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Download festival 2026 - Everything else

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:01:44 +0100

This episode we chat about everything else you can find going on at Download Festival 2026, from the District X line-up, to food and much more in between.

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Download Festival 2026 - Sunday bands

Sun, 10 May 2026 21:19:37 +0100

This episode we discuss every band playing on the Sunday at Download Festival 2026.

Sunday at Download Festival 2026 is shaping up to be one of the festival’s strongest days for modern rock and metal, headlined by Linkin Park, whose set is expected to combine classic nu-metal favourites with newer material from the band’s current era featuring Emily Armstrong. Other standout acts include Bad Omens, known for blending metalcore with huge melodic hooks and atmospheric production; Ice Nine Kills, famous for their theatrical horror-inspired live shows; The Pretty Reckless, bringing a more classic hard rock sound led by Taylor Momsen’s vocals; Kublai Khan TX, delivering some of the heaviest breakdowns of the weekend; and Bloodywood, whose fusion of metal and Punjabi folk has made them a major festival favourite. The Sunday lineup overall leans toward modern alternative metal, emotional heavy music, and high-energy live performances to close out the weekend.

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Download Festival 2026 - Saturday bands

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:57:16 +0100

This episode we discuss every band playing on the Saturday at Download Festival 2026.

Saturday at Download Festival 2026 is headlined by Guns N’ Roses, bringing a classic, stadium-rock feel with their biggest hits. The day mixes modern heavy acts like We came as Romans and Architects with established names such as Trivium and Drowning Pool. There’s also a blend of alternative and crossover appeal from The All-American Rejects, Bush, and BABYMETAL, alongside heavier acts like Decapitated and Behemoth, making it a diverse day that balances nostalgia with modern metal.

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Lais Martins Waring Interview

Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:28:15 +0100

Join us in this bonus episode where we speak with Lais Martins Waring about PR and her involvement with Download Festival - what she does in the lead up to the festival and her role on site as well.

Download Festival 2026 - Friday bands

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:55:59 +0100

This episode we discuss every band playing on the Friday at Download Festival 2026.

Friday at Download Festival 2026 is led by Limp Bizkit as headliners, with major acts like Cypress Hill, Pendulum, and Electric Callboy setting a strong rap-rock and nu metal tone. The lineup is rounded out by popular rock and metal names such as Halestorm, Periphery, alongside heavier and cult acts like Corrosion of Conformity and Creeper. Overall, the day blends nostalgia with modern metalcore and alternative sounds, creating a high-energy start to the festival.

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Eddfest at Knebworth 2026

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:40:13 +0100

This episode we talk all about what we can expect at Eddfest this year which is being held at Knebworth on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th July. We also revisit our top 10 Iron Maiden albums for the first time in almost 5 years.

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Limp Bizkit Special

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:09:13 +0000

This episode we dive into the history of Limp Bizkit, the headliners for Friday at Download Festival 2026.

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Guns N' Roses Special

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:42:30 +0000

This episode we talk all about Download Festival 2026's Saturday headliners Gun N' Roses! Beginning with the beginning, we also touch upon all of their albums, some of the problems the band has faced over the years and what to expect from them this year.

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Linkin Park Special

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 21:31:23 +0000

This episode we talk all about Linkin Park, who are headlining Download Festival 2026 on the Sunday! We discuss their history, their albums, our opinions on them over the years and what we might expect to see at Download this year.

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Download Festival 2009

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 23:01:55 +0000

This episode we chat about our memories of Download Festival 2009, we look at the line up, the map, the Red bull bedroom jam . com stage and some of the other things that were happening at the time.

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Looking forward at what 2026 will bring

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:39:38 +0000

This episode we chat about what 2026 will hold for us, for festivals, for music releases and also films and other bits in general.

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Dear Download awards 2025 - Winners

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:59:50 +0000

This episode we announce the winners of the Dear Download awards for 2025. We had more votes than any previous year for more accurate results. We also celebrate hitting 50,000 all time downloads! Thank you to everyone who has been a part of Dear Download this year.

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Dear Download awards 2025 - nominations

Fri, 12 Dec 2025 23:08:25 +0000

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We've got this episode out early to give you all a little bit more time to cast your votes.

This episode we are back with our 4th annual DD awards covering best and worst albums, best live performances and much more. Get your votes in before Thursday, which is when we will record and reveal the winners.

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Albums turning 10 in 2025

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 21:18:00 +0000

This episode we talk about 10 iconic albums that turn 10 this year.

Killing Joke - Pylon

Three days grace - Human

Soilwork - The ride majestic

Fear Factory - Genexus

Soulfly - Archangel

Shinedown - Threat to Survival

Fightstar - Behind the Devil's back

Ghost - Meliora

Bring me the horizon - That’s the Spirit

Cradle of Filth - Hammer of the witches

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Download Festival 2026 first announcement

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 22:24:29 +0000

This is by far our most in depth analysis of Download Festival's first band announcement, it may well be the most in depth analysis of the DL2026 first announcement so far. Join us as we talk about all of the bands that stand out to us so far, and take a deep dive into the lineup as a whole, the curveball, and what the future holds for Download festival headliners.

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Albums turning 20 in 2025

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:35:58 +0000

This episode we talk about 10 iconic albums that turn 20 this year.

