 back to the show. I told you today we'll be coming back after two minutes, three minutes, five minutes. So don't worry, you can send those shout outs. I told you I'll be sending you love right here. Now I can see Ruben J. Naish and as of today I am missing the show. Totally awesome. Shout out to DJ and Sue, okay, DJ Dew and Sue Wamam. All right, when he said DJ I thought it's you. Sorry, next time, right? Okay. Can you play me Cactus of Glass? Now any song by Paramore Yende must I do? How do you do? Have you shout out to Eddie? That is Eddie Grim, yeah? Yeah, yeah. Shout out to Eddie. And then Mike Cargetha and I said, thank you Phylian and Hugh Scales, Hashtag Rock, thank you Mike for tuning in. And then I have Mubena. Can you help me read that? Mubena Bonaparte. Right. I said, I rocked from Far East to Mubist. Yeah, East to Mubist. And Kayole. I'm telling you, Kayole is tuned. And he knows he's rock, you know. He knows he's rock. The bleeding to eat my evening. Yeah, so he's going to be playing that for you. Just stay tuned, right? And then our squid heart. All right, I've seen what you're saying. We're going to work on that. Trust me. I know we have actually forwarded that. So we're going to be talking about that later on. So right about now, we have a guest in studio. You know, it's Nairobi Metal Fest, I'm telling you. It's finally here. We've been waiting for the longest time. It's here. It's here yesterday. If you miss the show, don't worry. We have some videos. I'll be uploading them on our pages so that you can go check them out. I already have some of the videos out. I have some videos when I think Afeja, when Afeja are performing, so you can go check that out. But I'll be uploading more videos of Vel and NYT. What? I had missed them so much, and I'm so glad they're back. And yesterday they brought the house down. That was super amazing. Vel did their thing. Like, it was crazy. If you miss that, you cannot miss today, but we'll be talking about that later on. Right about now, let's welcome our guest to the show. How are you guys doing? Welcome to Rock to Alive. How are you doing? Okay, I don't know where to start. Welcome to Kenya. Yeah. Thanks very much. What's up KBC? Okay, I'm going to start with the one with the red because, you know, break the collars first, right? All right. So maybe introduce yourself and tell, to introduce yourself and tell us your name. Hey everybody, I'm Revenge from Hamburg, Germany, and my name is Oka and I'm the singer. He's a singer. Okay, first thing, have you learned any Swahili word? Sorry? Have you learned any Swahili word? Swahili? Swahili. Oh, Swahili is what we speak. Just Mambo. Rico told you. That's yeah. Mambo is good. So when someone says, oh, there are alternatively, you can say Niaje. Niaje? Niaje. Okay, okay. Yeah, Niaje. So that's like slang. It's high, but in slang. So Niaje, and then somewhere, you say poor, poor, P-O-A, so it's poor. Poor, poor, poor. Niaje is poor, Mambo. No, it's poor. So when someone says Niaje, you say poor. Right. And then moving on. I'm Finn and I'm playing the guitar. Oh, he's the guitarist, Finn. All right, good to have you on the show. Anyone so far, any Swahili words? Okay, this is your first time in Kenya? Yeah, it's my first time in Africa. In Africa, you know. Africa. Yeah, we need to welcome here. What's the most Kenyan thing we can do for him? Kenyan thing. I'll teach you a Swahili word for metal. Okay. Chuma. Chuma? Yeah. Yeah. So when you ask metal music, say chumamziki. Oh, chumamziki? Chumamziki. This is metal music. Yeah. Metal music, yeah. So, music is music, metal. Chuma is metal. So, yeah, that's pretty good. That's good. All right. And then we have... My name is Bert and I play the drums. Oh, drummer. He's a drummer. He's a drummer. He's a drummer too. That's why he's excited. He's like, oh, drummer. All right. Yes. So, any Ken... You've had any Kenyan food so far? We had, yeah, we had food this morning. Unfortunately, I don't remember the... Ujjali. Ujjali, yeah, exactly. Ujjali. The name of the other dish, but... You had Ujali. Yeah, I was sick. All my people from the West, did you hear that? Taste Ujali. Taste Ujali when you're in Kenya. So, people complain Ujali is too hard for first-time buyers. Was it okay? They're hard, yeah. It's not metal. Yeah. It tastes good. It tastes good. With the cabbage and the peas. It's good, yeah. No, but go for Nyama Choma. You've had Nyama? Nyama is like meat. So, barbecue. So, that is like... When