S2-E6 - Aedan Thompson | One Man In the Band Sacred Wretch - Under the Influence with DJJonniBravo

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Year of October (00:49):
You are now under the influence with
DJJonniBravo.

DJJonniBravo (01:03):
Hello, I'm DJJonniBravo.
Today you're going under themusical influence of today's
guest, Aedan Thompson, on Underthe Influence with DJJonniBravo.
Aedan is my nephew.
Aedan has been in the bandsseason two is titled in the
band, so we're taking anin-depth look at anybody in a
band.
And Aedan fits that profile.

(01:24):
He was in a band in VirginiaBeach Virginia, Chesapeake area
called Rathe.
And now he is in the Wisconsinarea.
And we'll talk about all that.
And he's in a band called SacredWretch.

Aedan (01:37):
Yep, that's correct.

There you go.
I just wanted to make sure I gotthe pronunciations of those.
Correct.
Aedan will jump right in and getyou to tell me a little bit
about your musical self and youcan include the story of how you
you became musical and how yougot into these bands and all
that

Aedan (01:54):
It all started when I was a young teenager.
I met this guy, his name isVincent, and he taught me
everything I needed to knowabout music in itself especially
instruments.
Back in 2017, I picked up theguitar for the first time to
teach everything by myself.
And I've, since then I've beenpicking up other instruments.

(02:15):
But I remember when I was a kidand I used to take piano
lessons.
It was very brief, but I tookpiano lessons for a little bit.
I wish I continued taking pianolessons.
Of course, but since.
20 16, 20 17.
I've been practicing guitar,drums, recently picked up the
bass, and I have been having ablast with everything and I'm

(02:38):
and I am still open up to learnhow to play more instruments,
especially bagpipes.
I wanna pick up the bagpipes.

There you go.
And you can always, takelessons.
Just because you stopped I'msure there's probably somebody
around that will teach you pianobagpipes really speak to me.
It's more of a Scottish thing.
I don't know if you haveScottish in your heritage or
not, but With my school we'rethe Highland Springs Springers
and our guy that used to havethe mascot they change him up a
little bit, so he looks morehardcore, which is cool.

(03:05):
But he had bagpipes, he hadbagpipes and somebody would
sometimes play bagpipes.
So I'm always used to hearingbagpipes.
So that's not something youwould typically.
And especially with the kind ofmusic that you're doing, cuz
you're doing more of a metal,heavy metal type.
Yeah.
Is it death metal?

Aedan (03:22):
It is death metal.
It's a mix between thrash metal,death, metal black metal,
whatever you wanna call it.

And Rathe you were in the band with your friend and
who else was in that band?
What did what instruments didyou play?
What did he play?
What did the rest of the guysdo, that kind of thing.

Aedan (03:35):
Rathe was around for a couple years and they started in
North Carolina and we wouldpractice in North Carolina and
we would play shows in Virginia,Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, the
whole nine yards.
I was the lead vocalist of theband.
I had contacted them to join theband and I gave them a showcase
of what I could do with myvocals, and they had me come up

(03:56):
with my best friend because mybest friend played still plays
guitar and he is an absolutelegend at the guitar.
So we came up we went down toNorth Carolina.
We practiced, so he playedguitar, and then there was
another guy, his name is Talon,he also played guitar and he was
a founding member of the bandalong with his friend Levi, who

(04:17):
was the drummer Later on downthe line, a couple months later
we had a friend named Tim, whowas Vincent's best friend one of
his best friends from college,and he played bass and it Imwe
were a band playing for theentire year in 2020 that
unfortunately We didn't play asmuch as we could have because of
covid and restrictions, publicrestrictions.

(04:40):
But we played as many shows aswe could.
Unfortunately fell apart by 2021because of unforeseen
conditions.

And that's another reason why I decided to do the
second season title in the band,because I know, 20 20, 20 21
summer of 2022 has beendifficult for, the local bands
and reaching out.
And of course we've done, bandsfrom Nashville and Richmond and
Chesapeake and I didn't realizethey were, your band was started
in North Carolina.
That's cool.

