PipemanRadio Interviews 3 Inches of Blood at Aftershock 2025

0:04 Hy you love done too? Yes, that's shirt. Wow for you young. It's a pipe man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio and I'm. Here with campipes from three Inches of Blood. Nice And I like your shirt, thank you. That's badass shirt. So let me see the rest of it. He's got an iron Man shirt on. That's one of the bad most badass looking eddies I've ever seen. I love it. So you're here it after shock? Yeah, it's been a fun day so far.

0:45 Right where you shocked at hat with it being the last ATA festival early in the day and that many people out there to see you play. Well, yes and no. I mean it's always either way, it's fucking awesome, right, But I think when. You go to some of these We've just played a bunch of vestvals. In Europe in the summer and we've had some early slots on those, and it seems like the real diehards are going to be there no matter what. So we've had good luck with people just showing up in good numbers regardless of how early we're playing. We played we were on today like two o'clock. We've played it like just after noon on some other festivals overseas, and yeah, a ton of people show up as well. So I think it just shows that there's more people than we realize that are die hard fans or just people that are curious or like, I want to check it out.

1:40 And I think they'll. Hear you come over because that builds that curiosity. Dude, They're like, oh, let me check this out. Well, yeah, I would hope that there's a bunch of people who, like I just don't know what's going on. They're like, oh, okay, and they kind of wander over and hopefully they stick around for the whole thing. Yeah, totally. And so which festivals did you do in Europe? Well, we did. We did two separate trips. We did Into the Grave in the Netherlands and Hellfest in June. I was Ericto, you were That's all, that's it. I love it was hellish as terms of the heat, but amazing festival, great experience for us. And then in August we did Whacken and Brutal Assaults in the Czech Republic, we did Alcatraz and Belgium Bloodstock I was Bloodzog.

2:29 Was a good time. I love that festival and it was our first time back there for since twenty thirteen. Wow, yeah, we hadn't been a lot of these festivals. Brutal Salt we'd never known before, Like Whacken we hadn't played in seventeen years. Alcatraz that was our first time there, and then we also did Summer Breeze Nice in Germany on our first time there since. Oh wait, it's great times. Do you have one that stood out that was a favorite. It's really hard to pick a fit. I will say they all. The one unifying theme is I think everyone had a good time, both ourselves and the crowd. Whacken was rainy, miserable.

3:11 Days listen, but I was gonna cover Valking and I don't know how this cut feeling. I'm like, maybe I'll pass this year. And then I saw afterwards, I'm like, okay, good move. Yeah. Maybe if you were like a fan or whatever attending or like any if you're not playing, then I could see it being like a really rough time. And it was hard enough for us, just kind of like hanging out finding cover from the rain. And then when we played, it was just pouring like crazy, but the people came out. They were there, like our stage area was packed and they maybe didn't mosh pitting the mud too much, but they showed their appreciation, so that's cool.

3:53 And the European festivals, so people that attend them, there's such dieards like there. When I've watched these people walking for miles with all their camping equipment, I'm like, now that's dedication and that's love of music, because I don't think anybody would do a camping festival like that in the States. We like driving up to our camp site. Yeah, totally. I'm the same way. I like at least an outhouse nearby. I know, right, some kind of amenities, right, a sink to wash my hands. So, speaking of Danny Wimmer festivals, how do you feel that Danny Wimmer festivals compared to European Because used to be the Europeans were the epitome of a great festival.

4:40 But now I think Wimmer has taken the good parts of the European added a little better parts over here and created almost a similar scenario, but maybe even better. I think there's definitely a lot of similarities to the European festivals. I think this is our first experience at one of these big American rock and metal festivals. I mean, we did os Fast and Mayhem back in the day, but those are. Like tourings different. Yeah, to be at a site, it's everything's going on for three four days like they do overseas at one site and then you're there for a day. I think they're doing a really good job here so and definitely we'd love to be doing more of this at some of the other ones around the contrary for sure.

5:21 And so from your experience today, how do you feel Danny Wimmer treats the artists excellent. We've been welcomed and treated very well here see, and we've had it. We had a great time or I think everything went really well, all the crew, we've met, everyone working the show. No complaints so far and we're only like halfway through the day. So and that's pretty hard to say because I know that there's a lot of times that there can be complaints by the arts only because it becomes so stressful. If loading isn't easy, it soundcheck doesn't work out well, if you're not getting amenities. What I've heard is like every artist gets read it the same, whether you're the first one of the day or you're the last one.

6:05 Yeah, that's what it should be. I mean, we're easy to please. I think we don't really complain. We've been all over the map in terms of being the first band on to being a little higher billing at some other places. And give us something to drink and something to eat, and we're good and we'll put on a good show for you. That's kind of how we operate. And you definitely put on a good show here it after shock. Yeah, I think we did ball right there you go. People seem to enjoy it, so I'm happy. That's all that matters if you enjoy it too. That's the thing that I look for. I look and see if the band is enjoying themselves, because then we're gonna enjoy ourselves exactly. It's just like that. So what was it that caused you to have the music bug? What thing in life made you think this is the life I want?