Bullet for my Valentine - the poison

Trivium - Ascendancy

DevilDriver - The fury of our makers hand

Porcupine Tree - Deadwing

Mudvayne - Lost and Found

Story of the Year - In the wake of Determination

Funeral for a Friend - Hours

Paradise Lost - Paradise Lost

Static-X - Start a War

Korn - See you on the Otherside

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Albums turning 30 in 2025

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:24:05 +0100

This episode we talk about 10 iconic albums that turn 30 this year.

Faith No More - King for a day

At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul

Death - Symbolic

Fear Factory - Demanufacture

Gamma Ray - Land of the free

Iron Maiden - X-Factor

Ozzy Osbourne - Osmosis

Paradise Lost - Draconian Times

Rammstein - Herzslied

Deftones - Adrenaline

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2026 Festival news

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 22:35:24 +0100

This episode we discuss all the news from all the recent festival announcements including Rock am/im Park/Ring, Ressurection fest, Nova Rocks, Tons of Rock, Tuska, Copenhell, Rock for People and Sonisphere. And we speculate how Download festival 2026 might look compared to these festivals.

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Who will play in 2026?

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 22:34:21 +0100

This episode we discuss our predictions, and look back at the headliners from the last 10 years for all the regular festivals the come up on the podcast, including Download Festival, Bloodstock Open Air Festival, 2000 Trees, Slam Dunk festival and Reading and Leeds.

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Bloodstock 2025 review

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 10:51:34 +0100

This episode Simon tells us all about his time at Bloodstock festival this year.

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Ashes by Dawn

Episode 100

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:07:16 +0100

This episode we take a walk down memory lane, talking about some of our favourite episodes, some of the amazing people we've met through doing the podcast, a brief look at where we may be going over the next 4 years and as always, give ourselves a pat on the back.

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Ashes by Dawn

2000 Trees 2025 - Review

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:58:40 +0100

This episode Simon tells us all about his time at 2000 Trees festival 2025.

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Ashes by Dawn

2000 Trees 2025 - Preview

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 23:05:21 +0100

This episode Simon talks about one of his favourite fastivals of the year - 2000 Trees - and gives you all the reasons why you should go too!

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Download Festival 2025 Review - Part 2

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:17:51 +0100

This episode we discuss everything we experienced on the Saturday and Sunday at Download Festival 2025, plus many many other tid bits from this years festival.

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download Festival 2025 Review - Part 1

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 21:26:20 +0100

This episode we discuss everything we experienced from the Tuesday to the Friday at Download Festival 2025!

You can find us here

Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Wednesday morning 2025 Download Festival

Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:01:00 +0100

Good morning Download Festival 2025.

Download Festival 2025 - Everything else

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 15:45:29 +0100

This episode we discuss everything else that's going on accross the weekend of Download Festival 2025 that isn't the arena bands. We dive deep into the map and talk about some new things that have been added, we discuss our own set on the Dear Download stage in R.I.P, as well as some of the things happening in District X.

Dear Download stage bands

The Takeover on Wednesday

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Hammerdown Festival - Interview with Harry White

Sun, 25 May 2025 19:27:25 +0100

In this episode we take the time to interview Harry White - the Suit wearing Managing director, CEO, Owner and top bloke of Hammerdown Festival. Hammerdown is one of the fastest growing festivals of the UK currently and we had the chance to sit down with Harry to learn about some of the history, behind the scenes, general running of the festival and much more.

Find all information about the festival here

Hammerdown Website

Hammerdown 2025 Spotify playlist

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download Festival 2025 - Sunday bands

Mon, 12 May 2025 00:26:17 +0100

This episode we listen to and discuss every single band booked to play on the Sunday at Download Festival 2025!

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

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Emma Sturman Youtube vlogs

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download Festival 2025 - Saturday bands

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 22:02:18 +0100

This episode we listen to and discuss every single band booked to play on the Satrurday at Download Festival 2025!

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BROKEN DAY CLOTHING! ALSO FROM 1st MAY

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Emma Sturman Youtube vlogs

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download Festival 2025 - Friday bands

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 06:55:55 +0100

This episode we listen to and discuss every single band booked to play on the Friday at Download Festival 2025!

To be a part of the exclusive Dear Download podfest 2025 t-shirts join up to the patreon here.

You can find us here

Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Emma Sturman Youtube vlogs

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download Festival hacks, tips and tricks (Part 2)

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:52:10 +0100

This episode is a follow on from our last episode of tips tricks and life hacks of how to survive the weekend at Download Festival.

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Ashes by Dawn - Metal 2 the masses gig.

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Emma Sturman Youtube vlogs

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download festival for a beginner.

Beginners guide to download festival

my first time going to download festival

my first festival

Download Festival hacks, tips and tricks.

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 01:12:15 +0000

This episode we are joined by our boy Stu again to go over some of our best tips tricks and hacks for surviving the weekend at Download Festival. We have almost 60 years of expierience between the 3 of us, so we wanted to sit down and document as much information as we could that could be used by veterans and beginners alike. We cover any and everything we can think of from the time you buy your ticket, to when you get home on Monday and everything in between.

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Ashes by Dawn - Metal 2 the masses gig.

