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pre-united and ready to rock. Peace love hope is a funk reggae fusion trio that's been around

the block and back formed in Racine, Wisconsin in 1989 under the name fruit salad. The group's

roots date back to their high school days. Now, after a three decade hiatus, the band is

recombogulated, bringing them a renewed passion for music and a fresh perspective. I may have

forgotten to mention that the band features guitarist Chan Hansted and the rhythm team, you know,

from Nadine Nation, John Boogie and Pauli on drums. Now, out with new music, passion and a band,

Chad, Pauli, John Boogie, welcome to maxing radio. Hey, hey, hey, thank you for having us.

Excuse me, Ja Boogie, fruit salad, Racine, 30 years. Talk a little bit about the yummy, yummy band.

You guys were high schoolers, right? Yep, all in high school. Talk right into that microphone.

High school jazz band. Yes, sir. Well, you know, tell us about that time. 30 years ago,

Racine, you know, you guys are playing around live. How old are you guys? We were 16, 17.

We're on that range because we started the, what were we in? Was that freshman year that we were in

a sophomore? Yeah, sophomore year. sophomore year, jazz. We were trying to get Chad to rock with us

because we were like getting into the rock thing, living color, bad brains, that type thing.

Oh, yeah, we're getting a little more rockin' a lot more, you know, so he finally say,

all right, let's do this. I think around sophomore year. Sounds about right. Yeah,

junior year. And then we just started making a bunch of songs. Yeah, it was the fourth track,

you know, studio at Chad's house. Oh, yeah. I remember the four tracks,

Bonson tracks to get more, right? Yep. He knows how to do all that. Absolutely.

Who knows about Bonson tracks out there? Yeah. You know, tell me about, you know, you were high

school bands. Like, what was it like with your parents? You know, all your parents were

the support of the band. You know, how did they see you guys playing music? My parents

were supportive because I was in my grandmother's basement. We grew up in, you know, between my

grandmother's basement and Chad's house. Yeah. So whichever, but they would let you rehearse there.

Absolutely. Oh, that's awesome. You know, John Boogie, man, tell me a little bit of your backstory

and how you got started playing music. Well, it was for me playing drums at like five or six.

Oh, you started as a drummer. Yep. Start as a drummer, beaten on tables, pots, pans.

Oh, yeah. Got a John kit. That's in the bedroom. All my children is playing or whatever.

General hospitals playing and I'm rocking over that. She's like, dude. But, you know, my mom was

pretty supportive. Right, grandmother. Oh, yeah. They're my instruments. You know, all of a sudden,

acoustic guitar appears, appears, I don't know where. Yeah, you're getting quieter. I'm just trying

yeah, I'm getting, you know, yeah, can I have something quieter? John's a little off the chain,

maybe off the chain. So, you know, let's jump ahead now. 30 years, new locations. How does peace,

love and hope come into being peace, love, hope comes out of the band fruit salad that we created

in high school. We did the fruit salad thing. Oh, we pretty much all the way through high school,

moved to Minneapolis. There's some shows there lived in a one bedroom with three guys.

These three guys that you see right here, probably myself, Chad. Yeah, we went up in my smokey van

that was smoking out the tell pipe fan, slept in the van for a couple of days with got the

got some gigs paying your dues paying the dues, man, like really at age 18, something like that.

We're not even old enough to be in those clubs, playing out of those clubs in Minneapolis,

St. Paul, creating songs, and then Chad had to do some things and become an adult. And then we

got another guitar player to continue on fruit salad for a while, did it for a little while,

then we just kind of kind of fizzled out, then I started doing reggae more.

Our walk jaw transition and then to natty, and then all of a sudden, well, I saw Chad,

like what Chad had, he's Chad had what moved to Arizona, moved Arizona. He's an engineer and

does some things like that. And then he comes back. Actually, we've been talking about a fruit salad,

a reunion for probably about a decade. Yeah. So I'm like, yes, it's like 2009, something like that.

