Amplified: MGMT

A brief history of the band courtesy Andrew, Ben and James. With detours through label frustrations, collaborations and acid cookies. Hosted by Amplified Contributor and Stereogum writer Jessica Suarez.
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[@dragonboy2027]

Andrew's shirt makes me feel like I ate acid cookies.

[@atripentertainment3329]

I know this was 4 years ago but how the fuck u finna make acid cookies. That's just dumb

[@profile2047]

Atrip Entertainment Pretty easy if you have a vial.

[@junedreamer]

i love andrews talking voice it sounds so soft

[@sh3sonlin3]

his tree fort analogy was so cute

[@adamcastelsay]

These guys are as level headed as possible. Very cool guys

[@IguANAart]

I love interviews like this, a two-way street and everybody is super chill and she asked great questions.

[@JessicaSuarezNY]

I know this is totally random, but thank you!

[@lizziew4741]

"I think we have some talent maybe?" 😂😂

[@asyoumovethroughtheworld]

They do have lots of talent

[@babeegirl002]

Andrew- "no one puts acid in cookies! but you can scare people by saying that..." Ben- "we had a bag of regular cookies, and someone wrote 'acid cookies' on the bag." Andrew- "i did that cause i wanted more of the cookies for myself!" this is why they are my favorite band. MGMT forever!

[@angelaa.5066]

Hi. Here.from 2023. Just curious if you still feel this way.

[@FutureAbe]

"I hate vomit." -Andrew Vanwyngarden

[@rrrussia1999]

curls get the girls

[@ShockPopStudios]

this band could be the biggest band of the decade if they gave a shit lol

[@puppyofwrath]

So true.

[@WR3ND]

I always thought the part about missing their families was the most real. It's not so much literal, I think. You know, like being a child again and loving unconditionally and finding out that everyone you love will one day die. In part, that child has to be left behind.

[@thexoxomanda]

This has to be one of my favorite MGMT interviews ever.

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

what a great interview;) Can't help but love MGMT's honesty. They are real and that's why I love them. x

[@sierraaawrr]

Andrew is so cute it hurts.

[@peacelovephoebe]

@sarahshiner he was like "what's that david lynch movie i like?" and, of course, ben knows the answer andrew has good taste in everything...their musical influences are really eclectic and amazing

[@MrsCharlielle]

This is one of my favorite interviews of them

[@chuckstieg]

I'm glad she was able to fit this interview into her schedule immediately after waking up.

[@Babyblue115]

You're making fun of her apperance, wow cool

[@leahhindman7964]

"I put that on the bag so I could have more cookies for myself"

[@derrielianti]

i have the biggest regret for NOT COMIN G TO THEIR CONCERT IN MY TOWN GOD DMAN IT I HATE MY LIFE

[@alfberger3150]

Yeah that's pretty stupid

[@akikowolf]

That's my favorite part of the song! It sounded deeper to me than the rest and it was the most relateable part for me.

[@x97sfinest]

they are so incredibly fucking awesome

[@niksank91]

tree house metaphor ftw

[@outlawstar8585]

LOL "...idiot savants. I wouldn't even add the savants on there." hahhahaa

[@adriansucka]

Andrew's shirt is really trippy

[@MrTrippable]

Dude, this band is so absolutely awesome and amazing:D And the fact that Andrew is nice to look at in interviews...it's just a bonus! :)

[@magua4]

i love the tree fort metaphor, it works so well

[@SweetishBerriiee]

Andrew's shirt is trippy

[@melanielarson96]

one of my favorite mgmt interviews:)

[@TheLalalalily]

I would love to hang out with Andrew for a day. I feel like we could just joke all day haha.

[@DAMT99]

They do have a unique style

[@ZataMachi]

Very good interview. MGMT is so unique. I've loved them since Management, and I'll love them till I die. People who don't understand that music is expressions and feeling rather then cash in the bank are morons

[@marubmdq]

Andrew's face at 5:10 makes me feel sooo happy!

