much, man, you know, I don't really pay too much attention to that. But, you know, I mean, our band's called King Parrot, so we kind of fly under the radar a little bit. It's not like we're... Yeah, no lie, yeah. It's not like we're, like, a satanic black metal band or anything like that. I just wanted to get your perspective. Because it is always interesting to hear when an outsider comes into the United States and they're, like, seeing firsthand just the fucking ridiculousness in this country with the issues that are going abroad, you know? Hardcore elements in America are probably more hardcore than what exists in Australia. So, yeah, I have noticed it a little bit. But, yeah, we're just trying. The audiences that you're playing to, how are they adapting to King Parrot? Because, as we mentioned before, this is literally like a fresh band here in North America. Are they understanding it? Are they getting it? Are they vibing it? Talk to me about that. Yeah, look, I think so, man. I think... I guess when we sort of started out playing in Australia, we were sort of getting in people's faces a lot. And, you know, I like to get in a crowd. I like to jump in the crowd and, you know, scream in people's faces and sort of, you know, make them pay attention a bit, I guess. And I think when we first sort of started out doing that stuff in Australia, like, people were on the front foot and were really sort of, like, thought I was getting out there to try and start a fight with them or something like that. But, you know, now people... People are sort of used to that sort of thing in Australia. And our shows in Australia are just, like, really hectic now, really chaotic. And everyone's sort of, you know, just fully involved in stage diving and crowd surfing. And everyone's just having a really, really good time. So, I guess we're just sort of starting fresh here in America. And, you know, some of the bigger shows that we've played have been really, really awesome. And, you know, very similar to the stuff that we do in Australia. And some of the smaller shows are just... What they are, you know? And we just try and do the same thing every night. And, you know, hopefully it catches on like it has in Australia. And, you know, we can spend a lot more time over here touring. Yeah, man. You're coming back to Southern California April 18th. You're going to be playing the satellite. How do you feel about playing back in the City of Angels? Oh, we're stoked about that, man. You know, we had a couple of days at the end of the tour there free. And I had a chat to our booking agent. I'm like, man. We've got to fill these dates up and play in L.A. again. You know, we played at the Whiskey with Cattle Decapitation in March. And it was just such an awesome show. And we had a really, really good response. And, you know, I think... I'm not sure what the capacity of the satellite is. But hopefully it's a little bit smaller. And, you know, some of the people that saw us with Cattle Decapitation can come back and check us out. And hopefully we'll get a few new faces as well. Cool, man. Now, you have a record out, Bite Your Head Off. How can people get a hold of that? You can get that via the Candlelight Record USA page. There's a link on there. You can go to this store and you can buy that. Or, you know, you can get all our merch from Indie Merch. You can get it all via our Facebook page. So, yeah, you know, it's all pretty easy to find, you know. The record's been out on Candlelight now in Europe for a while. And it's been out in Australia for a while. It only came out in America in December. So, you know, it's great. It's pretty, it's relatively new for the U.S. market. But, yeah, you know, it seems to be going really well, man. And, you know, we've been selling a lot of vinyl and stuff. You can buy the vinyl from our Australian merch store. But shipping's a bit of a bitch. But you get that, I guess. Well, I'm sure you guys are selling it as well with your own merch, correct? We are, man. We sold a lot of it at the shows and all that sort of stuff. So, yeah, we've got a few left. Hopefully we've got a couple left by the time we get to LA. Cool, man. Right on. One final question. How annoyed are you with every American still doing that whole fucking Dundee impression? That whole crocodile Dundee shit. Yeah, yeah. Do you still have motherfuckers doing that to you? That's all good. You know, we actually get a lot of people, like, you know, quoting our, I don't know if you've seen our videos and stuff like that. But the videos for, like, Shit on the Liver and the new one that we did for Dead End, you know. We're actually getting quite a few people, like, quoting those to us. So that's kind of cool. Something a bit different, you know. Nice. That's cool that people have seen it and they know about it, you know. So that's kind of cool. But, yeah, you get all the typical Australian ones as well. That's funny, man. King Parrot, indeed a band to look out for. They are, right now, literally invading the United States. The Australians are invading. This band displays not only what you want as far as a live band, which is extreme brutal energy. Total fucking high intensity, raw fucking music. But without the serious fucking bullshit that we are all fucking choking on right now. Go check out a fun band, King Parrot. I want to thank you, Matt, for taking the time to talk to me on the Very Mad at Jimmy Cab Show. Thank you very much for your support, Jimmy. We really appreciate it, bro. That's awesome. Yeah.