PipemanRadio Interviews Currents at Welcome to Rockville 2024

0:04 Hey, you have done too and censure. I'm I'm talking for see Wow, crazy Young Roll, Why Become America. It's time for the Adventures of White Man on W four C why dot Com. Wis Pompeas is number one Internet radio station. Here's your host, the HiPE Man. What's well good said? This is a god? This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four C Y Radio. And I'm here with Bryan from Currents. Nice. First, I have a bone to pick with you.

1:15 What do we got You're sitting here at my table wearing a Rangers set. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm kind of a fake fan. If it makes you feel any better, Oh, that's the Rangers. I'm from Connecticut, so you know, proximity fan. I'm a Devils fan. So I was a Rangers fan when I was a kid, when there was no New Jersey Devils. Okay, okay. And you know when you go to a Devil's game in the Meadowlands Arena, Well, now in the Prudential Arena, you're usually outnumbered as a Devil's fan by Islanders fans, Rangers fans, and Flyers fans. A lot of competition. That's Yeah, sure, but listen, it's a great fun rivalry. You know, you guys were in the playoffs. We weren't, so I don't like it right now. Yeah, they're doing pretty well right now as far as I can tell, unless I miss something. But you know, what I do like about the Devils is that they will have bands, like local bands come and play it in between the games. So some of our friends have ended up in there playing breakdowns in front of everybody moshing. And that's pretty cool. See, if you weren't a Rangers fan when you when you guys first started out, you could have played at a Devil's game. Yeah, now that I've now that I've drawn a line, you know, the future is a little limited. But hey, I would do it. I would do it. Would be pretty cool. But we're not from New Jersey, so maybe that's why. That might be why. But hey, y'a are here at the Daytona International Speedway.

2:46 How badass is that to play a gig at the Daytona International Speedway. It's pretty insane. When I rolled out of bed to come here, it was a while ago. I've been hanging out in this area. Basically, I hop in the golf cart and we start going and we're riding the golf cart on the speedway like on the road where it's like this is crazy. So that was a pretty cool moment to just start the day off. And yeah, it's been sweet so far. Haven't caught any bands yet, but soon, soon enough. Who do you want to catch? I want to catch some Marine City Drive. I am very sad that Gate Creeper and Harm's Way or at the same time, hopefully I can run between. And it's a little bit of both. It's gonna be cool seeing Non Point Living Color playing today. Yeah, yeah, I will be there, and then yeah, it's it's gonna be a good day. Well, I got a play story for yesterday for me, and you made me think of it cause I had so many choices I had to make yesterday. Most of my early choices I couldn't even go to because I was stuck here, you know. But there was at one point there were three bands playing at the same time that I wanted to see and I had to make a choice, and that was ICP, Biohazard, and Judas Priest at the same time, at the exact same time they were all playing. Oh yeah, So and then when the band's interviewed yesterday. They're like, come help us do fago over at ICP.

4:19 So that's where I ended up. Okay, and I've seen Priests like a million times. I would see him again, but you know, the ICP experience, it's cool. And then bio Hazard I was like, damn, I really wanted to see them. Yeah, like, if you had your pick, that would have been where you were. Well, I did have my pick, and I picked ICP. Yeah, I mean ICP, that is that's a show. I have not gotten to see them. I have seen the aftermath of their shows, right, but I've always wondered about the bands that have to play after them on that stage, like how well do they actually clean up the stage with all of that? Because I got the s has got to be a closer, that's for sure, right, it has to be. And then but here's the funny story. Okay, So after I'm leaving ICP, Carry King was next and I'm a huge Slayer fan, and so of course this is carry King's first gig at all for his solo project, in first in five years. Wow, So I go.

5:26 It was with one of the other Holly over there, one of the other media people and we go and fight through the crowd. But then I'm like, this crowd seems too nice to me. I'm thinking, like cause I'm going to where the pitt's gonna be. And so I'm like trying to get through the thick of it, and people are moving out of my way like they I'm not even trying, and like there's something wrong with this. And then we're waiting in the beginning of this gig starts saying could have definitely been carry King because it was like red and white and these lights, and then David Draymond came out like fuck, we're at the wrong stage. Yeah, and so then luckily there was a little gap like that Kerry King played like ten minutes later, like we're right here and that crowd. Okay, where do you see tonight? Okay, As you know, I do all the Danny Wimmer festivals. You've been to a ton of festivals. I can tell you already. This is the highest populated festival yet that I've ever been to. That's a Danny Wimmer festival. I'm very excited to see. And what we got jelly roll today as well. Yeah, so I'm imagining that that will be a scene for sure, and it's gonna be cool to just be a fly on the wall, you know, I know, right, because to get out of that disturbed crowd from up in the front, it took me that whole ten minutes just to get to where I could like get out away from people like it. Yeah, I turned to around like it's

