Off the Record

DJ Lucid 0:00
What's good everyone you're listening to WKNC at 88.1 FM HD-1 Raleigh, we're a student run nonprofit radio station based out of North Carolina State University. I'm DJ Lucid and this is Off the Record. Here with me today are a couple of very talented members of the band Dead Fox No Groove. Why dont you guys introduce yourselves.

Chapman 0:22
What's up? I'm Chapman.

Blake 0:25
And I'm Blake.

DJ Lucid 0:26
So what are your positions specifically in the band?

Chapman 0:31
Um, I am the rhythm guitarist and the vocalist of Dead Fox.

Blake 0:37
and I am the drummer slash manager.

DJ Lucid 0:40
Okay, great. So where are you both coming from today?

Chapman 0:43
Wilmington, North Carolina.

Blake 0:45
Wilmington, North Carolina.

DJ Lucid 0:46
Okay, cool. So we at WKNC appreciate you driving down and being with us here today. One of the biggest questions I had when I first met y'all not so long ago, was obviously what is Dead Fox No Groove. What is the story behind the name you guys?

Blake 1:07
Oh, this is a good one. I want Chapman to tell it though.

Chapman 1:09
Okay. We always we always kind of split up this, this answer and so I'll let you take the the latter half. Okay. So it started off with me and Blake. We were playing just acoustic guitar and cajon at the time.

Blake 1:26
Slugging it out doing long cover gigs.

Chapman 1:28
Exactly.

Blake 1:29
Still do, still do.

Chapman 1:30
Sure

Blake 1:30
Was all we were doing for a little while.

Chapman 1:32
Yeah. And we had been to countless open mics where people introduced us as Chapman and Blake. And I don't know, after like two months of that I finally was like, Yo, I'm done with that.

Blake 1:49
Not having a name

DJ Lucid 1:50
two months yeah that gets it.

Chapman 1:52
Yeah so we, we locked ourselves in a room and made a vow not to leave until we came up with a good name. And so we went through name after name. We knew we wanted Fox in the name. And so we were just like trying to come up with like two word names. Like Garden Fox was on the table for a minute.

Blake 2:15
Unfortunately, it was taken.

DJ Lucid 2:17
Garden Fox was taken?okay.

Blake 2:20
You're really into gardening at that time.

Chapman 2:22
It was a vibe.

Blake 2:23
It was a it was a short lived obsession of ours for for a minute.

DJ Lucid 2:27
I think dead Fox No Groove kind of encapsulates you guys better than Garden Fox.

Chapman 2:32
I think it does, too. Yeah. And then it came about like Blake was.

Blake 2:36
Yeah, so it's like after we ran through all of these like two syllable or like, you know, three syllable names that we thought record that had Fox in it, we found all of them taken. And so I was like, Alright, we gotta step it up. We need like a four syllable name with Fox in it. We were committed to the fox bit at this point, we both have like, a lot of like Fox symbolism I feel in our lives. And also being like to redheads kind of just it's like a luminous honestly. But yeah, I basically said to Chapman, I was like, Look, if it's not going to be like something like two syllable, one syllable, like something Fox or like, whatever I was, like, we need maybe to branch it out. So I'm thinking if we're gonna go four syllables, maybe something, for example. And I was like, very explicit. And this being an example because I did not want whatever I just said, off the top of my head to be the band name. It was like for example, I don't know like Dead Fox, No Groove, you know, like,

Chapman 3:29
that's it. That's the one,

Blake 3:30
that's it? And I was like, no, no, give me like five more minutes. I'll come up with a better name when he was like, no, no, that's.

Chapman 3:36
I can unlock the door now sold

DJ Lucid 3:37
but, it grew on you. Obviously.

Blake 3:39
It did, honestly. It's like, I feel like it kind of encapsulates this sort of just like off the cuff like manic energy. Yeah, we sort of have and, yeah, it's, it's a mouthful sometimes. But I do love it. I do love it. It's very unique. I'm very big on band names. And so we were we were really, really committed to like, coming up with a good band name at the time. Like it was like, we had to have something that was like, you know, unique catchy,

Chapman 4:03
punchy,

DJ Lucid 4:03
It is punchy. It really it punches you in the face when you hear it.

Blake 4:07
Yeah four times.

DJ Lucid 4:08
Both parts funky and edgy, I would say which is definitely the vibe that I got from you guys. When you walked into our studio.

