On today's episode, I'm extremely excited to be speaking with Warren Cooke. Original bassist of the band Yellowcard. One of the founding members, as well. He's currently in the band Flag on Fire from Jacksonville Florida.
I met Warren in 2001 when my band Gametime played with Yellowcard for the first time.
We became close friends and played countless shows with them around that time period.
One for the Kids is the first official full length from Yellowcard, and it's celebrating it's 20th anniversary this year. Warren and I talk about the 20 year re-release of One for the Kids. It's been remixed and remastered and its up for presale RIGHT NOW at lobsterrecords.com.
There are multiple limited vinyl variants, as well as bundles and other merchandise. We talk about the process of making it all come to fruition.
I had so much fun reconnecting with Warren, it had been almost 20 years since I last spoke with him.
I really appreciate his honesty and transparency with me in this conversation. I think fans of One for the Kids and the band are going to really enjoy this conversation.
One for the Kids is the third studio album by American rock band Yellowcard. It was released on April 3, 2001 on Lobster Records and is the first Yellowcard album to include Ryan Key as lead singer and guitarist. It was produced, engineered and mixed by Darian Rundall at Stall No. 2 in Redondo Beach, California. "Drifting" and "Rock Star Land" both originally appeared on the band's previous EP, Still Standing EP.
On June 15, 2000, Yellowcard signed to Lobster Records, and were aiming to release their next album in early 2001. The band moved from their native Florida to Thousand Oaks, California to record the album. Sessions where held at Stall No. 2 in Redondo Beach, California, with producer and engineer Darian Rundall. He mixed the recordings, before the album was mastered by Mark Chalecki at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California.
