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Hitman talks to Chris Schreck from Neapolitan · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: C101 Rocks, what's going on? It is Hitman with you.
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  Speaker 1: I got Chris from the band Neapolitan who's on the
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  Speaker 1: phone with me right now. Chris, how you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Doing good. Good to hear from you, Hitman. How's it going?
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  Speaker 1: It's going good. Now, you guys are going to be
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  Speaker 1: performing with Heartsick and other great bands and, of course, Earshot.
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  Speaker 1: It's happening at the House of Rock on September 27th.
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  Speaker 1: It's all for a great cause. Proceeds are going to
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  Speaker 1: be going to helping buy school supplies for kids around
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  Speaker 1: the coastal bend. Neapolitan, now you guys are based out
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  Speaker 1: of Austin, right?
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  Speaker 2: That's right, yeah, just Austin, the surrounding area. Yeah, that's
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  Speaker 2: what we're based out of. But Corpus is, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've been hitting it hard in Corpus recently, so it's
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  Speaker 2: been a lot of fun. We got a lot of
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  Speaker 2: love for our Corpus fans, and that's actually where our guitarist,
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  Speaker 2: that's where he was stationed when he was in the
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  Speaker 2: Coast Guard, so he had a lot of coasties, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of on that side of the town. So it
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  Speaker 2: was really nice getting to, you know, have a little
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  Speaker 2: fan base form in that area. That's cool.
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  Speaker 1: Now, according to your Facebook, you guys are post-hardcore and pop-punk.
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  Speaker 1: So does that best describe what you guys are? If
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  Speaker 1: nobody's ever heard from you guys before, how would you
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  Speaker 1: describe Neapolitan?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely. I mean, you know, the first thing I
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  Speaker 2: tell people is rock, you know, high energy. But post-hardcore
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  Speaker 2: is a good one. Alternative rock. We have elements of pop.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, influences from everywhere, all the above. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I just always say we always are going to have
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  Speaker 2: a rock edge, but... There's going to be something for
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  Speaker 2: the ladies, you know, something a little softer, a little
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  Speaker 2: bit melodic. But then we're going to kind of punch
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  Speaker 2: you in the face. You know, there's some screaming, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there can be a little bit of aggression, some screaming,
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  Speaker 2: some riffs and just big drums. So it's but it's
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  Speaker 2: a good time. You know, we like to we like
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  Speaker 2: to put on a show. We like to jump around.
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  Speaker 2: We like to just have fun. So that's kind of
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  Speaker 2: that's kind of what we're about. Just high energy rock,
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  Speaker 2: you know. But yeah, I would say post-hardcore, you know,
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  Speaker 2: influences and pop punk. But there's pop music and there's even,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I love a lot of soul music and
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  Speaker 2: funk and, you know, old time stuff. So I'm all
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  Speaker 2: over the map. And we've got everyone in the band
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  Speaker 2: has different influences, nicks, more... John Mayer influence so he's
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  Speaker 2: got more blues and you know Stevie Ray Vaughan that
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  Speaker 2: kind of thing and then we just recently got a
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  Speaker 2: new bassist and drummer and they come from they're in
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  Speaker 2: a band Tinted Vision they play in a bunch of
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  Speaker 2: different bands so they've got some blues and then they've
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  Speaker 2: got rock it's all over and then me I'm just
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  Speaker 2: kind of a little bit all over the place myself
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  Speaker 2: so yeah just a lot of different influences for sure
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  Speaker 2: and that's Hence the name Neapolitan. It's a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of everything. You know, that's kind of why the name
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  Speaker 2: works for us. It kind of works out.
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  Speaker 1: That sounds pretty cool. Now, I asked this with some
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  Speaker 1: other bands just recently. I was talking to the guys
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  Speaker 1: from Gutter Gospels, and I asked them, you know, you guys,
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  Speaker 1: of course, played with a lot of other great bands,
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  Speaker 1: but if there was a tour that you could go on,
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  Speaker 1: what band would you love to tour with right now?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, man. I mean, number one, Thrice. Thrice is a
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  Speaker 2: huge influence. A lot of people would compare us to them.
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  Speaker 2: They come to Emo's in Austin every year. And I
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  Speaker 2: always am like, you know, please get us on that bill.
