Locked In The Closet: Ep 8 with Drake Fisher of Oddfellas

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04/16/20 • 30 min

Like most people today, Drake is just like the rest dealing with all that is COVID-19. With the majority of the country practicing social distancing, work and band life have taken some turns. Drake, working in construction, has seen a dip but is hopeful that things will pick back up. One of the things he is noticing is that he is seeing families spending more time together outside. Taking walks, playing, kids riding their bikes. Even during tough times, somehow people are still enjoying themselves the best they know how.

Oddfellas is relatively new to the podcast as far as their music and performances. About two years ago, Ryan happened to be a judge for the Heaven and Hell Fest Battle that took place at Come and Take It Live in Austin, Tx. Drake goes into how he didn't think they had a shot but his drummer talked him into it. With an 8+ hour drive (one way), little money to spare and big dreams in their back pockets, they made the trip to the battle. Drake explains how he listened to the other bands at the battle and felt they didn't have a good shot at winning.

Rounding out the episode, Drake lets us know that Oddfellas is coming out with something fresh, different in the coming months. They will be releasing the single "Cold" which has a new feel to it vs their older catalog. He also informs us that they have recorded some "live" sessions but made some adjustments for the best quality.

If you want to reach Oddfellas, hit them up on Twitter where they are pretty active.

The song heard in today's episode is "Dead" of their self-titled album "Oddfellas".

If you want to reach Oddfellas, hit them up on Twitter where they are pretty active.

The song heard in today's episode is "Dead" of their self-titled album "Oddfellas".

Previous Episode

Locked In The Closet: Ep 7 with Robert Hahn of Overt Enemy

*DISCLAIMER* (Ryan and Robert really nerd out on the gear)

Ryan reached out to Robert to see what things were like down in the RGV area where Robert lives. Robert is in telecommunications and has been for a long time for his line of work. They talk about how he hasn't been impacted too much due to being able to remotely work. The slight change is that the kids are home and he feels like its summer time. He advises them to grab a spoon and go dig in the dirt like we used to, haha. Ryan reflects on his childhood and trying to split a boulder to find quartz.

As for the band, they are a regularly practicing band since they live close. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, they can no longer practice in person and have to resort to other means. Robert and Ryan go way into detail about how they have worked around their "in house issues" such as WiFi signal and solutions. It really was boring. Fortunately, Robert tells us how they "Train-wreck" their songs into existence.

There was more rambling about WiFi and gear.

The song heard in this episode is "In The End We Died" off their album "Possession"

Next Episode

Locked In The Closet: Ep 9 with Andy Flores of Xposed Underground

Well, nothing new to report from here except that Ryan is still in his closet calling people.
In this episode, Andy Flores from Xposed Underground was kind enough to take the call.

Andy is making due during the COVID-19 pandemic. He owns and operates his own mobile mechanic
service. His wok has slowed but he still has customers, mainly consisting of military service
members. Ryan can empathize as he is also a mechanic by day. He describes how he goes about
being safe when it comes to interacting with his customers.

Andy is also well known down in San Antonio when it comes to the metal/live music scene.
He runs Xposed Underground which came from two ideas: An old show on MTV called "Reverb" and
being involved in the local music scene. He books/promotes shows at this really cool location
in SA called Vibes Event Center which contains The Rockbox and Vibes Underground. He also has
done work at Fitzgerald's and a couple other spots around that neck of the woods.

There's also some big news inside. The ATX Metal Podcast and Xposed Underground are teaming up
to bring even more of a spotlight to local metal/rock in the San Antonio and Austin area.
Andy goes into his first show for Xposed and how it has grown.

Andy has been involved in metal since he was in high school since 2001. They talk about
days of The White Rabbit and how he came up in the scene. His band, Evol Assassins, play
around Texas and he chats about how his band does what they do. He tells us about one of
his last shows that they opened up for the headliner, Cold. He thought they sucked. The fans
told him otherwise.

Ryan has found a new source of metal on his local radio. 93.3 HD3 for No Control Radio

the song featured in today's episode is "Memory" by Evol Assassins