It has long been speculated, but now it is official: the band from those annoyingly catchy Free Credit Report commercials will play at this Friday's presidential election! We sat down with the band's frontman, Eric Violette, and had a conversation about the esteemed honor.
ODYSSEY: So Eric, thank you for coming in. You must be fairly busy right now with your musical success.
ERIC: Nope, not really. Haven't done much in the past five years.
ODYSSEY: Amazing. So what were you thinking when you got the call, when you realized that you would be playing music for an entire country?
ERIC: I was, well, confused at first. Definitely confused. Actually, yeah, I'm still confused. That's still how I'm feeling.
ODYSSEY: Really? How incredible! Follow up question: could you loan me some money?
ERIC: Oh, well, no. No, I can't.
ODYSSEY: Yeah, yeah, I know that. I just figured, you know, with the good credit score, you know, but it's all good.
ERIC: I was just portraying somebody in those commercials, that wasn't--
ODYSSEY: Yeah, I get it. Just, you know, if you ever find yourself with a good amount of cash, you know where to--
ERIC: I really don't see myself in that type of situation--
ODYSSEY: Eric, I didn't call you in here so that you can blow me off like this, I thought we were friends--
ERIC: What? No, we just met--
ODYSSEY: You know, I could make this story look terrible. I could make it look like you support him.
ERIC: You wouldn't.
ODYSSEY: I've been working on my Photoshop skills lately, and let me tell you, I've gotten pretty damn good at them.
ERIC: Yeah, I saw the one with Putin wearing hats, that was really good.
ODYSSEY: Really? Oh. Well, thank you, that, well, that means a lot to me. Thanks.
ERIC: You're welcome.
ODYSSEY: So, can we...?
ERIC: Listen, I'm at a different point in my life now...
ODYSSEY: Just this once?
ERIC: No--
ODYSSEY: Do it for Bernie.
ERIC: Okay. Okay, fine.
ODYSSEY: ...They say a man should always dress for the job he wants...
ERIC: ...So why am I dressed up like a pirate in this restaurant?
ODYSSEY: It's all because some hacker stole my identity...
ERIC: Now I'm in here every evening serving chowder and iced tea...
BOTH: Shoulda gone to freecreditreport.com,
ODYSSEY: I coulda seen this coming at me like an atom bomb,
ERIC: They monitor your credit,
ODYSSEY: And send you email alerts,
BOTH: So you don't end up selling fish to tourists in t-shirts!
ODYSSEY: Anyway, thanks for coming in today.
ERIC: Yes, thanks for having me.
