May 22, 2023 • 21 mins
Join us for an incredible conversation with Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster as he shares his journey from surviving a near-fatal ATV accident to returning to the stage at Welcome to Rockville 2023. Dallas opens up about the life-changing experience and how he believes it was God's grace that saved him. Listen in as we also discuss the dangers of ATV accidents and the importance of being careful, as well as exploring the impact of faith and divine presence in our lives.
In this episode, we also chat about Dallas's time at Furnace Fest, his friendship with Slayer, and the powerful influence of Alice Cooper's loving actions on people. With insightful reflections on connecting with the audience and the rewarding aspects of being an artist, this conversation is sure to inspire and uplift. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Dallas and learn how you can connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and get your hands on their merchandise.
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS WITH SHORT KEY POINTS ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message
Dallas shares his experience with ATV accidents, God's grace, and growing up on dirt bikes and motorcycles, discussed in the context of Ozzy's ATV accident.
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert
Dallas discussed driving on the Speedway, performing at Welcome to Rockville, his friendship with Slayer, Alice Cooper's loving actions, and how to connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans
Dallas and Maylene discuss connecting with the audience, upcoming performances at Rockville, and appreciation for compliments.
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS WITH FULL SUMMARIES ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message (14 Minutes)
We chat with Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. He shares his experience playing at Furnace Fest last March and his excitement for Welcome to Rockville 2023. Dallas tells us about the accident that almost killed him and how he believes it was God's grace that he survived. We also discuss Ozzy and his ATV accident, the dangers of ATV accidents, and how Dallas grew up on dirt bikes and motorcycles. It's a reminder to be careful and pay attention to the signs of God's presence in our lives.
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert (6 Minutes)
Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and I discussed his experience driving on the Speedway and performing at Welcome to Rockville. We also chatted about his friendship with Slayer and how Alice Cooper's loving actions and heart speaks more to people than preaching. Finally, Dallas shared how people can connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and buy their merch.
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans (1 Minutes)
Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and I discuss his experience performing at Welcome to Rockville and his appreciation for the kind words and compliments from the audience. We also reflect on the importance of connecting with the audience and how it can be the most rewarding part of being an artist. Dallas shares his excitement for upcoming performances at Rockville and expresses his gratitude for the conversation.
Take some zany and serious journeys with The Pipeman aka Dean K. Piper, CST on The Adventures of Pipeman also known as Pipeman Radio syndicated globally “Where Who Knows And Anything Goes”.
Listen to & Watch a show dedicated to motivation, business, empowerment, inspiration, music, comedy, celebrities, shock jock radio, various topics, and entertainment. The Adventures of Pipeman is hosted by Dean K. Piper, CST aka “The Pipeman” who has been said to be hybrid of Tony Robbins, Batman, and Howard Stern. The Adventures of Pipeman has received many awards, media features, and has been ranked for multiple categories as one of the Top 6 Live Radio Shows & Podcasts in the world.
Pipeman Radio also consists of multiple podcasts showing the many sides of Pipeman. These include The Adventures of Pipeman, Pipeman in the Pit, and Positively Pipeman and more. You can find all of the Pipeman Podcasts anywhere you listen to podcasts. With thousands of episodes that focus on Intertainment which combines information and entertainment there is something for everyone including over 5000 interviews with celebrities, music artists/bands, authors, speakers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and all kinds of professionals.
Then there is The Pipeman Radio Tour where Pipeman travels the country and world doing press coverage for Major Business Events, Conferences, Conventi
In this episode, we also chat about Dallas's time at Furnace Fest, his friendship with Slayer, and the powerful influence of Alice Cooper's loving actions on people. With insightful reflections on connecting with the audience and the rewarding aspects of being an artist, this conversation is sure to inspire and uplift. Don't miss this opportunity to hear from Dallas and learn how you can connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and get your hands on their merchandise.
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS WITH SHORT KEY POINTS ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message
Dallas shares his experience with ATV accidents, God's grace, and growing up on dirt bikes and motorcycles, discussed in the context of Ozzy's ATV accident.
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert
Dallas discussed driving on the Speedway, performing at Welcome to Rockville, his friendship with Slayer, Alice Cooper's loving actions, and how to connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster.
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans
Dallas and Maylene discuss connecting with the audience, upcoming performances at Rockville, and appreciation for compliments.
--------- EPISODE CHAPTERS WITH FULL SUMMARIES ---------
(0:00:04) - ATV Accident Survivor's Faith Message (14 Minutes)
We chat with Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. He shares his experience playing at Furnace Fest last March and his excitement for Welcome to Rockville 2023. Dallas tells us about the accident that almost killed him and how he believes it was God's grace that he survived. We also discuss Ozzy and his ATV accident, the dangers of ATV accidents, and how Dallas grew up on dirt bikes and motorcycles. It's a reminder to be careful and pay attention to the signs of God's presence in our lives.
