2000 Trees Festival - On The Stage with Unpeople, Tropic Gold, Ramkot & Lovebreakers

[00:00:14] And welcome to Fandomentals, the podcast that explores pop culture, one conversation at a time. I am your host, Harley. Every episode, I interview different people from around the world to discuss a variety of topics within the world of pop culture.

[00:00:29] Thanks for joining me on this journey and I hope you enjoy the episode. Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Fandomentals podcast. This is the third episode from my on-the-stage series at the 2000 Trees Festival.

[00:00:51] If you've been listening to the previous episodes, you'll know that I was fortunate enough to attend the 2000 Trees Festival and speak to a number of bands about their experiences playing at such a festival. It's been an absolutely brilliant series so far and today's episode is no different.

[00:01:08] Today, I am joined by Megan Luke from Unpeople, Jacob and Josh from Tropic Gold, Hands and Tim from Ramkot and Jack and Nathan from Lovebreakers.

[00:01:19] Each band was absolutely fantastic. I loved meeting these guys. I loved having these conversations and I cannot wait to share them all with you very soon. As always, there are links in the show notes we can find out more about every band and the 2000 Trees Festival.

[00:01:33] Make sure we stick around at the end so you can find out a bit more about a giveaway that I'm doing on my social media pages with some really cool prizes from the Good Folks at Marshall. Right, that's enough from me. Let's get on with the episode.

[00:01:46] This is 2000 Trees with unpeople, Tropic Gold, Ramkot and Lovebreakers. Hello Megan Luke and welcome to the Fandomentals podcast. Thank you for having us, Harley. Oh, it's my pleasure. So yeah, it's just like I said, want to get some of our perspective from you guys back playing festivals.

[00:02:13] My first question to you is what was the first festival that you guys went to? No, it was the first festival I went to. Redden, it was for me, Redden. Redden 2009, I was running. And it was what the headline is. It was radio heads, art and monkeys.

[00:02:32] King Delion, I think that year. Guess a good lineup. Yeah, I've got a lot of lovely Billy Talent. Yeah, completely understand. I think I was given it a name. What's it about else? Cool. Yeah.

[00:02:46] And it was like this stage is like next to each other and it would be like, Routine. Yeah, I see that. I can't remember. I went to that, I went to that one year and then I went to that.

[00:02:54] The second year I went, I know Paramore played that year. Lovely. But yeah, that was probably the first festival I went to. That's awesome. What a start for both of you. I know.

[00:03:04] And how about as an artist, what was the first festival you guys got to play out? That's a band. Oh, I see it. I think for us it would be some like local, like pop thing. Yeah, probably like I think first major festival for me was that one.

[00:03:17] Wow. I think first festival. There's a festival called Redfest. It was down in the south which is quite really a really cool little festival which we played. Also known bounds early on. But I think for most people it's always going to be like those old days.

[00:03:31] I was like, you know, to mute the festival or something. And then I think like an alcohol couple dayer. Yeah. But I actually think the first big festival I played was like bebe's introducing it last in Rene 2016. Wow. Which was like bit of a baptism of fire.

[00:03:46] But yeah. Yeah. I got a friend of mine that kind of volunteers and works around there. And she's like, yeah, so there's such a great place to be. Yeah, it was 2016 so it was the year that it was like really rainy that year.

[00:04:00] So I remember it was just in mud. Just a lot of mud. Yeah. It's been very fresh festivals. You either get glorious sunshine or mud. It's between knowing between. I think down I think I did you get down like this year. Not this year.

[00:04:14] No, I mean, I'd say the worst year I went was 2016 when it was just mud. Well, that must have been around the same because that's the reason obviously. Yes. It would have been around the same time. It was a horrible month. Yeah.

[00:04:25] So they're here at look for E-Ruff like very well. Yeah, well the guys next door were there. They were saying like yeah it was often on apparently all weekend. But no I mean we're here at 2000 trees and it's really nice. Sounds lovely. It is.

[00:04:37] I mean, the same we don't mind if it rains at like half three because that's when our set is And we're in a tent. Yeah. Like like, like, like, tent and beef would come in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I love it. I love it.

[00:04:47] So something I've been digging into the bands of Hadom is what the appeal is of coming to a festival as a band. Because when people listening might say I understand going on tour maybe playing with a band that you've always loved and having that experience.

[00:05:01] But going to a festival, that's a big deal for bands. So it's sort of wonderful for you guys what do you like about playing at festivals? I just love the atmosphere and how it's like, you're going into just like a little isolated bubble of just music and obviously.

[00:05:18] Yeah. For trees is a great example because every year we come here and we catch up with people who've not seen all year. And you get to see all your friends and stuff like that. And I just love the festival atmosphere. Yeah.

[00:05:28] I mean, by I just thought everyone's from an early point in the day up for a good time. So it's like, you can be in a band on a build and it's like really everyone's head to see a headline about it. Yeah.

[00:05:38] I like to make a ratio of festivals where people are here to see bands, you know? Yeah. Have a good time. I think the one thing that I dislike about being on tour is it's the amount of downtime and it's just it's a bit boring.

