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My tip don't black, so said, 72 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:48,199 try to cry the ball and release lie side like 73 00:06:48,439 --> 00:07:39,759 sall side Winter stop by last night song See said, 74 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:50,879 it's too the most sontun side. 75 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 11: Your love one was. 76 00:07:58,839 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 13: But so it goes work up all out bide so 77 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:16,360 they don't go by side at Southside Walt class. 78 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:23,560 Speaker 11: Jack tack up some so. 79 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:32,879 Speaker 13: We sport once we not that I died, go for 80 00:08:33,519 --> 00:08:37,039 cock one class josh Bi. 81 00:10:10,559 --> 00:10:14,399 Speaker 14: I will be hearing those sounds in my nightmares. That's 82 00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:17,159 pretty epic though. I love that that track is called 83 00:10:17,279 --> 00:10:20,960 Fates Mirrored, and that is from the band Questing Beast 84 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,840 and we had Questing Beast on in the first hour 85 00:10:23,919 --> 00:10:26,320 today we played some of their music and had a 86 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,120 great conversation with Shane and Jane, and of course in 87 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:32,360 the second hour we had Temple Mountain here with us 88 00:10:32,519 --> 00:10:35,480 live in studio. Great conversation with him and he played 89 00:10:35,519 --> 00:10:38,120 a bunch of songs live for us. This is Matt 90 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,919 Connorton Unleashed and we are live from the studios of 91 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:45,639 WMNH ninety five point three FM, Inglorious, Manchester, New Hampshire. 92 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:51,080 Today is Saturday, October nineteen, twenty twenty four. Welcome if 93 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,639 you are listening live on Saturday. So here's what's going on. 94 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,759 We are supposed to have guests in the third hour, 95 00:10:58,159 --> 00:11:00,919 a couple of guys from the band Dead by Wednesday. 96 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:05,279 They've got a brand new single and I don't know 97 00:11:06,399 --> 00:11:11,080 exactly where they are in their trip here. My understanding 98 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,360 is Jenny messaged me they are on their way. The 99 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:16,440 problem is they got stuck in the I didn't know 100 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,679 it was today, but the Hartford You know, they're from 101 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:23,559 Connecticut and apparently today is the Hartford Marathon and that 102 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:26,440 delayed them and set them back time wise. So hopefully 103 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,639 they're able to still get here. Jenny had said they're 104 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:31,919 running thirty minutes behind, so that would put them here 105 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,840 by eleven thirty if that, If that holds up, so 106 00:11:36,639 --> 00:11:39,559 hopefully we'll still be able to have them. Really looking 107 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,320 forward to talking to these guys. I haven't seen any 108 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,600 of the members of Dead by Wednesday in probably fifteen years. 109 00:11:46,440 --> 00:11:49,759 It's been a long time. So we'll see what happens. 110 00:11:50,519 --> 00:11:52,759 I do want to and you know, whether they make 111 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:56,039 it here or not. I will play the new single. 112 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:58,240 It's not a world radio premiere. It has been on 113 00:11:58,279 --> 00:12:02,919 the radio apparently, but but they they did a cover 114 00:12:03,759 --> 00:12:06,360 of No Easy Way Out by Robert Tepper. I think 115 00:12:06,399 --> 00:12:12,039 that's the original artist, same Robert Tepper from Oh geez, 116 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,759 what movie is that from? It's It's It's one of 117 00:12:13,799 --> 00:12:16,559 the Rocky movies. It's not the first Rocky movie, though, 118 00:12:17,039 --> 00:12:20,000 I forget which one it's from. Anyway, they did a 119 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:24,039 cover of that Ain't No Easy Way that song, and 120 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:26,840 it's really good. I listened to it. They sent it 121 00:12:26,919 --> 00:12:29,279 to me to play on the show today and I 122 00:12:29,399 --> 00:12:31,559 listened to it like five times in a row. I 123 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,480 loved it so much, so very very cool. So we'll 124 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,080 see what happens. Hopefully they're able to get here, uh, 125 00:12:37,279 --> 00:12:39,840 and we'll we'll love to talk with them. We might 126 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,519 only have a diminished segment with them. Unfortunately it is 127 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:47,360 a live show and we end promptly at noon. But 128 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,919 we'll see, we'll see. But uh yeah, but I'll play 129 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:53,799 the track regardless. I mean, even if it looks like, 130 00:12:53,919 --> 00:12:55,559 you know, if it's close to the end of the 131 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,039 show and they're not here, I'll go ahead and play 132 00:12:57,080 --> 00:12:58,519 it because I do want to share it with you. 133 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:00,279 And like I said, I know they're trying to get here. 134 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:05,200 But yeah, so here we are on this Saturday morning. 135 00:13:05,759 --> 00:13:08,639 Let me circle back to talking about Questing Beast though 136 00:13:08,759 --> 00:13:11,080 for a moment, and then I do have another subject. 137 00:13:11,159 --> 00:13:14,480 We can use a music industry topic, which is what 138 00:13:14,639 --> 00:13:17,440 we end up doing when you know, if something happens 139 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,000 with the guests, if they're not able to get here, 140 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:22,159 or if there's a delay, we'll talk about something going 141 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:23,720 on in the music industry, because we know a lot 142 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,399 of people in the industry listen to the show, and 143 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:29,000 a lot of our listeners are musicians, and there's always 144 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:31,519 interesting things happening in the music industry, that's for sure. 145 00:13:31,879 --> 00:13:36,120 But let me mention again. So big show tonight, Big 146 00:13:36,159 --> 00:13:42,360 Halloween show at Terminus in Nashua, Terminus Underground in Nashua, 147 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:45,039 New Hampshire, Questing Beast. Let's see if I can do 148 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,639 this for memory. Because it's a big show. There's a 149 00:13:46,639 --> 00:13:50,840 lot of bands, Questing Beast, Able Blood, the Gray Curtain, 150 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:56,840 the Nagans, Dead, Harrison of course, and who am I forgetting? 151 00:13:58,519 --> 00:14:02,679 I think I'm leaving somebody out Horror. That's it. Yeah, 152 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,279 because last week it was last week, right, it becomes 153 00:14:05,320 --> 00:14:07,399 a blur. Last week we had three of the bands 154 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:10,480 that are playing tonight on the show. It was fantastic. 155 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:13,600 We had a Horror and Able Blood love those guys 156 00:14:13,759 --> 00:14:18,960 and the Gray Curtain. And so this week we had 157 00:14:20,679 --> 00:14:23,240 a Questing Beasts. But they're going to be opening the 158 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:26,159 show tonight. Doors open at five pm. It's a long 159 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:28,720 show because it's a big show, lots of bands. I 160 00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:32,200 believe it's a twenty dollars admission, So get there. One 161 00:14:32,279 --> 00:14:35,519 thirty four Haines Street in Nashua, New Hampshire, Terminus Underground. 162 00:14:35,559 --> 00:14:38,120 It's an amazing place. You should definitely check it out. 163 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:40,240 By the way, as long as I'm talking about it, 164 00:14:40,639 --> 00:14:45,320 I'll just forgive me if this is a little self indulgent, 165 00:14:45,399 --> 00:14:49,360 but Terminus Underground is of course part of the Midnight 166 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:53,480 Creatives Collective in Nashua, the Great Place, and actually Eleanor 167 00:14:53,519 --> 00:14:55,759 and Spelfe I know are going to be They're booked 168 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:58,639 to make a return appearance here on Matt Connorton Unleashed 169 00:14:58,759 --> 00:15:01,679 very soon. Last time they were here, Andre Dumont of 170 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:03,720 course was with them as well. They're all from the 171 00:15:03,759 --> 00:15:07,279 Midnight Creatives Collective and of course Andre plays in the 172 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,039 band Dead Harrison. But they also have a business bar 173 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:12,919 there and for listeners who might not know this, I'm 174 00:15:12,919 --> 00:15:16,080 a certified hypnotherapist. I help people who quit smoking, lose weight, 175 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:19,679 deal with phobia, as all kinds of stuff. So the 176 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,759 business bar at the Midnight Creatives Collective is now one 177 00:15:22,799 --> 00:15:25,240 of the places where I'm doing hypnotherapy. So you can 178 00:15:25,279 --> 00:15:27,519 actually book a session with me only on Mondays and 179 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,559 Tuesdays in Nashua, but those are and it's got to 180 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,519 be in the morning nine am to two pm, I 181 00:15:33,559 --> 00:15:35,759 think is what we decided for a time frame, because 182 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:38,360 after two pm the building gets noisy. I mean you 183 00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:40,360 can book other ways with me too. I also see 184 00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:43,240 clients at Birchwood Salon and hooks it. You can do 185 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:46,960 a virtual session with me online. I even do home visits, 186 00:15:47,159 --> 00:15:48,879 so there are many options. You can go to Matt 187 00:15:48,919 --> 00:15:52,200 Connorton dot com and learn more about that if you're 188 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:54,000 interested in that. But I'm very happy to be a 189 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:56,399 part of the Midnight Creatives collective at the Business Bar 190 00:15:56,879 --> 00:15:59,799 every Monday and Tuesday. Like I said, book a session 191 00:15:59,840 --> 00:16:03,000 on line or or call me, go to my website. 