You guys talking about the difference between the US and Euro metal scenes resonates so deeply with me. I'm a woman, I'm a lifelong metalhead, my dad was a drummer, my older sister is obsessed with Metallica. I lived in South FL in my teens around the weird FL Death Metal and Metalcore scene. Around age 15, I started listening to Cradle of Filth which led to Dimmu Borgir which was my gateway drug to the entire Euro metal scene, my favorite band has been Nightwish now for 18+ years, and the same shit used to happen to me. I'd try to show this stuff to American metalheads and they were like "yeah, what the f~ is this girly bullshit? its not metal, you know every band with a lady singer is trying to be Evanescence now, it's just a gimmick, what is this symphonic nonsense? It's not 'real metal' and you're not a 'real metalhead'... why do they even let girls in here..." etc etc. I think this is part of why I got so hooked on/obsessed with Nightwish (and other) reaction vids. Because it's so satisfying, seeing people who NEVER would have given this stuff a real listen just having their minds blown, or people who have just never been exposed to anything like it just being absolutely blown away. I love you metalhead reactors for this reason *so much* - especially when Americans are finding these bands finally because of you! Sometimes I'll listen to the Widows Weeds album by Tristania (1998) or The Olden Domain by Borknagar (1997) and I'm just struck with this, "They were doing this back when I was in elementary school, what the hell was the American scene DOING? How are we STILL sitting on our thumbs and not taking cues from these amazing bands that have been doing AMAZING MUSIC like this for DECADES?" Oops, I wrote you a novel. Sorry Tank. Thanks if you actually read it.
I'm well into my 40s and really think I was born on the wrong continent. Nightwish was my gateway into the female fronted metal scene. Now there's like 2 bands from America I still listen to. At this point if the band isn't from Scandinavia I just don't care lol.
Pirate-Country maybe? I could live with that 😂 Thanks to both of you. The crazy thing with this format is...showing these artists as the humans they are makes me appreciate them as artists more than I ever thought I would...or ever have. Maybe that's just me, but please keep doing them...I love this 🥰
OMG on the way home today listening to both Electric Callboy and Alestorm I was wishing they would tour together. Plant those seeds this fall Tank!! I'll travel to Europe for that if they don't do it in the US.
I met Chris at Newcastle last December and got a pic with him, he came straight over to us after the gig finished as one of me mates was dressed up as Santa Claus, he sat on his knee and told him what he wanted for Xmas, it was bloody amazing, Gloryhammer were on aswell with the new singer, they were awesome aswell, the whole gig was
Oh.. please make it happen, An alestorm / electric callboy colab or tour... I just saw alestorm live 2 weeks ago, they were absolutely amazing. So so so much fun.
Fonk yeah. Looking forward to this one Tank! Guess i need to look for my “We are here to drink your beer”-Shirt. I love Alestorm and that one song is our theme when we go to Bavaria for beer hikes.
I was lucky enough to meet Chris after Piratefest in Birmingham (UK) back in 2015/16 ish, lovely chap! Seen them about 4 or 5 times now, including on their UK tour last year with Gloryhammer and it was epic, both bands absolutely killed it.
I saw Alestorm in Dublin last December and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life! Such and amazing band live. I saw Chris at the merch stand before the show but I was too nervous to ask for a photo, definitely a big regret of mine not asking, seems like such a super-chill dude!
I carried this man for like 200m at wacken one day from the stage to the rum and coke stand lol. I remember them playing at graspop at like 12AM on some side stage 5-6 years ago. This year they easily entertained a sold out main stage with every single person singing and dancing along.
I loved listening to you guys talk about Tennessee. I was born there (east side of the state, in Knoxville) and lived there until I was about 10 1/2. My dad grew up in Manchester, so we always spent a lot of time in Nashville (James Robertson, one of the city's co-founders is a couple greats down the line Grandfather of mine). Still have family pretty close by in Murfreesboro. I quite enjoyed this podcast!!
