PipemanRadio Interviews Bloodywood at Welcome To Rockville 2023

0:00 Hey, you love them too? Sure, I'm come from four se Wow for you. Wake up of America. It's time for the Adventures of Pipe Man on Wi fourcy dot com. West pom Beach is number one internet radio station. Here's your host, the White Man, gonna gotta the God and I think it's gonna do big enough for this. It's the Pipe Man here on the Adventures play meant that be four cy Radio and Army here with blood Yes, So what was it? Was it Download or Bloodstock that I saw you the first time at that we sat down. We haven't played download yet.

1:12 We're gonna play it in June, so it's definitely Bloodstock. It was Bloodstock, and I'm gonna see you at download, so there it is because I'll be there too. I love it. And I gotta talk about your shirt there. Yeah, Okay, that's a cool shirt. Yeah. A fan gave it to me. Really yeah. So this is September when we came here, so in Dallas and we did our sound check, we went to eat food and there were two people who were coming for our show and I talked to them because they were like, hey, all excited, and I said, hey, nice t shirt. So the woman who does this work basically, and she was like, hey, do you want one? I was like yes, So we came in for the second time and they bought like T shirts. I think they got one to you as well.

1:52 Yeah, they said no, there's got too, and they happened to give it to me. So I was lucky because my girlfriend likes cats. So but yeah, I was sweet at them because I actually heard that story being told then because Jed happened to mention it to them like eight months ago and they brought him T shirts this time. So it was a super wholesome moment. Nice. And I also want to talk about your tattoo that caught my attention too. Yeah that's bad ass. Yeah it used to have a bad tattoo behind it, and I got it covered up. They did a good job covering it up, for sure. Absolutely no, they started looking cool, so like, don't cover it up altogether, just like this is this looks good. So that's pretty much about it. But I actually like ravens a lot, so that that's why this is a raven getting shot. And then we would it is a part of a sleeve, but it started hurting it too much. I was like let's let's stick it, Let's do the rest later. Did you know that ravens and crows are like gang like gangs, and they'll remember if you were not nice to them, Like it could be forty years later, they'll remember and they'll like, they won't like you.

2:59 I no, no, so funny. There was a TV show right now called Beef like I don't know if you've seen it, but it's like there's a funny scene at the end where it's a spoiler though, man, but I mean, yeah, I guess I shouldn't do it for all the people watching Beef. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna spoil it for them, but yeah, they better check it out. It underlines crows, amazing memories and intelligence. Nice. So how does it feel to be here at Welcome to Rockville? Amazing? As always. You know, the US has always been a huge support base for us, and you know, we again, we're very lucky to do this, and you know that we saw a lot of love from the crowd today. Even though the sun was really beating down on them. I felt really bad for them because it was super hot and we're kind of used to the sun. Even though we felt at this time, because you know, we're in a two of us this time and we're getting a bit. It's Florida. It's not the UK. You know that over there that that's some by power weather. Like I live here in Florida, so we have two seasons hot and hotter. Today is the hot day, not the other day. So that's good because it could get brutal here and you're here at the Daytona five hundred race way. Even somebody like me, it's like so funny story. I have a brother and he don't want to ever want to hear why I talk about the festivals or nothing like.

4:15 But I did text him. I'm like last time, I'm like, I'm driving on the Daytona Speedway. I know he's into cars. He's like, send a picture. It's like one of those things where even the bands are fan boying out or fan growing out on the fact that you're here at the speedway. Sure, I mean we, I mean we didn't fanboy, but it took a minute to just how big this place is. Right. Oh, it's not ending at all. Like I wouldn't say, like so we're not into racing. I guess like we, I mean cause and stuff a cool like in that sense. But at the same time, like you said, there is a special moment over here where there's a tendency like at least when you've seen all these stages and all these major festivals, it's great that you can be thrown a covedball as well like this and be like, we're in the middle of a fucking racetrack, slamming metal, you know like that, I know, right, that's looking up like it's it's actually just such a special new experience and that that's what keeps the magic alive. So totally great. Also, I think there's a logical fallacy in what you just said.

5:16 We do like racing in India because we're always working against the clock. I love it. I was good, you know. I gotta say too, you're talking about the US man. We love you guys over here. I do so many festivals in the US, and everyone recently i've been at they're all talking about you guys. That's really good to her. But I mean again, we said it earlier. To us has been one of the greatest support based like from being our patrons to immediately snatching the tickets as soon as they're out to merchandise. They've done it all, so we are always excited to get here because we are also waiting for, you know, to showcase what we've done all the time to the like for and to give it back, you know, like we like again like we we got here.

6:08 I mean, they play such a role in like such a big role in getting us where we are today. Yeah, from the start, because this isn't this precedes my time with the band, like you know, where the guys are just building it up from the ground, like the US was representing hard, like sharing the videos, like making sure the world got out. So it's great to see that it's still strong and it's still like you know, they sit out there amplifying. So like Jen said, like we're looking we look forward to these two us to give back and just be like thank you and put it all on the stage for them and so cool and you guys are so gracious. But what's cool about it is so like there's a lot of bands I've liked most of my life that I thought weren't even bands anymore, and they're still playing in Europe and UK. They didn't leave, they just left here. So it's always cool they hear the other way around that like bands like you guys are so well received here and taking such good care of and like, you know, it's almost like you're bigger here than your home country sometimes, and that's that's a pretty cool feeling, because it's easier to be bigger in your home country because people know you it's home.