[00:05:50] Like, you know, you sound like me, you wait around and you place that, well, like, festival. There's always something to do in that downtime. True. You know, you can take up bands like as Luke said, like a touch with people you haven't seen for a while, like,

[00:06:02] Grumps nice food and do that all, like, generally, and really nice. Yeah, exactly. You know, so I did, I just say I hate sitting around swimming my thumbs, you know? But at festivals, there's always something to do. So yeah, I really, I really like playing festivals. Yeah.

[00:06:19] There can be a nightmare though, when they're poorly organized, which two thousand trees never is. Two thousand trees were amazing, but there are some festivals you played that have just been, like, Does anyone know what's going on here? I was, say, gender water. Thank you. Jeremy.

[00:06:35] What's been your worst one so far? I couldn't possibly buy a name in the dream. Do you know what? I would actually say that the summer that I did glass debris.

[00:06:47] And I get it because there's so much going on, like, I did feel a little bit neglected on that. Be was introducing stage and then they were right. And then like a couple months later, we did truck festival. And you know, it's a much smaller festival. Yeah.

[00:07:01] But it was so, it was, I just felt like so much truck festival. Yeah. Those, those independent festivals do a really good job, I think. Yeah, I get that impression. I mean, just being here, like you said, like, other ones that I've known all of, yeah,

[00:07:16] I think there's a lot more carrot attention, perhaps that goes into it maybe. I feel like generally, and this isn't to say that it's not the case with those big festivals for them.

[00:07:25] But generally, I think, you know, like James Scarlett is so passionate about this festival and all the bands and stuff. And you're like, like, to curate a line up that he really is, you know, that he really is. And I think that's kind of half the battle really.

[00:07:39] Oh, it is for sure. Absolutely. I've been here every year since 2016. Really? That's how much I love this festival. Yeah, that's awesome. Yeah, if we don't even if we don't play next year, I reckon we'll probably all come. I'll be here.

[00:07:51] Yeah, do you know what, that's the impression I get from a lot of people is just like, yeah, even if you're not playing, I just want to be here. Yeah. It's just a nice vibe. It's a nice place for the festival. Yeah, absolutely.

[00:08:00] So I want to know what's been one of your favorite experiences from playing a festival. It's probably even quite a few. I'm actually, we very recently did a festival in Switzerland, called Carabana Fest. Oh. And it's like right on, um, like,

[00:08:16] like, well, it's, they told us not to call it that. Oh, really? They said they said in Switzerland, they actually call it something else. I like that. But anyways, right on this, like, beautiful lake, like the scenery, which is amazing. Yeah. And it's lovely.

[00:08:32] Like, it wasn't, it wasn't a super busy lineup. There was maybe like four or five fans on the cross on each six. Six. It's three bands on each stage, but it was just like, wow. So what happens that festival is I think it starts on a Wednesday. Yeah.

[00:08:47] And it goes to Sunday and I think each day it's like rock day, hip-hop day, drum and bass day. And it was just, we would look after so well, and there's such a beautiful setting. And it was just like, you sound check.

[00:08:59] And then you just had this beautiful harbour. And like, all this amazing scenery and it was so nice. It was really, really, really good. We've done the Metallica Show week before that, which always was insane, but it was just very hectic.

[00:09:14] So it was nice to go to this festival in Switzerland. And almost just like relaxed for days. It was an oversized deck chair there that's made to sleep on. If you get a bit tight, it's so cool. It was just very wholesome.

[00:09:26] Yeah, that's like what the most wholesome thing ever. Yeah, that's what it was in the first few days. And the first few days? Well, that's a really cool idea of spreading out depth and genres. Actually, I was speaking to somebody I know who lives out there in Switzerland

[00:09:38] and they were saying that area of Switzerland, particularly like they're really big on their music festivals. Right. And not too far is the festival with the Montreal Jazz Festival. Which is like a map that gives you a lot of fun. Yeah.

[00:09:51] They know how to put together a good festival there. Yeah. But yeah, if they invited us back, I would, yeah. I would, yeah. I would like to finish that and we like first thing I said to Tashon managers is like, can we go back next year? Yeah.

[00:10:06] It's just like, I go there just to be there. It was really, really nice. Amazing. I love that. And something I've been asking all the bands and I love this question because I've got so many different answers. If you guys were to put on your own festival,

[00:10:20] I want to know first of all what's it called? And second of all, who are your three dream headlighters? Why, do you make everything about me? And I think it's sweet, but also it's not all about me.

[00:10:32] But like you tell me, Mashfest isn't a great festival in a name. It's a good name. I think, and I always say, I think, three headlighters between us. We'd probably pick like, deaf tones would definitely be. Uh-huh. If you have deaf tones, I'd have ACDC. And then, yeah.

[00:10:47] And then, Abba. Abba, if you're happy to meet me really. I mean, yeah. Because then that compromises me not having ghost, like it's like their Abba. Yeah. Yeah, cool. Done. Yeah, you did. And then you did. We have the most likely more poppy day and then we are.

[00:11:03] Yeah, that has kind of been the vibe. Every single time is people come up with such a variety every time. And I love it. And deaf tones, second time they've come up on this podcast. Yeah, I've been in this probably a lot of deaf tones that I had.

