Aug. 2, 2026

The Limit Debut at Wacken with Bobby Liebling of Pentagram and punk veteran Sonny Vincent

The Limit Debut at Wacken with Bobby Liebling of Pentagram and punk veteran Sonny Vincent

In this episode of Podcast, Pipeman sits down with Sonny Vincent and Bobby from The Limit, live at Wacken. The trio discuss The Limit’s explosive debut at the festival, their new album, career-defining moments, band camaraderie, perseverance in the music industry, and the essence of rock and roll. Packed with candid stories, humor, and heartfelt wisdom, this episode peels back the curtain on life as a musician and the trials and triumphs along the way.Main Topics Covered

  • The Limit’s formation and debut at Wacken
  • Recording experiences in Portugal
  • Evolution and chemistry within the band
  • Challenges and perseverance in the music business
  • Memorable career stories and defining moments
  • The essence of The Limit and their working philosophy
  • Reflections on the festival experience and the rock/metal community
Key Discussions & Stories1. The Limit’s First Show & New Album
  • Sonny Vincent reveals Wacken is The Limit’s very first live show, brought about by the unexpected success of their album 00:38.
  • Pipeman points out that the new album’s tracks dominate their top songs on Apple Music, signifying a musical high point 00:51.
2. Recording in Portugal: Chaos and Chemistry
  • Sonny Vincent and Bobby recall recording their first album under tense conditions: personality clashes, accommodation mishaps, and the challenge of working with a shifting lineup 01:37, 03:59.
  • Despite difficulties, the creativity “just fell into place” and music prevailed over discord 02:09, 06:19.
3. Band Camaraderie and Trust
  • Sonny Vincent reflects on how accidental good chemistry made all the difference: “It's accidental that we have the right mixture, and we're lucky” 02:20.
  • Both discuss building trust and learning collaboration, crucial for their partnership 07:04, 10:38.
4. Defining Life & Musical Moments
  • Sonny Vincent describes a formative, humorous childhood encounter and how a radio song solidified his path in music 02:38.
  • Pipeman shares a wild backstage introduction to the rock scene at age 13 03:06.
5. Struggles, Success, and Perseverance
  • Bobby speaks to the longevity of his career, being the only original member in Pentagram after 55 years 07:32 and stresses perseverance: “Perseverance is the key to success” 07:50.
  • The group discusses the myth of overnight success and the persistence needed to survive in music 08:17.
6. Festival War Stories
  • Pipe Man, Bobby, and Sonny Vincent share tales of disastrous festival weather, evacuations, and the resilience of metal fans 09:16.
7. Essence of The Limit
  • Bobby: “The essence of The Limit is camaraderie and learning to give and take” 10:38.
  • Sonny Vincent: Focus on attitude and organic creativity over planning 10:54.
Notable Quotes
  • “[The album] just fell into place. And this one too, but the atmosphere is just better.” — Sonny Vincent, 02:09
  • “It's accidental that we have the right mixture, and we're lucky.” — Sonny Vincent, 02:20
  • “Perseverance is the key to success.” — Bobby, 07:50
  • “When you learn that you can team up with someone and make it work, you've come through another hurdle in life, I think.” — Bobby, 10:44
  • “Attitude and letting things happen as organically as possible without a lot of floor planning, you know?” — Sonny Vincent, 10:54
  • “Rock and roll is an impulsive thing anyway. Take it from the heart, from the gut, and from some other places, and it works.” — Bobby, 11:18
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • The Limit’s music available on Apple Music (not directly hyperlinked in-episode)
  • Wacken Festival (site: https://www.wacken.com/)


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Hi, you have done to censure?

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Wow for you.

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Young, this is the pipe Man here on the Adventures

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pipe Man W four C Y Radio and I'm here

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with Sonny Vincent from the Limit here at Valking.

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Yes we are.

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Oh my god, have you guys played I even't looked,

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you know at who always played vodkas my first year

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at Vakin.

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Have you guys played vadkin before?

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We never played anywhere before we made an album and

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it turns out to be a really great hit somehow,

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and like they book this and fucking and uh, this

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is our first show.

