 Sounds good. Sounds great. Yeah, sounds good, sounds good. I hope it sounds good. All right, here we are. We're going live. On the metal voice. No, we're not going live. We are live. We are live. We are now live with Stu. Stu block himself here in the metal voice. It's been too long, actually, since we had Stu on. He's a great guest. Always enjoy having you, Stu. Yeah, we're gonna. Listen to this. The first time, and you probably don't even remember this, Stu, first time we met you was actually outside in Montreal in the back of, you know, where all the vans are. We took a picture, but we interviewed John that day. And that was your first sort of like your first major tour, I guess, right? Yeah, yeah. And then we met you later on when, I can't remember what band was playing with. Was it Sabaton? No. The first one was Symphony X. That was a great double bill. Yeah, Symphony X. And then we did do Sabaton so very well could have been. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Two, yeah. And I did an interview with you at downstairs in that, oh God, where is that club? A Corona, Corona, Corona, yeah. Right. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. Yeah, the big dressy rooms in the basement. Right. Every smell imaginable. That's good. So some really cool news. Excited to have a fellow Canadian on, especially in Regina. Do we have any guests from Regina Island? He might monopolize the rock star in Regina. I mean, you know, this guy might have an amount of... Are the Northern Pikes, are they still around Regina, the Northern Pikes, or what's going on there? I don't know. I don't know. I haven't kept track, but I sure hope so, but no, yeah, proud to be representing, definitely. Good, good, good. All right, Stu Block has announced his permanent return to his pre-Ice-Earth band into eternity. Block, who left into eternity in 2011, was replaced by Amanda Kiernan, is it my pronouncing her name, light? Yes, sir. Broke the news of his official reunion with his former bandmates two days after he performed live with them at the Loudest Hell Festival in Alberta. And I guess you announced it. I mean, first, I guess you teased the crowd a little bit, you played together. Yeah. Tell us about that. Just tell us about what's going on here. Yeah, I mean, honestly, you know, Tim and I had always talked about doing stuff with each other and just it was the perfect thing that was happening. We just, we decided to get together and Tim actually just contacted me. He says, you know, I know, you know, you got a little bit of free time right now. Do you want to come and just sing a couple of songs with, with, with, with me? And so, you know, we ended up jamming a couple of times and, you know, it's into eternity. I has, it's very close to my heart because we did a lot together as well, you know, pre-Ice-Earth, we toured quite a bit and Tim not only is, is a great bandmate but he's a great musician. He's also a very good friend of mine as well. He's, he was one of the, he was the best man at my wedding. So, so, you know, so we have a, it's always maintained being friends over the years and stuff, so I've always, and you know, few years, years ago, I came up on stage and sang a song with Amanda one time and it's always been something that I was like, I said, yeah, let's do it, let's do it. And honestly, man, the moment we started jamming, it was just like this energy and this magic coming back. We just really felt it and as we jammed more and as we started talking and I just, you know, into eternity is very complex vocally. Like there's, there's, it's, there's counter melody stuff going on and there's a bunch of stuff. And even with one, with having Tim as a phenomenal singer as well. And so having two singers you can do quite a bit but you can't do everything. So, you know, we just like, hey, let's try and do some stuff and just do a few songs at this loud as hell. And I said, listen, I'll do the, Amanda takes the first half, I'll take the back half and we'll do add a couple and just have some fun. Super raw, super stripped down. I mean, that festival is beautiful, it's amazing but it was like, it's a load and go situation. We only got like three or four jams, right? So the main thing about coming back is just getting that chemistry, you know, bringing it back and as we were hanging out and as we were doing everything, you know, I, I was, I just felt, this is just so perfect that the vision that the whole band has is, let's, let's, I wanna do more music with, let's do some more music with each other. And I think that with Amanda as well, she's just such a phenomenal vocalist as well. And with Tim and then they've got Troy and Matt and they're all vocalists as well. It's like just the opportunity is