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Unburdening The Truth With DAVID SIMONICH From SIGNS OF THE SWARM · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: Hello. My name is David Simmonitch. I am the vocalist
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  Speaker 1: of Signs of the Swarm and we will be causing
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  Speaker 1: a ruckus over in the Australian region fairly soon, so
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  Speaker 1: I'm very excited to be chatting with Heavy Magazine or Heavy.
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  Speaker 2: Mag fantastic David, Thanks for joining us today.
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  Speaker 1: Not a problem at all, always my pleasure.
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  Speaker 2: No, So, as you say, Signs of the Swarm will
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  Speaker 2: be bringing their ruckus to Australia in March for running
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  Speaker 2: shows with Born of Vasaras starting in Adelaide on March
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  Speaker 2: eight eighth and hit in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney of
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  Speaker 2: the consecutive days. So it's not too far away now, brother,
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  Speaker 2: you're packed and ready.
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  Speaker 1: To go, absolutely not. I need a start pack and
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  Speaker 1: that's for damn sure.
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  Speaker 2: You're going to be coming over a pretty battle hard
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  Speaker 2: and made after a completely sold out US tour recently.
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  Speaker 2: That must have been good feeling.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a good spirits all around dude, and
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  Speaker 1: been kind of just trucking along, you know. We've been
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  Speaker 1: uh we just did Europe recently with Chelsea Grin. That
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  Speaker 1: was a good time. But I've been enjoying some time
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  Speaker 1: at home I've toured a lot over the last year
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  Speaker 1: with the album cycle and everything, but now that the
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  Speaker 1: new year is starting to pan off, it's time to
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  Speaker 1: get time to get my suitcase packed and get ready
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  Speaker 1: very back to it, brother.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you bringing with your reputation for being one
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  Speaker 2: of the metal's most ferocious like bands might like, is
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  Speaker 2: that a badge of want of your way? Bradly?
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I feel like that we bring an attitude that
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people can't imitate because it's very organic.
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  Speaker 1: We just try to be ourselves and that's just the
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  Speaker 1: energy that conveys of us just being ourselves, you know,
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  Speaker 1: good old American Death Corps. Brother.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the sod at Us run right was to celebrate
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  Speaker 2: so on this one ten years as a band. So
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  Speaker 2: was it all work out on the right bight or
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  Speaker 2: did you get a chance to celebrate them all time?
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  Speaker 1: Uh? It was all work man. Headlining is a kind
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  Speaker 1: of a it's a lot it's it's a lot easier
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  Speaker 1: just supporting people, you know, but headlining, Yeah, you got interviews?
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  Speaker 1: Do you got more than what I've been doing direct
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  Speaker 1: for the Born of Asaris tour? You know, But there's
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  Speaker 1: just a lot of work into it. Uh, I'm usually
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  Speaker 1: like building like lights and stuff, Uh, to kind of
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  Speaker 1: save us on expenses. So there's just a lot more work,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and this run that we're doing, we're kind
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  Speaker 1: of seeing it as a paid vacation. Get to kind
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  Speaker 1: of go cause some cause, some noise in some areas
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  Speaker 1: we haven't been in in a while, and just have
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  Speaker 1: some fun with our friends and Ornavisirius.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, ten years is a pretty big molestone. I know
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  Speaker 2: you haven't been with the band for that whole ten years,
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  Speaker 2: but what sorts of things have you learned about yourself
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  Speaker 2: and your music of your journey day.
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  Speaker 1: There's been a lot of learning curves professionally and musically,
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  Speaker 1: always figuring out like sometimes you have to find the
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  Speaker 1: right balance of what you want to do and what
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  Speaker 1: your fans will like where you'll be happy to play
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  Speaker 1: it for ten more years, you know what I mean.
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  Speaker 1: So there's some songs on other records where I'm like, man,
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  Speaker 1: I hope I never have to play that one. Just
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  Speaker 1: my head was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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  Speaker 1: You know, can't control what the world hands you while
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  Speaker 1: you're trying to be creative and trying to focus on
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  Speaker 1: a career. You know, and also just life experiences, like
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  Speaker 1: there some songs from our record abs Overer that I
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  Speaker 1: probably will never play again because the person that I
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  Speaker 1: was writing about died and it just kind of hits
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  Speaker 1: a different spot nowadays than it did whenever I wrote it.
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, a lot of learning curves professionally as well.