My 5 and 2 1/2 year old loves GloryHammer "fly away". They rock out to it at least once a day for the last month. Thanks for the memories. Cheers from Canada!!
i had 0 idea chris moved to the states, i still remember living in ottawa before the pandemic started i had to work late cus of co-workers calling sick then after i was done walking over to catch the last 15 min of the Alestorm show since i had tickets 3 months in advance, and 3 of those "sick workers" where there. i was so mad. but the ending of that show was still pretty great.
When Chris talked about local bands, it was so great to hear it. For Example at Budapest there will be Alestorm, Visions of Atlantis and also a hungarian pirate metal band, called Rumproof. I listed that guys since the first EP of them, they had only six songs on it, but they just blown up the pub where they played, it was insane. I'm so proud on this guys, they will play before these bands, totally insane.
Talking about bonus tracks was so fun. Sabatons Swedish Pagans was a bonus track they just threw together and it turned out to be one of their most requested songs.
When Chris said you can never please everyone and everyone's always gonna hate something... there hasn't been an Alestorm song I've heard I haven't LOVED!!!
Absolutely love this interview! Loved Alestorm since Captain Morgan's Revenge and love what they've done since. Great Podcast as well and a really fun conversation
I really love what Alestorm do. Metal is a very broad genre and some great work has been done that is very serious, but it also lends itself very well to the over the top and ridiculous. Some people take it way too seriously. If metal was po-faced, heavy and deadly serious all the time, it would not only be dull, we wouldn't have most bands, including many of those that the gatekeepers think of as proper.
I'm about to go to my very first metal concert in Paris to see Alestorm and Gloryhammer, and the way Chris Bowes talked about these concerts sounds so amazing, can't wait to see them in February!!
@@secretlyaspacewizzard glad to hear 😃 I saw them in Oberhausen, Germany in February. It was crazy, loved it a lot! Looking forward to Gloryhammer next year. But Alestorm and Gloryhammer together was the perfect combo!
@@secretlyaspacewizzard nice, I hope she likes it, too! Have you seen Beast in Black this year? They are great as well 😁 (beast in black and Gloryhammer will both headline that tour)
Duuuude loving it I'm so glad you got Chris on finally,band art was life I still have original vinyl Green jelly,the original appetite g&r (with alien sperm leaper inlay) and white zombie astro creep along with more and I don't listen to them just awesome art to have ,Cant wait to get hold of this album 🤘
Great interview. Discovered Alestorm a few years ago and they have become a solidified top 5 band for me. I’m a sucker for heavy and melody and these guys do it as good as anyone. They are the kings of Chorus.
Man can't wait to see Alestorm live in a couple weeks. IDK if they are my most fav band (although surely are up there), but it's 100% the band I want to see live the most.
this year finally some concerts in the netherlands again, saw alestorm and gloryhammer on into the grave festival in leeuwarden this year and it was amazing :)
Great interview, I had a couple of laughs. Love Alestorm, Gloryhammer and Running Wild. I am one of the strange people that buys CD´s and actually listen to them and reed the booklett :-)
Great video. Always loved Chris and Alestorm. Got my wife into it recently. Really would love some US Dates. Going to see Sabaton this fall, having to travel 2000 miles to do it too. I would gladly travel to see Alestorm as well!
I found alestorm because one day I decided to look up if there's such thing as battle metal. Turns out the band turisas has a song called battle metal, and then alestorms song captain Morgan's revenge came onto my pandora Playlist. Love them ever since. Also, my search for battle metal took me down the path if discovering tons of extremely talented European metal bands.
I got into Alestorm just before the release of Crystal Coconut. But the first pirate metal band I liked was Storm Seeker. One of their former members performed with Alestorm on that album, and recently did a show with them (and no, I don't mean Captain Yarrface in a dress).
It’s funny how you’re talking about Alestorm being a stepping stone into metal for some folks because for me it was the opposite. I was a fan of metal always but Alestorm was my stepping stone into more fun and upbeat metal, and folk metal as a whole.
