We’ve been Mayday! fans here at mtvU for a while now. The sounds of MC Bernbiz (aka Bernardo Garcia) and producer/keyboardist Plex Luthor (aka Aaron Eckhart) reflect the diverse culture of their Miami-area upbringing and are not easily classified within the halls of hip-hop. The masses have taken notice thanks to the viral success of their video for “Groundhog Day,” a phenomenon that did not go unnoticed by the likes of The New York Times and ABC World News Tonight. With all that attention and their just months’ old self-titled debut album out, it wasn’t easy to get TKTKTKTKTKTKTK into the mtvU Hot Seat, but we did it. That’s how much we love you.
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Q: Tell us about your craziest touring experience.
A: I didn’t want to put my man out there, but my boy Rez from the Procussions ate a live cockroach off the floor for a hundred bucks … The road’ll make you do dumb things, man.
Q: What type of college class would you most want to take and why?
A: I just read that 9th wonder started a Hip Hop culture class in University of North Carolina. Sign me up! Learning how to do windmills and scratching twice a week sounds like fun to me.
Q: What city in America is the most fun to visit and why?
A: Minneapolis. It’s a real live show kinda town. The kids there go buckwild for good music.
Q: What’s some of the best advice you were ever given?
A: “Don’t eat yellow snow.”
Q: What’s in heavy rotation in your mp3/CD player right now?
A: Wolfmother, Lupe Fiasco and Fela Kuti.
Q: The last good book you read or TV show you’re addicted to.
A: I think its safe to say Flavor of Love should be classified as an illicit drug it’s so addicting. Flavor Flav is the funnest thing to watch on television.
Q: What’s the first concert you ever saw? How was it?
A: Being that we’re from Miami, I am unashamed to say my first concert experience was at a bass club called Skylights. I was 14 and went to see two hyped up brothers and a dog do their hit single, “Doodoo Brown!” Ahhh, those were the days.
Q: What are three items you can’t live without on tour?
A: Pictures from home, an electric razor and a box of matches for the bathroom.
Q: Who are your major musical influences?
A: Led Zeppelin, The Doors, anything Motown, golden era hip-hop and the great blues and jazz artists like Miles Davis, Howlin’ Wolf and Nina Simone… Way too many to list.
Q: Any random messages or tips you’d like to give to mtvU watchers?
A: MAYDAY! MAYDAY! NEW WORLD NEW SOUND!
