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Glam, Slam Australian Tour: STEVE SUMMERS From PRETTY BOY FLOYD Tells All · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Hey, what's up, everybody?
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  Speaker 2: This is Steve Summers with the band Pretty Boy Floyd,
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  Speaker 2: and we're going to be out in Australia.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty Boy Floyd, Enough's Enough, and.
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  Speaker 2: A lot of great local bands out there.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll be there, what, November 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th?
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  Speaker 1: Is that it? That's the one, mate. That's the one indeed.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us today. Yeah, awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Awesome. So as you say, man, pretty boy Floyd returned
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  Speaker 3: to Australia this November with Enough's Enough for the Are
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  Speaker 3: You Pretty Enough Tour, kicking off in Adelaide on November
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  Speaker 3: 5th and hitting Melbourne and Sydney before finishing in Brisbane
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  Speaker 3: on November the 8th.
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  Speaker 1: Only a couple of months away now, bro. You're packed
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  Speaker 1: and ready to go? Oh, yeah, I'm ready right now.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always ready.
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  Speaker 2: I'm still high from the last show.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, that was a few days ago. Nice!
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  Speaker 3: I think you were out here last with Glamfest in 2023,
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  Speaker 3: so what's changed with the band since you were here last?
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  Speaker 1: Let's see what changed with the band. We're better.
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  Speaker 2: We got a new record coming out. Got a few
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  Speaker 2: different members. But everything's great.
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  Speaker 1: We're excited. We can't wait to kick ass.
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  Speaker 3: Hell yeah. As I say, man, you're coming out with
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  Speaker 3: enough's enough. So that sounds like a recipe for trouble
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  Speaker 3: right there. You two band together.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've known those guys for a while. They've been
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  Speaker 2: on our same agency. And man, I've done so many
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  Speaker 2: shows with them with the original lineup. And then, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: their original lineup and then all the different stuff.
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  Speaker 1: But me and Chip are real good. So we can't wait.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be great.
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  Speaker 3: He's probably one of the nicest guys in music chip,
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  Speaker 3: isn't he?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 1: Isn't he something?
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  Speaker 3: He's special.
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  Speaker 1: And he's been built. He's totally headlined, sure, bro.
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  Speaker 3: So does that mean he's going to chop and change
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  Speaker 3: every night after he finishes?
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  Speaker 2: You know, to be quite honest with you, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we honestly, we don't care.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to go up there and do our thing
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  Speaker 1: and kick ass.
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  Speaker 2: And, you know, we're kind of, In a sense, we're,
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  Speaker 2: you know, sure we came from the same time or so,
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  Speaker 2: but we're different styles once we hit the stage.
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  Speaker 1: So we don't care if we're before or after, you know. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: But we always warn the bands that have to go
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  Speaker 2: on after us.
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  Speaker 1: They better be ready. Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And the press release describes your live show as loud, flashy,
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  Speaker 3: and over the top.
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  Speaker 1: So.
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  Speaker 3: tell us tell us about your live show man what
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  Speaker 3: to expect if no one's seen you before.
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  Speaker 2: Um i mean you know i mean first of all
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  Speaker 2: with all of our songs they're pretty.
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  Speaker 1: Pretty rocking and shocking.
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  Speaker 2: You know that you know and uh you know all
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  Speaker 2: my guys are flashy and it's just a.
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  Speaker 1: It's just a firecracker.
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  Speaker 2: Of a show man i mean you know We love
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  Speaker 2: bands like Kiss and old, old Motley Crue and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that.
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  Speaker 1: And we just can't wait to, you know, hit the stage.
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  Speaker 1: But the bottom line of us is it's, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it's attitude.
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  Speaker 2: It's great songs. And it shows, you know, full electricity,
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  Speaker 2: full electricity on that stage.
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  Speaker 1: Fuck yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Each show is going to see some of X Music's
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  Speaker 3: finest bands to support, including Audio Rain, Carly Jewel, Wayward Kings,
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  Speaker 3: and Runt. So as a seasoned international touring band, man,
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  Speaker 3: like how important is it for you to showcase local
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  Speaker 3: bands when you're away on tour?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we're actually really excited on this one because we
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  Speaker 2: know there's a lot of great bands on this run.
