From haunted house bartending to tattooed necks at 15, Tyler Burgess has never lived a conventional day in his life, and this episode proves exactly why. Saraya sits down with the creative force behind the explosive new band American Monster to talk about leaving Ohio at 16, getting recruited via MySpace, and why building his debut project from the ground up means more than any tour he’s ever done.

They dive into Tyler’s early years cutting his teeth in dive bars and strip clubs, the emotional reality of losing his mom at 19, and a surreal encounter at a Las Vegas Dairy Queen that left everyone in the studio speechless. From long nights flyer'ing with his wife Shelby to designing his own merch, staging his own music videos, and writing every riff, Tyler opens up about doing the work no one sees, and the drive it takes to make something that actually lasts. He’s a marketer, a metalhead, a soft-spoken chaos engine, and one of Saraya’s real-life best friends.

Oh, and yes… there’s a couple’s trivia game, 10 shots of hot sauce, and Shelby makes her podcast debut (and suffers through the spiciest mistake of all).

This one’s vulnerable, funny, and full of fire. An absolute Rulebreaker.

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