 We are back again right here at Rock to Alive on your favorite, your channel, Y2F4. My name is Filin, you can find me across also show me the platforms at Filin Gin. If you meet me on the street, just call me Filin, right? It's not that high. It's easy. Just call me Filin and I'll say hi back. And of course you know the drill, I don't do the show alone. I have the rock activist himself. When you find me on the street just say hi. Hiu. Hiu. By the way, your name, as much as my name is hard, but your name is super hard. That's why I say hiui. Hiui is a good character on boondocks. Yeah, I know hiui. He's a really good character that I like personally. So hiui. School fees. School fees, no that's not true. I know guys in high school, they are like school fees. It's a challenge to have to be in back home. It's such a big French guy. Turn everything to French. I remember boy. I was school fees. But yeah, shout out to you for holding us down and for taking rock to the next level. You know, we like that. And by the way, our topic of discussion today we're talking about dealing with stalkers. So if you have had an experience, let us know about it. We'd love to share it just to read it out for the guys out there. And what are some of the ways that people can deal with them? Some of the ways. If you have a stalker, how do you deal with that? I think the first thing is like just to ignore them completely. I don't think you should ever like talk to your stalker. You know, like give them air time. Like when someone is so persistent, remember they just text you just ignore it. I think that's the first thing. Yeah, just ignore them. No, but then if you ignore them, they're like, no ignore them. And then if they're persistent, tell the cops. Call the cops. I'm serious. Yes. Yes. Fibos. You have to do that. So let's do this. I think we meet our guest for today. I love to be at one by the way. This is a very white topic. We want all of these we can get. All right. So guys, that's all you today. We have a guest in the studio. Actually, they are a band. It's just one guest. Just that other guys couldn't make it. But we have the lead vocalist right here in studio. And I'm talking about past live. Shout out to them. And you have Willie Ajiro in studio. How are you doing? Oh, you should give me a high five. Hi. You're good? Good to have you. Good to have you back in studio. I know this is not your first time. You are here. It's our third time. The third time. That's me here for the third time. Thanks for having us. You're most welcome. You know, we like guests. Yeah. We like guests. And because I just, I gave a pleasure of putting you on the spot and giving you the pressure to go do more music, you know. When you're here, because you're going to come twice with the same song. When you're here, now to launch this, you have to go work on another song before you come back, right? Yeah. You said you're working on songs already. You are working. It's a whole other. Look at that. You're working on the second album. Yes. They're already working on it. I like that. That's a spirit. The time is slack. Right. I hope you're listening. I'm going to do this because there are guys who were not here last time. The last time you guys were here. So maybe you can introduce yourself and introduce the band to the guys at home. So I'm Willie Ajiro. The vocalist and guitarist of Power Slide. Power Slide consists of myself. Right. So you can just use the camera for you. I think that would be cool. So I consist of myself. Timothy, you were created full on the drums and George Zuko on the bass. Right. So you're just three guys? Yeah, three guys. Three guys who are doing dope music. Three is the magic number. I see. By the way, they say that, you know, like anytime you're trying and then you're failing, they say, you know what? Just try it for the time. They always say that. And it's good to have you back in today. So today we're talking about before even get to you guys and to music and stuff. We're talking about dealing with stalkers. Is there a specific way people are supposed to deal with stalkers? If you have a stalker, what do you do? Have you ever had a stalker? You're in a band. You're in a band and there are some people. We have groupies. We have people who like like bands. We have people like, you know, and you play guitar. You play guitar. Yeah. And you play guitar. People like cool people. He's cool, you know? Yeah. So you're cool. Of course you are. So you're cool. So tell us, have you ever had a stalker? And for someone who's had a stalker or for someone dealing with a stalker, how do you deal with that? In your own ones. I think