Chapman 4:17
To funky edgy gingers.

DJ Lucid 4:18
Yeah. Well, you accomplished that through your name. Okay, so you guys have been working together for over a year now. Is that right?

Chapman 4:29
Over two years now.

DJ Lucid 4:31
Okay, so what is the story behind how y'all met?

Blake 4:36
Oh, so this is a fun one. I'll take the reins on

Chapman 4:38
Yeah, you got it.

Blake 4:39
So I was running sound for an open mic at this bar called Barzarre in Wilmington. And I had just kind of like been going there a little bit and realizing that like nobody was gonna run the soundboard and I'm like obsessed with like audio engineering and stuff. And so I was volunteering myself to take it upon as my responsibility to make sure that the sound was good. And one fateful day like soon after I started running sound there maybe like it was like the second time I'd ever done it. Chapman comes up on stage. First time ever seeing him and he's so sweet. He's so nice. He just like gets on the stage. And he's just like hey are you running the sound. And I'm like, yeah, like plug in right here. And I like plug him in. And like, get him set up real quick. And just like, I don't know, this is like really funny. The one time I ever brought my headphones to run sound, put my headphones on in the moment, he starts singing, I'm just like, oh my god, this guy can sing. It blew me away, like instantly. And I think he started singing hot blood by Clio at the time. And it really, really impressed me. I mean, he he's got some pipes on him if you don't already know. He's, he's he's really good. And I was kind of awestruck at the time. And he actually also played hopeless romantic that night. And once I found out that was an original song, I was just kind of blown away. And so I went up to him. And I was like, Yo, that was really, really good. Crazy question. Are you trying to start a band? Like, are you playing music? And, you know, are you already in a band? And he was like, so nice. He was like, Yeah, that would be so awesome. And so we decided, like, Yeah, we should meet let's play music. Like, let's do it. And yeah, that was pretty much the start of it. That was really how it all kind of came to fruition.

DJ Lucid 6:26
Yeah. Is that the same recollection, you have with that

Chapman 6:29
was pretty much the same recollection. Yeah. Yeah, cuz I played that night. And you were supposed to play that night, too.

Blake 6:41
This is yeah, this is a really crucial part of the story.

Chapman 6:43
Yeah you weren't?

Blake 6:45
Let wouldn't let me play.

Chapman 6:46
Yeah, we ran out of time or something

Blake 6:47
And I was so excited, because I was like, Okay, this is my shot at showing this guy. What I can do now, because, you know, people already played and I was gonna play at the end of the night, because I'm running sound like, it's gonna like wedge myself in the middle of it or something. And it was getting pretty late. Everybody was leaving, and I was right about to get up and play. And I literally plugged in, set my own sound up, got up on stage. And then I was like, right about to start. And then the host at the time came up to me and was like, Yo, we have to stop like, it's too late. It's too late. What so I just, like gotten done running sound the whole night, and then got, like, booted off the stage. And so like a small handful of people who were like still hanging out, we're like, you should still play like

Chapman 7:25
including yours truly.

Blake 7:27
You should still play like, let's go outside and just like play a couple songs. And yeah, we did. And it was it was really fun. And there's a little there's a little bit more of a elongated story for this, but it gets really funny. But so, way, way, way loop around to this whole like situation. I had actually met Chapman's sister months before this had ever happened. While I was playing at duck and dive, I was just doing like a little solo acoustic opening set for another band. And basically, like, his sister came up to me and was like, Yo, your vibe is awesome. Like, you need to meet my brother. Like, I feel like you guys, if you jammed, like he's trying to start a band like y'all have like some magic, like, definitely do it. And she like gives me his like Instagram handle at the time. And I sent him a friend request does not respond. I see his sister a second time, like two months later. And she's like, did you ever get up with my brother like, and I'm like, No, he never like really accepted my friend request.

Chapman 8:31
I am classically bad at Instagram is so bad at it.

DJ Lucid 8:37
So that was like a right time. Right Moment.

Blake 8:41
Yeah. So the funniest part about that is like, as we were leaving after meeting for the first time, I'm like, what's your Instagram man? Like, you know, like, I'll hit you up on there. And he's tells me his instagram handle. And as soon as he leaves, I pull it up on my phone, like search his name. And I'm like, this is the guy that still hasn't accepted my friend request. And no, it was so funny. And then at that point, I'm like, Okay, I know who he is. I know. You know, like, he comes here like, Okay, this is higher chances a lead now. I can see why his sister was trying to get us together. I was like, it made sense. Like, we have like similar vibe.