[00:11:13] I had that opportunity. Yeah, I think so. Not how Abba, no, I had Shania Twey. Oh, I just see Shania. I don't know. I'm not sure if you're not going to see her. Oh, it was a last Sunday and I had COVID. I'm sorry.

[00:11:24] I think Abba would it be actual Abba though? Would it be the holographic? I'd want Abba. Yeah, I also like you can have anyone. Okay. If you can bring them back on the second episode. I mean, if that was the case, I'd love,

[00:11:37] I'm a huge fleet with Mac fan. Oh. My dream was always to see the original lineup and I started the obviously Christine McBease pastor where he was actually my favourite member. Like I loved all of her songs or my favourites. Yeah.

[00:11:52] And so yeah, like I can never see the full original lineup of fleet with Mac now. So if I could revive Christine McBease, I would love the original lineup of fleet with me. I'd like the 1981 ADDC lineup. Yeah. That would be awesome. Yeah.

[00:12:07] I love that great answers, guys. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. Thank you, Baroness. Cheers. Cheers. Hello, Jacob and Josh and welcome to the Fundamentals podcast. Hello. How are you? I'm very well. It's been a really good day. Have you guys? Yeah, all right.

[00:12:25] It's been nice. Tired. I think there's been lots of things in the last. But in the best way. Yeah. So that's what everyone's really cool. This is definitely like the most wholesome festival I've been to. Yeah. Everyone's on the same wavelength. Everyone's relaxed. Yeah. It's really nice. Yeah.

[00:12:43] It's lovely. We've had a good time so far. Good. It's not over yet. So no exactly. Yeah. Well, I want to talk about it. Yeah. It's not over yet. It's not over yet. I have a lot of personality. And actually it's been really nice day, Bob.

[00:12:55] It has been good. I think it is. Good. It's a great day. It's been really nice day, Bob. Yeah. It's a great day. Oh, it's a great day. It's great. Oh, it's great. Oh, it's great. It's great. It's incredible. Yeah. That's what I was talking about. It's amazing.

[00:13:11] Yeah. It's really nice. It's amazing. Yeah. It's great. It's great. It's great. Well, I want to take it back a bit. I'd love to know what was the first festival that you guys went to

[00:13:23] Went to I'm really bad because I literally I literally never went to a festival I'm okay my first festival was download 2010 lovely yeah That has been a running answer by the way. That road keeps coming up. Yeah, I was busy AC DC RS with

[00:13:40] And then seconds stage was first ex-mars but my mind and time is so teller That was a good lineup. Yeah, so that was the that was the June after Reggars were seeing up a double one for Christmas and it was their second yes, that's right

[00:13:54] I was there to the A couple weeks before that they did their first show back ever yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It was a little warm-up show too download them. They did download for it and it was that was quite a monumental That was a good festival

[00:14:11] Back to the fire as well, isn't it? Yeah, yeah awesome awesome And how about the first festival that you guys played out there in this proper gold? Welcome to 2003. Yeah, welcome to 2003 really yeah, yeah, yeah This is like this is our first First When they first

[00:14:26] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah We could be good if you want to do it This is like this. This is our first one. Yeah, yeah, so we're very very very very very Becreen big green to our we really

[00:14:35] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's very lucky very grateful also awesome because like we played you know a lot of our shows for a long time Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[00:14:42] Like we you know, we treated today like every ever show really and okay, yeah, yeah everything we could but brilliant just it's a different environment That we've not done before but it was great crowd was so good Good

[00:14:52] We've been to the different festival crowds because they're two to listen to music whether they don't write So you know if you if you if you support somebody and the crowd maybe might not turn up the sports because

[00:15:03] They want to show a lot of yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Let you say loads of people singing which like we haven't really had that before and yeah That was like very humbling experience. Yeah

[00:15:24] Glad it's been a really good first one for you guys genuinely can see yeah An imagine there's quite nerve-racking show enough. I hope we can come back next to yeah, I said I hope we can come back next to I'm sure we can make that

[00:15:36] Yeah, it's something that I've been exploring as well with bands is yet the appeal of coming to festivals and playing So I mean you've just touched upon some ink that has come up in pretty much every conversation

[00:15:45] Which is the idea of reaching a new audience right of like yeah being an environment where people are perhaps Yeah, but as you say a bit more a reminder to be more willing to try things out and from that you guys can grow and find more people

[00:15:58] Yeah, so you find that's the experience you've had so far You know it's always been like if there's not a band on that you're Setting out to go and see then you'll just be like I'm just gonna go see this band

[00:16:11] Right, that's just like the beauty of festivals and like yeah, especially It's so good to see festivals like trees like coming up for the ranks over the last like five years Yeah, I can so many people like

[00:16:21] Like paying attention to trees and like the night bit this year's line-up has got to be one of the best of recent years of It makes complete sense so they won that award last year Yeah, yeah I'm so touched

[00:16:33] Yeah, yeah, totally. I mean it makes complete sense like if you're just being here as noticed obviously You know, we you know, we end and you as press like get a little bit of a different image of the festival from at the back