I've had many stalkers throughout the years once. Yeah. But the way I try to see it now is I don't really like to see it as a stalker. And yeah, just maybe, yeah, maybe a fan or someone's like giving attention like sometimes I go out and then someone goes like, oh, it's you from the band. Oh, it's you. And then some people are like, yeah, you will you zero. It's like, it's before, before it was a bit weird. But now it's like, I try to talk to everyone else. Like someone's even hitting me up online or anything. I try to talk to as much people as I can. Has it ever gotten weird? Like, you know, like there's some, some fans go their way. They do like really crazy things. Has it ever gotten out of hand? Like, you know, like, you know, they're like, yeah. They do crazy stuff. Okay. There are those who will get your touch, your face as a touch. That's not, I don't think that's creepy. Okay. Yeah. We have a fan who said that to you. We didn't call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Call it stalker. Yeah. That's creepy. Check each other. You, you're not the saint. There's someone who was, he was going to say something and then he just said, mm-hmm. Tell us, what are you going to say? Let's just accept that. No, it's a talent. Come on. No. What do you mean by mother? You know. No, like that in the case of Ivy, that's what I'm talking about. Ivy won't get it. I say, I want us to comment like, you know, from our end, my tall head. Yeah. When somebody is asked, it means something different. Okay. So, I'll say like, I'll be good at our question. When I'm going to go there. When I'm going to talk about that. We're going to stick to the topic which everybody understands. When I'm going to look at it from a metal head's perspective. Yeah. I'm going to look at it at a. No more one-inch perspective. A wider one-inch perspective. Okay. So, have you ever had those crazy people? Not crazy people. They are fine as well. Just interesting guys. Extra. I think the crazy ones would be more of my personal life and less to do the music. Totally. Totally. Yeah. I cannot. I cannot. You know, I need you to, maybe we still need to be on another show. Like, because when you show, people think that is cool. It's just something different. Not muddy school. They think like a creepy school. It depends on the kind of creepy. Some creepy school. Some creepy is not. Which creepy is cool? Like, to you. Which creepy would be cool? I don't know. Any creepy that would be like, very interesting or unfamiliar to me. Something I haven't really experienced before. That would be cool creepy. He looks like, he like, that creepy. Tell us which one creepy I'm talking about. What do you mean by that? No, I'm serious. It would go dark. He would be like, yeah. He would look kind of like, maybe someone like, cut. Not in a while, like they are trying to kill themselves. They just cut. Like maybe they call himself and they're like, yeah. He'll be like, yeah. He looks like he'll be into it. Do you understand the spot fencing? Yes. Yeah, I know fencing. I know fencing. I know fencing. And paintball. So we might be playing fencing and paintball without clothes with a sharp lead and with a bullet. Okay. Let's continue. Let's continue. Okay now, let's go to music. We're going to talk about our Stokas a little bit later on on the show. But like you guys have been on the show. You're the three of you and you are doing amazing by the way. We love your work. Thank you very much. Right. So for someone who is just watching you for the first time they weren't here last time, just give us a little background about the band. The way it was formed by who, how many people then and now that you're three of you, do you have any people who dropped out? Yeah. Just a brief background. So Parasite started and we're back in the end of 2015 towards the start of, we actually started doing self towards the start of 2016. But when it formed we were myself. It was formed by myself and our original bassist, Samo Salami Kerugu. Shout out. Shout out to Sam by the way. Yeah, he's cool. So he was, he and I skaters and he played bass. I've been playing guitar for a while since I was like 16. And then I was talking to him about how I've missed playing live. And then he was, I just started and he was like, yeah, we should start a band. And to me, when he initially said it sounded like a crazy idea but I just ran with it. So I was like, okay, let's start a band. And then I was thinking about who can play drums because especially in Nairobi it's extremely hard to find a drummer. Right. And he says, one of the other skater friends we had Creed, he was like Creed drums. And