Aug. 23, 2026

Bruiserweight at Warped Tour Montreal: Nostalgia, DIY Ethic, and the Realities of Modern Music

Bruiserweight at Warped Tour Montreal: Nostalgia, DIY Ethic, and the Realities of Modern Music

The conversation focused on nostalgia, the realities of being an independent band, and the evolving music landscape as Bruiserweight reflected on their journey to playing Warped Tour in Montreal. The discussion explored the challenges musicians face in the digital age, the importance of community, and the social/political themes that drive their music. Insights were shared about local music scenes, band camaraderie, and the drive to stay authentic amidst industry pressures.Main Topics Covered

  • Childhood dreams realized: Playing Warped Tour after years of envisioning the moment
  • The resurgence of '90s and 2000s culture, including MySpace nostalgia
  • The impact of technology and social media on personal life and music careers
  • The hustle of independent bands vs. mainstream opportunities
  • Preserving DIY ethics and authenticity in the hardcore scene
  • Overcoming adversity and misconceptions about the rock/metal lifestyle
  • New music: Details on Bruiserweight’s latest EP release
  • Social and political commentary as core lyrical themes
  • The importance and solidarity within local music scenes
  • Festival community and the spirit of Warped Tour
Key Discussions & StoriesAchieving Teenage Dreams
  • One concept discussed was the surreal experience of finally playing Warped Tour after dreaming of it as teenagers, highlighting the nostalgia and emotional weight of the moment at 00:31.
Technology, Nostalgia, and Escapism
  • The discussion explored the return of cultural staples like MySpace and the shared longing for simpler times amid modern digital dependencies 01:13.
  • Several points were raised, including how older generations unwittingly complicated life by creating constant digital connectivity and the stresses of modern musicianship 02:32.
Navigating Today’s Music Industry
  • A key theme that emerged was the difficulty in finding organic followings in the age of algorithms. The group compared viral stardom with old-school hustle, underscoring the continued importance of DIY efforts within hardcore communities 03:11.
Success, Struggles, and Realities
  • The conversation focused on the grind behind band “success stories,” noting years of behind-the-scenes work, touring hardships, and the myths surrounding “overnight sensations” 07:38.
  • Stories of notorious festival conditions and the toll on both musicians and media, such as enduring brutal heat and poor air quality, illustrated the less glamorous side of the scene 08:48.
New Release: “Blind Leading the Blind”
  • Bruiserweight’s new 3-song EP “Blind Leading the Blind” was discussed, released on Unbeaten Records and featuring Alex Arian of Despised Icon on the title track 10:25.
  • Lyrical content was described as a response to political frustration and witnessing global social issues 11:07.
Community & Lifting Each Other Up
  • A key theme that emerged was the importance of bands supporting one another. Examples included well-known acts pulling up smaller or local bands and the enduring spirit of the Montreal music community 06:06.
Festival Spirit & Solutions for the World
  • The conversation focused on Warped Tour’s anti-hate community ethos and festivals as safe havens from outside turmoil 14:21.
  • One concept discussed was a tongue-in-cheek “solution to world problems”: one global festival where only the public gets to attend, resolving differences in a giant mosh pit 15:07.
Notable Quotes
  • “Finding an organic following in the age of the algorithm... it’s impossible because there’s like 2 routes: you do something viral, or the old school hustle.” 03:11
  • “I always say an overnight success takes like 20 years.” 08:08
  • “We feel very fortunate to be friends with [bands that pull others up]... whenever they do get a little bit of a raise, they’re eager to pull bands up with them.” 06:06
  • “Festivals like these remind us we’re one race—the human race—and we need to start uniting and loving each other instead of letting the powers that be divide us.” 14:33
  • “You go through 99% bullshit for that 1 hour of fun.” 09:48
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • Bruiserweight Merch: unbeatenrecords.com (ships globally via Unbeaten Merch Now web store) 17:19
  • Instagram: @bruiserweightHC 17:35
  • Streaming Platforms: Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, YouTube Music—all under “Bruiserweight” 17:37
  • New EP: “Blind Leading the Blind” on Unbeaten Records, featuring Alex Arian (Despised Icon) 10:25
  • Upcoming tours: European shows in spring of next year 17:53
Shoutouts
  • Local bands playing Warped Tour Montreal: Scorching Tomb, Desecrate, Spitehouse, Despised Icon, Beton Armé, Cross Checker, and others 15:47
  • Event organizers: Gabe and Fred (EventCo), Dave Boucher (Extensive Enterprise) 16:28
Closing RemarksThe discussion highlighted both the joys and the challenges of pursuing music in today’s world, emphasizing the vital role of supportive communities and the importance of staying true to one’s roots. The episode closed by urging listeners to support local music, check out Bruiserweight’s latest release, and remember the value of togetherness found at events like Warped Tour.