192 00:16:03,039 --> 00:16:05,120 All the information is there. All the information is there 193 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,759 at Matt Connerson dot com. Okay, shameless plug but no. 194 00:16:08,879 --> 00:16:10,440 But it is a great place and they're they're doing 195 00:16:10,519 --> 00:16:13,159 great things there and great for the community, not just 196 00:16:13,519 --> 00:16:15,799 not just the local community and the city of Nashua, 197 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:18,879 but of course for the music scene. A lot of 198 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,559 local talent there also national touring acts. You know, when 199 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:26,279 we had Green Jello or Green Jelly, I never know 200 00:16:26,360 --> 00:16:29,279 which to call them on the show, Uh not too 201 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,879 too long ago. Jenny helped get that in motion, getting 202 00:16:32,919 --> 00:16:36,240 them booked at UH at Terminus, so that was fantastic. 203 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,279 So so they're doing a lot of great things there. 204 00:16:39,039 --> 00:16:41,399 Let's see. So if you are just joining us, if 205 00:16:41,399 --> 00:16:43,759 you're looking for dead by Wednesday, they have been delayed 206 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:49,480 in traffic because of the Hartford Marathon. I'd say, I'd 207 00:16:49,519 --> 00:16:51,960 say damn you Hartford, but I can't because it's the 208 00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:54,559 city of my birth. I was actually born in Hartford, Connecticut. 209 00:16:54,639 --> 00:17:03,759 So anyway, uh, let's do this. So I mentioned, you know, 210 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:05,839 there's always things going on in the music industry that 211 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,960 we can talk about, and I just realized where that 212 00:17:10,319 --> 00:17:11,240 buzzing was coming from. 213 00:17:11,279 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 5: I apologize. 214 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 14: There's always things, interesting things going on that we can 215 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,759 talk about, and we always have something we I'd like 216 00:17:16,839 --> 00:17:18,519 to keep something kind of in my back pocket in 217 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:20,799 case something like this happens with a guests, especially as 218 00:17:20,839 --> 00:17:24,319 we move into cold and flu season, these things will happen. 219 00:17:25,559 --> 00:17:30,200 There's a story involving the Pretenders rock legends. The Pretenders. 220 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,680 They've been around for decades and decades, of course, and 221 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:38,200 there's a little bit of controversy around the band now, 222 00:17:38,279 --> 00:17:40,200 and it's by the way, it seems like these days 223 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,079 controversy in the music industry. It stems from well, either 224 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:47,880 either AI related issues, which is what we talk about 225 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,799 a lot, or issues in terms of the live touring business. 226 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,000 We've done a couple of segments on the Oasis tour 227 00:17:53,559 --> 00:17:55,519 and some of the issues around that, and then of 228 00:17:55,559 --> 00:17:58,759 course there's the limp biscuit lawsuit for two hundred million 229 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:04,039 dollars against UMG Universal Music Group, and I thought about 230 00:18:04,079 --> 00:18:07,160 maybe talking about that today and maybe, you know, maybe 231 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,079 we will if the guys from Dead by Wednesday don't 232 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:11,880 get here, you know, maybe we'll go to that after 233 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,119 we finished talking about this. But so the Pretenders, they 234 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,799 they have done something controversial, but it has nothing to 235 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,720 do with ticket prices or the availability of tickets and 236 00:18:25,759 --> 00:18:28,319 all that goes wrong there. This is what's going on 237 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,960 with the Pretenders. And I think this is interesting, and 238 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:34,279 this is from what website is this americansongwriter dot com. 239 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,000 And I don't know how far we'll get into this 240 00:18:37,039 --> 00:18:39,240 because the guys could arrive at any time, but the 241 00:18:39,319 --> 00:18:45,160 Pretenders are dividing fans over new live music policy. So 242 00:18:45,279 --> 00:18:50,000 here's what it says. With decades long career, With a 243 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,960 decades long career under their belt, the Pretenders are no 244 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:56,960 strangers to the dynamics of live performances. But in October 245 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,400 twenty twenty four, shakeup prompted by frontwoman Chris has left 246 00:19:01,519 --> 00:19:04,759 many wondering if she's lost touch with the proper relationship 247 00:19:04,839 --> 00:19:08,759 between fans and musicians. Hind made her announcement ahead of 248 00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:14,400 The Pretender's October sixteen performance at Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, 249 00:19:16,039 --> 00:19:18,640 and in true online fashion, the Internet seems wholly divided 250 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:22,720 over whether Hine's comments were just or unfounded by the way, 251 00:19:22,960 --> 00:19:26,920 I intentionally avoided pre reading this, So I'm learning about 252 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:28,799 this with you if you're not already aware of it, 253 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,640 because I want to give you my unvarnished, shall we say, 254 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:36,319 gut reaction to this. So it says here. The Pretender's 255 00:19:36,319 --> 00:19:39,359 embarked on an almost exclusively sold out tour of the 256 00:19:39,519 --> 00:19:43,480 UK in October. Stops include Oxford, Bristol, Portsmouth in London, 257 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,279 among other large cities cities. But just before the band 258 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:50,960 made their way to Scotland's capital to perform at Usher Hall, 259 00:19:53,079 --> 00:19:56,200 Chrissy Hind shared a message on social media that angered 260 00:19:56,279 --> 00:19:59,720 many fans, and here's what she said. Quote. First of all, 261 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:02,799 everyone who's come to see our shows, we're in the 262 00:20:02,839 --> 00:20:05,279 home stretch of this year's tour and it's been a 263 00:20:05,319 --> 00:20:09,599 real pleasure. Fantastic cities and fantastic audiences. We've had a 264 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,279 great time playing for you. One thing we feel obliged 265 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,720 to explain when we go on tour. The whole point 266 00:20:14,839 --> 00:20:17,240 is for the band. The whole point of it for 267 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,319 the band is that we are playing to a different 268 00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,920 audience every night. That's why we go on tour. So 269 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:25,200 if we're in Edinburgh like we are tonight, we look 270 00:20:25,279 --> 00:20:28,200 forward to seeing local faces. This is what makes it 271 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,839 new for us every night. We appreciate those of you 272 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,319 who follow us and buy tickets for multiple nights, So 273 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:35,680 please don't be offended if we request you to move 274 00:20:35,759 --> 00:20:38,799 out of the front row. All we are asking is 275 00:20:38,839 --> 00:20:42,039 that you give the local fans a chance. This is 276 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:45,559 what keeps it new for us, especially after being on 277 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:50,519 tour for so many months. Unquote. Okay again, I did 278 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:52,559 not pre read this. I didn't know this is what 279 00:20:52,759 --> 00:20:58,400 this was about. My gut reaction. And by the way, 280 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,640 I'll open the phone line too if you reaction to 281 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,599 this six oh three two five six seven, if you'd 282 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:05,039 like to chime in, or of course you can chime 283 00:21:05,079 --> 00:21:07,279 in in the chat room, but uh, the studio line 284 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:11,319 is open six oh three two five six seven. My 285 00:21:11,559 --> 00:21:14,200 gut reaction to this is what are you doing? Why 286 00:21:14,279 --> 00:21:16,599 would you? This is weird to me for a couple 287 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:19,640 of reasons. Number one, why would you go out of 288 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:24,119 your way to alienate your your fans that way, your 289 00:21:24,240 --> 00:21:28,519 die hard fans, Because obviously, if anybody is actually going 290 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:32,759 and following the band around buying tickets to multiple shows, 291 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:35,759 you're only doing that unless you're a scalper. You're only 292 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,480 doing that if you're a die hard fan. So why 293 00:21:39,519 --> 00:21:43,359 would you want to alienate your most dedicated fans like that. 294 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:50,839 That's bizarre and I think really self sabotaging. It's really strange. 