PipemanRadio Interviews Royale Lynn at Rocklahoma 2024

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0:52 Because love is a funeral, It's it's the pipe Man here on the adventureds pipe Man W four CY Radio. And I'm here with Royal Lynn Nice here at rock Lahoma. You look really happy to. Be here, as you should be so happy and so grateful to be on the lineup today. I know. How cool? And now how did this happen? How did you end up at Rocklahoma? So I kind of do a little bit of genre bending, and you know, we started in kind of the country world, and I feel like there's a lot of metal heads that grew up in the country that are just like me. So when I started writing more music, I was like, I really want to cater to the metal side of things and hard rock. And yeah, here we are at Rocklahoma, which is crazy.

1:40 So when did your love for punk and rock start? Oh my god? It started from the beginning. I grew up on a farm in the middle of nowhere, and I had my CD Walkman, and basically just begged my parents to buy me CDs from the radio shack, and that's where the love started. Nice And so now the country par of it that was probably just born into you where. You were living, right, yes, yeah, you know, yes, Like the bus ride to school was forty five minutes, right, so I had a lot of time to explore music, and obviously you only get one CD to listen to on a CD Walkman, So I always had, you know, a plethora of bands and some that are even playing today, which is crazy nice. So it's been really cool.

2:23 What's cool is too, is when I was a teenager, you couldn't even be a metal head go to a punk show, much less really be into country. Like, yes, it was weird, Like if you had long hair and you went to a punk show, you got your butt beat, period, like you couldn't go and vice versa. Right, Well, I love that you're bending two genres. That would be even more so that because you know, you take like I live in Florida, take a lot of country people there. They're the ones that would get drunk and want to beat up the punks, you know, and then it would beat the punks that would be calling them names and wanting to beat them up to And so I love that you're playing them too together. Oh thank you.

3:10 Yeah, we accept all kinds of kinds here at our shows. So you'll have to like go on a tour with like social d that would be cool. We're it was seither in Skillet in the fall. Very excited. Yeah, and Tim Montana. Now that's a good tour. Yeah, it's gonna be great. I'm so excited. Had that come about? Well, we got the call and I was like, hell yeah, I would love to be a part of that. And now we're on every single date. Which is I have any idea how they even noticed you to reach out to you. Probably just through our teams and maybe social media too. Social media has been such a big player in my story, at least in my journey, So maybe there and.

3:50 Let's talk about that because there's so many people I know of now that are killing it in music from TikTok. Yeah, and there's still the old school gatekeepers are like that's bullshit, but it's really not bullshit. It's really nice. I think it's amazing, Like, you know, you take a guy like Jars Johnson that it's now recorded with the top rock people out there from TikTok. Yes, absolutely. It all just goes to show like we all want our music to be heard, and I feel like it's a free platform that we're able to get our music out to fans all over the world. And I think it's a really special thing. Honestly, I think it's cool too. It's okay for all the haters that are hating on people for using TikTok.

4:36 Listen bands didn't have that, arson have that way back when, and it was so much harder, Like for sure, you would never get six million views from your tape trading type of thing. So it's such a tool. It's such a tool, and I love it because I get to interact with our fans and people who otherwise wouldn't listen to us are finding us. And I just think it's a really special thing and I'm grateful to be a part of the commune unity that is, you know, supporting it. I think it's important too because it's so much harder for artists nowadays because record labels are not throwing money out for artists, They're not pushing you out there. You got to push yourself absolutely, and if you didn't have something like TikTok m M, it may not happen.

5:17 But it's not just TikTok. It's Instagram, it's Facebook, it's YouTube, it's snapchat even I guess now, which is crazy. So there's a lot of avenues that could be you know, change your life overnight, which is crazy. And what could you tell other young artists that about the different platforms and what makes one better than the other for certain things, because no one is better than the other, yea, but they are for certain things. I would say, if you're a young artist and you want to get your music out there, post the video, make the content, do what you have to do because you have to be your number one champion. Yeah, and you got to be out there and if you want your music out there, you got to go get it to them. So when you did start rising from me or social media, what were you thinking, Well, so we've.

