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Go Rebel The New Album From New York Rocker Danny Martin Bass Guitarist From Wicked · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: your exploration. Hello and good morning, everybody.
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  Speaker 2: What's going on, man?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, how are you doing today?
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  Speaker 2: Not too bad. Doing excellent. Getting ready to rock soon.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, dude, all you have to do is just pop
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  Speaker 1: on your latest album. You're going to get ready to rock.
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  Speaker 1: That thing is one of those albums that puts you
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  Speaker 1: in the car, and if you're not going 110 miles
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  Speaker 1: an hour, then you didn't listen to it correctly.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, what you guys do with music is every
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  Speaker 1: bit that I wanted to do as a kid. And
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  Speaker 1: that is explore the genres because you have so many
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  Speaker 1: different forms of connection here that just blow me away.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, man.
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  Speaker 3: We've really made a big attempt to diversify the songwriting
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  Speaker 3: on this album, which is super fun for us. Bringing
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  Speaker 3: in influences from everything from heavy metal to hard rock
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  Speaker 3: from the 70s and 2000s, as well as even some
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  Speaker 3: power pop.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk about that song, Bones, because it's been a
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  Speaker 1: long time since I've had one song that basically told
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  Speaker 1: me you were either the air guitarist, the air drummer,
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  Speaker 1: or the air vocalist. Pick one of them, dude. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it covers everything. We want to participate with this song.
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  Speaker 2: That's right, man.
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  Speaker 3: It's a full-on rocker, and we bring that high-energy rock
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  Speaker 3: and roll. It must be something in our DNA being
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  Speaker 3: from New York.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, that's definitely evident. And boy, if you only knew
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  Speaker 1: how many times I brought those things up in conversations
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  Speaker 1: about that New York attitude when it comes to music,
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  Speaker 1: because I mean, it goes way back to that big
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  Speaker 1: old city up there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you got to think about what the city does
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  Speaker 2: to people.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you look at bands like the New York
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  Speaker 3: Dolls or even Kiss, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like there's a.
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  Speaker 3: Grit in the attitude and and it's just like this
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  Speaker 3: kind of I call it New York toughness, you know,
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  Speaker 3: that those California boys don't have.
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  Speaker 1: Well, and you've also got not only the look, but
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  Speaker 1: you've got the attitude. And number one, you've also got
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  Speaker 1: the front man with the vocal cords, because I always
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  Speaker 1: call it attitude. Robert Plant was the one that set
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  Speaker 1: the style when it came to those unbelievable, unforgettable, great
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  Speaker 1: rock vocal cords. And then when you hear Wicked, you're going, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God, this is the next Robert Plant.
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  Speaker 2: Hell yeah, man. Yeah. Chad Michael on lead vocals. He's
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  Speaker 2: a belter. That's for sure.
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  Speaker 1: But how do you guys deal with that in the
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  Speaker 1: way of every single instrument on your album is heard?
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  Speaker 1: Most people say, no, we need more vocals or more
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  Speaker 1: bass or we need more drum. But everything is so
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  Speaker 1: well balanced out. What is that like for you in
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  Speaker 1: that studio?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's interesting. We're very fortunate.
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  Speaker 3: We've been working with a dear friend of ours now,
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  Speaker 3: but Nacho Molino is our engineer and producer on the
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  Speaker 3: last couple of albums, including Go Rebel. He comes from
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  Speaker 3: a deep skill set, working with even folks like Ruben Blades,
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  Speaker 3: where he's got a bunch of Grammys with. And so
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  Speaker 3: being able to go in early on and do pre-production
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  Speaker 3: with Nacho is kind of like the fifth Beatle is
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  Speaker 3: just a fantastic thing. And it's really critical to how
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  Speaker 3: we create our songs. But he helps us really get
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  Speaker 3: that perfect mix at the end of the day.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, see, those are the moments inside the studio that
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  Speaker 1: you can't even put on the inside sleeve of an album.