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Wow, that's pretty and I that the new album. Like

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on Apple Music, it's like all of them are your

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top songs, Like that's it's pretty wild that you come

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out when an album now and they're like probably your

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best music ever.

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It's it's working, it's working.

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So tell me how this album from your whole career

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of music, how it is, how you consider it like

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different or evolved from what you've done all your life?

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The first album scenario, Yeah, yeah, no, I don't want to.

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Yeah.

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The first album we recorded in Portugal, and uh, it

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was the lineup was a little bit different, the energy

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was quite different and a lot of fighting, a lot

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of murderous glances, if you can say, and this is

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a lot more harmonious between the members. But the first album,

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even though the.

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Characters were.

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Rubbing against each other, the music was really easy. It

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just fell into place. And this one too, but the

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atmosphere is just better.

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Do you think it's because you have the right mixture

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of people right now at this stage?

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Yeah, yeah, it's accidental that we have the right mixture

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and we're.

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Lucky, nice. And so I'm gonna ask you a really

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fake back question. What was that first moment in time

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in your life that you decide this is what you

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needed to do.

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Let's see, I was like I was walking home from

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school in three ladies on the front porch.

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I was like twelve, and you go, come on in here, boy,

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and they came.

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In and like I never had sex before, you know,

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and like these three ladies just kind of humped the

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shit out of me for like hours, and I thought,

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like like I either wanted like I don't know, I didn't.

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Then I went I was and I heard a song

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on the radio and it just all came together and

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I thought, this is for me, baby, that's so familiar.

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Nice.

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It's kind of like when I walked into the Rainbow

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with Motley Crum was hanging out with Ron Jeremy and Lemmy,

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and I was getting there. I'm thirteen, getting their overflow

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of women. Like, if you're getting the overflow at thirteen

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of Motley Crue and Lemmy and Ron Jeremy, you're still

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getting the hottest women.

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I didn't.

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These were like three rotund, elderly sort of ladies and

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I was twelve, you know, so it's nothing like your scenario.

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There's no rockstar thing. It was down south, three ladies

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sitting on a porch drinking lemonade.

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Hey boy, come on in here.

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And I went in there and like they just showed

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me the ropes. You know, I appreciated it.

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Nice. Nice.

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One story, good or bad in your whole musical career,

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What would it be besides that one, because that's a

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big story.

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I let loops.

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You got a story, Yeah, I got a story about

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us throwing first met uh we uh we're a different

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line up. And we got over to uh Portugal to

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record the album, and we were supposed to go out

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to some island and that didn't pan out, so we

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were told that we'd have separate hotel rooms, and uh

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to stay, it turned out that it was one apartment

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and there were three of us staying in the apartment

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and two beggars.

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got an upheaval. Yeah, he's pissed off, you know.

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I got to sleep on the fucking couch.

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I ran to the two bedders, you know, to take that.

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seemed like there was a little bit of bitter medicine

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to this portion that they didn't agree with.

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We came together, we had never met personally, but we

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talked a lot. And then I was trying to get

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plane tickets and it was before we were supported by

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a label, and so the plane tickets from from anywhere

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in the States to Portugal was like about three thousand.

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Bucks each, you know, and holy shit, I.

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Didn't have that on hand, and it kind of gave

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up bumping out. One day, I was sitting on the

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couch and I thought, let me try again. I found

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three tickets, three hundred dollars each, all the way to

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Portugal and all the way back. But it was like

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a thirty eight hour journey. Wow, with cranky old bastards

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in the airport. We were twenty one years old. We'd

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be doing pirouettes, you know, in the airport. But this

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was terrible.

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Already.

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We did a radio interview in Portugal, the main radio place,

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right the hub, National Radio, and the guy I was

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in such a terrible mood, and.

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I'm usually pretty calm, you know, you guys said, Sonny,

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how's it going. I go, really fucking bad, and go,

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what do you mean? I go, you don't have the hoo.

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They're together for thirty years and they start to hate

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each other. They hate each other. Smell they've been together

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too much. You know, we've been together for three days.

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We fucking hate each other. It was just horror.

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Wow.

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Well we pulled it off.

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We pulled it off. The music was the part that clicked.

