 Oh right, here it is October 9th and it is another episode of Let There Be Talk. I'm going to get a little dial up some adjustments here, my friends. Ah yeah, ah yeah, ah yeah. Anyway, I'm kind of out of it. I'm fried. I am just back from Power Trip, which was the metal festival out in the desert out there in the Coachella area. We've been talking about it for months, a lot of people have. There's a lot of controversy over the festival. For months, the ticket prices were too high, all kinds of shit, but at the end of the day, this thing was absolutely next level. My experience on it was, it was unreal. Before I jump into that, I just want to say thank you everybody for tuning in and I hope to see you out at some of my shows coming up. I will be in Colorado Springs, what October 20th and 21st, some headlining shows at the funny pages and then Irvine Improv, December 20th, these are the headlining dates and then a bunch of great dates with my man Bill Burr coming up from, what is that? I think it's like November 6th all the way up to the Madison Square Garden and then closing out the year with Bill at Formula One MGM Arena in Vegas, November 17th, I believe it is. So dates are on DeanDaleRay.com. Thank you for joining me here and I don't know, did you go to Power Trip? Did anybody go to Power Trip? I do see a lot of people that like to jump in and complain about stuff that had no intention on going at all and it seems like there's this world geared around everybody loves negative energy and that's how you get your algorithm going and all that. I've been told that many times. I don't really like negative energy. It just feels like a fucking cancer planner box. Somebody just comes into your feed, hey, fuck your glasses. And then people start battling, hey, fuck you and all this and I don't know. I don't know what it is. Do you leave the fucking negative energy in there and let people attack? It seems like the world is fucking, the world is just collapsing with the negative energy and that being said, I couldn't even tell you and I had no idea how much I needed to go out to the desert and see some of the bands that just absolutely changed my life when I was a young man and pretty much molded me who I am for better or worse people out there. You fucking metalhead or you fucking, you hessher, you're growing up just hearing idiotic people and I don't know. I am happy that one of the first concerts I ever saw was AC DC, Cheap Trick, Journey, Boisterclaw, Ted Nugent. That pretty much opened my eyes to just like, wow, you know, I'm not like a smart dude. I don't have like skills, like I can't be a mechanic. I can do shit, but as soon as I saw that, I thought, there it is. That's what I want to do. And it was never about, ooh, let's try to do that and get famous. It was just like, that looks like something that definitely resonates with me. Getting on stage and playing some rock and roll and also comedy, of course. Comedy being full force with me now. And I loved doing comedy more than I ever did music, which is even weirder to think about. So it is amazing to go out to the desert and see some bands that just a bit in my life since I was, I don't know, 12 years old, AC DC, Judas Priest, I first start rocking them around the hell bent for leather around that record, I guess. And and then who else then Metallica, who's on there, I think 42nd year, just just unreal. And then tool really kickstarted me when they first come out as seeing something totally outside the box. And then G&R, I didn't go I didn't go see G&R, but G&R was just a game changer in my life back in 1987, 88, first seeing them going like, what the hell? This this is just straight up outlaw. And then the mighty Maiden, seeing Maiden all the way back on the number of the Beast tour. I did not see them with Paul Deano, but my band did open for Paul Deano when he left Maiden. It was so weird, he leaves Maiden and then has a band called Paul Deano's Battle Zone and I ended up opening for him in San Francisco at the Stone. But to see these bands and to think about how long I've been seeing these bands was really mind boggling. And it was almost like this as Jesus, this sounds kind of a spiritual moment out in one of my favorite areas on earth. Out in the desert, out there in Coachella. I love Palm Springs. I love Joshua Tree. I love it out there. And to be standing out there, still alive next to some of my oldest and best friends and newer friends, all bonding over music and our love of music. It was it was really it just, wow, it was it felt amazing to be out there and just to see these bands and and take it all in and and start to take in my own life. You know, like, oh, shit, these guys have been around ACDC. First of all, who played the power trip and hadn't played in seven years. And we all know how much this band means to me. And and just completely changed my life to to just have them on. I think that this festival, it was tough to tell, but it might have been about 80 percent ACDC people from around the world because Metallica are massive. But they were just here about a month ago and they did two nights at the SoFi stadium where the Rams and the Chargers play two fucking nights. And then Guns N' Roses been playing like crazy for the like last seven years. And then who else made it was here a while ago. So those bands have been playing. But ACDC, there was just this thing of like, are they ever going to play again? Last day played, Axel finished out the what the last six, seven shows. And it was pretty much seemed like it might have been done. Ryan was out, Cliff Williams was retiring. And Phil Rudd was going to jail, looked like for hiring a contract murder or whatever. And he might have been whipped up on some methamphetamine allegedly. I don't know. It was just like this band. It sounded like you were looking at a guy who was in a band in his 20s. But here he is way late in his his life and just crazy shit. Anyway, my point is it