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Built On Grit And Growing Fast: ALIEN WEAPON Ready For Aussie Run · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: So you guys on tour, how's that going?
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  Speaker 2: Y's been good? I want to be week three right now.
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  Speaker 3: We're to just come off a weird little hurdle where
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  Speaker 3: we had to cancel three show as well because the
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  Speaker 3: headlines singer got very sick, so we actually had nearly
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  Speaker 3: a week off and tonight was the.
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  Speaker 4: First show back in that weird little break, so we're
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  Speaker 4: kind of it's weird, which is very strange because we
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  Speaker 4: were in the good flow of the shows for two
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  Speaker 4: weeks and.
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  Speaker 5: Then you get kind of hit a wall and then
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  Speaker 5: you're like floating around trying to figure out what.
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  Speaker 2: To do with your time, and you're like, man, I
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  Speaker 2: just want to play shows. It's it's quite strange. Tonight
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  Speaker 2: we're just warming up.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, I know that's some Yeah, but Especal in
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  Speaker 6: a roll and then all of a sudden, it just
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  Speaker 6: put the brakes on it.
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  Speaker 1: It goes Yeah, So, how's it got? Is this what
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  Speaker 1: week you in the tour? Is it? Is?
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  Speaker 2: It just started? Three?
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  Speaker 7: Three?
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  Speaker 2: Three? Yeah? Well maybe this is the four.
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  Speaker 1: It all just melts together that really.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's funny, and you guys are calm your way
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  Speaker 6: down under.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, straight after this age, so literally when we wrapped
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  Speaker 4: this tour up. We get three days in Belgium before.
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  Speaker 6: The first show was of the Implex one excellent as
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  Speaker 6: the first time coming to Australia or you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Been here before now we've been a few times. Last
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  Speaker 2: time was Frog and Pury.
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  Speaker 1: Of course, yeah, which was earlier in the year or
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  Speaker 1: last year.
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  Speaker 2: I know that was last year, like kind of at
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  Speaker 2: the stab of the year. Actually no, that was before
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  Speaker 2: then again, but you follows well. Before that year was Download.
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  Speaker 1: The Way you are our adopted state just about. I'm
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  Speaker 1: surprised we.
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  Speaker 6: Even need passports, and I believe it not. Once upon
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  Speaker 6: as time we didn't even.
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  Speaker 1: Need one of those.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I'm pretty easy these days too.
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  Speaker 4: We used to basta, you know, jump overseas Christmas relationship
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  Speaker 4: with Bie.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, which is always nice. So yeah, I've obviously been
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  Speaker 6: in before. So how do you describe your band, Alien Weaponry?
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  Speaker 6: Tell me about how you guys got together and become
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  Speaker 6: what you are and what's what's been happening and where does.
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  Speaker 1: It look like is going well?
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  Speaker 8: I mean originally Alien Wembonry was I guess me and
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  Speaker 8: my brother back in twenty ten. Yeah, and you know,
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  Speaker 8: I guess we've kind of been touring and putting our
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  Speaker 8: music since then. Now obviously we have in the band.
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  Speaker 8: We used to have eating in the band two Dong,
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  Speaker 8: it's now our basis.
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  Speaker 9: Basays, yes from there, and I mean currently we're on
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  Speaker 9: the road with Avatar and Which States and Agbas that's
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  Speaker 9: been super fun.
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  Speaker 2: And then like straight after that we're heading to.
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  Speaker 6: Aussie excellent, excellent, and so you've got a good crown
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  Speaker 6: following down here.
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  Speaker 1: What's the crowds easily look like?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean on our socials for the past years now,
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  Speaker 4: because there's been a long time since we've been to Ossie,
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  Speaker 4: especially for a tour.
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  Speaker 7: Prop and Fury in twenty four also say, yeah.
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  Speaker 5: It's a one off, you know, and it's just a
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  Speaker 5: one off that you've been flewing for the weekend and
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  Speaker 5: flew home the day later.
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  Speaker 2: So we've been.
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  Speaker 4: Big, like we've been being big to buy the Aussie
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  Speaker 4: fans to come back to for years now. So a
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  Speaker 4: lot of them are still bad that this is just
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  Speaker 4: still another support run, you know, they've been big for
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  Speaker 4: a headline run.
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  Speaker 2: But we'll take any tours.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, first like tour tour since joined the
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  Speaker 4: band of Aussie So I'm looking forward to that as well.
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  Speaker 4: I haven't even met the Antis guys, but the boys
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  Speaker 4: did a tour with ants ago, okay, so it's it's
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  Speaker 4: gonna be a great one.
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  Speaker 2: And I think OURASI fans who have just been once,
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  Speaker 2: who have been really itching are going to come.
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  Speaker 6: Oh yeah, and you're hardcore Anthrac fans are going to
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  Speaker 6: just be welcome to some new beautiful metal, just expand
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  Speaker 6: their recording. Yeah, yeah, so you get Have you been
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  Speaker 6: getting some decent sized crowds coming to the gigs so far? Yeah?
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  Speaker 4: I mean Avatar, you know, they're they've been doing this
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  Speaker 4: for a long time, so yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Their fan based is pretty well established. So we really
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  Speaker 2: fortunate to be able to play for something really sweet crowds,
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  Speaker 2: you know.
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  Speaker 4: And I think we're also really fortunate that a lot
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  Speaker 4: of those crowds have mixed well with our music. That's
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  Speaker 4: when you're the support band, there's no promise that anyone
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  Speaker 4: in the crowd knows who you are or is going
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  Speaker 4: to like what you do.
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  Speaker 2: So I think so far it's been really like.
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  Speaker 7: Exciting and yeahss particularly like we're in Spain right now, Spanish,
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  Speaker 7: what's something The first show in Spain that we've got
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  Speaker 7: the next week going crazy already, you.