there to really put out some awesome music for into eternity fans to enjoy. And, and, and I think, I think that's the main thing and just bring it back and bring that chemistry back. I really did miss doing extreme vocals as well. It's one, it's, it's, I hold it very close to my heart. And so, and I've always loved doing the hybrid thing and singing and doing the, you know, doing the death vocal thing and expressing myself in that way as well. So I just felt it's just the perfect time right now to sit down, write some awesome music. We've got a really good plan. We've got a cool plan coming forward. All will be revealed very soon, but we do have a plan for some EPs to be dropped and hopefully be dropping a single here soon. And, and, and it is the 15th anniversary of scattering of ashes. And so we maybe may or may not be doing something cool with Timeless Winter. So I just want to, so, so we've got some cool stuff that we want to do and just give those fans because they're hungry for it. I didn't realize really how, how, how many into eternity fans there are out there and how many really, really enjoy the music. And so I think it would be unfair to, for, for me to just go, no, I'm doing my own beat. I felt like I don't want to be selfish and I'm just going to do my solo thing or I'm just going to do, you know, my own thing. And I just felt like, which I will be doing, I want to focus on doing, I'm going to be doing some singles under stew block and I'm going to be doing some, some solo stuff. Definitely. But I just felt like into eternity still has a really awesome brand and the fans are just so die hard. And so we just want to bring forth a really, really cool plan and some really awesome music coming forward and perhaps some cool live shows and perhaps some touring. We're all getting older and we all have our things that we're doing. So, and we're all busy doing stuff. So we're not going to be going out doing three month tours, two month tours and all that kind of stuff. We're going to, we'll pick our battles but I think we can do some, I think we can hit some really cool markets and bring it forth to the people and put out some really awesome merch and that people will be proud of. I think it'll be cool. There you go for all the into eternity fans and I'm looking forward to that. And was there any, anything else on your plate? I mean, that's, that's, that's quite a lot. We're done. We're done. No, we're done. We're done. Have a good one. Let's have a beer. That's right after the show. Okay, okay. It's scheduled. Okay. Yeah, no, I just wet my whistle just a little bit. But yeah, but so basically, no, there's, there's lots of other things happening. There is going to be something happening next month that I can't talk about hugely yet, but I think there are some people who have been anticipating some stuff. One piece after another. Right? Yeah, I know. But soon, soon enough. So you got a lot of stuff going on. I got a lot of stuff going on. We can't tell us what. It's funny, won't you mean when you reached out, you were like, listen, it looks like everything's aligning. I'm like, well it is, but I don't want to say no this time. So let's just, I'm just gonna. It's all good. It's all good. My hair down and be a tease. That's what I mean. All right. That's okay. Hair tease is better than a different type of tease. Right, right. Exactly, exactly. No, I think some fans would probably piece it together. The person that I was working with has done a slight little teaser already, but we'll let that all get revealed in its proper channels. And, but I think it's gonna blow people away. It's gonna be pretty cool. Like I'm super proud of it. And it's gonna lead to other really cool stuff too. So next month there's gonna be something, so please watch out on my social media and I'd like to come back and discuss more about it. Absolutely. And yeah, that'll be fun. And, you know, again, like I was saying, I'm gonna be doing my solo. So eventually I want to have at least an EP, a solo EP done by next year. Now we're nasty. Now you're bringing it out a little more. You're talking a little more or scratching it out. Yeah, I can talk about. What kind of music are you looking at doing? Well, I want to, of course, it's gonna be heavy, it's gonna be metal, but I'm really, I love mixing it up as you guys know. So I love doing, I love all, as long as music is done well, it's fine. Like I love that I listened to Harry Connick Jr. I listened to Michael Buble, you know, but I listened to Cannibal Corps as well. So it's, you know, and I listened to everything in between. So I want to venture into some other genres as well. But I think each EP will reflect the genre. So yeah, so I want to, yeah, with different artwork