Randy Blythe

And then you're chasing laughs. I found myself after the first show, it's you're chasing these laughs, this validation coming from people. Yes, I'm funny. Yes, what I'm saying has an impact and speak the truth and hope it lands.

And then you're chasing laughs. I found myself after the first show, it's you're chasing these laughs, this validation coming from people. Yes, I'm funny. Yes, what I'm saying has an impact and speak the truth and hope it lands.

Never really any radio play. We were rather extreme for that. I worked a straight job for the first eight or nine years of the band.

Never really any radio play. We were rather extreme for that. I worked a straight job for the first eight or nine years of the band.

Never really any radio play. We were rather extreme for that. I worked a straight job for the first eight or nine years of the band.

I was a restaurant cook and also a roofer.

I was a restaurant cook and also a roofer.

I was a restaurant cook and also a roofer.

My guitar player, Mark, and I both roofed together for a while. That's not an easy job.

My guitar player, Mark, and I both roofed together for a while. That's not an easy job.

My guitar player, Mark, and I both roofed together for a while. That's not an easy job.

Sure, absolutely. Yeah. It's a bunch of pirates. The restaurant business allows you flexibility to go out on the road. Most of my bosses, I'm like, look, I'm going to go on tour for a little bit. And they're like, I'd give them, you know, a few weeks notice or a month or two notice. And they're like, okay. And then when you come back, hey, you got any shifts? You pick them up.

Sure, absolutely. Yeah. It's a bunch of pirates. The restaurant business allows you flexibility to go out on the road. Most of my bosses, I'm like, look, I'm going to go on tour for a little bit. And they're like, I'd give them, you know, a few weeks notice or a month or two notice. And they're like, okay. And then when you come back, hey, you got any shifts? You pick them up.

Sure, absolutely. Yeah. It's a bunch of pirates. The restaurant business allows you flexibility to go out on the road. Most of my bosses, I'm like, look, I'm going to go on tour for a little bit. And they're like, I'd give them, you know, a few weeks notice or a month or two notice. And they're like, okay. And then when you come back, hey, you got any shifts? You pick them up.

There's this massive, I wouldn't even call it a deceleration process. It's just an impact. You're on tour and you have this schedule and everyone's happy to see you. And we were working straight jobs while touring in tour buses, which people see a tour bus and they think it's this magical vehicle that indicates you're just rolling in cash.

There's this massive, I wouldn't even call it a deceleration process. It's just an impact. You're on tour and you have this schedule and everyone's happy to see you. And we were working straight jobs while touring in tour buses, which people see a tour bus and they think it's this magical vehicle that indicates you're just rolling in cash.

There's this massive, I wouldn't even call it a deceleration process. It's just an impact. You're on tour and you have this schedule and everyone's happy to see you. And we were working straight jobs while touring in tour buses, which people see a tour bus and they think it's this magical vehicle that indicates you're just rolling in cash.

but you come off you're signing autographs you're playing in front of people who love your music and they're excited to see you and then it's okay I'm back to washing dishes boom exactly what is this stuck to my never mind don't answer that I don't want to know what I'm cleaning off with my bare hands right now but as you said it was a gradual process and it

but you come off you're signing autographs you're playing in front of people who love your music and they're excited to see you and then it's okay I'm back to washing dishes boom exactly what is this stuck to my never mind don't answer that I don't want to know what I'm cleaning off with my bare hands right now but as you said it was a gradual process and it

but you come off you're signing autographs you're playing in front of people who love your music and they're excited to see you and then it's okay I'm back to washing dishes boom exactly what is this stuck to my never mind don't answer that I don't want to know what I'm cleaning off with my bare hands right now but as you said it was a gradual process and it