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  Speaker 1: And because, I mean, it's such an experience. And I
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  Speaker 1: just wish that more listeners understood the actual process of
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  Speaker 1: music creating.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely. There's a lot of hard work there.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, you know, you got to go through
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  Speaker 3: all the ins and outs of, you know, keeping your
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  Speaker 3: egos in check and, you know, having like an open
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  Speaker 3: mind to changes and critiques and stuff like that. But
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  Speaker 3: we're lucky because we keep our team really small and tight.
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  Speaker 2: And it's more like a family, really.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you talked about Go Rebel. That's the one
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  Speaker 1: song that I picked up on the album where I go,
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  Speaker 1: oh my God, let's listen to the entire album again.
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  Speaker 1: You had to have known that when you put this
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  Speaker 1: together because you were looking for the one song that
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  Speaker 1: was going to get people to go, I got to
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  Speaker 1: go buy the album.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, man.
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  Speaker 3: It's like I said, we want people to get that
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  Speaker 3: itch in them where they want to pump their fists
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  Speaker 3: in the air and bang their heads and just put
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  Speaker 3: a big smile ear to ear.
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  Speaker 2: It's fun rock and roll, really, at the end of
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  Speaker 2: the day.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we're just getting started with Danny. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: We are going to be talking about hair products and
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  Speaker 1: so much more. The life of a rock star. We'll
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  Speaker 1: be right back with Wicked coming up next. The name
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  Speaker 1: of the album is Go Rebel. They're currently on tour.
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  Speaker 1: They're coming to the States and they've got unbelievable amounts
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  Speaker 1: of merch just for your collection. We are back with
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  Speaker 1: Danny from Wicked. Do you guys foresee Reaper Calls as
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  Speaker 1: being the adult top 40 crossover song? Because I can
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  Speaker 1: totally see this song going total 100% Ryan Seacrest top 40.
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  Speaker 3: Dude, we, that's the fun part is like, we try
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  Speaker 3: to mix in some cool rhythms in that song and then,
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  Speaker 3: and then really lay the pop on thick. And, uh,
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  Speaker 3: you know, we have, we have no shame over that. It's,
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  Speaker 3: it's fun, you know, growing up in the two thousands,
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  Speaker 3: we were, you know, exposed to a lot of that,
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  Speaker 3: you know, very popularized rock and roll.
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  Speaker 2: And, and I, and I find it like just fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: Um, but you know, taking it all the way back
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  Speaker 3: to like the seventies power pop, um, you know talking
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  Speaker 3: about bands like marvelous three and phil seymour um you
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  Speaker 3: know there's there's just like there's just some really cool
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  Speaker 3: stuff out there and like i said we're we're not
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  Speaker 3: bashful to be influenced by different things.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my god you guys came up in that era
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  Speaker 1: where they were trying to figure out i don't want
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  Speaker 1: to be a long-haired band anymore i i don't i
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  Speaker 1: don't want to be grunge i don't want to be
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  Speaker 1: alternative i want to be my own name and that's
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  Speaker 1: exactly what you guys are wicked. I mean, it stands
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  Speaker 1: out there like a big old sore thumb. I love it.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate that, man. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: So when you're working on the song Red Hot, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the riffs of this song, listeners need to understand that
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  Speaker 1: a lot of this stuff comes from absolutely nothing. And
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  Speaker 1: then it shows up.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. That's right.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, you got to give a lot of
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  Speaker 3: credit to the guitar team, Shad Michael and Scotty V.
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  Speaker 3: Those guys have a knack for sitting down together and coming.
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  Speaker 2: Up with some killer riffs and hooks when it comes
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  Speaker 2: to guitar work.
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  Speaker 3: And, you know, a lot of times the songs will
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  Speaker 3: start there, either there or with a lyric.
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  Speaker 2: And so.
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  Speaker 3: Um it's it's super cool how we do it uh
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  Speaker 3: it's super relaxed and being that we're a band that
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  Speaker 3: lives together like an old school band that could happen
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  Speaker 3: at any time whether it's just in our living room
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  Speaker 3: maybe it's on you know a back deck or maybe
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  Speaker 3: we're on the road in a cool bar like the
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  Speaker 3: the voodoo here in belfast to.