(05:09):
And now Wisconsin.
We're hitting a lot of theareas, but as far as the local
bands and supporting that, it itdidn't go out of favor.
It just, you couldn't gettogether.
You could only get together withso many people.
So if you were in a band, ithurt you.
But if you played like.
Piano and you could come out anddo something that you could
maybe have more gigs, that kindof thing.

(05:30):
But it's unfortunate that itbroke down.
But you started something newthere in Wisconsin with the
Sacred Wretch.
And tell us a little bit aboutthat project and what you're
doing with the band, I guess theone man band, cuz you're, it's
you told me earlier it was you.
So tell me a little bit aboutthat project.

Aedan (05:47):
I'll start off with a couple years ago with, when the
name of the band came about, Iwas hanging out with my old best
friend.
He, we were just coming up witha bunch of random band names and
he came up with Sacred Wretchand by the time I moved up to
Wisconsin, I adopted that bandname cuz I remembered it.
And.
As a hobby of mine, I do playinstruments such as drums,
guitar, bass, and I have thoseall in my music room as we

(06:08):
speak.
But unfortunately here inAshland, Wisconsin, there aren't
many people who know how to playinstruments, let alone people
who are actually metalheads.
It's very country up here.
A lot of people love countrymusic.
There are country music bandsthat are in town.
But not metal at the moment.
I am currently searching for newband members.

(06:30):
It is very difficult, especiallysince Covid is still going
around.
It's not as bad as it used to bein 20 20, 20 21, but I recently
released a single on AppleMusic, Spotify, wherever you can
listen to music YouTube music,Amazon Music, it's a self-titled
song, Sacred Wretch.
I I believe I released that inAugust.
And I have an upcoming singlereleasing hell on earth.

(06:53):
That's what it's called.

that sounds really promising.
And you're, you're getting agood outlet today.
As far as the podcast, we gotta.
Probably about two listeners outthere that might play
instruments that you could, youcould speak directly to.
No we've we almost have about500 listeners on this show, if
you can believe that.
I didn't think it would go Wowthat far and, a good amount of
countries, I think 10 or 12.

(07:14):
And and we're hitting a lot ofthe states different areas of
different states.
So we do have a pretty decentsized audience.
If we'll give you information alittle bit later on, but if
you're interested in joining theband, if you're, near the
Ashland Wisconsin area we'll getyou that information so you can
get in touch with Aiden andmaybe become part of the project

(07:35):
for Sacred Wretch and and be inthe band with him so he can
maybe let go of one of theinstruments.

Aedan (07:42):
Absolutely.
I currently completed nine songsfrom my upcoming debut album.
Hopefully I'll be releasing thatsometime, maybe the summer but
it is a big hassle, especiallywhen you're working alone.

Yeah.
That camaraderie sometimesreally sparks the create
activity, that in itself issometimes why people are in a
band, because it's I can't thinkof all the ideas just by myself.
I need, I need the bass player,I need the drummer, I need the
singer.
I need somebody to kicksomething in, kick the door
down, or have a breakup orsomething so we can have a song

(08:13):
to write about

Aedan (08:14):
it really is difficult to maintain alone.

We'll see what we can do with our two or three
listeners out there.
Maybe they'll contact you andsee if they can be in your band.
Let's talk a little bit aboutmusic discoveries.
When did you first discovermusic?
How old were you?
Where were you, what were youdoing?

Aedan (08:31):
It all started when I was born.
The Beatles came into my life,and that was a big one.
That was a very big one.
I believe it was my mother whointroduced me to The Beatles,
and that was the very first bandI could ever remember.
Songs like yeah, Beatles songs.

Beatles songs.

Aedan (08:49):
Beatles songs.
A lot of them, there's so manyof'em.
Oh boy.
Come Together.
That's, that was the song thatI'm thinking of.
I was obsessed with that song,but there is so many other songs
that I like from the Beatles.
Too many to remember.

Your aunt would be very proud of you because that's
one of her favorite bands thatshe loves to listen to.
She listens to five artists onSpotify.
The Beatles is one.
Billy Joel is another.
Pink Floyd is another, and shedoesn't listen to much new
music.
she doesn't listen to hernineties playlist that much,
but, so she would be proud ofthat answer for the Beatles

(09:23):
because in our family, that's abig big winner.

