Pipeman in the Pit

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Snake Bite Whisky at Rocklahoma. The band describes their unique sounds taking influence from American heavy metal while also incorporating their native Australian sound. Pipeman and the band discuss the difference between women in the US and Australia and who’s the best to party with. You can find the band’s latest releas...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Nova Rex at Rocklahoma. Pipeman and the band compare festivals to start the interview and discuss what makes Rocklahoma so special. The band discusses their influences and inspirations and how they helped to form their own original sound. Pipeman and Nova Rex get nostalgic about the origins of thrash and punk and compare h...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Voodoo Moonshine at Rocklahoma. The band describes their sound as a hard, blues-influenced rock they call swamp blues. The band shares what makes performing at Rocklahoma so special compared to other festivals and venues the band usually tours. Pipeman and Voodoo Moonshine discuss the bands they look forward to watching be...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest 90LB Wrench at Rocklahoma. Pipeman and the band share stories about their tattoos and their connected love for Star Wars and Darth Vader's interesting Hebrew connection. The band discusses their inspirations and the bands that helped them form their own sound and genre. You can find the band’s website at 90LBWrench.com for...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest P.O.D. at Rocklahoma. The band discusses the challenges of performing at festivals during the summer and how difficult it is to maintain energy for their whole set. P.O.D. has been long involved in philanthropy and their latest efforts are helping and giving hope to underprivileged inner city youth through Youth of the Nat...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Eyebolt at Rocklahoma. Eyebolt discusses their origins and the inspiration they drew from the 80s to the early 2000s to create their own unique version of glam rock. The band shares their experience at Rocklahoma and the aspects of the festivals that make performing there so special. Pipeman and Eyebolt discuss their love...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest U.D.O. The band just released their latest album “Touchdown”. The amped-up, riff-driven project is the band’s first album since 2021. Pipeman and the band discuss the recipe for a successful metal band and praise U.D.O’s prominent bass sound that can’t be duplicated. U.D.O discusses the importance of having an egoless band...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Chris from Black Stone Cherry. Chris discusses the band's latest release “Smile, World” and how the song perfectly contrasted the rest of Screamin' At The Sky, the new album’s heavier aesthetic. Pipeman and Chris discuss bringing happiness into the world and how the polarization of opinions and division has led to more hat...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Joe Satriani. Joe shares his personal experience with the various mediums of art and how fulfilling it was to have his own art on display at Wentworth Gallery. Joe discusses his creative process and how he can get locked into hours of playing guitar or painting when he has artistic obligations. Pipeman and Joe share storie...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Glenn Hughes. Glenn just celebrated his 50 year anniversary of Deep Purple’s legendary album Burn. Glenn discusses the longevity of his musical career and his drive that helps him continue touring and creating new music. Pipeman and Glenn discuss the key to writing meaningful songs and how songwriting narratives change as...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Brendon Small about METALOCALYPSE & DETHKLOK . Brendon shares his experience of creating an animated film and the different challenges he faced trying to get this project exactly where he wanted it. Brendon discusses the importance of being able to get cameos from metal figureheads like Metallica. Pipeman and Brendon c...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Sublime with Rome. Rome discusses the band’s latest collaboration with Slightly Stoopid “Cool & Collected” and how they created a song to perform together on tour. Pipeman and Rome discuss the music-making process and forming a sound with meaning and intention. Sublime with Rome is currently wrapping up their summer to...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Bloodyard at Bloodstock. The band describes their music as a fun, energetic mixture of various subgenres from metal. Pipeman and the band agree on their distaste for formulaic music and how you can hear the passion of the artist in the music. The band describes the energy and life-changing experience performing at Bloodsto...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by guest Acid Age at Bloodstock. The band earned their spot at the festival by winning the Metal to the Masses competition in Northern Ireland. The band discusses the importance of manifestation and believes you’re good enough to be the best. The band describes their sound as war jazz taking heavy, devastating riffs in a tasteful subgenre...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman from the Bloodstock Festival, we’re joined with special guest Frozen Soul. The band is currently on tour, gearing up for the US headline with 200 Stab Wounds. Pipeman and the band discuss the differences of touring in the US compared to festivals in the UK, and how the UK caters better to the press and artists. Frozen Soul speaks on the inspiration from...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by guest All Hail The Yeti at Bloodstock. The band discusses the challenges of running a tattoo parlor during the pandemic and adjusting to things finally getting back to normal. Pipeman and the band discuss the nostalgia of buying a vinyl and listening to a whole album top to bottom and how social media is changing the music landscape. Al...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest .bHP at Bloodstock. After winning Metal for the Masses competition, .bHP is performing at Bloodstock for the first time. .bHP formed off a random letter, has found massive success and popularity in just over 2 years of being a band. The band describes their sound as riff heavy, melodic nu metal with inspirations from bands...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Embodiment at Bloodstock. The band are now Bloodstock veterans and share what their experience is like watching other bands grow along with the festival through the years. The band discusses the importance of traveling with their sound engineer and how it gives them an advantage and less to worry about when performing. You...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by Bill Saxton about the RoadRunner Records Documentary at Bloodstock. Bill is joining us today to talk about the last great independent music label RoadRunner Records. From 1980-2012, RoadRunner was the powerhouse label for hard rock and metal music. Sharing nostalgic stories from the reign of RoadRunner and the bands involved with the la...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Brothers of Metal at Bloodstock. The band's origins started with the group just writing songs together with no intention to start a band, a pure passion project. As the band grew, their sound quickly became distinctive from their contemporaries in the genre. With inspiration from various genres in rock and metal, the band...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Chase from Beyond Your Design at Bloodstock. Chase shares his experience from Metal for the Masses competition to earn a spot performing at Bloodstock. Chase discusses the inspiration for the sound Beyond Your Design has taken from bands before them. The band discusses the importance of putting on as entertaining a show as...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest Arms to Oblivion. The band describes their sound as a groove metal soup and their nostalgic sound is inspired by heavy 90s metal from bands like Slayer. Pipeman and the band share their love for Slayer and go through their favorite memories involving the legendary group. The band discuss what it means to them performing at...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by guest Casket Feeder at Bloodstock. Pipeman and the band discuss what separates Bloodstock from the rest of the metal festivals and what makes the community so enjoyable to be around. The band shares crazy stories from touring over the years, and performing with Teeth Grinder. Casket Feeder is touring all over the UK after the festival,...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by special guest DeadBlondeStars at Bloodstock. The band discuss their aspirations to tour in the US and the challenges of traveling and expenses. Pipeman and the band discuss the issues of political term oil we still face in the US and the UK today. The band describes their sound as a melodic, heavy grunge type of metal that takes inspira...

On this episode of The Adventures of Pipeman, we’re joined by guest Elimination at Bloodstock. The band is back at Bloodstock, performing for their second time since 2021 and they speak on how the festival and their music has grown over the years. Elimination describes their sound as a heavier version of thrash metal and speaks on the influences that helped craft their sound. Pipeman & the ban...