Ep336: Mario Lalli & The California Desert Rock Scene

Mario Lalli has been a pioneering voice in the California Desert Rock scene, from throwing generator parties to founding bands like Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson & Across The River and inspiring hundreds of others. Today Mario shares stories and perspective of the high times in the low desert.

Topics include:

• Interview start
• Is Mario a record collector?
• His early years, family tastes and music
• Mario working on album art and projects
• His parents going from Opera Singers to restaurant owners
• Mario and his 1st band moving to LA & lessons learned
• The genesis of the Desert Generator Parties
• What were early lessons that were learnt the hard way
• Dealing is a-holes at the generator parties
• The music at the Generator Parties
• The ugliest generator party (police, injuries, arrests, etc)
• When did the desert music scene start attracting record labels and entertainment companies?
• “Do well but don’t do too well”
• The challenges of succeeding but not meeting other people’s expectations
• Example: The way Nirvana reacted to success
• Enabling the music scene through facilitating parties
• Does Mario have control of all his music?
• What are they reissuing from the CD-only releases for Fatso Jetson
• Does he know where all the multitrack and master tapes are?
• What happened with Across the River and SST Records?
• Interview wrap up

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