(0:13:36) - Sun Disaster and Alice Cooper Concert (6 Minutes)
Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and I discussed his experience driving on the Speedway and performing at Welcome to Rockville. We also chatted about his friendship with Slayer and how Alice Cooper's loving actions and heart speaks more to people than preaching. Finally, Dallas shared how people can connect with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and buy their merch.
(0:20:05) - Positive Feedback and Future Plans (1 Minutes)
Dallas from Maylene and the Sons of Disaster and I discuss his experience performing at Welcome to Rockville and his appreciation for the kind words and compliments from the audience. We also reflect on the importance of connecting with the audience and how it can be the most rewarding part of being an artist. Dallas shares his excitement for upcoming performances at Rockville and expresses his gratitude for the conversation.
Take some zany and serious journeys with The Pipeman aka Dean K. Piper, CST on The Adventures of Pipeman also known as Pipeman Radio syndicated globally “Where Who Knows And Anything Goes”.
Listen to & Watch a show dedicated to motivation, business, empowerment, inspiration, music, comedy, celebrities, shock jock radio, various topics, and entertainment. The Adventures of Pipeman is hosted by Dean K. Piper, CST aka “The Pipeman” who has been said to be hybrid of Tony Robbins, Batman, and Howard Stern. The Adventures of Pipeman has received many awards, media features, and has been ranked for multiple categories as one of the Top 6 Live Radio Shows & Podcasts in the world.
Pipeman Radio also consists of multiple podcasts showing the many sides of Pipeman. These include The Adventures of Pipeman, Pipeman in the Pit, and Positively Pipeman and more. You can find all of the Pipeman Podcasts anywhere you listen to podcasts. With thousands of episodes that focus on Intertainment which combines information and entertainment there is something for everyone including over 5000 interviews with celebrities, music artists/bands, authors, speakers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and all kinds of professionals.
Then there is The Pipeman Radio Tour where Pipeman travels the country and world doing press coverage for Major Business Events, Conferences, Conventi
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(00:04):
Hey, you love them too,that's sure. From w f C.
Wow, Why come of America.It's time for the Adventures of Pipe Man
on w fourcy dot com West Pompassnumber one internet radio station. Here's your
(00:29):
host, the pipe Man. Ohmy, oh my god, this is
(00:54):
the pipe Man here on the Adventurespipe Man w poc Y Radio. And
I'm here with our next games.Who is going to be at Welcome to
Rockville in a couple of days,And I'm very excited about that. I'm
very excited. I'm gonna be there, and I'm glad we're doing a phoner
because it's a lot more fun todo a phoner and do it on site
(01:15):
sometimes so that we can go catchtheir set instead. And so I'd like
to welcome to the show, Dallasfrom Melen and the Sons of Disaster.
How are you awesome? Thanks forhaving me on. It's good get to
do this with you. Oh yeah, I listen. Yeah what your first
show in like six years at FurnaceFest last March, and now here we
(01:37):
are at Welcome to Rockville twenty twentythree. Yeah, it's pretty it's pretty
crazy. It's a it was bea awesome experience. I was in a
bad accident, So shouldn't never evenshouldn't be alive so much less being able
to play a show. So I'mreally honored and excited to yeah play music
(02:01):
and they get to play Rockville thisyear. Yeah, you definitely had a
rough couple of years there for abit. And you know what I just
thought of when you were saying it, It's like you and Aussie are on
the same wavelength because the same thinghappened to both of you, and I
(02:21):
always wondered, Yeah, I didn'tlike um so he was he in a
bad I mean I had heard it, but yeah, he was in an
ATV accident, and to this dayit's a real problem. That's why he's
no longer touring and just doing oneoffs now because they did surgeries on them,
(02:43):
and like, it's so amazing.The guy survived everything that nobody would
survive, and that's kind of what'staken him out. You know, when
when how was it was it?How long ago was he a TV action?
I don't remember, but I don'tremember. No, it's been years
now. I might have been aroundthe same time as you. Who knows.
(03:05):
Oh, okay, I did hearabout that? Um, the crazy
thing about ATV accidents, Like Iheard it and there was people in there
with me, and it's sad.But most people don't survive it TP accidents
because if it falls on them,and it fell on my head and I
didn't have a helmet on because Iwas thinking I was going to be riding
crazy, But it is one ofthose accidents where people don't They usually get
(03:34):
hurt really bad or somehow they don't, but that's not they're not getting hurt.