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  Speaker 2: Thrice would be one. If I had to pick another one,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, Foo Fighters is my childhood, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: huge inspiration. Dave Grohl has always been a huge inspiration
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  Speaker 2: for me being a drummer. And that's for me, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I'm a songwriter, but drums was my first instrument. So
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  Speaker 2: I've always been super, super influenced in just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Dave Grohl is definitely one of my heroes. if not
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  Speaker 2: that maybe death tones would be another band, but there's
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  Speaker 2: a bunch of bands out there that are, that are
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  Speaker 2: killing it right now. That's just, you know, I think
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  Speaker 2: I just named three. Um, but I mean, somebody like
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  Speaker 2: Paramore would be great. I mean, there's all kinds of
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  Speaker 2: bands I would love to get on the stage with,
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  Speaker 2: but I would say thrice number one feels very realistic
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  Speaker 2: for us. Um, And, you know, I mean, this band
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  Speaker 2: Earshot we're about to play with, I mean, I remember
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  Speaker 2: hearing this show might be happening, and then I heard
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  Speaker 2: the first song, Wait, clicked on it, didn't recognize it
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  Speaker 2: at first, and then I got to the chorus, and
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  Speaker 2: I realized that I knew this song from Madden 2005,
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  Speaker 2: because I played that when I was 10 years old.
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  Speaker 2: So it was a full circle moment for me, and
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  Speaker 2: I realized as a kid, I never realized, like, years
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  Speaker 2: from now, you're going to, you're going to look back
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  Speaker 2: and be, maybe you're going to be on stage with
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  Speaker 2: these guys, but this is kind of a funny thing.
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  Speaker 2: But for us, you know, we're trying to get our
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  Speaker 2: name out there and we want to collaborate with other
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  Speaker 2: musicians and bands. So, Really, I know that was kind
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  Speaker 2: of a long answer to your question, but anyone out
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  Speaker 2: there who's out there killing it, trying to hit the road,
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  Speaker 2: we'd love to do that.
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  Speaker 1: All right. We're talking with Chris from Neapolitan. They're going
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  Speaker 1: to be here at the House of Rock with also
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  Speaker 1: Heart Sick and, of course, Earshot. And it's all going
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  Speaker 1: to be happening on the 27th. Proceeds are going to
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  Speaker 1: be going to buying school supplies for kids across the
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  Speaker 1: coastal band. Speaking of that, did I hear you said
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  Speaker 1: you're a teacher? That's correct, yes.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a music director, music teacher at the School of
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  Speaker 2: Rock up in Round Rock, Texas. And our sister school
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  Speaker 2: is in South Park Meadows. So just the Austin area
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  Speaker 2: I run will help run and assist these two schools.
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  Speaker 1: More of an.
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  Speaker 2: Overseer now, but yeah, I work with kids all the time,
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  Speaker 2: so that's actually really cool hearing that this event is
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  Speaker 2: going to be going to kids and getting school supplies
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  Speaker 2: and whatnot because we obviously work with all ages and everything.
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  Speaker 2: Definitely trying to support kids' education. Obviously, music is a
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  Speaker 2: great way to get out there, but beyond music, be
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  Speaker 2: a mentor. Even a life coach, as best as we
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  Speaker 2: can be. That's really awesome to hear.
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  Speaker 1: We're looking forward to seeing you at the House of
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  Speaker 1: Rock on the 27th. One last thing. What's the craziest
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  Speaker 1: thing that's ever happened to you on stage?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. First thing that comes to mind is probably...
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  Speaker 2: Our bassist, Matthew, at the time, we played a show
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  Speaker 2: at Round Rock Tavern, and he got up on the
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  Speaker 2: bass amp during a... We were covering a song by Creed,
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  Speaker 2: and he got up there, and he didn't realize it
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  Speaker 2: had wheels on the bottom, and it was this real
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  Speaker 2: intimate part of the show, and I will never forget
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  Speaker 2: because it was so funny. He just fell all the
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  Speaker 2: way off, and the bass amp crashed, and it made
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  Speaker 2: this giant sound, and it was... It was probably one
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  Speaker 2: of the funniest things that's ever happened to me on stage. Wow.
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  Speaker 2: And we were all laughing, but we kept the song going,
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  Speaker 2: and it was a hilarious moment. So I love anything
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  Speaker 2: like that. You know, it gets crazy out there, but
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  Speaker 2: that's probably the first thing that comes to mind.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you taking time to talk to us
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  Speaker 1: on the phone today, and, of course, looking forward to
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  Speaker 1: seeing you guys on the 27th. And let's have some
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  Speaker 1: fun while we're out there, okay?
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  Speaker 2: Sounds great. Thanks for talking.