PipemanRadio Interviews Ocean Planet at Bloodstock Open Air 2025

0:04 Hey, you have done too. Yes, that's true. Why cray you? This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio, And I'm here with Ocean Planet Nice here at Bloodstock. And you know what, I don't need a translator. You speak much better English than he does. Yeah, yeah, what do you really what you mean? Coca cola? Right? Yeah, yeah, that's what we're talking about. That's what it's the cuffing. I guess see. I can see it too. You drank a lot of Coca cola.

0:45 That's why we wear sunglasses. Yeah. I was just gonna say they're smart, they're wearing sunglasses. So what's it feel like to be here at Bloodstock? It's been insane. I've come from so many festivals like this and to the play one and like see behind the scenes and like the build up. It's insane. It's like once you get off stage, it's just such a like WHOA did that just happen? Right? It seems over so quickly, You're like, WHOA? Is literally insane? Yeah. I think when I saw the poster of all the names coming up, it's like you're a kid again and you see like your name there, like Ocean Planet, and it's just like wow, on the same lineup as these amazing bands, and on Sunday as well with you know, Gorgeira, one of the bands that essentially shaped our music in a way.

1:28 Really, so yeah, it's dream come true. That's way cool, except maybe they should have been playing new Blood and you play the name stage tonight. That's the spirit. That's all we want right yesterday exactly. Maybe next year, yeah, yeah, that's the goal for next year, right for. Sure, we definitely want to come back. So tell us about the road to Bloodstock. You were a melt to the Mouse's right, yes, which is I don't know, it's like one of the most badass things. I think we don't have anything like them in the States, and we should because it gives so many bands not only the opportunity to play Bloodstock, but just get exposure all over it and meet other friends and other bands and we've you know, win or you do win. Everybody's supporting each other and then next thing you know, you're going out on tour together.

2:19 Exactly that. And like every show from Bloodstock is insane. That always like on the weekend, and the caliber of bands is always insane, So It's like you you enter it and you play a load of good shows and then at the end, if you manage to survive this gauntlet of talent, you get to play this massive festival. It's amazing, like it gets such a. Super fierce, isn't it. The competition was super fierce. That's all I keep hearing. Yeah, it's we did. Twenty twenty four and we got to the finals and obviously this year we want to. It was just it was incredible hearing. So do you think it won this year because the judges gave you advice last year? Because I heard that they'll help you, and you just applied it and then you won. I think we learned a lot from last year. We absolutely weren't ready last year. I think we were in a position where we thought we were, but I think realistically we had a lot more to refine on our life, tone, our performance. And the first Metal to the Masses of this year, I really felt that we'd stepped up a game.

3:16 But every single gig after that was an improvement on our sound. I think it had to be otherwise we would not get past. But the final of this year was amazing. It was like a festival day. Wasn't it. It's insane, these stacks, and like it was one of these things where every time a band finished, you're like, oh, they're really good, they're going to win, and then the next one like, yeah, it's a very stack competition. And we made loads of friends of that and loads of contacts, and the advice we got is like it's just made us such beat musicians and planning as well. And well, I know it's about what you said was okay, the bands that abby gooes don't win, And that's kind of where I related to for last year, right, like big every band has won this year, they hadn't. They didn't think they were gonna win at all. It's true.

4:03 Sorry, Yeah, I feel like every band that played this year and last year, there was never any egos. Everybody was like well deserving of it, so it was always gonna be tough. Like I didn't want to wouldn't want to have been a judge, And. You kind of feel bad when one of the other bands don't win, even though you're winning. It's like such a supportive community and not competitive at all. Yeah, that's it. We made tons of friends through playing metal to the masses. They all messaged us. Like before we got on stage, I checked our Instagram dms and it's like ten messages from all these people we met, like just wishing us good luck, and I just said to them. The message back was like you're next wow. Could be them next day wow. And to me, I love hearing that because that's what metals should be all about.

4:45 It's really yeah, it was. It's an amazing community. I think Ocean Pant has been going for quite a number of years, but it's only really materialized into a full band in the last two to three years. And so when we did twenty twenty four, it was we were so hungry for it because we were on a roll, and so when we got to the finals and didn't progress, it was also kind of a wake up call that was like, yeah, we need to refine ourselves because we know we can do so much better. But I have to say, just the support from even the competing bands, I can't explain it. It's just you meet so many people, you get so many contacts, and it's just such an amazing doorway into other opportunities. I can't say enough good things about Mats to Masses and what it provides for like young up and coming bands.

