Tuna on Toast with The Wombats Matthew Murphy Murph

01/18/22 • 35 min

Keep in mind this interview was conducted just BEFORE Christmas 2021. The new Wombats album is officially out titled Fix Yourself, Not The World.
Stryker welcomes Matthew Murphy aka Murph to the Tuna on Toast studio where the guys begin their day hitting tennis balls and golf balls in the backyard (checkout Youtube) This leads to a chat about golf and playing golf on the road. Murph shares his feelings leading up to the album release and hitting the road in the crazy time we live in mixed with balancing his home life and professional life. Stryker asks Murph about the making of the new album, Fix Yourself, Not The World. Both Dan and Tord came out to Los Angeles before the world went mad to work on the new Wombats album. During lockdown, Murph talks about finishing it up at his home in Southern California mixed with many zoom sessions with the guys. Murph also discusses the album title and how it came to be. Stryker then asks Murph about the Wombats song "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You". Murph and Strykler discuss the longevity and success of the band and how it's been a slow build, but a very consistent and successful build! Murph tells Stryker he sees the Wombats as a very Pixies (esque) band in terms of their career. Stryker asks Murph about his love for Los Angeles and why he makes LA his home. Murph also talks about the early shows the Wombats first played in Los Angeles and how they had to cancel their next show because as Murph said "he went for it". Murph talks about the song "Poke the Bear" as well as "People Don't Change People, Time Does". Murph then talks about growing up In Liverpool and what the music scene was like at that time. Murph tells Strykler about playing Radiohead and Weezer covers as well as the time he auditioned to join an actual Radiohead tribute band named Fake Plastic. Murph then tells Stryker about his college years where he met Dan and Tord and the circumstances surrounding The Wombats getting a record deal! The guys started their own club night titled Little Miss Pipedream and things started to roll from there. Murph is such a great guy and super talented, this was a very fun episode, so glad I got to know him and his story a bit more, hope you enjoy the show and thanks as always for the support!

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Tuna on Toast with Chad Tepper

Ted Stryker welcomes Chad Tepper to the Tuna on Toast Studio.

This is such a fun, emotional, and inspiring episode into the life and history of Chad. While he is a star on YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, Stryker knows of Chad solely through is music.

Chad talks about his collabs with Simple Plan, Bowling for Soup and Travie McCoy, and tells a great story of how he struck up a friendship with Pierre Bouvier.

Chad shares for the first time publicly just how tough his childhood was, his family was homeless and struggling. Chad gets into all the details, again, it's very emotional.

Chad lists The Killers, Sum 41, Good Charlotte and Lady Gaga as a few bands/artists he would love to collab with!

Stryker and Chad discuss his future endeavors which include potentially signing to a big time major label

Chad Tepper is a hard working and creative force, sit back, relax and enjoy another great episode of Tuna on Toast.

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Tuna on Toast with Ilan Rubin (Member of Nine Inch Nails and Angels and Airwaves)

Ilan Rubin Is a drummer in the rock n roll hall of fame band Nine inch Nails!

He is also the the drummer (and co writer of many songs) for the Tom Delonge fronted band Angels and Airwaves. On top of that, he's released a ton of music as The New Regime as well as under Ilan Rubin PLUS he's worked with Paramore! Words do not do him justice! Ilan knew at a very young age, well before 10 years old, that he wanted to pursue music professionally. This episode is a very fun ride on how he was able to make it happen! Recently he's been practicing less because he's busy scoring films now, including Tom Delonge's new movie "Monsters of California". When asked about the greatest bands of all time, Ilan tells Stryker The Beatles are the best song writers while Led Zeppelin is the best band. In March of 2020, under his band name The New Regime, Ilan says he put out his best work and was also on the road touring with Silversun Pickups, sadly, all of that came to a halt due to Covid. Stryker and Ilan chat about his career as a solo artist compared to that as a member of both Nine Inch Nails and Angels and Airwaves. Everything from the style of music to the difference in transportation from show to show (super nice bus vs small van). The guys discuss two of the more recent Ilan Rubin released songs, "Talk Talk Talk" and "Chaos in Motion". Stryker believes they would have sounded great in the movie Licorice Pizza directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The guys discuss where Ilan's music fits in, as well as Ilan's take on songwriting, producers, and bands who simply copy an old formula He thinks data is the biggest thing to ruin music since the streaming world started. Artists are getting signed based off one tik tok song which is making it much harder to find legacy bands. The guys then have an animated chat about new music and new music on the radio and how radio in general can be better. Ilan tells Stryker about his audition to become the drummer for Nine Inch Nails, Ilan was only 19 years old! THIS IS WILD! It was shocking to hear that his time with Paramore was the first time he was in a band with people his age or younger! Stryker asks Ilan about his working relationship with Tom Delonge and what it's like writing songs with Tom. This is one of the most fun episodes to date, music is in great hands with Ilan Rubin. Thanks as always for checking out the show!