6:59 like the runding crowd or did we like make a circle or something? But we ended up at Kerry King and that was pretty badass. Yeah, I'm glad. I'm glad it all worked out. Story has a good ending. So now what stage are you on the today? So I make sure I go to the right stage. Okay, we're on the garage stage. Oh yeah, So it was a trip on the cart to get over here. I'm curious to see how long it will take on foot to get to where I need to be. It'll be a perilous journey. I'm pretty determined to do it on foot. We'll see how it goes. It's not that bad, but it is a hike. It's but I will tell you ICP played at that stage, so it stay might still be sticky up there, you know. Yeah, but the crowd at that stage, for ICP. I couldn't believe it. It was insane. So I'm sure you guys will have it and say like, there's just there were crowds everywhere. Yeah, we have a good set time too, I mean like that five one right.

8:01 It is unfortunate where at the same time as Kitty and I really wanted to see them, I like them too. Say there again, I have to make a choice, but yes, I'll choose you unless I interview Kitty today because I have to go to the bands I interview always. I Hey, I appreciate it, and I will not be hurt one way or another if you do get to see them. I will live vicariously through you, right, you know, and so that is also a win. You gotta get them on stage with you, like get backstage and like make some deal. Hey, don't play on your stage, come to our stage and we'll just all you want to come play on our stage. So tell us about your new album. It just dropped, right, So new album has been new for a little bit. It is one year old today. You know the span of this amount of time, it's like five minutes ago. I was just take in May fifth this year, Like you're an idiot. I am no, it's that's what it would be. It would be very new then, but it's still new. It's still new and people, you know, see other people might do what I did right now and they think it's new, So let's not let them think it just dropped. The other Yeah, our brand new album that just came out, The Death We Seek, it's out right now, just came out. But no, yeah, like that's good. A lot of a lot of this run of shows. So we're on tour with The Amity Affliction right now. They're doing Let the Ocean Take Me. It's like a ten year anniversary tour for that album, and we're

9:35 doing direct Sport and then Dying Wish and Mugshot are also on the bill. But this entire what six week tour has been a lot of new crowds for us, so that's been exciting. And yeah, for a lot of these people, it is like a brand new thing. They've never heard of before. Maybe they heard a song or two, they have it saved, they don't know and they see us, I'm like, oh, I know this song whatever. But you love that though. When that happens, like you're a band and people know your song, but they didn't know it was your song. Yes, And I've been to that show, you know, like I've I've had that happen. I've gone and seen a band open for another band. I'm like, oh, I know the song, what right? But so yeah, So the record is new to a lot of people, and it if it's new to people, that's good because there's a lot of people out there. And that also means there's a lot of people that haven't heard us yet exactly. And you know, time goes fast anyway, So a year is pretty new, yeah, exactly. Yeah, it's pretty new.

10:33 It's it's but it's old enough when people are asking, oh, new album one right there, you go, well, we're working on it. So what else are you working on though that we want to tell people about. Oh, that we're working on. Just we just announce another tour. We're going out with Bear Tooth in July, playing a lot of places we've never played, a lot of places that are not being reached on this tour, so that's exciting. I had another US thing that's short down at the end of the year, but that's not announced yet. We got some international stuff, We've got the lame of God cruise, that'd be pretty cool. We'll be on the boat if you're at the boat haven before. I've never done a boat. I've never been on a cruise. I've been on ferries before, I've been on a kayak, but I've never been on a cruise ship. So what how are you feeling about going and performing on a cruise?

11:26 Cautiously optimistic? You know, I'm not known to be motion sick. I don't think there's any wood here for me to knock on but the table. Okay, there we go. Here, we go all right looking out. But yeah, so I'm sure it will be awesome and we're gonna be in really good company like legendary bands I listened to on my growing up metal journey. So on Earth will be there after the Burial who we toured with, Lame of God of course, just and then yeah, so many other amazing and then you're just hanging out too. That's what's kind of cool about it, compared to anything else you do. Right, you go and it's like you're working in a vacation at the same time and hanging out with friends more than just a few minutes because you got to run and go to the next gig. Yeah, I'm excited for the dynamic the ship will have.

12:15 Just don't know how much we're gonna meet other bands, but we're gonna have some friends there for sure that'll be on the cruise, some family, I think, and then you know some of the team, and you know, hopefully we just get to chop it up with some cool new people and make some friends. Our Unity from Texas they'll be on the boat too, and we love them. We had them on our headliner for a little bit, so looking forward to hanging out with them. It's gonna be great. And so besides the cruise, you said you're going some places you've never played. Is there any place in particular that you're really looking forward to that you've never played? So we've never done Japan. I feel like that is the mecca for every touring person they want to go to Japan. That's the biggest bucket list cross off. We haven't done it yet. We're hoping to go into Ireland for the first time. We're doing Dublin and Belfast in December. Nice I am from obviously from Ireland, so that would be cool. My grandmother was born in Belfast, so it'll be cool to see where it all be.

