Randy Blythe
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah, exactly. It's not like the record label gods were swooping down upon them and making them huge. They were promoting themselves for a long time. And that's the world we come from, too.
Oh, that's the whole hip-hop scene.
Oh, that's the whole hip-hop scene.
Oh, that's the whole hip-hop scene.
We call it LSD, lead singer's disease. For me, I think no offense to the city of Los Angeles, but I don't live in Los Angeles. I don't live in New York City. I don't live in an epicenter of the music industry in Richmond, where I'm from. A lot of people, except for the younger people, they're like, oh, that's Randy. He used to be a line cook at Third Street Diner. That dude made me pancakes.
We call it LSD, lead singer's disease. For me, I think no offense to the city of Los Angeles, but I don't live in Los Angeles. I don't live in New York City. I don't live in an epicenter of the music industry in Richmond, where I'm from. A lot of people, except for the younger people, they're like, oh, that's Randy. He used to be a line cook at Third Street Diner. That dude made me pancakes.
We call it LSD, lead singer's disease. For me, I think no offense to the city of Los Angeles, but I don't live in Los Angeles. I don't live in New York City. I don't live in an epicenter of the music industry in Richmond, where I'm from. A lot of people, except for the younger people, they're like, oh, that's Randy. He used to be a line cook at Third Street Diner. That dude made me pancakes.
No, they were great. I'm very egotistical about my pancakes. We as a band are pretty cognizant of the dangers of that and act very purposely to not be jerks and to stay right-sized. It's got to be tough, though, because. Dude, when you start believing. Yeah. People are like, you're awesome. You're God. I've had tons of people and I know it's an expression. They say, you're a God.
No, they were great. I'm very egotistical about my pancakes. We as a band are pretty cognizant of the dangers of that and act very purposely to not be jerks and to stay right-sized. It's got to be tough, though, because. Dude, when you start believing. Yeah. People are like, you're awesome. You're God. I've had tons of people and I know it's an expression. They say, you're a God.
No, they were great. I'm very egotistical about my pancakes. We as a band are pretty cognizant of the dangers of that and act very purposely to not be jerks and to stay right-sized. It's got to be tough, though, because. Dude, when you start believing. Yeah. People are like, you're awesome. You're God. I've had tons of people and I know it's an expression. They say, you're a God.
And I'm like, you need a better deity. I suck. I'm fallible. Even just saying that is reinforcing that in the back of my head. And once you start believing your own hype that you're this awesome thing, I find that's when your talent tends to abandon you.
And I'm like, you need a better deity. I suck. I'm fallible. Even just saying that is reinforcing that in the back of my head. And once you start believing your own hype that you're this awesome thing, I find that's when your talent tends to abandon you.
And I'm like, you need a better deity. I suck. I'm fallible. Even just saying that is reinforcing that in the back of my head. And once you start believing your own hype that you're this awesome thing, I find that's when your talent tends to abandon you.
It's a matter of purity of expression. And I sing about things that matter to me and things generally that upset me a lot of the times because I make a decent living. I'm not a multi-bazillionaire. I don't have a Rolls Royce and all that other crap.
It's a matter of purity of expression. And I sing about things that matter to me and things generally that upset me a lot of the times because I make a decent living. I'm not a multi-bazillionaire. I don't have a Rolls Royce and all that other crap.
It's a matter of purity of expression. And I sing about things that matter to me and things generally that upset me a lot of the times because I make a decent living. I'm not a multi-bazillionaire. I don't have a Rolls Royce and all that other crap.
No, dude.
No, dude.
No, dude.
I drive a 2006 used Toyota 4Runner that I've had since I bought it used in like 2018.