This is New Wisco weekend. I'm Lisa Hale. There's a punk band in New Wisco called Radio
for Pets. Here's a bit of their appearance on Nightlight with Peach Waba.
Sam Orgula, Rick Cooley and Billy Block are here in the studio. Guys, how are you?
Doing fantastic. How are you, Pete? It's so good to have you guys back here. Thanks for
doing this. How did you guys find punk? I really think it's a age range kind of thing.
All of my peers in high school, especially when I was going to high school, you know,
you had bands like Blink 182 taking back Sunday. I'm kind of having like radio hits, you
know what I mean? Like top 100, like pop hits. Green Day, that sort of thing. So I think
my generation just kind of almost the same as like the Gen Xers with Grunge before us.
We all just kind of grew up with more rock music than anything else.
Yeah. When we were going through high school, like, Billy and I are about the same age
actually. We're like two months apart. There was countless high school or only bands.
The rivets had a battle of the bands where you had to have a member in high school to attend.
And now I work a lot with kids still and none of them. There's not a single band as all.
And there was like, there was a venue that it would only be for like young underage. There's
one underage venue in the area. It was in monomony. It's since burned down. And that's
where all of the shows were because you can you we couldn't play you can't play bar gigs
when you're 16 17. So you would always continually play this one place that was terrible, but it
was filled. There was tons of local bands and Bill, Bill and I both can talk novels about
all the history of these bands and who is in them and where they're at now and how many
kids they have now. And no idea there was that much history there in that area for local
band. Did you guys go to Marinette High School or monomony? I was monomony. Okay. I was
Marinette. Marinette, Sam. Yeah. We're marine. You're kidding. Yeah. We're loud and proud.
Radio for Pets is in the studio. They're one of my new favorite bands. Love these guys.
They're here and they're going to rock out right now with what are we going to hear?
This song is called about nothing. About nothing. You can find it anywhere. Music is online.
Look us up. It's our EP one hit or wonder. And yeah, we'll take it away. I guarantee you will like
the song, ladies and gentlemen. All right.
I don't know what's in this drink.
Some random guy just handed it to me. But I assume it's made of rocket fuel from the way my heart's
been beating, beating, beating since you looked at me. She gets there you can't
drive because I'm leaving soon and you can tag along. If you like, how do you feel
about stargazing on the roof of my van? We can just sit and talk about nothing.
Feels like floating down freeway, six-flooring. Back roads and cornfields while watching your hair
blowing. We stop at nowhere. Feels like we both belong here. I'm rarely shy or nervous,
but my shaking hands both feel useless. You lay your head on my chest with the reasons that you
might smash. Well, so is mine. I hold you close as you start to shake. It's early spring,
but I can see your breath. Screw these Wisconsin nights. Falling asleep and I am trying to keep
my soul. Awesome, guys. Tell me what, okay, on your website, or your Facebook page, it says,
the band you're dog told you about, and your cat describes as so tight, it's barely even punk
anymore. Tell me what that statement means. I love it. I understand it. It's like a
sondheim. That's kind of a reference to I think in the punk community, especially, there's a
lot of energy is usually like, it doesn't really matter if you're playing good as long as you're
loud and emotional. I make sure that we're loud emotional and also just the absolute tightest band
that we can be. Who are your influences musically? Personally, bands that I keep coming back to
are probably like the cure, bow house, the dredged in dolls, say anything. What is this song called?
This song is called entropy like a mother beeper. As long as we say beeper, I think we're okay.
It's like radio. Conrad, be ready.
Here we go.
I'm scared to let go of who I used to be, but I think losing everyone I love, because I'm insecure,
and I'm not the person they expect, but they're just too wrapped up in meat. Thank you for being
a part of Newisco Weekend. Our look at working animals. Newisco Weekend is written by Terry
Bar and Lisa Hale, directed and produced by Lisa Hale. Our lead correspondent is Terry Bar with
features from Isabella Nieto, Charlie Pittman, Pete Schwabba, and commentator Amanda Nimmer.
If you have a story you'd like to hear covered, email me anytime, lisa.hale at civicmedia.us.
I'm civic media Northeast was content bureau chief Lisa Hale for WISS and WGBW news.
Be unstoppable.