Rather late to the P.A.R.T.Y. here. I’m turning 35 next February and I’ve been listening to Nightwish since Highschool. Most of my friends all listened to them. Sabaton entered my life a lil more than a decade ago. Hammerfall, Gloryhammer, and most recently Alestorm. All within the past 5 years. Love em all. Side note? I can trace back my love of Metal all the way back to opening of a “little known” tv show that came out when I was 4 by the name of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
As a German I can say, at least the people I know in and around Hamburg definitely get the Alestorm sense of humor 😃 And my wife and I really like both the serious and the party Alestorm! And as someone who's a big fan of Alestorm AND Running Wild I do not understand all this overprotective arguing on the Pirate Metal thing. I mean did someone tell them how many Bands sing about Dragons? Or Satan? I think having two Pirate Bands is actually way less than there could be 😅
It's time for me to say Thank You to Tank and some of the othe reactors. Many years I only heard music on radio, where they play mostly main stream pop. Only when I started to watch reaction channels I learned about bands like Electric Callboy, Alestorm, Nanowar of steel, Tool and many others who obviously were on the market since decades. Now that I'm retired I can hear Alestorm for hours in a repeat loop - as long as my wife doesn't hear it. She tends more to Deutsche Schlager.
LOL I hope Chris reads this, let me share my favorite misheard lyrics story. On my very first Alestorm show I didn't know most of the old songs, and I'm not a native English speaker, so I didn't know what a wench was. After the show I asked my husband, "why are they singing about wrenches and mead?" He was laughing so hard, and still to this day often brings this up. But in my defense, they sold out a long time ago, so why couldn't they sing about wrenches XD
If we talk about the Alestorm fans and how there are a couple of groups of fans, in my opinion it depends on the environment that you consume the content really. As an Alestorm fans I really like the first three albums the most, because I spend my free time playing video games and for some games that more serious pirate vibe is really spot on. However I never trash talked their party songs, it feels really ungrateful honestly. Like these guys are sweating their asses off to realise something for the fans, so when I see new single or album from them , I listen to it and if it’s not my cup of tea I just move on but still appreciate the song.
Oh hell no!!! I still have CD's, Cassettes, AND vinyl... Oh hell yeah! I have racks!! I also have a multi CD player for doing multi mix... I do have the digital only for when I am travelling, but I **NEED** to have the physical media because computers can "eat" your files, and online streaming CAN close their doors and your stuff is GONE! I will always have my hard media that I can play no matter what. I would LOVE to be able to come up with hidden "puns" and fun stuff for Alestorm!! I will say this to ALL supposed "Metal heads"... I was there at the BIRTH of Metal I have watched all the splits and focus onto different "Genres" that are the Metal landscape at this point... some I love, some I like, and some I can only raise an eyebrow... to each their own but NONE of you can lay claim to ALL of Metal... you can champion your own little sect all you want but you do NOT speak for all Metal heads. It's all cool, enjoy what you like, but don't even THINK about speaking for me...
Metal fans have depressingly short memories when it comes to stuff like that. They'd rather pour their energy into deciding which bands are and aren't 'Metal'
First time I saw Alestorm was a tiny club on Fremont St in Vegas on a sunday night at midnight. There was maybe 30 of us max. Was both awesome and sad that Alestorm had no publicity here in Vegas. No mention on any of our 2 rock stations.
Man I always love to listen to your podcast on Spotify while I'm working . I'm always looking forward for a new podcast from you . Ps i have seen alestorm live at into the grave in te Nederlandse one te 11 of Jun and the energy of Them was amazing . Always love seeing them live and te new album is a Banger keep up what you're doing man 🤘🏻
Tank, once again amazing stuff. I must commit i think i got Alestorm wrong. This talk was amazing and i think now i understand a bit more about Alestorm.
See, the ironic thing is , on the point of the funny stuff not doing so well, Curse Of The Crystal Coconut is actually my favourite Alestorm album. So fucking fun.