everybody goes like outside Kenya, interview us and laugh. So, what do you mean about Kenya? It's like Nyama Choma. So, that is so Kenya. And make sure you have Nyama Choma, right? So, yeah, can you tell us, gentlemen? From the right place. Make a note of that. Omtura. They should have omtura, right? Don't go there. You. Omtura is too deep. All right, so. Choma, Nyama. Okay, let's see. Nyama Choma. All right. Now, so, how can you enjoy yourself? Okay. Hey guys, what's up? I'm Jonas. Playing bass. Let's find revenge. Ooh, bassist. Bassist. Bassist. Yesterday, he was on the bass. That's when he was like, on dream, right? What can I do that though? I'm surprised. You know, like, I saw a line in Germany. I went one class like this, and then I never went back. Because the whole class, I didn't get anything. Like, I just went there. I was like, oh, that was... It's really hard. It's one of the hardest, that I think language is to ever get. It's up to you. It's up to me. I'm just in Swahili. Maybe... How do you say hi in German? It's pretty easy. It's just hallo. Oh, it's hallo. Oh, hallo? Hallo. And then... Oh, hallo. But in North Germany, we say moin. Moin, yeah. Oh, moin. That I can remember. That's like somebody's name. We have... Yeah, what's moin? We put the moin. We put it in... You can say like, I don't know, maybe 10 or 20 different words for hi, so... Yeah. All right. So, all right. So, the band, I am revenge. I know you guys are like probably the highlighters of today. All right. I know it's good. Yeah. Even from Germany, you guys are like, okay, you know, okay, we've seen L.Y.T. play. We've seen Vel played yesterday. We've seen S.L.C. They've played before, so most of them haven't seen you in action, so, yeah. So, they're pretty looking forward to seeing you perform tonight. So, what do you can tell us about the band? When was it founded and how long ago? Oh, we're doing this shit for, I don't know, nine years already. Yeah. We had some changes on the drums, but it's in the band now for like four or five years. All guitar players are probably... Unfortunately, they're not with us because they're having kids at home. Oh, it does, no? They have to be there for the kids. But now Finn joined us and... We couldn't be happier. Yeah. We couldn't be happier to have... Be happier to be here. Right. We enjoyed last night. They got us all the bands playing. Right, yeah. And, yeah. Hope to see all you guys tomorrow. Today. Today! Tonight, actually. From here. I'm just saying, not tomorrow. So, let's go up to tomorrow. Yeah. And, you know, yesterday, someone was... It was around two, and then someone called me like, oh, I thought you were still here. I'm like, I'm going home. I'm walking tomorrow. He's like, I thought it's like, it's a... You know, what they had... I think they had like a coachella in mind. They're like, it's like a three-day debate. When you tell them it's a two-day debate, they're like, why are you guys going home? Oh, what's the story? I thought it's continuous. What's the story? Where can you can? Yeah. In 2012, 2013. Yeah. The... The... October first. Yeah. We were all for three days. Not so. I remember, I was very busy. We were all for three days. Not so. Why even functioning? Because it's metal. We were functioning. Going hard for three days. We were going to stop playing and moshing and all that. That's when we shut down. No. All right now, so, how can you inspire your sound as an Iron Revenge as the one helping you inspire your sound? I think we were asked this question by another Kenyan outlet that was asked before an interview. I think we said music to lift heavy weights too. That gets you pumped for a workout thing. We're not about to get into the metro internet. It's like, we're in the weights party. Very heavy, very down to, very aggressive, but at the same time, we try to have like some elements in there that make it a little bit more interesting than just your run-of-the-mill just chug riffs and, you know, just blast the drums and so, yeah. But it's mostly, it's fairly straightforward, aggressive vibe that we bring. Aggressive. I'm stuck on aggressive. I like that. Aggressive. Straight forward. Yeah, we try to not mess around. Yeah, I'm saying it the way it is. So, guys, when you're coming out tonight, you know what to expect. Yeah, don't be like, I thought he's gonna be like, you know, soft drop or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's it. No. Definitely not. I'm gonna let you, I'm gonna let you. But you already know, I know, but, yeah, what do I mean tonight? Not great. I'm sorry. Today, they should know what's going down. Make sure that they agree. Yeah. All right. So, what can you actually say, got you involved to music in the first place? What got you interested in music? That's a, that's a very, very tough question to answer. I'd say, I guess I picked it up really early when I was a kid and I just thought it was fun to do and then I just went from there. And then, at some point, the devil visited me and pulled me into the queue. