Aug. 23, 2026

Montreal Warped Tour Memories: Sudden Waves on Community, Stage Nerves, and Musical Journey

Montreal Warped Tour Memories: Sudden Waves on Community, Stage Nerves, and Musical Journey

The conversation focused on Sudden Waves' experience performing at Warped Tour Montreal, the revival of '90s music culture, and the shared camaraderie and challenges of life in a band. The discussion explored band chemistry, the realities behind the music industry, and memorable tour stories—funny, gritty, and motivational. Listeners also get a sneak peek into upcoming music and the importance of enjoying the journey.Main Topics Covered

  • The meaning and inspiration behind the Sudden Waves band name
  • Nostalgia and revival of '90s music culture (Warped Tour, MySpace, Ozzfest)
  • Unique aspects of Warped Tour and festival life
  • Band formation and developing group chemistry
  • The realities of being a touring musician
  • Staying present and overcoming performance anxiety
  • Funny and challenging tour stories
  • Importance of fun and passion in music
  • Future plans for Sudden Waves
Key Discussions & StoriesConnection to Surf and Music Culture
  • The discussion explored the band's name, drawing parallels between surfing and musical waves, underlining the shared excitement and energy 00:27.
Warped Tour Nostalgia & '90s Comebacks
  • A key theme that emerged was the return of iconic '90s events and platforms, with both excitement and nostalgia around Warped Tour’s comeback and the revival of MySpace and Ozzfest 01:13.
  • Several points were raised, including the rejuvenation of the live music scene post-COVID and communal excitement among artists and fans 02:10.
The Festival Experience
  • One concept discussed was the unpredictable nature of Warped Tour scheduling—artists and press find out the lineup only on the day, leading to exciting discoveries for attendees and a unique experience for participants 05:05.
  • The conversation emphasized the festival’s role in building community and creating serendipitous moments for both fans and musicians 03:37.
Band Formation & Chemistry
  • The discussion explored how Sudden Waves’ members had prior connections through other bands, and after those dissolved, naturally found each other for a fitting musical partnership 08:14.
  • The importance of chemistry and fun when performing together was underscored, suggesting that such synergy often takes years to find 09:23.
Realities and Challenges of Touring
  • A key theme was the hard, sometimes unglamorous aspects of touring—balancing hard work with passion, enduring physical discomfort, and navigating logistics, all while maintaining a sense of humor 13:28.
  • Several points were raised, including stories of illness on tour, overcoming adversity on stage, and the unfiltered realities of life on the road 14:04.
Staying Present & Beating Anxiety
  • The conversation focused on performance nerves (“paralysis of analysis”) that dissipate once the music starts, highlighting the importance of being in the moment—both as performers and as people 06:38.
Motivation and Passion
  • The discussion explored how loving the process is essential in music, given its demands and unpredictabilities. If it doesn’t feel fun, it's the wrong field 12:39.
Memorable Tour Stories
  • A particularly memorable (and comical) story involved a band member accidentally soiling himself on stage during a tour-wide illness outbreak, followed by another needing to play with a bucket to vomit in mid-set 14:04.
Looking Forward
  • Sudden Waves are working on new music, targeting an album release in 2027, and planning more shows for the coming years. Fans are encouraged to support the band by checking out their merch 15:53.
Notable Quotes
  • “Ride the wave, baby.” 00:52
  • “You could tell like everything’s rejuvenated and everyone was missing it.” 02:11
  • “That’s where you find your new favorite bands.” 05:45
  • “It’s a vibe… at the end of the day, you know? So we’re just chilling.” 06:08
  • “If you’re not having fun creating the music or playing the music, this is the wrong industry to be in.” 12:39
  • “I have to take a shit in a bag on a bus because the toilet’s broken, you know what I mean?” 13:29
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • Sudden Waves merch (support and buy to keep listening)
  • New music plans: Album anticipated for 2027
No specific web links were mentioned in the conversation. Listeners are encouraged to follow Sudden Waves and Warped Tour news for future updates.Listen & ConnectStay tuned for new music and upcoming shows from Sudden Waves. Don’t forget to support the band by checking out their merch and following their journey on future festival circuits.