DJ Lucid 9:19
Yeah that well you have a similar vibe. You guys look like brothers.

Blake 9:25
Often might might be related. We should take a 23andme

Chapman 9:28
I know bro. Oh my gosh.

DJ Lucid 9:31
Well, it's evident that you guys work so well together. I mean, you act like you've known each other your whole lives.

Chapman 9:35
It feels like it.

DJ Lucid 9:36
How does that work with songwriting? Is it more of a collaboration or is it you know, a split between instrumental and lyrics?

Chapman 9:48
A lot of the songs that we like that we play as of right now are songs that I wrote like before I even knew Blake. Before I knew all the homies in Dead Fox And, but recently we've like we've started to, like write more collectively. But before then it was like more it looks like me kind of coming to Blake with like a song. And being like, Yo, like, what do you think about this? And, like, there are a lot of places. And a lot of the songs where like, Blake has like, put his touch and I like, like, one of my favorite moments is in a song called runner, which I wrote before I knew Blake is this, like, change in the chord progression, and, like, we wrote more lyrics to put on top of it. But it was Blake's idea to put it in there. And it's just this like, little seven that's like, little seven chord, little seven chord, like, you know, just hidden in there. And it's, it's super cool.

Blake 10:56
I like playing like more editorial role. Okay, I like to just kind of, like, offer suggestions along the way, like, always like to just like, tweak things, you know, it's hard for me to like really, like, write the band, a song, you know, that like, resonates with everybody, because I feel like I have like a really niche way of like, writing songs for myself. And in the context of the band, I feel like, I always feel like as a drummer, I'm sort of like re mixing another songwriters ideas

DJ Lucid 11:22
Yeah. Is that what happened with hopeless romantic? It started out as acoustic and then

Chapman 11:27
oh, yeah,

Blake 11:28
I was like,

Chapman 11:30
Yeah, and that's what's kind of happened with like, a lot of the songs like they were all like, very acoustic-y, and then like, the whole, like us moving to the drum kit with a bass. And like the whole electric vibe, it quickly became apparent that we would have to, like, soft rewrite some of the songs and like, yeah, figure out how they like they fit into the new sound. Yeah, that that was a cool, cool thing.

Blake 11:59
And we're still doing like a lot of that today. I mean, we always come to New realizations about how to better fit the con, like the context of a song to really like accommodate to a rock band. And a lot of this stuff, it just sort of kind of comes in the moment like we'll write a new intro to a song or just maybe change how a chord is played, or, you know, just like little things like that go a long way, especially with like electric guitars, there has to be like, a lot of like, focus on like, how the energy carries and that's like something that we're just constantly expanding on.

DJ Lucid 12:30
Yeah, your sound is really unique. I mean, I would say like, a combination of a bunch of different genres. How would you guys describe it though?

Blake 12:40
Oh, like sadboy blues. Like, with like, Raschi?

Chapman 12:48
Yeah, like like a bluesy? bluesy, like sadboy rock music with a little bit of Latin flair. Like the smallest little bit

DJ Lucid 12:59
A lot of sad boy is what im hearing.

Chapman 13:03
A lot of the subject matters, you know,

Blake 13:05
very relevant today.

DJ Lucid 13:06
Okay. Oh, no. Well, I mean, you used to be an acoustic duo, I would say, how do you think your sound has changed from? Well, not only expanding your instruments to electric but also expanding your band with people?

Chapman 13:24
Oh, that's a good question. That's a good question. Um, I think, I don't know, I think like, our sound has definitely gotten louder. much louder. But like adding, like Qian and Q to the band. It's become like, I don't know, I feel like it's become a lot more grandiose, like, at first dead Fox had a very, like, a very sweet undertone to it. Like there was something about it that made people you know, kind of make like an aww face.

Blake 13:59
We're kinda wholesome know, we're Yeah, flowery sometimes, you know,

Chapman 14:03
but then like, you know, we started playing like all the rock shows, and doing that, kind of, like having a lot more energy

Blake 14:13
into like the fire. Yeah.

Chapman 14:15
And it's become a lot more like, angry at times, and a lot more like triumphant almost at times. Like they're very, like big moments that were not like possible before.