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Emma Sturman Youtube vlogs

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Download festival for a beginner.

Beginners guide to download festival

my first time going to download festival

my first festival

Download Festival 2008

Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:06:01 +0000

This episode we go back 17 years to take a look at Download Festival 2008. We discuss the memories we have and the bands we saw, and read out some stories from some of the band members, as well as some of our listeners memories too.

To be a part of the exclusive Dear Download podfest 2025 t-shirts join up to the patreon here.

Ashes by Dawn - Metal 2 the masses gig.

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Trash Talkin' Podcast

Stu's Tiktok

Stu's Instagram

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Korn!

Sun, 16 Feb 2025 21:32:30 +0000

This episode we are joined by our boy Stu to dive into the music and history of Korn, this years Download 2025 Sunday headliners. We discuss every studio album as well as what we might expect from them live this year.

If you like what you hear from Stu, you can find more of him on his Youtube channel SMTV and his podcast Trash Talkin'.

SMTV Youtube

Trash Talkin' Podcast

You can find us here

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Sleep Token

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:00:30 +0000

This episode we take a deep dive into the music and lore of Download 2025's Saturday headliners, Sleep Token.

If you like what you hear from Stu, you can find more of him on his Youtube channel SMTV and his podcast Trash Talkin'.

SMTV Youtube

Trash Talkin' Podcast

You can find us here

To be a part of the exclusive Dear Download podfest 2025 t-shirts join up to the patreon here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

Green Day

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 21:42:09 +0000

This episode we are joined by our boy Stu to dive into the music and history of Green Day. Not only are Green Day playing at the hallowed grounds of Donington Park for the very first time, they are headlining it on the Friday of Download Festival 2025!

If you like what you hear from Stu, you can find more of him on his Youtube channel SMTV and his podcast Trash Talkin'.

SMTV Youtube

Trash Talkin' Podcast

You can find us here

To be a part of the exclusive Dear Download podfest 2025 t-shirts join up to the patreon here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 85 Dear Download Awards winners 2024

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 18:59:55 +0000

This episode we reveal the winners of the Dear Download awards of 2024.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 84 Dear Download awards 2024

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:29:07 +0000

This episode we go over the nominations for the Dear Download awards 2024. To be part of it join the Discord in the link tree below.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 83 Download Festival 2025 lineup reaction

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 21:32:50 +0000

This episode we discuss what we think of the Download Festival 2025 lineup so far.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 82 An interview with Rob Kellas

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:23:44 +0000

This episode we are joined by the one and only Rob Kellas from TPDTV to talk about all things Download Festival.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 81 Download Festival 2025 Lineup predictions

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 21:28:23 +0100

This episode we discuss who we want to see, who we expect to see and who we really don't want at Download Festival 2025.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 80 Dear Download Podcasting badly

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 23:01:40 +0100

This episode we are joined by my friends and old members of Men Podcasting Badly, Dan Cross and Rich Cooke, to play some old games and talk about them. The games played this episode are Hannah Montana spotlight world tour for the Nintendo Wii. Earache Extreme metal racing for the PC. Spice world the movie for the PS1 and Kiss Psycho Circus the nightmare child on the Dreamcast.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 79 Linkin Park reunion + news

Sun, 15 Sep 2024 21:59:54 +0100

This episode we discuss everything that's been in the news recently including Linkin Park's reunion, adding Emily Armstrong to the band, the Oasis reunion and how David Grohl has been a very naughty boy indeed.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 78 Wrestle talk with Top Turnbuckle podcast

Sun, 01 Sep 2024 22:39:14 +0100

This episode we are joined by Stu Reid from the Top Turnbucle podcast to talk about all things wrestling and the crossover it has with rock music in general.

You can find them in these places:

Spotify

Facebook

Instagram

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 77 Bloodstock 2024 review

Sun, 18 Aug 2024 19:54:42 +0100

This episode Simon tells us of his experiences attending Bloodstock festival 2024.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 76 2000 Trees festival and chit chat

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 22:51:03 +0100

This episode Simon tells us about his most recent festival 2000 Trees.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 75 Download Festival 2024 review - part 2

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:01:14 +0100

This episode we talk about the bands on the Saturday and Sunday at this years Download Festival 2024, as well as everything else we didn't talk about in part 1.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP 74 Download Festival 2024 review - Part 1

Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:19:50 +0100

In this episode we cover most of what we experienced at Download Festival 2024 from the Wednesday - Friday, including the car parks, the Dear Download meet up, our live show on the courtyard stage, the tornado that is the Tazmanian Chidzvidz, some of the bands from the Friday and much much more.

You can find us here

Here are some youtube channels of our listeners too. Please check them out and give them the support they deserve!

George Butler YouTube

Metal Daz YouTube

The Alt Pulse Project YouTube

Also, if you need a new kitchen see Wil C in our Discord.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

EP73 Wednesday episode - Download Festival 2024

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:59:00 +0100

This years Wednesday morning epsidode for download festival 2024.

EP72 Everything but the bands

Sun, 02 Jun 2024 22:43:14 +0100

This episode we talk about everything else that's happenening in District X, RIP and the arena at Download Festival 2024.

You can find us here

Here are some youtube channels of our listeners too. Please check them out and give them the support they deserve!

