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Find out more about the members of the Pennsylvania rock outfit & their new LP, 'Welcome to Fat City.'

While Crobot has been known to tear up the stage with electrifying performances, you'll quickly find out that Brandon Yeagley, Chris Bishop and brothers Jake and Paul Figueroa are a group of laid back guys who keep the jokes coming. And we got a piece of that when the Pennsylvania band sat down with Myspace to chat about their latest album, Welcome to Fat City.

"It's a Crobot album," Chris, who plays guitar and sings, said. "It's our sound. It's a little funkier, a little heavier, but it's still in the vein of what we're going for.

Paul added, "[The music] is something we just run with and see where it happens to go. We definitely took some turns on this album, but we also stick with what we like to do."

And Chris closed that topic with, "That's what side projects are for."

Aside from the new tunes, we also got to know each of the band members a little better. Find out more about the men of Crobot and their best dad jokes below.

 

 

 Brandon Yeagley, 28


Instrument:
Vocals and harmonica
Band or Album That Inspired You to Become a Musician: Corrosion of Conformity - Deliverance
Favorite Song to Perform From Welcome to Fat City? "Welcome to Fat City"
Best Show You've Seen: Riot Fest Denver - Iggy Pop
Best Show You've Played: Hellfest 2016 - Clisson, France
In honor of your "Not for Sale" video, what's your favorite "Dad joke"? "I bought shoes from a drug dealer today. I don't know what he laced them with, but I was tripping all day!"

 

 

 Chris "the destroyer, honey lips, nanner nutz" Bishop, 30


Instrument:
Guitar
Band or Album That Inspired You to Become a Musician: Led Zeppelin's The Song Remains the Same concert on videotape specifically.
Favorite Song to Perform From Welcome to Fat City? Right now it's "Hold on for Dear Life"... I'm sure that will change soon.
Best Show You've Seen: Every night on 'The Clutch and the Sword' tour.
Best Show You've Played: Probably Paris, headlining two weeks after the attacks.
Best Dad Joke: Son - "Dad, make me a sandwich"
Dad - "Poof... you're a sandwich”

 
Jake "Locomotive Dogmatica" Figueroa, 29


Instrument:
Bass, vocals, hamburger.
Band or Album That Inspired You to Be Come a Musician: Jimi Hendrix. He was the first black rock icon I was introduced to, and that was a very big deal to me as a child. [It] opened up the doors to so many possibilities.
Favorite Song to Perform: "Moment of Truth" and "Plague of the Mammoths"
Best Show You've Seen: Roger Waters at MSG on mushrooms.
Best Show You've Played: Hulavom in N.J. on LSD, Mmolly, ketamine, and a little coke. It was awesome.
Best Dad Joke: "How do you make dinosaurs run faster?" "Metal legs"

 

 

 Paul Figueroa, 31


Instrument:
Drums
Band or Album That Inspired You to Become a Musician: Led Zeppelin: Live at Royal Albert Hall
Favorite Song to Perform: "Welcome to Fat City"
Best Show You've Seen: Black Sabbath, original lineup, Ozzfest 2004.
Best show You've Played: Hellfest 2016
Best Dad Joke: "Where does Napoleon keep his armies?... In his sleeves!"

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