295 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,960 Another thing that I find very odd about this is 296 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,279 are you trying to tell me that when you're on 297 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,599 stage and you look out at the crowd. First of all, 298 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:02,839 I mean, you know the pretenders, they're I mean they've 299 00:22:02,920 --> 00:22:05,279 they've got to be in their seventies at least, right, Well, 300 00:22:05,279 --> 00:22:06,720 I shouldn't say at least. I'm sure they're not in 301 00:22:06,799 --> 00:22:09,720 their eighties, but they have to be in their seventies, 302 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:14,359 if not late sixties. I mean, are they actually able? 303 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:18,279 Like is Chrissy Hind Maybe she wears contact lenses in 304 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,400 a correct or vision in twenty twenty. I have no idea, 305 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,799 but I'm just saying, is she able? To actually look 306 00:22:24,279 --> 00:22:28,559 out at the crowd and see as she's performing, look 307 00:22:28,599 --> 00:22:30,720 at the faces, look at the people she sees in 308 00:22:30,799 --> 00:22:34,960 the front row, and look at them, see their faces 309 00:22:35,079 --> 00:22:38,680 clearly enough to identify, Hey, these are all the same 310 00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:44,160 people I saw at the previous show. And even if 311 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,440 she can do that, I find it really hard to believe. Look, 312 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:53,039 I know they're a legendary band, but is this really 313 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:58,319 a problem, Like, is it actually all the same people 314 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,759 in the front row of every show? I just find 315 00:23:01,839 --> 00:23:05,200 that hard to believe. Yes, there are people who will 316 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:07,519 if they really love a band, if they're a die hard, 317 00:23:07,559 --> 00:23:11,039 if they're a super fan, they'll buy tickets and try 318 00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:13,160 to go to as many different shows as they can. 319 00:23:13,319 --> 00:23:15,559 I mean, you know, look, I'm a Kiss fan. Kiss 320 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,519 is my favorite band of all time. I know plenty 321 00:23:17,519 --> 00:23:18,839 of I never did it, but I know plenty of 322 00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,319 Kiss fans who you know, when Kiss would go on tour, 323 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,039 especially the Farewell tour, because it was in theory the 324 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:26,799 last time you'd see them, right at the end of 325 00:23:26,799 --> 00:23:31,039 the road tour, you know, people would, people who had 326 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,519 the money because it's expensive. You know, people would buy 327 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:38,319 tickets for multiple shows and kind of follow the band 328 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:43,279 you know, and of course as bands that are legendary 329 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:46,279 for having those kinds of fans that would do that 330 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:48,880 kind of thing, like The Grateful Dead is probably the 331 00:23:49,319 --> 00:23:51,920 epitome of that, right, the classic example of you know, 332 00:23:51,960 --> 00:23:55,519 you had all these dead heads who would actually sort 333 00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:57,319 of go on tour with the band, and that they 334 00:23:57,319 --> 00:23:59,039 would follow, and the band would go on tour, these 335 00:23:59,039 --> 00:24:02,079 people would follow. I don't know how anyone affords it, 336 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:04,960 but how you know, would follow the band on tour 337 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,000 and and go to all the shows and and you know, 338 00:24:08,079 --> 00:24:10,759 it gets to a point where the band gets to 339 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,559 know the fans, gets to know these super fans by 340 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,400 knows them by name, develops relationships with them because they 341 00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:18,359 see them so much. 342 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,079 Speaker 5: You know, But. 343 00:24:22,599 --> 00:24:24,839 Speaker 14: Do the pretenders as they're doing these shows? Is it 344 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:28,359 literally the same people in the front row. I just 345 00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:31,319 find that hard to believe. Isn't that a little that 346 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,920 seems like a stretch. Again, I'm not knocking the band 347 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,920 in terms of, you know, their place in music history 348 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:40,279 and their fan base I'm sure is even in twenty 349 00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:43,279 twenty four. Obviously these shows are selling out, so obviously 350 00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:47,759 their fan base is enormous. But I find it, I 351 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,039 just find it hard to believe that Chrissy hind is 352 00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:53,039 actually looking at the front row and seeing the exact 353 00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:55,240 same set of people every night. And even if she is, 354 00:24:56,039 --> 00:24:58,319 why do you wanna why do you want to do 355 00:24:58,440 --> 00:24:59,839 this to those people? Why do you want to talk 356 00:24:59,839 --> 00:25:02,079 to them that way? Why do you want to alienate them? 357 00:25:03,039 --> 00:25:09,640 You know, It's it's bizarre to me, And and what 358 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,880 in her mind would make her think that this was 359 00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:17,839 a good idea to say this publicly and to I mean, 360 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,240 you're chastising people. Really, it's very I mean not to 361 00:25:22,319 --> 00:25:25,720 sound cliche, but if this even still means anything in 362 00:25:25,799 --> 00:25:29,200 twenty twenty four, but it's very un rock and roll. 363 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:34,279 I would say, you know, telling telling people, well, you know, 364 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:36,480 if you buy a ticket, you know, I don't want 365 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:37,680 I don't want to see you in the front row 366 00:25:37,759 --> 00:25:41,039 more than once. I mean, it's just I find this 367 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:48,359 very bizarre. I find this whole thing very strange. Let's see. 368 00:25:49,759 --> 00:25:51,680 So here's the next part of the article. This ought 369 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,880 to be good fans react to the band's request. 370 00:25:55,559 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 5: Uh uh. 371 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:58,759 Speaker 14: Now, I again I did not preread this. So I'm 372 00:25:58,759 --> 00:26:02,160 going to make a prediction, and I'm going to predict 373 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,960 that the reaction was not positive. But let's see, well again, 374 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,559 if you're if you're just learning about this as I am, 375 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,920 will learn together. But so it's not a spoiler. But 376 00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:16,559 I'm guessing that the that there was a bit of 377 00:26:16,599 --> 00:26:20,640 a negative pushback on this, okay, it says Chrissy Ian's 378 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:24,920 announcement divided fans across several social media platforms. While some 379 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,880 praised the singer and guitarists for her thoughtfulness and willingness 380 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:33,839 to prioritize local crowds, others condemned the message, saying it 381 00:26:33,960 --> 00:26:38,400 was disrespectful to her most devoted fans. These fans, the 382 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:43,440 dissentered argues, deserved top priority. By the way, let me 383 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:45,200 stop there for a moment. I don't even think of 384 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:46,680 it in those terms. I don't think of it in 385 00:26:46,799 --> 00:26:53,079 terms of who deserves Nobody deserves top priority. 386 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:53,759 Speaker 5: This is uh. 387 00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:58,799 Speaker 14: You know, touring is a business operating in a free market. 