and different players within that genre. So definitely I'm gonna be hitting up some classic painkiller-esque kind of stuff for one stuff. And then yeah, some super classic metal, you know, my classic influences, because I just love it. I just love doing that stuff. And then venturing into new territories, jazz territories, perhaps maybe doing, and then the death metal territory mixed with other influences as well. So really looking forward to that. I've already got a line of musicians that I know are on board that wanna write some stuff and just do some fun stuff. I'm all about just collaborating with my idols and collaborating with people that I really respect. And you know, and I think that once you have that mutual respect, it's all forced to just find like, you know, oh, we have to work with this person because everybody wants you to, you know. Tell me a few about some interviews. Yeah, well, I know. Not this one, not this one. No, I hear it, no, I hear it, yeah, I hear it. But no, so I just want it to be, I want it to be very natural and I want it to be something that comes from the heart and it's not contrived and super cool stuff. So there's a lot of solo stuff that I have up my sleeve. When I do take it live, my wife will be my keyboard player. She is a fun, yeah, she is gonna, she is a phenomenal rock singer, you know, like Darby Mills. That's all I can say. Oh yeah. Like, damn, like, and so, so definitely. Darby Mills from Toronto. Headpins, headpins. Yeah, headpins, there you go. And then, don't you, don't you feel like dancing? What's it called? Yeah, and what is it, Turn It Loud? She doesn't feel it, oh man. So anyway, so I want to have her out and she does great harmony, which is a beautiful singer. She has a band called Chris the Sky. So if you guys are interested in checking that out, go check her out. It's phenomenal. But yeah, so I've got a bunch of players that I want to hang with, man. It'll be good. You're entering the Rick Emmett phase of your career, you know. I want to do a blues album. I'll do a blues album. I don't care, I don't want to, you know. I want to write a book of poetry. Yeah, I want to go out there and do a spoken word thing in front of three people a night. I'm gonna do it. You know, I don't feel like cringing the whole time. But anyway. I just want to tell you that. I got a message. Todd LaTorre saw that you're gonna be on and he said to say hi to you. And he also told me a story once. He also told me a story that you guys were on a cruise together, the mega cruise or whatever cruise it was. And you just hit this high note. And even Todd LaTorre was saying, oh my God. How did you hit that high note? And if Todd LaTorre is saying, how did you hit that high note? It must have been a high note. Well, I'll tell you, that gives me goosebumps because I look up to him immensely. And he is one of the most phenomenal singers vocal, like multi-instrumentalists and songwriter. You know, like that guy gives me goosebumps every time I love his new album. It's absolute pure fire. Like it's just, it's amazing. So much respect to him. I have not talked to him in a long time. So yeah, I'm sure we'll, hopefully we can chat on the phone soon someday. But yeah, no, much respect to him. And that means the world to me. So yeah, thanks. Yes, no. Yeah. No, I mean, I just, I don't think we can, we can let you go with just revisiting a little bit of the past there. So we're all sitting at home, right? And we see stuff happening in January down in Washington. And then it's like, okay, you know, do you guys have any recordings done? Was there anything being done at that time? If we look back and- Yeah, when I look back, there were some things that we wanted to do. You know, I don't mind opening up a little bit about it guys. You guys, you know, you guys have been so good to me over the years throughout the whole thing. You know, the media had to do what they had to do to do what they had to do. You know what I mean? And there are certain media outlets just they've got their fingerprint. And if their fingerprint is, hey, it's drag them through the mud, drag them through the mud. That's what pays their bills. And they got babies to feed. You know what I mean? I totally understand that, man. It's, this is the music industry. This is entertainment industry. I get it, right? But anybody that knows me knows who I am. So it's, I've nothing to say about that. But, you know, so, but you guys were really awesome. And most actually most media sites were actually quite, quite good about it. And, you know, with the rest of the members. And so I much respect to you and you guys were super respectful. So I don't mind opening up slightly about it. You know, there were things that we wanted to