looked like they were done. Then we kind of know what happened if you listen to this show. I had them on the podcast. They got together at Malcolm's funeral, talked to each other. Let's go in and do a record. Angus said they had some old tracks in the can and fired them all up and put up a power up record. And then they couldn't tour because of COVID. And that was basically the last seven years here of ACDC. Now, next year is ACDC's 50 year anniversary. So everybody was like, well, are they going to tour? Are they going to do something on their fiftieth and to the nature of the great ACDC? Totally mysterious, not saying fucking anything. Nobody knows nothing. Then they dropped the power trip lineup. And there it is, ACDC originally Sabbath or Ozzie was supposed to be on. Sabbath was asked to do it. Tony, I only said, I don't think Ozzie is able to do it. He passes on it, then Ozzie takes it. So, and of course, cancels and priests gets in there. So for ACDC to announce they're going to play somewhere. This is a global following ACDC. It is amazing. You could be an ACDC show, not just your average show. They were touring all the time. But I'm talking about one ACDC show. The entire ACDC army is just going to come out from Brazil, Canada, Japan, New York, Ecuador, all over. Like when I did the opening for Metallica on their 40th anniversary. There are people from all around the world. When it's something special, the true fans fire up the fucking airplanes and head out. So, of course, I did talk about about three, four weeks ago. Am I going to go see ACDC? I don't know. I don't really want to be let down, you know, because the last time I saw him was at the MGM arena on the last tour and they were so fucking great. I was like, I don't know. But deep inside, I knew I was going to go. This is this is one of the greatest bands of all time to me. But you're looking at guys that are 76, 77 years old, Angus is 68. And, you know, this music, this isn't like the Rolling Stones. OK, and also the Rolling Stones, no matter what you think. Like, oh, Keith, man, he parties, he gets crazy. No, man, he doesn't party. These guys have been keeping it together so they can do these stadium tours. And it's kind of some power chords, you know, just to get some riffs. And they got a bunch of guys on stage. They got Bernard Fowler. They've got people singing backgrounds. They got people playing piano. They got people doing sax and horns. There's a whole army up there of younger people that are getting the sound together for the live show with ACBC. It is five guys playing on at least 110 dB. And and they are playing like full on just, I mean, like hard rock, the hardest. It's not metal like Metallica, but stuff like Let There Be Rock that can run about 13, 14 minutes. That is pretty taxing on somebody like a Cliff Williams, who's just over there standing there, just hitting the bass. For 13 minutes, I'm 57 right now. And just standing out there at the concert for two days. This podcast is late right now because I was tore up. And I'm only 57. I can't imagine, you know, I talked about it before. I did the Bond Scott tribute and it's one of the hardest things to do mentally and physically because you're around full blast rock and you also got to perform and, you know, give a show. So for those guys to fire up the machine and come out, you know, it is a it is a big deal. So I had to go and I wanted to go once I realized I wasn't going to. I didn't have any comedy book because I don't like to. I said, I don't like to cancel any shows to go see a show that I'm at the point of my life. That doesn't make sense for me to cancel a show to go see someone else's show. It's just not going to happen, not these days. So I head out, me and my buddy Rockline Greg, we head out to the desert. One of my oldest friends, Mr. Bill Fold is one of the deep, deep, deep guys behind the scene and one of the creators and and just a solid old school friend. So he sent me out the package, got some wristbands. I'm in the pit. Now, that was the big thing. People were talking about the tickets. The tickets are way too much money. These things are twenty five hundred. The, you know, there was the six hundred and eighty dollar general mission. And looking at the layout, I, you know, if I was going, no matter what, I wouldn't go anywhere except the pit. Now there was some complaints from some people that were telling me, well, I spent all this money. I'm in these seats. They're way too fucking far away. Well, you know, if I'm going to see. Hard rock or metal, I'm going to just get into the pit area because that's just what you do. If I'm going to see the Eagles, I'm going to get some seats. I'm going to sit down and just chill and watch the screens. That's what these festivals are. I was talking to my buddy at the show and he goes, well, look, what's all it meant? Festivals and giant stadiums are absolutely probably the worst place to see a concert just for the concert. Now, I realize that I'm going for a lot of it is for the hang to see old friends because you get to an age where you don't really see any friends anymore. Because everybody's fucking dealing with life. So if you can pick a weekend and everybody happens to be going, that is that over any music is the gold for me these days, just to be able to hang out with some friends and enjoy some time away from the fucking noise in my brain. So the pit was it went like this. It went pit, which I can't tell you how many people were in there, but it wasn't uncomfortable. I didn't think it was uncomfortable at all. It was a good you had a good amount of little space there. Yeah, fuck, dude, when I was going to shows back in the day, you were like this shoulder to shoulder with somebody else. You were just like, I was short. Sometimes I'd be lifted off my feet like, what the fuck? You know, and I mean, they would just cram these people in. So it was not bad. Not at one time did I feel like, hey, man, this