Before taking the stage, The Linda Lindas joined Klein. Ally. Show. live backstage at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024
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00:00Almost Acoustic Christmas live broadcast just outside the forum right now and all this applause
00:09is not actually for Allie and myself, we wish it was, but the Linda Lindas are with us.
00:14Let them hear it, the pride of LA.
00:19This is officially your first Almost Acoustic Christmas, how do you feel?
00:24We feel so festive and spirited for the holidays.
00:27I can tell because you're in all black.
00:29It's the bright way to celebrate.
00:31I have colorful pants on, you can't see them.
00:33This is an amazing story, you guys started playing music together when you were all two
00:37years old and now here you are, it's been five years since then, you're all over the
00:41place age wise, but your fans are all over the place too, you've got young people that
00:44come and see you, but then you've got their parents that are into you as well.
00:48Is it wild when you meet these young people and they say, wow I can do it too, what am
00:51I doing sitting around playing Xbox all day, I should be in a band?
00:54No, so many of them start bands, it's really, really awesome and we are very inspired by
00:59them as well.
01:00None of you are of legal drinking age?
01:02No.
01:03That doesn't matter today, bring them out here.
01:06Does anyone have a fake ID?
01:08No comment.
01:09Okay, got it.
01:10They don't want to tell the security here at this forum.
01:13If you see them walking around, it's just soda water in there.
01:16The Linda Lindas will be taking to the stage at 5.55 this evening to play some of the show.
01:21You guys have obviously played some big shows in the past, you were on tour with Green Day
01:24for a while, some of the big bands reach out to you and say why don't you open for
01:27us?
01:28And you guys pranked them, right?
01:29We pranked Green Day and we won also.
01:31You got a prank war with Green Day?
01:33And we won.
01:34What was their best prank and then what was your best prank?
01:37Well we made this big banner and we taped it onto their inflatable, what's it called?
01:44Blimp.
01:45Oh right.
01:46Blimp that goes around.
01:47On the last show they put on the Cars for Kids commercial on the screen while we were
01:51playing.
01:52Okay look, they were taking advantage of having control over the screen.
01:56We couldn't do that kind of thing because it wasn't our tour, but we tried.
02:00We tried a lot.
02:01What did the banner say that you taped on their blimp?
02:03It said Linda Lindas rule and we drew a cat that was the one eyed bastard on it.
02:07But yeah, we definitely won just out of the sheer quantity of pranks that we pulled on
02:12them.
02:13Yeah, the thing is in January, Billy Joe told us, he was like, oh I can't wait for tour,
02:17we're going to play so many pranks on you.
02:19So we went into it.
02:20And they didn't.
02:21We were thinking, oh no, we're going to get pranked so hard.
02:23So we came at them first.
02:25No, but the thing is, before I researched all of the pranks that they pulled on other
02:29people and I think they didn't know what to do because I couldn't hire male strippers.
02:33Smart.
02:34That's right.
02:35That's true.
02:36There's a lot less that you can do.
02:37You got to be careful if you're going to go on tour with Linda Lindas.
02:40They will make sure that they are toe to toe with you in the pranks, which is important.
02:44Just Green Day.
02:45I don't know.
02:46Have you been able to play, you know, open for or play with some of the people that you
02:49grew up listening to and were your heroes?
02:52Like what is the biggest surprise as far as people you've been able to play with that
02:54you were like, oh my God, I can't believe this is actually happening.
02:58I like grew up listening to like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Slater Kinney.
03:02And they were bands that like my parents put on a lot.
03:05And we also got to meet like the Talking Heads, which was like so crazy.
03:08We got to play with Jawbreaker and that was so fun.
03:12Tonight you're going to be on the rotating stage.
03:14My recommendation is someone who has almost fallen every year is you be very careful as
03:17it's moving around.
03:18Keep the music going nonstop from start to finish.
03:20You'll be taken to the stage second.
03:21It's a very important position because now people are inside.
03:24They're ready to go.
03:25And I want to talk because it's been a busy year for you guys.
03:27How do you stay on top of keeping your mental health in check?
03:29What do you guys meditate?
03:30Do you check up on each other?
03:32How do you do that?
03:34We take a lot of breaks.
03:35We have a lot of fun.
03:36I'm really glad you said breaks and not drugs.
03:38Oh, do you think I was going to say that?
03:41No, no, no.
03:42I was just, you know, just, you know, keeping it in check.
03:43We have a guy in the parking lot if you need him.
03:44Yeah.
03:45OK, cool.
03:46We'll talk after this.
03:47Yeah.
03:48And then also you, you're all very young.
03:49Yeah.
03:50I mean, just getting into college and things like that.
03:52Some of you just getting out of middle school.
03:54Are you going to officially quit school at some point or are you going to, like, do the
03:57whole major, graduate?
03:59What's the plan?
04:02The band is our priority.
04:03I'll say that.
04:04Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:05And we are still in school.
04:06Yeah.
04:07The ones that haven't graduated.
04:08I'm a senior.
04:09I'm going to graduate in June.
04:10So I'm a junior.
04:11And then Mila's a freshman.
04:12But look at all these dropouts here, huh?
04:14They're doing just fine, right?
04:15Well, we're very excited.
04:16We're going to bring out, put on your song in a second on K-Rock so everyone can get
04:17excited for your live show tonight.
04:18But first, it is the holidays, so it's time for us to do something that we're calling
04:19stocking stuff.
04:20That is full of questions.
04:21Very, very, very dangerous questions.
04:22I'm scared.
04:23Reach in, pull one out and answer it.
04:24Oh, no.
04:25I'm so excited.
04:26You must do that.
04:27Every band is doing it today that hangs out with us for the live broadcast here outside
04:28the forum.
04:29It's K-Rock's Almost Acoustic Christmas.
04:30Officially sold out.
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