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  Speaker 2: Know, singing the songs and everything. Man, this is sweet.
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  Speaker 2: So this is felt quite welcoming by the crowds.
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  Speaker 1: Oh that's awesome.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, that is awesome because sometimes like fans that get
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  Speaker 6: their support.
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  Speaker 1: Accents usually can be quite different to what kind.
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  Speaker 6: Of style music they normally are, which is kind of
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  Speaker 6: really interesting sometimes.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, that's good.
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  Speaker 6: If you've got a good freeback so far, it should
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  Speaker 6: be an exciting gig for later on, that's for sure,
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  Speaker 6: and hopefully it travels across the.
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  Speaker 1: Season when you guys come down here.
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  Speaker 6: So yeah, fingers cross for sure. I think I think
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  Speaker 6: everyone in the vibe seems to be just live music.
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  Speaker 6: You forget to go and do it. You know, we
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  Speaker 6: had that taken from us back in COVID days. I
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  Speaker 6: think everyone's just you know, really appreciates it and yeah
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  Speaker 6: for what it is and just gives it everything.
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  Speaker 2: I see.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, before some gigs that maybe you know,
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  Speaker 1: weren't so.
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  Speaker 6: Popular that just as slowly killing it because just live
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  Speaker 6: music and get out and do what you do.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 4: People just want they want their you know, sometimes they're
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  Speaker 4: not even cure the hell they're watching.
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  Speaker 6: Just the supporting of live music. Yeah, no, it's definitely.
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  Speaker 6: It's a beautiful thing for sure. Yeah, so you plans
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  Speaker 6: to just hang around in after the tour or you
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  Speaker 6: guys got other places to be.
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  Speaker 8: I think went booked to go back home, and I
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  Speaker 8: think we're all kidding the fourth.
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  Speaker 2: Album, you know, like where at least start coming up
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  Speaker 2: with ideas for it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, And I think by the time, you know, by
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  Speaker 4: the time we finished the ant Axmen, it will be
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  Speaker 4: nearly two months that we've been on the road.
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  Speaker 10: So our homes will be very welcomed, very bad. Yes,
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  Speaker 10: you know, all that's gonna be really nice for sure.
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  Speaker 6: Living out of a suitcases, you know, it's got definitely
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  Speaker 6: got an expiry date.
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  Speaker 2: Up and down.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, yes, like being in a bad marriage with four
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  Speaker 6: other people is like being in a band, I say, exactly.
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  Speaker 6: Hopefully it survives the weather.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Well, well, thank you guys for coming along and having
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  Speaker 1: a chat with us. Heavy.
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  Speaker 6: I imagine you guys have got to get ready and
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  Speaker 6: get on stage very soon, which is kind of exciting.
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  Speaker 1: We came off, came off stage.
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  Speaker 2: Sorry, we're getting ready for the next drive. That time
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  Speaker 2: a couple of hours and.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 6: Nice, so that'll be that should be good. Yeah, the
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  Speaker 6: fans over there, they're really lock in, you know. It's
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  Speaker 6: it's a lot of artists and they just love it.
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  Speaker 1: It's session especially in places like you know, Spain and
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  Speaker 1: men where you are at the moment. But Japan's another one.
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  Speaker 6: It's always really interesting that they just like just in
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  Speaker 6: a constant cosplay.
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  Speaker 2: What are they?
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  Speaker 6: You know, it's great, it's I think it's a you
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  Speaker 6: guys done yep.
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  Speaker 4: We had not done Japan yet, and it's for all
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  Speaker 4: of us. It's our like one of our.
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  Speaker 2: Yeahs to play.
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  Speaker 5: So hopefully one of these things get will finally get
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  Speaker 5: the offer to come over there and wait for them
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  Speaker 5: because we know too.
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  Speaker 6: Oh yeah, yeah, they've got They've got quite a healthy
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  Speaker 6: fan following in some obscure genres, which is always interesting.
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  Speaker 2: I love it.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's great.
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  Speaker 6: It never ceases to amaze me. And yeah, I love
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  Speaker 6: love new stuff. It's always good.
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  Speaker 1: I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to cover
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  Speaker 1: Behemoth the last time, Hollood that was that was amazing.
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  Speaker 1: I was very impressed.
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  Speaker 2: I have no.
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  Speaker 6: Idea what I was coming in to share in the
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  Speaker 6: review and I'm like mesmerized, and it's funny.
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  Speaker 1: The bass player like every.
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  Speaker 6: Time I moved in the pit, he just locked eyes
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  Speaker 6: and it's like, why is this blonde girl just this
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  Speaker 6: seemed to be like enjoying and I'm just like, it's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, that kind of stuff. I love what I do.
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  Speaker 6: It's awesome. Sorry, hopefully I never know. I may maybe
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  Speaker 6: get sent to review. You guys mean to come down here.
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  Speaker 6: I never know you half the time when I'm said
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  Speaker 6: to until I'm way. It is always really cool too,
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  Speaker 6: so yeah.
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  Speaker 2: One of the things you get to see it.
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  Speaker 1: For sure, you can go and.
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  Speaker 6: Enjoy the rest of the giggles, So get ready to
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  Speaker 6: pack and drive.
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  Speaker 1: That's I'm just waking up. I'm like, I definitely need
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  Speaker 1: more coffee.
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  Speaker 6: It's like seven and I'm like, last time I did
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  Speaker 6: it one this early was for Joey from Wagwagon and
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  Speaker 6: I'm like, bro lucky, but no, it's all good. Well
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  Speaker 6: enjoy It looks like you guys are absolutely living your
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  Speaker 6: best life at the moment, having.
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  Speaker 1: Time, which is always good to see.
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  Speaker 6: Assass