As Blotto themselves know, from the making of their new documentary film Hello! My Name Is Blotto – The Movie, sometimes great stuff happens when the tape stops rolling!  That happened to me on Tuesday February 25, after finishing up my interview with the band.

During the pre-show chat, Bowtie Blotto told me that they had played my home town of Kitchener, as well as my dad’s city of Guelph.  And he asked Broadway Blotto what he remembered of those gigs.

Check out the funny story in the YouTube short below, and check out the full interview if you haven’t already!

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GRAB A STACK OF ROCK With Mike and Blotto Episode 92:  Hello! My Name Is Blotto! The Interview

Blotto hit the sand on MTV with “I Wanna Be A Lifeguard”, being among the first 40 videos played on their first morning as a station.  Then came “Metal Head”, Metal For Breakfast, and a heck of a lot of gigs.  The core members were all named Blotto:  Sarge, Cheese, F Lee, Broadway and Bow Tie.  Sadly we lost Cheese and Sarge, but for this special interview, F Lee, Broadway and Bow Tie reunited with director Bert Blotto on Grab A Stack of Rock.  It’s a Blotto reunion, and a good time was had by all.

The subject is a new movie about to premier on April 12 at Cohoes Music Hall:  Hello!  My Name Is Blotto!  The Movie.  Director Rob “Bert Blotto” Lichter has carved this film from many hours of archives, like a sculptor cuts wood.  Join the Blotto guys and I, as we check out the movie trailer and hear firsthand stories from the band.  There are laughs a-plenty, some serious moments, and some fan geekery.  You’ll always hear about the one (hilarious) unreleased track that was never recorded.

It is clear that for Rob, this is a work of passion and pride, as well as hope.  Indeed, Blotto deserve a larger audience, for their music still rings true and makes us laugh.

Plus, Bow Tie does the “Dr. Bow” laugh from “Goodbye Mr. Bond” and if that isn’t worth the price of admission, I don’t know what is.

Video premieres at 7:00 PM Eastern.

Thursday February 27 at 7:00 P.M. E.S.T. / 8:00 P.M. Atlantic.   Enjoy on YouTube.