388 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:02,119 You know, whoever buys the tickets buys the tickets. Whoever's 389 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:03,640 going to the show is going to the show. If 390 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,240 you buy a front row ticket, you get your front 391 00:27:05,279 --> 00:27:05,960 row seat. That's it. 392 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:08,839 Speaker 5: There's there's no. 393 00:27:11,079 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 14: It's not a matter of priority. It's a matter of 394 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,920 first come, first serve. Now, I know that it's not 395 00:27:18,079 --> 00:27:20,000 a perfect system, and we've talked a lot on the 396 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,599 show again with the Oasis debacle, with the tickets and 397 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,119 the dynamic pricing, which is very controversial. I don't want 398 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:29,039 to take that side street right now, but I get it. 399 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:34,480 But look, it's not a matter of I mean, if 400 00:27:34,519 --> 00:27:39,279 you really, if you really want to quote unquote prioritize 401 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:45,079 local crowds, then maybe maybe if you can, maybe you 402 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,480 devise something. This might be too convoluted and complex, but 403 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,200 you could do it. Devise a system where when you 404 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:56,559 buy a ticket, if you show residency. Sounds like I'm 405 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:59,240 talking about voting, but we don't. We don't do politics here. 406 00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:03,200 But if you show residency, maybe if you're buying a 407 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:07,759 ticket to that local show, then you get a free 408 00:28:07,839 --> 00:28:11,079 meet and greet. Right, that's part of the you know, 409 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:13,720 because that's a big thing now with these and I 410 00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,559 don't know if the Pretenders is doing anything like that, 411 00:28:15,720 --> 00:28:19,480 but you can, you know, on a lot of big 412 00:28:19,519 --> 00:28:21,119 tours you can buy a meet and greet package and 413 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:22,920 you get to meet the band and have them sign 414 00:28:23,039 --> 00:28:28,279 things and say a few words to you. I don't know, 415 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,079 I mean, you could do something like that. You could 416 00:28:30,119 --> 00:28:32,960 do something special. If somebody proves their local residency, they 417 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:34,759 get to meet you. I don't know. I mean, if 418 00:28:34,759 --> 00:28:37,200 you're really that serious about this. But this is just strange. 419 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,599 This is just strange. Okay, So here's an example. Here's 420 00:28:40,599 --> 00:28:44,279 some examples of some of the reactions. One angry fan 421 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:47,640 posted on Facebook. Quote talk about how to kick your 422 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,000 biggest supporters in the teeth, and I suppose you don't 423 00:28:51,039 --> 00:28:54,160 want your photo taken either. Get off the stage if 424 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,440 you can't appreciate the people who have kept you there. 425 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:03,960 I just found this statement really insulting. Talk about taking 426 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,039 your biggest supporters for granted. Sorry, we're bored of your quote. Sorry, 427 00:29:09,079 --> 00:29:15,440 we're bored of your faces unquote Yeah, I mean again, 428 00:29:16,839 --> 00:29:20,000 Chrissy hind is not clearly it is not her intention 429 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:25,279 to kick pretenders fans in the teeth. But she just 430 00:29:25,359 --> 00:29:27,599 doesn't want to have to see your teeth. You know, 431 00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:29,440 she doesn't want you close enough. She doesn't want to 432 00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,039 have to see your teeth on more than one night. 433 00:29:31,119 --> 00:29:37,240 I guess other self described uber fans stood by Heine's request. Okay, 434 00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:41,000 so there's an example of a supporter. One comment or 435 00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:45,079 said quote, It's not always about you at this point 436 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,799 in time. It's about the band who wants to keep 437 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:50,839 things fresh at the end of a long tour for 438 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,039 the benefit of all those who attend, and for local fans, 439 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,640 ninety nine percent of whom this is their only and 440 00:29:58,759 --> 00:30:01,519 maybe last chance to see the band. You don't own 441 00:30:01,599 --> 00:30:04,319 the band and shouldn't own the front row experience, and 442 00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:09,319 well done Chrissy grabbing the guts to courteously point that out. Unquote, 443 00:30:16,319 --> 00:30:21,200 But the commenter says here, this commenter is saying, well, 444 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:23,640 you know, ninety nine percent of these people this will 445 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:27,880 be their only chance to see the band, So that 446 00:30:28,039 --> 00:30:32,839 kind of undercuts the point, doesn't it. Okay, Dead by 447 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,599 Wednesday is here, so I'm gonna go let them in 448 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:40,920 and I'm gonna play this the new single, their cover 449 00:30:41,519 --> 00:30:42,519 of No Easy Way Out. 450 00:30:42,839 --> 00:30:43,359 Speaker 5: Check this out. 451 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:44,160 Speaker 14: This is really good. 452 00:31:18,039 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 10: We're out in the struggle. 453 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:23,920 Speaker 6: Boom Baby, better get that stream. 454 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,599 Speaker 10: I think it's a bedive her boat. 455 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:33,240 Speaker 15: How you get into the hands of beets and something 456 00:31:33,400 --> 00:31:40,559 going fad about some feelings never time. I'm not asking 457 00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:45,279 about now the jeez, I just want to know how. 458 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 13: There's a wisy way out there's no short time out. 459 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,200 There's a rasy way out. 460 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:17,680 Speaker 15: Jimmy, I don't wanna passify you. I don't wanna track 461 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:18,359 you down. 462 00:32:19,519 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 13: Let him being like a friend. 463 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:24,599 Speaker 5: That's a stranger, you know. 464 00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,839 Speaker 16: B Why by y'all, Why y'all whys I house my 465 00:32:31,079 --> 00:32:34,720 bright I y'all by y'all wild, B's like y'all out 466 00:32:34,799 --> 00:32:38,200 wi wild? Why y'all bide like God? 467 00:32:38,279 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 6: All Wow? 468 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,119 Speaker 11: Why y'all all? 469 00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:47,519 Speaker 13: There is a way se way out. There's no show talking. 470 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,599 Speaker 6: There's some ways be way out. 471 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:57,599 Speaker 11: Kimmy, kid, that's. 472 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 13: So easy, way I say, all white sky, Why I 473 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,200 so shot down? 474 00:33:03,839 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 6: God? 475 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:06,440 Speaker 13: So easy anyway else? 476 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:22,960 Speaker 10: Givenything can be, maybe maybe a wee can ship. 477 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:26,200 Speaker 11: We can say out we. 478 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,000 Speaker 10: Sn't doing doing? 479 00:33:30,119 --> 00:33:31,640 Speaker 13: Then it is true. 480 00:33:33,119 --> 00:33:34,200 Speaker 15: Any ford. 481 00:33:36,319 --> 00:33:38,759 Speaker 10: It's something's doing a bay a bone. 482 00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:46,319 Speaker 15: It's a basic time about I ask him about that change. 