Aedan (09:26):
Of course after growing up and getting introduced to a
new genre of music metal, whichreally spiked in my late teenage
years, I unfortunately havegrown out of the Beatles, but
there's a butt.
The Beatles does and will alwayshold a special place in my heart

(09:46):
because it reminds me of family.
my mom, aunt Michelle, auntJessica.
everybody.

Yeah.
And it's a good band to get afoundation for, because, if you
think about music and, it's likefootball, like Bill Belichick's
always talking about thefundamentals.
The fundamentals.
Now I'm not a Patriots fan, buthe's always talking about the
fundamentals and the same thingwith music.
So it's the fundamentals.
So the Beatles and some of thoserock and roll bands from the

(10:13):
fifties.
Even though you're a metalhead,if you listen to some of those,
you'll gain that real simplelike melody of music that you
can take and build upon.
And there's so much ways to doit now.
Like they wanted to do so muchthings back in the day with
technology that they could notdo.
The technology just was notthere.

(10:34):
And today, I look, you got asong on Spotify back in the day.
we would try to be running youdown to get something outta your
trunk, CD or tape or whatever,and you're on Spotify.
And that's, that speaks volumesto what an artist can do
nowadays.
So think about thosefundamentals, not to push you
back into the Beatles or anyother genre, but if you ever get

(10:55):
a chance to listen to some ofthat, you pick up certain
things.
Yeah.
And if you're a lover of, rockand you're a lover, The guitar,
you'll be able to listen to someof that and, probably find new
appreciation for it.
Now there's just some genres youmight not listen to.
I didn't realize that Wisconsinwas a country town.
I've interviewed some people inNashville and Nashville's a
country town, but it's also gotother elements going on, and I

(11:18):
would've never picked that upfor Wisconsin.
And that's, that's a, goodgenre.
It's not something I alwayslisten to, but I do.
Listen to country, and I do havea background listening to
country and if you ask me, Iwould tell you, not that I
really hate country, but it'snot one of the genres that I'm
always listening to.
So you could always pick upother genres and see what they
have to offer as far assongwriting.

(11:39):
Country has a good amount ofpeople that do, they're really
good songwriters too, So ifyou're looking to, get into that
game, like Willie Nelson, hewrote a lot of stuff for Patsy
Cline.
Yeah.
And you just don't know whereyour influences are gonna come
from.
And so that's good that metal iswhere you're at.
Hey, you'll gain moreappreciation for metal now and

(12:00):
see where you're gonna head oncethe album comes out or the next
single.

Aedan (12:03):
I hope so.
I hope so.

Let's talk about songs and what was the first
song that you.
The first song that I canremember I did just bring this
up.

Aedan (12:12):
When it comes to The Beatles, it was come together.
That's why it was a little bithard to come to my mind, but I,
that was the first song I couldremember from my childhood.
The amount of times theyRemastered the song ev.
Every time you hear a newrendition of the song, there's
something new that you didn'tcatch before.
I always find that really coolthat they can go back into the

(12:34):
original recordings and changethings up to make it more
modern.
But Come Together was the veryfirst song I can remember.
it has a really cool slow beat.
It's very groovy very groovy.
And when they build the song up,everything comes together, all
the instruments come together bythe climax of the song, and then

(12:54):
they just jam out.
I love it.
It's a great song.

Yeah.
Like I said, you can't go wronguh, with the Beatles, and I've
probably said it on this showbefore.
There's a deleted scene fromPulp Fiction where they talk
about there's Beatles people andthere's Elvis people.
Yep.
And see you and your mom andAunt Chelle Were Beatles people.
I am an Elvis person and youcould tell by the hair and what

(13:19):
little I have left, but with thespiked and everything like that,
that I'm an Elvis person, moreso than I'm a Beatles person,
but you can never go wrong withthe Beatles.

Aedan (13:29):
Never.
You can never, ever go wrongwith them.

Never go wrong.

Aedan (13:32):
Paul McCartney is my favorite.

Yeah.
Paul McCartney.
That's my favorite Beatle too.
And if you ever get a chance ifhe comes through Wisconsin and
you got a couple bucks, go seehim because he's a great
storyteller.
And he talks about Hendrix, hetalks about the Beatles.
He brings out other guitarsfrom.
Lennon and from George Harrison.

