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Mario Lalli has been a pioneering voice in the California Desert Rock scene, from throwing generator parties to founding bands like Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson &amp; Across The River and inspiring hundreds of others. Today Mario shares stories and perspective of the high times in the low desert. Topics include:  Interview start Is Mario a record collector? His early years, family tastes and music Mario working on album art and projects His parents going from Opera Singers to restaurant owners Mario and his 1st band moving to LA &amp; lessons learned The genesis of the Desert Generator Parties What were early lessons that were learnt the hard way Dealing is a-holes at the generator parties The music at the Generator Parties The ugliest generator party (police, injuries, arrests, etc) When did the desert music scene start attracting record labels and entertainment companies? “Do well but don’t do too well” The challenges of succeeding but not meeting other people’s expectations Example: The way Nirvana reacted to success Enabling the music scene through facilitating parties Does Mario have control of all his music? What are they reissuing from the CD-only releases for Fatso Jetson Does he know where all the multitrack and master tapes are? What happened with Across the River and SST Records? Interview wrap up  Extended interview available here: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide Listen on Apple: https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0 Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8  Follow our Podcast: https://linktr.ee/vinylguide Facebook: www.Facebook.com/VinylGuide  Instagram: www.Instagram.com/VinylGuide Support our show: www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related

Mario Lalli has been a pioneering voice in the California Desert Rock scene, from throwing generator parties to founding bands like Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson &amp; Across The River and inspiring hundreds of others. Today Mario shares stories and perspective of the high times in the low desert. Topics include: <ul> <li>Interview start</li> <li>Is Mario a record collector?</li> <li>His early years, family tastes and music</li> <li>Mario working on album art and projects</li> <li>His parents going from Opera Singers to restaurant owners</li> <li>Mario and his 1st band moving to LA &amp; lessons learned</li> <li>The genesis of the Desert Generator Parties</li> <li>What were early lessons that were learnt the hard way</li> <li>Dealing is a-holes at the generator parties</li> <li>The music at the Generator Parties</li> <li>The ugliest generator party (police, injuries, arrests, etc)</li> <li>When did the desert music scene start attracting record labels and entertainment companies?</li> <li>“Do well but don’t do too well”</li> <li>The challenges of succeeding but not meeting other people’s expectations</li> <li>Example: The way Nirvana reacted to success</li> <li>Enabling the music scene through facilitating parties</li> <li>Does Mario have control of all his music?</li> <li>What are they reissuing from the CD-only releases for Fatso Jetson</li> <li>Does he know where all the multitrack and master tapes are?</li> <li>What happened with Across the River and SST Records?</li> <li>Interview wrap up</li> </ul> Extended interview available here: <a href="http://www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a> Listen on Apple: <a href="http://apple.co/2Y6ORU0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/2Y6ORU0</a> Listen on Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spoti.fi/36qhlc8</a> Follow our Podcast: <a href="https://linktr.ee/vinylguide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://linktr.ee/vinylguide</a> Facebook: <a href="http://www.Facebook.com/VinylGuide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Facebook.com/VinylGuide</a> Instagram: <a href="http://www.Instagram.com/VinylGuide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Instagram.com/VinylGuide</a> Support our show: <a href="http://www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.Patreon.com/VinylGuide</a> If you like records, just starting a collection or are an uber-nerd with a house-full of vinyl, this is the podcast for you. Nate Goyer is The Vinyl Guide and discusses all things music and record-related

