Aug. 10, 2026

Evil Scarecrow Bring Laughter and Chaos to Bloodstock on The Adventures of Pipeman

Evil Scarecrow Bring Laughter and Chaos to Bloodstock on The Adventures of Pipeman

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman on W4CY Radio, Pipe Man sits down with Cat Gradinger and Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist from Evil Scarecrow at the Bloodstock Festival. The conversation covers festival memories, the inclusivity of Bloodstock, the spirit of fun in metal, and the importance of embracing imperfection during live performances. The band reflects on their unique style, their connection as a musical "family," and why laughter is essential in the chaos of the world.Main Topics Covered

  • Band misidentification and humor in band/press interactions
  • Bloodstock Festival experiences and the significance of the Sophie Lancaster stage
  • The tragic story of Sophie Lancaster and the values of inclusivity and anti-gatekeeping in the metal scene
  • Evil Scarecrow's approach to performance, fun, and family
  • The philosophy of embracing imperfection in live music
  • Merch, music discovery, and how to support Evil Scarecrow
Key Discussions & StoriesBand Name Blunders & Media Mix-Ups
  • The group shares laughs about frequent mispronunciations and mistaken identities, including being called "Dr. Evil from Austin Powers" 00:52.
  • Pipeman suggests bands should write songs parodying how their names get misrepresented by the media 01:10.
Bloodstock Festival & The Sophie Lancaster Foundation
  • Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist reflects on headlining the Sophie Lancaster stage as a personal bucket-list achievement, highlighting the stage’s special meaning and its connection to anti-discrimination values 02:23.
  • The hosts recount the story of Sophie Lancaster and the tragic consequences of intolerance towards alternative subcultures. Bloodstock’s celebration of her legacy and its emphasis on inclusivity are praised: “If you don’t like it, don’t look” 03:34.
  • Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist and guests express pride in the tradition of metalheads “all wearing pink” in memory of Sophie, symbolizing solidarity and love within the community 03:48.
Evil Scarecrow’s Identity and Ethos
  • The band describes themselves as “like a family” focused on having fun and breaking down the seriousness sometimes found in the metal scene 04:41.
  • Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist explains their mission to make people laugh and create happy memories at their shows 04:51.
  • Cat Gradinger connects this ethos to the state of the world, suggesting humor and laughter are needed “with what the fuck’s going off in the world at the moment” 05:02.
Breaking the Mold and Embracing Imperfection
  • The hosts and band agree that live music is about creating experiences, not replicating albums note-for-note. Mistakes and “warts and all” moments make shows memorable and fun 07:58.
  • Stories of onstage mishaps, improvising with Duran Duran riffs, and memories of David Lee Roth forgetting lyrics at a massive festival illustrate this point 08:12.
Notable Quotes
  • “We are the antithesis of the people who maybe take metal a bit too seriously.” — Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist 04:45
  • “People need a bit of laughter. You know what I mean?” — Cat Gradinger 05:11
  • “Bloodstock is the most family-oriented, inclusive, fun festival I think in the world.” — Pipeman 06:12
  • “You kind of have to see it to believe it.” — Ringmaster Monty Blitzfist on Evil Scarecrow’s stage shows 06:46
  • “Nothing wrong with a bit of imperfection, you know?” — Pipeman 08:03
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • Official Evil Scarecrow website for merch and music: evilscarecrow.co.uk 06:36
  • Recommended: Watch Evil Scarecrow’s Bloodstock performances on YouTube 06:46
  • Sophie Lancaster Foundation: sophielancasterfoundation.com (discussed, not directly linked)


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No, you can't grating Ringmaster Monty blitz Fist from Evil Scarecrow. See.

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I like when the band does it better because they

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do it cool, you know, And and then I don't

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fuck up the band name like yours. I can't screw up.

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You'd have to be pretty dumb to screw up that name.

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But I bet some media people have.

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Some sung title Doctor He gets called Dr Evil d

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Evil from Austin.

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Oh. Yeah.

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It's really comedy when people, especially like written publication and

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stuff like that, just get certain song titles and names wrong.

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It just makes it funnier than it already is, right exactly.

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See. I think bands should like do songs like that.

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I think that I've heard one song by a band

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that they make fun of what all the press people

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call their names. I think every band should do that,

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because that'd be funny as hell.

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We're always looking for more funny.

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I look at us, you guys look really freaking cool.

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We almost match, except I'm a different band. But it's

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the same idea. Because you see the back of my hoodie,

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it's like an that's pretty cool. I love it, and

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yours is fucking cool too. The pants I need pants

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like that. Oh my god, that's awesome. So for everybody listening,

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they have the coolest, coolest outfits here at all of Bloodstock.

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Wow, thank you very much.

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I appreciate it.

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Now you're gonna also be the best performance of all Bloodstock, right.

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Uh So I don't know the answer to this, So

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I'm asking have you played Bloodstock before in all these

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twenty five years that we're celebrating.

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Yes, so we've.

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Done made stage a handful of times. The last time

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we played was a couple of years ago and we

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headlined the Sophie Lancaster Sade, which was nice thing for us,

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slight that the whole foundation being involved with Bloodstock means

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a hell of a lot. And to be able to

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headline that festival, it was one of my boocket lists

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for things to do in life, was to headline that

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that stage.