483 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 11: I just want to know why. 484 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:55,160 Speaker 13: This is no easy ways out? Why I why I 485 00:33:55,920 --> 00:34:09,199 shot time? Toddise not wise? 486 00:34:09,320 --> 00:34:10,400 Speaker 11: I why out. 487 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:13,159 Speaker 17: I go. 488 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:16,519 Speaker 6: Not wise? 489 00:34:16,639 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 7: I not wise? 490 00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:18,440 Speaker 8: I not wise? 491 00:34:18,559 --> 00:34:18,840 Speaker 6: I w. 492 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 14: Oh so good? No easy way out. You might have 493 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,800 heard that song before. A gentleman named Robert Tepper had 494 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,199 a hit with that in the in the eighties. But 495 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:35,199 that is Dead by Wednesday and that is a brand 496 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,320 new single and we're spinning it here. And we have 497 00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,840 two of the members from Dead by Wednesday here with 498 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,760 us live in studio. We've got Mike and Esteban here. 499 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:44,400 How are you guys? 500 00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:46,239 Speaker 5: Hey An, That. 501 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 14: Damn Hartford Marathon delayed you guys, but I'm glad. 502 00:35:48,639 --> 00:35:49,000 Speaker 11: You made it. 503 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,800 Speaker 5: Excuse me. At the highway, I was like, oh my god, 504 00:35:53,679 --> 00:35:53,880 I was. 505 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,000 Speaker 14: Gonna I was gonna play the song regardless, like if 506 00:35:56,039 --> 00:35:57,639 if you if for some reason you didn't get here 507 00:35:57,639 --> 00:35:58,920 I was just gonna play it anyway at the end 508 00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:02,360 of the day. But no, that's that's really really good now. Mike, 509 00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,360 So we were talking when you were in the other 510 00:36:04,519 --> 00:36:06,199 So you're an original member, you've you've been here the 511 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:09,079 whole time. How long when did that By Wednesday start? 512 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:10,280 Speaker 5: Probably? 513 00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,039 Speaker 14: Oh, pull up, pull that mic up. I'm sorry, sorry, 514 00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:14,840 those mics are probably there, you go. 515 00:36:15,079 --> 00:36:23,039 Speaker 7: Okay, So wow. I think Opus and I met probably 516 00:36:25,159 --> 00:36:30,119 late three. The idea conjured up around oh four and 517 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,159 made it official two thousand and five. 518 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:35,480 Speaker 14: Okay, yeah, I thought it had been about twenty years. Yeah, 519 00:36:35,679 --> 00:36:38,760 wow wow, yeah, gone in the blink. Of an eye. Right, 520 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,800 it goes, it goes quicker than we then we know 521 00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:44,280 that is true, and asked abound, how long have you 522 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:44,800 been in the band? 523 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,320 Speaker 5: Now? This January will be five years, five years, five 524 00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:49,039 years already Mike, Yeah, I know. Wow. 525 00:36:49,559 --> 00:36:51,119 Speaker 14: Does it seem longer to you or does it seem 526 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:52,719 quicker like that? 527 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:53,119 Speaker 9: Yeah? 528 00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,679 Speaker 5: Yeah, in a way, it seems longer, but then when 529 00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,440 you think back at it, you're just like it went 530 00:36:57,559 --> 00:36:59,039 by super fast. 531 00:36:59,199 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, no doubt. What went into the decision to 532 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,320 cover this song? It's it's not I don't think I've 533 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:08,639 ever heard anyone cover No Easy Way Out, but it's 534 00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,840 but I was, I always like the song as catchy 535 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,239 as hell, and it's it sounds great, like why did 536 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:14,440 you guys pick that song? 537 00:37:15,119 --> 00:37:15,800 Speaker 7: You want to ticket? 538 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:16,639 Speaker 8: Uh? 539 00:37:17,559 --> 00:37:21,800 Speaker 5: So Opus is a big like uh karate kid and 540 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,719 Rocky fan, and I mean who doesn't like Rocky right right? 541 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:24,920 Speaker 11: Right? 542 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:25,199 Speaker 16: Yeah? 543 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:30,880 Speaker 5: So yeah, it was. I think it originated with Opus 544 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:34,159 and Dave. Well how did how did it come about? 545 00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:41,639 Speaker 7: It was Opus presented the idea and usually I say that, 546 00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:46,920 but I do recall when I when I watched Rocky 547 00:37:47,039 --> 00:37:50,840 four as a kid, I heard that song and I 548 00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,880 was like, Wow, I bet this song could take off 549 00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:59,519 like the previous, like Iya the Tiger, the previous, like 550 00:38:00,079 --> 00:38:03,360 the Rocky series, always had a hit single. 551 00:38:03,559 --> 00:38:04,280 Speaker 14: Yes, yep. 552 00:38:04,559 --> 00:38:07,639 Speaker 7: So I was like, Okay, this will probably it, and 553 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,960 it never It just kind of fizzled out. So when 554 00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:15,119 he presented the idea, I was like possibly, yeah, and 555 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:18,320 then we just kind of toyed around with it and 556 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,000 he kept pushing it. It's like, hey, you know, try it, 557 00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:24,719 listen to it. Yeah, So he kept pushing it and 558 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,360 it just morphed, you know. 559 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:29,280 Speaker 5: Well, then we jammed it that one time in the 560 00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:31,360 space and then we were just like, oh, it kind 561 00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:32,239 of really good. 562 00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 14: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's excellent, and it's already getting played 563 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:37,679 like on serious. 564 00:38:38,280 --> 00:38:41,199 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's actually been playing there I think since uh 565 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:46,320 it's been a week, third or seventh, I know it's 566 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,039 been a week. Yeah, at least a week. 567 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,639 Speaker 14: Yeah, excellent. I assume this is part of the live set. 568 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:51,760 Now you guys playing this live. 569 00:38:52,159 --> 00:38:55,199 Speaker 7: We are going to introduce it into the set in 570 00:38:55,639 --> 00:38:56,159 two weeks. 571 00:38:56,360 --> 00:39:00,719 Speaker 14: Nice Swarmy Fast Yeah, yeah, excellent, excellent. Yeah, looking forward 572 00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:02,599 to Swarmy Fast and seeing you guys. It's been a 573 00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,320 long time since I've seen you guys live, so really 574 00:39:05,599 --> 00:39:06,280 looking forward to this. 575 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,800 Speaker 7: Yeah, it's we what we The last time we were 576 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:09,960 on stage was May. 577 00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:14,159 Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, June. June, yeah, June too, June. 578 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:14,480 Speaker 7: Yeah. 579 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:15,599 Speaker 10: Yeah. 580 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:17,239 Speaker 7: So yeah, it's been a minute for us. 581 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,360 Speaker 15: Yeah. Yeah. 582 00:39:18,559 --> 00:39:21,320 Speaker 14: And then now you've got a big in uh well 583 00:39:21,519 --> 00:39:22,880 next year, right, there's a big tour. 584 00:39:23,559 --> 00:39:27,639 Speaker 5: Yeah, we got a tour that's happening in January, starting 585 00:39:27,800 --> 00:39:32,719 January seventh in Brooklyn and then ending January twelfth, I 586 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,199 believe in Albany. And we're running with Skin Lab. 587 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,599 Speaker 14: Oh very good, Yeah, very good. Have you toured with 588 00:39:37,639 --> 00:39:38,079 them before? 589 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:40,440 Speaker 5: No, No, it's exciting. It's the first time. I mean 590 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,360 we we've hung out with some of those dudes, like 591 00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:45,079 out in California, Yeah, out in Nam, but this is 592 00:39:45,119 --> 00:39:48,199 our first time actually jamming with him. So yeah, pretty excited. 593 00:39:48,400 --> 00:39:48,599 Speaker 14: Yeah. 594 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:54,199 Speaker 7: So then we've got another run in March with Category seven. Okay, 595 00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:58,559 that is the new supergroup. I know John Bush is 596 00:39:59,159 --> 00:40:04,519 the vocalist. Oh, it's like who's who of I'm trying 597 00:40:04,559 --> 00:40:08,280 to pull up the members, but Jason Bittner is on drum, 598 00:40:09,119 --> 00:40:12,039 John Bush on vocals, and then. 599 00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 5: Uh a former member of Exodus. I believe. 600 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:16,760 Speaker 7: So, yeah, it's a it's a great lineup. 601 00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:18,119 Speaker 14: I'll still look that up. 602 00:40:18,159 --> 00:40:22,039 Speaker 7: We're doing a few shows in March supporting their tour. 603 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:26,280 Yeah with them and ex order exorder okay, someone who else? 604 00:40:27,519 --> 00:40:29,920 Ex order hand of the Tribe, had of the Tribe 605 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:30,960 category seven? 