Ep336: Mario Lalli & The California Desert Rock Scene

Influenced by everything from the psychedelic to the folkloric, jazz, hard rock, roots punk, world music- while hard to describe, one could say the sound and mood of Yawning Man is visual and cinematic ,heavy and melancholy, driving &amp; daydreamYawning Man, who hail from the arid desert area of Southern California, have been playing, jamming, and recording since 1986, and are a highly influential band. Most of their fans and those heavily influenced by them consider them to be ‘the originators’ of the entire “Desert Rock” movement/genre.Brant was a member of the later formed, but also highly influential hard rock/desert rock band Kyuss, and the Yawning Man song “Catamaran” was covered and included on their 4th album “And The Circus Leaves Town”. Countless bands, many hailing from the same Desert turf the band was bred from, and even more, spanning not only the US, but Europe and farther even yet, have been influenced by Yawning Man.It would be almost 20 years after the band’s organic beginnings that the public would be blessed with a full length LP, “Rock Formations”, released in 2006 (Gary Arce on guitars, Alfredo Hernandez on drums and Mario Lalli on Bass). Other releases from the band include the Ep “Pot Head” with the addition of fellow desert musician Billy Cordell on Bass. “Vista Point” contains both of the aforementioned albums on one disc, and was released in 2008 to appease the rabid fans who were unable to pay the hefty prices for what limited copies of the first two albums existed. 2011 saw the release of “Nomadic Pursuits”, a brilliant album consistent with their style and flair, yet fresh and intriguing as ever.Throughout the instrumental cinematic rock landscapes of Yawning Man, the post-Ventures haunting melodies &amp; composition of guitarist Gary Arce are constantly being stretched, up-ended and sent deep into dark Joy Division territory, by the weird chords and heavy bass grooves of Mario Lalli and drummer Bill Stinson. Their latest album, ‘Historical Graffiti’ is a very special recording session done during the band’s 2015 South American tour while in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were invited to record for one evening at the world famous, legendary ION studios.Yawning Man still tours Europe at least once yearly, but played some great shows in the US and Canada recently. After having enjoyed the success of those gigs, they plan on making a bigger, more inclusive tour of North America next time around.Yawning Man still is going strong, driven by that which initially inspired the original members thereof to begin this never ending journey, which was/is/will always be to create and connect landscapes of the real to surreal. The dreams to the drastic. The end and on-going result being the beautiful, swirling and other-worldly music you know as Yawning Man. And then some.Website:http://yawningman.com/Social Media Links:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/yawningmanofficial/Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yawningmanofficial/Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/2d06W6CY8NotPTPdIAgVoe?si=eS4dqgDySVStPlCf_CbJiwSupport the show

Influenced by everything from the psychedelic to the folkloric, jazz, hard rock, roots punk, world music- while hard to describe, one could say the sound and mood of Yawning Man is visual and cinematic ,heavy and melancholy, driving &amp; daydreamYawning Man, who hail from the arid desert area of Southern California, have been playing, jamming, and recording since 1986, and are a highly influential band. Most of their fans and those heavily influenced by them consider them to be ‘the originators’ of the entire “Desert Rock” movement/genre.Brant was a member of the later formed, but also highly influential hard rock/desert rock band Kyuss, and the Yawning Man song “Catamaran” was covered and included on their 4th album “And The Circus Leaves Town”. Countless bands, many hailing from the same Desert turf the band was bred from, and even more, spanning not only the US, but Europe and farther even yet, have been influenced by Yawning Man.It would be almost 20 years after the band’s organic beginnings that the public would be blessed with a full length LP, <a href="http://yawningman.com/discography/rock-formations/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Rock Formations”</a>, released in 2006 (Gary Arce on guitars, Alfredo Hernandez on drums and Mario Lalli on Bass). Other releases from the band include the Ep <a href="http://yawningman.com/discography/pot-head/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Pot Head”</a> with the addition of fellow desert musician Billy Cordell on Bass. “Vista Point” contains both of the aforementioned albums on one disc, and was released in 2008 to appease the rabid fans who were unable to pay the hefty prices for what limited copies of the first two albums existed. 2011 saw the release of <a href="http://yawningman.com/discography/nomadic-pursuits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Nomadic Pursuits”</a>, a brilliant album consistent with their style and flair, yet fresh and intriguing as ever.Throughout the instrumental cinematic rock landscapes of Yawning Man, the post-Ventures haunting melodies &amp; composition of guitarist Gary Arce are constantly being stretched, up-ended and sent deep into dark Joy Division territory, by the weird chords and heavy bass grooves of Mario Lalli and drummer Bill Stinson. Their latest album, <a href="http://yawningman.com/discography/historical-graffiti/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘Historical Graffiti’</a> is a very special recording session done during the band’s 2015 South American tour while in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were invited to record for one evening at the world famous, legendary ION studios. Yawning Man still tours Europe at least once yearly, but played some great shows in the US and Canada recently. After having enjoyed the success of those gigs, they plan on making a bigger, more inclusive tour of North America next time around.Yawning Man still is going strong, driven by that which initially inspired the original members thereof to begin this never ending journey, which was/is/will always be to create and connect landscapes of the real to surreal. The dreams to the drastic. The end and on-going result being the beautiful, swirling and other-worldly music you know as Yawning Man. And then some. Website: <a href="http://yawningman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://yawningman.com/</a> Social Media Links: Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/yawningmanofficial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/yawningmanofficial/</a> Instagram - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yawningmanofficial/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/yawningmanofficial/</a> Spotify - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2d06W6CY8NotPTPdIAgVoe?si=eS4dqgDySVStPlCf_CbJiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/artist/2d06W6CY8NotPTPdIAgVoe?si=eS4dqgDySVStPlCf_CbJiw</a> <a href="https://cash.app/$2Dabs" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