do. Honestly, I was getting a point in my life. We hadn't been out for a while because John was doing the demons and wizards thing. He was doing the Barlow Schaefer project. And it was like all these amazing things were happening. And I was so proud of him, man. I remember crying on the phone with him, like when he was doing all this stuff because he wanted me to just give him some input on some artwork for when he was first doing the wicked tales thing. And, you know, I remember just like, you know, I was just so proud of him and just, you know, and he knew I was doing my thing. So one of, a lot of people know that one of my other passions is the cannabis plant. So I definitely was, I've been involved in the industry and as soon as things happened in Canada, I reeducated myself a little bit and was paired up with the right people. And I was working on a very large cannabis farm and I was doing some very awesome things up there and building a whole kind of empire up there. So it was a lot of work. And so I was up there and I was really involved in that. So it was guys, it was a point in my life for that three years, almost four years where I really wasn't, honestly, wasn't thinking about music too much. Besides, my wife and I were doing this little duo thing and are called Alley Cats and we're just doing that. But, you know, and, but I was really involved in that industry and building my resume up and working with awesome people and innovating and building, helping innovate equipment out there to help with turnkey solutions to help their plant run better. And it was just, it was just a really fun thing. And so it was a passion of mine. So we were all doing our own thing and so, you know, and I kind of like, I've been away from home for so long, like a long time. And I was really happy being able to see my wife, you know, and being able to hang at home and rekindle things. And because you get caught up in the tour life, you get caught up, there's always another tour and there's always other something else to do. And so, you know, so I was happy being home. So honestly, in the back of my head, I was like, you know, guys, honestly, and John and I had talked about it. You know, I was, I was like, man, I think I only got maybe like one more. And I pretty much, I was just, I want to do like one more record, maybe two, you know what I mean? And then, and that kind of thing. And then step back and just do my thing. And maybe, like I said, do my solo thing, work with into attorney a little bit. So these things were already working in my head years, like a few years ago, right? So- And based on John's track record, you know, different singers, he was probably cool with that, right? Absolutely, absolutely. You know, we didn't talk about it in detail. Like I wasn't leaving the band or anything like that. It was just, even, you know, we were all talking about how long can we do this for? And then, and then the next time we would talk about it, like forever, you know what I mean? And so, you know, right, right, you know, like this is what we do, you know, and all that kind of stuff. But I just felt like, you know, for me personally, I was diving in different things. And I knew that I wanted to offer other things vocally as well. I wanted to venture into different things and all that kind of stuff. And John would never hold me back. Honestly guys, he's not like that. He doesn't hold people back. He doesn't, he's not, he's a very wonderful that way. He's not like, I own you or anything like that. It's not, it's not that way at all. He's very nurturing. He just wants you to do the right things, I think. He just wants it to be quality. And he's all about quality. And he's very obsessive about that. And everybody knows that down to his merchandise. We all know it, right? So down to every decision he makes, unfortunately, one of them was something where he just got caught up. And I don't, you know, it's, we all make bad decisions, man. And he fucked up real bad. And he, I'm sure, man, he knows it. And I think everybody with half a brain knows it. You know, and I'm sure there's a lot of famous music. Like I was thinking about it the other day. I was like, there's a lot of famous musicians and a lot of famous actors out there that are huge out there, you know? And if anything, you know, they were at the cap maybe or they were at the protest on the outskirts or something like that, maybe, but not super famous people. But, you know, man, you know, the line that was crossed with going in and all that kind of stuff. And he's just, he had so much going on. It just, it was a shame, you know? And- Did it hurt you? It must have hurt you, yeah. Big time, big time, man. It hurt me like right now. I'm like, it's, you know, I