Erik Griffin’s life has changed drastically since he last performed at Hilarities three years ago. He returns to the club on July 31 for a five-night stand. Since then, he’s become a regular contributor to the hit TV comedy Workaholics. On the show, he plays cubical co-worker Montez Walker, a friend of three drugged-out party idiots. Montez often interrupts the three’s grand schemes while telling them all about the explicit sexual acts he performs with his wife (Alex Borstein). Griffin has also released the new comedy album Technical Foul Volume One.
“I’ve always wanted to do a stand up album,” he says of Technical Foul. “When I was younger, that was the thing; you would listen to people’s CDs. Technology has changed all of that but I still always wanted to make one.”
The album was picked up by indie/punk label SideOneDummy Records as the label’s first comedy album. The record label is known for rock groups like Gogol Bordello and Anti Flag, but Griffin saiys punk and comedy actually have a lot in common.
“Musicians and comics live the same kind of lifestyle, just traveling place to place, struggling and trying to make it,” he says.“And the fans of punk rock music are very much Workaholics fans. I went to the Warped Tour a while ago and all the fans were there being very interactive and supportive. I thought ‘this is an easy cross over.’ ”
This article appears in Jul 17-23, 2013.