Passion and Heavy Music: Our Promise Talks Wacken, Authenticity, and Metal Culture at PipemanRadio

0:04 Hi, you love then too, Yes, that's true. For see Wow, cray you. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm here with. We're off off from our promise and and vic from our promise? And what is your promise? And to me anyway, to make fucking awesome music. Nice to make to make the best music possible. Probably I love it. And you're here at Vakin on the Holy Ground, so you better make great music. Yeah, we're pretty excited to be on What Can Fuck You? So a second time. I think we've been here in twenty twenty three. Nice on the waist on stage. Today we're playing the wet stage. It's gonna be fucking sick.

0:52 We're very stoked. So so you went from mad Max to getting wet. You can't put it that way that way right right? Oh? That so so far. And I know you didn't really get to see things yet. But how do you feel it's changed or stayed the same from when you were here in twenty twenty three. I think we're not even trying to. We just it's it's all natural. We we we just do what we love and we I think one big thing one big point is that we always try to get better and get better and get better. We're not like, oh yeah we're playing vodking. Never mind, we're good enough. No no, no, yeah, we want we want more.

1:42 You know that makes you a true artist. We want to make that the people see our passion that that's the best thing for us on the world is being on stage and give have fun with the people. It's it's it's our thing. It's our promise. You know, we don't even have to do anymore in the interview. That's the perfect thing, right there, got it, dude, cut it. It is true though, right because like you have bands that get up there and you can tell their board or they're not into it. Passion you need. It's music and it's a transfer of that passion to us. So how can we be passionate about your music if you're not passionate about it yourself.

2:24 Yeah, you put it together perfectly. Yeah, I mean you are. The crowd mirrors your attitude. If you have on stage, having fun, given all you got the crowd, that's the same. It's it's literally giving and. Taking giving it Yeah. Yeah, in Germany is like giving a taking or is it like this. It's all about authentic, authentic authenticity. That was very good. You did that. That's a hard word, authenticity, you know. But no, Yeah, in the States, we do say receiving because taking, in this respect would be a bad thing. It's like taking something from somebody, you know, so you're like going into the crowd and ripping her heart out.

3:12 We don't do that, not yet. Only only gwar does that, or maybe heavy Saurus does. I actually I actually interviewed that, like think I think I said something like, do you ever get hungry enough to just like eat the kids? Oh my god? What did they say? Uh? Yeah, man, we do this old time. If decatering is bad, reasonable kids, Yeah, not a good idea at all. But they aren't pretty cool, Like I'm remember what I got here and I went to check it, and like there's stuff splastered all over and I'm like, wow, this is pretty cool. They really promote these people. Well, dinosaurs and the dragon.

4:12 I mean, it's it's the next generation of metal heads, right, perfect, it's it's. I think all the rest from now on that play it bucket should just be dinosaurs and dragons. I mean it's more fucking metal than dinosaur and fucking dragons and they even got. Fire right on stage. Yeah. I got a great idea though. Okay, so if you had the festival of bands of just dinosaurs and dragons, the only people allowed to attend are all the political leaders in the world. Yeah, you throw them in the pit and the dinosaurs and dragons blow fire and eat them. That's a whole new perception. This is a perceptional perspective, perspective of Wall of def.

4:58 Yeah, right, that's about right. Oh Man, death to the Government. Put him in the Heavy Soaurus pit. The end game. Hell yeah. So how do you top Heavy Sourus in your in your shows? I think we're not trying to top them. We just like do our thing. We're going out there, we're ripping a few riffs, singing a few lines, and I don't know who, we just do a thing. I'm very pumped and as soon as I'm up there, I'm like, let's fucking do this. And I don't know, I don't know what to say. It's like it just works all the time. We're happy to be here. You don't remind me of like Barney of Napalm Death, because when you watch him on stage, he's like running like a maniac the whole time. And that's because he's so freaking pumped, and that's why it's gotta be. Yeah, right, like just put it all out there, whether you're set to half an hour, an hour.

