Michael Peña plays in a band, but music isn't really an escape for him ... because he's just going from one gig to the next ... keeping his day job as an actor too.
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00:00So you're off to Mexico, you've got back with the band.
00:05Yeah, dude, they're right there. We got back like a year and a half ago.
00:10They took a long hiatus.
00:12Yeah.
00:13And, you know, to be honest with you, the singer went through like a big divorce,
00:18a lot of heartache, wrote a bunch of songs just for fun.
00:21Yeah.
00:22And then we just showed some people and they're like, you know, these are good.
00:25I'm like, nothing produces songs like a heartbreak.
00:28Totally.
00:29You know, and then so we got like agents and managers and all that stuff.
00:35And now we're touring and playing festivals.
00:37That's insane.
00:38It is insane, man.
00:39Do you enjoy like taking a break from acting to do the music?
00:42Dude, it's not even really a break.
00:44I was in Australia four days ago and then I flew here.
00:50And then for a week playing two shows, Corona Festival, and then I'm back Sunday.
00:54Why do you like being so busy then?
00:56Like, don't you need like to sit on the couch?
00:58I'm a Mexican dude and I think it's in my blood to just keep busy.
01:02I like that, man.
01:03You're one of those guys who's just good at everything?
01:06I wouldn't say that, dude.
01:07I'm like, I'm probably mediocre at a lot of stuff and I just work at it.
01:11That's great.
01:12I wasn't good at like acting or music or anything like that.
01:14But it was, you know, you just got to work at it.
01:16Are you in a band called Nico Vega?
01:18Oh, yeah, dude, I am.
01:19Oh, did Nico Vega have an EP that came out today?
01:21Oh, yeah, it did.
01:22It had.
01:23Today?
01:24So it's perfect.
01:25Right now, today, it's called Make It Out Alive.
01:27That's the only thing that matters.
01:28Click and subscribe!
01:29I love it.
01:30Click it.
01:31Last question, what is your goal?
01:32What's your dream to achieve with this band?
01:34You want to win like a Grammy?
01:36Like, what's the dream for the band?
01:38Oh, man, I don't know, man.
01:40Dude, it sounds super cheesy, bro, but literally like we just want people to hear it.
01:45And, you know, we played at Troubadour yesterday and enjoying it, you know what I mean?
01:48Like, we just want to share our music, dude.