is fucking gross, you know. And also, which was really weird to think about just a couple of years ago, we weren't even doing concerts. And if you look at an aerial photo of the power trip, it is insane. How many people were out there? And just two years ago, we were not doing concerts at all. So it was it was beautiful to see that. I also kept thinking about was how cool it would be to do comedy out there, like a Dave Chappelle or Bill Burr and friends and go out and just rock the desert with dick jokes. So it goes to the pit and then right behind it, there's a fence. And then, which I can't believe to this day that people aren't just flying to this day. I mean, I can't believe today as I'm thinking about that people weren't just jumping the fence back in my day. I would be like, oh, hey, as soon as the lights go out, I'm over the fence. The fence was only about four feet high. I would have been fucked. I mean, the crowd, the audience for a metal show, they were fucking polite. They were polite. You had your fucking cigarette smokers out there. It's amazing how fucking gross cigarettes are even outdoor. Soon as someone lights when you're like, oh, gross. So I can't believe people did not jump this fucking fence just all out. So it went pit, then a small fence and then a load of seats, ton of seats and then a fence and then some more seats and then a fence and then general admission. And then on each side, like a football stadium were grandstands. And so it was like two sets of grandstands and then seats all the way back. And and I will tell you this, yeah, the fucking seats were far. And, you know, if I did spend a lot of money, I'd probably be like, how can I upgrade to the pit? But like I said, I'm always going to go for the pit if I'm buying tickets to a show, unless it's going to be the sphere. And that's how I have to say it every time, because if it's going to be the sphere, then I'm going to get in a seat and just fucking take the ride, you know, take a look out there. So, you know, that was the first thing I got. A lot of people were complaining, not a lot of people, just some people are texting me going like, fuck, man, the fucking parking is far away. I don't know what festival you've been to, where the parking wasn't far away and you didn't have to do some kind of walking. And I do know a lot of people are just way the fuck out of shape. And if they have to walk even four or five blocks, they're like, this is bullshit, which is crazy. Which, by the way, I wanted to give a fuck you to this guy who brought his dog out there. I don't care if it's your service dog or whatever. I can tell you weren't blind. And there was nothing going on with here that I could tell that you needed that dog. But this poor fucking beautiful dog was getting pummeled by 120 dB of nonstop fucking metal and fireworks, two things. Bands hate or dogs hate loud music and fireworks. I felt so awful for that dog. I was like, God damn, that is that is just that is just cruel. It is cruel. Get some headphones for that dog or something or, you know, fuck. Anyway, I just had to throw that out there because it was just fucking it was just bombing me out for a minute. I was all soft and old out there. I was like, what are you doing, dude? Why do you got your dog out here? Look, I want Gertie there, but I know it's fucking loud metal and tons of people and dust and dirt. The dogs just down in there. Perfect weather, by the way, 102 today, which is God awful. But the shows weren't during the day. They started at 645. As soon as that sun came down, it was a clean 80 out. Beautiful. I've been to Coachella many times and it is a weather fucking roulette. You spin in the wheel. It could be a sandstorm. It could be pouring rain, semi-desert monsoon. It could be lightning. It could be 114. I've been out there. It was 114 once. Or it could just be perfect with no wind, no sand, no dirt. This was perfect. I mean, perfect. The screens, the sound, the stage were unreal. Just the state of the art screens these days are just the whole thing, man. It looked like two football fields wide of just screens that were just perfect and the sound was great. I had a backstage kind of VIP lounge thing. I don't know if they sold that. It was called the double black diamond. But if they did, my point is, buy everything. If you're going to go to a festival, look into it. Just be like, OK, is there any upgrade for parking? Yes, it's going to cost crazy money, but just pick one show. Like if I am an ACDC freak, which I am, and they announced their plan, I'm skipping all the concerts for the year. And I'm buying this one super package. I know, you know, working for the Stones for years. These people would buy these VIP travel packs and they were deluxe. You had a bus that drove you right up to the venue. You had food. You got to go backstage in this kind of reserved area. You got a hotel. You got everything but your flight. So I would be like, OK, can you get the black double black diamond VIP lounge? I'm going there. I'll get in the pit. I'll buy the best parking there is and, you know, and just go. If you go on a shoestring, you've got to just go and think this could be rotten. But I'm going to make the best of it. I'm going to throw a tent up and fry in my tent. There were people out there camping. I can't imagine being in a tent. It was 101 degrees. You're just in your tent. Oh, my God. But I've done it. I did it back at the US Festival. 