Blake 14:29
I'm also like, kind of moving from being a duo to a four piece, I feel like the band itself is a lot more organic and sort of its own thing that kind of comes to like different, different things that maybe like me and Chapman wouldn't really get to by just kind of pinging ideas back and forth like it kinda can get, like, there's sort of like a staleness. I feel like after a while, like we sort of knew that the sound was really destined to kind of grow into like a full rock band. And it really just sort of like opens A lot of doors to creativity when it comes to any type of suggestion that Q or Qian might introduced to the band and we just take it and run with it and every single time we change like some little tiny variable, it just becomes so much better for it.

DJ Lucid 15:15
Yeah. So you said your sound very collective? It's kind of a mix, right? What would you say is your inspiration behind your songs?

Blake 15:25
Ooh. Um, I get a lot of different inspiration from a lot of different places. I would say like, as far as lyrics like Father John Misty. Yes. Father John Misty, Rainbow Kitten Surprise. Big one. Yeah. I don't know people like Briston Maroney. Like those. Those names like the people that just like, oh my gosh,

Chapman 15:58
there's really like, there's almost like a playlist of the early.

DJ Lucid 16:01
Yeah, exactly. Listing my playlist right now.

Blake 16:03
Yeah. And I would say like, like, this is more than just the lyrics like this band, like really? Like, as far as like, I don't know, like, song structure and stuff. Like they inspire me. The backseat lovers. So, so good. But yeah, like, that's, like, when I think along the lines of like, lyrics, those are the bands that come to mind, but then sound it's like a completely different thing. Like when I think of sound, it's like, you're like Kaleo, or like, a little bit of black keys or white stripes, or, like, stuff like that. Like when I want to, like, rock out and feel, you know, feel cool, like riding down the road or whatever. Like, listen to those bombastic, loud rock bands, you know,

Chapman 16:56
Cruzing, on your Harley.

Blake 16:57
Cruzing, on the Harley

DJ Lucid 16:59
I think you nailed it. All right. So even though you guys only met about two years ago, how long have you both been making music in general?

Blake 17:14
Oh, personally, I have been making music since I was about 13 years old, I started off making electronic music, I really wanted to make, like weird goth techno that was my life goal at the time. And as time went on, I started to come into this realization that this is probably the wrong genre of music for me to pick right off rip and want to make because I had no knowledge of music theory at all. And at one point, when I was about 15, or 16, I started thinking, like, if I really want to make music, I need to understand it. And I feel like the best way to understand music is learning how to play an instrument, I was convinced I needed to like be in a rock band, instead of just like going down the route of tinkering away with knobs and stuff forever, not actually coming up with anything good, you know, just sort of messing around. Like I was doing everything based around keys and stuff. But I had no idea how to play the keyboard, I was just like playing one note at a time. And eventually, I started making rock music, I started playing drums and that changed my life completely. And I didn't start playing drums until I was about 17. And that really just changed everything for me. And I've just been pretty much obsessed with being in a band like supporting the local scene and really just understanding how music affects people really ever since I was 17 all the way up now until 26 So for really the last better 10 years of my life I've just kind of given everything to understanding the ins and outs of being in a band and really like playing your role as a musician and everything that kind of goes with it has just been a very long journey for me personally.

Chapman 18:56
Why Blake is the manager everyone

Blake 18:58
that was also a joke manager. If anyone is you know looking for a band to manage though we're definitely open in that gosh, we need we need we need a manager so any like crazy label executives out there we are ready to hear immediately.

Chapman 19:17
Um, as for me, I I've been like playing music like in I don't know, I've been playing like the guitar since ninth grade. But as far as like making my own music that didn't happen until later. Like I always like blinked around, but I was always like one to like just learn a cover that I really loved. And then once it was, I don't know once I was around like in 11th grade 12th grade, so like 1718 I started like really I like messing around with like songwriting and writing my own music and like kind of exploring that. And that whole thing became something very quick. I started like gigging with all of like the covers that I had learned before, and, and my new like, new found, like songs that I had written. So it's been, I don't know, it's been a good what is it? Like five years that I've been writing my own music. But I've been like singing since I was like a little kid. Did all those like school plays and stuff like that?

Blake 20:43
I think an important difference. And me and Chapmans dynamic is that like, while I was sort of hitting the books and trying to understand how to be a band, like how to just be in a band, Chapman was maxing out his ability to actually retain and perform music. And I just kind of went all in on being a drummer along the way.