(13:54):
And then I don't know if he'sever had Ringo join him, but
what I heard recently, they didthe that documentary on Disney,
and they are using part of thatdocumentary, that redone
documentary.
And he's actually in concertwith John, singing with John
from that Track of music.
Yeah, if you get a chance, gosee him, but we'll take a break.

(14:15):
We'll be right back.
Hang.

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BJ DJJonniBravo.

We are back.
I'm Jonni Bravo.
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Alright, Aedan, let's talk aboutgirlfriends.
What is the first song for thatlong distance dedication or your
first couple song?

Aedan (14:56):
Well, There is no other girlfriend.

So what's that song that you and guys dance to
or play all the time in the caror as you're, hanging out?

Aedan (15:05):
There's quite a few of them.
We were coming home from dinnerand I looked at her and I said,
what is our song?
and if you know anything aboutRichmond GWAR is a very big
metal band in Richmond.
She said it's Saddam Gogo fromGWAR and I'm.
One of the first song, if notthe first song you and I

(15:26):
listened to on our first datewas Hotdog by Limp Bizkit And I
like to say it's Hotdog by LimpBizkit.
And unlike Saddam Gogo by gwar,at least, hotdog has a little
bit of romantic lyrics in it.

hey, your song could be that romantic song, or
it could be GWAR.

Aedan (15:45):
GWAR all the way

You can't go wrong with that.
Locally in Richmond, they arefrom vcu.
They did start out in vcu in thecostumes and throwing blood on
the audience and all kinds ofcool stuff back in the day,
which moms would flip out overand say was Satan, worship and
all that kind of stuff, which isalways fun too.
But recently Plan 9 Music whereI go and pick up a lot of my

(16:08):
music, had their 40thanniversary.
and one of the members that camein there dressed in his GWAR
outfit with flowers for Plan 9so if you go on Plan 9 Music on
their Instagram page, it'sprobably, might have, might be
from six months or a year ago.
But see if you can find thatpicture.
It's pretty cool.
And then there's also a GWAR barin Richmond.

(16:30):
So next time you're in Richmond,we should definitely head down
to Guar.
Oh yeah.
And check that out cuz I haven'tbeen there.
And so that would be somethingcool to do with you while when,
if you're in town

Aedan (16:41):
oh my gosh.
Absolutely.
I've actually, I believe it waslast June my friends and Imwe
drove up to Richmond.
We visited a vinyl conflictthat's a record store, and I
love that place.
And just down the street is theHollywood Cemetery where the
headstone of late Oderus Urungusor Dave Brockie, the.
Former front man of GWAR hisheadstone is there.

(17:03):
And then after that we had lunchat the GWAR bar.
And it was just a great smallexperience.
Not too expensive.
We had a great time.
So one of these days we'll planto go down there.
We'll meet you guys.
Everyth.

Just to let you know, vinyl conflict has moved.
They have a really cool spacenow.
It's really large space thatthey moved into.
I believe it's on Grace Streetnow.
So they're no longer right thereby Hollywood Cemetery, but it's
still a hop, skip and a jumpaway to do that.
And if any of our listeners areout there right now, and they're
near Richmond Vinyl Conflict isknown for their metal.

(17:36):
Speed, metal, death, metal,whatever kind of metal.
And punk, they have all kinds ofgenres of course, cuz they're a
record store, but they have areally good selection of that.
If that is what you're lookingfor me, I'm always looking for
rap.
I can't find it.
I think I need to be in anotherarea to be able to find that I
find it every now and again.
But if you're looking for thattype of music, vinyl conflict is

(17:57):
where he is at.
And Hollywood Cemetery man, is,has been around for a long time,
right there on the water rightthere on the James River.
And it's a really prettyscenery, even though it's a
cemetery.
It's like, how can you say thatwhen you're, it's a cemetery,
but you just have to go andexperience it.
And the lead singer,unfortunately passed away and
he's buried there.
So that's that, that makes for acool day.

Aedan (18:18):
A little conspiracy theory about if he's buried
there or not.
He was cremated and hiscrematory remains were given to
family and some members of theband.
There was a lawsuit behind itand everything, but his
headstones there and that'sreally cool.

so you can at least go now.
Does any of the trackers gothere?
Do they glasses or memorabiliaor pennies or, anything like
that on the gravestone?
I know they do that.
When people go to see JimMorrison's grave in Paris?