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  Speaker 1: I learned that I just can't tell everybody to suck
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  Speaker 1: by dick and fuck off, you know what I mean?
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  Speaker 1: I know, right, It actually, once you get up into
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  Speaker 1: different tiers of things, it just causes more problems than
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  Speaker 1: it's worth, I guess, you know, at the end of it,
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  Speaker 1: I know, right, But it's just like now you got
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  Speaker 1: to learn how to say it professionally, you know what
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  Speaker 1: I mean. Uh, but it's it's.
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  Speaker 2: Cool, you know.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I could never imagine somebody hit me with
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  Speaker 1: that Holy shit.
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  Speaker 2: Sin. We should move on before we get in trouble.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You're coming out without Born of Basars, so I think
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  Speaker 2: we're actually understating the fact that that is going to
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  Speaker 2: be a brutal as fuck double act, man like insane.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've toured with Born of Asirius in the past.
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  Speaker 1: It was a couple of years ago. It was actually
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  Speaker 1: my bass players.
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  Speaker 2: Like.
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  Speaker 1: First real tour that he did with us, other than
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  Speaker 1: our headliner that we did back in the day. So like,
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  Speaker 1: we're all familiar with the guys in Born of Osiris,
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  Speaker 1: We're friends with them, So it's honestly just gonna be
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  Speaker 1: a great time. Them kind of conquering this progressive technical
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  Speaker 1: side of metal and us kind of conquering like the
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  Speaker 1: kind of brutal, relentless side of the metal. I feel
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  Speaker 1: like it's going to be a great night, just very diverse.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna have almost everything that you could possibly want
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  Speaker 1: to hear in a metal show. You know. We're also
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  Speaker 1: got some great local supports. I'm very stoked because a
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  Speaker 1: lot of them are really sick. Yeah, Like, it's honestly
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  Speaker 1: going to just be a great time, and I'm I
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  Speaker 1: can't wait for it.
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  Speaker 2: No, I said, you're ready your last you know, twenty
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  Speaker 2: twenty two, I believe on tour with within Destruction. So
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  Speaker 2: how is your live show growing or changed?
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  Speaker 1: Incend are Our budget for our gear has grown exponentially,
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  Speaker 1: so our sound quality is a lot better. We've grown
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  Speaker 1: and understood what feels right on stage. Back then, we're
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  Speaker 1: still kind of figuring it out nowadays, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: like riding a bike. We get on stage and we
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  Speaker 1: just have a good time and vibe out. It's not
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  Speaker 1: really questionable.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm hoping that my travel experience is a lot easier
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  Speaker 1: than my last time. The last promoter that brought us
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  Speaker 1: out there kind of didn't do us justice and kind
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  Speaker 1: of ruined the vibe where we were kind of miserable
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  Speaker 1: on stage every day just from lack of sleep. I
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  Speaker 1: think that we're there during your winter. From what I recall,
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  Speaker 1: there's times where we're sleeping in people's basements, no blankets,
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  Speaker 1: no like, no sleeping accommodations, and just kind of ruined
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  Speaker 1: the vibe for us. You know, it's hard to kind
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  Speaker 1: of be on your a game whenever you barely slept
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  Speaker 1: because you're freezing cold, you know.
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  Speaker 2: On our look after this in the world, Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Looking forward to it. Everybody's been kind of hyping me up,
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  Speaker 1: get me real excited for this one. So and uh
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, shout out to the Within Destruction guys. They
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  Speaker 1: they showed us a good time over there. We got
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  Speaker 1: to do like a bunch of just cool activities with them.
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  Speaker 1: They helped us out a lot because we lost gear
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  Speaker 1: as well, just from traveling all over Asia and then
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  Speaker 1: coming to Australia. Uh, we lost a lot of stuff
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  Speaker 1: and they helped us out a lot.
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  Speaker 2: And I understand you try to try with the kangaroo
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 1: Hell yeah. I actually was laying around and like like
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  Speaker 1: I almost fell asleep because like I was just like
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  Speaker 1: laying there with it, just chilling. But yeah, like, honestly,
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  Speaker 1: you want to talk about toe to toe the motherfucking
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  Speaker 1: spider that I found in that toilet, Dude, That shit
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  Speaker 1: was crazy. I killed that motherfucker so fast. I was
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  Speaker 1: butt naked in the bathroom of some hostel. Dude, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going into like the shower was all just one room
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  Speaker 1: and the toilet was there. I go to take a
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  Speaker 1: shit and the motherfucker goes running. I'm like, yo, I
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  Speaker 1: grab the shower thing and I go and like I'm
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  Speaker 1: just like, ah, smash the shit out of it. That
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  Speaker 1: was crazy. You heard me screaming, not in a good
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  Speaker 1: way in that bathroom, like everybody thought I was dying
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  Speaker 1: for a second.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be able to get that mental
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  Speaker 2: image out of my head all day now, mate. Thanks.