Point part is very rare when itcomes to having an ATV accident.
Yeah, I've been pretty lucky becauseI I you know, I go to
Costa Rica line. They're like,riding a quad is your main mode of
transportation because it's all dirt roads andmountains and stuff. And I of the
(04:00):
my friends there took us on atour and literally we're going up the steep
mountain and it was like all bumpyand stuff, and my ATV went up
on like two wheels and I waslooking over the side of the mountain and
yeah, I like quickly tried toget back on the two wheels, Like
(04:20):
I almost broke my leg trying toget the quad back down. So I
wouldn't fall off the mountain. Andthat kind of my situation was. I
was down visiting my parents from Florida. They had gotten a fourwheel and the
gas and the breaker on the samehandle. You know, you roll the
(04:41):
gas and then you pull the brakeleaver. Well, I was kind of
getting up on it just a littlebit, not too fast, right by
my parents' house, and it startedto get away from me a little bit.
So I went to pull the brake, but I was like kind of
standing however, you know, standinghowevering not sitting down, and I slipped
from hitting the brake, and inmy hand palm basically rolled the gas and
(05:08):
I tried to hold on, youknow, to try to correct it,
and I hit a metal sign.Uh. I guess I was playing up
to like thirty miles an hour bybecause I just read the gas trying to
stop the break, you know.And uh, and then the whole thing
ended on my head. And agirl found me with them like twenty minutes
(05:29):
called me and it's a dead body, and uh, yeah, I can't
believe I survived it. But yeah, those things. And I grew up
on dirt bikes, uh, doingstunts and you know, uh uh and
films or whatever, and uh andthen that yeah one time on a four
who I never broke in the bonethe whole life, and it just took
that one time. So now I'mthe biggest like, you got to be
(05:53):
careful for you. Right. It'sweird too that you you know, you
grew up on motorcycles and it's awor wheeler that you got hurt on instead
of a two wheeler. Yeah youthink they're safer, right, Yeah,
I've wrecked the dirt bike so manytimes or you know, uh had a
motorcycle like roll over all me orwhatever. But uh yeah, it's it's
(06:16):
you can kind of get away fromit or get out, you know,
or whatever. But that yeah,yeah, yeah, it's a different ball
game. Uh yeah. So Iwould put I personally think and it's because
your faith God was watching over you. You're you're exactly uh, you're exactly
(06:39):
right. And that's why I thinkI survived my accident, was to let
people know that there is a guythat loves him. Uh. Even the
main trauma doctors. Uh. Thatnight they all and like this is like
because I'm not one of those peoplethat's like that's a miracle. Or whatever.
You know. I usually try tosee if some things real or someone
(07:00):
just saying it. And even themain trauma doctor was like, there has
a power greater than me that tookover and because there's no reason he should
be alive because you know, Ihad bleeding on my brain, uh,
ripped my kardougory, so I havethat fully blocked, broke every bone in
my face, My face came toslodge from my skull in a couple of
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places long damage broken, ripped myarm out, you know. So yeah,
it is a it is a miracle. Uh. And I think that's
the one of the main the mainreason to me is why I survived,
is just to let people know,like, man, you're not alone and
there is a God that loves youand uh and rolling this together, you
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know, and uh, especially intoday's times, it's just like, yeah,
people need, uh, you know, to know that they're not alone,
they're they're of more than ever,more than ever. And I think
music is some one of the greatestmessages for that, which is what you
do. So I think God likewanted the message of your music because it's
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funny. Okay, So for somebodylike me, I come from like eighties
metal, and you think of somethingthat is metal that is Christian, you
think of gimmicks like you know,you think of Stryper. That's who I
think of me. Yeah, youcan get farthering a White Cross. There's
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like I grew up in like southernlike, so that was like the farthest
I could go, and that waslike yeah, extreme, but yeah,
And then we listen to your music, and like, if you didn't tell
somebody, I don't think they'd reallyknow it was Christian, you know,
But if you listen to the lyricsand the message, that's one thing.
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But the music itself, you know, people have this kind of I think
they have this kind of thing intheir head of what Christian music should sound
like. And I'm thanking God thatwe have people like you that go outside
that little fence that people have built. And you're exactly right. Like before,
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when I was younger, because Igrew up Southern bad this, I
didn't I didn't even know about havingmusic until I just somehow stumbled upon it
as some you know, and everyonethought all your they thought it was like
evil when I was getting into it. But um, when I was younger,
I thought I had to ram mybeliefs down people's throats at a concert
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and they kind of would be like, you know, like I came here
to hear music, not you know, you preach I mean non something.
