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Hitman talks to KINGDOM COLLAPSE · Classic Hitz with Hitman

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  Speaker 1: C101 Rocks, what's going on?
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  Speaker 2: It is Hitman with you, and I've got in the
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  Speaker 2: studios right now, local favorite, and one of my new
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  Speaker 2: favorite bands right now, Kingdom Collapse.
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  Speaker 1: Guys, what's going on?
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  Speaker 3: What's up?
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  Speaker 1: You guys are originally from San Antonio, Texas.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: You guys now are officially on this tour with Drowning
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  Speaker 1: Pool and Saliva.
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  Speaker 4: So we're doing a one-off with them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. You're doing a one-off.
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  Speaker 2: You guys have a brand new single out, Survivor, which
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  Speaker 2: we're playing on C101. What's been the reaction so far
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  Speaker 2: on that?
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  Speaker 3: It's been great. I think it's sitting somewhere in the
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  Speaker 3: 30s on the charts. We've been blown away. We signed
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  Speaker 3: with Mascot about a year ago, and this is the
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  Speaker 3: title track for the upcoming debut album that's coming out
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  Speaker 3: on the 30th.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: So Survivors is the name of the album. That's the
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  Speaker 3: whole concept. It really takes you through the highs and
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  Speaker 3: the lows of life, the roller coaster of life. You
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  Speaker 3: know what I mean? But it's just about not giving up.
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  Speaker 1: You guys have played plenty of times here in Corpus before, right?
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm. Yeah, the last time we played was at Brewster
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  Speaker 3: with 10 Years.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, wow.
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  Speaker 3: About a year ago, a year and a half ago. Really? Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: it was a great show.
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  Speaker 1: Wow. How long has Kingdom Collapse been together?
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  Speaker 3: So, basically, we started playing in 2018. Okay. And... you know,
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  Speaker 3: started touring regionally, 19, and then COVID hit, right?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So that put a year, year and a half stop
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  Speaker 3: on touring, right? But as soon as everything kind of
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  Speaker 3: opened back up, we were hit, you know, we hit
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  Speaker 3: the road, never looked back. 22 was, we were gone
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  Speaker 3: for 10 months out of that year. And ever since that,
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  Speaker 3: it's just been go, go, go.
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  Speaker 1: So has there been a change? Have you noticed a
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  Speaker 1: difference from before you were signed with the label to now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think there's a lot of In different ways,
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  Speaker 3: there's some credibility, right, you know, with having that label
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  Speaker 3: backing or whatever. But we voluntarily stayed independent for a
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  Speaker 3: while to really build it ourself, build a solid foundation,
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  Speaker 3: do everything, like ensure that Kingdom Collapse stayed Kingdom Collapse.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it didn't turn into a guinea pig for
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  Speaker 3: somebody else.
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  Speaker 4: A huge part, too, with signing was getting like this,
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  Speaker 4: like this huge rose.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, this is awesome. And that was one of
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  Speaker 3: the main things that we loved about Mascot. You know,
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  Speaker 3: Ron Berman being, like, the Nickelback guy.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Lorraine coming from Wind Up and all that. Like, it
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  Speaker 3: was very much the world that we kind of— our sound
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  Speaker 3: carries the torch for.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 1: So where were you when you first heard Survivor on
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  Speaker 1: the radio?
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  Speaker 3: Man. Probably on television. we were out with red.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I can't remember if it was a Florida station or
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  Speaker 4: who we first heard on FM.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was somewhere in Florida. Like we had
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  Speaker 3: started the tour. Um, it, the, the single came out
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  Speaker 3: in may.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: And then, uh, I think the first show was like
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  Speaker 3: Fort Myers, Florida. And, you know, um, Lorraine starts, uh,
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  Speaker 3: sending us texts. Hey, uh, the program director from, you know,
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  Speaker 3: the Fort Myers station is coming out, blah, blah, blah. And, um,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that whole thing began, uh, for the single. And, uh,
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  Speaker 3: I believe that was the first one.
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  Speaker 1: Wow.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Wow.
