Randy Blythe
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Podcast Appearances
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
I'm fully prepared for it all to go away one day. You never know.
I'm fully prepared for it all to go away one day. You never know.
I'm fully prepared for it all to go away one day. You never know.
No. I've seen that. I know people in our world who got pretty famous... At 21 years old. And some of them are still trying to recover from that. You're not equipped to deal with that stuff at all at that age. And our quote unquote fame has been very gradual, steady, incline up. we're grateful for that. Every new thing that happens for us, we're like, wow, this is cool.
No. I've seen that. I know people in our world who got pretty famous... At 21 years old. And some of them are still trying to recover from that. You're not equipped to deal with that stuff at all at that age. And our quote unquote fame has been very gradual, steady, incline up. we're grateful for that. Every new thing that happens for us, we're like, wow, this is cool.
No. I've seen that. I know people in our world who got pretty famous... At 21 years old. And some of them are still trying to recover from that. You're not equipped to deal with that stuff at all at that age. And our quote unquote fame has been very gradual, steady, incline up. we're grateful for that. Every new thing that happens for us, we're like, wow, this is cool.
I don't come from money. I started working my first job when I was 12. Who hires a 12-year-old? A bookstore. I got paid like $2 an hour and I found out what the 18 and over people were making and the owner was like, what are you going to do? Yeah. And I was like, oh, screw you.
I don't come from money. I started working my first job when I was 12. Who hires a 12-year-old? A bookstore. I got paid like $2 an hour and I found out what the 18 and over people were making and the owner was like, what are you going to do? Yeah. And I was like, oh, screw you.
I don't come from money. I started working my first job when I was 12. Who hires a 12-year-old? A bookstore. I got paid like $2 an hour and I found out what the 18 and over people were making and the owner was like, what are you going to do? Yeah. And I was like, oh, screw you.
Then I'd be a snitch, you know, and I love working at the bookstores. I wound up just mostly doing lawn work after that, making better cash than sitting in the bookstore.
Then I'd be a snitch, you know, and I love working at the bookstores. I wound up just mostly doing lawn work after that, making better cash than sitting in the bookstore.
Then I'd be a snitch, you know, and I love working at the bookstores. I wound up just mostly doing lawn work after that, making better cash than sitting in the bookstore.
I was really surprised. I was 12 or 13, and I started running the cash register.