don't want to talk about it much anymore, but like, you know, it's just, it's very, it hurts because like, you know, you got plans and all of a sudden you can't tell someone what to do guys. You can't tell a very strong willed individual what to do. You can't. And so it would be, it would be lost. It would be lost words and I didn't want to cause it. We had John, we were able to, you know, like he said on the dystopia tour and then we saw him with demons or wizards quite, quite recently. And, you know, John's the same age as Jimmy and I and always accommodating just a great interview. And you know what? Not everybody agrees, but that's fine. We don't want to have cookie cutter interviews all the time. And you know, John got me to read about the civil war because of the glorious burden. And then I read the speeches from Jekyll Island because of Sons of Liberty. And it's great to have other perspectives. Absolutely. Other stuff is kind of, I think John's message of our interviews, like guys, let's all open our eyes. Let's, let's not be a sheep, you know? Absolutely. Respect that point of view. But you can't be. You know what? Actually, Stu, I just want to make a comment here. And I was pretty upset. Oh yeah, the situation upset me, but I was pretty upset how they, there was some sites attacking you. Like, like just attacking you. You're like, you live in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and they were attacking you like, you're some sort of perpetrator. And I guess you don't have to comment on this. It just upset me to see you get dragged in the mud. And it was like called for. And they were just looking for anything between the lines. They're just kind of looking in between the lines and just to get a headline or something. And there was a lot of sites too that were sort of, you know, they were balanced and fair, right? They're fair. I only brought it up because, you know, at the time, the three of the other members of you were talking about doing something, a project together at that time. And I don't know where that, that's at, or that's part of the top secret tease that we're, we're learning about. Sorry, what, sorry, what? Sorry, what members? The other members of Ice Earth at that time when you. No, no, no, that's not, no, like they all have, like Luke has his bands and, you know, Jake has his and they're, they're all, they're on a journey for sure. They're, and I think it's going to be a beautiful one. I was very blessed to be able to do a cool revelations cover with Luke. We did a cool cover of Iron Maiden's Revelations. So it was really fun to be able to hit that tone in my voice and it was, that was fun too. And, you know, we're always going to probably do cool, maybe do some cool stuff with each other in the future. But no, yeah, no, the other thing next month is totally different. I thought that was it. Yeah, no, no. Cross that one off the list. We'll play 20 questions. I see what you're doing. Hi, what's your doing? You caught me. But anyway, you know, just to slide forward, you know, at the end of the day, I don't hate him. I don't hate, like I'm not like, siding and hate for him. You know, I feel sad. I feel bad, you know, that everything went down the way it did. And maybe one day in a few, you know, maybe one day we'll talk. I don't know. I'm not too sure, but I think he knows, he, I think he knows that there's, I still have a place in my heart for him because I've seen, I've seen that man do a lot of amazing, wonderful things for people. And, and so it's, so, you know, whatever, but I just won't move on. And, you know, that's what it is. You know, it's. You know, I'll just leave you with this. Me and Alan, of course, we've interviewed John many times in yourself. And, and we're talking about before all of this, there was always that brotherhood and a friendship and a kindness to each other. Yeah. And I mean, he's gone through singers like, you know, like, you know, socks, right? And, but there was something about you and he held held a special place for you just by interviewing him and hearing come out of his, you know, his, his words, I guess. Yeah. So, and, and, you know, anyways, I don't want to, again, you know, let's talk about the future. And yeah, yeah, I know. I know that sucks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, okay, we'll move along. And was there, and how about this? Was there any material that was being worked on iced earth-wise before all this? Anything in the can. Yeah. No, no, unfortunately not. No, no, there wasn't, there wasn't that. But, but yeah, no, we were working on a, working on a plan to do some stuff. And, and, but, you know, just, yeah, just didn't come to fruition. That's all. Okay. All right. Good enough. Well, lots