Aedan (18:44):
Yeah.
You'll see beer cans, pennies,of course, you'll see guitar
picks.
Last time I went there weredirect condoms on a.
It was great.
It was fantastic, and we had agreat moment of silence, paying
our wrist backs.

That's cool.
let's talk about concerts.
What was your first concert orthe first concert that you
remember?

Aedan (19:09):
Wow.
I was a late bloomer when itcame to concerts.
But my first concert was,believe it or not, was Slayer
back in 2018 at the VeteransUnited Homelands Amphitheater in
Virginia Beach.
And that was on their first legof their farewell tour.
Late bloomer.
Yeah, I know, I believe I hadjust turned 18.

(19:29):
Slayer was an experience.
They were very brutal with,especially with our
pyrotechnics.
I was about 300 feet away ofthe, from the stage, and you
could still feel the heat fromthe stage.
It was immaculate.
They had other bands playingwith them like anthrax which was
also a good time testamentbehemoth.

(19:51):
which they surprised me.
Life and Lamb of God which isalso a band from Richmond.
I love Lamba God and I loveguri.
It's just Virginia represent,you

Virginia has a good history of some bands and
some artists as well asD'Angelo.
He's from this area.
And Missy Elliot, she's fromyour area down in Chesapeake.
She's got a avenue named after,so there's a Missy Elliot
Boulevard or something down inthat area.
Yeah, Portsmouth, Timberland isone of the guys that does beats

(20:19):
and he did beats for Misty.
He also did some of the albumsfor Justin Timberlake and I just
saw recently on Instagram, cuzI'll follow him.
I think he's working withsomething else with Justin
Timberlake, which is nowherenear being a fan of you're like
a metal head.
But anyway it sounds like anawesome.
For a show at the Virginia Beachveterans United, they might

(20:40):
change.
They've changed their name somany times, but I think they're
still the United Homesamphitheater down there.
Great venue.

Aedan (20:47):
Fantastic.
It's very spatial too.

and I was just talking about you guys the other
day cuz I was talking to acouple and they were like my, my
buddy was saying y'all should dothis and y'all should do that.
There's four of them.
And I said, Hey, I know with mynieces and nephew there's a,
there were four of them, so theydidn't get a chance to get out
and do a lot of things growingup.
But as soon as you turn 18,you're running to go see.
One of your favorite bands or agroup of your favorite bands and

(21:11):
checking'em out So late Bloomeror not, man, what a great first
concert to remember.

Aedan (21:15):
Absolutely.
Especially since Slayer is nowretired.
Unfortunately.
I'm glad I got to see them.

Yeah, you never know.
They always say it's gonna bethe last concert.
Rolling Stones back in 89, putout Steel Wheels and they said,
it's our last concert ever.
It's the last time we'retouring.
This is it.
We're.
Yeah.
They're still touring eventhey're, their drummer recently
passed away.
They're still touring.
Yeah.
Zizi Top was still touring untilrecently they lost the other
brother yeah, that's, yeah.

(21:44):
So that was sad.
And some good trivia about ZZTop.
the guy that doesn't have abeard, his last name is beard.

Aedan (21:52):
Wow.
Yeah.
Very ironic.
Yeah,

very ironic.
All right let's talk about yourmusical purchases.
What was your first musicpurchase?
Was it vinyl, tape, cd, orstream?
And where did you purchase yourmusic or where do you purchase
your music?

Aedan (22:05):
My first purchase was cd.
And it was a British band, aBritish.
Metal cor band called Bring MeThe Horizon.
They now produce pop music.
But it was the album calledSeiter Released in 2013.
And this is the band that wasthe gateway to my passion for
heavy metal.
It was Bring Me The Horizon andMetallica, of course, but Bring

(22:27):
Me The Horizon, did it for meback in middle school.
And I, I purchased that at aTarget.
With my own money that I earnedfrom mowing a lawn.