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Desert Rock is a sub-genre of rock known for it’s free-form, and trance-like grooves made popular by notable bands such as Queens of the Stoneage, and Kyuss. How do sub-genre’s get created? What inspires a style? We’ll learn in a minute because our guest this week is Mario Lalli, one of the founders of this popular genre of alternative rock. He joins us to talk about how Desert Rock came to be. A melding of Classic Rock and the skater punk lifestyle of the Southern California Desert, Mario explains how the simple love of the music, and passion built the genre, on this episode of The Big Break.Follow Mario on Instagram and TwitterMario's two bands:Yawning ManFatso JetsonShow Notes1:32Living in Denver Colorado2:55 Getting inspired by Classic Rock3:50 Skateboarding, and discovering Punk Rock6:00 Expression, sharing, and the rewarding aspects of music8:13 Adopting the skateboarding skills for the music style10:10Getting the band to move to Los Angeles11:15Connecting with SST Records12:30Different priorities in the art of music14:25Getting traction as a musician16:16Owning Nightclubs and providing a platform for creativity19:32Balancing the creative and the business decisions to have them flow together21:55How did you find that balance between the music and the commerce without conforming?22:40The ripple effect that inspired other artists24:18Kyuss, Queens of the Stoneage, and sharing experiences and connections25:53“This is a huge pivotal moment, and a point that people need to understand, that this is what you would call a break.”26:50How history and influence created growth28:24The Desert Sessions33:45Do you feel pride for being one of the founders of this genre?35:00Difficult decisions for the sake of music39:59Pappy &amp; Harriets41:35Putting energy into creative pursuits, and making things happen46:45Always stay involved and stay engaged with your art50:50A story about chasing your passion54:06Closing thoughts from MarioFor more informationMore episodesKnow Your Worth Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Desert Rock is a sub-genre of rock known for it’s free-form, and trance-like grooves made popular by notable bands such as Queens of the Stoneage, and Kyuss. How do sub-genre’s get created? What inspires a style? We’ll learn in a minute because our guest this week is Mario Lalli, one of the founders of this popular genre of alternative rock. He joins us to talk about how Desert Rock came to be. A melding of Classic Rock and the skater punk lifestyle of the Southern California Desert, Mario explains how the simple love of the music, and passion built the genre, on this episode of The Big Break. Follow Mario on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lallimario/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mario_lalli?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>Mario's two bands:<a href="http://yawningman.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yawning Man</a><a href="https://fatsojetson.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fatso Jetson</a> Show Notes1:32Living in Denver Colorado2:55 Getting inspired by Classic Rock3:50 Skateboarding, and discovering Punk Rock6:00 Expression, sharing, and the rewarding aspects of music8:13 Adopting the skateboarding skills for the music style10:10Getting the band to move to Los Angeles11:15Connecting with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SST_Records" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SST Records</a>12:30Different priorities in the art of music14:25Getting traction as a musician16:16Owning Nightclubs and providing a platform for creativity19:32Balancing the creative and the business decisions to have them flow together21:55How did you find that balance between the music and the commerce without conforming?22:40The ripple effect that inspired other artists24:18<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyuss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kyuss</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queens_of_the_Stone_Age" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Queens of the Stoneage</a>, and sharing experiences and connections25:53“This is a huge pivotal moment, and a point that people need to understand, that this is what you would call a break.”26:50How history and influence created growth28:24<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Desert_Sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Desert Sessions</a>33:45Do you feel pride for being one of the founders of this genre?35:00Difficult decisions for the sake of music39:59<a href="https://www.pappyandharriets.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pappy &amp; Harriets</a>41:35Putting energy into creative pursuits, and making things happen46:45Always stay involved and stay engaged with your art50:50A story about chasing your passion54:06Closing thoughts from MarioFor more information<a href="http://royaltyexchange.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">More episodes</a><a href="http://worth.royaltyexchange.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Know Your Worth</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.