[00:16:43] Back inside of the city, yeah, but like it's been nothing but good hospitality nothing but lovely people Yeah, constant compliments and Everyone that we spoke to when it comes to a lot after the show is that for just been so lovely

[00:16:55] Really, it's been so nice. So yeah, you will find that here genuinely like it's my this is my first time doing press I was lucky enough to hang out with somebody here. It's like a plus one and yeah, it just I agree

[00:17:05] It's amazing the vibe here is unlike anything else again something that keeps coming up Everyone I speak to is like it does feel very different so yeah, you're irrequestable. Yeah, I feel like it has got

[00:17:16] Obviously downloads a huge festival but like that that has a sit similar vibe of like everyone's really nice But I feel like where okay, it's a lot more condensed than like concentrated here So yeah, because it's small loads you can really feel that energy a lot more

[00:17:30] Family vibe doesn't it? Yeah, I don't know if it's branded a sucker family sort of time festival, but like 100% kind of feels like that to me Yeah, I'm going very family orientated Yeah, it's a beautiful energy

[00:17:43] Yeah, you'll definitely find that here and again like you'll as I'm sure you'll know you'll get to chat to different people here and at most No each other for years and yeah, as you said the lineup definitely reflects the I think a nice mix of artists

[00:17:56] Like there's a lot of I would say the line a lot of years. Yeah, it's better than a Considerable amount of festivals this year The festival lineup is like stacked and yeah, so consistently good

[00:18:07] Yeah, you know, I'm really questioning who I want to see and when I want to see it I'm gonna say yeah, you've got your own Yeah, you're in for treat the The 10 dollars you album which is controversial because a lot of people say like you know

[00:18:23] What was the opposite? Oh, it's automatic Yeah Yeah Especially for me as like when it comes to writing as well like They're use of like really low tune guitars but keeping it melodic and not just falling into like a metal band like who was really quite like

[00:18:43] Interestingly in what they did and we do it as well right guitars are really low tune, but you know It's a lot of his song over which is a lot of what they do so yeah, yeah, that was I'm really excited

[00:18:55] I'm a guitarist I have to ask how low we talk in on the tune-ins. How well? So how low are we going on the tune-ins? So I play and drop drop air standards Also, and then I have a

[00:19:06] And then I have a pitch shift that's go double drop D That's amazing For some such ups Yeah, because I'm not gonna tune actually to double drop D Yeah, I saw it and drop air Yeah, which is you are not kidding do get dudes down

[00:19:22] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I agree. I'm out. Yeah, they are amazing. You guys all love to see it

[00:19:34] I'm definitely hanging out with that. Yeah, I caught on to them for automatic my cousin was like You have to go and see this band they were playing low-clear. They're doing the whole album

[00:19:42] And I'd never heard of them before and I was like, okay, I'll go and yeah, I wasn't just alone away fully into the low-no-way Automatic like I know that the priorities album before that and I wasn't fully into them at that point in time

[00:19:53] But when you went out with the automatic and came out and like yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Something here And do sounds like this? No, no, yeah, you know I think at the time they really sat one on Sony and yeah, it was just a big deal

[00:20:09] And I was like, yeah, wow, who were these guys? Yeah, I agree as well technology by the way. Yeah, it's definitely an And it's a funny thing even though like the last album as well, it just feels like they're one of those bands

[00:20:20] Like a lot of the bands here that are just trying new things like as we're talking over twins of Blaring behind us Yeah, yeah They're awesome and there's like those moves about like that that are just like mix it up and

[00:20:33] Do a new and interesting things and yeah, all right you say it's lovely isn't it? They come into a festival like this where you get supported and like you guys can try new things here And yeah, it's always like that. They don't necessarily pick like

[00:20:45] The obvious bands no, and I think like the unobvious bands right now that are doing some really cool things Trying to break things up a bit Absolutely And like there's just so many of those bands it this weekend Yeah, no, really really is

[00:21:02] Something I've been asking every band that I'd love to get your answers on this because it's yeah This is one of my favorite questions to ask for basically

[00:21:09] If you would have had your own festival, all right. I want to know what would you call it first of all

[00:21:14] And what would you or three headline as be who would you choose? You got anyone anyone anyone you like better alive. Yeah, yeah, don't I have go for it Why not We've probably got the same We're gonna call it

[00:21:28] Yeah, that's the bit that stumps most people we can we actually can't make other additions to this Oh, gone go where is gonna be as well Yes, you know some people have specified locations. Yeah, go for it It's gonna be in the abandoned building of out-cultransperson lovely

[00:21:43] It's gonna be called rebar for us Rebar first call yeah, yeah, yeah bring it back Really headliners. Yeah, we're probably have the same one right? We're thinking about it now

[00:21:53] Go on. Oh, yeah, go on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah could talk for me I was in we're both like massive fans for you, Mike lovely

[00:22:01] Who would I want to see all of that mix the genres a bit? I'd like to like just go completely the other side of them that then okay um All right, this this one's for me. Go for it. I would like to see Tessa Rax Who's so I

[00:22:18] Like to say Rax into fell silent and then yeah, I got really niche like they support it then she carians 2007 Right the story too. We're starting system or and I'm obsessed with them Yeah, most of fell silent became Tessa Rax