of other stuff on the go that hopefully we'll be working on in about a month's time. Yeah, I'm excited. I think it'll be good. And, and like I said, I just want to bring, I want to bring like the, there's a lot of people that I want to sing for. And you know, there's a lot of awesome, like the fans are just so cool, man. Like the ones that have been, have stuck around and which is a vast majority, which is, I was like, wow. I was like, damn man. So I, so I owe it, I owe it to myself. And of course I owe it to, to the beautiful, amazing fans out there that have supported me. How about this? For all the fans out there who are watching, who have never heard of Into Eternity, and you know, it's, it's not the biggest band, but it's not the smallest band either. Describe to them what you're in for musically. So as far as, yeah, like you're in for a, see the great thing about Into Eternity is it's, I look at it as like a white canvas band kind of thing. So, you know, I, it's, we can do kind of whatever we want. We, we, it's a blank canvas that, that we can just kind of create whatever we want. The fans know that we always kind of, we always kind of just venture into new territory and we venture into different things. So the cool thing about Into Eternity fans is that they, they kind of never, they know that they're going to get awesome vocal harmonies and they know they're going to get asked like really awesome guitar shredding and, and all that kind of stuff. But going forward, we've got a real, real cool vision going forward. Now that we have two vocalists, not only just well, three vocalists, because Tim, like I said, is just a phenomenal vocalist. And then Troy and Matt, they can do nice clean tones as well. So, and then we can all do death vocals. So there's a lot of counter melody stuff that we can do again with the, Ala, Barry, Jinnah, Bolivian and Dead and Dead are Dreaming, those two albums. So we can really start performing those parts exactly like the album. So we're really looking forward to, like I said, refining the set and jamming more together. And everyone is just a phenomenal talent. Brian Newberry, he's an amazing drummer and he's a real character and everyone's just a real character. And I think everyone brings that cool, that cool almost really, just they have their own fingerprint artistic edge and everyone's got their cool, cool input. So I really am very looking forward to the music that we're going to write and bring forth in the coming months. And so we're going to be revealing some of that plan soon. After this interview. No, no, no, I'll give you guys, I'll give you guys, but you know what I really wanted to do is I wanted to bring Tim in on it. You know what I mean? And so yeah, and perhaps even Amanda and we could all just do a Zoom meeting. Do a Zoom meeting and then that will be fun. So definitely very cool stuff in the future. There is one song that is fully, a new brand new song, fully written and it was released. Well, there's actually two, I apologize. One is called Nuclear and the other one's called King and His Throne. And if the both of them were released as demos with just Tim's vocal on it and then King and His Throne is a duel between Tim and Troy. So what I'm going to be doing is I'm going to be taking those two songs and be going to be doing my own arrangements vocally. And we're going to be adding, so King and His Throne, we're going to be attacking it as me, Tim and Troy. We're going to do an arrangement that way. Now we'll do another arrangement adding Amanda as well. So we're going to do different releases with slightly different arrangements vocally for people to enjoy of each song. So I think that's the really cool thing with this is that we can actually do a song but give them a different release. So we can do like the same song but then they can hear a different release, maybe a different counter melody, add a counter melody into it and make it so they're hearing a bigger version. And so they can, so I think that's the really awesome thing about Into Eternity is that the sky's the limit. It's a blank canvas and we're ready to paint that canvas for the rest of the year. I could call the toilatory throne in the mix. Yeah, get it on as a guest. That would be, don't tease, and see now you're teasing me. No, don't get that on the line. No, you know what the cool thing was? Man, I was listening and he did some death vocals. And I was just like, dude, really? Like this is... You're blowing me away here. So I'm super, that guy's just a machine. We were interviewing him and your name came up and like Jimmy said, that's the story you told right away. You remember that note right away that you hit and Todd's been on the show a lot. He's a great guy. That's