I asked him, is he any good? Then he says like, he's only ever played one time. So I kind of put that on the back shelf for a bit, trying to explore more options. Then one time, randomly on Facebook, I see Creed post a link to Blink 182's I Miss You. And then he posted the lyrics. And Blink 182 is my favorite band. And the reason is I'm a musician myself now. And I thought to myself, yeah, anyone that's Blink fan, regardless of whether or not they're that good at drumming. You like them. Yeah, I want them to be. And they're a skater as well. I want them to be in my band. Yeah. That's a lot of colleagues. They skate. Yeah. And they like Blink 182. And they come Creed drums. Super cool. All they say, people are cool. Other musicians are cool. Others are cool. But Rope is a super cool. Yeah. He says that. He has t-shirts. Like, he takes them literally. He's like, oh, that's a cool. But Rockstar dies a super cool. Super cool. I didn't object to that. Super cool. Yeah. Oh, yeah. He was telling us about the band. And then you hit him up or who? I'm sorry. Actually, really enough, I never asked him to be in the band or anything. He just commented like, yeah, so you're the new drummer of Power Slight. The newest Canyon punk band. I think it's like super stoked on it. He, he, that's how it happened. Yeah. I just literally commented. Just like that. That is so, that is so amazing. Yeah. That's easy, but sweet stuff. Deep stuff in the team. You got that. That is really cool. But I wanna know. The first impression. Like, when you got to tell your parents like, oh, so, um, I'm in a band now and we're gonna play rock music. How do they take care of it? I can imagine. Like, first of all, rock is not like, we're trying to take rock to the world. Like, even just make it mainstream. I'm imagining in 2015, you're telling, like, maybe you tell your dad like, oh, so, I'm here being in a band. And I think of my rock star. So I'm gonna do this. Like, this is my career now. How do they take it? What is supportive and are they still supportive until now? Yeah, my parents have always been supportive and it was never really a shock that I was playing rock. They'd always listen to me playing rock. I'd play like at school concerts and my parents would come and stuff. So it was never really a surprise and they've always been super supportive. Right. Yeah. Right. So let's talk to your latest album. You have an album out. All right. Share, share. Great. Okay. They get better, right? Share, share. Share, share. Okay. Just say. I know. I don't know. No. Wait a minute. You say. I'm not laughing. You say. You say. It's share, share, right? You say. Come on. Let's see. No. It's you. It's not what it said. I said share, share. No. Why are you tricking yourself? I said you said a lot of things. I'm like okay, did I say something or something? All right, so tell us about the album. What inspired it, how many tracks actually? Who have you featured? So, share, share, great. Okay. First of all, what does that even mean for someone who is listening for their first time or something? No, no. For the guys that know. I don't think it has any proper proper meaning but I think clusely there's a cat from Alice in Wonderland, the Cheshire Cat, who has a huge S-word, I think that's what you call the Cheshire Grin, but beyond that I think we just gave it our meaning for the album and for the single. So we had the, well first, no the second single, we actually, when we played live guys call it turn that shit up but the song itself is called Cheshire Grin, when we started, when we started playing it live we call it Chelsea Grin and our bassist, our old bassist sound, he kept confusing it and calling it Cheshire Grin. Instead of Chelsea. Yeah. Ah. Now Chelsea Grin is when you have like cuts on the side and it seems like a smile extends all the way. Yeah, I know that. And like, especially these ones that are put by the, what do you call this, the clowns? The Joker. The Joker. Yeah, the Joker. Yeah. I get that. Yeah. I get that. So that's where the name came from. A bit. It's a bit convoluted because given the area around where we recorded the album is called Cheshire. For real? Yeah. Look at that. That's so dope. And how did it come into being, like how many tracks, was it like a joint effort writing the writing or who wrote and there, how many tracks? And have you collabed with anyone, any of the other local bands? So we've got 10 tracks on the album. And there's actually a lot of collaborations. I'd say these collaborations are maybe half the songs, a bit less than half we have. Track number two on the album featuring Martin Kanjereke, Lord Spicard