Interview with guitarist Ron Emory at first, then singer Jack Grisham chimes in.  The rest of T.S.O.L. follow suit.  Bassist Mike Roche, pianist Greg Kuehn, and drummer Antonio Val Hernandez.  All on the phone, in a 15 passenger van, doing a tour of the West Coast.

Tommy:   My name’s Tommy, Tommy Black, I’ve been over at The Viper Room sixteen years I’m General Manager, so –

Ron Emory: Awesome, nice to meet you, Tommy.

Tommy:  You’re my first, five questions thing,  awesome to meet you too.  When’s the last time you played a show at a 175 cap venue in the LA market, you know that small of a room?

Ron Emory:  Um… that small of a room in LA… the last time we played a room that small in LA?  Maybe Raji’s?-

Tommy:  Raji’s-

Ron Emory:  -we did a record in ’91-

Tommy: Yep-

Ron Emory:  – at Raji’s on Hollywood.

Tommy:  Wow, that’s huge.

Ron Emory:  Yeah.  So that’s the last few times we played a venue that small.   In LA.

Tommy:  Are your fans gonna be nice to The Viper Room or are they gonna destroy it?   I shouldn’t say that.  Are your fans gonna be nice to The Viper Room?  (laughter)

Ron Emory:  Ah we have super nice fans-

Tommy:  Good!

Ron Emory:  How’s your security?  (laughter)

Tommy:  That answers my question. (laughter)

Ron Emory:  No we have great fans, man,  I don’t know what they’re gonna do.  I can’t speak for them.  But I think they’re gonna be fine. Ya know, we’re all older and stuff –

Tommy:  Yeah, yeah,  oh I get it, I get it. What do you think when you hear the name Viper Room, what’s that make you think of?

Ron Emory:  You know what, can I pass the phone to (hear voices in the background) …no no, Jack, everyone wants to be part of this interview.  Oh wait, okay?  I’m gonna put ya on speaker

Tommy:  Alright, alright –

Ron Emory:  Now we got the whole, the whole crew –

Tommy:  Here let me, hold on.  Wow this is exciting we’re stepping it up, hold on –

Someone in the background says, “we’ll give ya a podcast, we got pod” (Laughter)

Tommy:  Yeah.  So Raji’s was the last time you played a room that size?

Jack Grisham:  Yeah it’s gotta be Raji’s it was a live record that wasn’t really live.  (laughter)

Tommy:   Yeah (laughter) I hear that.  There’s a lot of those going around.

Jack Grisham:  Yeah.  Live. (laughter)

Tommy:  What do you guys think of when you hear the name Viper Room?

Jack Grisham:  Positive or negative?  What do you want?  You want positive or negative?

Tommy:  Just first, first one.  Quickie, easy.  Preferably positive.

Jack Grisham:  Yeah, positive.

Tommy:  (laughs) Alright, positive.  How was this band formed?  People wanna know.  Just tell us about it, I know it’s out there.

Jack Grisham:  There’s a church band, that’s still playing now, called The Sounds of Libert