6:06 Had we had a couple viral videos before we had like a megaviral moment, and honestly, it's kind of a high. And every time that you get that high, you want it again and again, But it ultimately just comes down to making the content and posting it at the end of the day, because there's no magic button that will make a song go viral, Like you kind of just have to get out there and be posting about it. So would you say that, stop overanalyzing me, critical yourself and just put it out there because you may not think it's great because we're always our own worst critic. Absolutely, but other. People like how many videos does somebody put on there? Like how the hell they get that? May views like that's. Ridiculous, And I don't think anybody knows when a video is actually going to go, But I think it's important just to If you never post it, there's never a chance that it could go, so it's better to get it out there.

6:58 That's true. And how are people being receptive to the idea of punk tree? Well? I like that. I like that better than cowpunk. Okay, good one too, better sound. I like the pump tree honestly. Like I said, we accept all kinds of kinds. I like to talk about mental health in my songs, and I really want to reach an audience who maybe needs a song like that like I did growing up and my favorite bands and like back to the c D walkman, like, a lot of bands saved my life. So if I can write songs about mental health and get them out there for people who are metal heads, people who are from the country, then I've kind of done my job. I feel like, do you have like a favorite lyricist that appeal to your mental health. Yes.

7:45 So there's been a few bands that have totally you know, A Data Remember is one of them. I feel like they have a lot of songs that it's just like you can't wait to get out of your small town and then once you get out, you can't wait to go back, right. It's I love them and I also really love Fly Leave. Yeah, I'll have to tell you about her in a second. I grew up listening to all their songs. You know. We played a song today that was one of theirs, like we just I love them so much, And I think the mental health standpoint, it's just important to sing some songs that are about mental health that people don't really realize are about mental health. Good point because one of the times I interviewed Lacey, I asked her a question that she said afterwards, nobody's ever asked me that question. I'm like, that's so weird.

8:29 So I basically asked her about was her teen suicidal years, which is really what made her who she is to Yeah. Yeah, and her and Sonny from Pod and some other people they go on tour and do this like suicide, mental health. Yes, thing it's important to talk about, and. Nobody asks about it, and I'm like, it's weird. Yeah, And so what happened was funny because a lot of times in interviews, especially the bigger artists, you have ten to fifteen minutes, and if you the tour managers start coming over and doing this, yeah, you know, and for those of you listen, I'm pointing to my wrisk, we're a watch with this. So this happened during this interview because I started asking her about this and she just started talking and I just shut up, and her tour manager came over and did the pointing to his wrist. Yeah, and she shoot him away.

9:22 Wow. And we talked for like a half an. Hour because she wants to talk about it, that's important. And we got off and she's like, thank you so much. Nobody ever asked me about that, and it's so important in one of my biggest passions, you know what. I love that story so much. I don't think it's talked about enough in small towns, especially mental health in general. So I'm here to do that. And that's good because in my generation, the gen xers were like, you're on your own, yeah, and stop crying about it. Yeah. Oh well we stopped crying. We're in a very different time, but you didn't. Talk about it. Yeah. And there for a lot of people at the later stages, the trauma kicks in, yeah, because it was never dealt with ye ever. So I'm thankful for artists like you that are helping because I think mental health it's worse than ever now every day that's going on. I think now there's the negative. Social media promotes a lot of bad things, you know, and it creates a lot of mental anguish for people for sure, for sure, So.

10:26 They need a voice, yes, And I think music, especially it's so healing already. So to have songs that are all different ways of mental health too, and not just in one certain way, I think. I think it's important to write songs like that, at. Least for me. I write what I know well, it's cathartic for us the artists. Yeah, it was me by writing it for and then it heals others. It's amazing. You should go from your viewpoint, like the listener doesn't have to have the same exact story, but they still will relate. Yes, you know one hundred and Like I was asking about lyricists, like, my favorite is Ali from Bringing Me to the Horizon because he's got this one line, well one line by a bunch of lines, but this one line that's my favorite lyric ever of all time?

11:14 Is it? Because it's so brilliant you I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim. Wow. Yeah, Like that's some people may not get it, but me, I'm like, that is the deepest shit I ever heard, because that's me. I think it's great that they are like writing this music that's so real and authentic and it's speaking to people. I think it's huge. Yeah, I think it's huge. And every genre. Okay, let's take Okay, you got the country genre that you're in. What do they lyric The lyrics and not songs. They're about issues that people, real people experience. Punk rock is about angry at the government, angry at what's going on, mental health. All that's of getting the message out and sometimes people don't get that message, like when it comes to metal and punk, people that don't get it. They think it's pro all this stuff, and it's like, no, we feel like we have somebody to actually understand yes and no.