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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..

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Stevie and Vince from Sudden Waves.

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Nice. So, I love the name of your band for

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several reasons. A, if you look on my thing, okay,

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I'm a surfer too.

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That's it.

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So it's like I relate it to, without even knowing anything,

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I'm like waves of music and waves of the ocean.

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And to me, they go together. That's right.

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That's right. Ride the wave, baby.

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That's it. That's it. So you're here at fucking Warped

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Tour Montreal. How badass is this?

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It's pretty dope.

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Right.

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I mean, I used to dream to play here, and

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now we're doing it. It's pretty awesome.

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Yeah, dude, I'm a 90s kid, so Warped Tour is

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a big deal, you know?

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Right.

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I'm real stoked.

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Did it blow your mind when they decided to come back?

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Yeah, for sure, yeah.

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I mean, like I said, like, growing up with that

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being one of the coolest, like, the big goal to

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get to, you know, and then seeing it come back

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is just, like, nostalgia for everybody around my age or

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older or whatever.

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It's like, all right.

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And it gives you opportunity to play.

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Yeah, exactly.

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Like, there's It's like you think to yourself, man, I'll

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never be able to play that festival or I'll never

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be able to play that festival again. And then here

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we are. Yeah. And now you've got to bring back

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your MySpace, too, because that's coming back.

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I saw that's coming back.

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Oh, my God.

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It's so wild, right?

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Yeah.

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I keep saying to everybody, I wonder if Tom will

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still be my friend. Yeah.

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He's still friends with everybody, right?

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I know, right? It just shows how great the 90s

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were because we seem to be bringing everything back from

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the 90s. Warped Tour, MySpace, Ozzfest is now coming back.

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You know, so it's like, I'm happy about reliving the

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90s a little bit because it was a great decade.

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Same, man.

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Yeah, you definitely saw a lot of things die down during, like,

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the COVID times.

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And you could tell, like, everything is rejuvenating.

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And everyone was missing it and, like, really, you know, like,

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everyone was feeling the same thing. Like where we want

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to get back to live music, whether it's playing or

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just attending and watching your favorite bands. And it seems

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like this whole, this whole new wave of like people,

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no pun intended. Suddenly a wave came crashing. Everybody wanted

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to go to shows again.

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Yeah, no, it's great, man.

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It's, it's, it's a really cool time to be a

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part of the scene here and, and, uh, be back

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to playing shows and, and attending shows.

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And this venue is so cool. Like I walked in

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here yesterday because I've never been to this venue. And

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I was like, man, it's like I just walked into

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a skateboard park. It's like cool as hell. And the

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community here. Okay. Like that's what we needed. Because it's

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like Warped Tour was never gone. When we're sitting out there,

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you know, and it's like. it's like it just, that

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time never happened that it was gone and the community

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is still as strong and stronger than ever.

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Yeah, yeah, I feel that for sure.

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It's good, it's always fun being in a band and

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playing festivals like this where you run into other bands

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that maybe you've toured with before or seen, you know,

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through the years and passing and spend a month with

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them on a bus and then you don't see them

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for five years and then it's just like, oh, here

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you are again and it's like it was yesterday we

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were living together, you know, it's cool for that kind

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of vibe but then also just I've been spending a

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lot of time so far today actually just watching bands

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and walking around and checking out the stages and feeling

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like the energy of the people in the crowd. And

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it seems like everybody's on the same vibe, like really happy,

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really excited to be here.

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Everybody's fired up and ready to have fun.

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So if you go back in your memory banks of

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when you were young coming to Warped Tour yourself and

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being here now, what's the same and what's different?

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I mean, I've never been to Warped Tour. I was

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a little too young when they were doing it. Did

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you ever went to Warped Tour?