[00:22:32] Yeah, so then I followed Tessa Rax and I've just loved them at the same three and a band Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's brilliant and I get a rubber price

[00:22:51] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll go trust us and flip it back test right to when they That will be incredibly Well, best of all four of them brilliant guys, thank you so much for your time Thanks for having us man, appreciate thank you

[00:23:10] Hello hands and team and welcome to the fundamentals podcast Well, hello hello. Hey, glad to be here. Yeah, thank you so much for coming on this a genuine pleasure So uh with the bands I want to go right back to the start with you guys

[00:23:23] I'd love to know what was the first festival you guys went to as an audience member Good question. I think it was rock roker in Belgium lovely Trevor has a lot the first big festival I went to I think because a lot of festivals in Belgium

[00:23:39] Yeah, so there was there it's like there is a festival in our hometown it's called the cancer feast But it's like a 10-day festival but in this city would like the kind described the real thing about the festival because it's a lot of music

[00:23:52] There's a lot of drinks. There's a lot of parties because but but no one is going for the music or the drinks or the parties I wanted to go in It's just so it's a really special festival was that is really

[00:24:04] Great, but it's really like unique. Yeah, yeah, but the first real festival for me was I think rock roker too I think mine was buckle up off. It's also a big festival in Belgium

[00:24:14] And also yet again so face because we grew up in that city. Yes, it's a place we went to when we were even the other like a really small kids So yeah, okay, so you grow an over and that culture then it's a festival culture

[00:24:26] Yeah, we grew up in Gens is a small city in Belgium with a huge huge music scene There's a lot of cool bands from Gens Yeah, awesome a lot of it. What about as a band what was your first festival? Do you got to play?

[00:24:45] I think was evil Also like a tiny festival in Belgium like a rock Gens Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, but it's a really cool festival to play because we went there a lot as a kid

[00:24:59] So it was really cool to play there and to be our first festival was like yeah, and it was not that small of a festival was I think Yeah, it's a tent of like six five to six thousand people

[00:25:10] Yeah, not so small yeah, we played there again like two years after or three years after it was like it's it's kind of homecoming Yeah, it's it's around Gens. So I have a lot of friends who live in the city where this festival is

[00:25:25] Yeah, so it's like playing a true hometown Yeah, but I was quite awesome feeling then so yeah, that was quite a great feeling to do that Yeah, yeah, yeah, so amazing So something I've been digging into with all the bands is the appeal of playing at festivals, right?

[00:25:41] Because I think most of you have a lot of understanding the idea of being in a band and like you know maybe playing local home town shows or

[00:25:47] You know going on tour with a band that you love that kind of thing but playing at festivals completely different for a band, right So I want to know for you guys what's the appeal? What do you guys enjoy about going to festivals and playing?

[00:25:59] Yeah, it's completely different than playing clubs Yeah, when we do a tour and we have we did like a lot of club tours. I'm longing for the festivals because yeah Yeah festivals means summer it means yeah having a good time

[00:26:12] It's also convincing new people to come to your show because When you play a club show people pay ticket to see you yeah and when you go to a festival people play I pay ticket to see lots of bands and maybe they just See you

[00:26:28] For the first time and you have to do yeah convince those people to stay yeah at the at the party you're building so that's completely different so and that's also something we We truly

[00:26:41] Know when we are building a set list so it's not like right we're not gonna play That much new music maybe maybe we should do some like Sing along more in the set list so it's it's a completely different approach

[00:26:53] Yeah, and it's the same when we did like a lot of festivals. I'm longing for the club shows again Good dynamic between club touring and festival touring yeah Yeah, you always have to deliver it so like a different kind of delivering right because

[00:27:07] Especially on a festival like this no not a lot of people know us So we don't have to play like the songs they know to convince them all right. We have to play like the the the right songs Yeah, whatever that means

[00:27:21] That's really cool to play festivals it's play new festivals and in other countries Yeah, it's a different kind of convincing people to get to know you and to get to listen to you on Different kinds of streaming the devices and such yeah, of course

[00:27:36] Yeah, and I think the idea of travel as well, right is really cool Like must be nice to come and see different cultures like a lot of bands

[00:27:42] I'll spoken to you said that's been a highlight of going to festivals is traveling the places that they maybe wouldn't have done before Yeah, having that experience. Yeah for sure This morning we walked through shouting chaldenum or yeah, I chaldenum and we never been here

[00:27:57] It's only our second time in the UK as well. So really oh wow. Yeah, so it's really fun You don't usually have like that much of that much time to visit the city But when you got time that that's the best thing like enjoy the city

[00:28:11] Yeah, have a couple of drinks if the weather is nice. We don't have much of a holiday because we're like always playing of course We make our tour like a holiday. We always try to visit some towns and visit some

[00:28:23] Try to do some cool things yeah, like we went on tour in Germany We went to how do you see it in an inch the hood all burn? I don't know like a it's a tourist attraction with like the roll of course

[00:28:35] All right, okay, so always try to make kind of a holiday over to Rooz That's a great idea. Yeah, I know a lot people that can get kind of stuck in the routine of like okay on the road