And something that I might have told you before,
and maybe you don't know aboutme, but growing up on the weight
of school I hung out with theMetalheads, so we'd listened to
Slayer and Metallica and MegaDeath on the cassette deck there
in the car.
And jamming out.
And we'd go by 711 on the way toschool, and then we'd always be
late for school.
So we were those metalheads,even though I probably didn't
have the jacket, the Dio jacket,like the guy does on Stranger

(23:00):
Things.
I was part of that click.
Yeah, some good.
It is good.
Pick there, man.
Yeah.
All right, let's take anotherbreak and we'll be right back.
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All right.
This is the types of questionsthat get people in trouble or
that they are like, oh, man,that question for reels.

(23:50):
What's your favorite song?

Aedan (23:53):
Oh, man, that question for reels.

For reels,

Aedan (23:56):
for reals?
My goodness.
Wow.
I knew I was gonna be asked thisquestion, but I still never came
up with a complete answer.
I believe, oh my gosh, I ampuzzled.

You're having a brain cloud.

Aedan (24:12):
I am having a brain cloud.
Okay.
I remember that my favorite songfor a while was One by
Metallica.
I love history.
I've always loved history.
I love learning about war.
You can think Poopa for that.
And I love heavy metal andwhat's not to love.
those three, when you listen toone by Metallica, be Beautiful,

(24:33):
ballad very energetic at theend.
And I, I still want to say thatit, that is my favorite song.
However there's other bandswhere I have a favorite song
from there's a band called TypeO Negative Them.
I love the song Anesthesia.
Gwar.
My favorite song is probably, ohmy gosh, sick of You maybe.

(24:56):
Oh, Phantom Limb.
I like that one.
It's the Phantom Limbs about thelate LA singer odor.
How he left an impact on theband in the world.
Really great.
But one for Metallica is the onefor me.

Now, have you ever seen the video for one?

Aedan (25:13):
Absolutely.
Many times.

So this is the album that basically they said
that Metallica sold out, if youcan believe that they said that.
I could can't believe cuz theywere on M T V.
Back in the day and they wereselling records they didn't need
to be.
And but I guess they had avision for one that they really
wanted to portray.
But a lot of the people thatlove Metallica said this is when

(25:39):
they sold out and started doingdifferent music, but.
One is such a great song.
How can you not like that?
And it's just like one of thosecrescendo types, it keeps
building up and building up andall that I say, and it's just,
this keeps, murder.
It keeps going, and you're justlike, yeah, keep it, and then
the video is just a it's likefrom an old film or whatever,

(25:59):
but it's a good rendition of asong for a video, what you don't
see very often.

Aedan (26:05):
I love the music video and I like to watch people
complain about how long thesesongs would be, especially from
their album and Justice For All,because that album has their
longest songs on that album.

Nothing wrong with that man.
It's Hey, it's metallic.
I think, now it's probably growninto the psyche where it's just
one of people's favorites andthey probably forgotten all
about that.
They told'em that they sold outback in the day.

Aedan (26:32):
Yeah.
can't believe they would sayInjustice for all was their
sellout album.
And then after they releasedInjustice for All, they released
the Black Album.
And then more people said theysold out.
And when you think about it, theBlack Album is one of their best
albums ever.
the way they write, wrote theirsongs.

(26:52):
I think it's perfect and.
When Load and reload came out,then people started dropping the
albums, burning their albums andthrowing away their albums.
But I have a very guiltypleasure for those albums.

Yeah there's nothing wrong with any of those
records.
And even when they cut theirhair.
People were like, I can'tbelieve that they cut their hair
and a lot when the metal bandsor when the, at the time they
called'em hair metal bands, whenthey cut their hair, people were
like, man, they're selling out.
They're cutting their hair.
So it's just, you try to re-upyourself and re re not

(27:27):
rediscover is what I'm nottrying to say, but, you're.
Portray a little bit differentimage, but it's still you.
Yeah.
And people are like I can'tbelieve that they changed up and
why did they have to change up?
They were doing so good.
They're still doing good.
They're still selling out,stadiums and all that kind of
stuff.
So what are you gonna do,

Aedan (27:46):
absolutely.
This is same thing when I cut myhair last year, I'd grown my
hair out down to my shouldersand I cut my hair and everyone
said, you look like JamesHetfield in the nineties.
Oh, shucks.
Thank you,

Oh man.
was trying to look up, Icouldn't think of the name of
this movie.
But, there's a scene in themovie with GWAR where he has
like a a dream and it's a, it'sgot the lady that was in Bridget
Jones diary, I can't think ofwhat her name is, but and I was
gonna try to tell you the nameof it.
But anyway, I guess I'm at aloss for words on that.
I couldn't look it up fast.