13:13 Can you know, right, that's pretty cool. Do you ever play a the festivals over that way in the UK or in Europe? Not yet, we have not had the opportunity yet. But we had our first headliner this year as in January, did pretty well and we're hoping that with the you know, outcome of that tour, that maybe that turned some heads and maybe it makes people think, oh yeah, maybe yeah, they can maybe hold their own at one of these festivals now. So that's what we're hoping for. That's so maybe next year, but so far, no europe festivals for us in twenty twenty four. So up the DWP festivals you've played, Which one have you had the most fun at? Do you think I loved our experience at after Shots the greatest? Yeah? I loved I love our after Shock experience. That was a really good time. Yeah. I saw a lot of friends that day. That was like probably the biggest one that we had done up to that point. But and it had been a little while since we had done any festivals because we did Incarceration and stuff like right as COVID was ending on like twenty twenty one, I want to say and that was awesome too. I loved the like the prison and all that.

14:28 But yeah, after Shock was a just a big like culture shock kind of for us because we're like, wow, this is this is the real deal. This is crazy and obviously today is just what is going on. And after Shock I loved a media artist lounge area because it's so cool. They have that open bar and that like it's kind of an intimate That was the dinner party area. Yeah, like right, yeah, I honestly loved that because yeah, and cool people were hanging out there, you know, like we just go and you grab a drink. And the always the best part of these festivals, it's just running into people that you haven't seen in a long time or people that you know, like we make a lot of friends doing this over the years, exactly. It's cool to just kind of see who you see and chat it out and just enjoy a cool experience together.

15:16 Yeah, it's funny you mentioned ink and that's coming up in July. And my daughter, or she always asked me before a festival, is like, so, Dad, are you excited for his festival? I'm like, I don't know if excites a word. I love doing it. It's a lot of fun, but you know, when you're doing them like every weekend, I don't know if i'd use excited as a word, but then I called her the first year I ever did inc. I called her from the prison yard of Shawshank. I'm like, now I'm excited. I'm in the prison yard of Showshank. Yeah, it's a really cool backdrop for the Rhole thing. And when the year that we played, we played on the day that Slipknot played, so we got to have that whole day and obviously things are a little different than it was, like people were still very cautious with like masks and distancing, like you know, you weren't really bumping elbows with people around that time, I'll basically. But it was still a really cool experience that day, Like it was an awesome festival and we got to watch the Not and hey, are you gonna stick around till Sunday or you got another gig? So we got a day off tomorrow. I think we're heading to Myrtle Beach because that's where we're playing next. We were in Pensacola Beach yesterday, so we'll get round two of some waves, some sun, some salt water nice, does the body good. I just got back from three months in Costa Rica. That sounds pretty sweet. Yet the off season where there's no festivals, off the grid, away from surfing every day, sun rot

16:52 and sunset every day, and then you know, like my brother was like, did you see the news? I'm like, no, I don't give a fuck. I don't want, no, I don't care. You know, I'm off the grid. I don't care if you guys are like beating the shit out of each other up there, I'm cool down here. Yeah. That's how Yeah, staying off the grid on the beach, that's how you stay young forever. I feel like, no doubt it. It was so funny while I was there. There were three festivals too, and Costa Rica doesn't normally have festival and they weren't my type. But I was just like, man, I can't get away from these festivals no matter where I go in the world. But that's the coolest thing, because during this month, mental Health Awareness Month, I've been saying all along, music's the best therapy. Oh yeah, oh yeah. You gotta stay close to the things you love, even if it's a little different than what you're used to.

17:44 It's it. It's the best therapy. We we're all together, we're one big family and we can get all that shit out out there and just escape here at Welcome to Rockville at your set. Oh yeah, that's right. Everybody just has to go or else they can't. They can't go to the rest of the festival unless a good years. Yeah, it's actually a requirement. You cannot go through the rest of the festival until our set is over and you have watched it and you can prove that you watch the whole thing. You have to put your Google glasses, you have to record yourself watch the whole thing, and then they'll let you and the rest of the festival. So there it is. I love it. What a great idea.

18:25 Yeah, so for us, there you go. Anything else you want to share with the listeners we haven't covered yet that they need to know, We're everywhere. Currents on Instagram we got just currents. Don't have to have any numbers or dashes or anything. Just pretty cool, pretty lucky, prety fortunate, current ct anywhere that we don't have that or Currents Official. Our website will have all of the right things that's currentsofficial dot com holy okay, we're having a tornado during the interview. Oh man, that means our sets almost here. That's it, that's the storm, here it comes. You guys are about to play Welcome to Rockville. That was That was the morning sign right there. Oh yeah, I love it. Yeah, well you guys rock and thanks for being here on the Adventures pipe Man. Thanks for being at Welcome to Rockville. Hey yeah, thanks for having me. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man on w for CUI Radio.