[00:28:46] Stage go get out. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've played taking some time to have a look around Yeah, around here as well as quite a nice part of the UK Yeah, definitely one don't want to head get into routine because

[00:28:58] That would be boring. Yeah, that's true. That's true. So how's the rest of the summer looking for you guys with festivals? What have you got coming up? Yeah good we're gonna play

[00:29:08] We're at a very first time in Hungary so that's gonna be a lot of fun like the sea gets festival I don't know if you do know the festival Yeah, no, but it's really cool festival and then we do like the pack up festival

[00:29:19] I told you like I do my first big festival. We're gonna play there for the first time as well really So that's gonna be a lot of fun. It's an amazing festival with Queens at the Stone Age as well coming

[00:29:29] And you're not going to cancel because they they can't seem like a part of their tour because Just homey got sick So hopefully they don't cancel the Yeah, yeah, and then we're going to do lowlands. It's also a big festival in the Netherlands Okay, yeah, and

[00:29:47] I think that's it. I think that's it's a couple of triads because we don't play a lot of shoes But they look Bigger festivals than the last year Yeah, we just made a new record

[00:29:57] So it's not playing too much shows this summer and then yeah our record is coming out in November. I think And they were gonna release a record so it's like also trying out some new songs on all the all these festivals

[00:30:10] Right, the new records. Yeah, I imagine that must be quite cool to sort of test out on a Almost mostly unbiased audience right like you'll have fans in the audience as you say like a lot of people that

[00:30:19] Maybe haven't heard you guys before and might not be that familiar You can try out the new stuff and get a real time reaction as it oh that one that one landed Okay, we'll use that yeah, exactly Sure, it's exciting. I love it. I love it

[00:30:31] Something I've been wondering with a lot of bands as well as sort of what some of your favorite experiences have been at festivals because it can be a top opportunity Is you say the travel meet new people

[00:30:40] You do stuff like this. So yeah, what's been some of highlights for you playing certain festivals? I think the most unique thing we did was like last year we played a pink pop festival and nettle in an

[00:30:51] Analyndonence, yeah, but we weren't scheduled we were supposed to play that but at the Saturday We got a telephone call from our manager or a booker. You know said that the band is served cancelled because the singer had like voice issues and they called us to to

[00:31:09] Replay them yeah, it was like the It was right before black keys and anchories of a storage on the same stage so we were like wow Really that because you called me and wasn't a shower and you call me and it was like that's not true

[00:31:21] He's messing with me You are not Before we had to leave to the festival We got the call and it was like we hadn't been playing for like two weeks because we just got back from tour Yeah, so it was like

[00:31:35] But it was like that big of an opportunity was like in biggest stage We ever played on for like 40-50,000 people. I think yeah, so Unprepared not with our own equipment because our equipment was somewhere else Not our own sound guy with like wow

[00:31:51] Thing we could ever do Yeah, that it's really really because there was no time to get stressy. No, no Two hours before the show we didn't even know where had to play there or we just arrived and then yeah It just just got out there and

[00:32:07] Sleep yeah, no one that would I was like thing no one at the festival No, we were going to be there because the disturbs cancelled that same day right So everyone was like okay, let's call our crew. Let's call everyone who's who's available

[00:32:22] And that's Latin that's play our hearts out so that's like the most unique thing We did I love that awesome and I guess my final question for you guys So if you were to have your very own festival

[00:32:35] I'd like to know first of all what would you call it and who would your three dream headline as big? You can have anyone you like that are alive. It was the first call. Yeah, yeah

[00:32:44] So basically what would the name of the festival be yeah people find that the hardest Should have told I before That all alive yeah, okay they make him be that as well I think you would like to do it. Yeah, really

[00:33:05] That's our second time they've come up on the show. Yeah, okay For sure Jimmy Hendrix also come up with all yeah Actually, I think that's I think Make the most of it Absolutely gone I'm thinking of like let's that live would be like insane

[00:33:27] For me is let's open a girl quiz of a story because yes, I'm such a big fan of We've seen those guys already. Yeah Think I said a box Yeah, maybe no stream maybe Elvis oh yeah

[00:33:42] Why those three the most difficult thing would be who would be the headline or yeah Yeah, exactly yeah, and the name of the festival would be Like something extremely out there Hmm What the hell rock Dad rock because all that yes Like that yeah and

[00:34:07] That death and death I like it. I like it a lot awesome. Thank you guys so much for going on the podcast Hello Jack and Nathan and welcome to the fundamentals podcast

[00:34:22] Hello, sir. Yeah, please a minute. Yeah, yeah, really nice to meet you guys you guys are a good day so far We're good mate honestly like we got a little bit earlier yeah and other good boat round everyone's lovely Yeah, we can yeah, so good music

[00:34:38] You can't make it as much more that's very true very very true So I want to go right back to the start of you guys with festivals. I will know what was the first festival that you guys went to Went to yeah, wow okay, so

[00:34:52] I would have been about 17. I think can I went to be festival? Oh nice. Okay Yeah, yeah, it used to be at Western Park and that's right park is not far for me because I'm like sort of a Like Staffordshire way. I'm gonna