[@canarycoalmine]

The songs is called "Time to Pretend"!!! How could someone think it was serious? Kinda blows my mind.

[@Joseline1975]

Ha. I liked how Andrew said he wanted the cookies more when he thought they had acid in them.

[@cassandraacosta6688]

I met them in May and it was very cool

[@AmyGracex]

this is like the most quotable interview ever, fuck i love them.

[@TheCookieMonsterr22]

They seem like such awesome human beings, i'd probably faint if I met them

[@Alienmtl]

I love them so much i just ugh im just crying

[@daedley]

I love these guys so much, they are just awesome. I want some acid cookies

[@awesomesaucetastical]

1:36 owns. i think your right, andrew!

[@Lanallaby]

i like that, the tree-fort metaphor . can apply to most things

[@kagadooo]

i really think that they´re trying to be honest in what they´re doing...they LOVE music. they don´t need money or fame. i really think that congratulations is such a good album...and i like it when you can think about it, about the lyrics and have your own personal interpretation. the "duty" of music is to move peoples hearts and minds, right? and not how many people buy their records or what an old, frustrated and cynical editor thinks about it...

[@Amberismadrad]

great interview, i was surprised by how Andrew seems so lucid in this one, it was a nice touch. :]

[@tracegirl1616]

aww I love this interview!!

[@JJustFreedom]

James always has the coolest t-shirts by the way hahah I think this is just my day of checking tshirts

[@magua4]

totally got that treefort metaphor

[@stephanied6]

I love MGMT..they're great

[@TheCookieMonsterr22]

I think it would be top of my bucket list to meet them!

[@AskSydneyLipton]

“Butthole.” ~Andrew Vanwyngarden

[@CalitmeDiondell]

bandanas... curly hair, colors, humor, tear t-shirts, jokes, he's back @.@

[@TardTasticTesticals]

Very talented guys! cant wait for the new album!

[@OliviaDiane94]

You Guys Are Amazing. I Wish I Could Meet You. I Would Cry!(:

[@Spicypollypocket]

Andrew always has the best analogies

[@megan010492]

theyre so funny. and their music is beyond amazing and magical to me :) i love them.

[@carlisledreww1887]

this is our decision, live fast and die young.

[@Alex-rw5pk]

now let's have some fun

[@BloodfoxV]

We've got the vision

[@arispacetimeanduniverse8174]

forget about our mothers and our friends

[@ikemoon127]

The models will have time spent missing children and everything will run its mother over with the elegant cars

[@gorfodemensagem4135]

plants

[@waterplannernote]

I love you're music:)

[@indieLietuva]

really good interview!

[@Spicypollypocket]

I wonder what the band members relationships are like outside of the band

[@RebeccaBarbaArtOfLife]

LOVE!

[@Spicypollypocket]

This interviewer is really good

[@JessicaSuarezNY]

I wish I had read this 10 years ago (I was always too nervous to read YT comments)! But I hope you can read this THANK YOU much sooner.

[@songbird525]

i can listen to them talk for days

[@lanahoward2209]

Damn they ignored the shit out of James the entire fuckign interview. Why they hate him i honestly do not understand.

[@gooddogson]

he just drums, he doesn't write anything for the albums.

[@bellibulle1]

I like the fact they compare creating a song to building a tree house when you're a kid, I so want to build my own tree house!

[@boredbanana]

In the beginning when ben was getting sassy it was like me and my brothers. God they are all so great. this is one of my favorite interviews cause they seem more real. Less sarcastic to a point.

[@auronatic]

Bendrew ❤️

[@Brizum12]

andrew is so cute when he laughs!

[@florian8937]

what are Ben and Andrew singing at 00:55?

[@rahbeat9785]

+

[@denshsh3978]

razzmatazz by pulp

[@Evettebear]

[@radthe5th]

God I fucking love them

[@pitbully504]

Are you shitting me? He just compared making music to building a treefort. I'm now forever devoted.

[@playradioplay121]

mgmt means more than just another band. i love mgmt because they have a unique way of making music its great love ALL their songs, and video lmao

[@viperchris34]

These are good questions.

