EXCLUSIVE: Quiet Hollers And Kongo Kong On Their Music Video Collaboration

Kongo Kong: This was my first time being featured on a video as well as the first time on a set, specifically for a music video.

Was this the first band you had ever worked with?  

Kongo Kong: I have sang with a few bands/groups and have even shared stages with Insane Clown Posse, Kenny Rogers, Rebecca Lynn Howard and various gospel artists, but definitely the first time in a wrestling capacity.

What was the last concert you attended for fun? 

Kongo Kong: A gospel concert featuring Fred Hammond, Karen Clark-Sheard and many other huge gospel artists.

Your band is from Louisville, where WWE used to have its development company OVW. Was that something that was on your radar?

Jake Hellman, Quiet Hollers: YES! My wife and I both visited OVW during its years as a developmental territory. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, and Randy Orton really stood out in those days. The territory also had Colt Cabana and CM Punk come through but I never saw them there. There is such a rich history at OVW, Danny Davis — who wrestled in Wrestlemania 3 — is still running it. The best wrestling thing to ever come out of Louisville, however, is Jim Cornette. He’s a personal hero of mine and he shares a lot of the same values as the band. He also has the best account on twitter outside of The Iron Sheik.

Shadwick Wilde, Quiet Hollers: I’ve been aware of OVW and always enjoyed their cast of characters. I have to admit, I’m a pretty casual wrestling fan.

Who’s the biggest wrestling fan in the Quiet Hollers?

Jake Hellman, Quiet Hollers: It’s me. I can’t get enough. 

Shadwick Wilde, Quiet Hollers: Definitely Jake — no question. He’s made fans out of the rest of us by virtue of his sheer enthusiasm for the sport.

Is there anything in wrestling these days that you are especially excited about?

Jake Hellman, Quiet Hollers: Yea, Shinsuke being in the WWE is still blowing my mind, and his match with Cena was stellar. I love seeing Cody used correctly and carving his own path. Omega and Okada are incredible. And pretty much any time Braun Strowman beats up Roman Reigns I pop. I used to be a Kongo Kong fan until he cannonballed my band in the corner.

There was a lot of attention given to the signs shown in the music video. Who came up with them?

Jake Hellman, Quiet Hollers: Some people in the band made some up the night before, but a lot of the best signs were made by our fans at the video shoot. 

Shadwick Wilde, Quiet Hollers: We made some of them, our fans made some, Kongo’s fans made some — it was one of my favorite parts of the whole thing.

What’s your favorite part of the music video?

Jake Hellman, Quiet Hollers: My favorite part of the video is our real life manager Ferrell Elliot. He plays our manager at the beginning of the video. I don’t know if he knows this, but he looks like Dusty Rhodes. I also have to give a close second to Howell Dawdy as our announcer, he’s a musician too. Check out his stuff on all the internet streaming things. 

Shadwick Wilde, Quiet Hollers: Getting thrown around by Kongo was the most fun ever! I can see why people get addicted to this stuff.

What’s coming up for you in your career?