Aedan (28:19):
I know Beavis and Butthead loves GWAR

yes.
Beavis and Butthead do love GWARand it's fun to watch them when
they get all amped up andespecially when Beavis does
because he's like Corno, andhe'll start getting all, he'll
getting all ramped up, Alright,let's go to another hard
question.
what's your favorite band?

Aedan (28:38):
There we go.
The icing on the kick.
for years it was Metallica.
For years it was bringing thehorizon, but recently I saw the
band GWAR live getting theadrenaline The adrenaline surge
through my body when they werespraying that fake blood all
over.
And moshing to their songs.

(28:58):
I'd say GWAR is currently myfavorite band, and Type O
negative.
I really like that.
Atmospheric Gothic hard rockmetal band.
The metal music I, those are mythree favorite bands currently.
I have a Type O negative posterright behind me and a GWAR shirt
over there and a GWAR posterover there.

(29:18):
Yeah, I think those are my twofavorite bands.

that's a good selection of artists to be your
favorite.
You can't go wrong withMetallica, like I said.
You can't go wrong with nothingwrong with either of those bands
and, it's just so much historybehind GWAR and, their
background and all that stuff.
So I could understand with thefake blood that comes up and it

(29:45):
shoots out over the audience howyou could have that experience
because it's like, it's justsomething you read about.
until you witness it, you'rejust like, oh, man.
That was like the coolest everin the history of the world.

Aedan (29:57):
It was disgusting and I loved every second of it.

Yeah.
And then you're like covered inblood, for the rest of the show.
And it's just you're justbasically, in heaven.

Aedan (30:08):
Oh my gosh.
At the show, I was at the veryfront of the stage.
I was right in front of thestage, so I was at the f the
front of the crowd and they hadsprayed their, the holes
directly in my face, so I waspractically drowning above
water.
It, they wouldn't stop, but itkept getting in my mouth and it
was nasty, but I loved it.

you were like being waterboard with GWAR Blood

Aedan (30:34):
yeah,

that must've,

Aedan (30:35):
it was great.

Feels like to be waterboard and it was great.
I paid admission for this man.
Yeah.
So the name of that movie iscalled Empire Records.
Ethan Emery.
Is the guy, he, and he's afavorite of your aunt
Michelle's.
She loves him, but he, I don'tknow if he has a dream or if
he's watching a TV or what itis, but he has a whole.

(30:58):
I think he's high, is basicallywhat I think it is.
And he has this whole dream ofabout GWAR.
The movie's pretty good too, soyou'll have to check it out.
But for that scene it classicGWAR in that scene with Ethan
Emory, so check that out.
Empire Records, you'd probablyfind it on one of the streaming
networks or channels orwhatever.

Aedan (31:16):
Yeah.
Watching GWAR live is like beinghigh without being high.

it's an experience and you know when you're really
going to a show and you'repaying good money you, want to
have that experience.
Like when you go to amusementpark, if you don't have that
experience, You're like, man,why?
I don't even know why I paid allthis money, but you're paying
all that money because you wantto have the experience, and that
experience just supersedeseverything that you could
actually just listen to on analbum or a stream or whatever it

(31:43):
is.
It's like being in that group.
Of, folks that love the band asmuch as you do and that are just
going balls to the wall.
And then, everybody's there forthe same thing.
Everybody's, listening orsinging at the, on the same
lyrics or moshing or, whateverit is.
And it's just great to be partof that experience.

Aedan (32:04):
It was amazing.
Yes, I agree.

All right are you ready for the big final.

Aedan (32:10):
Let's do this.

Let's do it.
How has music impacted yourlife?

