Reel Big Fish
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Reelin' in a Good Time with Reel Big Fish
Interview by Kelly Ladd
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| HardRock.com: You've probably heard by now that KISS is now marketing caskets for their fans that can also be used as coolers. |
| Matt: Well, what casket can be used as a cooler? That's what I'm wondering? |
| HardRock.com: A KISS casket. |
| Matt: See you could have a tailgate party and a dead guy in it. |
| HardRock.com: If you could market any product with the Reel Big Fish name on it, what would it be? |
| Matt: (making a mental list) casket, cooler. |
| HardRock.com: But that's already taken. |
Matt and Dan: Oh yeah, well then.
Matt: Yeah, but nobody knows KISS. Nobody's ever heard of them. Who the hell is KISS?
Dan: We would probably market little dolls. Life size dolls.
Matt: Little, life size dolls?
Dan: From the members of *NSYNC. And we would be selling them.
Matt: As a Reel Big Fish Product. Like Reel Big Fish brings you *NSYNC.
Dan: *NSYNC.
Matt: Justin doing an action pose.
Dan: They are hot these days. There is a buzz.
Matt: Yeah, there is a buzz. We are going to release boy band action figures. We are going to have a little stage. You wanted to buy all the Backstreet Boys (that we are going to produce) and all the *NSYNC dolls and we could have a fight.
Dan: There is a lever with real catapult action. ACTION!
Matt: Justin, get off that. Oh no! There is a huge market for that. A huge market.
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HardRock.com: The other day I went to the grocery store.
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Matt: You are lucky first of all, because we like to cook.
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HardRock.com: Oh yeah, well perfect, because they were having a sale on salmon. $2.99 a pound. So I bought a half of a fish. And it was a Really Big Fish.
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Matt: Ahhh! That's funny.
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HardRock.com: So how do you like to prepare you fish? Give us some recipe tips.
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Matt: Oh, there is so many, so many. I'll give you one and then he can give you one.
Dan: Okay.
Matt: Okay, what I like to do is season the fish. Both sides. I like to do skin side in because if you do it skin side out and you cook it…well wait, I'm jumping ahead of myself. What you do is you make a stuffing, no matter what you like, you could do a corn bread stuffing or a crawfish stuffing. Make it ahead of time and put it aside. Just put it aside, let it cool, let it cool. Let it chill, it's chillin'. Then, you take your salmon and then you season it, both sides. And then you take the piece of salmon and then put the stuffing in the middle and then you roll it around it. And then you tie it, skin side in. Because if you cook it skin side out the skin shrinks—and that is just bad news. So then what I do is, I cover all sides with olive oil, garlic, seasonings and butter. You make a little basil cream sauce to put on top. Mmm. How would you cook salmon?
Dan: Um, I would probably do an Asian theme to mine.
Matt: Yeah. 'Cause that's my people. Keep it real!
Dan: I'd take some flour and some powdered ginger and I'd probably mix that together and put that on the side. Then probably rice white vinegar, soy sauce, olive oil, sesame seeds, Chinese fice spice…
Matt: Nice.
Dan: …garlic, fresh ginger.
Matt: Ginger is so good.
Dan: And then marinate the salmon in that. Then I'd dust it with the flour and the ginger. Then I'd cook it.
Matt: That would be really good. You know what's funny? That's probably the most serious answer that you'd ever get.
Dan: (laughs)
Matt: Seriously.
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HardRock.com: Well, here is a serious question.
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Matt: Good luck.
Dan: Oh, scallions. Lot's of scallions.
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HardRock.com: Which of these fish stories are you favorite? Pinocchio, Jaws, Free Willy, or The Incredible Mr. Limpet? (You know, with Don Knots and the talking fish.)
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Dan: The Incredible Mr. Limpet.
Matt: You gotta go Limpet. Don Knots is a classic.
Dan: (makes a funny noise)
Matt: What about his lip? (makes a similar funny noise) Gotta go Limpet.
Dan: Tim Conway wasn't in that one was he?
Matt: I don't think he was. He may have made a cameo. I swear to God that if you frame-by-frame, you will see a little Tim Conway walk on the bottom of the screen.
Dan: A little dwarf.
Matt: Dwarf Limpet.
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HardRock.com: Your promotional poster for this tour features a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon type of theme of you and Goldfinger battling on the treetops. If you did combat them, who would win and what hidden moves would you surprise them with?
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Dan: Well, they do have the hidden finger.
Matt: They do.
Dan: The Crouching Fish is more of a form. It's more of an overall…it's like you are the Crouching Fish. The Hidden Finger is a move. The Crouching Fish is more of a school.
Matt: But I think we would basically kick their @$$. Because there are more of us and we are sneakier. We would just put a bomb under their bus and be like…"Oh, you had a great show. Thanks a lot. See ya later." And then boom. Oh no!
Dan: Yeah, we are definitely more Wile E. Coyote about it.
Matt: We are so Wile E. Coyote, it's unbelievable. We are actually sponsored by Acme. Which is a nice thing. Rollerskates.
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HardRock.com: Dynamite.
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Matt: And all the birdseed we can eat.
Dan: And that special paint that you can do this and it paints the whole picture.
Matt: We can paint holes. Actually a tunnel.
Dan: Three swipes. It's the three-swipe tunnel.
Matt: Yeah it is. It's how we do it. It's how we live it. Acme!
(Aaron comes in…Dan has to make a phone call and leaves.)
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HardRock.com: Well, perfect timing. Because I had a question, just for you.
(Matt steps away.)
What is your favorite Backstreet Boy song?
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Aaron: Uhhh? "I Want It That Way." It's a good song.