1983 drove out there from San Francisco to the fucking all the way out there and no man's land in the desert to the US Festival. And I will tell you this at a young age, I didn't give a fuck. The US Festival had zero shade. OK. It had stands here and there that had water and beer for sale. Maybe some food here and there. It was just a straight up dirt fucking desert, a stage and 105 degrees. Now, at fucking 57, would I do that? No, but as a young man with other friends, it was a memory that I will never fucking forget. And I talk about it like a goddamn robot, you know, all the time. And what about the US Festival? And that's because it was epic. So there was young people out there. I saw a lot of young people into metal. And I know they're never going to forget this power trip because it fucking moved me. And if you're a young person and you went out camping, you got stories 10 years, 20 years from now, you're like, it was 101. I was frying in my tent hung over from acid. Judas Priest opened up with fucking the Sentinel. You know, you're going to get the set list wrong. Then they went into love bites. No, they didn't. They played fucking living after midnight. That's the fucking memory and the beauty of festivals. And look, like I said, I am fucking old and I need the fucking deluxe treatment. And if I don't have it, I just don't go. And it's not like a diva thing. It's just like, oh, no, I'm just too old. I did that shit, man. I mean, today I'm fucking fried, like I said, from standing. But I'm so glad I went. Anyway, so I got there, me and Greg got there. We we parked and it took us a minute to figure out where the fucking parking was. We finally found it. We went in and I had a couple of buddies that said that they were, you know, not having a good time. And as soon as I got there, I saw so many people that were having a good time. And I was like, hey, how is it? People are like, this is fucking great. Dude, this is great. And I was like, oh, OK. I've been fucking hit by the the bummer people. And I know and I started thinking about it last night. I was talking to a guy and he's I said, oh, such and such said that it fucking sucked. And he goes, yeah, well, you know, he's just that age where he's just cranky now. And if they don't have everything perfect for him, he's fucking furious. And I'm like, yeah, well, you know. I know if you go to a festival and you're not in the right frame of mind, you're like, what am I fucking do? Get away from me, you fucking asshole. Anyway, I got there and I skipped the Guns N' Roses Maiden Day. I said it before. I don't really need to see Maiden on the every other tour because they're going to play too much new stuff. And I love Maiden beyond. I cannot sit and watch Maiden play songs when I know that they have so many deep tracks from these classic records all the way from the beginning all the way up to live after death. There's so many tracks in those records that would make my head spin if they played them. And I get it. They're like, hey, we're not a fucking greatest hits machine. I get it. Cool. I don't need to go. That's what that's what I'm saying. I don't need to see it. I saw Maiden a few years ago, Burr and I went and they were doing the fucking super hits and it was unreal. I saw Maiden about seven, eight years ago that redid the live after death tour. It was unreal. I saw Maiden on the number of the beast tour. I saw him on all the tours after that. And I'm good on that. So I skipped the G and R Maiden Day. So Saturday was supposed to be, like I said, Aussie and ACDC. But we got Priest. Now, it seemed Priest a while ago on the Firepower Tour. I had Richie Faulkner on the show. Love the guy. Just a solid fucking human. But I saw Priest a few times and I had Rob Halford on. And it was a it was a dream guest to have Rob Halford on. One of the greatest metal singers of all time. First time I saw Priest was on the Port of Entry Tour and I will never, ever forget it. And I think it's one of the greatest live shows I ever saw. KK Downing on the center. Green Manolici. I mean, all of those fucking deep cuts, you know, Exciter, stand back from Exciter. Just fucking crazy. But I was like, well, you know, I'll just check into the hotel and then I'll catch Priest. I have the set and then I'll get ready for ACDC. We got there and Priest had already played four songs. I was pissed. I was walking in there playing the set. No, and I was also I was kind of getting fired up. Like, fuck, I should have got here right on time. But, man, Priest, they fucking crushed. Scott Travis, that guy. I don't hear enough people talking about him on drums. He has just got the best fucking groove on double bass and shit. He's kind of from that Dave Lombardo camp of just swing with the double bass. Just when they're playing pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa pa It's just fucking it just groves. You're just sitting there, like this it's not that fucking math metal. You know, is that? It's just fucking groove. Halford killing it. But I got to say the the giant giant star right now of Priest. Richie the amount of fucking slain. He's doing on the guitar is so mind-boggling He looks great. He almost fucking died a couple years ago or a year ago or whatever from his heart valve. I Don't know something happened to his heart. He almost died and And he's a friend of mine and so is his wife and man Just destroying Just destroying up there It's amazing when you don't know of somebody and they get put into this Big shoes to fill type of gig of k.k. Downing and they just They're just they're like like me when I get up there with like like with burry like well, I'm already fucking You know, I'm I'm already winning by just being here I'm gonna just go for it and he's just going for it every night and Andy Was playing on the going tipped inside and he grew his hair out. He's looking a little more a Little more part of the band now. He's playing some explorers. He's got the strap with the Reverse headstock and I didn't mind him at all now, you know, and then of course Rob is just fucking Rob you know just They check this fucking set list. I mean, it's that's when you look at these bands set list How hard they were going for it? But uh, you know priests played rapid fire, which is one of rapid fire could be like Early blueprint of thrash metal man. It's just it's just there Anyway, they did you know, it's funny. They did turbo lover And when that came out, I remember that era people