[@othersuchshenanigans]

Andrew Vanwyngarden, marry me, and I can have your beautiful last name.

[@Live442]

I FUCKING LOVE MGMT!!! THE BEST BAND OUT THERE! I HOPE THEY NEVER STOP MAKING MUSIC!!! AMAZING

[@angelaa.5066]

Hi. Here from 2023. Just curious if you still feel the same

[@ForthMeal1]

congratulations - mgmt

[@patar49]

mgmt is the best!

[@fans182]

This makes me really really happy. :D

[@cplazyrocker]

i love andrews blue slippers

[@JN95]

Il est psychédélique le tee-shirt d'Andrew !

[@CalitmeDiondell]

i'm not dissapointed at all, i don't think that they're going down I LOVE MGMT 4EVER!!

[@MsMissSunday]

stripes t-shirt are awesome! :D

[@OMGBlackJesus]

I may be high right now, but those stripes on his shirt go from large to small and it's really freaking me out

[@goldcharmz]

omg first video ben's talking! :D :D

[@jsd43TV]

me too meeting andrew or ben would be really cool

[@maddieq17]

andrew and i are one and the same we both hate vomit

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

lol someone that loved or even liked vomit, I'd be suspicious of.. taint good

[@maddieq17]

but like, some people can tolerate it. i absolutely cannot, i have a panic attack and it just is not good

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

I understand, I have a friend that feels the same as you. I understand having panic attacks, as I have had a number of them in my lifetime. The last one I had about 2 yrs ago. I was in a pharmacy and as I picked up my script my stomach started to feel sick (never has happened before while shopping;) Then I walked to aisles down to the last aisle to check out the vitamins (nobody else in the aisle)..moved to the center of the aisle. Started feeling very nauseas,,heart started pounding hard and fast. Just then, out of the right corner of my eye a very old black man in raggedy clothes turned the corner to my aisle, I could not move at all,.All my energy was being drained out of me. I was sweating profusely.Then I could feel him in back of me, standing there, while I just struggled to remain on my feet. I prayed to myself that he would move and go. Once he saw he could not take me over (I guess, because I swear the man was a dead person's spirit)..I then saw him out of the left corner of my eye, he left the aisle. I could barely move,my body felt very heavy, but I struggled, trying to run almost, all the way to the end of the aisle and grabbed a bottle of spring water and drank it all down. x

[@maddieq17]

yeah thats what happens to me, im on meds for it but i still get anxiety attacks often. x

[@TheSnowsbeauty5]

maddieq17 Sorry

[@drakemetcalf781]

Marijuana gets me tingly

[@blackhelicopters]

Came back for your comment to give you a thumbs up after the treehouse analogy!

[@asyoumovethroughtheworld]

I wish they would have them back again on night line or something

[@rejectsteph]

I think a lot of bands are somewhat sarcastic about their music. If they had fun making it then I don't see the problem! I'm kinda glad they aren't serious about Time to Pretend, granted it is my favorite song of theirs. These guys remind me a lot of how kids in my town are. I could totally see myself chillin' with Andrew haha.

[@highway61gambler]

she does a good job

[@repentnow123]

@ 1:21 what song is that?? never heard it before wanna hear the whole thing.. .

[@TastyApple101]

I like this interview a lot, because Ben got to talk a little more than usual (: but this was a funny interview though :D

[@217potato]

Not trying to sound gay, but does anyone know what kind of shoes Andrew has on. They are fuckin cool.

[@escapel333]

boenisima rola! Andrew te amO!

[@trishxvanity]

He. Is. So. High. It's so cute.

[@cindybogu]

were they playing Razzmatazz at 0:55 ??

[@zeeoz1786]

andrew looks like a greek god, not gonna lie

[@david3895]

3:48 me estremeció esa parte :')

[@singetdem]

Great interview!

[@bobthebonboncat]

@Frugs22 wtf? disco..? where did you get that..

[@lanahoward2209]

The girl interviewing is sooooo cute!