George Butler YouTube

Metal Daz YouTube

The Alt Pulse Project YouTube

Also, if you need a new kitchen see Wil C in our Discord.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Intro robot voice - Adam Cox

We are performing at DOWNLOAD!

Fri, 24 May 2024 17:42:02 +0100

That's right, we have been asked to do a special live version of the podcast at Download festival 2024! We will be on the Courtyard stage in RIP on the Thursday! See you there.

EP 71 Download festival 2024 - Sunday

Thu, 23 May 2024 15:13:40 +0100

This episode we discuss every band playing on every stage at Download Festival 2024.

Merch is now available

You can buy it dierectly from our Discord.

You can find us here

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 70 Download Festival 2024 - Saturday

Wed, 22 May 2024 22:13:21 +0100

This episode we discuss every band playing on every stage at Download Festival 2024.

Merch will be available from 8pm Monday 6th May.

You can buy it dierectly from our Discord, or in these places.

You can find us here

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 69 Download Festival 2024 - Friday

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 22:25:56 +0100

This is the start of our countdown to Download. With only 8 weeks to go we talk about every band that's playing on every stage on the Friday of this years Download Festival 2024.

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Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Matt

Ethan Brown

Vikki Rutter

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 68 Festival chat with Liam Walto

Sun, 07 Apr 2024 21:52:45 +0100

This episode we sit down with Liam for a chat about all things festivals. Liam has been attending festivals for 15 years both as a punter and working them, and has clearly built up a lot of experience and knowledge.

You can find him in these places.

You can find us here

A huge thanks to our patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Matt

Ethan Browne

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 67 Dear Download

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:34:22 +0000

We have dubbed this episode our self titled episode. We wanted to take the chance to have a more relaxed episode before starting our Countdown to Download in a few weeks where we go hard talking about every band and every aspect worth talking bout over the weekend of Download Festival 2024. And it's the perfect opportunity to show off our brand new logo that will be available on all sorts of different merch very soon thanks to our legendary patreons.

You can find us here

Linktree

A huge thanks to our patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Matt

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 66 Avenged Sevenfold

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:19:12 +0000

This episode we talk all things Avenged Sevenfold who are headlining the Sunday of Download festival 2024. We discuss our thoughts on each album, what we can expect to see at Download, their NFT situation and the benefits they give and much more.

EP 65 Fall out boy

Sun, 25 Feb 2024 19:36:23 +0000

This episode we take a deep dive into the history and music of Fall out boy who are headlining on the Saturday of Download Festival 2024.

You can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Matt

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP 64 Queens of the stone age

Sun, 11 Feb 2024 22:12:24 +0000

This episode we are joined by Stu to chat about the Friday headliner for Download festival 2024 Queens of the stone age.

You can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Matt

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Download Festival 2nd announcement

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 17:01:00 +0000

This episode we have a brief (for us) chat about the 22 bands announced in the 2nd wave announcement for Download Festival 2024.

You can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP63 Download Festival 2007

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:03:00 +0000

This episode we take a look back at Download Festival 2007, the final year that the festival was held inside the race track at Donington. It was a mammoth year with Iron Maiden, Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance headlining. Also we had Bring me the horizon and Biffy Clyro who have since headlined the festival, as well as some other huge bands in the years to come, Paramore, Architects, Korn, Enter Shikari, 30 seconds to Mars and Billy Talent.

You can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Lullaby - https://freesound.org/people/CarlosCarty/sounds/424706/

Intro music - Simon Bond

EP62 Adam Leader interview

Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:25:17 +0000

This episode we sit down for a chat with Adam Leader, front man of 'In Search Of Sun'. We talk about everything going on in his life at the moment, how his previous tour went with Scarlet Riot, his upcoming headline tour, the films hes made, what it was like to work on a music video with Sleep Token, directing a video for Slaughter to Prevail and much much more.

Click here to check our ISOS music.

The Fire I play with video we talked about

Here for tickets to see ISOS on their upcoming tour.

And you can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 61 Dear Download awards 2023

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 17:12:30 +0000

Join us this episode to hear who won our Dear Download awards of 2023 voted for by us and our listeners in our Discord.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Chris Henderson

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 60 Even more interviews

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 01:31:28 +0000

This episode we are joined by lots of other content creators to talk about how their 2023 has been. We spoke to Matt Bacon from Nevermind Polly podcast, Ben 'Chidzvidz' Chidwick, Stu Marlow of SMTV, Kieran and Courtney from Dippy Doughnutters, Kev and Gem from Ready to mosh podcast, Dylan Rangley from The Dilcam and Rob Kellas of TPDTV!

Here is where you will find them all

Nevermind Polly podcast

Chidvidz

SMTV

Dippy Doughnutters

Ready to mosh podcast

TheDilCam

TPD TV

And you can find us here

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 59 Download Festival booking team interview

Sun, 03 Dec 2023 21:07:10 +0000

This episode we sat down with Jenny Cotter and Dannika Webber from the Download Festival booking team to talk about all things Download related. Including how they wound up working for live nation, some of the different aspects of the band booking process, district X, secret acoustic sets, what they get upto during the festival and much more.