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Hi, you're listening to Adventure on W4CY Radio.

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This is the Pipe Man here on the Adventure's Pipe

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Man W4CY Radio and I'm here with Bruiser Wade. Nice,

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here at Warped Tour in Montreal. How's it feel?

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I told from the stage it's probably really corny, but

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When I was like 15, my dream was to play

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Warped Tour with like my shitty verb to noun, you know,

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metalcore bands.

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And I always thought it was like unattainable.

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So to be here is very like surreal 15, 16

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years later.

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Right.

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I know John also, he's like a..

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I never thought I'd ever be here.

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So it's cool. Did you ever think Warped would even

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come back? No, definitely.

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That wasn't something that was even on my mind.

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And Myspace is coming back too. I saw that.

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Yeah, yeah.

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We just have a resurgence of the 90s.

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I think we're all very nostalgic.

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Right.

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We all just miss a simpler time with all the

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bullshit that's kind of happening globally that we're seeking some escapism.

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No doubt.

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Get a VHS player, log into Myspace, put on your

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top six.

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You know what I'm saying?

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Yeah. I just want to know if Tom's still my friend.

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I'm sure he's still all of our friends. He's with

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us in spirit.

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Right? Yeah.

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He didn't even have a MySpace. I think he was

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too young.

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He was too young for it. Wow. Way before my time. Wow.

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So MySpace is even before your time. That's pretty wild.

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You know, and so, like, welcome. You'll be, like, one

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of the new people to MySpace.

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It really does feel like it is going to be

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a whole new world for me now.

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Right?

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You've had Instagram try MySpace again.

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I know, right? And to your point, too, it's like

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my daughter, one time I was on the phone with her,

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I'm like, Some days I want to just drive down

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the road, throw my laptop, my phone, and my iPad

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out the window and keep driving. She goes, who you came, Dad?

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You're just as addicted as anybody. I'm like, yeah, I

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admit that. But I remember when we didn't have this

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shit and life was a lot simpler. It was. My

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generation created all this shit, Gen X, okay? And what

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a bunch of fucking idiots we were because yeah, we

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were like, we thought it was going to make our

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life easier. Oh my God. My life is 10 times

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more harder now with all the, and all the work

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you have to do. And like you guys as artists, man,

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like I'm from the tape training days and stapling up

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flyers on telephone poles, man. Fucking the work you guys

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got to do just to get your music out there

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is unbelievable.

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I'm, It's like 50% music at this point.

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Right.

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There's so much more that goes into it. It's kind

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of annoying.

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It totally is.

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Like finding an organic following in the age of the

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algorithm is what I'll call it. It's impossible because there's

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like two routes, you know. There's like you do something

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viral worthy and you blow up.

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Or you do the old school hustle. You play shows.

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You put out music.

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Like you try to do everything you can in an

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organic way, which I think in hardcore is much easier. easier,

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it's still kind of in that DIY is a cherished thing.

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It's always been.

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I don't know if that will ever change. Hopefully it

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never changes.

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But I see a lot of other bands trying to

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go the commercial route, and it's just throwing as much

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shit at the wall as they can to see what

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catches the algorithm. And I don't know if I would

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ever want to be in that space, honestly.