So the older I got, Ihave realized you know that. Then I
think that's why people get weird weirdedout sometimes when they think of Christian music,
because they think they're gonna have tobe maybe look down on or preached
(10:03):
out. And when people hear musicand they feel like, you know,
I'm loved d and like these guysare this guy just like me and and
uh and he goes to the samething as I go through. But that's
how, you know, like that'show he can Like for me, that's
a big thing because or it's likeonly God's how I get made it through
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my accident. And I hope whenI hope people see that and go either
that guy is the biggest rip off. There's no other reason uh why he
you know why he's which I'm nota rip but you know what I'm saying,
like, uh, your actions speaklouder and and that's what I think
people really want these days. Andyou know, myself even included is just
(10:50):
to talk to real conversations, tosee real people and to have real talks
and actually care for people and notjust trying to shove something my beliefs or
have someone trying to shove their beliefsor thoughts down, because that's that really
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doesn't get anywhere with religion to politics, it's we people just get like,
um, they don't want to hearabout it when you start. But when
you kind of meet them with loveand you try to find you know,
like, hey, we have whatI in common, we have music in
common, and then they go,you know, this is different than what
I thought it would be. Yeah, totally. Well it's true though,
(11:37):
like all these people nowadays, especiallythat are you mentioned political, pushing their
political beliefs. More you do that, the more you push people away,
they're not gonna listen. You know. It's like it's funny you should say,
because I always talk about it allthe time, of the only way
to help a hater is with love, not hate. Hate's not gonna make
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them less of a hater. Youknow, you have to tream with love,
and then it's kind of hard forthem to hate while you're loving exactly
and uh yeah, and and ifsomeone doesn't understand whatever point you're coming from,
it's from a political view, toa certain type of food you like,
to your beliefs um. If youcome with them already with like an
(12:26):
argumentative like you're wrong, I'm right, they just naturally are gonna go,
hey, I'm gonna just contrary,you know, like because you're coming to
them in this like argument. It'salmost like argumentative way of talking, and
they're just like, you know,we all do that. But when someone
comes to you and like love andit's just talking, not to try to
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ramp, you know, force somethingon you. Like I'm so many times
in conversation whatever I've left like learningsomething new or are seeing a different perspective
I never would have seen if Ihadn't, you know, not had you
know, padding my guard, youknow, by letting my guard down and
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just hearing what someone had to sayand hearing them for their heart, you
know. And how about this?Do you like the irony of that you're
now going to be performing at theDaytona Speedway? I find I find after
having that accent and now you're goingto be at the Daytona Speedway, you
know, performing life. I didn'teven think of it, right, So,
(13:37):
yeah, that's awesome. Yeah Idid not even Yeah I should maybe
uh tell them, like, youknow, I'm I used to joke about
it. I was like, youknow, I can't drive a vehicle really
well, but I could wreck onewith the like I'm a pro at that,
right. See, maybe I needto see if they'll let me,
(13:58):
uh see how durable their cars are. Right. Well, I you know,
I covered this festival every year anduh not last year, but the
year before I actually got to drive, you know, when I was going
to the press tent, I gotto drive on the speedway. That was
so cool. It's like one thingseeing it, you know, it's an
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earth thing actually driving on it.Yeah, I bet because it is like
the um and I've only seen him. But the embankment, you know,
it's it's those embankments are pretty high. It's a lot bigger than than we
think when we see on TV oreven from a distance. Uh yep,
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one hundred. You're right. Wellyou'll you'll be there uh this weekend and
perform at Welcome Rockville, and uhI am very excited about that. And
I think anybody that will be thereis going to get a real treat.
Because you know, it's funny.Before I was doing the interview, I
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I was playing one of your videosand somebody in the other room. I
said, hey, you gotta checksomething out and they and they said,
oh, I'm already listened to itover here. That's pretty badass. And
so there you go. So Ithink like your music it you know,
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it kind of reminds me too.Okay, it's funny. Slayer, who's
one of my favorite all time everbands, everybody thought that they were these
devil worshippers. And I was friendswith them back in the day because I
was at their first show ever andused to hang out and we used to
laugh that people thought they were actuallydevil worshippers because Tom is a devout Christian,
yes, and a lot of peopledon't know that. Yeah. I
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heard him in their view one time. He was like God doesn't hate anybody
or something he said, and alot of people are just like, well,
you know, they didn't know howto take because they thought, oh,
he's got to be evil, oryou know, they thought he was
Probably they probably thought he was sellingout. Yes, their perceptions are they're
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different for people. Alice Cooper isas a prime example of um and I
love that people can be like thatwhere it's like you can enjoy their music
and entertainment and and you can yousee their views or their beliefs through their
actions in their heart and like justhow you know, like uh much their
(16:41):
lives show, you know, likebring you like man, that's they're you
know, like how Alice Cooper justhow he's so loving and care caring and
any and anytime you ever seen him, you know, and it's uh and
uh yeah that does more good fortelling someone about God than any Uh.