were like this is this is sucks They got the fucking synth guitars. I didn't mind turbo lover at all But man turbo lover without the synth guitars now and just fucking metal guitars It'd be interesting to hear him go back and do some of those songs in the studio Without the synth guitars because fuck turbo lover was just it was crushing Man, it was fierce metal, which by the way priests announced a new record at the show. What is it invincible shield? And it's coming out soon. I'm kind of looking forward to hearing that I got I got read juiced up on the print. I mean, I've always left fucking priests. Come on screaming for vengeance top 10 metal record of all time, but I've always loved them But you know, it's weird. It's a I feel like it's like this podcast where people are like, oh, yeah I'll listen to it when I listen to it. You know, it's it's been around but man Sentinel they played which is killer. They played desert planes Which is it's just a goddamn classic especially out in the desert Heading out on the highway riding on the wind man I look at this right here Electric guy into riding on the wind and I just think right there us festive gotta get goosebumps us festival flashback 1983 and here I am a million years later back in the desert watching them fucking just go for it again awesome They kill Then of course they split from the stage and there's the anticipation The weight is finally gonna be over AC DC is Brian gonna sound good What's the drummer like? Who is the fucking drummer? He played on Alanis Morissette's Jaguar little pill. He was in slashes snake pit You know, who is this guy? I've never heard of him and I've been around for a little while You know, what songs are they gonna play all of that just sitting out there in In the midst of thousands and thousands of those lit-up devil horns all All in the audience just fucking badass Blinken That finally happens fucking lights go down me and Greg sitting there and Fucking roll out and they open up with shot down in flames and it's just like what the fuck this is Immediately like hey man, we need some business here shot down in flames. Oh, no If you want blood the fuck am I talking about they open with if you want blood shot down flames in the set But that's that's the crazy You know, let you know right away. Oh shit deep track Deep track off highway to hell opening You know easy easy they always pick that one song That's like maybe a semi hit But if you want blood bam, the crowd goes crazy then back in black demon fire off of power up then shot down in flames like I said then Thunderstruck Which is a one of the most biggest hits for AC DC ever and probably one of the most Money-generating songs for commercials. That shit is all over commercials, man Immediately, so there we are we're the first five songs in I'm just taking it in whoa Angus's Angus got gray hair It's long, you know, Angus had different hairdos all these times. He's had short hair He's had long long fucking hair, but there he is man. Haven't seen him since I did the podcast with him He's got the long gray hair. He looks fucking great. He's got the blue shorts on no more moon flashing from Angus I think he's like hey, I'm 68. I don't need to show you my ass anymore He didn't take his shirt all the way off anymore, which was interesting to see Angus always would take his shirt all the way off. He just unbuttoned it took the tie off and pretty much played in a just the white shirt and the shorts and Multiple SG's it took a while for the infamous back-and-black SG to come out, which is my favorite of all time It's the black one with the full white pickguard. That's some guitar nerd shit there for you people an SG custom that has the ebony fretboard and the diamond inlay should have had three pickups I think they took the middle one out put the full pickguard on and And and then you start looking around okay, Brian Can he sing is he you know what happened? I was hearing it everything. He's pulling it off You know, he's up there. He's 76 as of Thursday You can see he's like really like You know and Right away, you're like, well, can he do a whole tour for a 50 year now? I will tell you this. I have heard rumblings Why I was out there that there is a tour booked and it's going to be like a once a week type of stadiums maybe 10 stadiums and For the 50 year anniversary, that's what I heard Allegedly and there's no way they're not going to tour as I watched this last night. They're gonna Probably you just do this one more run. I don't really see them able to do Another run two years down the road. So this is a fact if you've never seen AC DC Don't ever say I'll catch him next time because after watching this entire performance Which was 24 fucking songs These guys delivered 12 bond Scott songs 12 Brian Johnson songs 24 songs I thought okay Angus and and Brian They're gonna be able to do this for probably maybe 20 shows next year 10 in the US maybe 10 around Maybe end in Australia or something but I Don't know How long, you know, how much longer Brian could do it He was great, but the you know, it is a struggle to sing AC DC Like I said me at 57. It is a struggle now Matt and I still don't know how to say his last name. Is it loose? Matt the drummer was Like I said with With Richie Faulkner Matt was the fucking man, he was the He was the the winner of the night back there Just full feel run feel perfect tempos Perfect. This is how you know a drummer is great when you don't notice them When you're not ever thinking about the drummer, that's when you know. Oh, this guy's good When you start thinking about the drummer, not in a Danny carry way or you know a Neil a Neil pure Not in that way where that's what it is, you know, or or a Dave Lombardo where yeah, you're getting the drum flashing. I'm talking a normal drummer When you don't notice them That's when you know the guy's killer Because the tempos are perfect that feels perfect and you don't even know you're just bobbin