Why would Chris think that Germans do not like Alestorm? At least in my bubble everyone knows and loves both Alestorm and Gloryhammer. So much love from Germany! Also much love to you, Tank, for these Interviews. Some of the best talks with artists I've seen. So so much better than these standard questions.
This was my first time checking out your channel.. and I'm hooked.. Awesome work... I'll be at the Cleveland Electric Callboy show at the AWESOME Agora Theater.. Hope to see you there!
I mean yeah it's funny also cause even with English songs back when I was a kid I was abysmal in English and didn't know anything. So the songs I'd just remember the sounds of it, and not really any words. And it's funny cause even to this day even though I now know pretty good English, I'd just listen to an old popular song and realize "wait what am I even singing, those aren't words", just cause they are stuck in my brain as just the sounds I was hearing as a kid.
Haven't watched the whole thing, but just from the captions (and watching the parts that might have been related)... I would have liked you to address the controversies of last year. Kicking Tom out of Gloryhammer and the unrelated chat logs that surfaced afterwards. Really soured me on everything Chris is involved in, and the whole thing seemed to be all hush-hush... Still not quite sure what I will do on my festival schedule this year. I might just skip them because Chris basically turned out to be a total shithead, who can't even manage a "okay, I fucked up, I'll try to do better". And that's really sad, because I really used to LOVE Alestorm in particular, but Gloryhammer as well.
There's a reason I chose not to bring it up, and it wasn't sweeping it under the rug. Every media outlet reported on it when it happened. Chris made an official statement, apologized, said his piece, and talked about it on damn near every interview he did afterwards. He admitted fault, said he was seeking professional help for his behavior, said he didn't expect fans to forgive him, but asked for a second chance. The texts were from 5-6 years ago, and while I don't agree with any of the language used, people can grow and change a lot in that time. I decided to give him that second chance, and would rather have the conversation we had where we talked about so much fun stuff, rather than beating the dead horse.
@@TankTheTech Do you have links to those interviews where it has been addressed? I don't follow the news in this scene, I only found out about it all recently when the Gloryhammer video with the new singer came out, and the most I was able to dig up were Chris and the band's respective statements about it. From my perspective, the horse is still pretty fresh.
@@TankTheTech don't get me wrong, I want you to create the content you enjoy - because that's always when content is the best. Just as someone that doesn't listen to a lot of interviews, I apparently missed this. I saw ONE statement by Chris on Reddit, that feels more of a cheap PR "save what's to be saved" response, and I noticed comments on his bands' social media presences being deleted. Overall, poorest way of handling that you can even still get in these times. And it kinda pains me because I really enjoy the music, but it seems like the person behind it is just...not a good person, to be blunt. Anyways, I do appreciate your reply to this, and as I said, keep making the content that you enjoy most :)
@@steevelapointe7441 gotta correct you in this one in part. While the Gloryhammer stuff happened last year, the chat logs were from...2017, I think? Definitely a while back and I do agree that people can change in that time. But still I do not feel like this issue has at any point been handled appropriately by Chris or the band.
Chris Bowes wanting to buy a giraffe Is the most Chris Bowes thing I've heard in a while. Awesome conversation, Man.
Alestorm zoo when?
You guys talking about the difference between the US and Euro metal scenes resonates so deeply with me. I'm a woman, I'm a lifelong metalhead, my dad was a drummer, my older sister is obsessed with Metallica. I lived in South FL in my teens around the weird FL Death Metal and Metalcore scene. Around age 15, I started listening to Cradle of Filth which led to Dimmu Borgir which was my gateway drug to the entire Euro metal scene, my favorite band has been Nightwish now for 18+ years, and the same shit used to happen to me. I'd try to show this stuff to American metalheads and they were like "yeah, what the f~ is this girly bullshit? its not metal, you know every band with a lady singer is trying to be Evanescence now, it's just a gimmick, what is this symphonic nonsense? It's not 'real metal' and you're not a 'real metalhead'... why do they even let girls in here..." etc etc. I think this is part of why I got so hooked on/obsessed with Nightwish (and other) reaction vids. Because it's so satisfying, seeing people who NEVER would have given this stuff a real listen just having their minds blown, or people who have just never been exposed to anything like it just being absolutely blown away. I love you metalhead reactors for this reason *so much* - especially when Americans are finding these bands finally because of you! Sometimes I'll listen to the Widows Weeds album by Tristania (1998) or The Olden Domain by Borknagar (1997) and I'm just struck with this, "They were doing this back when I was in elementary school, what the hell was the American scene DOING? How are we STILL sitting on our thumbs and not taking cues from these amazing bands that have been doing AMAZING MUSIC like this for DECADES?"