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What's weird to me too nowadays... Is I come from

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the time when if the music got on the radio,

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I don't want to fucking listen to it anymore. And

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now there's these bands that I know that are like

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deathcore bands and shit that are trying to be like

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the mainstream popular. Mm-hmm. And I'm like, that kind of

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goes against all that, doesn't it? And it's weird to me.

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You know, there's some bands that they'll do the festivals

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and they only want to do interviews with the mainstream stations.

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And I'm like, Wow, that's like the exact opposite of

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what I grew up on.

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I never even thought we'd do an interview, to be honest.

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Right?

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See? It's true.

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Exactly.

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Whenever we got the email, it's like, somebody wants to

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interview us, or have they ever met us?

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Like, this is not like something we do.

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And see, that's something I'm all about. I'm the type,

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I do lots of festivals all over the U.S., U.K.,

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and Europe, and I'm the one that emails every band

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on the list because every band needs promotion. A lot

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of my press friends or colleagues, they like to cherry pick.

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I get the big bands. I don't need to cherry

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pick to do that, but You never know who's going

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to be that. That's who you want to be friends

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with in the beginning and help them. They need the promotion.

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The big bands don't need the promotion.

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It's true.

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So I'd rather help out bands that don't want interviews,

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but for the reason you don't. Not because you don't

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want an interview, because you just don't think about it.

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And that's why it should be like this, too. Just

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having a conversation.

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We really are appreciative of..

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Bands from our scene that have gotten opportunities to be

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bigger like despised icon uh bands like beton armé who

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are playing today as well um even simple plan they're

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kind of coming back around but i mean despised icon

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and beton armé both have asked us to play shows

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with them nice like sold out shows which is uh

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just like we feel very fortunate to be you know

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friends with them and Whenever they do get a little

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bit of a raise, they're eager to pull bands up

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with them and not just be too cool for everybody else.

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See, that's cool, because that is old school, too. I

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remember when Saxon pulled Metallica, but then Metallica pulled other bands,

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or Ozzy would pull bands and stuff like that.

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Metallica's still helping young bands out.

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No doubt.

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Knocked loose, which is crazy.

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How about this? James, side stage for Turnstile, singing all

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the words.

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I saw Turnstile in an abandoned church like 15 years ago.

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To see them in that situation, that's crazy.

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And I saw Metallica's first show ever.

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25 of us.

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I'm going to stop talking. 25 of us. So that's

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what I mean. You just never know who's going to

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be who. But I love the fact, like you're mentioning, Metallica,

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they still remember where they came from. There's some bands

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that don't. And it's good to see because, listen, everybody thinks, oh,

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they were an overnight sensation. Yeah, after 20 years. They

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worked their fucking ass off. They slept on floors with

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four other bands. They ate bologna sandwiches with no bread.

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And they remember that. They don't leave that behind. And

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I think that's the difference.

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It definitely is. A lot of the bands that uh,

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I know that have gotten big.

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It's like a lot of people don't realize they spent

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10 years in a 15 passenger with a trailer. So

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like their first two warp tours were in a 15

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passenger in a trailer playing 40 fucking dates across the

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U S um, with no AC, maybe sleeping in the van.

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Like that's, that's a hustle.

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Totally.

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So they've earned their place. Like they don't, it's not

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overnight is cool if it works, but I mean, do

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you truly appreciate..

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I don't think anybody really... I always say an overnight

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success takes like 20 years. But people, they don't look

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at it that way. Or they look at you as

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a band. No matter what level you're at, oh, you're

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living the dream life. And I get it too because

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I go on tour and I do all these festivals

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and I'm like, oh, you're living the dream life. Yes, partially.

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The other part is I also did over 170 interviews

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this month, okay? In brutal heat in Germany and UK and,

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you know, like, so they don't see that part. You

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don't show that part.

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They don't even know what AC.