5:30 That's what every band says, like you know that they can't say enough good things. I haven't earned one negative thing, which in twenty twenty five, that's like a fucking miracle, right, And I think twoenty twenty four, you not making it is why you won this year, because sometimes that is a wake up call and you think, hmm, now what do I have to do to win? Yeah, because we were quite crushed and we Sarah, yeah, we were, but and in the moment, I think we were very gutted even though the other bands, as I said, all of them deserve to win. So it wasn't really like, oh damn we were better than them, because that wasn't the case, Like everyone was really good. But I don't think we were maybe yeah, not quite ready arose now we are, so yeah, we've proved ourselves.

6:19 How you go out do yourself? Now? Well that's the thing, isn't it. It's like, obviously I want to really strive to come back. Here. We're walking around and still ambitious. We're looking around and seeing other stages and now I'm like, we need to be on that stage. You need to be on this stage. And it's like continuing. We want to do download, reading, play, festival circuits amazing and we were really pushed to try and get those opportunities. And that's that's Sophie Lancaster stage incredible. That that's we saw that and was like, that's the one, that's what we need. Yeah, I think that's a lot of band's favorite stage just because of what it stands for. Yeah, one hundred and I think every festival in the world should have something like that, thank God, Bloodstock Doves. But you know, because listen, we were all in that situation. We're just all lucky enough to still be here one hundred, you know, and we need to spread that message of I don't care who the fuck you are, You're loved and there's no hate.

7:16 That's it. Hopefully we could get rid of every government in the world and that can happen because right now. Let's replace it with like with pro bands. Yes, right, I actually have a solution that probably is not practical, but I say, we have a music festival for the whole world and everybody is required to attend, and then we could all finally be united and love each other, because that's what happens when you walk out there into a festival. This is oct it said. Everyone's here with like the same love of music and like playing these metal crowds. It's like when we played the new Blood stage Rivers and Nile. I think that's what I call We're playing massive band, had a few people in then by the end it was completely full.

8:02 So do you know what I mean. There's a massive band, but people are taking their time out to come and see. An unknown bat. It's amazing and that's what that's why this is so good here. I'm talking to bands that we're playing in the morning today, the morning yesterday and they said there were so many people they couldn't even see the end of him. Like that's insane. That's a testament to this festival. But to you guys as a band, because listen, people are hardying all night long and they're not getting up early. That wouldn't happen in the States unless it would go jirup playing first, because they'd be like, I hate that. I go to festivals by myself because in the States they're like, oh, I'm just going for the headliner. They're good to their concert.

8:48 We'd be happy to come over and try and win them over. If you need any help, let us know. Let's make that happen. We're gonna put a message out. I do all the Danny Wimmer festivals and message out to him to bring you guys over there, because he does do that. There's this one man, Silly Goose. You heard of him? Okay, it's a great fucking name. And so this festival I just did last month, it's called Incarceration. It's at shaw Shank Prison. Oh right, you know about it, right, I've heard of it. It sounds like the ultimate festival. I really want to go to that. Listen my youngest story, She's always like, so dead, are you excited about this festival? And I say to her, I love doing it, but when you do it every weekend?

9:31 Am I really excited? And then first time I did that festival, I called her up. I'm like, I'm calling you from the prison yard of Shawshank. Now I'm excited. Yeah, what a location. And then I'm sitting out there taking pictures in this other band member is taking pictures and he goes, hey, can you take my picture and I'll take yours. He goes, look at us, we're fanboying out on Shawshank Prison. It doesn't get than that right exactly. So what happened was is years back they did the old school punk thing and just showed up and played in the parking lot and Danny Wimmer was sitting out there with arms cross and just watch. Next day they played on one of the stage, the real stages, and now they play all the festivals.

10:18 That's it. That's the way to do it. Man. They should do like an international version of play out to the Massive Square and you can go and play other countries and like same, like country swap, like oh you win the States, the States found win, they get the UK. What great ideas, great opportunity because how hard is it for bands from here to go to the States, for bands from the States to come over here. Nothing a little harder to go in my country right now, but in many ways, but that's how you get the exposure and then who knows what will happen. It's like funny, I always find that bands in the States are dreamings to come here or you're and bands over here their dreamings to go over the States. So there it's where you're going.