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  Speaker 2: Oh fuck yeah, before there you go, bro, I've got
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  Speaker 2: a new segment I've started calling photo bombs. So basically,
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  Speaker 2: I've trolled through your social media. I've come up with
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  Speaker 2: a couple of photos that i want to know a
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  Speaker 2: little bit more about. So we'll start off with a
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  Speaker 2: nice one. We spoke about your live show before and
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  Speaker 2: how gracious it is, but I reckon this gives a
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  Speaker 2: pretty good education.
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that was one of my favorite venues in Texas.
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  Speaker 1: That is that come and take it, And that is
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  Speaker 1: just one of many crowd stage divers that we've had.
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  Speaker 1: Like that's kind of like a staple for our shows. Legally,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not supposed to encourage that, uh, but my fans
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  Speaker 1: love to have a good time. They either more than
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  Speaker 1: welcome to jump on stage and jump off in their
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  Speaker 1: own respect. I just hope that everybody does it safely
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  Speaker 1: and doesn't hurt anyone or hurt themselves. But this is
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  Speaker 1: the kind of energy that us assigns of this warm
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  Speaker 1: are used to. We don't like people that just stand around.
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  Speaker 1: We don't start talking shit. Uh yeah, Like, do.
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  Speaker 2: You remember what the look on his face was like?
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  Speaker 2: Was he enjoying himself or was he.
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  Speaker 1: Like dude, though, key, I'm blind as fuck, so I
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  Speaker 1: can't see. It's a blur to me, like I just
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  Speaker 1: see bodies flying and I'm just dodging, you know what
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying, Like yeah, because fun fact, I actually have
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  Speaker 1: an eye disease called starguard disease where my retinas are deteriorating,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm losing my central vision. So I'm kind of
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  Speaker 1: like whenever I'm up there, I'm lucky to see the floor.
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  Speaker 2: Bro, Well, I'll be on spot watch for you the
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  Speaker 2: whole time if any of them.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that dude, I'm gonna have a bodyguard this time around.
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  Speaker 1: God damn.
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  Speaker 2: On the second part of right, I'm trying to come
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  Speaker 2: up with a story in my head to explain it,
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  Speaker 2: but you're gonna have to do it for me because
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  Speaker 2: it's fucking awing on you.
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  Speaker 1: Oh god, I was so tired. Illegal piece is it's
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  Speaker 1: kind of like Chipotle. I don't know if you're familiar
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  Speaker 1: with that. It's like Chipot. It's like a burrito like uh,
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  Speaker 1: like Taco Bull, you know, so like that place they
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  Speaker 1: always hook it up where they give us free catering
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  Speaker 1: whenever we come through. It's a great company. But I
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  Speaker 1: was so tired that day that They're like, we need
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  Speaker 1: to take a group picture, and I just laid on
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  Speaker 1: the ground and I was like, you guys can do
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  Speaker 1: whatever you want. I'm just gonna lay here because I
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  Speaker 1: was so fool and I was ready to take a nab.
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  Speaker 2: I got to say, you guys have all got sensational
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  Speaker 2: legs as oh brother him. Thanks yeah, Davil, Thanks you Tom.
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  Speaker 2: I've been to play a chatting with you Signs of
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  Speaker 2: the Swarming here with Born of Bastars from Market eighteenth,
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  Speaker 2: and guaranteed it's going to be the most brutal double
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  Speaker 2: hitter you see. If you so, you get tickets from
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  Speaker 2: the Phoenix but Au and I'll see you at the
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  Speaker 2: Brisbane Schima Brandon.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, fucking If anybody wants to get a chance to
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  Speaker 1: hang out and chat, make sure you get your VIP.
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  Speaker 1: Signs of This Warm is included on that VIP, so
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  Speaker 1: you'll definitely be able to meet me and the guys
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  Speaker 1: along with Bornovisirius