I sit down with the band ALEXSUCKS. We talk about their huge year, why Alex got sober, opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, pranks, and they play 3 of my favorite songs. For upcoming tour dates check out: https://www.alexsucks.com Follow ALEXSUCKS YT: https://www.youtube.com/@alexsucksalexsucks IG: https://www.instagram.com/alexsucks Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zmxCsd8aIJHfNC95gdT2i --------------------------------------------------- Sponsors: Lucy Goods - Visit https://Lucy.co/bertcast and use promo code BERTCAST to get 20% off your first order. Rocket Money - Go to https://rocketmoney.com/BERTCAST to cancel your unwanted subscriptions. Cornbread Hemp - Head to https://cornbreadhemp.com/BERTCAST and use code BERTCAST at checkout. BetterHelp - Get 10% off your first month at https://www.betterhelp.com/bert Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at meet https://meetfabric.com/BERTCAST. --------------------------------------------------- SUBSCRIBE so you never miss a video https://bit.ly/3DC1ICg For all TOUR DATES: http://www.bertbertbert.com For Fully Loaded: https://fullyloadedfestival.com For Merch: https://store.bertbertbert.com YouTube▶ http://www.YouTube.com/user/Akreischer X▶ http://www.Twitter.com/bertkreischer Facebook▶ http://www.Facebook.com/BertKreischer Instagram▶ http://www.Instagram.com/bertkreischer TikTok▶ http://www.TikTok.com/@bertkreischer Text Me▶ https://my.community.com/bertkreischer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chapter 1: What are ALEXSUCKS' recent achievements?
Last year, so many of you joined us for the 5K, and it was the most amazing experience in person and virtually. It was so much fun that we are bringing it back. This time, it's in Tampa.
May 4th, we are bringing the whole crew back, including Jelly Roll. Me, Tom, Jelly Roll. Listen, if you don't think you can do it, Tommy, tell them they can do it. You can do it. We can do it. We did it.
Look at us. It's not that crazy. You can do it. You just have to try a little bit. Go to 2bears5k.com to register. And thank you to Spartan for helping us produce and put this on. And everybody at YMH and Birdie Boy. We are so excited. We will see you May 4th in Tampa for the next 2 Bears 5K.
And I can't wait for Baker Mayfield to verbally commit.
He's coming?
He's definitely coming.
Great ass on that guy.
What's up, everybody? I've got some shows coming up. February 8th in New Orleans at the UNO Lakefront Arena for the big game. That's Saturday night, not Sunday night. Me, Nikki Glaser, Tony Hinchcliffe, and Adam Ray as Dr. Phil and huge surprise guests. Then in Vegas in March, 21st and 22nd at Resorts World Theater. And finally, oh, Canada. I'm coming to you.
Winnipeg, Halifax, Calgary, and Vancouver. It's me, Whitney Cummings, Miss Pat, and Derek Stroop. Go to burpburpburp.com for all of them.
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Chapter 2: Why did Alex decide to get sober?
How the fuck did you guys meet?
We met through skating. And then we were friends on Instagram.
I've known him for a few years.
You've known him, John, since what, like 2018 maybe?
Yeah, through his homie Landon Cube. I've just been homies with him. And introduced, went out to get drinks with him at Rainbow Room. And he was like, oh, my friend Top Gun's pulling up. And I was like, oh, I follow him on Instagram. I was super excited to finally meet him. And him and Alex pulled up to Rainbow Room. How'd you get the name Top Gun?
Everybody thinks from the movie. I've actually never watched the movie.
Yeah.
Dude, he's the only person who's never seen that movie, bro. I think it's funny at this point that everybody asks me that. I'm like, never seen it. That's his goal to not watch it. I got it from the show Workaholics. Are you serious? Yeah. So in middle school or high school, me and my friends would always watch Workaholics after school.
And like one year for my birthday, there was an episode where the Adam dude wore like a Top Gun hat and just called himself Top Gun. And then everybody always said that I acted like him. So for my birthday, my friends got me the hat that he wore in the episode. And then like... I just like made my handles and everything Top Gun Orsino and Orsino is my last name.
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Chapter 3: What was it like opening for the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
But, but, was it actually a girlfriend thing?
Is that what you said? No, I said he loves doing that.
It's like little restarts. So I look at your Instagram. You're playing. We're listening. And I go... Isla and I are looking at pictures, and she's like, I think he's a real deal, Dad. And I go, really? And she goes, no, he legit can skateboard. Like, Dad, this guy's a real deal. And this band's good. And I was like, they are really good.
I forget what... It was towards the end of your set where we're doing this, and we're just sitting there. We're like, wow, this is fucking cool. And then I'm like, I get a little mesmerized by... Everything about your vibe as a band is it's youthful. It's carefree. It's self-destructive.
But at the same time, I'm looking at your thing and you're talking about being sober for like, I think you're close to a year then. Yeah. And I was like, okay, cool. This kid's got his shit together. And then you guys played Six Pack and some cigarettes. You closed on it. Yeah. And I fucking shut both on. I like this fucking band rocks. This band fucking rocks. This band rocks.
And we were like, yo, we got to listen to everything over again now. And so our takeaway from that show was you guys, was Alex Sucks. I did not know that your name was Alex until today. I was literally like, because you can't... You guys are kind of like, you're hard to research. I didn't even know your last name's Alvarez. Yeah. And then I was like, oh, he's the Alex in Alex Sucks.
And then I was like, oh, Alex Sucks is almost like just an Instagram handle. All the Alex's were taken and you're like, this is the only one we could get. It was Alex Sucks before we started the band.
it was just like his Instagram thing well at first the whole thing was just a joke at first you know like just made a few songs and like I was like saying it sucked before people could say it sucked so I was like Alex sucks you know I just made these few songs
Like the first few shows were literally me DJing the songs and they didn't even have lyrics and it was just mumbles and he was just performing songs with no lyrics and it was just like... So wait, so how did the band start?