Oops, I wrote you a novel. Sorry Tank. Thanks if you actually read it.
You may have wrote me a novel, but I read it and appreciate you sharing! Glad to have you as a fellow metalhead!
I'm well into my 40s and really think I was born on the wrong continent.
Nightwish was my gateway into the female fronted metal scene. Now there's like 2 bands from America I still listen to.
At this point if the band isn't from Scandinavia I just don't care lol.
Crystal Coconut got me through quarentine, so stoked to have Seventh Rum and TOURS AGAIN!!!!!
HYPE!! 🤘🤪🤘
🤘🤘🤘
Pirate-Country maybe? I could live with that 😂
Thanks to both of you. The crazy thing with this format is...showing these artists as the humans they are makes me appreciate them as artists more than I ever thought I would...or ever have. Maybe that's just me, but please keep doing them...I love this 🥰
OMG on the way home today listening to both Electric Callboy and Alestorm I was wishing they would tour together. Plant those seeds this fall Tank!! I'll travel to Europe for that if they don't do it in the US.
I met Chris at Newcastle last December and got a pic with him, he came straight over to us after the gig finished as one of me mates was dressed up as Santa Claus, he sat on his knee and told him what he wanted for Xmas, it was bloody amazing, Gloryhammer were on aswell with the new singer, they were awesome aswell, the whole gig was
I saw them turning the festival grounds at Graspop into one giant party. God, I really needed that!
you lucky bastard! for me Into the grave. me lucky too ^^
@@themplar I was also at ITG! I got front row and had a HUGE blast!
As long as musicians keep releasing CDs, I will buy them!
There's no better feeling than going to a store and buying a new album! 😂
They were indeed full of energy at Sweden Rock. Awesome concert!
Oh.. please make it happen, An alestorm / electric callboy colab or tour...
I just saw alestorm live 2 weeks ago, they were absolutely amazing. So so so much fun.
Fonk yeah. Looking forward to this one Tank! Guess i need to look for my “We are here to drink your beer”-Shirt. I love Alestorm and that one song is our theme when we go to Bavaria for beer hikes.
Yeah, man! Chris is awesome! I can't wait to the show in October!
I was lucky enough to meet Chris after Piratefest in Birmingham (UK) back in 2015/16 ish, lovely chap! Seen them about 4 or 5 times now, including on their UK tour last year with Gloryhammer and it was epic, both bands absolutely killed it.
I saw Alestorm in Dublin last December and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life! Such and amazing band live. I saw Chris at the merch stand before the show but I was too nervous to ask for a photo, definitely a big regret of mine not asking, seems like such a super-chill dude!
I carried this man for like 200m at wacken one day from the stage to the rum and coke stand lol. I remember them playing at graspop at like 12AM on some side stage 5-6 years ago. This year they easily entertained a sold out main stage with every single person singing and dancing along.
55:06 Simply Lemonade?! Dude, that shit is the best. The only mass produced lemonade worth buying.
I always find funny that Treasure Chest Party Quest got such a mixed reaction, that's the song that actually got me into Alestorm
I loved listening to you guys talk about Tennessee. I was born there (east side of the state, in Knoxville) and lived there until I was about 10 1/2. My dad grew up in Manchester, so we always spent a lot of time in Nashville (James Robertson, one of the city's co-founders is a couple greats down the line Grandfather of mine). Still have family pretty close by in Murfreesboro. I quite enjoyed this podcast!!