DJ Lucid 21:04
It's a good balance.

Chapman 21:05
It is. It is.

DJ Lucid 21:07
Yeah,

Blake 21:07
I mean, that's what really like allowed us to get out there and just immediately start performing and playing music, playing gigs and eventually jump up to playing shows and making a little bit of traction for ourselves along the way. I mean, I personally can't play a single cover. I can play guitar for hours and hours. And I love guitar so much like guitar, bass or drums, but I cannot for the life of me memorize anything except for anything I write. But Chapman can learn four hours of music

Chapman 21:33
Hourse of covers just in a vault in my mind.

DJ Lucid 21:39
Well, I read on your blog, Blake.

Blake 21:41
Oh, no

Chapman 21:44
the first person I've heard

DJ Lucid 21:46
It's not hard to find. I know I know the look. So I read on your blog that you are not only a part of dead Fox, but you are also the creator of your own recording studio and record label.

Blake 22:04
Yes, that is very true. Stella Maris records.

DJ Lucid 22:08
Yes. Okay. So does that mean that you produce your own music for dead Fox?

Blake 22:12
I do. I do produce music for Dead Fox. We're working on a single right now. Should I say what it is?

Chapman 22:18
Say what it is? shout it from the rooftops.

Blake 22:22
I'm also currently working on two other main projects at the moment. I'm working with Strangers in Public on, I believe two separate EPS which will be coming out very soon. I'm very excited for that as well as working on a single for Jaden Money right now. Oh, this is it's it's a lot of fun. I mean, running a recording studio and just being immersed in music. 24/7 is everything 13 year old me dreamed of. And I really just couldn't imagine being at this point now and just being able to do this, you know, for for a living really?

DJ Lucid 22:58
Oh, could you tell us the story behind how Stella Maris record started?

Blake 23:03
Yeah, so it started from me and Q, our bass player, we were both running the Stella Maris hostel, we had taken over ownership of the hostel. While we were both volunteering there at the time. And we decided or we both really had a mutual interest for recording music and we wanted to start a recording studio, it was just like a shared dream that we both had. And at first, we actually built like a tiny little like, pillow fort studio at the hostel. And eventually we realized like this is not gonna fly because like guests are not going to enjoy this. So we can only really do stuff like that when there was nobody around the hostel. And so eventually, we one fateful day, while we were talking about needing to get a practice space for the band, as Q had just decided that he wanted to start playing bass with us, because we had just been gifted a drum set, it was a very, very like, honestly, these are like formative times in the story of the band. But the, I would say like, the turning point was one day, when we were all just hanging out in the staff room of the hostel, and talking about how we need to get a practice space for the drum kit, really. He was just like, scrolling through Craigslist. And he found that there was availability at this place called Pyramid Rehearsal. And so we immediately called the number and we were able to get a tour that day. And eventually we expanded from the room that we immediately acquired to the room next door, which they were originally two separate rooms, and we moved into what was the control room of the studio and the window dividing the two rooms and the door were boarded up. And we talked to the owner about connecting the rooms back together and they were super excited about it and they were like they were they were I feel like they were honestly like just like they're just very excited to just hear that and they really took it to the next level and they renovated the entire other recording room and connected the rooms back together took the board's off and then Bada bing bada boom, we got to recording studio. So it's great. Crazy.

DJ Lucid 25:07
Well, a lot of your songs are unreleased. You guys are kind of hard to track down. Yeah. So I am excited for these new projects coming up.

Chapman 25:17
Thank you guys. Thank you.

DJ Lucid 25:19
And I think on that note, we're going to take a short break to play y'all...

Blake 25:24
Oh, we're gonna be playing runner right now. Yeah.

DJ Lucid 25:29
A short break to play y'all Runner by none other than Dead Fox No Groove. Chapman and Blake have come into the studio to play this original song. Almost going back to their roots. They're going to be playing it as an acoustic duo. So stay tuned and we'll be right back

Blake 25:45
thank you Lucy

Chapman 26:11
Can't be alone You're always with me. Running through my daydreams. And I try chasing after you, cause don't you want me too? Or do you? So many questions that I can't ask. Like, why can't I perform this task of loving you. But keep it on the down low, trusting you because people be saying so many things if they find out that you and me that you and me girl can't you see you're killing me. I can't stop doing this. Can't you see it's my emotion. That's listening to me. Listen to me. Listening to my heart, listening to my soul, please let me go I wanna go home. I want to scream as loud as I can. For someone to please come and take my hand and pull me out of this deep deep water. In like lamb waiting for its slaughter. Been searching for too long for someone to fill my mind. And now that she's here I can't describe this dreadful feeling taking me over. Why did I tell her I loved her. Listening to me listening to listening to my heart and listening to my soul. Please let me go I wanna go home. Listening to my heart and listening to sole. So please let me go I wanna go home. Listen to me.