6:53 Well, my parents actually encouraged me to or built appreciate for music in me. They mostly listened to classical music, which is great. I love classical music and my parents to thank for that. But beyond that, I kind of had to find things for myself. I had friends who exposed me to rock and heavy metal, at an early age, and I went on different paths musically, explored a lot of stuff, had different phases in my life, but heavy music was always there, and that's what's resonated with me the most throughout my life. And what's interesting. When I was in college in a music class, basically we were told that heavy metal is a derivative of classical Oh. Absolutely, yeah, So you still went in the same path, evolved it to what was personal to you and took what your parents gave you, yeah, and made it personal to you.

7:52 Yeah. And I didn't. I wouldn't realize how supportive they were going to be once I became a teenage because they had me playing piano from early age, I never really took to it. And then I met a friend in junior high school who could play guitar and we had a similar taste in music and. We wanted to start a band together. I was like, man, I really I got to I read a He's like, oh, I want to play guitar too, and he's like, you should learn to play the bass because I know a drummer, like you should learn to play the bass, and then we could start a band. So I went to my parents and said, hey, I don't want to play piano anymore. I want to switch instruments and play the bass. They're like okay. I was like, we're just happy you want to keep playing music. I love it.

8:32 I was like, oh wow. So it was a pleasant surprise for me. I thought that they were so invested in my sister who played piano, and I thought they wanted me to do exactly the same thing as her because she got really good at it. But they were like no, they if you don't like it, that's fine, Like, but if you would still want to play music, then. Go for it. I love that they used to let us jam in the in their basement when we were needed a place to practice for a little bit. That's cool. Yeah, So they were always supportive. How many parents in Orgy would say that, you know, yeah, you it would be more like get a real job exactly. You know, Well, there was a time when the band was doing a little more serious stuff and we're trying to make a go of it, and there was always like, well, it's cool, you're having fun, but you know, that's not a real career. Maybe you should go back to school or like, work on getting a real job. That music is a hobby, and then all of a sudden they're reading about you in a magazine and they're like, oh, okay, I guess this is a I guess I kind of underestimated how far this would go. But the support for playing music was always there. It was just it's like, well, what are the odds you're gonna like make a living playing musicians?

9:44 Exactly? But fair enough, like they were being practical and pragmatic, and you take their advice and be like, Okay, maybe you're right, but I'm gonna just see how this goes. There you go, I love and I love that too, because that's what it takes. It really just takes a lot of persistence and perseverance. Oh totally. I always say an overnight success takes about twenty years. M hmm. Right, yeah, there's really no such thing as an overnight success exactly. People think there you. Got to know the right people in a lot of cases, but yeah, connections is key for sure. I have a trivia question for you, Okay, a bassist trivia question. Hmmm, alright, who is one of the most popular bassist ever in the history of rock music that was originally a guitarist? And because there were three guitars, he drew the short straw of who he was gonna play bass.

10:39 Oh huh, so it's from a two guitar band. Three guitars, but they only needed too. Yep, oh man, famous rock band. You say, yep, geez, can you give me a hint? I'll give you two ends, okay. One of the most famous rock bands, number one, number two. They sounded kind of funny when they. Talked, you know, Paul McCartney. Big nough is it it is? Now? If you go back and listen to his music, he sounds like he's playing the bass like a guitar. Like I never noticed it until I heard that, and listen back, I'm like, oh shit, he sounds like he's playing guitar on the bass and I never even thought he stood out that much, but he does, so it's wild.

11:41 And another Beatles quote I found funny was an interview asking them It's like, it's like, how does it feel to have Ringo star like the best drummer in the world, And then one of them answered, like, Ringo's not even the best or the best drummer in the world. Ringo's not even the best drummer. And the Beatles. I remember that that was funny. Now go in the opposite direction if you watch Not to Get Back one but the documentary with I think it was Rick Rubin, where it was Paul McCartney, Rick Rubin listening to Beatles things and analyze it. Yeah, I was so I thought it was so cool Paul McCartney's listen to this one song and he goes back then I was just playing with my bloke John Yeah, and now I'm like, oh my god, I played with John Lennon like he was fan boying out on John Lennon. That. I just thought that was the coolest thing. I think when you get to that level, you become more humble than rising up to that level.

12:45 Yeah you know, well I would hope so it takes stock of your life and be like, yeah. Yeah, totally cool. What else do you want to talk about that the listeners need to know that you have upcoming or this is. Our last show for A twenty twenty five and so far we've got playing Hell's Heroes Festival in Houston next year next March. Nice and we'll see what else, what else happens. In the meantime, we're we're definitely gonna just keep busy, but we're gonna try and write some new songs. Love it. Yeah. Well, I am totally pumped that you ended your year at Aftershock. Thank It's a good way to fish the festival and I love that you were here me too.

13:30 Thanks for being on the Adventures of pipe Man. Thank you very much. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of pipe Man on w for CUI Radio.