of the Seeds of the Tour. Love, Martin Kanjereke. He is amazing. I love his energy. Yeah. And he's in one of the songs that was shot in... Monsters and Man. Yeah. Yeah. Tritcher. Yeah. So we have another collaboration track, I think eights, which is Serpents in Your Heart featuring Danny Bizarro of The Fade and Also Mine. Yeah, Bizarro. Bizarro, by the way. Yeah. Yeah. He's a really good friend. Yeah. We have... Now, those are the collaborations on the vocals. Other collaborations behind the scene like Track nine, I Want to Make War to You is we have guests from the Seeds of the Tour. We have the guitar soloist by the Seeds guitarist, Wilson. Oh, cool. And the drum. Oh, but they're the Seeds of the Tour. Yeah. Shout out to them. Shout out to them. Yeah. And the guitar, the drums for the whole song are played by the Seeds of the Tour drummer, who's also the irony destroyed vocalist. I like the guys involved. I like how everybody just walks with everybody and they're not beefs. They're like, oh, you know. They're not for eating. Actually, those guys just let... Last night and this morning is like... Right. Everybody's just like seeing everybody and everybody just walks together. You know, in other genres, you'll find like, oh, so your drama is playing for, I don't know, so and so. You don't need any of that drama. Right. So you have ten tracks from the album. Which one is your favorite? You've got to have a favorite. And we play favorites, right? Yeah. We play favorites. Which one is your favorite track? Which one is the least favorite? The least favorite. Yeah. The least favorite. That's a good one. Track number three, Banana Republic. I would say it's a favorite because it expresses what our band is trying to promote. It has the strongest message. Yeah, I'm not going to tell you the message. If you don't know the message, listen to the song. Now we have... We even played it on the show. We play that on the show. He's always fast. You'd love he knows. We have a play-to-trash sheet. So we feature new music most of the time. He'll always play that. We definitely do that. And you guys had a gig just last Saturday. I took a queue. How did that go? It was good. I think my back just fully recovered today. On Sunday I could barely move. I couldn't even use a sink. That was hard. You were like this then. You were playing the guitar and singing at the same time. That's really multitasking. No, it's skill. He says that a lot. Multiscale. Just because it's skills. It's skill. When we're fitting in that, you have to incorporate me at some point. You're so center. No, you're working on it. You're working on it. Right. So how did that go? How did their fans react? I know a lot of people are timed up. You expect all that crowd. Overall, just tell us in a nutshell, how did everything go? Did you guys have fun? And then what next for a season of that tour? No. Just because I'm broke in this. For power slide. Just because I'm wearing this. What next for power slide? What did you do when you get lost? For power slide. So, I started with did you have fun? Of course you had fun. If you're having fun, you can do it. So, first of all, we were performing alongside Strait Lane Connection. SMC, yeah. Strait Lane Connection. They're actually working on releasing their own album. Oh, that's nice. Yeah. So, we had Strait Lane Connection and we had Eddie Grimm on the decks. Yeah, and Strait Lane Connection as well. Strait Lane Connection. Eddie Grimm, yeah. And yeah, it was really fun. A lot of my family came through. My family is always coming through the shows. Shout out to my amazing family. Your brother being the first one. My brother actually didn't show up. You don't? And he was really busy. He wanted to come, but he couldn't make it. Let me tell you. You know how much I'm feeling Jin? His sister is also Jin. Oh, really? Yeah, this is Jin. Yeah. Jin the drink or Jin? No, Jin or Jin. Jin or Jin. Or Jin, Jin. Like Jean in French, but Jin in English. We're in Africa, so it's Jin. Yeah. So, oh, your family was supportive. They were there and it was an amazing night. But for you guys now moving forward, what else, what's to come for your fans, for your first time fans and for your fans who've been following your journey, what's coming up? What should they expect? They are still young, yeah? Yeah, they are still young. Well, now that we have the album, I think it's just going to be promoting the album for a really long time. We're going to do as many tours as we can. This summer where if everything goes according to plan, we're going to tour Europe. Yeah. Look at that, the kids, but then they call themselves the kids. The kids