YOUR QUESTION

09/09/2020 David Lee Hagar

So, some questions about OU818. Who wrote the amazing, creepy intro music? Any recollections you have about it would be much appreciated. I assume it was sequenced rather than played? And probably a keyboard that was present at the studio? Do you remember what keyboard it was?? There’s something about that sound that is really unsettling/sinister. I don’t get how a couple of kids from Eureka could come up with such a sound.
Also, a question about the title: I’m afraid I don’t get the Van Halen joke. I get “oh, you ate one too” but wtf is the joke that “OU818” is trying to make?

MY ANSWER

Trey programmed that weird-ass shit on, I believe, an Ensoniq SQ-80 which was our main keyboard for years.
In terms of your question about the title, I don’t think you’re meant to get it. We thought it was funny. In fact, we were in tears when it was suggested. It’s funny because the 8 gets repeated and it makes no sense. You still don’t have to get it.