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Is that because Zach Shallcross, a 26-year-old tech executive, has zero time for bullshit?
If you have a go at complain about another woman, hellstop you right there.
Also, hes totally cool with being considered the Nickelback of Bachelor Nation.
I want to start with an observation.
I think thats what weve seen from you.
Historically, this show has been a lot of drama unnecessary drama.
You cant be naive to the fact that a lot of the relationships havent worked out.
For me, its not about the fact that its a TV show or it gathers attention.
Im hopeful I can find that.
Theres not a shrimpgate incident, like in Claytons season.
Theres not an unrealistic, out-of-pocket experience on every episode.
Thats not how I live my life and not what Im looking for in a partner.
That being said, theres always going to be drama.
When you have a group of women dating one man, it happens.
Thats how I see it.
I think fans are starting to see that.
I consider it a necessary reset.
I mean, sometimes you cant win.
Fans ask for something, they get it, and they still complain.Theres no pleasing and its ever-changing.
You cant make everyone happy.
That was shocking to me.
Im new to this franchise; I never really watched the show.
My sisters and my mom are big fans, but I didnt recognize how serious the fans take it.
Every year, theyre very critical of the lead.
Theres always going to be several great options, and the show has to pick one.
You strike me as such a sane and rational person.
I question why you would even want to be on this show.
You travel the world and meet all these incredible people.
Im an opportunist, but I also dont need this show for it.
Im a yes man.
I dont like to live with regret.
I think that was one of their tipping points: Okay.
Well, he takes it seriously and weve seen so many failed relationships.
Maybe this is what we all need.
From my understanding, youre our first bassist Bachelor.
Why did you choose the bass, the least sexy band instrument?Ive always loved music.
I received a guitar in the fifth grade and loved it.
I wasnt very gifted or talented.
I taught myself all the basic shit.
You have to learn Smoke on the Water and Iron Man.
I tried to master Metallica songs but could never get it.
In middle school, me and my two childhood best friends were like, Lets make a garage band.
It started off as Victorious Vengeance.
We wanted to go for the rock vibe, maybe dip into metal.
Then we changed the name to Public Disturbance.
One of my buddies was a great drummer and the other was a killer guitar player.
He knew how to read music, and I was on YouTube trying to teach myself tabs.
I was like, How hard could it be?
And I ended up really loving it.
I had a good enough rhythm to where it was kind of fun slapping the bass.
Did you really justI Love You, Manme?Slapping that bass.
Are you aRush fan?Not as much.
It wasnt played a lot in my house.
Most of them were in my buddys garage.
Our big outing was this middle-school dance in eighth grade.
It was probably a thousand kids.
We were the openers and we were sweating bullets.
We played Bound for the Floor, by Local H. Thats their one-hit wonder.
I was like, We cant mess this up in front of our first big crowd.
We brought the house down.
We had a fog machine behind us.
We felt like rock stars when we got off stage.
Theres a little bit of footage out there somewhere.
When was the last time you picked up a bass?It had to be early in high school.
I went to a different high school than my buddies and we couldnt sync it up again.
Everyone just had different schedules.
I started playing football.
One of my buddies is a successful DJ now.
I really missed it.
How did you access music when you were filming the show?
You could read, but there was nothing to scratch that music bug.
That plane had a music section and it was only, like, ten albums.
There was no rock, but there was a Weeknd album.
Ive never been a fan of the Weeknd, but I needed to listen to music.
I listened to that whole album over and over again.
I look back now and I still have a special place for the Weeknd.
But forThe Bachelor, I did have access to Spotify.
Oh, thats great.
How did you access it?No phone or anything like that.
It was through one of those plug-in TV stick things.
I was pumping myself up with every kind of music.
Id put some Korn on.
Slipknot is one of the last concerts I went to.
So youre a nu metal guy.I grew up on Korn.
My first album I ever received from my dad was KornsGreatest Hits Vol.
1.I was probably in sixth grade, too young for it, but I loved it.
My friend group is like, Korn?
Im like, Yeah, with a K. Ever heard of them?
Theyre like, No.
Then you play them something and they recognize it.
I missed Austin City Limits this year for filming, and thats probably my favorite music festival.
I have to catch up and go to some concerts.
Your first concert was Nickelback.
Do you remember your second?I saw Nickelback when I was in the sixth grade.
I remember Hinder, Chevelle, and Hoobastank opened for them.
Hell of a lineup.
When Hinder played Lips of an Angel, I was like,Hell yeah.
My second concert wasnt a rock concert.
It was Jason Aldean.
It was a blast.
He loves fire and putting on a great show.
That was one I worked security for.
Sweetest gig out there.
The amount of time you actually have to break up anything is pretty minimal.
Who would you say is the Nickelback of Bachelor Nation?[Laughs.]
I might be the Nickelback.
I get the, Oh, this guy.
Hes the boring, corny Bachelor.
But I think Im a good guy at heart.
Im not a bad person.
Nickelback they get made fun of with all the memes, but theyre good music.
I dont want to be cocky about it, but I get the corny label and so do they.
Do you have a similar rule for your uncle, Patrick Warburton, a.k.a.
Puddy fromSeinfeld?Im his biggest fan.
Ive always idolized him.
It was never a negative.
If anything, it was like, Okay, you know who Patrick Warburton is?
Thats almost a turn-on.
You dabble inFamily Guy?Who doesnt loveThe Emperors New Groove?
Hes the lovable character in everything he does.
Its not a turn-off by any means, no.
I recently met a manager of his at some meet-and-greet and got his business card.
Im trying to shake his hand and tell him how influential he was to me.
