From Banana Costumes to Bull Sharks: Party Cannon Goes Wild at Bloodstock
In this lively and candid episode of "The Adventures of Pipeman" on W4CY Radio, Pipeman sits down with Chris from Party Cannon at the 25th anniversary of Bloodstock festival. Their conversation dives into festival life, the uniqueness of the UK metal scene, memorable US tour stories, and what makes Party Cannon a band everyone should experience.Main Topics Covered
- Party Cannon’s appearance at Bloodstock and festival community vibes
- The differences between Bloodstock and other festivals like Wacken
- British weather woes for touring musicians
- Touring experiences in the US (including memorable stops in Florida and Jacksonville)
- The unique, fun-loving identity and atmosphere of Party Cannon
- Finding Party Cannon tour dates and connecting online
- The energy and enthusiasm of festival-goers at Bloodstock, with crowds ready to party as early as 11:45 AM 00:55
- Atmosphere differences between Bloodstock and Wacken 00:29
- The rarity and importance of an open-air, exclusively metal festival in the UK 01:21
- Experiences packing for every season due to unpredictable weather 02:08
- Camping adventures—freezing at night, boiling in the morning 02:18
- Connections to Florida festivals (Rockville, Daytona, Jacksonville) and the distinctive local personalities and scenes 02:45, 02:56
- A quirky post-show invite in Jacksonville: "Do you wanna go throw some Molotov cocktails around?" 02:56
- Paddleboarding with bull sharks and wild Florida wildlife encounters 04:27
- Party Cannon described as an "intense band," delivering both musically and in sheer party atmosphere 05:11
- Emphasis on fun, inclusivity, and silly antics—crowd-surfing in banana suits, everyone encouraged to enjoy themselves however they want 05:22
- The party philosophy: “Concentration of stupidity in the right way”, welcoming to all, and no judgment for how you have fun 05:38
- "I'm really surprised how ready people were to go that hard at 11:45 in the morning on a Friday." 00:55
- "It's an intense band in many ways... it's also an intense assault On like your IQ. If you want to have fun, we're definitely going to go see." 05:11
- "Straight up real death metal, but you can have fun too. Lots of breakdowns... No one's gonna be like, don't march like that, don't fucking wear that, don't fucking crowd surf." 05:29
- "An encouragement of stupidity. Concentrate stupidity in the right way." 05:38
- "Party's in the fucking name." 05:51
- Party Cannon tour dates and updates are available on:
- Instagram (handle not specified, check Party Cannon official)
- Facebook (find Party Cannon official page)
- Linktree (search for Party Cannon Linktree to access all links)
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0:04 Hey you have done too, yes, crue f see wow, cra you you. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio and I'm here. With christ fer party. Gain is nice here at Bloodstock. Yet six twenty fifth anniversary. Absolutely, I'm glad you got that right because last night Saxon was a little confused because they did vaking last week and that was the three fifth anniversary, so they thought this was the three fifth here. So we did back in last year, so an order to get a confused that.
0:45 Is see there you go. So but we love Bloodstock. You've been to Vadkan. I was just there, isn't it like the fucking most coolest community here? Yeah? Yeah, I'm really twiced. How how ready people were that hard? I love forty five in the morning on a Friday, right yeah, whoa like fu's so many people have been now gouted, so many people got so it was like, yeah, you just walk up like I'm ready ready to cause nonsense. Right, And you know it is amazing to have festival like you show up as a band you don't expect at that time and people are like ready to go. It's goods just happened in UK as well. There's a like a I think this is the only open air metal like exclusively bail festival.
1:29 All this capacitating in the UK as well, So it's as mad as like four. Hours of my house. It's only four hours from your house. Yeah, it wasn't a a big a drive yesterday, so I. Mean yeah for me, it's a little farther. But I love coming over here to the UK do festivals because your metal community is so fucking cool and people are so cool here. If it weren't for your bipolar weather here, I probably would move here. I mean yeah, anyway it is. We were looking at whether like last week as like as gonna ranger and a say Jesus, then it just kept changing, like oh it's gonna beating RADI even harder. Oh no, it's gonna be sunny. Then it was like twenty five degrees. He's like, what's the fucking point? I'm having a order for caut I know, really it's worth. The Scotland man. I was like, after doing this every year, like fuck it, I'm not even looking at I'm just gonna pack my winter clothes and my summer clothes and whichever ones I need That's what I'll use.
