Behind the Scenes with Kingz and Thievez at the Pre-Ink Metal Festival

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0:29 SPEAKER_00: We're deaf.

0:32 SPEAKER_03: Alright, so this is She's Redford Rasan, and I've got Kings and Thieves with me. So guys, thanks for coming over. Saying hi. Thanks so much for having us. Awesome. You guys did a kick-ass set.

0:42 SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much.

0:43 SPEAKER_03: Go ahead and uh introduce yourself. Good.

0:46 SPEAKER_01: I'm Brian. I'm the vocalist of Kings and Thieves. My name is Sim. I play rhythm guitar in Kings and Thieves. I'm Talon, I play drums.

0:54 SPEAKER_04: I'm Wyatt, I play lead guitar. I'm Adam, I play bass in Kings and Thieves.

0:59 SPEAKER_03: Alright, thanks so much, guys. So I'm just gonna ask you some random questions, and we're gonna see how it goes, alright? Anything goes, right? Alright, so what are some of your biggest musical pet peeves?

1:13 SPEAKER_01: Pet peeves? I'm gonna start. So it's gonna be cables that aren't rolled up. And um I will say people who don't wear deodorant in the mosh pit.

1:28 SPEAKER_03: Alright, okay.

1:29 SPEAKER_00: I'm gonna ditto the deodorant. I'm just a vocalist, I only have one piece of gear, so I can't have any.

1:35 SPEAKER_04: Veronica. Uh my one be bands uh going over on their set and having a cut R short. Any pet peeves, salad?

1:45 SPEAKER_02: I agree with Tim, the B-O thing. No, the BO thing?

1:49 SPEAKER_03: Alright, yeah. So the Unsettled band who played first, they actually brought their own deodorant and like wrapped a label around it for unsettled. They're like, all you motherfuckers in the campground, you're gonna be wearing this sweethead. Yes. So yeah, somebody was thinking about that too. Yes. Alright, so coffee, energy drink, or something stronger before a show.

2:08 SPEAKER_01: Energy drink. All of the above. All of the above. I don't drink those, so for me it'd be like propels or sweet tea.

2:16 SPEAKER_03: Okay.

2:17 SPEAKER_01: Chocolate milk.

2:19 SPEAKER_03: Not even carrying a couple of things. Not coffee. I swear to you. Are you shitting me? I know.

2:23 SPEAKER_00: The amount of times I've brought Fair Life on stage and tagged them and they've just ignored me is ridiculous. So now I just buy all frame.

2:30 SPEAKER_03: Oh my god. You gotta go true now. Alright. Alright, you yeah, I I think you're the winner there with what you drink before the show. What is the best advice you've ever received as a musician?

2:42 SPEAKER_05: To keep going. You know, there was a while where I stopped playing guitar, but everyone was like, no, dude, keep playing. So just keep going. No matter what you do, you have hiccups. Failures are a learning process. You just gotta keep going.

2:53 SPEAKER_02: I was gonna say literally the same thing. Uh one of my bands ended, and my vocalist at the time told me to just promise me you'll keep playing music, and I did, and here I am. Nice.

3:05 SPEAKER_00: I mean, this is my first band. I I just these boys just push me.

3:12 SPEAKER_04: It's my it's my lifeline. I would have to say what these fellows said, keep going, just don't give up. Keep play for yourself if you're not gonna play for anybody else.

3:22 SPEAKER_03: Alright, sweet. And what is one thing on your bucket list as a band?

3:29 SPEAKER_01: This honestly, uh any DWP festival that we could get on. Alright. I mean, this alone right here was incredible. Uh we're very uh grateful for opportunity just the pre-party because we know the extent of what it takes to get to the next level. And we are we're a band that always feels like we're uh we pay our dues, and I feel like getting to this moment right now, we paid our dues to this point. I think this gave us a little bit of like fire under our ass to uh take it to the next level in 2027.

4:05 SPEAKER_03: Oh, great.

4:06 SPEAKER_01: Um okay, we're just grateful.

4:09 SPEAKER_03: How long have you guys been as a band for Kings at Beast? How long did that be? Four years? Four years, alright.

4:15 SPEAKER_01: But recently as a five-piece, I would say within a two years.

4:20 SPEAKER_03: Okay.

4:21 SPEAKER_01: We've had a lot of ups and downs, but myself, Brian, and Talon kept it afloat as a three-piece. For a year. For oh, I think it was over a year. Over a year, we played just off the year. And then we picked up Adam, became a four-piece. Oh, dang. And then I met Wyatt, and our chemistry was there, and I know these guys, trust my word, like my words bond with these guys. Um So I said, hey, I have a guitarist that's gonna be the one all be all. Like, this is our unit now moving forward. Alright, this is our there's there's no changes, and since that moment, this is a unity, like we have no drama in our band.

5:05 SPEAKER_01: We all are focused-driven. Yeah, these are my brothers, and blood doesn't make you family. And if I have an issue in my life, I know I can rely on anybody, if not all of them, at the same time. And I know it speaks for everyone else. I'm sorry, I'll ramble on because I love the bad.

5:21 SPEAKER_05: We're just a bunch of dads that like to play music together. Oh, dad roll! We're all dads, we're all dads.

5:26 SPEAKER_01: We're all dads that play OG MySpace Death Corps, and if you know what that is, like you know what that is. And uh, we're not stopping. 2027 is gonna be our bitch, and uh keep your eyes open for Kings and Thieves, Cleveland, Ohio Death Corps.

5:40 SPEAKER_03: I mean that. Awesome. Yeah, I'll be looking forward for that too. We're definitely gonna take this shit. Yeah, we're definitely gonna have to connect and do an episode and talk more about you know yeah, what you guys got going on. Uh so where can people find and follow you?

5:55 SPEAKER_05: Facebook is huge for us. Facebook, Instagram. Recently new to TikTok, but bear with us on it. That's right, it's all right. Uh but Facebook, Instagram, hit us up. You know, we love to talk to you. Yeah, we're old school with our merch. It's all on all on Instagram, Facebook.

6:12 SPEAKER_03: Alright, just use metal talk for your hashtags on TikTok. Alright, there's a there's a tip. Metal talk.

6:17 SPEAKER_01: I was just gonna say all of our music is on all streaming platforms, by the way. Okay. Kings and thieves with Z's, not S's at the end. With Z's, yes. We did that because we obviously there is bands that are Kings and Thieves, but we uh it's Deathcore, dude. Come on.

6:34 SPEAKER_03: Are you guys here all weekend for Ink? We are here all weekend. We're gonna party hangout. Um Peeling Flush. Peeling fuss.

6:42 SPEAKER_01: I'll say this peeling flesh, snuff on site, sing with Suka Bug. I'm excited. Okay, well, Ramos.

6:50 SPEAKER_04: Yes, for sure.

6:51 SPEAKER_01: I'm excited for Gojira. That's personally for me. Gojira for sure.

6:55 SPEAKER_03: Alright, sweet.

6:59 SPEAKER_03: They're definitely all good choices.

7:00 SPEAKER_04: Who are you looking forward to? Yeah. Uh Papa Rooch, Norma Jean. Okay. Yep.

7:05 SPEAKER_03: Alright, those are good.

7:08 SPEAKER_01: I've seen them like they're so good. I don't care.

7:09 SPEAKER_03: Alright, sweet. Well, thanks so much for coming and talking to me. Thanks so much. I can't wait. We'll have to connect later and uh we'll do an episode in the future. Thank you. Thanks so much.

7:19 SPEAKER_05: Thank you.

7:20 SPEAKER_03: Woohoo!

7:21 unknown: All right.