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  Speaker 1: Be at the voodoo you know those walls are talking
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  Speaker 1: to you there's history in those walls do you ever
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  Speaker 1: just sit back and listen to.
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  Speaker 3: It It's funny, we're the first band here today for Loden,
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  Speaker 3: and I got that vibe for sure. Scotty and me
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  Speaker 3: were talking, we're like, man, this is one of those places,
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  Speaker 3: it's like you could feel the souls that are just
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  Speaker 3: in here and ready to just turn it up to
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  Speaker 3: 11 tonight.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. I love it. The fact that you
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  Speaker 1: just said that you guys are part of the load in,
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  Speaker 1: because that to me is part of being in a
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  Speaker 1: band because you, you've got to be a part. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if someone says, where's the such and such drop quarter,
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  Speaker 1: where's my pick? I know exactly where it is. And
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  Speaker 1: that's why it's like when, when other people set up
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  Speaker 1: for me, I'm totally lost.
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  Speaker 2: Listen, we got a great crew, but, you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: a team effort.
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  Speaker 3: And one of the best things we did was when
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  Speaker 3: we really kind of turned this this thing into a
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  Speaker 3: business and a brand back in 2020 is, you know,
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  Speaker 3: if you don't know how to do every aspect of
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  Speaker 3: the business, then you're just you're just missing out. You know,
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  Speaker 3: you need all the way down to the accounting.
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  Speaker 2: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: That's so funny you say that because I've talked with
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  Speaker 1: a lot of those rockers from the latter part of
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  Speaker 1: the 60s up into the 70s, and they're so jealous
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  Speaker 1: of what you guys get to do today because they
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  Speaker 1: handed everything over to the other people and trusted them.
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  Speaker 1: You at least are in control of what's going on.
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  Speaker 2: That's right. That's right, man. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So then when did you guys decide to put the
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  Speaker 1: twin guitars into the song Till Your Love? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: my God, this song is phenomenal.
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  Speaker 3: Listen, it's come straight from one of our biggest influences,
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  Speaker 3: Thin Lizzy. You can't have a song without twin guitars
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  Speaker 3: on the album, right? So it's like, you know, we
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  Speaker 3: wanted to write this powered up, hard rock, lullaby song,
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  Speaker 3: you know, and we said, hey, we got to get
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  Speaker 3: those guitars in there. And we even did it one better.
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  Speaker 3: We had Nacho in the studio in the intro doing
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  Speaker 3: a third guitar. So it was like, let's really throw
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  Speaker 3: all we can at it, the kitchen sink and all.
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  Speaker 1: So how do you then take that to a live stage?
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  Speaker 3: Listen, man, that's where you got to find those those
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  Speaker 3: parts that work together. So some things become it's actually
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  Speaker 3: really cool when you do it live is you have
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  Speaker 3: like your own version of it. And for the most part,
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  Speaker 3: when we write, we try to keep it so it's
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  Speaker 3: the album could be played exactly like it is live.
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  Speaker 3: But you always have some spots that you produce up
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  Speaker 3: a little bit and, you know, adds add a little
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  Speaker 3: bit extra in there. But I always am fascinated by
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  Speaker 3: the guitar team and what they're able to do and
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  Speaker 3: how they change things and and make them fit for
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  Speaker 3: different scenarios.
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  Speaker 1: Scenarios you guys being over there in belfast right now
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  Speaker 1: my big question is is i know what it's like
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  Speaker 1: to be out there on that road and those convenience
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  Speaker 1: stores and fast food restaurants late at night or everything
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  Speaker 1: what's going on overseas i've never done a tour over
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  Speaker 1: there before.
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  Speaker 2: In the u.s man is that what you're asking oh.
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  Speaker 1: That's what i'm asking because here in the states i
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  Speaker 1: mean you can go every.
