 I know you're gone, I know you're gone, but I don't feel what I know. I know you're gone, I know you're gone, but my mind ain't in control. Cause it's my heart that's been missing you and it's the heart I need to listen to. And it's been singing songs for tender dreams, the ones you sang to help us. Hey Golden Bears, I'm Samantha Cox-Para from Cal TV Entertainment here at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley with Chef Special's lead vocalist Joshua. Thank you for being with us here today. What's up? No problem. So tonight will be your second night performing in Berkeley at another sold out show. What are you most excited for for tonight's show? Yeah, I'm just excited for another great show, good energy and vibes and hope to get them all pumped up for 21 Pilots. So tell me a little bit about your band. How would you describe your style of music? We started out as a hip hop funk band basically. And then gradually we started making more like pop songs. There are some folk, I mean in your arms, the single here that we released is pretty folky. So yeah, we go all over the place but like reggae, hip hop, pop, those three I think kind of tie together. Yeah, so how do you guys, what is your creative process like? Sometimes it starts with a word, hey this word, we're aligned and then we build the whole song around that. Sometimes it starts with, you know, a groove, just kick snare, hi-hat, groove or a little guitar riff. Whatever the music kind of takes you, we just try to hop on that flow and see where it takes us. So is there a story behind the band name Chef Special? Oh yes, it's an amazing story. It's not though, it's a very boring story but I'll tell you that because there's a lot of different stories but I'll tell you the real one. And it went like this, we were together for already like a month or month and a half and we still didn't have a good band name and I was like okay dudes, we need a band name, we're gonna go to this restaurant and we're not gonna leave, we're just gonna eat, we're gonna drink, we're not gonna leave the place until we have a solid name. So we were sitting there and then suddenly this beautiful waitress comes up with a big sign of all the specialties of today and she had this Italian like Dutch accent and then she said it all and then she ended with Chef Special of tonight is... That's it! That's it, let's go, let's eat and drink and have a name. So that's the story. Very nice. So since you guys are called Chef Special and we're here in Berkeley which is a pretty big foodie town. I've heard, I've heard that. Yeah, so I thought I'd ask you like your own food questions along those lines to get to know your personal power a little better. So let's see. On tour so far, what's been your go-to comfort food? It's dangerous out here in America for a touring band. The thing that we have on our rider right now is avocados. Those are my favorite. I love avocados. It has everything you need. So we just have like the pita chips and avocados and every time like I feel like I need a snack, just cut up avocado and you know with some pita chips. They're a nice healthy food. It's good. It tastes great and yeah, very nutritious. Okay. Yeah. But sometimes we wake up and tell our bus driver has like this huge box of donuts with the craziest colors and it just baffles me. But yeah, and then we eat that too. Okay. What's the best and worst American food you've had so far? I think at this one restaurant that gave me dessert and it was like fried Oreos. Oh yeah, those are deadly. Ice cream. It was unlike anything I've ever experienced. So is that the best or the worst? No, that was the worst by far. That was not okay. Don't eat that guys. It's bad for you. Yeah, what's like real American? Like what are you famous for? Probably like Hamburg. Yeah and hamburgers, they're good and they're dangerous but they're good. Yeah. You guys are really good at making hamburgers. Congrats. It's awesome. Well thank you. On behalf of America. There's more obviously but the burgers are good. Yeah. So if you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would it be? One food. Well I'd have to go then I think for just toast with Dutch cheese. With Dutch cheese? Yeah. Like you have something that's close to it but it's not it. You call it Gouda. Gouda. That's the city in Holland. Gouda cheese. You're close but it's not that. It's not it? No. But that I just love. Toast, butter, cheese. Yeah. That sounds pretty good. I think I could do that too probably. That sounds pretty good. Let's do it. Sounds Gouda. Yeah. Sounds Gouda. Well thank you Joshua for speaking with us today and thank you for watching. Make sure to catch Chef Special on 21 Pilots Emotional Roadshow Tour this summer. Yup.