Aug. 9, 2026

Battlesnake at Bloodstock: Accents, Aussie Humor, and Festival Antics with Pipeman

Battlesnake at Bloodstock: Accents, Aussie Humor, and Festival Antics with Pipeman
Battlesnake at Bloodstock: Accents, Aussie Humor, and Festival Antics with Pipeman
Pipeman in the Pit
Battlesnake at Bloodstock: Accents, Aussie Humor, and Festival Antics with Pipeman

In this lively and irreverent episode, Pipeman sits down with members of Battlesnake at Bloodstock Festival for a wild conversation full of banter, accents, festival stories, and candid humor. The episode covers festival experiences, band origins, cultural quirks, and some off-the-wall personal revelations. Buckle up for a freewheeling interview that showcases the band’s playful dynamic and the host’s quick wit.Main Topics Covered

  • Festival Performances & Bloodstock Debut
    • Battlesnake’s first appearance at Bloodstock and their impressions 02:01
    • Comparisons with other festivals like Download and Copenhell 02:28
    • Differences between metal festivals in Australia and the UK/EU 02:40
  • Accent Challenges & Banter
    • Playful attempts at British, American, and Australian accents 00:31, 01:01
    • Discussion about cultural differences in language and humor
  • Surfing, Sharks & Life in Australia
    • Queensland’s digout houses and the extreme Aussie climate 04:23
    • Surfing fails and growing up near the beach in Sydney 04:54
  • The Band’s Origin Stories
    • Musical inspiration from birth (literally) 05:19, 07:38
    • Sibling dynamics in a band 07:41
  • Video Games and Free Time
    • Love for Grand Theft Auto and Battlefield 1942 09:41
    • Hilarious admissions about downtime activities 09:49
  • Band Humor, Personality & Live Show Energy
    • Wild stories about other bands (Airbourne, GWAR) 05:40, 09:29
    • Improv impressions, including a Mets announcer 06:17
    • Candid discussion about real life and band life 08:08
  • Merchandise & Staying Connected
    • How to buy Battlesnake merch online 12:03
    • Playful jabs about accents and self-perception 12:11
  • Australian Stereotypes & Koala Myths
    • Joking about koalas, chlamydia, and Aussie wildlife 13:05
  • Final Thoughts and Mutual Appreciation
    • Reflections on the insanity of the world and the joy of music 14:40
    • Bidding farewell with praise and thanks 15:04
Key Discussions or Stories
  • Festival Firsts: Battlesnake shares their excitement and nerves over their first Bloodstock performance and compare it to past festival gigs, highlighting Europe’s vibrant metal scene 02:01, 02:28.
  • Brotherly Bonding: The two brothers of the band open up about working together harmoniously, a rarity for siblings, and attribute their connection to upbringing 07:41.
  • Life Down Under: Colorful stories emerge about surfing, dangerous wildlife (sharks), and unique Australian living, from barrier islands in Florida to the underground homes of Coober Pedy 03:02, 04:23.
  • Improv and Impressions: The episode is peppered with spontaneous accent challenges, improv announcing, and plenty of self-deprecation 01:01, 06:17.
  • Outlandish Humor: No topic is off limits, with jokes about masturbation, Monster Energy, nerd metal culture, and koala chlamydia 09:49, 13:05.
Notable Quotes
  • “The day I was born. I was put on this planet for one reason and one reason only, to rock the world.” 05:19
  • “We both grew up next to the beach, but neither of us surf.” 04:59
  • “I think it definitely goes together — being a nerd and metal.” 11:02
  • “Is your radio station one of the radio stations in the game?” 03:51 – Benjamin speculating about Grand Theft Auto
  • “You just made my fucking day.” 15:04
Resources & Links Mentioned
  • Battlesnake Merchandise:
    Visit Battlesnake’s official website to buy merch: [website not explicitly specified in transcript – check the band’s socials or official site]
  • Bloodstock Festival:
    Learn more about the festival: https://www.bloodstock.uk.com/
  • PipemanRadio / W4CY Radio:
    Listen, connect, and find more interviews at: https://w4cy.com/
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0:04 Hey, you love then too, censure wow for you your. This is pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four C Y Radio, and I'm here. With Battle Snake. Battlesnake. Nice. That's why I like the band to say it. They say it better than me. Yeah, and I put it on an American accent for all American fans. Yeah, there you go. That that's pretty good. I would try to put on the English accent, but i'd sound stupid. Well we're not English. Well we're here, right, like I should be English media.

0:48 Right, Well, I can try and put on an English accent. Let's hear it. Hello America, this is Battlesnake, can be. I here to perform for you. Good evening. This is Benjamin from Battlesnake. Here. We are about to put on an excellence performance for you all. That was pretty good. Like I was married to a British girl. She was a Jordie, but I never knew that. Yeah, and she spoke the proper queen's English. So you know how to do it. You got flashbacks just then, yeah, yeah, yeah, they. Weren't good ones. Oh man, So you do an Australian accent, That one's hard.