12:18 At the end of the day, that's the most important thing and why I do music. At all, and music to me, it's always been the best therapy. Like I probably wouldn't be on this earf if it weren't. For music, like most of us right absolutely. And that's why I think the worst thing we could have done in the lockdown is get real live music. I think that's why people are so pissed. And so now it's back and it's bigger than ever right. Now, and that's the good news because one thing I said, there are two things. One from a listener, it's like, well, hopefully people start stop complaining now that live music's back, because before that I was like, oh, my band didn't play at the festival because we had a storm, or oh this now you have a better appreciation. We took it for granted.

13:07 Yes. Third thing for artists like you, that's the perfect time to create. I think some of the best music came out of that lockdown in for sure, because you can be an artist and creative and all the other noise that happens in your everyday life as an artist didn't exist anymore. Yeah, we were at home. Focus you can focus on. Yes, and like the mental health struggles of that time. I think that's probably where we got half of the songs that we have right now, is just being at home and wanting to talk about it. That having social media, like it's all full circle, you know, totally, and without you know that moment in time, like, who knows what what would have happened in the world, you know, one.

13:52 Hundred percent, you never know. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Yep. Absolutely. So what's your do you believe it is your strongest message to other people artists, whatever your age and younger. I would say that I'm a metal head that grew up in the country that wants to sing about mental health nice and I guess my message is just that it's okay to talk about mental health and I'm so excited to share what we've created around mental health. There you go, Can you share with the listeners that may be in the same situation. How you feel bands that helped you, how did they how you feel they helped your mental health.

14:42 I think music is very healing. I think that a song can change someone's day in three minutes, and it's super important to have those songs that pick us up, but also those songs that are there when we're at our lowest. Yeah, And I think that music all around is just healing. So I I really hope that some of the messages in the songs like help heal people out there as much as it heals me writing it and singing it every night. And so let's go to that you writing it and singing it, How has that helped you? What examples can you give to people of hope of how it makes you? Music can change your life. I think that singing these songs that mean so much to me and are a part of my heart truly, and I write what I know and I struggle with my mental health too, and I just want everyone to know that they're not alone out there.

15:33 I think that's the most important message because I think pretty much everybody on the face of yourth struggles. Absolutely in some way, shape or form, and you know, it's okay. Yeah, and it's okay to get help, and. It's okay to have people around you, around you surrounded. What happened in my generation is like, don't tell anybody because people judging this, and then you're all alone in the world and that makes the mental health worse, way worse. Well, we're here to be you know that champion forward of you're not alone. You were always welcome at a show, and I encourage you to come see a show and just hear the songs and heal from the message from all of them. And what do you think what you feel about being here at Rocklaholm.

16:15 I am so excited to be here. We rolled up today and I was like, this is incredible. I've actually never even been to a festival of this size before in my life, so to see all the people, I'm just so excited to be here. That's nice. And did you have some surprises? Like I'm sure you had idea of what was going to be like coming here and then coming here and performing here. How did that change in your head seeing all. The people show up for our set at one twenty five in the afternoon. After partying till like after five in the morning in the campground. Yes, it's just it makes my heart feel so full to see everybody, even people singing out in the audience and like songs that we've put out. Just it heals my soul to be here.

16:58 Really does that trip you out when people are singing your song wild? It will never it'll never get old. It's just so special that you know there were so many people who loved country and metal and you know we're there for us. It's crazy. And the first thing I thought of the beginning of this conversation was somebody who's from the hometown of our studio who I just like, was at her show a couple of weeks ago and was interviewing her. But I know her because she's local. And that's Cassidy Pope. Oh nice, the same thing, and like now she's back to ding punk now.

17:38 Met her really so nice, she is so sweet, she's so sweet. And she did both she was punk first and conjury now back to PONK. And I think it's cool when artists do that because listen all the haters that say, oh, you should just stick to this, we all have different tastes in music. Like I don't just like one genre, that one may be my favorite. Yeah, but you like them all and you should be able as an artist to experiment with them all. I feel like we should be able to create art, not genres, but art. I hate I love that because that's how we kind of landed. On six feet Deep, is that we created art that day.

