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Pepe Panda: (Laughter.) What you say?

Pablo: Yes, yes.

Pepe Panda: What up? What?

Arturo Panda (unseen): I think he's jerking it.

Jorge Panda: It's ok...

Pablo: Hey, how are you?

Pepe Panda: Good, good. And you guys, you?

Pablo: I'm good, very good.

Pepe Panda: Orale, where are you?

Pablo: In northern Massachusetts.

Pepe Panda: Massachusetts?

Pablo: South of Boston.

Pepe Panda: Orale, chido, where are you from?

Pablo: I'm from Honduras

Pepe Panda: From Honduras. Orale, cool. We are from México. And what? Tell me, talk or something.

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Pablo: Do you prefer in Spanish or English?

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Pepe Panda: You can't hear it?

Pepe Panda: OK. Then shoot it.

Pablo: In English or Spanish?

Pepe Panda: In Spanish

Pablo: In Spanish then – What are your more prominent musical influences?

Pepe Panda: What is our most prominent musical influence?

Arturo Panda: More prominent.

Jorge Panda: Rock and roll.

Arturo Panda: Jay-Z

Jorge Panda: Huh? Each one? Mmmh, Primus, 311...

Ricardo Panda: Rush, all my life...

Pepe Panda: We listen to oldies, 80's, Meatloaf, Rush, 311, Primus. Arturo listens to a lot of rap and to a lot of rap and music that is more weird...and more gay.

Arturo Panda: More ethnic.

Pepe Panda: More ethnic.

Pablo: Good, good.

Pepe Panda: More or less, a mix of all of that.

Pablo: Good, very good. What do you think of piracy? Illegal downloading? Has it affected you or helped you to gain more fans?

Pepe Panda: Has piracy affected us? Have we sold less records because of it? Taken fans away from us.

Jorge Panda: I think that we have been better known in places where our music has not been readily available... thanks to the Internet. I think that it has helped us a lot.

Pepe Panda: And CD piracy?

Jorge Panda: Well, CD piracy is very difficult to control, it is better to join them. How do you say it? If you can’t beat the...

Pepe Panda: ... the enemy...

Jorge Panda: ...enemy it is better to join them. So, it is better to see the positive side. There are people that can't afford a CD. Maybe it is better if they buy it cheaper. The good thing is that they like the music. If you view this in a positive way.

Arturo Panda: But we don't do it...

Pepe Panda: We ourselves don't buy pirated CDs. I don't know, maybe it is not because of morality but because I like to have the [original] CD.

Pablo: Likewise, likewise ... what is your favorite thing about being on tour?

Pepe Panda: What’s your favorite things about being on tour? What do you like the most?

Jorge Panda: What is that I like doing best?

Pepe Panda: What do you like about touring?

Jorge Panda: To get to know different places, that maybe if I was on vacation I would not normally visit. But don't take it in a bad way. You get to know a lot of places that... the other day we went and play Wes – whatchamacallit – I don't remember. Places that I did not even know existed. If we hadn't played there I would have never known it existed. You get to know many places, many people, different customs, types of foods. You get to know a lot of things you never imagined. That's what’s cool about traveling.

Pablo: Where do you see yourselves in five, ten years ... in your career?

Pepe Panda: OK, where do you see yourself in five or ten years in your career?

Arturo Panda: In our career? I think that opening a restaurant. Or something like that.

Pepe Panda: In our career as musicians, wey!

Arturo Panda: Oh! I think that right where we are but with more people, more fans.

Pepe Panda: Big in Tokyo.

Arturo Panda: Big in Japan.

Ricardo Panda: Big in Japan.

Pepe Panda: Big in Japan, big in Asia Minor.

Pablo: Very good.

Pepe Panda: Thank you very much Pablo. Hello to Boston, Massachusetts.

Pablo: Thanks.

Pepe Panda: Same, thanks.

Arturo Panda: I invented this.