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  Speaker 1: So it's just a compliment to us and them and everybody.
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  Speaker 2: We're so happy that, you know, A lot of the shows,
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  Speaker 2: when we hit some places, they just throw some bands
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  Speaker 2: on there and this and that, whatever. But this is
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  Speaker 2: going to be a really great lineup of shows.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, cool, man.
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  Speaker 3: Pretty boy Floyd are, and they always have been, associated
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  Speaker 3: with the infamous Sunset Strip, man. But being from this
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  Speaker 3: side of the world, not many Australians had a chance
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  Speaker 3: to actually experience those days. So were they as wild
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  Speaker 3: and crazy as what people say?
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  Speaker 1: 100%.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. And I mean, yeah, especially me growing up in
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  Speaker 2: California and, you know, from the beaches of Malibu and
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  Speaker 2: Zuma and Hollywood Sunset Strip.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, it was insane. I mean, come on.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I grew up, you know, I got to
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  Speaker 2: see Van Halen, you know, and before they were, you know,
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  Speaker 2: as big as they were.
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  Speaker 1: So, no, the Sunset Strip, it was great. It was crazy.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I got to see a lot of the
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  Speaker 2: bands before that. Pretty Boy Floyd was out there, so
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  Speaker 2: that was exciting. You know, when I was younger, you know,
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  Speaker 2: getting to see, you know, early Motley Crue and Ratt
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  Speaker 2: and Wasp and Great White.
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  Speaker 1: And all those bands.
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  Speaker 2: And then, you know, us coming around and kicking ass and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, finishing off the 80s, you know, after bands like,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Faster Pussycat, LA Guns, Warrant, all that kind
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  Speaker 2: of stuff. So, oh, it was definitely insane.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: What are some of your craziest memories from being on
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  Speaker 3: the strip?
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  Speaker 1: Craziest memories? I mean, you know, we've all heard it
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  Speaker 1: all or so.
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  Speaker 2: Let's just say I always tell people, hey, man, we
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  Speaker 2: did everything that Guns N' Roses and Motley did. We
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  Speaker 2: just didn't, you know, we just don't have all the
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  Speaker 2: mansions and all the bank accounts to show for it.
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  Speaker 3: It means you probably had a better time then.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: And a band like us, you know, it's not like
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  Speaker 2: we came on pretty fast and pretty hard. So we
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  Speaker 2: really were only on the strip, you know, for eight
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  Speaker 2: or nine shows.
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  Speaker 1: And that was one year.
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  Speaker 2: So that was pretty exciting to get in there and,
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  Speaker 2: you know, become so.
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  Speaker 1: Popular so fast. But that was the plan. That was
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  Speaker 1: my plan from the start.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we planned it out, you know, whether it
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  Speaker 2: was two to three to four years of planning and
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  Speaker 2: making sure the songs were right and the show was right. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, my brother was our manager. And, yeah, it
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  Speaker 2: was great.
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  Speaker 1: It was exciting. Yeah, cool.
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  Speaker 3: You released your latest single, Lovesick, back in March, right?
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  Speaker 3: So how was the reception for that? Did it go
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  Speaker 3: down as well as you hoped?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, it's been awesome so far. It's been awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you know, we're putting all the stuff out
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  Speaker 2: ourself So we're, you know, we're, uh, we're taking our time. We,
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  Speaker 2: we know the material is great. I mean, I know
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  Speaker 2: the song loves sick is awesome. So we're just kind of,
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  Speaker 2: I would say we're still kind of just teasing it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we haven't, we haven't even officially launched it on, uh,
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  Speaker 2: you know, all the social media platforms or even put
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  Speaker 2: the video out yet, but the response we've got so far,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, um, you know, I'm making all the singles
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  Speaker 2: as we speak.
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  Speaker 1: They just keep, uh, Keep selling. So it's been great.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, cool. And that song is taken from your album,
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  Speaker 3: Wet Dreams, which will be out at some date in
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  Speaker 3: the future, man. Is it a good sonic representation of
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  Speaker 3: what to expect from the whole album?
