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35 Years Of Fear With DINO CAZERES From FEAR FACTORY · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Hi.
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  Speaker 2: My name is Dino Kazaras and I play guitar in
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  Speaker 2: the group Fear Factory.
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  Speaker 3: Fantastic, well done.
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  Speaker 4: Look, it's been a while since fed Factory have toured Australia.
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  Speaker 4: What does it mean to you personally to be coming
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  Speaker 4: back this time around?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: You know, we've been coming to Australia since nineteen ninety three.
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  Speaker 2: This is going to be our fifteenth time there and
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to get there.
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  Speaker 1: We have a huge catalog.
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  Speaker 2: Of songs to sift through and create a perfect set
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  Speaker 2: for a killer live show on Australia.
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  Speaker 4: I We're so excited and on this tour. What can
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  Speaker 4: fans expect You've just briefly touched on that. Are we
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  Speaker 4: leaning more towards the classic material or showcasing new attracts?
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  Speaker 1: All the above?
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  Speaker 2: I mean this is like the you know, the band's
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  Speaker 2: been together thirty five years, so we have a huge,
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  Speaker 2: huge collection of songs, big catalog to sift through and
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  Speaker 2: to pick the best songs.
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  Speaker 1: Also, we want to do probably do two or three songs.
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  Speaker 2: From the record Digiti Mortal, because that's twenty five years
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  Speaker 2: old and we had just re released the vinyl on
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  Speaker 2: record store Day. We made two thousand copies sold out
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  Speaker 2: that weekend. And so yeah, we got a lot. Like
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  Speaker 2: I said, we've got a lot of stuff to cover
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  Speaker 2: and it's gonna be great.
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  Speaker 3: Oh gosh, so exciting.
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  Speaker 4: And lyrics wise B Factory often deal with dystopia and control?
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  Speaker 4: Do you see the world today as closer to those
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  Speaker 4: themes than when you first started one?
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  Speaker 2: And and you know, we are I believe we are
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  Speaker 2: at fault, you know what I mean, We're the ones
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  Speaker 2: who are allowing this to happen.
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  Speaker 1: Sure there are higher.
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  Speaker 2: You know, people who are making these kind of executive
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  Speaker 2: decisions developed this technology.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, a lot of a lot.
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  Speaker 2: Of the stuff that we're saying about in the past
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  Speaker 2: has definitely come to fruition.
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  Speaker 1: And uh, it's just this technology is going to keep
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  Speaker 1: on evolving and.
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  Speaker 3: Multiple eras of having music. What do you think modern
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  Speaker 3: metal bands are getting right? And where do they fall short?
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, well, you know that that's hard to say. And
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  Speaker 2: you know it's like it's, uh, you know whatever you.
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  Speaker 1: Like, That's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's like, you know, music changes so much all the
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  Speaker 2: time that it's really hard to predict of what people
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  Speaker 2: are doing right and people are doing wrong. I don't
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  Speaker 2: believe there's anything wrong when it comes to art, you know,
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  Speaker 2: because it's all you know, whoever li likes it.
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  Speaker 3: It's very subjective, isn't it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, your riffs often lock so tightly with the kick
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  Speaker 4: drum patterns. Do you write primary rhythm in mind first
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  Speaker 4: or does that come.
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  Speaker 3: Later in.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, I'm a very rhythmic writer, and so
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  Speaker 2: a lot of the riffs that I write, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I automatically think drums at the same time, and not
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  Speaker 2: every case, but a lot of the times. And that's
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  Speaker 2: pretty much how I write, you know, I write whatever
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  Speaker 2: I feel, whatever comes out, whether it's melodic, brutal, heavy,
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  Speaker 2: whatever it is. You know, I try to, you know,
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  Speaker 2: definitely think of what the beat is gonna sound like
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  Speaker 2: with it.
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  Speaker 4: When you step on stage. Now, do you approach performing
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  Speaker 4: differently than you did in the nineties or has nothing
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  Speaker 4: really changed?
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  Speaker 2: Nothing has changed because I still feel the same way
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  Speaker 2: the first time I evers step step foot on stage.
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  Speaker 1: I love being up there. I love, you know, entertaining
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  Speaker 1: the crowd.
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  Speaker 2: I just love playing my music in front of people,
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  Speaker 2: and especially people who appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: So there's no there's no better feeling.
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  Speaker 2: You probably heard that before, but it's true.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and I love I just love traveling around the
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  Speaker 1: world and I love playing in front of fans.
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  Speaker 3: That's wonderful.
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  Speaker 4: Speaking of traveling, when you're on tour, do you find
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  Speaker 4: time to be creative and say, write new material or
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  Speaker 4: do you separate sturing and writing new material.