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HardRock.com: Well, I saw on your website that you are a big fan, so I just had to ask.
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Aaron: Why did you run away?
Matt: Because that question was just for you. (he sits back down)
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HardRock.com: Well, it was about the Backstreet Boys, so I wasn't sure if you'd be interested in it.
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Matt: Look, I can enjoy the Backstreet Boys, just like everyone else. Okay. Gosh.
Aaron: You sure can!
Matt: No, they're fine. They make lots of money.
Aaron: Matt thinks they're fine.
Matt: I think they are fine. Mmph!
Aaron: Backstreet's back. Alright!
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| HardRock.com: You do a lot of covers. |
Aaron: No we don't.
Matt: See, that's the funny thing. Nobody knows that.
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HardRock.com: Really? Even "Hungry Like A Wolf"? Because that is one of my favorites.
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Aaron: (nods his head)
Matt: You know it's funny because we actually went out to eat and Aaron was like, "God, I'm so hungry." And I was like "Well, where do you want to eat?" and we had just finished watching a show like on the Nature Channel.
Aaron: I am hungry like a wolf!
Matt: And I started going "OuuUU." But that didn't put that into the song.
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HardRock.com: If Wayne Newton could cover any of your songs, which would he cover?
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Matt: Anything he damn well pleases. He's Wayne Newton. (looking into the camera) I'm going to make plea out to you…you do whatever you want to do.
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HardRock.com: What would you love to see him do on stage—which one of your songs?
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Matt: I would love to see him do a summersault.
Aaron: No, one of our songs.
Matt: "Alive"?
Aaron: That isn't one of our songs. Oh it is our song.
Matt: Nobody knows that.
Aaron: We started young.
Matt: We are probably one of the most successful in the terms of getting our stuff out there. But no one ever gives us credit.
Aaron: Look at the fine print. As long as the music is out there.
Matt: That's right, as long as the music is out there.
Aaron: I do this job for the love.
Matt: Amen. Amen. For the love. For the love.
Aaron: I feel it in my heart.
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HardRock.com: Most of your songs are very fun and humorous. Which of your songs is the most deep down, heart felt, that you've just got to express and share with everyone?
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Aaron: Actually, most of our songs are very hateful and bitterly sarcastic.
Matt: It's funny because the music is very happy, but the…
Aaron: The music is happy.
Matt: But then you read the lyrics and you're like "ah man, somebody's got problems." (pointing to Aaron)
Aaron: (looks over to the empty chair beside him)
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HardRock.com: It must have been Dan.
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Matt: Yeah, Dan. See the hair?
Aaron: He's crazy.
Matt: If you have hair like that, you have problems. It's pretty big hair.
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HardRock.com: Today, many artists are remixing their music into a dance version. Have you ever considered doing this? And if you did do this, how do you think your fans would react?
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Aaron: We are having enough trouble getting the first mix down.
Matt: Yeah. But I think we all would be up for anyone to remix our work. I think it just adds another dimension to the song. Hopefully, it would open us up to a wider audience. That'd be cool. You'd see girls in short shirts in clubs dancin' all like (snapping fingers). It'd be hot.
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HardRock.com: Alright, now here is the serious part of the interview.
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Matt: Oh no.
Aaron: Alright.
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HardRock.com: What do you think happened to Tu-Pac. Is he alive or is he dead?
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Matt: Tu-Pac. You know, that's funny.
Aaron: Matt actually knows what happened.
Matt: I was there. Las Vegas. I was at the dollar tables. I just won big. Twenty bucks. I was going to live it up. I was going to go to Denny's. Live it up. Grand Slam. Four of my friends. Grand Slams on me. Walking by the MGM and guess what happened…Tu-Pac.
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HardRock.com: You saw him?
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Matt: Yeah.
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HardRock.com: How long ago was this?
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Matt: This was about the time he "supposedly" died. And he said, "Yo. Yo. Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo. Yo." Which means—because I'm from the ghetto—which means, "I can't handle this **** anymore. I'm taking a break. I'm going to take a break. I can't do it. So I said, "Okay, Okay. I got ya." It's funny because I was working on a movie set that day and I had a fake gun in my pocket. So I popped a couple. And then all of a sudden, Tu-Pac's dead. I helped him out. I get cards every now and then.
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HardRock.com: So do you know where he is?
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Matt: I do know, but then, I'd have to kill everybody.
Aaron: You'd kill everybody in the world?
Matt: Everybody in the world if I told you where Tu-Pac was.
Aaron: Goodness.
Matt: Bermuda. But what about the Notorious B.I.G., do you know what happened to him?
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HardRock.com: Well, I do.
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Matt: Really?
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HardRock.com: He is the maintenance man for my apartment complex.
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Matt: Really?
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HardRock.com: He really is. He comes in and I'm like "Can you fix the toilet? It's leaking." And he's like "Oh sure." He does a little rap for me while he's doing it. And then he just leaves.
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Matt: Where do you live?
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HardRock.com: Oh, I can't tell you that.
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Matt: Because my friend actually lives in an apartment complex and there is this big huge guy and her toilet plugged up. She was having problems. And this big, huge guy comes in. And she's sitting back there, kinda watching what he's doing and she sees the plumber crack so she turns away. And then all of a sudden, she called me and she's all, "Matt, you gotta listen to this…" and she holds the phone up and it was him. So maybe she lives in the same complex. You never know.
Aaron: You never know.
Matt: I don't think anyone really dies. I think they just go on vacation for a really long time.
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HardRock.com: Or they go to the Bahamas.
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Matt: Shhh. That's on the down-low.
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