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Chapter 4: What funny pranks have happened on tour?
Wait, I want to talk about skateboarding because you know I'm obsessed with skateboarding. I love skateboarding.
This dude's a soul skater. He skates every day.
Really? I used to skate probably daily. We got to go shred, dude. You can still shred. The last time I skated, I ate shit so fucking hard. That's what I'm scared of. It was in Ohio, Butler, Ohio. Butler, Ohio. Yeah, there's an adventure camp, like an action sports camp. I forget the name of it. They got this crazy slide that shoots you up 80 feet in the air into a pool. It's wild.
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Can you put in a Burt?
slide butler ohio and see if it comes up you slammed at the skate park i slammed so fucking hard and it just rained oh yeah and i was like and i was got real confident and i slammed and i fucking onto my arm or like i thought i broke a rib i mean it was like and then i was like you know man maybe this is and i watched someone break their wrist uh and i was like and as soon as you watch someone fuck themselves up you're like yeah this isn't like same day
Uh, yeah. And I was like, I was like, man, I can't afford to break a wrist. Like I just, I have too much stuff going on. And so, yeah, I haven't, uh, what kind of skateboard do you ride?
Uh, right now I'm riding a 303 from Colfax. Yeah. Yeah. It's in Denver. It's a Denver shop.
Really? Yeah. I, uh, who's your favorite skater? Grant Taylor. Grant Taylor.
Yeah. Yeah. But dude, yeah, we've taken our fair share of slams. I got a big scar on my nuts, like all the way around it. I got like 10 stitches on my nuts when I was like, probably like 11. Are you serious? Yeah. Split my nuts open. And I walked, my dad used to wait in his car at the skate park when I was like a little kid. I walked back to his car. Pants are just soaked.
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Chapter 5: How did the band ALEXSUCKS form?
Some fingerboarding, yeah.
I used to... We used to watch Jackass to get hyped up to do stupid shit.
That is my cat.
Dude, Jackass... I don't think... You know... It's my love for Steve-O. Like, I love Steve-O. I just saw him last week in Nashville. And I love that guy because that guy has brought me so much joy. Yeah, 100%. I remember where I was when I watched him swallow a goldfish and then throw it up. Yeah. On a street, on a sidewalk. You saw that in person? No, no, no, no. On TV.
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, his story, in my opinion, is a hero's story. Listen, I always joke about sobriety, but there are certain people who should not party. Steve-O is one of them. Honestly, if he had kept partying, he'd be dead. And everyone would have done this. We saw that coming. Everyone would have been arrogant about a man's death. And that makes me angry. I get upset about that.
Because, you know, look, we're all going to die one day. Yeah. It's how you die. It's how you die. But. I don't like when, like, but the fact that he got sober and he's so successful and he's killing it in comedy and content and specials, everything he's doing, he's a fucking success story. He should be at everyone's AA meeting talking. Yeah. Because if Steve-O can do it, anyone can do it.
Now, me, I'm not doing it, but. I'm not doing that shit either, bro. I just, I never, like I said, when you got sober and I heard that story and I want you to tell that story.
Yeah. I think it's so fucking fascinating. Yeah, you got to go take me through. Detail. Well, I mean, I'll lead this story into that story, but like, you know, partying and being on the road, like when it was all fresh and new, which is, you know, only two years ago.
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Chapter 6: What is the story behind the band's name?
Dude, I wish. We all left. We all left the next morning, and then she freaked out on him. We were like, nah, that was there when we got there.
I thought she was sick, too, and now I'm fucking blocked. Because my homie shit and put it in her chandelier.
I'm not blocked. What's your name? I'll fucking get her today.
Just so you know, I shit in your chandelier two years ago, and I feel horrible about it. My name's Bert Kreiser. I owe you tickets to my next show.
Dude, my God. Look at that thing, bro. Is there hair in it?
Dude, it looks like an animal dropping, bro. It looks like an animal dropping. It is disgusting, bro. It's black from the freezer, dude.
Play the video if you can. Play the video. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Bro.
He's got all the homies there, dude. Oh, man. Where did you, like, shit?
Okay, well, outside.
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Chapter 7: How does skateboarding influence their music?
Yeah.
When I, when I, when I, cause I will get aggressive, volatile diarrhea and I will shoot it down and it'll blow back up on the seat. Oh, dude.
I got to wait. Our buddy Stacy. Yeah. He has a problem with that. He blows out. He fucking stands when he shit.
He sends us videos of him blowing his ass out, trying to get in the toilet and he just sprays the back of some random toilet.
It'll like hit the wall. Amazing artist. What are you going to say?
I'm going to shout out Insane Bathroom, the IG page ran by our friend John. It's my bathroom page. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So I post crazy bathrooms I find on tour and write a full-on review about how that bathroom makes me feel.
Yeah, go check that out. Insane Bathroom.
And I put in music that the bathroom makes me feel. Yeah. And then I write a review about it. Insane Bathroom? Insane Bathroom. It's great.
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Chapter 8: What hilarious stories do they have from their tours?
And I said, can you put an egg on it? She goes, yeah. Extra mayonnaise? I was like...
oh that sandwich feel inspired see that that's what i do but for bathrooms that's literally how i write but for bathrooms it makes the road palatable yeah when you have something to look forward to a treat to look forward to it makes the the road fun and so i would i still if i have a meal that like just sends me i'll hop on yelp and i voice dictate them like i'll voice dictate them as i'll just speak i give it to my wife i go can you clean that up for me
Yeah, yeah.
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