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  Speaker 1: Let's see.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of great songs, but it's definitely guitar-driven,
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  Speaker 2: definitely incredible riffs. you know, great melodies and those big
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  Speaker 2: chanting choruses.
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  Speaker 1: But we got a lot of different stuff on this one.
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  Speaker 2: I'm very proud, very proud of the way the songwriting
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  Speaker 2: just came around.
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  Speaker 1: And so people, I'm just very happy right now. Let's
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  Speaker 1: just say. So yeah, we're taking our time to, you know,
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  Speaker 1: get it out correctly. Yeah. Can you give us any
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  Speaker 1: more info?
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  Speaker 3: Have you got a working title or a rough release date?
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  Speaker 1: To be honest, we don't right now.
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  Speaker 2: Because, you know, we had a bunch of labels that
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  Speaker 2: maybe wanted to take it, but the offers weren't good enough.
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  Speaker 2: And so, you know, I mean, we have our whole
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  Speaker 2: year planned with shows. We already have next year, half
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  Speaker 2: of next year is already booked. And we're sitting here
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  Speaker 2: with a bunch of great songs. So, you know, we
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  Speaker 2: have a plan, but there's no rush.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah. A lot of people put a rush on it. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: they got the, the, the, the, done, and we'll put
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  Speaker 1: it out there.
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  Speaker 2: And then all of a sudden, it's, like, done. So,
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  Speaker 2: we're enjoying right now just, you know, having love stick
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  Speaker 2: out and giving people teasers of, you know, a ballad
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  Speaker 2: or so or another rocker.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been great. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I would say, in my words, there's no real rush to,
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  Speaker 2: excuse my language, there's no real rush to fuck it up.
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  Speaker 1: I like that. Yeah. Are you going.
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  Speaker 3: To road test any of the new ones on the
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  Speaker 3: Aussie Crowdsway here? Are you going to hear some new material?
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  Speaker 2: Well, you're definitely going to hear the Love Sick, that's
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  Speaker 2: for sure. And you might hear one more or so.
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  Speaker 2: And when we're doing the VIP greets and all that
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  Speaker 2: kind of stuff, some of the people are going to
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  Speaker 2: get to hear like two to three or four of
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  Speaker 2: the finished ones.
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  Speaker 1: So that's going to be a special part of the
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  Speaker 1: meet and greet. Yeah, very nice, man.
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  Speaker 3: And before we go, can you remember the first time
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  Speaker 3: you heard one? of your songs played on the radio
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  Speaker 3: and what song was it and where were you.
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  Speaker 2: Let's see uh well actually i mean you remember that
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  Speaker 2: big station knac back in california uh It was probably
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  Speaker 2: when we were doing our demo deal. Like, we were
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  Speaker 2: doing a demo deal for, like, MCA or so, and
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  Speaker 2: we did, like, three songs. Maybe it was Rock and
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  Speaker 2: Roll Outlaws or Only the Young or something else.
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  Speaker 1: But....
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  Speaker 2: So, yeah, it was one of those or so. But,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it was really cool when it was actually...
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  Speaker 2: When the record was actually out, you know? And they're
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  Speaker 2: playing it on, you know, the big stations or... The
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  Speaker 2: first time we saw... saw ourselves on like headbangers ball
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  Speaker 2: and all that kind of stuff.
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  Speaker 1: That was, uh, that was awesome.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, a lot of the stuff for us went
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  Speaker 2: really fast. So, um, it's hard to, uh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it's hard to put an exact finger on it.
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  Speaker 1: Cause it just went so fast, so fast.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's all right, Steve. Well, thanks very much
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  Speaker 3: for your time, bro. It's been a pleasure catching up.
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  Speaker 3: The Are You Pretty Enough tour kicks off November 5th.
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  Speaker 3: Tickets through X Music. So see you in a couple
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  Speaker 3: of months, brother.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. What show are you going to be at? Brisbane,
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  Speaker 1: my friend. Brisbane. Awesome. I'll see you there for a beer.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you so much. This was great. All right, mate.
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  Speaker 3: Take care.
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  Speaker 1: See you soon. Thank you.