Alestorm is one of the best bands, great sound by them and this will be another great episode
That was so nice to hear you two talk together. And he seems like a great man =D
Thank you for this episode, Tank !
My 5 and 2 1/2 year old loves GloryHammer "fly away". They rock out to it at least once a day for the last month. Thanks for the memories. Cheers from Canada!!
This is one my favorite podcast. He is such a nice guy.
i had 0 idea chris moved to the states, i still remember living in ottawa before the pandemic started i had to work late cus of co-workers calling sick then after i was done walking over to catch the last 15 min of the Alestorm show since i had tickets 3 months in advance, and 3 of those "sick workers" where there. i was so mad. but the ending of that show was still pretty great.
Can't wait for the Alestorm Colonial America tour!
It was awsome to see alestorm at SRF! The beers tasted soooooo good! 🤘🏴☠️😅
When Chris talked about local bands, it was so great to hear it. For Example at Budapest there will be Alestorm, Visions of Atlantis and also a hungarian pirate metal band, called Rumproof. I listed that guys since the first EP of them, they had only six songs on it, but they just blown up the pub where they played, it was insane. I'm so proud on this guys, they will play before these bands, totally insane.
Talking about bonus tracks was so fun. Sabatons Swedish Pagans was a bonus track they just threw together and it turned out to be one of their most requested songs.
When Chris said you can never please everyone and everyone's always gonna hate something... there hasn't been an Alestorm song I've heard I haven't LOVED!!!
Same! They never disappoint, in my opinion!
Absolutely love this interview! Loved Alestorm since Captain Morgan's Revenge and love what they've done since. Great Podcast as well and a really fun conversation
Thanks man! this podcast was amazing. So much fun, so nice and layed back. Lets hope we get to see much more of alestorm
Seeing both Alestorm AND Running wild in a couple of weeks, it's going to be Pirate P.A.R.T.Y. for the ages
Thank you for this. I love Alestorm and this is for me the best guest you ever have 🤘 Btw new album is masterpiece. Love it
I really love what Alestorm do. Metal is a very broad genre and some great work has been done that is very serious, but it also lends itself very well to the over the top and ridiculous.
Some people take it way too seriously. If metal was po-faced, heavy and deadly serious all the time, it would not only be dull, we wouldn't have most bands, including many of those that the gatekeepers think of as proper.
Goddammit, I turned this on in bed to fall asleep... *BAM* 2 hours later still awake, because it was too entertaining.
Sorry for stealing your sleep time!
Top tier episode. You should try and get him back on when he gets back from tour and get some stories from him while they're still fresh
I'm about to go to my very first metal concert in Paris to see Alestorm and Gloryhammer, and the way Chris Bowes talked about these concerts sounds so amazing, can't wait to see them in February!!
So how did you like it? 😃 was it a worthy first concert?
@@storytellingguide8444 oh man, it totally was. It was amazing, one of the best night of my life
@@secretlyaspacewizzard glad to hear 😃 I saw them in Oberhausen, Germany in February. It was crazy, loved it a lot! Looking forward to Gloryhammer next year. But Alestorm and Gloryhammer together was the perfect combo!
@@storytellingguide8444 you're right, it was awesome! Can't wait to see them in January, same date same place, this time with my girlfriend :D
@@secretlyaspacewizzard nice, I hope she likes it, too! Have you seen Beast in Black this year? They are great as well 😁 (beast in black and Gloryhammer will both headline that tour)
Chris is drinking a Coors, he's been fully Americanized. We welcome you friend!
I just got home & I can't wait to watch this episode. Great shit, Tank!🤘🏿🔥🖤🙌🏿
That was a great interview, almost two hours just disappeared somehow!