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Is out there. Exactly. And it was like, oh my God,

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I was at Wacken and it was like a heat

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wave and I was at Bloodstock and it drought for

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two months. The first day at Bloodstock, I made the

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mistake of going into a couple mosh pits. Usually I

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won't do that the first day because I got to

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do interviews. I didn't realize they had a drought for

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two months and the dust was so bad that the

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next morning I was like, fuck. You know, and I

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had to like, they have this stuff out there called

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Vocal Zone. I don't know if you've heard of it,

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but it, oh my God, they don't have it in

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the United States. This shit, singers swear by it. And

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like I do too now. Like, I was sucking those

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things down, tea and honey, just so I could do

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my interviews the next day. And I was only in

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a couple pits. And I look at bands, too. I'm like,

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how the fuck do bands perform? Like, especially singers with

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that festival dust. And, like, I know how it feels

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to me. Like, so I like to paint to the

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audience what you guys really have to go through every day.

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You go through... 99% bullshit for that one hour of fun.

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Yeah.

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Right.

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Less than an hour, or in our case, 20 minutes.

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Right, exactly. You know, and speaking of fun, Just a

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little over a week ago, the 14th, you guys dropped

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a new single.

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We dropped three songs, but it's a short three-song single, quote-unquote.

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Nice. So tell the listeners a little bit about that.

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So it's called Blind Leading the Blind.

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It's on Unbeaten Records, which is a Troy-based record label,

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very legendary record label from upstate New York.

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So we're very happy to be working with them. Shout out, Buddy.

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And it features Alex Arian from Despised Icon on the

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title track. So it's really cool. It seems like people

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are liking it a lot. The reception's been good. People

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know the lyrics.

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So, yeah.

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I think the title says it all, too, because I

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think the world we live in... A bunch of idiots

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are leaving a bunch of idiots.

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So I'm actually, I'm from like Georgia.

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I'm from the States and I've lived in Montreal since 2018. Uh,

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but like a lot of the lyrics from the new

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record come from like me just kind of looking at

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what my family and friends and like the politics of

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what's happening.

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And I was very.

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Frustrated, feeling very like powerless, I guess. And, uh, So

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I kind of came from that place. But, yeah, it's,

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I mean, the lyrics and the title kind of says

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it all. I mean, fascism is very alive and well,

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it seems.

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Oh, my God.

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And it should never have a place.

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It's terrible. I live in South Florida. That's why I'm

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on tour all the time, man. I don't want me

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to fuck home. Like, I live on this island, like

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this island, like a barrier island. I'm like, you crazies

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stay over there. Like, it is insane.

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Like, what's insane to me is the people I've known

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my whole life that are stupid now.

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Oh, yeah. Family members.

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Like, I'm thinking we could easily elect..

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I blame the internet.

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Like, as you said earlier, it's social media. 100%. And

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you know what? I think if he was alive today,

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Charles Manson could get elected president of the United States.

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It's that bad, I think. Yeah.

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I'm not going to say anything. Tinfoil hat. I got

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a tinfoil hat theory about that.

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But yeah, it's, it's, it's truly like there, there are,

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it's not every track, but it's definitely Nepo elite. I mean,

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we can all gather what that means when you've got

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trillionaires in the U S that are able to go

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without paying basically any taxes.

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The middle class is completely disappearing in the weight of

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all of the financial burden is being placed upon them.

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People can't afford health care. They're cutting schools. Like, where's

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all that money going?

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And we know.

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I'll tell you where it's going. The airport I got

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to go home to tomorrow. Spent $ 6 million of taxpayers'

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money to change the name of our airport.

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That's beautiful.

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Like, while people can't eat.

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Or pay rent.

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It's, like, ridiculous. And you know what? It's funny. It's

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people that I know, literally, who are saying, he deserves it. Like,

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you don't think people deserve to eat or have health care?

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That's what I'm saying.

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Like, that's the thing.

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It would cost these people a fraction of their wealth

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to pay livable wages and to have universal health care.