5:56 Two hours. Yeah, then you could go chill out or die afterwards. Yeah, this is the good thing about like the best thing about festival One of the best things things about festival shows is you play a short set, but you can rip the funk out of it. Exactly, just fucking give it all you got and never slow down and then just fucking crash out in your whatever you're staying in. And the best thing the catering is awesome. Yeah, stay less, sayless. I do want to hear about that, because I haven't talked about that with a boy, and I do talk about it at different festivals because there's some festivals that have shit catering, which sucks for the band.

6:38 Yeah, but but but fucking has the amazing festival amazing catering is always eating so fucking good. And he tell me about it. I want to hear about the catering at bucket. Yeah, what wasn't the last time I got some steaks? Last time amazing potatoes. It was fucking delicious. You can't imagine how good it was. Wow, that's cool. It's just like out there, you know. I go festivals in the US and I eat because I have to, but I. Don't really enjoy any of it. And then I went out there last night and I got something in the village and oh my god, it was so freaking good.

7:21 It was only eleven euros and it was so good. German casino, What what did you get? It was? I have a picture because I showed them a picture because I couldn't pronounce it. Where we're going to teach you? It was. The funny part is I did try learn German because I was daying a German girl and I wanted to. I'm like, this is fucking hard, yes, and she's like, because we all we use idioms and everything, so basically it's not translaable. But I also like, really gets me as you take like a whole sentence and make it one word. But it was a chicken with some garlic sauce and some noodles. But the flavor it wasn't like festival flavor. It was like, oh my god, this is so good. That might be it there.

8:18 It is. So very delicious. Now I can make you laugh. I'll read it. But I heard you do it, so muse can almost hot and shinnin. Yeah, it's kind of hard to make it right. Yeah, and I'm Jewish, so I'm taking the ch and go ah, I see yeah, you know like Hebrew. Yeah, yeah, that one's easy. Holidays I know that one, okay, because we use that in the States too. It's not even German, it's it's French though. And oder kenoby like obi wan kenobi.

9:07 Yeah, kenoby is short for that means like, what is it? Garlic? Yeah, garlic, that's yeah, It's like it would say golly. So the means or is what I'm guessing Mitt is with because you got you picked whether it was the holidays or the garlic. So that's why I thought maybe Mitt. Was or or is O d e R. Why do you. Guys also take words and make them longer. I don't fucking know, man, I didn't. I didn't set up with this language. I was born into this country and I had to learn it. I had to learn it the hot way, just for the love of the game. Oh man, who's here, who's here?

9:58 It's k I joined to. The other guys came around. You also want to say. Alone, yes, hello, Now they want to talk because they realized they were missing the party back here. They were probably out there. They're like, what's going on in there? Yeah? Yeah, if if, if you didn't know what's going on? Our bassis post Colin, our guitarist KK just arrived. K KK Downing's your guitarists? What KK Downing's your guitars? You know, the original guitars and Judas priest is KK Downing? Oh yeah, yeah, he's probably at least. Yeah, So fill them in on what's going on so they could.

10:44 Be up to date. Okay, so the lading German, okay, if I'm. Got the bosh as I had hen him a noodle and I was induts that happened. It was catering, catering in Dutch and cousin. That's West Festivos and Dutch festus Latin into How about. An effective wall of death Ma's al Wilson's own poopol technique and not against. Even I understood what you said. Thanks.

11:25 Putting all the political leaders in marsh pit, I think it's there only the bad ones? Are there? Good ones? Probably? Yeah? I mean, I mean, I mean, I can't think it's gotta do politics, you know. I think they're two sides of the same coin, and they're all on the same team, and it ain't fucking mine or yours or theirs. But see that's the universal language. Yeah, put them in the pit. I understood. It doesn't matter what language you say it in. So there it is. Put him in the pit, universal languages. Metal heads unite for love against hate, against all that bullshit that's going on, and we just hug each other after the bad politicians are ruined in the Wall of death.