18:20 We didn't create a genre. We weren't sitting in a genre. We just wanted to create the best song that we could write. And that's what it sounded like, and it changed my life. I love it because to me, genres just box you in as an artist. Yeah, you should be an artist. To me, it's just an expressive, creative flow of. Thoughts and once you take that away, it's not fun anymore. So and it's not creative. Yes, every time we create, I'm just like, let's think outside the box. So I hope that's one of the things that people could get from you as a role model is screw the labels, the genres. Just just creat us. Enjoy each other and enjoy art and create art and that's all that matters.

19:05 Yes, and be kind. And that's hard nowadays, oh my god. Like that's another reason we need people like you because it's harder than ever for people to be kind. And I think if we would just be kind, yep, we get rid of all the bull crap that's going and we went have a boy getting us steamed up at each other, we would fully understand everybody. And that's a key, like I think people don't understand. I was talking about this with my brother recently. It's like he's one of those types that, Oh, if they don't think the same way I do, they're uninformed. And I'm like, maybe they just live in a different areas.

19:49 Maybe they had a different upbringing the dude, maybe they had different friends. Maybe there's thousands of maybees. Okay, we're not all exactly the same. We don't have the exact same influences. So you could have opinion, I could have opinion. We can both be right because it's opinion, but it's based on our experience. And yes, once we realize that, then we can learn about each other and learn from each other and understand why somebody else believes in what they believe in instead of judging them for it. Yep. So absolutely well, I love that. I love that so much, And that's why you'll be a champion for that because of everything you believe in and do well.

20:32 I'm so excited to be here, and I think it's it's so cool to be able to sing these songs on these stages today's and they've. Been doing it since like four, right before you can even talk, yes, which is before four. I have always wanted to do this and to be able to write music now and and sing in such a way. It's been my lifelong dream to do this, and I'm just so grateful that it's happening. How about your parents, Oh my. Goodness, they're they're so proud. They're still in Canada and Canada. Oh really, Oh my gosh, where Calgary? Okay? So my parents live in well BC and then Ontario. Yes, so I love that. I love that so much.

21:18 Sorry, that's okay, that's why I brought it in. Oh, I love it. I love it a fellow Canadian, I love it. No, But I just you know, my parents have always been supportive. And I said I didn't want to take guitar lessons or sorry, I didn't want to take riding lessons anymore. I wanted to switch to guitar, and my mom was like, but like, we don't know anyone who plays guitar, Like where did this come from? And I just like always had this like bug that I wanted to perform and sing, and so yeah, I'm just so grateful that like we get to do this now. It's crazy. We've worked so hard to. Be here, and that's so cool. Your parents, because how many parents are like, get a real job. But I find that nowadays more and more, Yep, it's more like your scenario. That's because mostly the parents are gen X like me. Yeah that our parents were good a real job.

22:07 And I literally I played drums, I played guitar, I sang thrash meow, I was in the eighties sunset strip scene. Yeah, I knew everybody, and I listen like, good a real job instead of following my dreams. Well, and then I brought it back later. I feel like everybody has their own path and how they get there, and as long as you chase your dream, that's all that matters. And sometimes you need a different path to maybe appreciate that. Absolutely. I tried to go to college. That was a path that was not happening for me. So and then I dropped out and I moved to Nashville. So like you kind of your path sets you up for your journey and where you're going and who you're supposed to be and all the people along the way.

22:49 Well there you go. Yeah, how did people connect to you on socials? On the web? Merge all that stuff? So everything is under royal in music or royal in on a lot of social media, you know, Instagram, Facebook, all of those, and you'll be able to roil with an e for anyone out there wondering. But yeah, no, thank you so much for having me today. Oh my pleasure. I love it. I love what you're doing. I love that you're here at Rockville. And is there any final words you want to leave the listeners with. I just am so grateful to be a part of Rocklahoma this year, and I'm excited to be here and explore. I haven't even taken a look around yet, so I'm really excited to be here. Nice. Well, you'll have to do that later. You have to check out the campground.

23:29 Too, Yes, I haven't. I'm so excited to meet everyone. Everybody who's here right now. It's known as like one of the best camping festivals in real nice stings. Oh well, that's amazing to. Trip the campgrounds like a whole nother world out there, like a whole sice to be here. We're grateful to have you here, and thanks for being on the Adventures of pipe Man. Thank you for having me, Thank you for listening to the Adventures of plate Man. I'm w for Cui Regio.