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. No, I'm just kidding. Now, I just, I just like, you know, when you're, I know when you're a teenager and you like high energy stuff, you know what I'm saying. I listen to, you know, you start out with Metallica and corn, all that kind of stuff and then you just kind of dig deeper at some point. Right. And speaking of Metallica, maybe now, actually, I know this is going to be individual, an individual question. You can tell me maybe some of your influences when you're growing up, who are you jamming to? That's, that's a tough question. Yeah. We all started with, I think it was rock music. I started with Pantera Metallica, Sepultura, Machine Head, also new metal, but also have influences from hip hop. And there are so many bands, so many, yeah. There are so many. Any of your favorites? Maybe then and now, any of your favorites? Favorites, yeah. Oh, there are many, but I don't know. Just to name a few, I'd say, especially talking about I'm Revenge, it's probably Bury Your Dad, because like our first record where it all started with Pit Justice in 2012 was very influenced by Bury Your Dad. The old Bury Your Dad. Old Bury Your Dad stuff. All right. All right, cool. And one thing, we forgot to do this when we were starting, like, your name, I am Revenge. It's, maybe just tell us about the name. Where you guys like, the people come to you when you're looking for justice. I'm like, oh my God, he broke up with me. Like, you need to deal with him. That, is that what you do? Like, do I come, do I see you? You're like, y'all call me. Like, is that, you got this consultant? Yeah, you know. Guess you want to finish somebody off? Yeah, okay. Don't say it like that. When you put it like that, it sounds really bad. But, okay, is that what, okay, how did the name come about? I think it was an idea from our first drama. It came with this name, I'm Revenge. There's no bigger meaning behind it. Like, it's just like, we were, It was the theme of the first album as well, Pit Justice. Yeah, that's true. But actually, just being honest with you guys, we were just searching for a cool band name. Someone came up with I'm Revenge, and we were like, oh yeah, that sounds pretty nice. I had something totally different in mind. I thought like, maybe one of your friends, something happened to him, and then you're like, you know what, we're going to revenge. We have to revenge. Oh, shit. Luckily, no, all of... Like, they're going to lie. It's true, if you're feeling like that, just join our Marsh Pit, and then you'll be happy after that. I know Marsh Pit. Like, when you go for gigs, even like yesterday, like my ears are still ringing until now, but because they said you're close to the speaker, I was like, because the Marsh Pit, it was super crazy, so I had to stay close to the speaker. You have to secure a corner, so the speaker is where a corner was, and then all that noise, yo, until now, my ears are still ringing. But it's good to have you guys in Kenya, but one thing though, you've listened to some of your, some of the Kenyan bands, right? So how can you compare? How do you compare the Kenyan rock scene to Germany? To the German one? Yeah, to maybe, how is the rock scene in Germany compared to Kenya? I think there's also a question that we got asked, and I, so we already kind of gave this some thought, and I guess our answer is that, unfortunately right now, their local scenes are just kind of disseminating a little bit, so it's actually awesome to see here that the scene is very local and very kind of together, because we have, we're sort of a disintegration movement going on back in Germany that we'd like to see, that people just try to endorse their local scenes a little bit more. It might feel counterintuitive in this day of age where you can just access all kinds of global music at the touch of a screen, but at the same time for bands that are