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Are a lot of people that youknow are on the sidewalk holding up signs
preaching on some space. Yeah right, are you gonna cat and be able
to catch Alice's set and welcome toRockville? Yeah, I'm gonna. I
definitely, Uh I want to.I uh, I haven't. I agree.
I mean when I was I grewup on him. My brother gat
(17:33):
me when I was younger, Soyeah, I want to. I haven't.
I've never seen performed, so I'veseen you're gonna love it on I've
seen him on you know, TVand stuff, but never in person.
So yeah, you're gonna love it. You're gonna love it blows my mind
at his age, how much energyhe is and how one point he still
is. So it's definitely Yeahna befun at Welcome to Rockville. What you
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guys there and Alice there. Idon't care about anybody else and else.
So tell everybody how they can connectwith you guys on socials, on the
web, and most importantly, howthey can buy your merch because that's the
only way that artists survive nowadays.Yes, um, you can find us
(18:17):
on Instagram, our Facebook, onmailing in the Suns of Disaster you can
look at the name that's and thenon YouTube, you know, Malie and
the Suns of Disaster, and ourwebsite is mailing in the Suns of Disaster
dot net. I'm oh, gosh, my brain, I had a brain
(18:41):
injury, says, but our merchis up there, and yeah, yeah
that is. That's it's a differenttimes now with surviving or whatever. So
yeah, yeah, we have ashopify account. Nice. Yeah, and
(19:07):
I think that's that's all the places. Yeah, yeah, all right,
cool. Well, and so it'sa long name, but uh just type
in Melee m a y Ellie anyand the Sun's disaster. But if you
just type in me lean, it'llstart bringing things up in Google. Uh
(19:27):
cool. Well, you guys aregoing to kill it at Welcome to Rockville,
and I hope everybody's out there tosee your set, because I think
they're in for a real treat.And I want to thank you for you
know, making this comeback and uh, you know, leading to the life
of God so that you're still hereand giving us great music. And thanks
(19:51):
for being on the Adventures of PipeMany awesome. Thank you so much for
having me on. And it wasa pleasure actually getting to talk you.
Great conversation, you know. Uhyeah, I really appreciate it. A
lot of times you don't have reallygood uh I mean like this. I
yeah, I really enjoyed it.And I hope you have a blessed rush
of your week and excited maybe runningto you at Rockville. And uh yeah,
(20:15):
thanks for having me on. Hey, my pleasure, And thanks for
the compliments, because that's why Ialways like to hear because press this type
of stuff for an artist can usuallybe the most boring crap ever, so
I always love when people loved theconversation. Yeah, this was great,
Uh, this was awesome. I'mI'm usually people say, oh, you,
(20:37):
you know, like you motivated I'myou. You motivated me where you
gave me a pep in my day. This is a great conversation. Uh
yeah, really really great to talkwith you. That's the best thing I've
heard all day right there. Sothanks and see you at Rockville. See
you then, Thanks so much again, Thanks you for listening to the Adventures
(21:02):
of Pintman. I'm W for CUIRadio.
Hey, you love them too,that's sure. From w f C.
Wow, Why come of America.It's time for the Adventures of Pipe Man
on w fourcy dot com West Pompassnumber one internet radio station. Here's your
(00:29):
host, the pipe Man. Ohmy, oh my god, this is
(00:54):
the pipe Man here on the Adventurespipe Man w poc Y Radio. And
I'm here with our next games.Who is going to be at Welcome to
Rockville in a couple of days,And I'm very excited about that. I'm
very excited. I'm gonna be there, and I'm glad we're doing a phoner
because it's a lot more fun todo a phoner and do it on site
(01:15):
sometimes so that we can go catchtheir set instead. And so I'd like
to welcome to the show, Dallasfrom Melen and the Sons of Disaster.