Duuuude loving it I'm so glad you got Chris on finally,band art was life I still have original vinyl Green jelly,the original appetite g&r (with alien sperm leaper inlay) and white zombie astro creep along with more and I don't listen to them just awesome art to have ,Cant wait to get hold of this album 🤘
Man, if Powerwolf booked a US tour before this year ends, I'll actually quit my job to travel and see every show.
Great interview. Discovered Alestorm a few years ago and they have become a solidified top 5 band for me. I’m a sucker for heavy and melody and these guys do it as good as anyone. They are the kings of Chorus.
I was expecting the racist comments to come up but you gave him a pass.
What's this about?
Man, Treasure Chest Party Quest is one of my favorite Alestorm songs! 😂
Alestorm, Electric Callboy, and Nanowar of Steel. - the ultimate tour
Hello Tank,
God I love these podcasts! please keep the good work.
Greetings from the sunny UK!
Best wishes to you and yours,
Rhodri.
alestorm broke the record for most crowdsurfers at copenhell this year with 1755 in 1 hour
Hahaha, at the festival i was 2 weeks ago, the security was doing overtime
Man can't wait to see Alestorm live in a couple weeks. IDK if they are my most fav band (although surely are up there), but it's 100% the band I want to see live the most.
this year finally some concerts in the netherlands again, saw alestorm and gloryhammer on into the grave festival in leeuwarden this year and it was amazing :)
Great interview, I had a couple of laughs.
Love Alestorm, Gloryhammer and Running Wild.
I am one of the strange people that buys CD´s and actually listen to them and reed the booklett :-)
1:35:27
I was at this show and honestly that was the best song of the whole festival.
Great video. Always loved Chris and Alestorm. Got my wife into it recently. Really would love some US Dates. Going to see Sabaton this fall, having to travel 2000 miles to do it too. I would gladly travel to see Alestorm as well!
I found alestorm because one day I decided to look up if there's such thing as battle metal. Turns out the band turisas has a song called battle metal, and then alestorms song captain Morgan's revenge came onto my pandora Playlist. Love them ever since. Also, my search for battle metal took me down the path if discovering tons of extremely talented European metal bands.
I got into Alestorm just before the release of Crystal Coconut. But the first pirate metal band I liked was Storm Seeker. One of their former members performed with Alestorm on that album, and recently did a show with them (and no, I don't mean Captain Yarrface in a dress).
I was introduced to meatal through FFDP and Metallica. But then Alestorm through me down the rabbit hole.
It’s funny how you’re talking about Alestorm being a stepping stone into metal for some folks because for me it was the opposite. I was a fan of metal always but Alestorm was my stepping stone into more fun and upbeat metal, and folk metal as a whole.
DUUUDE, this Episode is so funny!
Great interview, thanks man!
Alestorm is my favourite band =)
Rather late to the P.A.R.T.Y. here. I’m turning 35 next February and I’ve been listening to Nightwish since Highschool. Most of my friends all listened to them. Sabaton entered my life a lil more than a decade ago. Hammerfall, Gloryhammer, and most recently Alestorm. All within the past 5 years. Love em all.
Side note? I can trace back my love of Metal all the way back to opening of a “little known” tv show that came out when I was 4 by the name of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers.
Thank you Chris, thanks Tank! 🖤🤘
Chris Bowes and Alestorm you guys are awesome! Please do what music you want and we’ll still buy your albums.
Sounds like it's time for Country-Metal. If any one can, Christopher Bowes from Tennessee can. Power-Country also sounds like a pretty good idea.
I would love to have that t-shirt "entry level party metal"
We NEED an Alestorm and Electric callboy tour
As a German I can say, at least the people I know in and around Hamburg definitely get the Alestorm sense of humor 😃
And my wife and I really like both the serious and the party Alestorm!
And as someone who's a big fan of Alestorm AND Running Wild I do not understand all this overprotective arguing on the Pirate Metal thing.
I mean did someone tell them how many Bands sing about Dragons? Or Satan? I think having two Pirate Bands is actually way less than there could be 😅
Ohhh man this one was so fun
You guys were right! Powerwolf is coming to New York City and Montreal next year!