2:18 We're coming last night, we're all huddly errors tend like freezing like all go who woke up? Like okay, spoiling now where we're like fucking sleeves off in everything, Manzel Goods. I love for bivesnight. I put a jacket on when I walked out this morning. I'm like, oh fuck, it's hot, you know, and it's like like right now it feels like I'm in Florida where I live right in and nour it'll feel like I'm from I'm in New York where I used to live. What about in Florida? Do you live? I live near West Palm Beach. Okay, kol Have you ever been to Jacksonville? Yes? I used to do, uh well, I do Rockville every year and used to be in Jacksonville Mountain, Daytona. But they're all live in Jacksonville. In twenty twenty two, I think after the gig, we stayed in these guys houses and he's.
3:02 Like, do you want to go through some molltof cocktails around, Like yeah. Sure, that's Jacksonville. Yeah, that's like a Florida activity to men's. Yeah yeah yeah, Like uh Jacksonville is a rare place. I loved him, loved him man, Aaron had him bullet Aaron gave no ships is fucking great. Well, it was insane. It was cool too, Like when I did Rockville one year. I was over at this girl's house and one of the bands that played came over and we all just sat on the front porch and played music like and just hung out like it was like in the eighties or something. It was like really cooling, you know, just impromptu fucking jamming. Yeh, yeah, I love I love Florida.
3:44 We're going back to Florida this year. I can't remember exactly what dates were playing in Florida, but we're on Tourio in America with Nckagolf going apart in Saints and Swarm and there's a few Florida days there, so looking hard to going back. That's a great Do you know what part of Florida? I'm not I'll talk to the head. I'm not telling sure, but. I'm gonna look it up and I'm gonna tell people they need to look it up. How do people look up where your dates are in Florida? Fuck it, man, We'll be on on Instagram. We'll be on our Facebook and stuff like that. We've got We've got link trebos guard find nice. Yeah, man, that'll be fine. Hopefully I see a algaor you see I saw dolphins of like pelicans and stuff. Well I was there. That was insane. That is insane. Now you don't want to see a bull shark. No, I always see one from Afar, but.
4:26 No, no. Like yeah, So like I go on tour and duty's festivals. So when I get home, like I'll isolate, like like artists do, and I get I one time in the last time, I went out on my paddle board and I'm like, I'll go out way in in the ocelle, just chill out. And I looked down and there were like five bull sharks that swam under my board. I'm like, okay, I'm out of here. Yep. Imagine a mosh pit with bull sharks. Yeah, that'd be That'd be someone else. Man, that'd be the end of time. No doubt. What would you want to tell the listeners that we haven't talked about about your band and why they should check you out.
5:10 It's a very very dumb experience. So there's an intense band in many ways the musical intents, but it's also an intense assault on your IQ. If you don't have fun, we're definitely man to go see. So you just saw all the people answers, crowds and barrier. I had no point was anything like this music is dumb or this music is cheesy. It's like straight up bro that noo. But you get a fun to lots of breakdowns, lots of you can lose. No one's gonna be like, don't match like that, don't fucking wear that. Don't fucking crowds. I love that. An encouragement all that stupidity, concentrat stupidity in the right way. And fun. Ye, it's a fun experience. I mean I have fun. Those guys look at having fun. But it's a party exactly. It's a party. Answer, It's party is in.
5:52 The name there it is. Well, I love it. I love that you're at Bloodstock. I hope to see you in Florida. Yeah, hit me up if you're coming and I'll talk. We can talk again. All right, sounds good. Thanks a lot for being on the Adventures of pipe Man. Thank you, Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Main on w fur c u I Radio,
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