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  Speaker 1: For the most part, I separate the two.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, when an idea comes, you know, you
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  Speaker 2: can't stop it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And looking back, what's one Fear Factory album or
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  Speaker 4: moment you feel doesn't get the recognition it deserves.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, that's yeah, that's the question, is you know, it's
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  Speaker 2: it's uh, it's difficult to answer because I think all
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  Speaker 2: the records that we've put out, you know, have definitely
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  Speaker 2: left a mark in music, in metal music, and I
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  Speaker 2: believe it's.
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  Speaker 1: Been some of it's been pretty inspiring to.
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  Speaker 2: Some people, you know, and for me, they're all my
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  Speaker 2: proudest moments. So I love them all. So I don't
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  Speaker 2: know how. I don't know really how to answer that question.
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  Speaker 4: No, I think that's a good answer. It's like, you
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  Speaker 4: feel like they've all been appreciated at the time.
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  Speaker 3: And now even.
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  Speaker 2: Correct and I still feel that they're very appreciated in
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  Speaker 2: some cases even more than before, because sometimes music takes
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  Speaker 2: time to grow on people, or you know, it just
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  Speaker 2: you know, maybe it's something that they felt like, Oh
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  Speaker 2: maybe I was young, I heard this music, I liked it,
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  Speaker 2: but then as I got loaded, I appreciate.
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  Speaker 3: It more beautiful.
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  Speaker 4: And what's something about touring now that's better than it
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  Speaker 4: was way back then?
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  Speaker 2: You know some of the some of the traveling accommodations,
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  Speaker 2: I've gotten better over the years.
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  Speaker 1: But that's really about it.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, no, that's fair enough.
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  Speaker 2: Well, you know, well, the funny thing is you can
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  Speaker 2: get Starbucks now everywhere around the world.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, literally, yeah, we only.
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  Speaker 4: Got it here maybe ten or so or fifteen years ago,
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  Speaker 4: but yeah, knew.
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  Speaker 1: But you guys have pie Face.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, that's true, that's true. Do you guys have
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  Speaker 3: face over there?
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  Speaker 1: But they're gone now, most of them are gone.
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  Speaker 3: They are they are. Did they expand globally?
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  Speaker 1: No? No, they might. They might have tried somewhere here
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  Speaker 1: and there, But how don't they get hit?
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  Speaker 2: We have We have too many other places like pie Face,
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  Speaker 2: like Duncan Donuts and uh in Canada it's Timmy Horton's
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  Speaker 2: and of course Starbucks all over the world.
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  Speaker 4: Yes, no, it's a great shame. They were awesome. Anyway,
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  Speaker 4: What keeps it fun for you at this stage? What
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  Speaker 4: makes you want to keep going?
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  Speaker 1: Creative? Being creative?
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  Speaker 2: Uh, you know, get into the studio, write music with people,
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  Speaker 2: collaborating with people, really enjoy it, putting together putting together records.
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  Speaker 2: I enjoy the the great times. I enjoy the sometimes
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  Speaker 2: the stressful. You know, it's all about It's all about
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  Speaker 2: being creative. And when I'm on tour, all about playing
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  Speaker 2: in front of the fans and making them happy. And
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  Speaker 2: if I could put a smile on people's faces playing
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  Speaker 2: these songs, and I'm happy too.
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  Speaker 4: Oh that's so wonderful. And what are you most excited
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  Speaker 4: about for this tour? Coming back down on the Australia?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, come on, all the above, you know what
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  Speaker 4: I mean. Eat the Kangaroo Burger.
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  Speaker 2: Uh yeah, eating great Chinese food in Melbourne, you know
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  Speaker 2: what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: I can't you know, Yeah, see my friends. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we've been up there.
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  Speaker 2: I've been out there quite a few times and I
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  Speaker 2: got a lot of friends there, so I can't wait
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  Speaker 2: to see them.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Oh that's awesome. And look, creatively, what is next for
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  Speaker 4: fear Factory.
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  Speaker 2: Creative Creatively, what's next for fear Factory is a new record,
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  Speaker 2: uh singles will be coming out soon.
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  Speaker 1: I've said it before in the past, I mean I
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  Speaker 1: mean it this time.
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  Speaker 2: It's gonna be coming out soon and it's gonna be
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  Speaker 2: a great record. Look forward it. Look forward to it
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  Speaker 2: sometime soon. So yes, there you go. All right, go
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  Speaker 2: to fear Faction dot com for everything, all toward y's
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  Speaker 2: VIP packages, et cetera.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you very much and we can't wait to see
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  Speaker 1: you down on that