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  Speaker 3: Exit listen it's yeah that's true well we have our
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  Speaker 3: favorites right like whether it's bucky's which is like uh
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  Speaker 3: it's like a an amusement park for of a convenience
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  Speaker 3: store it's crazy people go nuts for that um you
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  Speaker 3: know and and we always make kind of a fun
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  Speaker 3: time out of that stuff and and we usually get
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  Speaker 3: sick off of it we try to eat healthy that's
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  Speaker 3: That's the name of the game for us. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we're old sports guys, hockey players. And so we know
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  Speaker 3: the value of nutrition and working out.
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  Speaker 2: But I'll tell you what, this this first.
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  Speaker 3: Time over here in England and Ireland and everything, it's
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  Speaker 3: we're just getting used to it.
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  Speaker 2: So we've been really kind of.
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  Speaker 3: Taking it back to the basics and doing the workouts
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  Speaker 3: and stuff in the clubs.
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  Speaker 2: And the green rooms and whatnot.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll, we'll get better as we go. But while
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  Speaker 3: we're in the States touring around, we're always like staying
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  Speaker 3: at plant in the parking lot at planet fitness is
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  Speaker 3: getting a workout in the morning and a shower and
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  Speaker 3: then off to the next show.
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  Speaker 1: See, that's the part of it that people don't see.
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  Speaker 1: And I mean, that's like when, when people look at
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  Speaker 1: me before I go up on stage, man, they'll sit
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  Speaker 1: there and they'll go, do you need some chocolate?
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  Speaker 2: Do you need anything?
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  Speaker 1: I said, the protein, just get me protein. That's all
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  Speaker 1: I want is protein.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I had a, I had a nice clean grilled
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  Speaker 3: chicken breast this afternoon and it was like heaven, man.
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  Speaker 2: That's so true.
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  Speaker 1: Now let's, let's talk about merch and the concert tour.
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  Speaker 1: Where can people go? Because you know how we are
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  Speaker 1: about merged out nowadays. I mean, we all have to
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  Speaker 1: have it.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, man.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, if you come to a live show, which is
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  Speaker 3: what I suggest, because that's where the magic happens.
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  Speaker 2: You know, come over to the merch booth. Don't be shy.
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  Speaker 3: We got the beautiful merch girls there ready to help
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  Speaker 3: you out. And but if you're not going to be
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  Speaker 3: able to make it to a show, hit us up
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  Speaker 3: on Wicked Rock and Roll Official dot com or any
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  Speaker 3: of our socials at Wicked Rock and Roll.
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  Speaker 2: And you can find killer rock and roll apparel everywhere.
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  Speaker 3: Vinyl records cds we're uh we're really big on the
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  Speaker 3: physical media because we think there's just so much importance
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  Speaker 3: in that you know bringing people back to the concept
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  Speaker 3: of not just listening to a playlist in the background
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  Speaker 3: and being involved with a physical piece of media where
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  Speaker 3: you sit down and you open the gatefold and you
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  Speaker 3: read the liner notes and the lyrics that's that's there's
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  Speaker 3: just something that can't be replaced by that experience.
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  Speaker 1: So what is it like to wake up to be
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  Speaker 1: the rock star? Because, I mean, that's one of the
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  Speaker 1: things that people don't understand, that it's okay to have
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  Speaker 1: wild-ass hair. Because my hair is in the middle of
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  Speaker 1: my back, man. That is my life.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, man, it's crazy. There's a lot of products on
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  Speaker 3: the road for us. I think the guys in 13
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  Speaker 3: Doors were saying they're afraid to light a match around us. But,
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  Speaker 3: you know, it takes a lot of work, and we've
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  Speaker 3: got to give it to Chad Michael because he's the
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  Speaker 3: on-the-road hairdresser for sure. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, you got to come back to this show anytime
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  Speaker 1: in the future. And if you ever come to the Carolinas,
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  Speaker 1: we got to sit down and have a face-to-face, dude.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: We'll definitely see you guys soon. We plan to get
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  Speaker 3: around the U.S. to support Go Rebel when we get
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  Speaker 3: back from overseas. And we hope to see you guys
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  Speaker 3: out there.
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  Speaker 1: All right, man. Well, you be brilliant today, okay, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Thanks, man. Rock and roll, brother.