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I Prevail Drummer Bakes Cookies on Stage Mid-Concert

Author The Preston & Steve Show

Try to top this, TikTok. Gabe Helguera, the drummer from I Prevail, poured, mixed, scooped and baked cookies between songs and during drum breaks. 

@iprevailband took to Instagram and posted a video of Gabe jamming out on stage while baking chocolate chip cookies. How does one bake like a rock star? Well, high energy and impeccable multitasking skills are the first steps to success.

Before the concert, the band’s instruments weren’t the only thing set up. A mini camera and a table with pre-measured ingredients, a bowl, a whisk and an air-fryer were set next to the rocker’s drum set. Once I Prevail took the stage, it was baking time! 

This is how Gabe Helguera baked like a rock star: 

  • Step 1: Add the butter and sugar. Jam out to your next song. 
  • Step 2: Crack an egg with your drumstick, then mix it up until the band counts you in to the next song.  
  • Step 3: Throw in the flour, pour the chocolate chips in, mix the batter, then scoop out to cook the cookies in the air-fryer – all in one break! 
  • Step 4: After the cookies baked through a few songs, voila! *Chef’s kiss* They are finito!  

Gabe stood up tall, proudly revealing the cookies in the air-fryer to the crowd of head bangers. The serving size… is about how many you can bake in time!  

Backstage, Eric Vanlerberghe (vocalist) dared to try one of the cookies. He took a bite, then mumbled “Tastes like sh*t, but I guess you made cookies.” Looking straight into the camera, Gabe replied “You know I did!”  

On July 9th, I Prevail will kickoff their North American tour with Halestorm. Special guests include Hollywood Undead and Fit for a King. The tour includes a stop at The Pavilion at Montage Mountain on July 24th. Tickets go on sale Friday, March 8th at 10AM local time. Visit iprevailband.com. 

– Grace Hoath, The Preston & Steve Show Staff

11 Great ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Quotes That Aren’t 'These go to 11!'

  • 1. 'You don’t do heavy metal in Dubly, you know.'

    This entire scene makes you wonder just how many rock star spouses/partners have tried to talk about mixing an album. The tension between Jeanine and Nigel is palpable. Also, the way Nigel smiles at Jeanine’s “Dubly” flub is so great. Most of the film was famously improvised, so it makes you wonder if that flub was an honest mistake that Christopher Guest just ran with.

  • 2. 'I do not, for one, think that the problem was that the band was down.  I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.'

    The little children of Stonehenge weren’t so little in this instance. Frankly, a Stonehenge monument being in danger of being crushed by a little person is a big problem. And yes, making a big thing out of it would have been a good idea. That goes without saying.

  • 3. 'Well, this piece is called ‘Lick My Love Pump.’'

    We still have no idea how either Guest or Reiner were able to keep a straight face during this scene. We’ve seen the movie countless times, and it still makes us laugh.

  • 4. 'It’s such a fine line between stupid, and uh…clever.'

    Sometimes, it feels like every day is a fine line between stupid and clever. If only Spinal Tap considered that before coming up with the cover art for Smell the Glove. Had they just objectified themselves, there wouldn’t be an issue at all. All they had to do was a little “turn-about.”

  • 5. 'This miniature bread…'

    Nigel just wants bigger bread. Is that so much to ask?! He had been working with it for half an hour, and he just couldn’t figure it out. It’s truly outrageous when you think about it.

  • 6. 'The review you had on ‘Shark Sandwich,’ which was merely a two-word review, just said ‘Sh-t sandwich.’'

    As brutal as it is, “Sh-t Sandwich” is a great album review. The members of Spinal Tap likely weren’t so tickled by it, but oh well. Honestly, we’d love to know which outlet printed that review. They seem, at the very least, interesting.

  • 7. 'Well, I'm sure I'd feel much worse if I weren't under such heavy sedation.'

    Most people could probably find comfort in mild sedation. Of course, none of us are a rock god like David St. Hubbins. He clearly has a higher tolerance for things like that. However, most people likely side with Marty DiBergi in this instance.

  • 8. 'We're very lucky in the band in that we have two visionaries, David and Nigel, they're like poets, like Shelley and Byron. They're two distinct types of visionaries, it's like fire and ice, basically. I feel my role in the band is to be somewhere in the middle of that, kind of like lukewarm water.'

    Derek Smalls shouldn’t sell himself short here. He, too, is quite the visionary. As “lukewarm water,” how could he not? However, what self-awareness he has to recognize the brilliance of his bandmates.

  • 9. 'None more black.'

    True, the answer really is “none.” We have to side with manager Ian Faith on this one. The cover is “simple, beautiful, classic.” Sure, it might not be what the band was hoping for with a title like Smell the Glove, but what a statement.

  • 10. 'Well, so what? What's wrong with bein' sexy?' 'Sex-IST!'

    Why do we get the feeling this conversation has taken place many times in rock and roll history? Plenty of men in bands have likely viewed women as objects. Thank goodness Ian and Bobbi were there to explain things. What true unsung heroes they are!

  • 11. 'He died. He died in a bizarre gardening accident.'

    R.I.P. John “Stumpy” Pepys, the first Spinal Tap drummer who met quite the tragic end.

    Fun fact: In May 2020, Queen’s Brian May was briefly hospitalized. He shared on Instagram that he “managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening.” Spinal Tap actor Michael McKean shared the story on Twitter and simply captioned it “…a bizarre gardening accident…”

Marisa Magnatta, Producer at The Preston & Steve Show, has clocked-in two decades at 93.3 WMMR, Philly. She’s your source for everything Philly, concert, sports fan, restaurant or Preston & Steve Show related.

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