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I mean, later on, like I was already like touring

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with my old band the first time I went and played.

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And then I went a few other years after that.

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But I was already in my 20s, you know.

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I remember seeing like the ads on TV when Blink-182

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were playing in like 2002 or something like that. And

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I was like dreaming to go and I was a

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little young. But now to be able to play here,

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it's just pretty dope.

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Yeah.

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Yeah, for me, it feels like the same as when

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I was going... I played it 15 years ago, I think,

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and then I went a few times in between now

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and then.

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And it feels the same, honestly.

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It's like the same kind of vibe, and it's just,

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like I said before, everything kind of stopped for a

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little bit, and it feels like everybody wanted it to

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get back, and they're really amped that it's back again.

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You know what I love, too, about Warped Tour? And

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I didn't think I would love it when I first

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started covering it years ago. But the fact that you

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wake up in the morning and you don't even know

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what the schedule is. And, like, I remember when I

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first did press for Warped Term, like, fuck, that's going

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to suck. Because, you know, you're used to scheduling all

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your interviews.

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For sure.

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It was so much easier. I was like, I hope

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every festival does this. Like, I just came in, signed

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up on a sheet, and, like, just did my interviews.

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No stress of scheduling. And, like, I think it's cool, too,

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because the way they do it, people have to show

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up early in the day. Okay? Like, you don't have

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these people. So tricky. I know. I know, right? You

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don't have these people who are like, oh, I only

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came to see.

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Blah, blah, blah. Yeah.

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That's not what a festival's about. It's where you find

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your new favorite bands.

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That's right.

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You know? So, it's kind of cool, like, those people

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have to show up early because their big headliner band

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might be the first band of the day.

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True yeah no it's exciting and.

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How's it feel as an artist too like when you

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as an artist you don't even know when you're gonna

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play like it's got it's good and bad right it's.

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A vibe it's a little stress stressful at first but

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to be honest like we're just having a good day

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at the end of the day you know so we're

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just chilling.

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And once you get used to it same as me

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it was like it was nerve wracking before I did it.

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And then afterwards I'm like, Oh, that was pretty killer.

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You know?

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It's kind of like, like everything when you're like leading

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up to something, you're overthinking and stressing, like, what if

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this goes wrong? What if, I don't know how this

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is going to go yet, but then like the second

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that it starts and you're just in it, then it's,

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everything takes over, you know?

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It's like, okay. Yeah.

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And I love talking about that. Cause that is so

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true of artists. It's true for what I do. And

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I'm also a public speaker and it's true there. It's like,

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Before you get up on stage or before you get

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in the mic, the fucking paralysis of analysis with all

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this shit going on in your head. But the minute

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you're on stage or the minute the mic turns on,

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you go into this zone.

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It's like an out-of-body experience. And, like, all that goes away,

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all that nervousness. Just living in the moment, right? Exactly.

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When you're thinking about the future that doesn't exist yet,

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then you have all these different possibilities of what could happen,

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whether it's good or bad, and then your brain can

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go in all the different directions and kind of live

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through something that isn't even there yet.

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But then when you're doing it, it's just like being

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in the moment with it. It's just a ride, and

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you just got to hang on.

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Exactly. Like, I always talk about it, too, on the

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motivational side of, like, You know, worry. People spend so

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much time worrying about things that may or may not

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happen and spend so much energy on it.

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So that's what we're talking about here. Like, we'll spend

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energy on stuff that probably won't happen.

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You put your body and your brain through something that

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didn't happen yet or might not happen or probably won't

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happen or could happen, but who knows?

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You know what I mean?

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Exactly.

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You can, like, stress yourself out for no fucking reason.

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No doubt.

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And then it's, you know, once it's happening, then you're good.

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How did you guys come together, all of you as

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a band? Because you have a long musical journey, but

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somehow you all found each other.

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Well, we all come from different bands a couple years ago.

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We used to play together somehow in festival shows here

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and there. And all those bands now does not exist anymore.