Aedan (32:21):
This is the best question anybody in the world has ever
asked me.
Yeah, music impacted my life somuch.
If it weren't for music, Iwouldn't be making music myself.
I wouldn't have made my firstpurchase buying my first guitar.
I would never have had remoteinterest in taking piano lessons

(32:43):
as a kid.
And it is just, it's all a chainreaction.
Music, when I first listened toThe Beatles, it changed me for
life.
and I grew up listening to manygenres.
Country music was one of them.
My favorite country artist isGarth Brooks.
I really like Garth Brooks but Idon't listen to country unless

(33:04):
someone else plays it, but it'smusic has heavily, and I really
mean heavily.
impacted me, especially with themusic.
I release my own.
If weren't for music, I wouldnever have been in Rath I would
never have met the friends I'vehad or have now.
And I feel like I would just belost without it.

Music for most people is an outlet into their
creativity.
And there's a lot of artists orbands or groups that when you're
talking to the individualmembers and they think back,
like your with the Beatles andplaying piano, you have that
experience that totally changesyour life forever.
It's once you see thatparticular artist or do that

(33:46):
particular thing, and you couldpoint to any artist, band or
group and they're gonna havethat story that impacts them.
And now because of that, you'reimpacting others with the music
that you're doing and the musicthat you're creating, even if
you're only impacting a few.
Like one of our favorite bands,Mar and Imwe go out and see 21

(34:08):
Pilots and they started off withjust a handful of friends.
Doing their show, and they didthe same type of show they did
for a handful of our friends,and now they're touring and
playing to, millions of peopleat festivals and other areas and
everybody's singing their songback to'em.
But they would still do thatshow man if it was just their,
eight or 10 friends or whateverthat was there.

(34:29):
And that is the kind ofcommitment and stuff and the
kind of things that, it inspiresyou to do and now, you're
impacting others.
Somebody's gonna listen to yourmusic and they'll be telling
that story.
When I heard the record fromSacred Wretch, I was impacted
and, changed my life and I knewI wanted to get out there.
And if Aedan could do one manband, I can do one man band and

(34:52):
put my information in my albumand my creativity out there to
the world.
So good stuff.

Aedan (34:58):
Very good stuff,

Good stuff.
Alright tell us where we canfind out more information about
Sacred Wretch.
Where you guys are listed knowyou said you're on all the
streaming, but do you have anymerch or, I know you said you,
you got another single comingout album.
Tell us where we can find outabout you.

Aedan (35:14):
Sure.
Sacred Wretch is a very young.
One man project.
So currently I do not have anymerchandise out yet.
However, I am investing inmerchandise currently.
Whether it is a.
Creating CDs, T-shirts, patchesguitar picks that is currently
being invested in right now.
But you could also find SacredWretch on Facebook.

(35:36):
You could find us, me onInstagram.
Those are the two biggestnon-music platforms find me on.
I am not on TikTok for SacredWretch, unfortunately.
Maybe that is a possibility inthe future.

When you're a one man band and you're doing it all
by yourself you're still in theband, but it's you're still
doing band and you have to makeall the basically everything
that you want to do for theband.
Me, myself and I, you have toget together and make sure that
you're doing the right stuff.
So running the social mediapages is difficult too, and I

(36:07):
was recently reading an articleabout the launch of this new
Taylor Swift record and how shewas basically not using social
media the way she's done it inthe past, but there's so many
avenues for social media now,and you're trying to pick the
right one to be on, and you'rein a one man band.
So it's Hey, I'm on Instagramright now, and that's fine.
We'll find your informationthere, but you also have some

(36:27):
streams on Apple Music.
Is it anywhere else?
Is it on Spotify?
Is anywhere else that you haveyour music?
Just Apple Music?

Aedan (36:33):
You could listen to Sacred Wretch, Spotify, apple
Music, Amazon Music, YouTube,music.
I'd say practically everywhereyou can listen to music.

Awesome.

Aedan (36:44):
with the exception of vinyl tape, cd.
Not yet though.
Hopefully soon.

Coming in soon.
Coming in soon.

Aedan (36:52):
Coming in soon.

I guess that's it, man.
I appreciate you being heretoday and I appreciate you
coming onto the show.
And I think you got a goodproject with Sacred Wretch
there, and I implore people outthere to check.

Aedan (37:03):
Thank you so much for having me.
It's it was a great session andI've been waiting for this to
happen ever since you releasedthe podcast.

Oh good.
I'm glad I could make yourdreams come true, so at least
I'm still inspiring as well,

Aedan (37:14):
absolutely

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