10:59 Yeah, it's because we will want to do what happened in the seventies and eighties, isn't it. We saw that kind of lifestyle and was like, that's amazing, right, And I think obviously, even though technology is amazing, it's also brought a few issues where anyone can create some insanely well produced, high powered metal in their bedroom essentially, and it would just like it would just bang, and then loads of bands get together and it just gets to a point where it's like, you know, how do you even kind of get through that crowd? Yeah? Have you ever seen the meme? There's a meme that has a picture on top of the eighties rock star and a picture below of today's rock star.

11:41 Yeah, a bit different. I imagine the one. Up top the dudes passed out underground bottle with Jack Daniels in one hand, guitar in the other. The one at the bomb, the dude's sitting their chair as computer with the guitar rins lap as he's taken on the computer. That's it. Because we like pride ourselves on not having a backing track or anything, so everything everything is played live. Thank you for that. When we go on stage, they asked that we see the sound guy. How many guitars you got? Three? Three? You nuts? It's like when we start doing it, I just feel like you're taking a risk for the audience and if you suck it up, you fuck. It up kind of thing. But I also just feel like the audience want to come and see a unique, one in a million show that you're going to put on that you can't replicate any other way any other place.

12:27 You know. It's like everything that happens spontaneous or not happened at that show and you just had to be there for no doubt, you know. And listen. I think the Grateful Dead. Everybody should follow what they did. No set was ever the same. That's why it's such a cultlish thing because they're true musicians. We need to have true musicianship and fuck ups, yeah, fuck up tab and people love it. That's what it's all about. It's the human element. You'll never take that away. And it's like it's metal, you know, it's supposed. To be loud, it's supposed to be like this, and it's gonna be funny. Nobody really notices, and if they do. Like I was at the US festival in nineteen eighty three Heavy Metal Day, believe it or not, the headliner was Van Allen okay, and they were doing ain talking about love and Eddie Van Allen's looking over at David Lee Roth because he's not singing, and like, what the fuck? And David Lee Roth just said to this crowd of three hundred thousand people, I fucking forgot the words, and the whole place roared like it was the best thing that ever happened.

13:36 That's real, isn't it? Right? Except one person, one person heckled him, and in typical Dave fashion, point to him and goes, I'm gonna fuck your girlfriend. Can't come back from that, can you? You can't come back. It's probably just like okay, fair enough, right, I I don't have a mic to even like say it come back even if I did, right, And. Then the whole crowd's like, yeah, that's what music it's all about, especially in metal. Metal is not supposed to be perfect, yeah, and not a live show for sure. That's what we like pride ourselves on. We're not going on in pressing play. We are playing.

14:16 We're not like triggering a machine or something to like start our set. Everything you hear from ambient sounds, that everything is created live, like there's nothing. What a concept yeah, right, yeah, play your instrument. Yeah, it's crazy. Hey, come on listen. I wish when I started playing, I played drums and guitars, suck at both. I wish they had backing tracks in my day because then I could be in a band. Nice. But it's better to be on this side helping promote bands like you, because you guys are badass. I'm glad you were here at Bloodstock and tell everybody your socials how to reach you, how to buy your merch because they can't listen to my show and let's say, buy your murk.

15:00 Yeah yeah, what was the question? Where can we get? Where can they hear us? What they can see much social media, so you can. Mainly hear us on Spotify. We have new merch coming out soon, so it's still in the process of being made if you will, But yeah, Spotify, Facebook, Instagram. That's pretty much the Big three, isn't it. Really. We've got a new album out called Immersion, and we've got a couple of singles out as well, and we've got another probably a couple of singles out coming out later this year as well, with an album planned. Nice it's all Ocean Planet UK. All right, man, well, you guys are killer and their arm hass st up looking at me because it's creeping me out.

15:41 Now I'm just a little blink. I see it blank. Yeah, you just go like that. Thank you for having us on. I appreciate it. Thanks for being on the ven Jersey plate Man. Michelle Kerr was my press officer for my entire fucking career here in the UK, my entire her career with Machine. She recently passed away and it was a very, very sad day. And I can tell you the reason that I'm gonna tell this story is because. She was family. She was Bloodstock family. She was heavy metal UK family. Most of the bass that you.

16:23 Know and love you probably heard of because of that woman right there. Slip Knots, Slayer, Machinehead, Trivium kills which engage, hey breed, you name it. She helped lift everybody up, man, She helped lift everybody up, and in so many ways she helped make this entire music scene, this incredible, beautiful community that lives here at Bloodstock. Man. She helped make it. So, ladies and gentlemen, please make some noise from Michelle Kerr. Thank you for listening to the adventures of tapemin On W for c u I radio