and grooving go This is fucking fucking bad kills and you don't even know why it's because the fucking drummer is just Invisible groove back there and that's what he did he came out And this is when I knew I loved the guy's playing he played hell's bells And it was the first time I had ever heard it The proper tempo live Somebody I posted it up and somebody said sounds a little slow to me and it's like yeah That's because the way you've been here at it is way too fast and that Specific tempo has to be right on hell's bells or the groove is gone. I never loved hell's bells live Because I always thought like they're playing it too fast Hell's bells is the top five AC DC song for me. That is a large statement to say but it is the top five AC DC song for me hell's bells and When I heard the fucking perfect groove coming on That's the fucking groove and I was like holy shit. He's fucking nail in it, man Now, you know, some people were making comments on the vocals people make comments on vocals all these people Oh, Axel can't sing or or Brian. Oh, is he hitting the notes? It looks like he's fighting it or whatever look man This shit is so fucking hard It's amazing You know like headfield is 60 that is eight years Younger than Angus and he plays guitar, but that's fucking what is that 60? 7 that's 16 years younger Then Brian Johnson 16 years is a lot a Lot so, you know, these guys are way up there and They never thought they were going to be singing when they're 76 years old have a drink on me There's just no way you think about life like that when you're in there Recording songs you're like we could be gone tomorrow. I could be dead in a year I'm going for it fucking today. And here he is at 76 Coming back from the hearing damage and not singing for seven years line Maybe a couple songs the fruit fighters thing a couple songs with a band in The UK I saw but other than that he hasn't you know, you're singing you got a fucking train man It's like boxing, you know, look at Tyson right now. I think Tyson could actually fight In a heavyweight championship guys fucking still training a badass anyway the set list could be The for the Brian Johnson first of all, they said it was the longest set he had ever done in his career Could be the greatest Brian Johnson set list I've ever ever seen Thunderstruck like I said, then they go to have a drink on me now I will tell you this Matt was fantastic But I will give you a couple songs that didn't work for me. I thought have a drink on me Was too slow for some reason. I don't know if they slowed it down because Matt nailed all the tempos So I don't think it was something where he fucked up I thought maybe they're just playing it slower. It didn't really work for me and you know Angus There are some licks that could be tough faster You know So maybe they slowed it down a little on purpose, I don't know that did not work for me But that's just the nitpicking Sounded like they tuned down a notch for dirty deeds that didn't really work for me either and then As much as I love seeing dog eat dog in the set list It's not a song for Brian to sing. It's just We can we can get some more Brian songs in there. They didn't really touch anything Off a flick of the switch. They didn't and they only played one song off it for those about to rock So I was thinking Look, we know we love the AC DC barn Scott era, but there's some fucking Brian era That is mind-boggling off a few records. You're not touching which is for those about to rock and flick at the switch And flick of the switch after all these years is finally getting some full glory so doggie dog did not work for me and Let's see what else Oh Cliff Williams Just a fucking 10 just a 10 how great Cliff Williams was and Okay, so those are some of the things I didn't think worked Uh, step up a lip a lot of people love it that drummer Matt recommended it It's it's not my favorite, but I'm not gonna complain Since city Santa great of course, Brian's been able to do that for years I think the highlight of the night was riffraff and a course let there be rock with the 13 minute Angus solo and And that's really where I could just really feel the drummer Matt just Fucking solid, you know these bands They're gonna have to have some younger players in the group if they're gonna keep going. I'm starting to realize it now Oh, yeah, get some younger guys in that can carry a lot of it and have the marquee dudes Like like Brian and Angus up front there But you know The drumming is so fucking key and AC DC Everybody just thinks it's so simple, but it's not anyway, so AC DC. I Gotta say I'm so fucking glad you've been in my life all these years. I you basically probably You probably saved my life from just being a complete fucking Lunatic by that day on the green in 1978 and me seeing Angus and going, okay I want to play music and bond Scott out there in that vest with those tattoos it was a game changer that day in September of 78 and I Just I just gotta say hats off and thank you and it was an honor to be in the desert and see you and I think congrats on the 50 years is is in order and I can't wait to see what tour you drop and what ideas that you're going to Have for that Next day Tool just had Justin on Fired up for tool. I haven't seen tool since the day Bowie died in San Diego. I went to go see tool back then And I remember leaving the gig I talked about it and Bowie had died that day So I was ready for tool and I was going to take some mushrooms But I rethought it because I was like, you know, I don't I don't I don't want to fuck up out here What if like what if it doesn't go good and then I I Don't enjoy the night after enjoying AC DC and Judas Priest so much And I didn't want to be a freak around my friends like dude. Fuck. I'm tripping. I you take me over here. Will you you know? So tool You know, I was ready for tool. It's funny tool is a band that either you dig it or you don't get it I was talking to this guy. I go dude. I