Oh, okay. Yeah. So I never get in the cave. That's perfect. That is really awesome. Now,

you know, Chad, tell me a little bit of your backstory. Like, you know, where did you get started in

music? Um, round five or six, I started playing organ, church organ, church organ. Yeah. So I was

doing, so I was reading music and, and doing stuff like that. So I played organ for about four,

five years. And then of course, hey, mom, dad, give me a guitar. Yeah. And then we had moved to,

so I'd grown up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and then I'd moved to Racine. And down there, I went to

the conservatory and music and started playing guitar. Sure. So I'm kind of formally educated.

Oh, nice. So, but in that era, it was all metal. Yeah. That's my background is a lot of metal

and some jazz and some other stuff. And, and then playing jazz band and reading music and on

that. And then, you know, our, our paths crossed in high school. And that's pretty much it. And

I've pretty much been dedicated from guitar since 10 years old. And you're at what type of engineer?

So aerospace engineer. Wow. Yeah. So, wow, that's pretty cool. Yeah. Working

Puerto Rico and I live in Arizona. A rocket. I'm real rocket. Yeah.

It gets annoying. Trust me. Oh. Hey, Paul, tell us about how you got your start, man. How

did you get your certain music? What's your backstory? Well, my grandfather, my grandfather was a

saxophone player. And I think he thought it would be cool if he had somebody to accompany him.

So he bought me a little drum kit. You know, that's awesome. It was like paper, like the paper

heads. Right. You know, but I followed him everywhere around like he had followed him everywhere.

Right. So he picked me up from kindergarten one day. And I just followed him straight into

the house and he goes down to where he usually practices. I followed him there and there was like

little kid set up. He had to brush his knees. Like, okay, this is how it goes.

But I was like five. So it took me a while. I'm still learning.

That's awesome to hear. Well, now peace, love, and hope. I always say I put the end, right?

Peace, love, hope. That's great. I'm going to get that in my head. Peace, love, hope is playing

a show coming up at the high noon saloon on April 17th along with Dub Foundation. And you guys

rock it out a little more. What can fans expect from your live show? We do rock it out a lot.

Yeah. Well, you know, who's saying there's like a, I mean, living color is one of our

gold shoes. Yeah. Bad brains. I mean, you know, because they they incorporate reggae,

you know, bad brains and correct reggae, but they also do punk. Yeah. So we used to do more of the

punk in our earlier times. Now we kind of laid back a little bit more, right? Where's this kind

of like a groove rock type thing that's going on? But a little bit of the overtones of reggae is

now how how much of a percentage are you guys doing? You know, all original or

yeah, all of us covers. No covers on this. No covers on this one. No covers. Not

we can do it. That's what I think the sound is pretty original. Yeah. Our sound is very original.

I think it's probably the vocal styleings that I that I do to type a drumming that

Paulie does is kind of I've never really seen a drummer play or at approach to drums like he does.

Yeah. Very unique. This is his own thing. So and then what Chad brings, you know, it's just like

it's a combination. That's why we called it fruit salad back in the days because it's the

combinations of flavors. Even though it's not as you know, the name is sticking back on you like,

wow, this song's kind of not as heavy as before we were bringing in your ear. You never know,

but you know, it sounds a little late. They can expect like rock with some reggae overtones.

And then you can expect that April 17th at the high new insulin coming up with a dub foundation.

And piece of hope has a new video out for a song, Who's Tom? And we're going to listen to it

in just a minute. But first tell us about the song, the video and well, who the heck is Tom? Man,

who is? I love it. It's so I love it, man, because it leaves you to ask that question because

it's kind of all over the place. It's not direct, but it's it's political, but it doesn't have to be.

We have in the song is Malcolm X is in the song, talking politics and how the how's he saying it?

The system we we're there for the system and not there for us type thing and everybody can relate

to that in this time and end other time and in his time in the 60s. You know, so I'm kind of going,

I'm kind of driving at that, but it's like there's also a matrix theme that's there that kind of

embodies it too like we're we're in a matrix. Red, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue, blue,

yes, that kind of thing going on. Yeah, so that it's got a lot in there. It's not just one thing. So

it's hard to like pinpoint what I'm talking about. So I'm trying to make it just kind of open. Yeah,

wow. Like that, the listener maybe decide like what is he talking about? What comes what comes

for sure? You know, riff lyric or concept depends on depends on the song. Yeah, it's never the same.