Linktree

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Simon's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

Download Festival 2024 lineup reaction

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 14:23:46 +0000

In this special episode we discuss what our reactions were to Download 2024's first announcement.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 58 Albums turning 10 in 2023

Sun, 05 Nov 2023 22:02:18 +0000

This episode we talk about some albums the were released in 2013.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 57 Albums turning 20 in 2023

Sun, 22 Oct 2023 23:23:30 +0100

This episode we talk about a lot of our favourite albums from 2003. It was a mammoth year for rock and metal shown by the 20+ albums in this episode.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 56 Albums turning 30 in 2023

Sun, 08 Oct 2023 22:09:30 +0100

This episode we talk about 8 albums that were released 30 years ago.

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses

Life of Againy - River runs red

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Nirvana - In Utero

Rush - Counterparts

Tool - Undertow

Aerosmith - Get a grip

Helloween - Chameleon

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Scott Seagers

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 55 Games, movies and TV show chat

Sun, 24 Sep 2023 22:34:10 +0100

This episode is a follow on from the last episode. We discuss games that we're playing at the moment, movies and tv shows that we've watched this year.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 54 Summer catch up

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 00:12:49 +0100

This episode we have a catch up talking about all things that we've enjoyed this summer. We attempt to talk about many more topics like board games, tv and film, video games, but I'm sure is expected by now, we went on too many tangents about music and festivals.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Ben Saccone

Rhys Nicholson

Find us here.

Dippy Doughnutters Vlog

George's Tiktok

George's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 53 Bloodstock Festival 2023 Review

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 00:03:11 +0100

This episode we talk all about Simons' experience this year at Bloodstock festival 2023.

A massive thank you to all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Find us here.

Dippy Doughnutters Vlog

George's Tiktok

George's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 52 The one with the three interviews

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:09:21 +0100

This episode we have 4 very special guests over 3 interviews. Something quite different to our normal episodes. We have Stu first talking about RIP and his experiences of it for the first time this year. Then we have Matt and Andrew from Antisaint back to talk to us about how the festival was for them from a bands point of view and how they found their first ever visit to the UK. And finally we have a long time friend of Adam's on Hannah Davies to talk to us about her experience this year staying at Melbourne Hall. All 3 interviews were a lot of fun to do and we want to give a huge thank you to all 4 guests.

Also we must thank all of our legendary patreons.

James Harrison

Alexander Toon

Dan Cross

Dean Delicado

Sean Schofield

George Butler

Christopher Hambridge

Henry Richardson

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 51 2000 Trees Festival 2023

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 20:51:57 +0100

This episode we talk all about Simons experience at 2000 trees this year, including reviews of Bullet for my valentine, Skindred, The Bronx, Dinosaur Pileup, Hell is for heroes, Deaf Havana, Pitchshifter and Holding Absence. You can also check out Simon's Vlog of 2000 Trees here.

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 50 Download Festival 2023 Review - part 2

Sun, 02 Jul 2023 22:12:58 +0100

This is part 2 of our Download Festival 2023 review where we give our thoughts and impressions of this years festival. We talk about the bands from Saturday and Sunday and our overall opinions of the layout and the changes they made for this year.

Find us here.

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 49 Download Festival 2023 Review - part 1

Sun, 18 Jun 2023 23:50:57 +0100

This is THE episode of the year (part 1) where we give our thoughts and impressions of Download Festival 2023. We talk about the bands from Thursday and Friday, where we managed to get with our press pass, the Church of Genxsis, the meet up and much much more.

Find us here.

Linktree

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

Wednesday morning Download Festival 2023

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 01:00:00 +0100

This is our Wednesday morning episode for Download Festival 2023. We have loads of submissions from you guys, the fans talking about what you love about the festival. We hope you enjoy this on your annual pilgrimage to the hallowed ground.

Find us here.

Linktree

If you'd like to help contribute to Simon and Victoria's honeymoon:

Paypal - coxycus@hotmail.com

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 48 Download Festival 2023 - Thursday + Everything else

Sun, 04 Jun 2023 22:24:08 +0100

This episode we cover everything we haven't covered so far including every band playing on the Thursday at Download Festival 2023, acts you can see in the new District X including the 5 bands playing the boardie takeover on the Wednesday, Live podcast shows on the Sidesplitter stage, additions or changes on the map and a lot more.

Find us here.

Linktree

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

ANTISAINT Special

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:39:19 +0100

We sat down with ANTISAINT to discuss their upcoming appearance at Download Festival. This will be their UK debut and we can't wait to get down to the Dogtooth stage first thing on Saturday morning to catch their set! ANTISAINT linktree

Find us here.

Linktree

Simons YouTube

Stu's YouTube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

RIP Special

Wed, 24 May 2023 00:19:35 +0100

This bonus episode is all about RIP. We are joined by Stu who has gone from fan of the show to admin of the Discord to part of the team. We discuss everything we could find about all RIP packages and more at Download Fetival 2023.

Find us here.

Linktree

Stu's Youtube

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 47 Download Festival 2023 - Friday

Sun, 21 May 2023 23:35:50 +0100

This is episode three of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we talk about every band currently announced for the Friday.

Find us here.

Linktree

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 46 Download Festival 2023 - Saturday

Sun, 07 May 2023 23:17:42 +0100

This is episode two of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we talk about every band currently announced for the Saturday.