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And we pretty much all knew each other from somewhere.

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And yeah, that's pretty much how it happens. I mean,

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I knew Daz, the singer from, you know, we played

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show when we were like 14, 15.

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Right. We played with Miguel. Yeah. So, yeah, pretty much

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we just knew each other from other bands and here

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we are.

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Nice.

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Yeah, I just, I started playing with these guys like

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last year, so it's still pretty new, but my old

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band had played with Sudden Waves a bunch of times

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years ago, so I already knew the guys and it

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was already comfortable and it was just a matter of like,

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all right, I'm going to hang out with these friends

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and learn the songs and then see what it's like

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playing music with these friends, you know?

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And it's, It's been like the easiest transition possible.

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See, so you finally found your, your people. Like you

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have that chemistry now, right?

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Yeah.

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These guys are great. They're like, like nerd guitarists, just

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like stupid good.

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Nice.

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Jamming with these guys like the first few times was like, okay, yeah,

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this is going to be easy.

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You know, like I just have to play the songs.

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They're very good. It's fine. You know what I mean?

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See, that's cool to hear because like it needs to

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be easy.

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Yeah.

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Like, You need, like, going up there and playing, you

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guys should be having fun. Yeah. You know? And that

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only happens if you have the chemistry together. And sometimes

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you do have to search through your whole musical career

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to find those people that you really gel with.

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Like, I've been in maybe five different bands. How about you?

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You've been two, three bands?

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Hundreds, dude. My first show, I was 14 years old.

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I'm 35 now. And I'm a drummer.

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So, for some reason, it's hard to find drummers, it

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seems like, in a lot of scenes. so I'm playing

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I've played in bands that are like country bands punk

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bands metalcore bands death metal bands like whatever whatever the

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gig is you know I love that too I've just

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been bouncing around a bit like there's been the mainstays

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that were like long term bands that I did a

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lot with but yeah the thing with drummers is everyone

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always needs one.

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Right right yeah It is true, too, and it's like,

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you as a drummer, I find, like, the really good drummers,

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they always have a place somewhere.

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Yeah.

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Like, one of my favorite drummers, besides you, is Lombardo,

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and he seems to play with everybody.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Like, and I've known him since, like, I was at

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the first Slayer show ever, so I've been friendly with

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him since then.

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That's a crazy flex.

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Right?

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Yeah.

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And, oh my God, it's like every band I see

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him with, it's like I'm just in awe. Like, I

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played drums when I was a kid, and I sucked. So, like,

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I see a drummer that's like him, and I'm like, fuck,

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how does he do that? Like, it's like rubbing your

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belly and your head at the same time. That's the

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way I equate drums. Like, you have to have serious coordination.

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Yeah, it does.

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And to be able to play in different bands and

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do different things and, like, kind of change it up

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to me that's the sign of a great musician and

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that holds for both of you because like you know

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when you're in your own thing okay but then when

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you have to go to different things and play different

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ways like you're talking about different genres even it's different

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beats and different ways to play big time.

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But it kind of equates back to what we were

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saying earlier when like you can prep and stress and

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think like oh this could go wrong or that's going

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to be tricky and this whatever but once you get

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up there if you're able to like lose that kind

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of stress out of your brain and just be in

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the moment with it and be like i know what

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i'm doing i'm confident now i'm gonna have fun and

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i'm just gonna make faces at the guys in the

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band or you know you like have fun with it

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i'll like do dance moves and point to someone in

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the crowd until they react and that's how that's how

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i stay in the moment it's like making people laugh

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with it you know you don't take yourself too seriously

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just have fun with it and and do it you

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know i mean like Well.

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That's like, that's like, I just covered a Motley Crue

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show recently and I saw them before they even had

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an album when they were like horror punk and Tommy

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Lee's exactly the same. Like now he does exactly what

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you're talking about. Like, and he's, he was up there.

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He had a grin from ear to ear.