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But for the sake of them having that wealth and

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being able to be a trillionaire, like, they're not penalized

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for anything.

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Oh, Elon could cure homelessness in the United States.

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Yeah, and still be a billionaire. Easily.

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Still. Exactly.

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So the EP comes from a lot of frustration when

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I'm seeing that. And a lot of people are having

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a hard time.

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There's also some shit talking about people on that record.

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I like shit-talking.

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They know who they are when they hear the tracks.

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Exactly.

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So I have to even give them a shout-out.

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And that's what's beautiful about Warped Tour, because we get

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to escape all that bullshit here. We're one big community

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with no hate, all love. I was even so impressed

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when I read something about the protocol for attendees, and

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they are so anti-hate at this festival.

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And I love that because you know what you find

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out traveling the world? Is that we're all one race

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to human race and we're all pretty much the same.

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And we need to start uniting and loving each other

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instead of laying the powers that be divide us. The

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oldest trick in the book. Divide and conquer.

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That's what it is.

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Totally.

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Keeping the people manipulated over very petty ideas so that

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they're able to basically snatch up.

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Wealth and power.

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No doubt. No doubt. And I have a solution to

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all the world's problems. Would you like to hear it? Mosh?

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What is it? You're there. Yes. One big festival for

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the whole world has to attend. Accept the political leaders.

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Security has very strict orders that they are to be

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banned from coming into the festival. And we just put

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everybody in one big wall of death mosh pit. And

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we all work it out. Because after that, we'll all

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be hugging each other and we can get all our

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shit out in the pit without the influence of the idiots.

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It's true.

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So there we go. I'll make sure you guys are

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playing at that festival. I would love that. Anything else

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you want to tell the listeners we haven't covered yet?

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Yeah. I'm going to give a shout out to our

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friends that are playing today. Scorching Tomb, Desecrate... Spite House

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played yesterday.

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I talked to them yesterday. They were cool.

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They're great.

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Despised Icon are playing today. Betona Mae are playing today.

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I'm missing somebody. Crosscheck are playing today. I don't know

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if I've missed anybody, but if I did, I'm sorry.

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But shout out to all of our local friends that

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are on the fest.

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That's what's cool, too, is like, I found more than

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any other that this Montreal Warped Tour gathers local bands,

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which is way cool.

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That's a huge thank you to Gabe and Fred from

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Eventco and Dave Boucher from Extensive Enterprise. They did a

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phenomenal job putting a list of all the locals to

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be on the fest and getting.

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Everybody a space.

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That's amazing.

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That's the Montreal way we put on for the city.

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I do love this city. It's beautiful. And that makes

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it even cooler right there, you know, because local talent

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needs to be exposed here. That's what these festivals are for.

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That's what Warped Tour was always about, so you could

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find your favorite new band. Yep. You know? And so

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now I have one of mine. Oh, thank you. Right here.

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And tell everybody how they can reach out to you

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on socials, buy your merch, because they can't listen to

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my show unless they buy your merch. I did see

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one t-shirt that was really badass on your merch store.

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Yeah, so our merch is through the Unbeaten Merch Now

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web store. So if you go to unbeatenrecords.com, you can

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find our merch, which ships globally. You can also follow

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us on Instagram at bruiserweight _ _ hc.

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Yeah, that sounds correct.

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Nice.

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We're on all streaming platforms, Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, YouTube

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Music as.

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Bruiserweight, all one word. And stay tuned for MySpace music.

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Yeah, we'll be on MySpace soon.

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Yeah, put us on your top six.

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And you can catch us in Europe next year. We'll

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be probably in the spring probably.

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Nice. Yeah, so we're setting that up now. So keep

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an eye out.

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Cool. Well, I'm glad you guys are here at Warped

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Tour Montreal. And thanks a lot for being on the

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Adventures of Pipe Man.

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Thank you.

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Thanks for giving us a chance to do this.

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Yeah, thank you so much.

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My pleasure.

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Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man.

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On W4CY Radio.