. >> stephen: malcolm brickhouse, jarad dawkins and alec atkins.youngest guests i've ever had. you guys play metal and you play it hard. we'll hear it in just a minute if you want to stick around and play for us. how did you get discovered? tell the people what happened. >> well, me and jarad started when we were 7, and he came in, like, three years ago. >> stephen: you guys have been playing together since you were 7? >> yeah. >> stephen: how did you meet alec? >> i was always around. >> stephen: all right. and you guys were playing in times square? >> yeah. >> stephen: you were muscling in on elmo's territory. (laughter) all right. and you guys were playing there for how long? >> two years. >> yeah, a good two years. >> stephen: and you have been discovered. someone's given you a $1.8 million recording contract. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: so, um, how's eighth grade? good? is it good? >> yeah. >> stephen: what's your favorite class? >> nothin'. (laughter) (applause) >> stephen: thank you very much. so you guys have got an e.p. coming out la