[00:35:05] I can't remember who played well to think you know for top my I'll remember seeing fat boys slim And that went off Not really really good. I bet yeah, who else do I say Think I saw a plan B D Z Rascal

[00:35:18] Huh, huh? It was just like all my school mates basically what could we do the end of every summer We'll go to went to very festival so love yeah, we're good man Kanye West prime Kanye West We had the silly glasses on

[00:35:33] I've never done a lot of proper festival camping on it then sure But my I know which seems mad but I hate mud and even the even modern the risk of being yeah, it could be really

[00:35:44] So name but that's a gamble. It is a gamble. Yeah, that means I did go to I think it's 2014 slandon Oh, so I could die festival and finally went because it was just in Wolverhampton city center Where I lived in Wolverhampton while lived then in Wolverhampton

[00:36:00] But I think that year there was taking back Sunday gold finger Well, still I see I think I was I was like internet deep quite a lot of time and that it was I think it's just before they put out live

[00:36:14] Snart Art to get you so that was a bit as well That feels like a very slam dunk line up Yeah Yeah, that was good for I love that I love that and how about playing?

[00:36:25] It's also first yeah, what was first festival that you guys got to play First festival we played I think it was a tribute festival really So there's those there's a one called trip fest and it's in hold yeah, and they had by a

[00:36:38] Potent for like a regional music And where you got we got us to a lot headloin and we thought okay Well just come and yeah, I'm free free to keep for the way you can

[00:36:48] You know a bit of a laugh will go on play. Yeah, and we got there a lot the tent was rammed Yeah, and it was like an incredible gig like everyone was loving it

[00:36:57] Really long into the music everyone followed us after and it was great. So yeah big enough trust Yeah, man I love that as a lot of tribute festivals is at the country

[00:37:08] Yeah, yeah, that's something I want to explore a bit more in the future of the podcast so stay tuned everyone But yeah Yeah, that's a really cool thing Yeah, that was cool like we didn't think much of it at the time

[00:37:20] And yeah, we turned up and everyone was great everyone was up for it and something obviously They're seeing tribute bands all weekend right and then the school actually want to go and watch Like an original band and yeah, everyone came and watched us and it was brilliant

[00:37:33] It's nice to hear him. I love that that's really really cool so I'm I just sort of exploring this concept with people every band of spoken to I think most people listening understand you're being in a band playing

[00:37:46] Absurring tour like going on tour with a band that you love, you know, all that stuff But playing a festival is a whole different thing right for a band So I've been asked everybody what the appeal is like what you like about playing a festival Specifically

[00:37:59] I think especially we like 2,000 trees Our kind of audience for our right yeah, it's like a little bit alternative and you know rock and roll and guitar music And I think in general when people come to festivals they're just one have a good time

[00:38:14] You know getting involved and you know like dance and have a good drink and have some nice food and I think that's the kind of difference It's not like a gig on a Tuesday when it's raining and gray

[00:38:25] Today's been amazing you know everyone's up for a good time And everyone's on a good level like I don't think I've ever met anyone from a festival that's like You know in a mood or

[00:38:36] Stress out like everyone's here just to like be the selves and let loose. It's nothing that's the different Yeah, what do you reckon with? Well, I agree. I think yeah like it gets you get people who are like have just gone out for the headline mountain

[00:38:49] And they know what a bother even like They don't want to try to enjoy the sport That's the best where you are going for the good time I mean so yeah, you're gonna you're gonna You're gonna have a good time

[00:39:01] And what I found as well like a lot of people dance more at festivals Yeah, I like in venues people are like sort of a bit cool and yeah now working you out and going all like these but I can't move

[00:39:13] Possibly express myself. Yeah, yeah a lot of it would be played today And there were a lot of people pogo in people marching people on shoulders. He was great That's probably been drinking since yes

[00:39:24] I think they've had a little bit of help now now. Yeah, they are sober And they just were really good band and wanted to have a good time Yes, we'll say that yeah, it's true. I mean you see people even like dressing up and stuff right here

[00:39:36] I was just given a small plastic duct by the flash amazing It's all blue pair around you Yeah, I've seen a guy in like a tiger onesie and a T-Rx costume running the round and this

[00:39:49] Yeah, that's all a group of Freddie Mercury's as well earlier. As you do Hey lovely So yeah, we're playing a festival and having all these experiences I wonder what's been some of your favorite experiences at playing festival so far? What's on your fondest memories?