What about who's Tom? What who's Tom? Let me thank you. Man, because I got to I got to say this

that the song is I mean, we created the song. I like over 30 years ago. Really? That was a mini

half. Right in the 90s. That was a miniapolis at the when he had that rehearsal studio. Oh,

crazy. That was going to riff. So 1990. Wow. 91. 91. Yeah, 92. 91 going is a lot. How did this song

age? Do you think I think we kind of like tamed it down? Yeah. Because like I said, we were very

well, our punk influence was very there very moment. So now it's kind of like disclosed into

the more groove rock. Yeah. And punk, you know, he's kind of had a little political sland. And you

guys have a little bit and you have a message that you're trying to get across. Talk about that.

Yeah. I mean, he's love hope. That's Chad Chad's idea. I follow them all away because,

you know, it's he was saying that each one of us is one of this words that one of us is peace,

one of us love, one of us hope, but yeah, and it could change depending on the day. Right.

You know what I mean? So that's what the world needs. I mean, it's it's not the it's not a heavy

we're a heavy band like rock wise. So I mean, I match. But when you hear the lyrics, you're like,

okay, this this makes sense because what he's speaking on is this message in the music,

just like with the reggae. Yeah, right. You know, so it's it's a similar same thing, same thing,

more distortion. There'll be a lot more distortion. I'm more distortion. I've always wanted to mix rock

with reggae. And that's kind of what now. Yeah. Nadi Nation. Sure is based on. Yep.

Made it matter fact. Let's say this. Nadi Nation comes out of fruit salad. Yeah. I would

understand. Like because that was our first taste of reggae. It's just messing around reggae

when we were kids with fruit salad. So did from there, I just totally embodied it. Wow. So this

is really coming full circle for you guys. Yeah. There you go. You know, how do you guys handle,

you know, one of your guys being in Arizona and writing music and recording and how do you make

their work? Man. Lots of lots of miles. Because I drive every time. Oh, you drive. Yeah. He's

flowing out a few times. I think that the modern age that we're in helps because we can do a lot of

back and forth and not be in the same room. Right. And what idea is like, oh, he throw me an idea.

I throw him an idea back. Stuff like that. So it helps that we're in a information age.

Wow. That helps. Yeah. Oh, when are you guys going to be coming out with an album then?

Sometimes when we compile it, we're probably because we're in a time and day where it's just kind of

singles is the thing. Right. You know, it's we're in a just kind of release in the single after

single. Yeah, because we're in a like a short attention span. You know, that's the way to pull

the truth. We're kind of, you know, so we're kind of like, let them marinate on a song. And it

also gives a song a chance to kind of marinate. And yeah, that's true. Vellip in a person's mind.

You know, instead of just being like, oh, next thing, come on, like, no, no, stay there for a second.

Kind of, there's a lot to unpack with each song. So yeah, right. Let it do it, do it.

And that's why radio is repetitious, right? You know, you're gonna kind of let that marinate get

to know the lyrics, right? That's I love that. I don't I don't I don't never listen to lyrics until

I've memorized like the bass and drums, right? The last my last part too, man. As a drummer,

like, that's interesting. It's weird. I mean, just say that because as a drummer, right? You're

just, you're like looking at butts anyway. You don't know what I'm saying. But what are you saying?

Everything is rhythms and, you know, and melodies. You know what I mean? And then you get to the point.

So you got to let them marinate. That's right. So where you're like, what is he actually saying? And

then you got, oh, because I am saying something. I'm not still in nothing. You know, everything

comes from somewhere. And that's right. Well, that's pretty cool, man. Peace, love, hope,

April 17th with Dub Foundation at the High Needs Learn. You can see him live coming up really soon.

But right now, let's listen to a brand new song that we just got this today. Yeah. And they have

the video up there on YouTube. How do we keep up with you guys online? You should go to the

please. Go to the YouTube page and subscribe. Peace, love, hope, band.

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videos. Please check it out. It's a brand new old band. This is peace, love, hope. And who's time?

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