68: Rickie Mazzotta (mewithoutYou): Music Has Been One of my Greatest Teachers

This week Jeremy interviews Rickie Mazzotta - Drummer of mewithoutYou Jeremy spoke to Rickie days before mewithoutYou embarked on tour and talked touring pre-covid, overnight drives, tour rehearsals, Dr Dre's The Chronic, Dookie, faux grunge, Lollapooza 94, his first drum kit, Weezer's Blue album, first bands, how he met the members of mewithoutYou, their early recordings and shows, Creep Records in Philadelphia, I Never Said I Was Brave and Kickstart Audio, signing to Tooth & Nail, Recording A to B Life with J.Robbins, coming to L.A. to meet Brad Wood to record Catch For Us the Foxes, Sunny Day Real Estate, self releasing Ten Stories, punks and money, the first time Jeremy saw mewithoutYou, and so much more!  For a bonus episode where Rickie answers questions submitted by subscribers - Subscribe to the Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thefirsteverpatreon Discuss this episode with Jeremy and other listeners: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thefirsteverpodcast Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/thefirsteverpod