PipemanRadio Interviews Crobot at Welcome to Rockville 2024

0:04 Hey, you have done to censure. I'm see wow, crazy young ro Why become America. It's time for the Adventures of White Man on W four c hy dot com. West pomp Beach is number one internet radio station. Here's your host, the pipe Man, oh you always call this is the pipe Man here on the Adventurers Pipe Man W FOURCY Radio. And I'm here with Growbot Groovebot. You guys get the award, okay, because that's why I always have bands say their own name, because they can say it cored and me and then I don't fuck it up like I wouldn't fuck up your name. But there's some band names it's like I don't know how to pronounce this, so I'll just let them do it, you know, But that is probably every time you do it, probably the best band announcement in interviews

1:38 that I do. Hey, we've been called crobots a few days ago, and I've also been called asshole probably in the last week. So we go by many names more than one. So I'm sure, what can you name last time somebody called you asshole? And why no? I actually can't see, so maybe maybe I have a very short term memory though, but maybe nobody really thinks that maybe they just think you're coolest shit, and you think they think you're an asshole, you know what, that's probably it. I'm so glad that we had this session together. I feel a lot better about myself. I gave you some you know what, gosh darned people like me right see. And it's mental health awareness month, so I felt the need to have to give you therapy. Thank you for that. Thank you for that. Do you have any therapy for me? Just be you because we love you. That's the key right there. And thanks. That means a lot. You know. I don't know if you ever met the real me, but that means a lot. That's true. That's true. So Welcome to Rockville. When's the last time you played Welcome to Rockville? Two years ago? Yeah, Yeah, we had a good time. We had just dropped feel this, so we were pushing that one, nice and hard.

2:50 Nice good response on that one. I could take that for me, so it's not awkwardly leaving. And so yeah, this year was something special that we got some new tunes that were pushing, so we played that what two of them today? Yeah? Night, little heavier, little stony, a little Sludgi er. You know, I like a little different look, you know, I like it? And how did how did people? You know how people are. They don't want to hear new ship, no matter who you are. But I bet they loved your new shit, didn't they. Everybody loves Paul mutes Man and we've got a nice chunky rift for them and a new one. So yeah, I saw some saw some head banging. That was all about it. That's that's all it counts. And that is the one cool thing about Danny Wimmer festivals. It doesn't matter what time of day you play, you're gonna have some shit going on at your crowd.

3:38 Absolutely tell you what. I really like that they've got astro turf down. You had it. I don't know the last time you've gone to a concert and just stood on concrete for an hour. It's exhausting, Oh I know, So that padded astro turf, no wonder, they've got energy, you know what? They feel so good. You know what's cool too, is you don't ruin your shoes. Yeah right, Like I'm always bringing my worst fricking shoes to a festival because so I can throw them out when I leave. And yesterday, actually I wore my Hey dudes, I have a pair. They're so fucking comfortable constantly, it doesn't matter. That's the last time I was called an asshole. I was wearing Hey dudes. You go like an asshole. I was like, I feel great, right, who gives a fun especially walking around? It's like, man, I could walk all Bay on these things. And it was even better with that nice little astro turf. And and you know, if you're in the mash pit and you fall, you just get grass burned, not your head cracked open, and you know it's beautiful. Shout out to DWP for the astro turf. Nice.

4:46 We're really stepping it up here at the raceway. So did you guys do anything on the raceway you weren't supposed to do? Always? I mean, no, yeah, this is recorded. It wasn't us. I didn't ride my skate on the wall. I do want to so bad. I have my skateboard back there and my jeep, and I'm like last year, I asked Christine, I was like, I've been saying this in almost every interview because it's so funny. If I ride my skateboard on the wall, well I lose my media pass. And she's like, yeah, I wouldn't do it if I were here. Okay, I won't tell you about it.