How are you awesome? Thanks forhaving me on. It's good get to
do this with you. Oh yeah, I listen. Yeah what your first
show in like six years at FurnaceFest last March, and now here we
(01:37):
are at Welcome to Rockville twenty twentythree. Yeah, it's pretty it's pretty
crazy. It's a it was bea awesome experience. I was in a
bad accident, So shouldn't never evenshouldn't be alive so much less being able
to play a show. So I'mreally honored and excited to yeah play music
(02:01):
and they get to play Rockville thisyear. Yeah, you definitely had a
rough couple of years there for abit. And you know what I just
thought of when you were saying it, It's like you and Aussie are on
the same wavelength because the same thinghappened to both of you, and I
(02:21):
always wondered, Yeah, I didn'tlike um so he was he in a
bad I mean I had heard it, but yeah, he was in an
ATV accident, and to this dayit's a real problem. That's why he's
no longer touring and just doing oneoffs now because they did surgeries on them,
(02:43):
and like, it's so amazing.The guy survived everything that nobody would
survive, and that's kind of what'staken him out. You know, when
when how was it was it?How long ago was he a TV action?
I don't remember, but I don'tremember. No, it's been years
now. I might have been aroundthe same time as you. Who knows.
(03:05):
Oh, okay, I did hearabout that? Um, the crazy
thing about ATV accidents, Like Iheard it and there was people in there
with me, and it's sad.But most people don't survive it TP accidents
because if it falls on them,and it fell on my head and I
didn't have a helmet on because Iwas thinking I was going to be riding
crazy, But it is one ofthose accidents where people don't They usually get
(03:34):
hurt really bad or somehow they don't, but that's not they're not getting hurt.
Point part is very rare when itcomes to having an ATV accident.
Yeah, I've been pretty lucky becauseI I you know, I go to
Costa Rica line. They're like,riding a quad is your main mode of
transportation because it's all dirt roads andmountains and stuff. And I of the
(04:00):
my friends there took us on atour and literally we're going up the steep
mountain and it was like all bumpyand stuff, and my ATV went up
on like two wheels and I waslooking over the side of the mountain and
yeah, I like quickly tried toget back on the two wheels, Like
(04:20):
I almost broke my leg trying toget the quad back down. So I
wouldn't fall off the mountain. Andthat kind of my situation was. I
was down visiting my parents from Florida. They had gotten a fourwheel and the
gas and the breaker on the samehandle. You know, you roll the
(04:41):
gas and then you pull the brakeleaver. Well, I was kind of
getting up on it just a littlebit, not too fast, right by
my parents' house, and it startedto get away from me a little bit.
So I went to pull the brake, but I was like kind of
standing however, you know, standinghowevering not sitting down, and I slipped
from hitting the brake, and inmy hand palm basically rolled the gas and
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I tried to hold on, youknow, to try to correct it,
and I hit a metal sign.Uh. I guess I was playing up
to like thirty miles an hour bybecause I just read the gas trying to
stop the break, you know.And uh, and then the whole thing
ended on my head. And agirl found me with them like twenty minutes
(05:29):
called me and it's a dead body, and uh, yeah, I can't
believe I survived it. But yeah, those things. And I grew up
on dirt bikes, uh, doingstunts and you know, uh uh and
films or whatever, and uh andthen that yeah one time on a four
who I never broke in the bonethe whole life, and it just took
that one time. So now I'mthe biggest like, you got to be
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careful for you. Right. It'sweird too that you you know, you
grew up on motorcycles and it's awor wheeler that you got hurt on instead
of a two wheeler. Yeah youthink they're safer, right, Yeah,
I've wrecked the dirt bike so manytimes or you know, uh had a
motorcycle like roll over all me orwhatever. But uh yeah, it's it's
(06:16):
you can kind of get away fromit or get out, you know,
or whatever. But that yeah,yeah, yeah, it's a different ball
game. Uh yeah. So Iwould put I personally think and it's because
your faith God was watching over you. You're you're exactly uh, you're exactly
(06:39):
right. And that's why I thinkI survived my accident, was to let
people know that there is a guythat loves him. Uh. Even the
main trauma doctors. Uh. Thatnight they all and like this is like
because I'm not one of those peoplethat's like that's a miracle. Or whatever.
You know. I usually try tosee if some things real or someone
(07:00):
just saying it. And even themain trauma doctor was like, there has
a power greater than me that tookover and because there's no reason he should
be alive because you know, Ihad bleeding on my brain, uh,
ripped my kardougory, so I havethat fully blocked, broke every bone in
my face, My face came toslodge from my skull in a couple of
(07:23):
places long damage broken, ripped myarm out, you know. So yeah,
it is a it is a miracle. Uh. And I think that's
the one of the main the mainreason to me is why I survived,
is just to let people know,like, man, you're not alone and
there is a God that loves youand uh and rolling this together, you
(07:48):
know, and uh, especially intoday's times, it's just like, yeah,
people need, uh, you know, to know that they're not alone,
they're they're of more than ever,more than ever. And I think
music is some one of the greatestmessages for that, which is what you
do. So I think God likewanted the message of your music because it's
(08:11):
funny. Okay, So for somebodylike me, I come from like eighties
metal, and you think of somethingthat is metal that is Christian, you
think of gimmicks like you know,you think of Stryper. That's who I
think of me. Yeah, youcan get farthering a White Cross. There's
(08:33):
like I grew up in like southernlike, so that was like the farthest
I could go, and that waslike yeah, extreme, but yeah,
And then we listen to your music, and like, if you didn't tell
somebody, I don't think they'd reallyknow it was Christian, you know,
But if you listen to the lyricsand the message, that's one thing.