awesome. So lyrically, everybody contributes to the lyrics. How's it working? Yeah, well, when I was in the band, Tim and I would write. Now Troy would help out as well. Now going forward, Amanda is an amazing lyricist. So I write, Amanda writes, Tim writes, Troy writes. So, and I believe Matt writes. So this isn't a thing where like, I, we're just doing the writing, you know, kind of thing. I want all open opportunities for people to contribute lyrically because I just want it to be all of us with a paintbrush, you know what I mean? Of course it has to be like, okay, we got to control this and that and the other. It has to be like control a little bit, you know, cause then we're all like young puppies peeing all over each other's feet. You know what I mean? The intentions are there and it's all love. 101 to Elma. Yeah, yeah, exactly. The intentions are good. It's all love. But yeah, we definitely need to organize, but I think we're good at self-regulating now. So they were still, they were still a working band, right? I mean, it's not like they've been sitting on their hands waiting for you to, you know. Yeah, no, they put out about albums, The Sirens and Awesome Album. And, you know, it's just, I think, you know, life, everyone was doing their own thing. I think, you know, that's just how it is. It was picking and choosing when they want to do stuff and labels and all that kind of stuff. So yeah, so, but I think the foundation is being built. And I think that it's a good foundation. And I think going forward, we're trying, we're going to try and build a good team so we can bring this to the masses, high quality music, high quality merchandise and high quality shows. That's what we want, you know. Should we write it on a T-shirt? High quality. High quality. High quality. But, you know, so, and I think it really speaks forth with, again, you know, to draw back to John, that's what he taught me. Everything was all about quality, quality, quality, not quantity, you know, and all that kind of stuff. So I think, you know, I learned that. And I think a lot of bands that are very successful, you know, they follow that path. So we're looking forward to it, man. We're looking forward to it. And like I said, as far as my solo thing, I'm really looking forward to working with all sorts of different artists, Todd, as well. And so, yeah, it'll be fun. I think, you know, I would love to go to Europe as doing my solo thing as well. Just do some, maybe some United States shows as well. You gotta go to Greece. You gotta go to Greece. Man, I'm telling you, I love, I love, I love it there. I'll roadie for you. If you go to Greece, I'll roadie for free. Okay, let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it. And then we'll go to a small cafe and listen to some amazing, was it the Berserkie? The Berserkie, the Berserkie, the Berserkie. Yeah. Oh my Lord, yeah. Just amazing. I got goosebumps. Just thinking of you and Todd singing together. Still, I'm still, I can't get past that. That would be, yeah. I don't know. You gotta get past it. I actually, actually I wanted to get my phone to text him and go, jump on, jump on. But I think he's sort of, maybe he's at a sound check or something. I don't know where he is. Oh yeah, he's probably busy. Don't bother him. I know it. That's what I do. That's what I do. I know it. Jimmy, you're great, man. You're great. No, that's awesome. Anyway, I really appreciate it. For sure. So actually I had another question for you in regards to, I think we spoke to Jeff Waters. And he goes, if there was any singer that I add as a singer to Annihilator, it would be you, Stu Block. I mean, has he ever approached you? Has he ever, have you guys had any talks together? Or is that one of your secrets? I don't know. I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I, here, listen. Jeff and I have talked many times. We've talked many times. And we, whenever we see each other at festivals, we're always like, I'm like your guitar, your voice, your guitar, like it's great. We have a great time and he's just a fun guy. And I remember it was just so fun hanging with him on the 70,000 tons of metal, doing the jam with him and doing painkiller. And that was super fun. So yeah, no, yeah, you never know. You never know what this is. It's a crazy world. You never know what happens, but yeah. So you never know. Well, keeping with the Canadian content of the show today, what are the three of the classic Canadian bands that you enjoyed growing up listening to? Yeah, that's a good question. And it could be any, any, any. Well, try it. Try it. Try it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Big, big, big Nazareth, right? Yeah. Well, they weren't Canadian really. Well, well, yeah. Okay. Well, I