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See, that's what it is.

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It's like that shows your true artists, because the music

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is what counts, and if you have the passion for

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the music, you can probably set aside a lot of

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the other crap.

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You know, and especially I mean.

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A little engine that could.

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God that's my didn't name because I think I cannot

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think I can, And I kept my eye on the

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prize all these years, and I finally Sonny and I

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met up. We had some magic going right off the bat.

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Sonny and I always.

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Got along and comrades, you know, and almos and that

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kind of thing.

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So it really worked out all.

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It is so important too, right, because you spend so

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much time I'm with each other that if you don't

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like each other, you're going to kill each other.

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Yeah. Me and Bobby we had.

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A lot of troubles at times because we're both used

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to running the ship, doing it our own way.

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But then along the way, you know.

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Like one thing after another, we realized, oh, I trust

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this guy, you know, and it's like we developed a

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good trust, the basic platform to depend on.

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Yeah.

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It's hard to depend on someone else, you know when

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you're like, I've been a Pennyburn for.

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Fifty five years now.

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Yeah, I've always.

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Kind of been at the helm of things, and I'm

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the only original Tisting member still and we're still trudging

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on and doing things, you know, and really enjoying more

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success than we ever have.

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Really see that and that's so cool too, right, like

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when you could go that long. That's that's something that's

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a testimony.

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Perseverance is the key to success.

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I'm a big believer in that because I'm also on

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my facial speaker and I'm all about persistent and perseverance.

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Doors.

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That's all exactly, and that's what you need in this business. Door, yeah, exactly, exactly.

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Until somebody opens up totally.

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Totally, and that it is what it takes, like in

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this business more than any other.

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You know.

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You take a band that's still around today, they went

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through a lot of crap to get to the price,

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you know, and most people give up before that happens.

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Of course, exactly think that you know, you're.

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Gonna shoot this rock stardom thing or whatever and it's

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going to be an overnight sensation. Yeah, and you start

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learning along the way, you know, these trials and tribulations

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they really start getting to you get under your nails,

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you know, and or you know what you pulong the ground.

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You know, yeah, totally people on scratching, you know. But

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here you are at Vokking now, you know, and it

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doesn't get much bigger as far as a festival than this, okay,

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or it doesn't get any bigger. Actually, yeah, thank god

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we have good weather for you today, you know, because yeah,

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last year was a disaster weather wise, but this year

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it's perfect.

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Lay here in twenty twenty three offender and it was

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a mud bet. I could not believe that to turn

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away fifty thousand people.

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Or anything like that.

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Yeah, I have a lot of those in the States,

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Like I just did Welcome to Rockville. Three out of

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the four days we were evacuated. The one I did

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last week evacuated. Wow, like it's it's it's amazing what

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us metal heads actually endure for everything.

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Yeah, metal heads are.

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Pretty about seventy Yeah, absolutely so thank you.

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This is Sonny Vincent coming at you from Germany and

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coing to Amsterdam in.

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A couple of days. We love you.

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We love you so fucking much like we tongue kiss

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you until you're just common. And this is Bobby, he

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loves you too.

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Tell him you love him, Bobby, Bobby Leveling, and I

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love all.

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Yeah, I love you more than Bobby loves you. No, no, no, no,

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I love you, guys more than Bobby Well, I love

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you part time, Bobby loves you full time.

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Okay, okay, all right, question what is the essence is

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like a beautiful Oh no, Joe, okay for real?

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Yes, the moment is uh, camaraderie and learning to give

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and take. I think, because we've got to do that

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a whole lot. And you learned that you can team

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up with someone and make your work. You've come through

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another pot watch, I think, yeah, And it's it's a

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lot to do with.

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Attitude and letting the has happen as organically as possible

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without a lot of floor.

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Planning, you know.

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Yeah, when you plan too much, you go through the

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floor totally overplanning and overthinking it.

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That creates distress because there's too much that could go wrong.

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Impulsive thing anyway, take it from the heart, from the gut,

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and from some other places.

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Thank you, Danny, thank you everybody, Thank.

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You and thank you for being on the Adventures of

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Pipemin Something.

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