are traveling the world, yes? Can you see that? They're not kids with an, like K, E, D, Z. They're going to go to primary school, government school in Z. Government school in Z. Now you're not government primary school in Z. Yeah, government school in Z. School's house in Z. Yeah, yeah. But we're really excited for you guys, like for everything you're doing, like just putting rock music out there and, you know, living the dream, you know, I think that's like really amazing. Like doing what you love and earning from it. That is really cool. No, but now the question is, why would you do anything other than what you love? Because opportunities are sometimes, they're not like fair, you know. Well, if it's not fair, I'm working and you're like, I don't want to stop. No, you've seen people who are like really good, maybe are singing, but they don't like the spot. Like, you'll never see their faces. There are people who cover their faces. Someone like Sia, she's really dope, but she never exposes herself. So yeah, that's nice. But your social media handles and for someone looking to buy your music, where can they find it? So, okay, you asked social media handles, so I'll go with that first. On Instagram, we have PowerSlide, Facebook, we have PowerSlide, YouTube, we have PowerSlide, Twitter, PowerSlide Band. Yes! Somebody's a friend there. I know, huh? I'm going to let you find it. I don't just eat for the sake. And for the album, it's available on Bandcamp and it's available on MOOC. Oh, on MOOC.com. Alright. But they say it used to be my MOOC. Now it's MOOC. Yeah. No, I'm not gay here. I don't know what Luya says. It's gay here. It's pronunciation. I know. No, I'm just... I'm just not gay here. MOOC. It's... Thank you so much for coming to me. It's been so much fun. Do you have any last remarks? Do you want to tell the guys at home? Before you go? Any shout-outs? Because I know you know the moment you come here and you don't shout at people. Like, you're in trouble. So I'll just give you a chance to do that and then we can go back to music. Yeah. I know I've given out like a million shout-outs but I've given out a million more. Shout-outs to all the bands in the city. Bands that are active. Shout-out to them. Bands that are slacking. Shout-out to you guys as well. What's up, slacking? Yeah. Shout-out to having destroyed for a crazy new single. Shout-out to Refuse. These guys are super young. Yeah. And they have an EP out. These guys are old school. Yeah. They launched it just yesterday. It was really dark. Yeah. And you are there. Yeah. You're tellers. You need to catch people up. Yeah. Yeah. Right. So thank you so much for coming through. It's been a pleasure. We want videos though, right? We want videos for the songs. We love the songs but we need videos for us to play for the guys at home. Just cause TV, you know. Yeah. There are some. And then you have some animation. Yeah. There are some animation videos. By now for the remaining eight. Actually we have four videos out. Out of the album? These guys are working. Four out of ten. Yeah. Working on more videos. That's really cool. I'm impressed. I'm impressed. So go up on more content and then bring it here. You know where to bring it. Always working on content. Yes. The next album is already being demoed. Imagine you just launched an album and you're already being demoed. Yeah. So many demos down. But now, okay, I wouldn't go into this cause now we're selling the Cheshire Game Face. Yeah. But the next album will be something amazing. We push Cheshire first. And then, right. So we're looking forward to new music and the kids so much for coming too. Thanks for that. And say hi to the other kids. Tell them we'd love to have them but we understand. We'll be back. We'll be back. Right. Yeah. Yeah. But now here's to us. Now we're gonna play to trash it. So who are we playing? Play to trash it. And who are we trashing? I'm going again to fight for. Dog, right? So I want to do subway. I don't know by bed slob. I don't know if guys remember that band. After school and school. Yeah. And then we have office flow. Absolutely. Absolutely. I've played that before. Okay. So I remember it. Local pages. Now Panda. Oh. There is some old school. So we're telling us we're doing a throwback. Very slow. We like that. I think all these songs are from old school. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah. And they paved the way. They paved the way. So that's the dog. When he was still cool and he was still in the band. And he still had logs. He had logs. Yeah. Now he's just a dad. But a cool dad. So. All right. So let's play some more music and then come back.