guess not. But, you know, then like three inches of blood was a big influence of mine. Canadian, yeah, not huge or anything like that. But yeah, man. I mean, I, you know, rush, of course. I think that's always a given. And yeah, man, just growing up, I was exposed to a lot. Like, funny, it was supposed to a lot of classical music and a lot of like Phil Collins and a lot of like different, different genres and stuff, but parents weren't super into like, but there's like Toronto, you know what I mean? All that, but the classics for sure. But mostly when I, yeah, yeah, yeah. So yeah, well, there's lots, but. Nobody knows the Northern Fights that's watching this show. Yeah, you're pretty. She just does that way. Go ahead, sorry. Other influences. Okay. So there's different, I mean genres, right? Yeah. I mean, I was, you know, growing up in Vancouver, I was part of a local scene too. So there's a lot of local bands that could say that no one would even know. But, you know, so, but definitely the classics like, you know, like you said, Rush and, you know, Toronto and all the, all the, all the main staples, but definitely I'm influenced by all sorts of stuff. You know, like I said, growing up, I was influenced by everything from crooner to classical to man, it wasn't like Corey Hart, you know, and stuff like that. Come on, Joe. Oh, Brian Adams, big time. There you go. Thank you. Brian Adams, yes. And so, you know, it all comes back. But yeah, so, yeah, I mean, all that stuff. You had Loverboy, you had Loverboy in the last post. Yeah. And then going into the Prairies you had or Manitoba, you had Loverboy, right? Yeah. And then you had BTO in the Maritimes, then Saskatchewan, you had the Northern Pikes, I guess. Right. And then going in Ontario, well, you had Rush and Toronto and Hedpins actually were. Well, we're. Hedpins and Toronto. I always thought, well, I don't know why I think Vancouver. Maybe it was Vancouver. Yeah, yeah, because Brian McLeod, right? No. But Hart is the biggest C heart. Everybody thinks they're a Canadian and so is this myth that they're a Canadian. But they actually left the US. I know, I was gonna. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, there's a lot of bands that did that. You know, they have Canadian members, but you know, most of them are American or whatever. But yeah. But yeah, no, I mean, lots of influences, man. But growing up, I'm just a multitude of influences, you know. But I definitely, as long as it's done well and I respect it, man, you know, but Ister's Horror Show was one of the biggest, I spanned the shit out of that, man. It was like, yeah, that was one of, because I loved horror movies and stuff. I was getting, as soon as I started getting into metal, I went to a place called Scrape Records in Vancouver. And that's JJ, if you're watching, right on. But you know, and that's where kind of like, he would hold all of the local bands and stuff like that. And you know, he, awesome suggestions. And when I was learning about, but yeah, I remember getting introduced to Ister when I was a young lad and you know. But yeah, it was... How old are you? I'm 43, 43, yeah. Yeah, okay, yeah. I remember 43. I remember 43 too. It was 10 years ago. It was 10 years ago. Head pins formed in Vancouver from the former Chilliwack members. Remember Chilliwack? Right, Chilliwack. You should have gone so long. Right, man. And in Quebec, you had, in Quebec, going down the thing here, you know, you had Quebec, you had Voivod, and you had a whole bunch of Voivod. Voivod, yeah, which is a great band still. Deaf dealer, sword. April wine. Sword. April wine. April wine. Frank Marino. Frank Marino, there you go, yeah. And then Kim Mitchell. Kim Mitchell, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, Max Webster? Uh, vaguely. Max Webster was actually, Kim Mitchell was from Max Webster. Oh, okay. The Iron apparently, she saw the first show there in her high school. Biff Naked. Yeah, that's right. My cousin's favorite. Biff, man. Yeah, for sure. She rocks. All right. That's pretty much it. I think, Stu, you know, we'll have you back on. And we have to now. I appreciate it. I'll tease the hell out of it. Yeah, no, I appreciate it, guys. And again, thank you so much for just being you and doing what you guys do, and I can't wait to come back. You know, we're there for fellow Canadians. We're always there for you. And we're very loyal to our Canadian artists. Promoting a young 43-year-old talent. I'm getting the grades. And you know, it's a good hair day. You don't see it thinning. There you go. Yeah, we know all about that. Right. Too much about that. Right. All right, man. Have yourself a wonderful day. All right, guys. Thank you. All the best. See you. OK. OK.