7:10 But to come all the way over here and then people are like like they're your best friends. I mean, well, feeling that's gonna be for you guys. Huh. Well, the thing about India is that it's an amalgamation of a lot of states. So you know, even if we have a lot of support in New Delhi, a lot of it, the other states are catching up. But you know, for India as a whole, to support one band in particular, that's kind of difficult because every territory has their own, you know, favorite bands. So I'd say it's definitely a blessing that we, you know, we have a lot of support throughout the world, be America, you know, Europe, you know, UK, Latin America, even Japan, Australia do. But I think it's one of the things that a metal band needs to survive to be you know, known everywhere, just in their home. And you know what, you brought a good point up that I didn't think about, because you know, India's a big country. We're a big country, and you know, we have states and a lot of things are different from state to stay. But unlike what you just describe here, if a band's big, they're big in every state, you know, So that's interesting to find out that that's not the case necessarily in India. You know, yeah, I know that. The thing is also the current said it's like, apart from everyone having their own taste recently speaking, it's also about metal as a genre. Like you know, India is dominated by commercial music that caters to like the movie industry. Yeah, and the thing is so people do branch out and all that, but at the same time, it's not big like you know, for it's growing,

8:41 which is great to see. Like every gig we're seeing that like both like you know, like the people that venues are telling us we've never seen these faces and metal gigs, so in that sense, but also young kids coming up and saying, guys like, we were so inspired and we want to do our own thing, and we're like fuck yeah, man, go out there. And kill it because we need nice seen and make it bigger, and it is happening consistently. So the thing I'd say like that that's the main difference is that metal is bigger in the US and around the world than it is in India. So what we're trying to do right now is like we always had this feeling, man, like, you know, we knew that we'd have to be big around the world before we'd be big in India. And it's just a testament to the magic of the internet. You know, you're up there and like you're connected to people around the world, and that's the beauty of it. That's how this band has come as far as it has so Yeah, and now we were actually fortunate enough to play at home, like the call did come. They're like, hey, listen, we got to know who you guys are. Oh well, that's cool.

9:35 All the major festivals in India and it was as great as coming full circle. That's so wild right there, Like that's a cool feeling because you know, it's like it's almost like you didn't think that would happen, and all of a sudden you're getting notice because of playing elsewhere. That's wild. Actually, the differences though, and we all knew it without actually saying it to each other. We were like, it's going to happen that way because India would take notice if we were known from around the world, like they would want to like be like, how are these guys know? They don't want to be left out right, Yeah, but that's how metal works at least in India because the scene is very small. We've got a lot of population one point four billion, but they might be like thirty thousand metal heads in time. So the scene is generally like this when you go to a show, there's no big or small band technically because everyone knows everyone. Yeah.

10:26 So I mean at this point, especially with our shows, like Raoul added like they were, even the promoters are like who are these kids who are showing up to the two shows? So the scene is getting bigger in that sense. And that's how I think because we got recognized outside even the scene was like who are these guys? We have to know them now probably even though like the friends side of it knew about it. But it's now growing too, I'd say, a bigger market and with just like I mean, there are people who say we don't listen to metal, but we listen to Bloody Woods, So I mean, I love it. That's the biggest compliment ever right there. You remember the guy who met us in the smoking room. I think that's a good story in Bangalore. Go ahead, you know, yeah, yeah, no, no, But like there was just, like Jen said, us being exposed to like a new audience, but it's also the general audience that would listen to commercial music, like he said, people who wouldn't necessarily listen to metal, but would listen to us. Like we had moments and that a guy came up to us in the smoking room at the Bangalore airport and was like yo, like and he was like in his fifties, like a dad and seven He's like I was there with my son, and we just like walked up and saw like because this year, you guys slamming from like like halfway across the festival. So we walked up to this see it, and we're instantly like checking out your YouTube and everything and like how the fuck do we not know about these guys? So these moments are happening more and more consistently right now, where even people who don't listen to metal in India are listening to us, So it's a good feeling.

11:50 Yeah, I you know. Just to add to that, I'd say that a very interesting thing that I'm noticing this time around is we're getting a lot of messages and emails about how our shows shouldn't be just eighteen plus because a lot of kids want to, you know, come to our shows, which is, you know, again, we're very lucky that our music speaks to you know, very young, very very young people, and also people in their fifties and sixties who are young by heart. Though, So one thing I forgot to add in this. Even in the US, there are people who would be like, oh, we were there at your last show. I bought these two sisters last time. They love you. Now we've got four more people who nice the first time. And in La there was this group of friends. One guy I used to listen to us. He bought like eight guys. Remember the guy. He brought his whole band actually to come and listen to us. Like their kids asking their parents to come with them because they need a legal guardian, or like you know, someone who's off age who are walking out too man like it's it's good, it's happening nice. Well, I love it. I love that you're getting people converted to metal, you know, because that I come from a time where the metal community was as small as it is in India now here, you know. And and so that's how we grow this family, because we are a family. We're all a family. And I will tell you too.

13:09 My photographer who's out there right now, she's probably bummed she's not here because she said to me today, no matter what, I have to go to Blaywood Set. And you, guys, I think we're playing at the same time as Vended. I think. I can't. I can't remember there was some band that was playing the same time as you. And she's like she wanted to see both bands, but she was picking you guys a period. Nice so choice. Thanks for being here at Welcome to Rockville, and thanks for being on the Adventures of pipe Man Pleasure. Thank you so much.

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