Find us here.

Linktree

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 45 Download Festival 2023 - Sunday

Sun, 23 Apr 2023 22:02:30 +0100

This episode is the start of our Countdown to Download episodes in which we will be discussing every single band that's playing over the weekend. This week we start with the 33 bands that are currently announced for the Sunday.

Find us here.

Linktree

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 44 Movies we love

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 21:21:36 +0100

This episode we take the opportunity to step away from talking about Download Festival before exclusively talking about it for the next 3-4 months. We talk about some movies that we love including Ghostbusters, Pitch Black, Ferris Buelers day off, Thirteen Ghosts, The Shining and many more.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 43 Quarterly catch up

Sun, 26 Mar 2023 23:26:47 +0100

This episode we catch up on all the news and new releases we missed or ran out of time to talk about. We discuss what System of a Down would have been like if they replaced Serj Tankain 15 years ago and kept releasing albums. We also talk about new music from The Used, Hell is for heroes, Cradle of Filth, Enter Shikari, Metallica, Fit for an Autopsy, Devildriver, Host, Falling in Reverse, Alter Bridge, Self Deception, Story of the year, Ville Vallo, Static X, Bury Tomorrow, Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Trivium, Godsmack and From Ashes to New.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 42 Download Festival 2006

Sun, 12 Mar 2023 23:23:20 +0000

This episode we move away from talking about Download Festival 2023 and take a look back at 2006. We talk about the absolutely stacked lineup, we remember the bands that we saw and the bands we missed. We also talk about Axl Rose's tiny feet, the Snickers bowl and what heppened with the infamous riots on the Sunday night.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 41 Slipknot special

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:15:28 +0000

This episode is all Slipknot who are headlining the Sunday at this years Download Festival. We talk about all of their albums in detail, we discuss eveything from their early years including Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. to the most recent The End So Far and Bone Church. We also finally got round to sharing our thoughts on the latest In Flames album Foregone.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 40 Download Festival 2023 Lineup reaction

Sun, 19 Feb 2023 21:50:21 +0000

This episode we discuss every aspect of the second announcement for Download Festival 2023 including the leaked poster, our initial thoughts on the bands that were added and the many benefits for the future of Download that can come from the festival selling out.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 39 Bring Me The Horizon special

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 19:33:24 +0000

This episode we talk all about Bring me the Horizon including what to expect and how to get yourself hyped up for their headlining slot at Download Festival 2023. We talk about each of their albums to date and highlights from those albums for new BMTH fans.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 38 Metallica special

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 22:27:56 +0000

This episode we talk about Metallica who are headlining 2 days at this years Download Festival. We discuss what we might come to expect from their upcoming tour of twin shows and what this means for Download. Will fans be able to see both days via single day tickets. And we also touch on our favourite Metallica albums and some other band related tidbits.

Metallica spotify playlist

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 37 Papa Roach special - Feat Special guest

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 23:29:14 +0000

*TRIGGER WARNING* Simon mispronounces an album name many many times during this episode. If that's something that bothers you, consider skipping this episode.

This episode we are Joined by a very special guest, Adam Bowden. We talk all about our love for Papa Roach and rank their albums from least favourite to favourite, because they're all good.

You can reach us at:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Simons twitch channel

Discord

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 36 Dear Download Awards ceremony 2022

Tue, 27 Dec 2022 09:32:56 +0000

This episode we go through the winners of the Dear Download 2022 awards as voted by you. To be a part of any future awesome stuff like this join our Discord.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 35 Dear Download Awards 2022 - Nominations

Sun, 27 Nov 2022 21:37:07 +0000

This episode is the beginning of the Dear Download end of year awards. We go over all the categories and nominations all to be decided by you, the listeners. All voting will happen on our discord. Find the invite link below.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 34 Download 2023 lineup reaction and discussion

Sun, 13 Nov 2022 19:46:46 +0000

This episode you can hear all about what we thought about the recent announcement and the bands that are playing at Download Festival 2023.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 33 Download lineup predictions and wishlists (With Ready to mosh cast)

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 14:05:28 +0000

This episode we sit down with Kev and Gem from Ready to mosh cast to discuss our lienups predictions and wishlists ahead of the upcoming announcemnt on the 7th November. It was a really insteresting chat, if you want to check out their podcast you can find it here - Ready to mosh cast

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 32 - 11 Albums turning 10 in 2022

Sun, 09 Oct 2022 21:24:39 +0100

This episode we sit down to talk about some of the greatest and most iconic albums that were realeased in 2012 such as Papa Roach's The Connection, Tenacious D's Rize of the Fenix, Linkin Park's Living things, Stone Sour's House of gold and bones pt1 and more.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

Tenacious D HBO Episodes

EP 31 - 16 Albums turning 20 in 2022

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:28:01 +0100

This episode we sit down to talk about some of the greatest and most iconic albums that were realeased in 2002 and are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Such as Korns Untouchables, Coal Chambers Dark Days, Salivas Back into your system, Killswitch Engages Alive or just breathing, Finch's What it is to burn and many more.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 30 - 10 Albums turning 30 in 2022

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:06:48 +0100

This episode we sit down to talk about some of the greatest and most iconic albums that were realeased in 1992 and are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. Such as Pantera's Vulgar display of power, Rage against the machines self titled album, Faith no more's Angel dust and more.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 29 Bloodstock 2022 review

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 22:05:32 +0100

This episode Simon talks us through his review of Bloodstock 2022. All hail Hypnotoad.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 28 Bloodstock preview + chitchat

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 22:21:16 +0100

This episode we talk about the upcoming Bloodstock Festival, the bands that Simon is looking forward to seeing and some differences to Download Festival.