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  Speaker 1: So was it crazy when you heard it on the radio?
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  Speaker 3: It was awesome. It was awesome.
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  Speaker 4: You know, even in a digital age where you have
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  Speaker 4: streaming and all that, it's still, hearing it on the radio,
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  Speaker 4: it's unbeatable.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: It's a great feeling.
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  Speaker 2: So you guys have toured with a lot of great bands.
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  Speaker 2: What is some of the highlights of some of the
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  Speaker 2: bands that you've played with?
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  Speaker 3: There was one time we played with Three Days Grace,
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  Speaker 3: opened up for them direct support in Kansas City. Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 3: And it was where the Chiefs have the watch party,
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  Speaker 3: like their fans. Right. It was like this very touristy,
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  Speaker 3: it was like KC Live or something. Really? But there
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  Speaker 3: was like 3,000 people out there.
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  Speaker 1: It was a good time.
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  Speaker 3: Wow.
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  Speaker 4: And I'd say one of my favorite tours was with
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  Speaker 4: Nothing More that we did.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. We did that. That was like last year. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: last year.
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  Speaker 4: When they were out at Disturbed, we would do all
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  Speaker 4: their headliners when they weren't with Disturbed.
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  Speaker 3: Really? Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's crazy.
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  Speaker 2: We are talking right now with Kingdom Collapse. Tonight they
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  Speaker 2: are playing at the House of Rock with Drowning Pool
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  Speaker 2: and Saliva. You can still get tickets right now at TexasHouseOfRock.com.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, you can get tickets also at the door.
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  Speaker 2: I always ask this to bands all the time, and
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  Speaker 2: this would actually be great because you guys are from
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  Speaker 2: San Antonio.
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  Speaker 3: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Corpus Christi is a rock town. There's a
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  Speaker 2: lot of rock bands that have come out of here,
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  Speaker 2: including like Shattered Sun, Marcus, who's played with El Nido,
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  Speaker 2: Sons of Texas from the Rio Grande Valley. What advice
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  Speaker 2: can you give to some of these local bands, that
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  Speaker 2: local rock bands, to take it to the next step
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  Speaker 2: to where you guys, they can be touring and doing,
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  Speaker 2: getting record deals. What do they have to do to
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  Speaker 2: get to that level?
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  Speaker 3: Our motto was, you know, it all starts with the
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  Speaker 3: music and then work ethic. you know, keep going, keep
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  Speaker 3: working hard, work harder than every other band around you.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean? And just write the best
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  Speaker 3: music you can and, um, don't take buy-ons, you know, like,
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  Speaker 3: you know what I mean? That kind of stuff. Like, um,
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  Speaker 3: that was kind of our, uh, our, our oath was like, where,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a lot of people come by and they're like, Oh, Oh,
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  Speaker 3: you can play this for $ 500 if you, you know, like, oh,
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  Speaker 3: we're getting paid $ 500? And then they're like, no, no,
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  Speaker 3: you pay us $ 500.
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: Hell no. So that was like the whole thing where
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  Speaker 3: a lot of bands that, you know, I even work
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  Speaker 3: with like in the studio side of things will ask
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  Speaker 3: me and it's like, no, don't do that stuff. Like
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  Speaker 3: earn it, like do it the tried and true honest way.
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  Speaker 3: You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, and to his point, too, it's like it starts
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  Speaker 4: with the music for any genre. Like, everyone wants to
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  Speaker 4: get out and tour, but it's like, well, how are
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  Speaker 4: your songs? Like, you've got to have a strong song
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  Speaker 4: to get that rolling.
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  Speaker 3: Build things to when you go out there, it's not
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  Speaker 3: a total loss. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: There's people coming out. Like, the reason for touring is
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  Speaker 3: to play for people, right? Get the people. And then tour.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: And it's like, you know, there's places to where you're
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  Speaker 2: going to play where there's 3,000 people. And then there's
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  Speaker 2: places where you're going to be and there's only like
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  Speaker 2: 15 people.
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  Speaker 3: Or three people.
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  Speaker 1: Or three people.