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Like, cause it's fun.

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That's what it's about.

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We all love to do, you know, that's why we're,

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that's why we've been doing it for 25 years or

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whatever it is, you know, like it's cause this is like,

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built into us this is our thing that we love

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to do yeah like i couldn't not do it if

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you're not crazy.

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I say it all the time if you're not having

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fun creating the music or playing the music this is

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the wrong industry to be in.

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Oh yeah.

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Like there's so many out there that you can tell

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they're not having fun. It's like, then why the fuck

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would you do this, man?

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It's not like an easy thing to do either. There's

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a lot of work involved.

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Like a lot of people that aren't in it, you know,

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just think it's this glorious luxury.

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You have to dream job.

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You're like working hard, like a lot, whether it's like

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prepping for shows or the actual day of the show.

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Like, There's a lot going on.

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And if it's not the thing that you love to do,

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then for sure you could be miserable doing it.

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Exactly.

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And that's the people you're talking about.

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And people look at you. They're like, oh, you're living

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the dream life. And they talk about, oh, you're traveling

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the world. Yeah, you're seeing venues all over the world.

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I had to take a shit in a bag on

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a bus because the toilet's broken.

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You know what I mean?

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Stuff like that that's not luxurious at all, but it's

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a reality on tour.

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No.

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You just got to do what you got to do.

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Exactly.

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Get used to piss jokes, because there's going to be

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a lot in the back of the van until we stop.

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It's so funny you say that, too, because a lot

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of times I'll ask a question of bands like, one story,

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good or bad, in your whole musical journey, and what

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sticks out in your mind most, and the number one

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answer was close to what you said, It was shitting

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my pants on stage.

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Oh, yeah.

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I haven't done that, but I've seen it. Yeah, my

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guitarist in my old band did that, and it was

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the funniest shit ever. We called it the bus plague

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on that tour because I think 40 people on the

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tour got sick, and it was like bing, bang, boom

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every day for two weeks.

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It was someone new.

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And my old guitarist on stage, he told me he

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was feeling it, but he didn't think it was that

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close yet. And then we got on stage, and literally

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as the set started, he jumped, landed, and didn't move.

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And then he turned around and just mouthed to me, like,

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I just shit. I just shit myself. And he stayed

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on stage, played the rest of the set without moving,

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but he fully shit his pants.

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That's very metal and punk right there.

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I puked in a bucket the next day because I

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got it after that. So I'm playing drums and like

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I brought a full garbage can on stage behind my

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drums just in case. And sure enough, halfway through, I

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had to lean back and just puke in a bucket.

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And how about like I just got done during like

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European and UK festivals. And I think of drummers there

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with the heat that it was so bad that. like

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there's drummers that literally get heat stroke and pass out

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in the middle of the set yeah because it's like

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such energy you have to put out there or playing

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drums and when you're playing in that kind of heat

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oh my god like i wonder how anybody does it

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to be honest but.

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That's the hard work if you're having fun all day

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before your set meeting like seeing the other people that

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you haven't seen in a year or whatever so you're

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having a drink with them and then It's another band

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that you haven't seen in two years.

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So you're drinking with them.

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And next thing you know, you're like half in the

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bag going up on stage, completely dehydrated. And then you're like,

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let me just like do cardio for 45 minutes as

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fast as I can.

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Right.

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Exactly.

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100%.

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It catches up. So anything else you want to share

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with the listeners we haven't covered yet that they need

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to look out for or buy your merch? Because they

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can't listen to my show unless they buy your merch.

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We're working on new music. So in 2027, we are

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going to release a new album. Still working on some

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shows coming to the end of the year. And, yeah,

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that's about it, man.

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All right, cool. Well, you guys fucking rock. I'm glad

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you're here at Warped Tour, and thanks for being on

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the Adventures of Pipe Man.

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Hell, yeah.

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Thanks for having us.

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My pleasure.

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Thanks a lot, man.

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Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man

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on W4CY radio.