5:27 Yeah. How often do you get to party at Daytona five hundred? I know it's a trip too, right, Like you know you watch it on TV, but then you can't imagine what it looks like. That wall, it's like straight up and down. Yeah. I was on the golf cart yesterday. I'm telling the dude go up the wall. He's like, we can't even go fast enough to get on that wall. It's so we got to test that out. And look, we got your biggest fan right here too. Your biggest fan is right here. Check it out at the interview. Oh, Mike's the man. We love Mike, Christine, tell us what you think about Crobot Ah, yeah, we get that a lot here. First people that says it all that like describes these guys to a t perfectly. They're actually pretty fucking good though, And Mike doesn't like anybody.

6:30 He doesn't say that to all the boys. He does though, Like it's funny every time you guys played day Wimer Festival most of the time he comes in full Crowbot gear. Yeah, yeah he does. He's one of our biggest cheerleaders. I know, man, but you guys are badass. So what else do you want to tell the listeners that you got going on that we haven't discussed. We got new music, let's talk about that. Yeah, we got new music. We played some stuff today. We don't exactly know when it's gonna to come out, but hopefully before the year's over, we'll we'll drop some new music and you know, we'll continue to And it's heavier, it's sludgier, it's stoneier. Yeah. Do I need Sativa or Indica to listen to it? Well, the thing is is it's also faster too. We did a little bit of both. It's both ends of the spectrum. So just sit down, strap in and enjoy the ride.

7:23 Man. Nice. Then I need a hybrid, then is what I need? Yeah, yeah, exactly. A couple up Beyers, a couple Downers, whatever your flavor is. Man, there you go. And for those that don't know, and they should, how do they reach out to you? Guys on socials on the web. Get your merch because you've got badass merch. All. Mike can tell you that. Mike can tell you that because he probably has all your merch. Okay, so let's tell everybody about that. Yeah, Crowbot band. You go across the board on that Facebook, Instagram, TikTok crowbotband dot com. That's where you can find everything. Yep. You can even find and bootleg Crobot merch on Amazon. But I wouldn't suggest that, Yeah, we will find you. I wouldn't suggest it too. I buy it just to burn it because it's it's bootleg. I'm the guy that when I walk out of the festivals or the concert I yell at the guys outside selling. They're like, well, bow shirt not from you. You're fucking fake. Like I support the band. How much money are you giving to the band? They're like uh uh yeah, see you later. Like I hate that shit. Band can't survive nowadays without merch support.

8:35 Your bands buy merch or you can't listen my fucking show. Simple. The one thing about Live Nation I think I like is they took away merch cuts extended it through this year. We we played a Live Nation venue the other day and it was a breath of fresh air. I think that because that that made it that night. I'm so glad you brought it up because a lot of times you guys get really screwed in those cuts. They take so much of it and they don't you don't have anything left. I mean, it's the only justification I can think is you rent the space from them to sell. I guess I'd rather just rent the space and make my percentage. We'll sell out of a trailer. We'll pull a clutch move. They did it the other day. They said, you know, fuck your merch cut and they sold out of the trailer. And I'm like, I think more bands are gonna start doing all bands start doing it. That's when we'll see change and let's go back to the old days where that's what went on.

9:28 And because they're already taking all the money from the music, they're already taking all the money everywhere else. Give the bands the merch, that's all. Is it really gonna make that much of a deal for a club to have one hundred dollars more in their pocket the band, because that's like two that's like two tanks of gas exactly. And I'm glad you put it that way, because people don't realize that merch is what gets you to the next gig. Is it? Like people think, oh, they're getting rich off merch. No, they're just playing gas in the Tank so they could play another show for you. That's it, you know, so support them, especially you guys, because you guys are badass. Thank you man. So what would you say is your wildest, wackiest story and music ever that you've experienced. The first one that comes to my mind is when we played the Viper Room in La We're just about ready to leave and we see somebody rear end somebody at the red light in front of us, and we're like, holy shit, guys, you see that the car just rear ended that car.