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But the music itself, you know, people have this kind of I think
they have this kind of thing intheir head of what Christian music should sound
like. And I'm thanking God thatwe have people like you that go outside
that little fence that people have built. And you're exactly right. Like before,
(09:18):
when I was younger, because Igrew up Southern bad this, I
didn't I didn't even know about havingmusic until I just somehow stumbled upon it
as some you know, and everyonethought all your they thought it was like
evil when I was getting into it. But um, when I was younger,
I thought I had to ram mybeliefs down people's throats at a concert
(09:41):
and they kind of would be like, you know, like I came here
to hear music, not you know, you preach I mean non something.
So the older I got, Ihave realized you know that. Then I
think that's why people get weird weirdedout sometimes when they think of Christian music,
because they think they're gonna have tobe maybe look down on or preached
(10:03):
out. And when people hear musicand they feel like, you know,
I'm loved d and like these guysare this guy just like me and and
uh and he goes to the samething as I go through. But that's
how, you know, like that'show he can Like for me, that's
a big thing because or it's likeonly God's how I get made it through
(10:24):
my accident. And I hope whenI hope people see that and go either
that guy is the biggest rip off. There's no other reason uh why he
you know why he's which I'm nota rip but you know what I'm saying,
like, uh, your actions speaklouder and and that's what I think
people really want these days. Andyou know, myself even included is just
(10:50):
to talk to real conversations, tosee real people and to have real talks
and actually care for people and notjust trying to shove something my beliefs or
have someone trying to shove their beliefsor thoughts down, because that's that really
(11:11):
doesn't get anywhere with religion to politics, it's we people just get like,
um, they don't want to hearabout it when you start. But when
you kind of meet them with loveand you try to find you know,
like, hey, we have whatI in common, we have music in
common, and then they go,you know, this is different than what
I thought it would be. Yeah, totally. Well it's true though,
(11:37):
like all these people nowadays, especiallythat are you mentioned political, pushing their
political beliefs. More you do that, the more you push people away,
they're not gonna listen. You know. It's like it's funny you should say,
because I always talk about it allthe time, of the only way
to help a hater is with love, not hate. Hate's not gonna make
(12:01):
them less of a hater. Youknow, you have to tream with love,
and then it's kind of hard forthem to hate while you're loving exactly
and uh yeah, and and ifsomeone doesn't understand whatever point you're coming from,
it's from a political view, toa certain type of food you like,
to your beliefs um. If youcome with them already with like an
(12:26):
argumentative like you're wrong, I'm right, they just naturally are gonna go,
hey, I'm gonna just contrary,you know, like because you're coming to
them in this like argument. It'salmost like argumentative way of talking, and
they're just like, you know,we all do that. But when someone
comes to you and like love andit's just talking, not to try to
(12:54):
ramp, you know, force somethingon you. Like I'm so many times
in conversation whatever I've left like learningsomething new or are seeing a different perspective
I never would have seen if Ihadn't, you know, not had you
know, padding my guard, youknow, by letting my guard down and
(13:15):
just hearing what someone had to sayand hearing them for their heart, you
know. And how about this?Do you like the irony of that you're
now going to be performing at theDaytona Speedway? I find I find after
having that accent and now you're goingto be at the Daytona Speedway, you
know, performing life. I didn'teven think of it, right, So,
(13:37):
yeah, that's awesome. Yeah Idid not even Yeah I should maybe
uh tell them, like, youknow, I'm I used to joke about
it. I was like, youknow, I can't drive a vehicle really
well, but I could wreck onewith the like I'm a pro at that,
right. See, maybe I needto see if they'll let me,
(13:58):
uh see how durable their cars are. Right. Well, I you know,
I covered this festival every year anduh not last year, but the
year before I actually got to drive, you know, when I was going
to the press tent, I gotto drive on the speedway. That was
so cool. It's like one thingseeing it, you know, it's an
(14:18):
earth thing actually driving on it.Yeah, I bet because it is like
the um and I've only seen him. But the embankment, you know,
it's it's those embankments are pretty high. It's a lot bigger than than we
think when we see on TV oreven from a distance. Uh yep,
(14:39):
one hundred. You're right. Wellyou'll you'll be there uh this weekend and
perform at Welcome Rockville, and uhI am very excited about that. And
I think anybody that will be thereis going to get a real treat.