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I think that's one of the coolest things about this

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festival too, Like I have while being Pink tomorrow, but

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one of my bands here is real nice. That's the

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Sophie Lancaster one, you know, and what a great thing

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that Bloodstock does.

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Inclusivity of the place they underground, grassroots, championing you know,

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bands that are on such a lower level to get

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them to the point where they need to be. And

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that's all they've done since day one, and it's just

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so fucking amicable, like we love them.

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For it absolutely, And you know, for those that are

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listening that don't know the story, Sophie Lancaster and her

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boyfriend were leaving walking home and they got jumped for

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being goth and she got killed. And it's absolutely fucking

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ridiculous that somebody should get killed just because of what

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they look like and how they dress, Like, who cares.

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If you don't like it, don't look exactly, go fuck yourself.

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But it's so cool what they do here a Bloodstock

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because they name a stage after the foundation is here

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all the time. And the coolest thing is all us

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metal heads that look evil and dark and we're black

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all wear pink tomorrow, you know, And that's the way

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it should be, because there was if.

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There was a visual image to some of what this

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festival is about.

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It's that tomorrow exactly, you know, and you're you're guy

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dressed like that today because you got on here close

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in your shirt, I'm a lot.

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More colorful than I normally am. All the fake blood,

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which is yet I added a bit of pink in

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there for him.

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It's just a little bit of pink.

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Yeah, there you go? Is it? But is it real blood?

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It should be? It should be, yeah, exactly, kitten's blood. Right. So,

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tell our listeners a little bit about how you guys

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describe yourself as a band. I don't mean genre, but you.

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Know, corny, we're like a family man.

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We're here, Yeah, we're like, we're like a family dude

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and antithesis of.

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The people who maybe take metal a bit too seriously, right,

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I think we're.

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Here to make people happy, to make people laugh, write

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some good songs along the way, and you know, forget

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how to play your songs.

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Can you laughing too much? Right?

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Exactly?

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This is the best time to do it with what

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the fox going off in the world at the moment.

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Kind of swear by the way you could say whatever

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the fuck you want, sorry.

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Yeah, So you know, people need a bit of laughter,

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you know what I mean? Absolutely, Like, you know, hope

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we make them all laugh tonight.

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And I love what you just said, because, like I

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stard in the eighties, like in the original Sunset Strip

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days and the gatekeeping shit was such bullshit, and like

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you're talking about metal heads taking themselves too seriously, that

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was definitely that time, you know. And there's still some

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of it now, but less and less.

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We're trying to break through it like one one, you know,

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piece by piece, one one day at a time, just

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trying to have a little bit more fun each day

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and just just get rid of that nonsensical, negative bullshit.

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Well, this is where we escape all the bullshit in

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the world. Number one, number two. If you're not having

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fun in this industry, it's the wrong industry because everything

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else sucks. The fun part is why you're here, you know,

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and that's the beast place for it exactly. Bloodstock's definitely

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I do festivals all over to US, UK and Europe.

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Bloodstock is the most family oriented, inclusive fun festival I

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think in the world, and I love that the people

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that run it, they keep it family like that. So

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tell everybody how they can if they haven't heard your music,

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how they can check you guys out, get your merchu

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because they can't buy your and they can't listen to

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my show unless they buy your merch That's the rule exactly,

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because that's the only way you get to the next gig.

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And I don't think people realize that.

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Yeah, so we have a website evill Scarecrow dot cut

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at UK. You can buy all much from there.

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I would recommend catching a YouTube videos playing one of

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our shows at Bloodstock because you kind of have to

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see it to believe it.

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That exactly. That's what's cool about you is like anybody

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could you know, write music and then just get up

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on stage and play it like they're playing the album.

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But live to me should be a performance that is entertaining,

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not just the music. It's a full sensory experience.

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You were recently having that conversation as well.

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And it's not to it's not to naysay against any

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bands in any way, shape or form.

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I love when bands are so close.

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To their albums and the musicianship is incredible. But we're

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kidding ourselves if we if we don't get a little

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bit bored halfway through. Yeah, you just stood in the

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same spot playing the music exactly as it should be

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played exactly.

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Not overly inclusive.

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It gets a bit sort of like, well, okay, I.

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Mean we've had times where like things aren't start, things

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aren't worked, and then Doctael goes grave digger, do something,

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do something, do something on the spot.

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So I started playing a bit dranduran, there we go.

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That's how random. We are nice.

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And the fact is live music shouldn't be perfect. You're right,

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that's why you're making in the studio. To make it

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perfect live you took your humans wats and all. Yeah, exactly,

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you know.

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Like you know they wrong with a bit of imperfection.

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Exactly, and you know what, people appreciate it more. I remember,

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way back nineteen eighty three, Van Halen was headlining the

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US festival Okay, David Lee Roth. They were playing talking

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about love and he wasn't singing, and Eddie looked over

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him and he just went to like three hundred thousand people,

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He's like, I fucking forgot the words, and the whole

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place cheered like it was the best thing ever. And

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then one person heckled him and he turned to him

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typical no, he goes, I will fuck your girlfriend.

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He said.

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We so see, there it is. That's the way it

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should be, and that's why I love that you guys

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are here at Bloodstock because you are going to kick

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ass and it doesn't matter about the perfections and there's

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that we all have fun together. Well, thanks for being

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here and thanks for being on the adventures.

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Yeah, thank you so much for having me. Thank you

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