[00:40:07] You know what I would say last year we played Gold Coast Ocean Fest Okay, got Croyd north ever Lovely and it was it happened to be on my birthday And we got there nice and early and we ended up just on a whim going

[00:40:28] Body boarding yeah, because we had a lot of time to kill first day So yeah, we very lucky a shack that we're like renting body boards We all got our wet suit on I'd like to fall on trying to body board and serve groups incredible one

[00:40:42] Not the weather was amazing yeah, top-beaning California. Yeah That was a great experience I was really good as well as a great show On the hay stage the hay stage Okay, that's it That's good but again everyone everyone was up for a really good time

[00:40:59] Yeah, first couple of songs like the ten plus four yeah, that's what you're from like playing in a band And you just want people to see you when have a good time and let those that's what we need to

[00:41:08] Real yeah love to hear that so something I've been exploring with bands as well as some my final question for you is If you would have your own festival

[00:41:18] I want to know what would you call it and who would your three dream headloaders be you can have anyone dead or alive? So if you want headloid age, yeah, and then never they're much decide on who do they are

[00:41:30] Yeah, go for it. Yeah, we've got a call in the name The name is a bit a few stumbles not sure I do in my for a name God that we were really stupid BDC fest BDC fest okay, so BDC like It's an acronym

[00:41:49] Okay, it's it's a bit of an Aussie acronym So we can't really say on the podcast Okay, you can say the first two the first two words which is big dft See okay, got you so when someone's being a bit silly BDC right

[00:42:08] That's a thing that we're saying the band so good call it BDC first And I think in terms of headloiners is it like people that are still with us? Well, I've let it just be anyone Deerolive whoever pass we're talking yeah, yeah, we're talking to each other

[00:42:22] In a certain era. Yeah people have gone era specific. Yeah, do it that's interesting Yeah, so for what one of my it after be queen? Yeah, well, after be queen good choice. Yeah I would love Paul Simon right after the release of Grey Stunt Oh

[00:42:45] I'm looking to have ladies with black man bars over there interesting That would be brilliant. Oh, that's that's really really good Then more the five of records we listen to in the van Okay, yeah, we'll be we'll be fans of green down I think we just saw

[00:43:00] Like two weeks ago and I went to double in My silence we went over there and I tell you that was on mixed emotions gig of just like nostalgia and also going I'm aging We saw them at yesterday like

[00:43:16] I mean to do all of do key in American it here like all the way I know right you guys I've credit avoided any spoilers. So I didn't know what they were gonna play Yeah, I thought they play some songs

[00:43:25] Did you all yeah, I was a mac and yeah, I was like yeah, yeah, no, no, that's amazing Yeah, I've got like a place in our hearts like without band because Our friend Chris Dugan mixed our record and Chris works with green down. Oh nice

[00:43:41] So yeah, like you made up our record sounding credible. Yeah, and yeah, we were looking to play with Green down do like a side project called the cover-ups Yeah, yeah, yeah, not Billy Joe and Jason why and yeah a few of the lock of there

[00:43:57] Their Chris sort of inside crew Yeah, we managed to play two shows with them also like Billy Joe's one of my heroes and To meet him and share a stage with him

[00:44:07] It was the incredible and lucky space for four guys and yeah, yeah, that's why I'm the still playing now You know I mean stuff sure that just kept on ball kept putting out records and kept touring And you know I'm still still loving Green down Age now

[00:44:24] It could be green down or we could go we could go a little bit left field for our third headline Yeah, I think that's a good thing green down quite a lot so you could say Foxborough hot-ups I love that with that be quite good. Yeah

[00:44:38] Roll back there might be a club show band I'd be seeing a club show But I'm a festival set are this question. Oh, they think the goals all of the goals all the harmonies and like all that kind of stuff

[00:44:51] I think it being credible to say not the original line or yeah, we're not a match fan Things so with the foxborough hot-ups. I agree because it is obviously like their smaller projects

[00:45:02] But bring that to a festival. It's a party. Yeah, I think everyone a good wild actually. Yeah, you say they're out of order of the Or the whole or moans. Oh, how about this? Foxborough hot-ups are your surprise acts

[00:45:13] So they're like the secret set but no one knows about it and then remains like yeah original liner would be Okay, because they're the rocket's erosha No rock to Russia is before Think

[00:45:30] No rocket's erosha's you've come out. I think at that point yeah, because then it's alive their live album that was recorded 70 I don't know what you 77 or 79 either way around them Anyway, yeah, that'll be after I said no cream Paul Simon and the rommels

[00:45:50] Okay, so that's in the order I think god go remones first Yeah, I'll go Paul Simon second Okay, we quaint it quaint and yeah, that's your legacy I'm gonna love that that's awesome love that guys. Thank you so much for having

[00:46:10] Massive thank you there to unpeople, tropic gold ramcot and love breakers for coming on to the podcast As I said up top you can learn more about each band by heading into the show notes of this episode

[00:46:21] It'll be links to their website social media pages and more each band is well worth checking out It's why I highly recommend you go into those show notes at the end of this episode to learn more

[00:46:31] I also want to give a massive thank you to the following people for helping with these interviews Joanne Ann from nuclear blast for helping out with unpeople Floor kipers from heart management for helping out with rancarts and

[00:46:42] Haley Holly and Matt from the good as goal group for helping out with everything else at the 2000 trees festival I really couldn't have done it without any of you guys so thank you sincerely

[00:46:52] I also want to give a big thank you to Mark Woodjout of the Mark meet podcast who is great support over the weekend As I've mentioned before go and check out his work from the 2000 trees festival you won't regret it

[00:47:02] And finally, I want to give a massive thank you to you, dear listener checking out this very episode of the podcast If this is your first time listening to fundamentals Thank you so much. I sincerely appreciate it

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