DJ Lucid 28:32
That was the acoustic version of Runner by Dead Fox No Groove. I hope y'all enjoyed. So how do you guys prefer to play acoustics or electric?

Blake 28:42
Whoo, I would. I mean, I personally prefer to play as loud as humanly possible. So when we're like electric, that's everything for me. But I love coming back to our roots and kind of showing people how the band started. I feel like it builds some lore to it. And the fact that we're able to still go out there and do it today is it really does mean a lot to me honestly, because I feel like it does keep us grounded. I feel like rocking out too much can sort of change you as a person. So every once in a while when we come back and humble ourselves. I feel like it goes a long way.

DJ Lucid 29:13
That was a great answer.

Chapman 29:16
I also liked the rocked out version like it's a it's a lot more energy and but I honestly I couldn't have said it better. But you know I think like the rock like definitely changes the music a lot more.

Blake 29:35
It's kind of spooky sometimes.

DJ Lucid 29:37
Yeah. Well, now we got to talk about your upcoming performances. So this October I think the 19th is you guys playing at the North Carolina State Fair?

Blake 29:51
Yeah, we will be playing at the State Fair from 11 in the morning to 12 and then again from 12:30 to 1:30 for two separate One hour long sets.

DJ Lucid 30:01
Yeah. Okay, great. So

is this going to be the largest performance you guys have done as a group?

Chapman 30:06
Oh, I don't know. Like, I really don't know what to expect, because we also have another really exciting show coming up on the eighth of October, the Wilmington River Fest is going to be super, super exciting. I mean, we've just really read a lot about Wilmington, Riverfest. We haven't been here for because they haven't had one in about three years. And both me and Chapman moved there to Wilmington about three years ago. So right, we missed it. We missed it by just like a slim little window. But yeah, we're gonna be playing at two o'clock for a little 30 minute set. And yeah, I'm super excited to see how the turnout is for that.

Yeah. So I think uh, but this is definitely like, the biggest event, you know, like, it's like, the North Carolina State Fair. You know, we've definitely never played something like a State Fair before. Yeah, easily. But we'll see. We'll see how the how the turnout is if we can get some people to turn their heads or something.

Blake 31:05
Rock the State Fair out.

Chapman 31:06
It's gonna be cool. It's gonna be a lot of fun.

Blake 31:08
But it's like next to the Kid Zone, just like the River Fest.

Chapman 31:11
I want to see you like banging on the drums and eating a big ol turkey leg at the same time. You know?

Blake 31:20
Maybe maybe, like a Twizzlers. easier to manage.

DJ Lucid 31:26
So should people expect covers or originals from you guys?

Chapman 31:30
With an hour long set? Probably both. We have. We have around 10 songs that are originals. And I would say around seven of those we play. The other three are like work in progress or work shopping them. Yeah,

Blake 31:51
I'm gonna use a little strip of beach.

Chapman 31:53
Oh my gosh, that song. It needs keys. We need to key layer Blake.

Blake 31:59
You can play keys though

Chapman 32:00
Yeah I mean, oh.

Blake 32:03
And then you gotta sing.

Chapman 32:05
But yeah. So that that show will definitely be a mix of the best covers that we play and our originals.

DJ Lucid 32:14
Okay, so those are your two upcoming performances. When was your last performance? What was that like?

Chapman 32:21
Ooh, ah, so our last performance as a band or our last performance as Yeah. Sometimes, you know,

Blake 32:29
for the band. That's a great question, though. What was our last show was as the band. Oh my gosh, it's been at least a couple months now.

Chapman 32:35
Yeah, our last show was a band was Dramm tree. fest. Yeah. Dream Dream fest. Yeah.

Blake 32:44
Really? That long ago?

Chapman 32:45
I think so

Blake 32:45
What have we been doing? Oh my god.