12:15 You say, you name it. That's I couldn't couldn't have said it any better. And do they understand me? Probably? Hope? Okay, I just want to make sure because then i'd have to have you translate. It's no fun if they can't understand me. Not so play the international game. So we we got to sip up our English game. Yea. So after this interview, how are you gonna do anything better at VAKIN than this interview? Playing the show? Maybe? Oh yeah, there's that and the catering. Yet, but waiting for twelve o'clock is that when the catering starts at twelve o'clock. Oh yeah, we're playing at three. It's a late Yeah, they're going.

13:00 Okay, singers are always late anyway, so don't bother going. We always had to do the dirty work here. They always take it's fun, it doesn't matter. They always get rid of food from the night before for the first people that get the catering. The fresh food comes out for the people to come a little later. And they know singers, They know singers, and they know that our singers are always late. Fuck, so that's our job. I signed up for this. How did you guys all connect to make this great band? How did we connect? Maybe, Kevin, do you maybe want to say it? How we met? We all met? Yeah, I can dig and we had an a band before.

13:42 Where we played with Timo. The drummer, Pascal Daniel the other guitarists in me and yeah, after a singer change at this time, we reformed the band and we call it the Promise or I'll promise right now. And yeah, then we had to kick the former singer. And now these two guys joined the party. No, yeah, we're in. So that's why that's why they're early, because they're the new guys. In town and they showed up early for the interview. Yes, you guys were on time, they were early. Twenty the singers serious.

14:22 No, no, no, liars, that does not happen on the load. Well, listen, have you ever seen like the meme or the joke of singers unloaded? It's for sure we all let they're carrying or Mike struggling, not even this. Fuck you, I'm always at the load helping you. Okay, okay, vic, I gotta tell the story from from. And in Belgium. We we we had like like a short weekend of one run with three show in April, and we were trying to to be part of the loads. But one day it was an Antwerp and we were sitting in front of the nightliner with like camping chairs and made it made ourselves comfortable, and we were talking about, yeah, should we what is the load? Yeah, we're gonna help, We're gonna help, and then we take it. Took a look to our backs and.

15:20 Everybody's carrying all the heavy things. We were there like oh shit. But but then it was already too late, so we we just accepted our fate. We yeah, exactly. It was funny in person. Actually, I'm sure it wasn't fighting for them. I think they didn't even notice. Lucky. Yeah, but we're trying. But to be honest, we if someone missed the load, it's us. Just to be sure. At this moment, the load is going on. So that means you're all singers, and our.

16:01 Our monitor guy and our mission engineer and our aud guitarist and our drummer is carrying all the loads stuff. Man, the drummer always has the worst job on load. Yes, you hate this job. We got hands right, I don't know. Oh shoot, yeah, well, so what's your what's your promise for the set today? I think it's safe to say that a promise is that the people are gonna split the fucking center up open and to see a little bit from. The Holy Crown, to see a little bit from the Holy Crown and split this fucking crowd.

16:41 Okay, I have a challenge. I have a challenge for you. Yeah, let's go. Have you seen the video of slur that prevails while with death at health. As Oh yeah, it's yeah, we we can't. We can't do it. We need to do them. I wine your age. We run our best at one at one spot in the show. We're handing the mike to keV which a KK and he's like he's splitting up the crowd and no one's doing it like him. So if anyone can do it, then he's the guy. There. It is, Yes, so a nasty attitude. He screams at the people. Open up this fucking bird, let's go, mother fucker's He's badass on stage, all right, Teddy Midge. Then I have a challenge for him personally. Yeah, he's like he's like a little uh like a like a raccoon with rabies or some shit.

17:27 He's like insane, dude, He's going from study to split the shut up right fucking out, Foster Biggar. Yeah, he's insane. You gotta see it later. I do, because here sitting there he seems like this, like well reserved, like good German dude. Ah, dude, you ain't seen nothing. No, he ain't seen nothing. None of us is a good German. All right. So here here's the challenge. At the festival I did in the States a few months ago in May, Welcome to Rock Bill. The pre event was called Blood for Blood. It was bare knuckle fighting and music and Florida a veil played before. So what they did is they had fight. They had bam play fight, bam play fight, and then.