We also have an unexpected rant about Download Festival, talk about some recent new releases, the ultimate Download Festival lineup that we're creating, Josey Scott returning to Saliva for Blue Ridge Festival and a playlist that Adam listened to non stop for well over a year featuring Machinae Supremacy, Blowsight, Illidiance, The Unguided and of course Raunchy which can be found below.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 27 2000 Trees Festival + Interview with Josh Gallop (Phoxjaw)

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:19:40 +0100

This episode Simon talks about his weekend at 2000 Trees Festival, some of the history of the festival, highlights, and bands that he saw. Also our first ever live interview with Josh Gallop from Phoxjaw!

Plus you can hear our thoughts on the recent Pantera news, Bloodstocks metal to the masses Somerset final, which was Adam's first proper gig in over 3 years and much much more.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 26 Download Festival 2022 review (Part 2)

Sun, 03 Jul 2022 23:58:35 +0100

This episode is THE episode (part 2) where we get to share our most intimate and treasured memories of Download Festival 2022. We talk about the bands we saw, the bands we missed and everything else noteworthy that happened accross the weekend.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 25 Download Festival 2022 review (Part 1)

Sun, 19 Jun 2022 23:53:54 +0100

This episode is THE episode (part 1) where we get to share our most intimate and treasured memories of Download Festival 2022. We talk about the bands we saw, the bands we missed and everything else noteworthy that happened accross the weekend.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

Wednesday morning episode Download Festival 2022

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 02:00:00 +0100

It's here. It's the morning of Download and this episode features some of your messages to us telling us what Download Festival means to you.

EP 24 All your Download 2022 info

Sun, 05 Jun 2022 23:44:16 +0100

This episode we're talking about everything else that's happening accross the weekend at Download Festival 2022. We cover changes to the site, what's happening in the in the new Crucible, all the bands that are playing the Boardie takeover and much more.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 23 Sunday at Download Festival 2022

Sun, 22 May 2022 22:21:55 +0100

This episode we're talking about every band that have been announced so far that will be playing on the Sunday at Download Festival 2022 across all stages.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 22 Saturday at Download Festival 2022

Sun, 08 May 2022 22:32:57 +0100

This episode we're talking about every band that have been announced so far that will be playing on the Saturday at Download Festival 2022 across all stages.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 21 Friday at Download Festival 2022

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 19:58:48 +0100

This episode we're talking about every band that have been announced sop far that will be playing on the Friday at Download Festival 2022 across all stages.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Dnob Nomis

EP 20 Desert island discs + essentials

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 21:25:40 +0100

In this episode we discuss some of the things we couldn't live without on a desert island, including albums, one type of food, books, films and a bands t-shirt. We also discuss secret tracks at the beginning and end of albums, our stance on Five finger death punch and what type of wine to buy Simon at Download Festival.

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You can't play heavy metal with synthesizers - Bruce Dickinson

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 19 Download Festival RIP packages

Sun, 27 Mar 2022 23:36:22 +0100

This episode we talk about RIP packages at Download Festival and what to expect. We also have an amazing chat with two guests Kev and Gareth. Kev has done RIP from 2018 onwards and shows us some cool merch that he has received, and Gareth did 2005-2009 and tells us about how he wound up drinking on the main stage unsupervised with friends after midnight. Just a couple of highlights of an amazing hour long chat we had with them.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

In Search Of Sun special

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:04:22 +0000

This bonus episode is to celebrate the new single 'The fire I play with' from friends of the pod In Search of Sun. And what an absolute banger it is! Listen to it with us and hear our thoughts on it along with some words from frontman Adam Leader on the meaning behind the lyrics.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

The fire I play with - In Search of Sun

EP 18 Industry tips with Samantha and Andy

Sun, 13 Mar 2022 21:14:21 +0000

We sat down with Samantha and Andy to talk about the music industry and what they have learnt over the years as a professional touring artist. They were both great and happy to pass on their knowledge. Currently the tour will be coming to Totton, Romsey, Yeovil, Bournemouth, Verwood and Pennistone.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 17 Crowdfunding platforms

Sun, 27 Feb 2022 22:32:32 +0000

This episode we talk about the various crowdfunding platforms that are available and how bands/artists can utilise them.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 16 Labels and contracts

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 06:53:59 +0000

This episode is the start of our mini series based on how bands/artists can make money. We talk about record labels and the kinds contracts you are likely to come accross.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Simon Bond

EP 15 Download Festival 2005

Sun, 16 Jan 2022 23:36:34 +0000

This episode we revisit Download Festival 2005. This was Simons first year so we talk about the awe that he was in, we run through the bands that we saw (or probably saw it was a long time ago), Trivium with their monumentous set opening the main stage on Saturday and also how great blueberries are on pizza! We also had a very successful return of campsite fuckery with many many stories!

