June 17, 2026

Spineshank at Download XXIII Donington Park - PipemanRadio Interview

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PipemanRadio speaks with Spineshank at Download XXIII Donington Park about their performance at the legendary music festival.

Spineshank played a highly praised, energetic 35-minute set at the Download Festival 2026 in Donington Park on Sunday, June 14, 2026. The performance was largely celebrated by the crowd, though the band was joined by a stand-in vocalist due to passport issues.
Highlights from their appearance include:

The Set: They powered through their industrial nu-metal tracks quickly with minimal banter, leaning heavily into crowd favorites.
Fan Reception: Reviews and feedback on the Spineshank's killer set at Download Festival - Facebook were very positive, with attendees commending the band's stage presence and energy.
Crowd Dynamics: The audience drew praise for being respectful and protective of younger fans and those in the mosh pit during their performance.
Follow-up Tour: Following the festival, Spineshank continued their UK run with Drowning Pool and Silly Goose.

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It's great to see you all the way over here

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at download Yep. You know we were together at Aftershock

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and we couldn't be much farther from there exactly.

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Yeah, and we almost didn't make it, but we're here.

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Oh. I had the same problem.

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I was to a Milwaukee metalfest and it was flying

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Milwaukee layover, Chicago layover, Dublin. And when we got when

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I got to Milwaukee, they had a delay, an hour

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and a half delay, and I'm thinking myself. And then

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at the gate, the girl like she knew what was up,

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but she couldn't tell me. So she was like, you

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should take this bus to Chicago O'Hare. And I'm like, really,

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She's like if it were me, and she kept saying

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it like she was saying, listen to me, I'm telling

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you the flights can get canceled.

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But she didn't say that, so I did.

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I paid for a bus, went to Chicago O'Hare and

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I saw while I was on the bus.

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Flight canceled.

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And then I got the O'Hare and not only did

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they cancel the flight, but they rebooked me. So I'm

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trying to go through TSA pre check. I can't because

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they booked me to flight to Philadelphia and then to

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Dublin the next day.

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Oh wow.

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So I had to get on the phone with them

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stand online and luckily I got here. But if I

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never took it, because I have rebooked me, if I

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never took that bus, I wouldn't have made it to download.

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Wow.

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Yeah, we had not the exact situation, but they we

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woke up at you know, I woke up to our

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flight being canceled then being rebooked at the same time

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at the same airport.

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Everything was the same. But then we got there late

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and we.

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Needed these ETA things yeah, which we had no idea about.

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And luckily we had a helpful agent and she pushed

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it through. And then when it was like we were

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honestly like two minutes away from being.

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Canceled and then the flight got delayed.

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Wow.

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Then we was like okay, we were able to go

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back there and grab a drink or two to try

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to take the edge off and luckily we made it.

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So see that's when the delay is good.

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Oh it was great. I was praying for it and

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it happened. So it was like, you know, for once

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it worked in our favor.

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For that, I love it. And now you're here. Have

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you guys ever played Download?

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We did the first one in two thousand and three.

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We were on the main stage. Wow, So yeah, it's

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for us. It's always cool to be here because I'm

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a kid of the eighties, so I remember Monsters of Rock,

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Castle Donington all that stuff. So yeah, it's always been

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a dream. So and I never thought we played again,

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So to get to do it a second time is just,

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you know, so perfect.

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How do you find it different or not different from

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two thousand and three?

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You know it both times so far was just go, go,

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go go. So I haven't had a chance to like

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experience anything. Yeah, we were on main stage last time

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and we had some you know, internal band problems. We

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had to fly home right like right after our set.

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We flew home and canceled the whole tour. But we

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were able to do Download, which was cool. But I

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haven't really seen much this time, and we got here

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still a little loopy from the flight. So we took

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a little nap and now now I'm ready to take

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it in there.

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It is so since you're from the eighties, I don't

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remember if I showed you this that after Shock, did.

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I I think you did? Yeah, you did, Okay, I

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wanted to make sure.

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Yeah, I had one other band that they were like,

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did you bring your vest with you?

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So?

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What do you got going on? After download?

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So after now we got the three more shows with

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Drowning Pool coming up this week, Nice and Silly Goose

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I believe is opening those which we haven't.

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We haven't met those guys yet. We've heard good things.

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Oh they're great.

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Yeah, And then we go home and we have a

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five week tour with Non Point and Headpe, Nice, and

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then in October we come back to the UK for

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Skindred Al and f Farm, Spine, Shank and Orgy.

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So that's cool, that's a bad us.