1:29 But I can surf. That's quite enough, you know. It is like I can usually tell the difference of the Aussi and the English. Yeah, and then there's the South African and I could tell that one too. I haven't. I've dated the South Africans. I've done it. I haven't dated an Aussi yet. Well, today could be a FS day. Yeah, see you baby? That right? There was a proper ass you know, so obviously you know what you're doing. Boys. So Bloodstock? Have you guys played Bloodstock before? First time? Wow? Today? Yes, we have? We played it today?

2:10 How is it here? Is this like the fucking awesome festival? Or what you you said? It? It's pretty awesome. That as awesome as it gets. So so what other festivals have you played? And how did this compare to that? Ah? Last year we played download Copenhall. Ah. So you keep coming over here? Yeah? Yeah, these metal festivals over here? Yeah, Like, you don't really have many down there, that many. There's like one or two. So check this out where I live. I live in Florida, but I live on a little Barrier Island that has the second best reef in the world next to the Great Barrier. Wow. Like people come there to scuba and snort worm. I look out my window at it.

3:02 That sounds beautiful. I need to go to Aussie so I can serve it like i'd probably die. Yeah, because your waves are like serious over there, and the sharks have been pretty serious there. So we got some serious sharks, so. We have with migration season sometimes, like you know, ignorance is bliss. Yeah, there'll be like thousands of sharks in the water and you don't even know when you're down the scary. Yeah, but I'm up there, I'm looking down. I'm like, fuck that. Geez. So are you excited for Grand Theft Auto Seeks if you're from Florida? Yeah, that's that's a fucking great game. And yeah I and the next one said in Florida, I think, isn't it it's I think it is.

3:45 Yeah, So there you go. Well, we got a lot of the main character in the game. I think I am radio one of the radio stations in the cause to say that, I guess your radio station one of the radio stations in the game. I wish that would be cool to make it work. I've got some I got some, I got some contacts. I think we should also compare the most dangerous and poisonous things on the planet because we're pretty close there too. Yeah, Florida and Australia. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know what I dig about their pun Yeah, the digouts. There's one part I don't know where where they have these dig out houses where you literally live underground because it's so hot up above. Do you know where that is?

4:32 Oh? In like Cuba? Is that Kouba PETI? Maybe it is, and you would know better than me, But I was like, wow, that's really cool, like to actually live underground. It we kind of fucked to always be there. I don't know, it could be all right. So what part are you guys from. We're from Sydney. Oh okay, next to the beach. Yeh see. So do you surf? No? We both got we brothers. We both both grew up next to the beach. Book either one of you, sir. No. I tried surfing once and I fell off. The same So you went to music instead, exactly, So weaklings, So what was that moment that you decide music was what you wanted to do?

5:19 The day I was born, I was put on this planet for one reason, one reason only to rock the world. Same. It's so funny. You remind me of the dude from Airborne, like the same like humor and same personality. He was one of my They were one of my funniest interviews ever because they get really fucking drunk, and then I wish I. Could get drunk, but I've been I've been told I'm the designated driver tonight. Oh well then it's pretty unfair, I think saying as I'm a singer, I should be allowed to get drunk. You should be allowed to My question is it is like, can you do this? This is what they did on my interview. Can you do since you're good at the impressions? Yeah, can you do an impression of announcing a New York Mets game.

6:17 I've never heard an announcement before. But you can't see that, you can't know. I can do my initial. Try. Hey, yo, New York, We've got the Mets here. We're gotta play a game. That was pretty good. That was pretty good. What's your favorite part about Bloodstock? You're my favorite part of bus Stock. Oh, I'll pay you for that later. You have been You've been my this interview right now. It has been my favorite human interaction all day. You're lying. No, do I sound like someone is lying? No? But I love your fucking shoes, man, I actually I just noticed them.

7:02 I actually motified them to make this black. I could see that rubbing off a bit. Now they are fucking cool as hell. Thank you so much. And I need to find some more permanent black paint. Well, there you go. We can take a sharpie. I I have a black sharpie with it. We try sharp The first time I tried to shoppy, but it all rubbed off. Now it's got paint on it. Now he finds some better paint. And what what were we going to have him? Say? You were handing him the mic before I got distracted by your shoes. Remember what was. Your first moment that you knew music was what you wanted to do, and. Like probably went on, was conceived. See you both have the same answer. That's why it works.

7:44 I couldn't work with my brother in a band. I'd fucking kill him. How do you guys do it? Sad? Yeah? Right, well that's the American way. We're kind of bassholes. It was. But say, though, like, do you guys, are you like on the same page or do you fight like siblings? Do uh, the same page. That's pretty cool test on testament to your parents, man, because like I'm definitely on the same page with any of my siblings, Like they would never come to a metal show. Let's look at the picture of us on the screen that whoa look at that.