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

News intro - Not Simon Bond

EP 14 Live special

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 15:45:37 +0000

In this episode we are joined by friend of the pod Dan Cross for a special live christmas special episode. We had a lot of laughs, a lot of alcohol and probably ended up a little bit too drunk by the end. Dan hosted a music/Download festival quiz and we go through our top 5 albums exclusively from bands that have played at Download festival.

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Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 13 Is Spotify ruining the music industry?

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 15:30:24 +0000

This episode we have an in-depth discussion about Spotify and try to work out if Spotify and the general music streaming industry is the good guy or the bad guy? Maybe it's both.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 12 A brief look at the bands of Download 2022

Sun, 21 Nov 2021 22:49:26 +0000

This episode we have a brief chat about our initial thoughts of Download festival 2022 lineup. When the lineup is complete we will have a much more in depth analysis of it. Other things we talk about in this episode are gig posters, gigs that Simon has been to recently and of course more of Adams schemes.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 11 Roadrunner Records Part 2

Sun, 07 Nov 2021 21:37:56 +0000

This is part 2 of our Roadrunner Records special. We talk about the most successful bands that have been on Roadrunner, films that released soundtracks through Roadrunner and the 25th anniversary Roadrunner United album.

We also have a chat about pit people, and what to expect from our upcoming deep dive into the music industry trying to answer the question 'How can bands make money'.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 10 Roadrunner Records Part 1

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 23:07:00 +0100

This is part 1 of our Roadrunner records special episode. It is also the start of our deep dive into the music industry in general. We talk about the many legendary bands that have been or are currently signed to Roadrunner Records, a brief history of the record label and some of the most influential albums that have come from it. And of course, it wouldn't be a Dear Download episode if we didn't talk about Raunchy.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 9 Download Festival 2004

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 22:13:28 +0100

In this episode we talk about Download Festival 2004, influential albums released that year and have a brief discussion about the future holds for Download Festival and bands that will potentially headline.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 8 Metallica secret set - 2003

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 21:39:22 +0100

In this episode we have a special guest on Sam Leach who talks us about some of his experiences at Download Festival 2003 and what it was like seeing Metallica play their secret set that year, just after he was drinking with the Murderdolls! It's a great chat with a great guy. We also have a catch up and discuss where we're going from here.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 7 Senjutsu, Download announcement, Westlife and Slam Dunk

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 21:36:03 +0100

In this episode we talk briefly about Slam Dunk festival, the recent Download Festival announcement and have an in depth chat about Iron Maidens 17th studio album Senjutsu. We also go over our top 10 Iron Maiden albums, which are vastly different to each other and somehow stumble onto talking about Westlife on 2 separate occasions.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

First Ronnie - Simon and his cat

Second Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 6 Bae Bloodstock

Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0100

In this episode Simon tells us all about his first ever experience at Bloodstock 2021. We also discuss different rituals of listening to new albums, and find out which band was Adams' favourite after listening to every band that played. (Hint, they were on the Hobgoblin New Blood stage)

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

First Ronnie - Simon and his cat

Second Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 5 Bloodstock 2021

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0100

In this episode we talk about Bloodstock 2021, a brief chat about it's history and what we think of this years line up.

We also speak with Josh Ayerst and Drew Armstrong from the band Death By Ki who played at Bloodstock 2019. We find out what it's like to play at Bloodstock, why Drew got a special backstage tour of the Ronnie James Dio Stage and learn that sometimes you can party too hard.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 4 4 Ciders and an Adam Leader

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 21:22:11 +0100

On this week’s podcast we have the fantastic frontman Adam Leader Of In Search Of Sun, we talk playing Download Festival some festival memories and our general thoughts on the music industry.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 3 Fred Durst saved Download?

Sun, 18 Jul 2021 20:01:29 +0100

Episode 3 - Fred Durst saved Download?

This episode we discuss Download Festival 2003 and try to pry some memories from Adams' mind, and discover a good arguement for a reason why they are so few. We also talk about capture the flag at Download, and the reason why you should never go camping with Simon.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

Ronnie - Ronnie

EP 2 Download Pilot

Sun, 04 Jul 2021 17:20:16 +0100

Episode 2 - Download Pilot.

In this episode we chat about the Download Pilot and Simons' experiences there. We discuss bands that have never played Download Festival that should, and find out about another epic (or not) innovation from Adam.

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Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Rain sounds - Simon Bond

EP 1 Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet.

Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:43:36 +0100

Welcome to the first episode of Dear Download. A podcast focusing mainly on Download Festival.

This episode we introduce ourselves, talk about our history with Download Festival and share just a few of our many stories from Download Festival. We cover the upcoming Download Pilot Festival and we also talked for an unexpectedly long amount of time about the weather over the years at the festival.

The links we said we'd share:

Deardownload2003@gmail.com

Facebook

Twitter

Adam's spotify playlist

Simon's Spotify playlist

Simon's youtube

Men Podcasting Badly

Credits:

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/

Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/

Intro music - Simon Bond

Dear Download Trailer

Sat, 12 Jun 2021 19:01:18 +0100

Dear Download is a podcast to discuss all things Download Festival + anything else that's happening in the world of rock/alternative music.