606 00:40:31,039 --> 00:40:35,320 Speaker 14: Yeah, Oh, very good, very good. I'm curious, Mike, because 607 00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:37,400 you've been you've been there with Opus from the beginning. 608 00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:40,800 Has the has the approach changed it all over the 609 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,039 years in terms of the of the live show or 610 00:40:43,079 --> 00:40:44,119 even even recording? 611 00:40:44,519 --> 00:40:44,639 Speaker 5: Uh? 612 00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,519 Speaker 14: Like you like you said, you know, with no easy 613 00:40:47,559 --> 00:40:48,960 way out. He had to kind of talk you into it. 614 00:40:49,079 --> 00:40:51,079 Like has that has that process changed over the years 615 00:40:51,119 --> 00:40:52,000 over twenty years. 616 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:55,800 Speaker 7: Or not really? I mean you're going to have some 617 00:40:56,559 --> 00:41:01,360 you know, as members change, you're I don't know, ideology, 618 00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:07,320 your approach to writing and performing changes, but again it 619 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,960 kind of evolves. So you know, at the end of 620 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:14,639 the day, you're three guys, four guys working together. So 621 00:41:16,440 --> 00:41:19,440 once you can gel, once you can communicate and get along. 622 00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:24,440 The music part, the composition and the creativity isn't all 623 00:41:24,519 --> 00:41:25,440 that It's not that. 624 00:41:25,559 --> 00:41:26,719 Speaker 5: Hard, right, right? 625 00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:28,480 Speaker 4: Is it? 626 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,519 Speaker 14: Is it challenging? When you know, because you and Opus 627 00:41:32,599 --> 00:41:35,199 have been, like I said, from there from the beginning, 628 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,840 the core of it, like having all these changes over 629 00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,280 the years, is there ever a point where you go, well, 630 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:42,320 you know, we've we've had we've had a lot of changes, 631 00:41:42,519 --> 00:41:44,599 and you know, I don't know if we can keep 632 00:41:44,639 --> 00:41:46,679 doing this. I mean, do you ever kind of second 633 00:41:46,719 --> 00:41:48,519 guess at or are you just so committed to it? 634 00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:56,639 Speaker 7: The maybe the last two we're like, oh man, because 635 00:41:56,679 --> 00:42:03,079 we had written material, we had another album, like we 636 00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,880 had we had the timeline laid out for a year. 637 00:42:06,519 --> 00:42:09,280 We had like six songs in the camp like we 638 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,840 were on a roll. And then when you have these 639 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,599 lineup changes, then it's like, okay, well you can't use 640 00:42:15,679 --> 00:42:18,880 this song because you know, once you throw all that 641 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,320 stuff into the mix, then it's like turmoil and then 642 00:42:21,360 --> 00:42:24,599 you gotta So the last one of those, I was like, man, 643 00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:29,320 you know that's tough because but again, when the right 644 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:35,559 personnel is in play, then you know it you rebound quicker. 645 00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:39,719 But yeah, it can be you know, you're building something 646 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:43,159 then all of a sudden just rpe sorry. 647 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:49,119 Speaker 14: Yeah, and then it's like again again, yeah, yeah, absolutely, yeah. 648 00:42:49,400 --> 00:42:51,599 So Estemon, how did you come to be in the band? 649 00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:52,920 How did you become the singer. 650 00:42:53,599 --> 00:42:58,480 Speaker 5: So it was right before Covid, I believe January of 651 00:42:58,599 --> 00:43:02,559 twenty twenty. The band had gotten a call we were 652 00:43:02,599 --> 00:43:05,679 going to go on a thirty day tour and yeah, 653 00:43:05,679 --> 00:43:07,840 it was like four. It was a four or six weeks. 654 00:43:08,079 --> 00:43:08,280 Speaker 4: It was. 655 00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 7: I think it was slated for six, but realistically there 656 00:43:13,519 --> 00:43:15,679 was no way it was going to be six. I 657 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,920 didn't buy into that, but I think we had at 658 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,559 least a solid at least three or four. 659 00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,119 Speaker 5: Yeah, it was, it was, it was long. I knew 660 00:43:23,159 --> 00:43:25,039 we had to take like a week and a half 661 00:43:25,159 --> 00:43:27,800 off because they had to break into Canada and another 662 00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:33,000 band was going to hook up, but it was the 663 00:43:33,079 --> 00:43:36,679 band had gotten Slater for that and the vocalist before 664 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,519 me had just picked up a new career. 665 00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:40,039 Speaker 9: Oh. 666 00:43:40,559 --> 00:43:42,239 Speaker 5: So it was like one of those things of like 667 00:43:43,199 --> 00:43:45,079 what do I do? Do I go on tour? Pass 668 00:43:45,159 --> 00:43:47,519 up the opportunity? So I mean, no, hey, I mean 669 00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:50,440 anybody would have taken the opportunity he did. So Yeah, 670 00:43:50,559 --> 00:43:53,599 and at that point I was with another band, a 671 00:43:53,639 --> 00:43:56,760 smaller local band, and Opus had given me a call 672 00:43:57,320 --> 00:43:59,400 and he was just like, hey, come down an audition, 673 00:44:00,159 --> 00:44:02,800 and uh, I think, what was it like? Two three 674 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:06,239 days later I came down and auditioned, and then like uh, 675 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,960 three days after that, I got the call and they 676 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,199 were just like, hey, come aboard, Yeah, if you want 677 00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:14,800 to come on this tour. I'm like sweet, request the 678 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:17,880 time off of work and everything. And then dune dun dub. 679 00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:18,440 Speaker 4: Yeah. 680 00:44:20,800 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 14: When you auditioned, did you know, like did you get 681 00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:24,840 because sometimes you know, guys will say, you know, I 682 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,239 auditioned for the span and I just knew it felt right, 683 00:44:27,719 --> 00:44:29,039 like did you did you know it? 684 00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,559 Speaker 5: Or for me if it felt really good as soon 685 00:44:32,599 --> 00:44:34,920 as I got there, like just the energy when we 686 00:44:35,559 --> 00:44:39,239 when we jammed and everything it was it felt right, yeah, 687 00:44:39,559 --> 00:44:39,960 fuck good. 688 00:44:40,119 --> 00:44:42,320 Speaker 14: Yeah. Did you know Mike right off the bat that 689 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:42,960 he was the guy? 690 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:43,719 Speaker 7: Yeah? 691 00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,079 Speaker 14: Yeah, I mean I know he's sitting right next to. 692 00:44:47,679 --> 00:44:52,679 Speaker 7: Put it on the spot. No I remember, I don't remember. 693 00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:54,800 I remember feeling like, all right, this is like a 694 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,960 seamless transition. Yeah, like I don't remember any like I 695 00:44:59,039 --> 00:45:02,119 don't know. Yeah, like we clicked like that. 696 00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,880 Speaker 14: Yeah. Yeah, And that's nice when that happens too, when 697 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:07,280 you can have a scene. You know, because I've been 698 00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,199 in bands, not at the level that you guys are at, 699 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:11,000 but I know, like when there's changes and it's like 700 00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:13,760 you know, when someone new comes in and they're just 701 00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,760 the right person right away, it's like, oh, thank god, 702 00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,320 you know this is gonna be easier then. 703 00:45:18,559 --> 00:45:22,280 Speaker 7: And prior to him, we had a couple auditions. We 704 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,440 had some you know, and like you knew within the 705 00:45:25,519 --> 00:45:27,679 first two minutes they're like, all right, I'll give the 706 00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:30,719 guy the benefit of the doubt, and then five minutes later. 707 00:45:30,559 --> 00:45:33,880 Speaker 14: You're like all right, no, yeah, yeah, what like like 708 00:45:34,039 --> 00:45:36,599 when others would audition, like what would be the prop? 709 00:45:36,840 --> 00:45:39,199 Speaker 7: Like were they just not up to the the material 710 00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:44,559 or we had well, we had one dude, Like I 711 00:45:44,679 --> 00:45:48,199 want to say, I didn't hear I didn't hear what 712 00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:50,920 he had done before. I think I knew he was 713 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,760 in a band. They told me, l right, he's singing 714 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,239 in this band, and I think I heard a song. 715 00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:57,679 I was like, Okay, sounds great. He comes in and 716 00:45:58,599 --> 00:46:02,239 I don't know, maybe he just doesn't audition well. But 717 00:46:02,519 --> 00:46:05,480 he was nervous. Is I don't know if I can 718 00:46:06,239 --> 00:46:13,119 on this. He was nervous is anything, And he to 719 00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:17,239 compensate for that, he had been drinking, So he shows 720 00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:23,199 up like freaking about alcohol nervous. Now that combination you 721 00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:26,800 can't sing, you know, and then it was like, look, 722 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:32,000 guys like so we said, look go home, let's try 723 00:46:32,079 --> 00:46:32,639 this again. 