can't wait to see two and he's like You tool guy go. Oh, yeah, fuck. Yeah, he's oh, yeah, I never never really got into it I was like, man, well It's it's not for everybody and standing there watching them for two hours. I was jaw dropped like I Just can't even believe These four guys are making this incredible sound and Adam Has some of the best original guitar tone I've ever heard ever Just that bouncy weird Just so original he he's got the Marshall stack He's got a D to diesel stacks diesel amps and there's a silver burst less pond He's playing a V He's playing a V now give some V with the split Gumby headstock That's some more nerd shit there, but Maynard fucking up there with the glue on Mohawk just killing it with his weird mystique and moves Justin Justin's base base tone I feel sorry for whoever lived in the 10 mile radius of power trip because they were definitely getting full Justin Just full fucking base juggernaut And then of course Danny killing him tool absolutely Crushed at the highlight of the night stink fist, of course Uh, just unreal. There's set list a lot from the new record, which is cool. I get it and Oh, they played swamp song From the undertale record, which is wild. I I don't even think I've ever seen them play that They never really touched much on the undertale record Brandon one of the Friends of the patreon one of the patreoners. He said that he uh, he thought undertale was Uh an almost I don't agree with that. I think undertale is a goddamn original masterpiece Of metal for the time when it came out It was like them and helmet helmet was doing shit. No one was doing same with tool And the videos from that with the claimation just unbelievable Anyway, uh tool just killing it man the pot Invincible set list was fucking pretty good and real dense Real dense man. The fucking stage was dark. They had crazy video Up there just like exactly what you expect from tool Just this is going to be a great tour the next month or two that they're out Go see tool. Oh my god um and then of course it closes out the night with A band that pretty much became my favorite band Somewhere around the 30 year anniversary when I sitting in the film or one night And I was watching them celebrate 30 years. That was uh 12 years ago And I sat there and went you know what? This is pretty much my favorite band You know acdc of course up there Prince up there But metallica just being those bay area, you know heroes And just showing everybody how it was done all these years And uh at the last minute I got a text where you at my buddy got me the snake pit Me and greg headed in the snake pit ran into the great chris robinson And uh talked to chris. I talked to chris for a while posted a photo people like you got him on the You got him on the podcast, right? He's gonna do the podcast At some point you kind of it's weird where I go through these emotions of like Well chris robinson To me has been one of the greatest rock singers of all time for me At the same time There's been this weird thing with chris where it's just kind of on and off You're just kind of like well, is he cool or is he kind of fucking? I don't know So he was fucking in a great A great mood. He was there with his wife And uh very approachable. I said hey man, you know, I just reintroduced myself I always feel weird like hey dean del re we you know with this that Where he's oh, yeah, yeah, I could tell he doesn't fucking know and uh I finally said hey man, I'd love to have you on the podcast I've been trying to get you on 12 years. He goes. Have you been trying that hard? I mean like I haven't heard it. I was like, I don't know how to get a hold of you. I asked your brother. He goes. Oh, okay But You know hands down chris is one of my favorite singers of all time and amoreca three snakes and Southern harmony are just They've been played as much as back in black and master of puppets and highway to hell and Prince of sign of the times at my house It was great to talk to him and he was just there Just having an incredible time. He was there all weekend rocking out having fun. He was I I watched him At times and I I imbued him He's an old soul and he did not look at his phone or maybe once He'd look at his phone, but he wasn't on his phone He smoked a little fucking reefer rock out and just smile and take he's digging it him and his lady And I was like man, I I I wish I could get to that level of uh, I don't know, you know, just I don't need my phone thing but But then again, I like to have my phone from memories and put the shit out and Yeah, my brain's not even that my memory is not even that fucking good. So I'm always like, oh, fuck. I did that. I forgot But uh, I always do feel weird When you're asked somebody you ask somebody, uh, I asked him a couple years ago to do the podcast He's like, oh, yeah, just when they give you an all yeah, you know, just yeah, they're not into it So it gets to this weird point Where if you're famous your podcast's huge People just do it. They don't give a fuck if the show's good or who you are. They need to generate some press for You know the uh project they're working on And he kind of want to be at this level where the show's cool and people just do it because it's cool So It's that weird thing where you're like tanned or like, you know, I fucking yeah I said, I had your brother on he goes. Oh, yeah. Well, I don't know if I want to do it now He was just joking, but it was funny. I was like, oh shit Anyway, I got into the snake pit. There's about a hundred people the snake pit Really reminded me of my mom because I'd taken my mom to see Metallica and the snake pit back in the black owl mirror and It was uh Really grabbed me for a minute. I walked in there. I was like, uh, my mom was in the snake pit. She just she was floored You know to you bring your mom to the snake pit It's fucking oh which by the way, uh shout out to tom mariella's mom just turned a hundred Beautiful jack black came over there