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And we'll also be doing Europe with again our buddies

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in Headpe.

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So uh, we got a busy year.

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Now do you know the story of Silly Goose I don't, okay,

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So I can't remember which Wimmor Festival it was. I'm

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thinking I don't even know. I'm not even good guess,

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but I can't remember. But Silly Goose did the old

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school punk thing and they were like on this tour

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that wasn't a tour.

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They would take their trailer and go, oh place.

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Yeah was that them?

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Okay, that was them.

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So they showed up and they were playing in the

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parking lot of one of the Wimmer festivals, and Wimmer

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was out there watching, just like his arms folded watching.

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Next day they played one of the stages.

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Wow, that was either gonna be really good or really

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bad for the right. It's good for them though. That's

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you know what a way to take your future in

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your own hands.

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I know, right, that's amazing and that, you know, both

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being from the eighties, that is an old school thing

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to do. You do shit like that, like sure, then

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you know now, well he did get arrested one time

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doing it.

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Yeah, there was a lot of that going around.

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But I think he's like the Wendyo Williams Jim Morrison

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of the twenty twenty six, Jackson Leeppinger.

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Their their name's getting out there, so, you know, and

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I've seen them, and they're they're gonna be.

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A tough act to follow.

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So there you go. But that's you know, you'll have

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to catch one of our sets.

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Yeah, for sure.

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Wendy tour with them.

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Yeah, oh oh for sure. Yeah, definitely.

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They were actually at a we were in Michigan somewhere.

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We were somewhere in the States, and they were out there,

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but we didn't get a chance to meet them.

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So I'm sure we'll become friends.

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Yeah, exactly. They're cool people. Yeah, you guys are cool people.

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And that's the way our community, as any of it is.

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That's you know, it's been like that since we started

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in ninety eight when we came up with Static X

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and System of a down cole Chamber and we're still

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all friends to this day.

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So there you goump it up. I love it.

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So who was your favorite band to play with all

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these years?

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I mean depending on what type of favorite, like what

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type of fun or I mean, for me, Iron Maiden

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was a big one. Slayer was a big one, just

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because of what they meant to me as you know,

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growing up. But uh, yeah, I'd have to say those guys.

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I mean I always wanted to tour with Molly Crue

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because you know, when I was ten years old that

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was ever too fast for a love was everything to me.

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But uh yeah, just the being able to be on

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stage with the idols of mine was really cool.

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It's a trip, right when you get to that point

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where you're like on their level, I'm an imposter.

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I have imposter syndrome all the way.

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I shouldn't be here, and at any moment they're gonna

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find out and kick me out. But in the meantime,

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it's like, cool, we got to play with Maiden and

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Slayer and Metallica was here last time we.

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Did it, so it's you know, it's.

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This whole spine chek things has gotten way bigger and

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given me more experiences in my life than I ever

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thought possible. So you know, it's a great And now

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my son's playing guitar with us, so even.

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That's even better. See that's cool.

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Like that's the difference between now in the eighties, Like

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I'll bring my kids, my grandkids to festivals. Sometimes my

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dad would never gone through it. He used to call

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us we were the Motley Crew, and I you know,

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it's fine. I've been talking about this. I would never

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in the eighties gone and see a band my age,

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like you.

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Know, yeah, it's it's it's so weird because what I

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was thinking about, so we're out celebrating twenty five years

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of the height of callousness.

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Back in the eighties.

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Twenty five years ago was like led Zeppelin, who were

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classic rock, who were still great, but it was.

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A whole different world.

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Yeah.

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Now it's like if hyda Callausis came out now, it

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wouldn't be some weird thing. It would it would sound just,

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you know, similar to releases that are coming out right now.

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So it's it's crazy that that. And we are seeing kids,

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and we're seeing families, fathers and sons, and we're seeing

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these like young kids that are like seemed to sing

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every song, every lyric and we're like how, And you know,

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it's the parents. And I relate to it because my

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son he was on tour with us when he was little.

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He was almost every Spishank tour and now now he's

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our guitar player. So it's like it's full circle and

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it's you know, it's great and it's cool to see

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parents showing their kids good music because a lot of

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the music now and I know I sound like an

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old grizzled grandfather, but it sucks, so it's good that

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you know, parents are keeping rock music alive and metal

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it's it's you know, it's dying.

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It is.

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It's great to see it out there, it's great to

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see multi generational and it's even better to see you

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at download.

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I can't wait, can't wait to play I'll be there.

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Thanks for being on The Adventures pipe Man. Thank you

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for having me again you got it ay time.

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Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man

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on w for CUI Radio.

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