8:28 See he's about I can fly, let let he's a pretty good photographer where you can go, Yeah, because you can go pretty fucking high, man. Because I've got in built retractable wings. I see it, I see it. Yeah, I think it's the horns. Actually, yeah, well they've got jets on the back of them propel me. It is funny. I saw you guys earlier in press, and then when I was looking for you for the interview, I'm like, where the fuck did they go? Yeah? And then then and then she brought you over. I'm like, wait, that's not them. Yeah, yeah we went and now you're you're Yeah, you're out of like kerosines. You're a good thing. It's just audio. People can't see that. You look much better on stage.

9:12 Oh are you saying I'm ugly? Well no, I'll tell you who is though, gar gar Ga. I've told them, I've told them. I'm like I'm maid, it's horrible. Yeah, I've told them, like guys, put your costumes back on. You look much better. What's your favorite thing to do besides music? Playing Grand Theft Auto? Yeah, playing Grand Theft Auto? How about you playing. Battlefield nine forty two? Nice? And I'm masturbating and drinking monster? Have you done that bloodstock yet? No? Yet?

9:54 But it's a long guy ahead? And did the monster make you last longer? It's at the case, Yes it does. Yes, Okay, well there you go. You do you share the same sentiment, the sentiment sometimes. More of a daily master, more of an hourly masterbat it. Okay, Well, so then you're not getting enough sex, is what you're saying? Correct? Okay? Well, way in a nerd metal band and all our fans are autistic men, sir? Is that true? This is our best by Elliott?

10:35 What is this? What do you think you walked in at the absolute wrong time? How often do you masturbate? Every two seconds? He's even more than me. Man, you've never had sex? Have you? I fit that in between the sessions. But you know what, being a nerd and mod and metal, yeah, it goes together. I think it definitely. Yes, Somebody take this microphone. That's what my favorite activity was, besides music. I hate to see. I hate to see when he is actually drinking. You like it, you would like it?

11:20 It would be like, well, I told him my one of my funniest interviews ever was Airborne because they were drunk as shit. I mean they're always drunk as ship, but at that time. So seriously, although I don't want to get serious, but seriously, tell everybody how they reach out to you guys and buy your merch because they can't fucking listen to my show. And let's say, buy your merch. What did you say, Sorry, Elliott interrupted, I. Need to translate my English to Australian. Yeah, okay, okay, I can't even fucking do it. Okay, So what do you want me to say? Tell him how they reach out to you and buy your fucking merch. Until you tell it, Elliott, I'm like, these fucking guys, these fucking guys, man, they do it.

12:03 You can get that on the website and that's it. Buy it from the website, buy a merch, buy a merch from the website. Wait a minute, they were doing impressions of other accents. What was that one that was your accent. Oh fuck, I sound shit and stupid. Well, I didn't want to say it like you never know what your voice sounds like. Now I know, might I might have to get a new job. Sounds exactly like that. By the way, exactly what do you think, Ben? I think it's on? Is exactly what.

12:44 We're going really bad now, so we might have to end it because it's just that was the best fucking part of the interview right there. Really like it is that like one of the poises red pals and yeah, yeah, that's an impression of Lake Wanda Poison's reputa. I have a question, have you ever gotten chlamydia from the koala? Yes? That's because I make love to koalas. That's whatever. Why do that? Why do they have all have chlamydia? That's why I always say with Benny, oh patient zero. Oh I can see it now, I can see it. Well, I guys, what's been more fun being here and playing that bloodstock or doing this interview?

13:36 This interview? Nice? Let's end it there before it gets worse. Okay, that's pretty good. Okay, yeah, what more time? Okay? Why is it Aussies always make me break character? During that interview? Because you guys are fucking coolest shit, your coolest shit. Thank you, and thank you for being here at Bloodsuck, and thanks for being on the adventuress. You being here Bloodsuck, and thank you for interviewing Battlesnake. And help me get my visa because I can't fucking get to Australia. I tried.

14:18 If you help us get working vases for America, oh. Good luck with that ship. I can't even go back to my own country. I go back to my own country and they're like, why are you here? I live here, what's your purpose? I live here. I'm a citizen. Oh sorry, we can't. Let you in. Oh I think it sounds pretty annoying. Yeah yeah, well you know, our country is insane right now, but I think the whole world's insane. Yeah, thank god we have a Battlesnake. Thank god. So do you guys like battle Snakes when you're in Australia not playing music? Yeah, that's secret, that's that's your real thing.

14:58 Yeah, that's a y reality. Well, you guys fucking rock. You fucking rock. And I hope you have a lot of fun here at blood Sock because you just made my fucking day. Thank you, over and out. Thank you for listening to the adventures of Pipeman on w for c u I Radio.