not, they're not super represented internationally, the local scene is their lifeblood, so when we felt like we saw that yesterday, and that is actually really cool to see. Ah, that's interesting, like that. Now, I actually wanted to ask about Finn, Finn hasn't talked much, so I'm going to ask him this one. So what's your favorite thing about being a rocker and being in a band and just doing what you do, what's your favorite thing? I think it's just playing the shows and meet new people from other countries or cities. It's, yeah, that's the thing. Our, so interacting with different people, like right here, different cultures and all that. That's pretty amazing. Now, I know most of the guys are going to come out tonight. I think that we're going to have more people today than yesterday. So for the people coming out tonight, what should they expect from you guys? What are you bringing? You know, we just want to know, like before we get there, like what should we? Like somebody's watching them, they're like, who are these people? What is going down? I have to go check them out. What should they expect? I think we put on a pretty energetic live show and we're definitely going to do our best to bring our A game. I think the crowd also brings a lot and we're super excited. We're super excited for that. Yeah, and we usually, I mean, as every act we feed off the energy of the crowd. So I think tonight's going to be pretty crazy. Yeah. I saw they should expect a crazy, crazy performance. Oh yeah. Full of energy. Art cool. We want to see all of you guys. We want to see you jumping off stages. We want to see you stage diving. We want to see you marching. We want to see you do all this stuff. Yeah, definitely, definitely, most definitely. I'm sure they're going to just die. Now, what have you guys, I'm sure, you've performed so many times on different venues. What has been your favorite venue so far? Another tough question. Hello. Yeah. There are many, yeah. Thinking like, wait, what's, what's stuck out? It's not the venue. Sometimes it's the feeling between us. Yeah. The people and all, you know. For sure. The whole atmosphere could be a small club, could be a floor show, could be a big festival. Yeah, I'd say depending on how tonight, you know, the magic is in the air, tonight would be a strong contender as well. I think there's always, of course, the whole aspect of how a venue is equipped. And we had this one instance of playing in a, actually in a gymnasium, like, you know, and playing soccer and stuff like that in Germany. And that was actually pretty awesome. Eight hundred people. Yeah, and it was sold out. Why? Yeah, that was pretty sick. But otherwise, I think, yeah, I'd say no. It's mostly about the vibe. All right, so that has been one of your highlights. This year, yeah. Probably today. I'm sure today, by the end of the night, though, I'm going to add Kenya. At the end of the night, we will answer this question with crook queue, probably, so. Yeah, yeah. We appreciate that. We want to do that. On the next interview, just make sure, like, yeah, and you'll all be Kenya one. And then, yeah. Just about it. I'm not ready to go. Another one. Like, do you have any favorite local bands? Like, from Kenya. Any Kenyan bands? From Kenya specifically. Yeah. Um, I remember checking out L.Y.T., and I really liked them yesterday, so that one probably stuck out the most for me. Otherwise, to be honest, I did check out the bill, but I have to admit, personally, like, just for what I would listen to myself, I'd say L.Y.T. is my favorite. All right, L.Y.T. Oh, yesterday, yeah. Pretty good. It was really, very interesting, very interesting. All right, so what do you consider if someone is trying to walk with you, maybe collaborate? What should they have? You know, like, cause, you know, many rock bands who love to, maybe the local ones, who love to definitely walk with you. So if they want, and they probably maybe have that chance, what should they bring to the table first? What do you consider? What should they have before you guys consider them for a collab? I've never thought about that. I'd say it's probably dedication, as in, like, yeah. Just do it. Cause that's definitely the differentiator. You can really tell, but the people, sometimes people just do it for fun and whatever, and some people just really mean it type of thing. Like, they really invest, I mean, every musician invests a lot of time and money into their stuff, but, you know, you can really