10:37 And we keep watching the situation and we say, holy shit, guys, that was Ron Jeremy. He just rear ended. He just rear ended that car in front of him. And he gets out and he stumbles and he's you know. You see, they talk to each other for about a minute or so. The other guy drives off, so obviously figured out it was Jeremy, and Ron Jeremy was left picking the pieces of his vehicle up. So we decided we were going to be good Samaritans that day, and we helped Ron Jeremy pick up pieces of his car and we pushed his car to the nearest gas station. Wow, that's one of the craziest stories that I can that's super rock and roll because, like I used to hang out with him and Lemmy at the Rainbow back in the eighties. Wow, that's a crew and a half, right, it was. If you remember the Sunset Strip in the eighties, you weren't there for it, you know, But that is a wild And how was he with you guys? Was he so appreciative that you helped him? Or Oh, he was pretty much oblivious to the entire world. Yeah, what was going on? I don't know.

11:45 I'm not even gonna, you know, suspect that I know what he was on. But it could have been a myriad of things, but all of which made him slightly inebriated. And and we'll just say that that's what I attribute his his lack of appreciation too. Ah, yeah, he was. He was asking, has anyone seen my keys? And we're digging through all his car. He's got a bunch of head shots and old fast food just littered everywhere. Wow, they were in his hand. He was so messed up. They were in his hand. But you know what, I've done that before without any drugs or alcohol or or what where's my sunglasses?

12:28 Yeah? Oh man, Well at least you were good Samaritans helped him out and he probably never knew what happened until he tried to drive the next day. Is my guess this car was messed up? The car didn't have a scratch on it. Well, that's like, I gotta tell you what happened to me recently. I have a Jeep Moab, so it's like a monster. And I was at my daughter's house and I was I got there, I drove like ten hours to get to her house. I'm in her house for like one minute and she comes back in and she's like, I just hit your jeep. Like what do you mean? You just hit my jeep?

13:09 I'm in the freakin' like did you not look? And my jeep was fine. It's like it didn't happen. Her vehicle not so much. So there's my there's my pitch, my commercial for Jeeps. Buy a Jeep and nobody can fuck it up. Or when you're trying to get to Welcome to Rockville and these idiots are on the road doing stupid stuff, you can just push them out of the way and keep going. There you go, or drive up on the sidewalk. I've done that too, Like get out of my way, Okay, I'm just I'm hot. Mike's Daughter's like, just because you can do that doesn't mean you should. I'm like, that's exactly what it means. If I can do it, I should do it.

13:56 So there it is. It's got great off road capabilities. Might as well put it to the tech take advantage of it. Sure, I would like to take it out into the like just freak people out and just drive through. Welcome to Rockville, not just the speedway, but the whole thing, Like drive up on the stage, Like next time you perform here, you you just want to bring my jeep on stage with you. It's like Judas Freeze, Yeah, but with a cheap anything else you want to tell the people before I let you go, Just keep an eye on. We're gonna start to tease the new album probably within the next month or so. We're working on some pretty interesting reviews. Or may or may not be a video game in the works so that you can play. I can totally picture a Crobot video game. And is it gonna be on both Xbox and PlayStation?

14:52 No? No, no, mobile, It'll be mobile. Or laptop. It's web based. Okay, take a text adventure. Choose your adventure kind of thing. Take you through the artwork, the lore of everything you know we're working on up keep an eye out. That is brilliant. I love it. I love it, mixing two of my favorite worlds. So hey, that's cool. I can't wait. You gotta let me know about the video game. I can't wait. I'll download that ship right away. And man, you guys fucking rock and I love that you're here at Welcome Rockville. Super excited you're gonna be over at Sonic Temple and and everything you're doing. So thanks for being there, and thanks for being on the Adventures plate Man. Thanks for having us, Thank you, Thank you for listening to the Adventures of plate Man on w for CUI Radio.