724 00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:37,239 Speaker 14: You to say, let's yeah, pretty generous. 725 00:46:37,599 --> 00:46:42,880 Speaker 7: He came back still you know better, but no, you know, 726 00:46:43,079 --> 00:46:45,840 so we had like stuff like that, or people who 727 00:46:45,960 --> 00:46:47,960 tell you they're going to come down and then they don't, 728 00:46:49,039 --> 00:46:51,639 you know, stuff like that. Usually the best I found 729 00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:55,000 is through word of mouth or like bands who know 730 00:46:55,119 --> 00:46:58,800 other bands or approach other people. The way I met 731 00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:02,360 Opus site ipproached him and I was like, look, dude, 732 00:47:03,159 --> 00:47:05,239 you and I should start a band. I never met him, 733 00:47:05,679 --> 00:47:08,960 no kidding, Yeah, I was like, I'm a better bass 734 00:47:09,039 --> 00:47:11,440 player than the guy that you're playing with right now, 735 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,920 and we need to start a band. Yeah, you know, 736 00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:18,639 so sometimes you gotta just like, you know, talk to people. 737 00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:22,679 Speaker 14: Yeah exactly exactly. Was that intimidating because he's an intense guy, 738 00:47:23,599 --> 00:47:25,199 I think, I mean, from when I've met. 739 00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:29,320 Speaker 7: Him, he's I was at a point, Yes, you're right, 740 00:47:29,719 --> 00:47:32,679 and it was. But I was at a point at 741 00:47:32,719 --> 00:47:36,760 the time where I was looking for something serious and 742 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:40,320 all the bands that I auditioned for at the time 743 00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,119 they were not They weren't serious, they weren't on it, 744 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,000 and he was yeah. So I was like, you know, 745 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:52,280 I've got I've got nothing to lose exactly exactly. Yeah, yeah, 746 00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:55,320 to take it. But yeah, you're right, yeah, it's you know, 747 00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,079 he had a big mohawk, he said, so you know 748 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:04,000 he you know, you know everyone. Yeah, so yeah, it 749 00:48:04,159 --> 00:48:07,440 was like this, who is this guy? Larger than life 750 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:12,119 like personality? But you know, but yeah, you're you're. 751 00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:17,920 Speaker 14: Did you saband like other bands that you've played in 752 00:48:18,239 --> 00:48:20,800 were they similar in terms of the you know, your 753 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:26,719 vocal approach. You know, obviously it's it's intense, and did 754 00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:28,679 you sing that way and other bands prior to this 755 00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:31,360 or oh yeah, I mean my. 756 00:48:33,360 --> 00:48:33,599 Speaker 6: It was. 757 00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:37,599 Speaker 5: I think that was probably the I mean, it was 758 00:48:37,639 --> 00:48:40,679 still difficult to transition, but the easiest point of the 759 00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:43,639 transition was the vocal style was still the same way. 760 00:48:43,679 --> 00:48:46,679 I went from you know, scream singing to scream singing. Yeah, 761 00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,119 so it was pretty accommodating in those terms. 762 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,960 Speaker 14: Yeah. Oh, it's fascinated by that by singers who can 763 00:48:53,039 --> 00:48:54,280 do that. Do you do you have to do anything 764 00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:57,199 to kind of protect your throat? Like, do you do 765 00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:58,280 you have any kind of a regimen. 766 00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,519 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, just like any other vocal list, you 767 00:49:00,639 --> 00:49:03,559 have to you have to watch what you do, you know, 768 00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:07,880 prior and post, you know, performances. You have to make 769 00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:10,880 sure you're hydrated, you know, tease things like that. I 770 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:15,760 normally steam my face and my I take like the 771 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:19,800 normal vapo steamerly use like when you're sick. So I 772 00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:23,079 use that and it's like an instant hydrated or my 773 00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:26,360 voice and like nasal passages and stuff. So I do that, 774 00:49:26,519 --> 00:49:29,119 and I normally drink some tea beforehand, I do some 775 00:49:29,360 --> 00:49:32,480 warm ups and then get into it, and then afterwards, 776 00:49:32,519 --> 00:49:34,639 I normally try to steam my voice, like when we're 777 00:49:34,679 --> 00:49:37,480 on tour especially, I try to steam my face before 778 00:49:37,519 --> 00:49:38,159 I go to sleep. 779 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:40,480 Speaker 14: Oh okay, sure, so if you do that before you 780 00:49:40,519 --> 00:49:41,800 go to sleep, when you wake up your. 781 00:49:42,159 --> 00:49:44,079 Speaker 5: Yeah, a little little bit, because I mean it all 782 00:49:44,119 --> 00:49:47,320 depends on the the atmosphere of the club too, because 783 00:49:47,679 --> 00:49:50,719 they may be using steam machine fog machines. Like when 784 00:49:50,760 --> 00:49:53,280 we were in Europe, smoking was allowed in clubs. 785 00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,800 Speaker 14: So that was really that was that was rough, I 786 00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:57,719 can imagine. Yeah. 787 00:49:57,719 --> 00:49:59,400 Speaker 5: The thing is we haven't been used to it here 788 00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:03,000 in the twenty plus years, right, going over there, just like, oh, 789 00:50:03,199 --> 00:50:04,000 I forgot about that. 790 00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:08,920 Speaker 7: They stuck us in the back the smoking room as 791 00:50:09,039 --> 00:50:12,719 our keep your gear and all your cases and everything, 792 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,760 and you can hang out here in the smoking room. 793 00:50:16,119 --> 00:50:21,079 Yeah maybe a window. Horrendous rut. 794 00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:25,280 Speaker 5: I mean, no fault to them, surely the. 795 00:50:25,599 --> 00:50:27,719 Speaker 7: Culture we weren't prepared. 796 00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,039 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like, oh my god, I'm gonna die. 797 00:50:33,639 --> 00:50:35,880 Speaker 14: By the way, where do you guys record? Does Opus? 798 00:50:36,039 --> 00:50:40,360 Does he have a recording studio or so he did. 799 00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:43,519 Speaker 5: Or depending Like during COVID we were we were all 800 00:50:43,599 --> 00:50:46,639 able to individually record on our own. Yeah, so we 801 00:50:46,719 --> 00:50:49,400 can be able to record tracks like at home. But 802 00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:53,239 during COVID we did that, and then we still went 803 00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,920 in a little bit and did some in studio stuff 804 00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:59,920 with Nicky Belmore with Dexter's lab down in Milford, Connecticut. 805 00:51:00,039 --> 00:51:03,159 Oh okay, yeah, and we worked with him and most 806 00:51:03,159 --> 00:51:05,119 of the time we cut our tracks at home. 807 00:51:05,480 --> 00:51:05,760 Speaker 11: Okay. 808 00:51:06,199 --> 00:51:11,119 Speaker 7: COVID it forced us to, you know, utilize this technology 809 00:51:11,199 --> 00:51:14,559 that was already there. But a lot of the tracks 810 00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:18,559 on our last album were done like I would record 811 00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:23,320 my bass tracks on my computer, like while I was 812 00:51:23,800 --> 00:51:26,760 on vacation with my family or something, and I'd send 813 00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:31,559 in bass tracks for a couple songs. Did you record yours? 814 00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:35,039 Speaker 5: Yeah? No, No, I mean I only recorded a few live, 815 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:37,639 but most of the time I recorded them at home. 816 00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,880 Speaker 7: Dave did some tracks at home. Yeah, so we just 817 00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:44,440 sent him sent the stems to Nikki. He'd mixed them 818 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:48,079 together and that would be the track. But this last 819 00:51:48,239 --> 00:51:52,440 one no easy weigh out. He and I recorded the 820 00:51:52,559 --> 00:51:56,159 bass like I recorded at his place, okay, okay, and 821 00:51:56,199 --> 00:51:58,119 then we sent at least for the bass, and then 822 00:51:58,159 --> 00:51:58,760 we sent that in. 823 00:51:59,039 --> 00:51:59,239 Speaker 14: Yeah. 824 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:04,320 Speaker 7: So yeah, we've been It's like, I don't know, there 825 00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,719 isn't really a There doesn't need to be a central 826 00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:09,239 location for everything, you know. 827 00:52:09,480 --> 00:52:11,360 Speaker 14: So it's amazing, doesn't it to live in a time 828 00:52:11,400 --> 00:52:13,480 where we have all these technology, we can do all 829 00:52:13,519 --> 00:52:14,679 this stuff easy. 830 00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:15,119 Speaker 2: You know. 831 00:52:15,599 --> 00:52:17,320 Speaker 14: It comes up a lot on the show too, about 832 00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,800 how you know, the pandemic was terrible, but you have 833 00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:22,079 to find these silver linings where you can. And once 834 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,360 big silver lining is it did kind of force people 835 00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:28,360 to be creative in terms of how they do things 836 00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,440 and find ways to be creative they maybe hadn't considered before. 