kind of show that fire in you, you know, that's the most important. Connect, you have to have, like, yeah, that's also, of course, there's a certain, like, fit. So I'd say it's important. It doesn't mean any lunch, the bus, that they like to talk about you. Yeah, honestly. What's your walk on? Honestly, I'm not sure from my vantage point, I remember the first thing that my drum teacher told me when I joined his teaching class was like, dude, get a metronome. And, like, but I feel like I'm pretty good. And he's like, no, no, no, get a metronome. Like, it's just about, you know, you just practice with it and you'll notice a difference. Tell me, like, in a month, go practice and tell me in a month. And I did. And I was like, yeah, dude, you're right. Like, yeah, it's, it's, it's made a huge difference. So for me, I probably, the most impactful thing I did back in the day when I started out was getting a metronome. All right. Always. How much did you get a metronome? Yeah. That's like, I'm not saying, I'm not saying that, like, they're, you know, but it just, it really helps also improve yourself. Like, a good starting point. And of course, always tune in, tune in, tune in. All right. And how about the vocalist? Why should the vocalist? Warm up. Warm up. Every time. Yeah. It's important. Yeah. Otherwise you're going to hurt yourself. I sing like that. Yeah. Maybe 20 years now. So just warming up for every show. Every show. And it doesn't get any late and, you know, has no mode. Yeah. All right. So practicing is important. Yeah. That's important. Yeah. But they, of course, yeah, the guitar is what they do. Tune the guitar and, and just, yeah. And just fresh strings. Yeah. You guys like fresh strings? Yeah. Oh, fresh strings. Yeah. Yeah, he usually takes care of that. It's just kind of, I guess he's more, I guess he's more like, putting a pair of underpants on. You know, just like feeling good. You know, feeling good about music. I like that he likes fresh strings. All right. Yeah, the basses. The basses. Yeah. I don't know. Just practice, practice, practice. And when you're at a point where you think you're, you cannot get any better, I'm sure you can put like 50% on top of that. So just keep on going. And don't stop. Be passionate about what you're doing. Oh, so passion. You should be passion driven. And then warm up, practice, buy a new guitar. Or get some influence. Oh, it's crazy. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Or just, yeah. Classes. Yeah. Yeah. Take care of your guitar. Yeah. Or watch other bands or other shows to get some influence from them. Yeah. Maybe there's. All right. Now, one last thing before you go out your social media handles for the guys at home who want to follow you up. Maybe they just like, seeing you for the first time. Maybe you can tell us where they can find you. And also find your music. Where can they find your music as well? We are on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube. What else? I've been on Revenge on Facebook. You can find us on Instagram. I'm RevengeHC. You can find us on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube. Deezer. Deezer. Like whatever you want. Just search for I'm Revenge on Google most probably. You'll definitely find us. And if you're not sure, put the HC or the hardcore to it. All right. Thank you so much for coming, guys. Like it's been. Thanks for having us. Thanks for coming through. I wish we had more time, but we have so many other interviews lined up. But thank you so much for coming and we can't wait to see you tonight. So, guys, if you're looking to see them in Afshan, make sure you come tonight at Crooked Cues just here in Westlands. Yeah. And you know, a thousand Bob for the ticket. And if you came yesterday, it was just 1200. You get a ticket for two days. 1200 was it. So that's like 600 Bob for two days, right? But if you didn't come yesterday, it's going to be a thousand Bob. I'm sure you can get your tickets at the gate. Come through. It's going to be so much fun. You've had what they said. Energy, energy, energy. And you know how we do it. Local scene, people show up. Like energy and energy. Part shot. That's what you expect. So make sure you follow them at I Am Revenge. And of course, we're still here. Hashtag Rock Tour 254 at Filingen at Hues Girls at Rock Tour 254. And of course, at Y254 Channel. We'll be coming right back with more show. But now we're going to play some of your songs, their songs, so that you get.