DJ Lucid 32:48
Youve been working on your new project.

Blake 32:50
Exactly.

Chapman 32:52
Gotta have this album out. We need it.

DJ Lucid 32:55
So do you as a band? Take any rituals before you go on a performance?

Chapman 33:02
I always I love to like once we get on stage everybody's like all soundchecked I at least do one round of I love you we gone kill this to everyone you know

Blake 33:15
I just kind of like roll around on the floor and scream 15 minutes before we get up there.

I gotta go.

DJ Lucid 33:22
Like a True rock star Well, what is next for Dead Fox No Groove you guys what's the goal? What's the dream?

Blake 33:30
We're going to Vegas

Chapman 33:31
We're gonna know we're going in Japan Blake

Blake 33:35
I gotta get my passport Chappy just got his

Chapman 33:40
I just got my passport. I'm so excited. Yeah, no, we we wanted to like the roadmap as of right now is to get this album out and then just put it on blast. Like send it to anyone and everyone like friends family Booker's those and just try to get those you know, bigger shows. We want you know, we want to put the NC State Fair to shame by this time next year. You know,

Blake 34:13
I just want my dad to hear it. You know? Yeah. I want my dad to see what's going on.

DJ Lucid 34:18
Those are great. two shows a day. Four nights a week.

Chapman 34:20
Yes. Easy money. Yeah. Oh my gosh. Oh my god.

Blake 34:26
How much research did you do about us before we came on here?

Chapman 34:29
This is. That's impressive. That's actually impressive.

DJ Lucid 34:34
All right. Well, is there anything else you guys want to talk about or mention before we close off?

Blake 34:38
Oh, I would say to anybody out there listening. If you ever really struggle with fears, you know, insecurity and self doubt. Just get out there. Put a smile on your face. Go out there and try to live it's always it's always better to just just keep pushing. You know? I personally I feel like me and Chapman like we struggle a lot with like, certain elements to just, you know, life and just society, I feel like and just trying to make it through playing music and being happy. And I think, you know, I can't speak for you personally, when it comes to all of this, but music is the one thing that really gets me up every day and gets me out there facing the world. So I would say, really think, you know, just focus on the thing that makes you happy in life and live your dreams, your passions out, you can do it.

DJ Lucid 35:26
Well said. Alright, so where can our viewers see your socials or listen to your music?

Chapman 35:34
You can find us at Dead Fox, no groove on pretty much everything. We have a couple of little videos out on YouTube. But the like the most. The thing that we check the most and are on the most is Instagram. That's where you can see our upcoming shows and our newest content. We'll be putting our like music when it finally comes out on blast on that on that platform, and everything else that we're on. But yeah, Dead Fox, no groove everywhere.

Blake 36:13
Shout out. WKNC Thank you so much for having me.

Chapman 36:15
Thank you so, so, so much

DJ Lucid 36:16
Been a pleasure to meet you both Blake and Chapman, thank you so much for taking the time to come in and talk to me.

Blake 36:22
Absolutely. Thank you so much.

Chapman 36:23
Thank you.

DJ Lucid 36:24
I appreciate y'all for tuning in. And you can check out the interviews I do with other local artists at wknc.org/podcasts by clicking on Off the Record, I am DJ lucid and this is Off the Record you were just listening to dead Fox No Groove on WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1 Raleigh. I'm gonna send y'all off with one more song by our friends Chapman and Blake called Hopeless Romantic they're gonna play it right here in our studio for you thank you for listening and I'll catch y'all next time

Chapman 36:55
she she done played me for the last time. She took my heart and never realized how bad she left me in the dark. How much I wanted to be a part of her life well, that's just a lie I tell myself they're girls, but when she smiled she mades my world rather than the light of all the stars in the sky. I want to tell her to walk with me along this will share the load because I'm a hopeless romantic who can't keep up with my own antics she takes one look at me and I swear I'm free but it's just not meant to be. She says one word and I'm that God its just not fair that just her love just ain't for me it ain't no no no no no no no

body answer her answers but those eyes, had me right under her comand. And so I said the only thing I knew. Why did I expect her to true to herself. I guess I played myself. Because I'm a hopeless romantic who cant keep up with my own antics. She takes one look at me and I swear I'm free but its just not meant to be. She says one word and I'm there. God it's just not fair that her love ain't for me. no, no, no, no, no. Love just ain't for me

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