18:19 That sounds amazing. Alex the Terrible. He was the headline fight and he thought he fought a real bare knuckle fighter, and then he even did his show at. The at the festival. So my challenge, yeah, yeah, my challenge is next year you fight Alex the Terrible. Yeah, Victor's Victor's good fighter. Victor can do that. So Alex, if you heard that, Victor's ready, accept the challenge. Alex accept the challenge.

19:00 No, he will not yet it. I think he's such a badass that he did get his ass kicked, actually, which surprised me because he's a big fucking dude. But he was like Rocky. He kept getting knocked down and he would like, you know, how to rush and would get up and run around the ring and Rocky for have you seen that movie? Yeah, and that's what he was doing. But the last one he tried and he just fell back down and he was like stumbling around. He had a broken nose and he still did his set. This this guy is tough as hell. Man fucking did a set with a broken nose. Fucking tough as him, and it's no way to fucking bears. Yeah, it's fucking this tube is I don't know what to say this this, this tube is amazing.

19:45 This guy. Sorry, this guy, I don't even want to shake his hand. He's so tough he's gonna break it without trying. So what else he got going the rest of the year after the vakin some breeze? Next next, next Thursday? Actually I heard that's a good one, is it? And in two weeks ah? Sorry, yeah, in two weeks. Uh. And at the end of the year, we got our second headline tour, the Fearless Tour going on. Is that your promise, that's our promise, that's our promise. Oh yeah, no, it's it's yeah. And that's it for this year. Actually, and maybe new song incoming forget that.

20:29 They're both important. They don't do loading hat the song that's probably wrong. Oh yeah, we just got the date yesterday the prob Yeah yeah, we won't say though, but it's not taking bath anymore. All right. So there, here's what's gonna happen. Man, you need to tell everybody right now how to connect you on socials, follow you. So they can know when that new song drops hell fucking yeah. Yeah, So go to Instagram search for our promise dot band right, I hope so yeah, sorry for all problems. You'll find us on Instagram. What else is there? YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, all DSPs, probably also Facebook.

21:13 Yes, yeah, I got a great idea for a TikTok you can do. Yeah, let's hear it. We'll do two of them. One where one of you fights Alex are terrible, okay, bet. The other one is where you guys have a wrestling match with Heavy Sourus. This is yeah, yeah, that sounds about He's volunteered. That would be funny, as ship, It would be funny. Actually, I think I said something to them when I interviewed him. If you had like a fight between Heavy Sourus and Gwar. Oh but tell alsome, tell everybody how they can buy your merch because they can't fucking listen to my show.

21:56 And let's say, buy your merch at our reps website. They don't give that said, I didn't know what. Ah, he only knows about the new song. You don't know about the new song. He's the only one knows about the website. Trust me. Sorry, this ship, this ship not he was out. Okay, we we don't shift the US. I have worldwide audience. Yeah, we're you can't. Doesn't that. So you can buy our merch if you want to support us at our our what is not slash? What is it our minus? Our minus promise dot com?

22:39 Yeah, we call it hyphen hyphen hyphen Never heard that before, Ye, hyphen. It's not used in math. It's called a hyphen or a dash. Yeah and dash. This is what I was looking for. In Germany we say mino's like if if it's meth or binder because like it's a it's a bit line that binds the two words together. You know, I gotta try that word now listen, you try and pronounce some German. Okay, that's football perfect? Yeah fuck yeah, I'll never be able to say that. You'll get for next week now good? I might need it. Well, you guys, rock, I think you're gonna fucking kill it here Like Judas pres Ain't got nothing on you guys.

23:26 You gotta kill it here at valking and thanks for being on the Adventures of Pipe Man. Thanks for having us. Thank you mate, deersy bye, thank. You for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Main. I'm W for Cui Radio