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  Speaker 2: But if word gets around, you know, word gets around,
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  Speaker 2: then more people will start showing up.
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  Speaker 1: What is it? If you build it, they will come. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So that's pretty much it. That's a good advice for that. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, I've got to ask you this. Since you
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  Speaker 2: guys are from San Antonio– And you are in the
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  Speaker 2: home of Whataburger, where it was invented.
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  Speaker 3: Yep.
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  Speaker 1: What is your guys' Whataburger orders?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'll say Dave and I were just talking about this. Currently,
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  Speaker 4: it's that Bacon Wrangler.
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  Speaker 3: Really? It's good.
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  Speaker 1: I haven't even tried that yet.
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  Speaker 3: It's really good.
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  Speaker 4: It has, like, what, the chipotle aioli, the onion strings
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  Speaker 4: or the onion rings on it.
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  Speaker 3: Right. It's good. Definitely, like, the old-fashioned, normal Whataburger with cheese,
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  Speaker 3: add mayo. Yeah. Yeah. Mayo and mustard.
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  Speaker 1: You know, it's... You never know. Maybe Whataburger will hear this.
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  Speaker 1: The next thing you know, you might be getting sponsored
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  Speaker 1: by Whataburger. They will take it.
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  Speaker 3: So my dad was from Corpus. He worked at the
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  Speaker 3: first Whataburger back in the day. Oh, really? He was older.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, he worked there. They didn't even have fries yet.
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  Speaker 3: It was chips. Dang.
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  Speaker 1: Just please, for the love of God, whatever you do,
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  Speaker 1: please don't go to In-N-Out. Please don't.
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  Speaker 3: Nope. Last time I was here. So for the 10 years...
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  Speaker 3: So we were playing the set, and the garage doors
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  Speaker 3: at Brewster or whatever were open. Right. And I see
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  Speaker 3: Whataburger Field. And so I'm like, Whataburger Field over there?
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  Speaker 3: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, in and out. Okay. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: In-N-Out is in San Antonio now, isn't it? It is,
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  Speaker 1: it is. So, have any of you guys tried it?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we've had it. But it's nothing compared
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  Speaker 3: to Whataburger.
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  Speaker 4: When I lived in California, we had no Whataburger.
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  Speaker 1: I was depressed.
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  Speaker 4: It's like, In-N-Out is what we get.
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  Speaker 3: We're team Whataburger.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, okay.
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  Speaker 3: You know?
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  Speaker 2: I've been told, okay, then while you guys are in town,
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  Speaker 2: you need to go see that one that's on Ocean
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  Speaker 2: that's out there. It's the only two-story Whataburger that's out there.
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  Speaker 1: You need to go to that.
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  Speaker 2: And then I hear about this Whataburger that's in Vegas
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  Speaker 2: now that is like— Vegas Whataburger? Yeah, there's a Las
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  Speaker 2: Vegas Whataburger right now that's in there, and supposedly it's
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  Speaker 2: really nice.
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  Speaker 3: It's in the Sphere.
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  Speaker 1: It's inside the sphere. There you go. So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So we're talking with the guys from Kingdom Collapse. Looking
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  Speaker 2: forward to seeing you guys tonight.
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  Speaker 1: House of Rock. Tickets are still available. TexasHouseOfRock.com.
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  Speaker 2: Also, you can get them at the door. I think,
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  Speaker 2: was it the first? Is the first band going on
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  Speaker 2: at like 6 or 7?
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  Speaker 4: I think 7. 7. 7.30, 7.45-ish.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So doors are opening about 6 o'clock probably for that.
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  Speaker 4: So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: So make sure you make it on out. Guys, I
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  Speaker 2: appreciate you guys coming in. Look for Survivor.
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  Speaker 1: You can hear it on all streaming points, also on
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  Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, and of course here on C101. Why
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  Speaker 1: don't you guys introduce the song? Go ahead and introduce it.
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  Speaker 3: This is Jonathan from Kingdom Collapse, and you're listening to
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  Speaker 3: Survivor on C101.