Because you know, it's funny.Before I was doing the interview, I
(15:00):
I was playing one of your videosand somebody in the other room. I
said, hey, you gotta checksomething out and they and they said,
oh, I'm already listened to itover here. That's pretty badass. And
so there you go. So Ithink like your music it you know,
(15:24):
it kind of reminds me too.Okay, it's funny. Slayer, who's
one of my favorite all time everbands, everybody thought that they were these
devil worshippers. And I was friendswith them back in the day because I
was at their first show ever andused to hang out and we used to
laugh that people thought they were actuallydevil worshippers because Tom is a devout Christian,
yes, and a lot of peopledon't know that. Yeah. I
(15:48):
heard him in their view one time. He was like God doesn't hate anybody
or something he said, and alot of people are just like, well,
you know, they didn't know howto take because they thought, oh,
he's got to be evil, oryou know, they thought he was
Probably they probably thought he was sellingout. Yes, their perceptions are they're
(16:15):
different for people. Alice Cooper isas a prime example of um and I
love that people can be like thatwhere it's like you can enjoy their music
and entertainment and and you can yousee their views or their beliefs through their
actions in their heart and like justhow you know, like uh much their
(16:41):
lives show, you know, likebring you like man, that's they're you
know, like how Alice Cooper justhow he's so loving and care caring and
any and anytime you ever seen him, you know, and it's uh and
uh yeah that does more good fortelling someone about God than any Uh.
(17:07):
Are a lot of people that youknow are on the sidewalk holding up signs
preaching on some space. Yeah right, are you gonna cat and be able
to catch Alice's set and welcome toRockville? Yeah, I'm gonna. I
definitely, Uh I want to.I uh, I haven't. I agree.
I mean when I was I grewup on him. My brother gat
(17:33):
me when I was younger, Soyeah, I want to. I haven't.
I've never seen performed, so I'veseen you're gonna love it on I've
seen him on you know, TVand stuff, but never in person.
So yeah, you're gonna love it. You're gonna love it blows my mind
at his age, how much energyhe is and how one point he still
is. So it's definitely Yeahna befun at Welcome to Rockville. What you
(17:56):
guys there and Alice there. Idon't care about anybody else and else.
So tell everybody how they can connectwith you guys on socials, on the
web, and most importantly, howthey can buy your merch because that's the
only way that artists survive nowadays.Yes, um, you can find us
(18:17):
on Instagram, our Facebook, onmailing in the Suns of Disaster you can
look at the name that's and thenon YouTube, you know, Malie and
the Suns of Disaster, and ourwebsite is mailing in the Suns of Disaster
dot net. I'm oh, gosh, my brain, I had a brain
(18:41):
injury, says, but our merchis up there, and yeah, yeah
that is. That's it's a differenttimes now with surviving or whatever. So
yeah, yeah, we have ashopify account. Nice. Yeah, and
(19:07):
I think that's that's all the places. Yeah, yeah, all right,
cool. Well, and so it'sa long name, but uh just type
in Melee m a y Ellie anyand the Sun's disaster. But if you
just type in me lean, it'llstart bringing things up in Google. Uh
(19:27):
cool. Well, you guys aregoing to kill it at Welcome to Rockville,
and I hope everybody's out there tosee your set, because I think
they're in for a real treat.And I want to thank you for you
know, making this comeback and uh, you know, leading to the life
of God so that you're still hereand giving us great music. And thanks
(19:51):
for being on the Adventures of PipeMany awesome. Thank you so much for
having me on. And it wasa pleasure actually getting to talk you.
Great conversation, you know. Uhyeah, I really appreciate it. A
lot of times you don't have reallygood uh I mean like this. I
yeah, I really enjoyed it.And I hope you have a blessed rush
of your week and excited maybe runningto you at Rockville. And uh yeah,
(20:15):
thanks for having me on. Hey, my pleasure, And thanks for
the compliments, because that's why Ialways like to hear because press this type
of stuff for an artist can usuallybe the most boring crap ever, so
I always love when people loved theconversation. Yeah, this was great,
Uh, this was awesome. I'mI'm usually people say, oh, you,
(20:37):
you know, like you motivated I'myou. You motivated me where you
gave me a pep in my day. This is a great conversation. Uh
yeah, really really great to talkwith you. That's the best thing I've
heard all day right there. Sothanks and see you at Rockville. See
you then, Thanks so much again, Thanks you for listening to the Adventures
(21:02):
of Pintman. I'm W for CUIRadio.
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