837 00:52:31,679 --> 00:52:33,039 Speaker 7: It created a new industry. 838 00:52:33,719 --> 00:52:33,880 Speaker 4: You know. 839 00:52:34,239 --> 00:52:37,679 Speaker 7: It's amazing, Like and people unless you grew up in 840 00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:41,840 an era where that was not possible. It's just to me, 841 00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:45,039 it's it's crazy that I can record a track that 842 00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:49,280 can literally like no easy way out. Like when I 843 00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,440 was recording it and when I was coming up with 844 00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:55,960 my base parts, you're not thinking of that. You're thinking 845 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:58,280 an end process, but you're not thinking of But it's 846 00:52:58,320 --> 00:53:01,760 just crazy to me to record this in a house 847 00:53:02,199 --> 00:53:02,840 or a basement. 848 00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:03,199 Speaker 16: Yeah. 849 00:53:03,239 --> 00:53:07,360 Speaker 7: Have it broadcast globally, Yeah, and sound pristine. 850 00:53:07,599 --> 00:53:07,760 Speaker 10: I know. 851 00:53:08,159 --> 00:53:10,239 Speaker 5: Mike and I have talked about that many times, Like 852 00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:10,760 on tour. 853 00:53:10,920 --> 00:53:11,760 Speaker 7: It's like, I love it. 854 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,800 Speaker 5: We have the ability to be able to record anywhere 855 00:53:14,880 --> 00:53:17,559 we want. Back in the day bands the lock that 856 00:53:17,679 --> 00:53:18,639 solves away for. 857 00:53:20,360 --> 00:53:23,719 Speaker 7: Big, big artists that could afford the equipment, you. 858 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,920 Speaker 5: Know, yeah, exactly having an in home studio was like 859 00:53:27,000 --> 00:53:28,480 a super privilege at that point. 860 00:53:28,599 --> 00:53:30,400 Speaker 7: Oh yeah, available to anyone. 861 00:53:30,599 --> 00:53:34,880 Speaker 14: Yeah yeah, absolutely. Oh time goes quick. I wish we 862 00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:38,159 had more, but I want to make sure. So uh 863 00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:43,599 November two, it's the event is at Tafada and Lowell. 864 00:53:43,679 --> 00:53:45,400 It was originally supposed to be a Jewel but for 865 00:53:45,440 --> 00:53:47,800 anyone who doesn't know, it's at Tafia and Lowell Swarmy 866 00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:51,280 Fest Jenny and I will be there. Really looking forward 867 00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:51,920 to seeing you guys. 868 00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:54,400 Speaker 5: I am so excited, Yeah, super excited, Thank you. 869 00:53:54,639 --> 00:53:57,039 Speaker 14: Yeah, absolutely, The's gonna be a bunch of great bands there. 870 00:53:58,559 --> 00:54:00,719 What should people anything you want people to know about? 871 00:54:00,719 --> 00:54:02,440 Obviously you want them to know that the new single 872 00:54:02,519 --> 00:54:05,159 is out, your cover of No Easy Way Out? And 873 00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:10,039 what should people know else about? About what you guys 874 00:54:10,079 --> 00:54:10,440 are doing? 875 00:54:11,559 --> 00:54:16,039 Speaker 7: Wow? Check us out on our social media feeds. We've 876 00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:20,519 got some shows coming up that what the uh. 877 00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:22,480 Speaker 18: You got a couple of tours coming yeah, yeah, the 878 00:54:22,519 --> 00:54:24,880 tours with skin Lab, the skin Lab Tour, Yeah yeah, 879 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:30,920 that's going to be Northeast show January seventh, Northeast Region, 880 00:54:31,119 --> 00:54:34,400 and our final date is January twelfth. 881 00:54:34,679 --> 00:54:37,199 Speaker 5: Is that the one in Albany. That's all one in Albany. 882 00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:41,239 We start in Brooklyn on the seventh. We go Brooklyn, 883 00:54:42,119 --> 00:54:48,000 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and then back up to Albany. 884 00:54:48,079 --> 00:54:50,559 So hopefully listeners out there can be able to link 885 00:54:50,639 --> 00:54:52,079 up with us at some point in one of those 886 00:54:52,079 --> 00:54:53,800 shows that I'd love to have you guys come out. 887 00:54:54,039 --> 00:54:57,679 Speaker 14: Yeah, excellent, excellent, and well we'll close out with Wasteland 888 00:54:58,440 --> 00:55:01,000 and this you say you're an offer too. This was 889 00:55:01,079 --> 00:55:02,519 this one an Awarder was nominated for. 890 00:55:02,639 --> 00:55:04,880 Speaker 5: Oh yeah, we we were Actually we got nominated for 891 00:55:05,159 --> 00:55:07,440 two categories. We got nominated for New England Best Metal 892 00:55:07,519 --> 00:55:12,039 Band and also Best Music Video in Wasteland. This is 893 00:55:12,079 --> 00:55:15,360 the one we filmed out in the Mojave Desert, California 894 00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:16,320 for Wasteland Weekend. 895 00:55:16,639 --> 00:55:18,000 Speaker 14: Oh the video is wild. 896 00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:19,559 Speaker 5: It looks like that was it. 897 00:55:19,840 --> 00:55:21,920 Speaker 14: I mean, was that as big a production as it 898 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:23,840 looks like. I mean, it's like it's like watching a 899 00:55:23,920 --> 00:55:24,400 mini movie. 900 00:55:24,599 --> 00:55:27,440 Speaker 5: We were we had hooked up with another festival that 901 00:55:27,639 --> 00:55:32,239 was happening. We're playing, yeah, and uh yeah, our videographer 902 00:55:32,440 --> 00:55:35,199 she you know, happened to be there. We got the 903 00:55:35,239 --> 00:55:37,599 permissions and the rights to be able to film and wow, 904 00:55:37,719 --> 00:55:39,800 everybody was with it. And it was kind of like 905 00:55:40,760 --> 00:55:42,440 it was the last minute, spur of the moment thing 906 00:55:42,519 --> 00:55:45,119 and everybody was on board. So we just ran with 907 00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:47,079 it and oh that's good. It just it was a 908 00:55:47,119 --> 00:55:48,880 per It was a happy accident. Yeah. 909 00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:53,280 Speaker 14: Yeah, that's that's that's amazing. That's amazing, great job. Yeah, 910 00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,280 I recommend people check it out. The video for Wasteland. 911 00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:58,760 All right, we gotta go, guys, thank you so much, Thanks. 912 00:55:58,559 --> 00:56:00,559 Speaker 5: So much again. Sorry for being in the little bit late, 913 00:56:00,639 --> 00:56:03,119 but we love you guys, and check us out and we. 914 00:56:03,159 --> 00:56:07,079 Speaker 14: Will see you on November at HAFA and lolat Swarmy Fest. 915 00:56:07,679 --> 00:56:09,559 All right, very good, and uh if you missed any 916 00:56:09,559 --> 00:56:10,920 part of today's show, it'll be up in just a 917 00:56:10,960 --> 00:56:13,760 little bit. But we will leave you with this. Check 918 00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:15,079 this out. This is wasteland. 919 00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:34,639 Speaker 19: This is dead by Wednesday, him on the crisis, falling 920 00:56:35,039 --> 00:56:38,360 food and rising me the. 921 00:56:38,679 --> 00:56:42,960 Speaker 20: Flows Simons come to really yucky. 922 00:56:48,039 --> 00:56:53,679 Speaker 10: Along the lady, I'm down dog. 923 00:56:57,440 --> 00:57:13,760 Speaker 20: John's way. 924 00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:20,480 Speaker 5: I don't care what you're saying. 925 00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:30,599 Speaker 10: That he said to me, wats on because I don't 926 00:57:30,639 --> 00:57:31,480 care about stuff. 927 00:57:32,159 --> 00:57:35,320 Speaker 6: I s's on time that waycut sometimes. 928 00:57:34,920 --> 00:57:36,000 Speaker 10: Just side that time. 929 00:57:36,159 --> 00:57:37,440 Speaker 11: All this time the. 930 00:57:37,599 --> 00:57:39,360 Speaker 10: Bupp set on like that. 931 00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:40,639 Speaker 5: Time, best that time. 932 00:57:41,039 --> 00:57:41,519 Speaker 10: That's a lot. 933 00:57:41,599 --> 00:57:42,079 Speaker 1: I was washed. 934 00:57:42,079 --> 00:57:44,880 Speaker 16: I had all white that right time, John, So. 935 00:57:47,519 --> 00:57:48,639 Speaker 11: Why my father bah? 936 00:57:48,800 --> 00:57:49,119 Speaker 6: All right? 937 00:57:49,440 --> 00:57:52,199 Speaker 16: That's after five times on because I can't worry aback, 938 00:57:52,480 --> 00:57:55,679 wear your go right up all right now. 939 00:57:55,719 --> 00:57:58,239 Speaker 10: That's all I can. I I worried about a bottle. 940 00:58:01,079 --> 00:58:01,360 Speaker 6: Right now. 941 00:58:11,559 --> 00:58:20,840 Speaker 17: Wave over three miles of us and shoots to the 942 00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:25,519 show from the returned to the Lands to us the. 943 00:58:25,639 --> 00:58:28,800 Speaker 7: Land of about a beauty sounds, a few. 944 00:58:28,920 --> 00:58:31,800 Speaker 10: Of the one where one together dream like that. 945 00:58:33,599 --> 00:58:34,440 Speaker 5: This is not real. 946 00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:35,079 Speaker 7: Fighting for. 947 00:58:37,239 --> 00:58:39,280 Speaker 10: The fee, to fence. 948 00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:42,519 Speaker 17: The fams, for other tod. 949 00:58:43,840 --> 00:58:44,239 Speaker 6: For long 950 00:59:00,960 --> 00:59:01,000 Speaker 4: Y