and sang some Sabbath Why mariella's son was killing it on guitar? What a great fucking Congrats, uh, to mariella's mom Ruth. I think it's her name Ruth. I don't know if my brain's working. Fuck. I might I might have nailed it but I'm in the snake pit and every time I see Metallica I get so fucking, uh So emotional because I'm just like Many many many many memories just flying the whole fucking time man It is wild and Kirk Hammett one of the greatest guests I'll let to be talking one of my favorite days ever and and just headfield I want to say this headfield is an inspiration to me. He just looks dynamite right now. He looks happy He his body is in perfect shape His voice is sounding great His right hand is just as fast as it was when I saw him You know the first couple years of the band Just Just on fucking real headfield What the whole band is great But headfield right now is firing on another fucking Level and it's that level of divorce Freedom Let's go play metal. I'm happy to be alive I'm happy to have fucking Billions of fans I'm gonna just enjoy my life. He looked great kick-ass haircut great clothes unreal playing that uh, that old v Opening with whiplash creeping death for the Whom the Bells toll sandman Luxie turn up love. I love all the new stuff too, man On 72 seasons, man, they busted it out out there The highlight of the night, believe it or not Um It really blew me away And it blew away a couple people around me Was the day that never comes that was a track that came out a few records ago Was that like seven minutes six minutes? Single they put out it started out slow and then got all metal Just a fucking kick-ass song. I remember my buddy, Shawnee was standing next to me and he goes This is such a great song And to say that on a track way deep in Metallica's career. It's just uh, just great to be able to say that Anyway, that was the highlight of the night to me. They almost looked like bluish to cold up there They got all three of them got lined up rob James Kirk and just up there just Doing that weird mid-jam on the day that never comes And it was the song of the night for me Which was fucking wild It was fantastic the entire Metallica set I would have to say You can't fuck with Metallica. They've been on the road now for a year And they are a well-oiled machine They sounded so fucking good look G&R they've been out like seven years And I didn't see their set but uh, you know They've been out a long time And that could be a long, you know, that could be a little burnt. I don't know Maiden they're on and off But but Metallica has just been playing these double night stadium gigs with different set lists and they're fucking They they have got it perfect perfected The sound the moves I'm watching them man. They are so It's crazy to watch them and see like signals just kind of like Headfield looking around. Okay, and he's like, okay, Kirk Hammett's over there There's a spot over here where there's no one I'm moving over here to get this part of the audience going And it's not like cues like they're not going like hey you over there I can just see these guys. They understand no one's over here. I'm gonna go take this fucking pocket over here And and it is just incredible and I gotta get hats off to Rob Rob is really uh Kind of come into it. Finally. He's not wearing the fucking shorts anymore and the basketball jerseys and stuff Uh, he's got the hair. It's not in the braids. It's it's not the you know, he's got the long hair He's wearing some kind of cool suit pants a black t-shirt And just laying it down killing it on uh, uh, a ryan they played a ryan That was my second favorite of the night whenever that tune comes. It's like fucking bring it on But he was killing it Somebody had a a quiff Burton the action figure the little action figure It was beautiful. I'm gonna post a photo of it They had it sitting on the stage in the snake pit for the entire show And I was like I was rocking right and then I looked down and I go, oh god Cliff Burton that is so cool. Cliff Burton's here, you know and uh It was a magic magic to be in the snake pit After all these years and just to be able to watch Metallica and the snake pit were just like You know just room and just really getting into it Look, can you tell I had a good time? Yeah, I had a fucking good time. Did I have great credentials? Yes, I did But like I said You know, uh If you're gonna go to a festival Do some investigating Talk to some people that have been and go, hey, where's the best to stay? Where's a great hotel? Where's the good food? What should that where should I sit? How is the park get it all out? or Just go and fucking Freestyle and just whatever happens happens like god that sucked Or you know or god that was great. Whatever I don't know man. I'm pretty fucking fried I gotta tell you I'm fried. I'm glad I didn't do any mushrooms because I was Already burnt and I got to get ready for a a week of shows and I'm just kind of like, oh man, I'm old I'm ready to I'm sit down at a concert years old That's how old I am. I'm ready for nick cave sitting in a theater Just kicking back watching this guy kill it Thank You Metallica Judas Priest tool and And who am I missing I'm fucking out of it right now AC DC Fucking dummy said dumb Thank you for the great fucking weekend and the years of great music and thank you guys for tuning in I hope you enjoyed my little uh power trip rundown And I will tell you this when acd drops those tickets Get some and go see them because uh You don't want to be that guy like I said Oh g and r they dropped uh two days at hollywood bowl november 1 and 2 That's uh pretty prestigious In the tour at the hollywood bowl pretty fucking cool Right down the street from where they fucking started whiskey agogo the roxy the troubadour Right down the street scream All the clubs there they are closing it out at the hollywood bowl pretty fucking cool All right. 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