It's time for me to say Thank You to Tank and some of the othe reactors. Many years I only heard music on radio, where they play mostly main stream pop. Only when I started to watch reaction channels I learned about bands like Electric Callboy, Alestorm, Nanowar of steel, Tool and many others who obviously were on the market since decades. Now that I'm retired I can hear Alestorm for hours in a repeat loop - as long as my wife doesn't hear it. She tends more to Deutsche Schlager.
LOL I hope Chris reads this, let me share my favorite misheard lyrics story. On my very first Alestorm show I didn't know most of the old songs, and I'm not a native English speaker, so I didn't know what a wench was. After the show I asked my husband, "why are they singing about wrenches and mead?" He was laughing so hard, and still to this day often brings this up.
But in my defense, they sold out a long time ago, so why couldn't they sing about wrenches XD
If we talk about the Alestorm fans and how there are a couple of groups of fans, in my opinion it depends on the environment that you consume the content really. As an Alestorm fans I really like the first three albums the most, because I spend my free time playing video games and for some games that more serious pirate vibe is really spot on. However I never trash talked their party songs, it feels really ungrateful honestly. Like these guys are sweating their asses off to realise something for the fans, so when I see new single or album from them , I listen to it and if it’s not my cup of tea I just move on but still appreciate the song.
Party is soo good I love it.. from the east to the west ..
Oh I need to see this
I agree with Tank. Metalheads can be the worst, with all the elitism bs.
But there are also the metalheads who are just the nicest people ever!
Not Chris Bowes though. He's a racist and misogynist
Alestorm is the best invention by mankind, since the wheel! Keep going, Alestorm!!!
Oh wow! I didnt know Chris liked EC!! Awesome.
Oh hell no!!! I still have CD's, Cassettes, AND vinyl... Oh hell yeah! I have racks!! I also have a multi CD player for doing multi mix... I do have the digital only for when I am travelling, but I **NEED** to have the physical media because computers can "eat" your files, and online streaming CAN close their doors and your stuff is GONE! I will always have my hard media that I can play no matter what. I would LOVE to be able to come up with hidden "puns" and fun stuff for Alestorm!!
I will say this to ALL supposed "Metal heads"... I was there at the BIRTH of Metal I have watched all the splits and focus onto different "Genres" that are the Metal landscape at this point... some I love, some I like, and some I can only raise an eyebrow... to each their own but NONE of you can lay claim to ALL of Metal... you can champion your own little sect all you want but you do NOT speak for all Metal heads. It's all cool, enjoy what you like, but don't even THINK about speaking for me...
A tour with Alestorm and Electric Callboy will result in some serious liver damage 😂. I would really like to see this happening (
I wonder if the whole Gloryhammer texts thing is going to be discussed.
Metal fans have depressingly short memories when it comes to stuff like that. They'd rather pour their energy into deciding which bands are and aren't 'Metal'
Thank you for this! I´m from Germany and i like Alestorm a lot :D Especially Treasure Chest Party Quest and stuff like that :)
Didn't mention about Thomas Winkler being booted? Or what not
First time I saw Alestorm was a tiny club on Fremont St in Vegas on a sunday night at midnight. There was maybe 30 of us max. Was both awesome and sad that Alestorm had no publicity here in Vegas. No mention on any of our 2 rock stations.
Man I always love to listen to your podcast on Spotify while I'm working . I'm always looking forward for a new podcast from you .
Ps i have seen alestorm live at into the grave in te Nederlandse one te 11 of Jun and the energy of Them was amazing . Always love seeing them live and te new album is a Banger keep up what you're doing man 🤘🏻
man, just drunkenly ordered tickets to their show at falconeer theatre in copenhagen... hope i wont regret it come the morning! (i know i wont ;) )
Tank, once again amazing stuff. I must commit i think i got Alestorm wrong. This talk was amazing and i think now i understand a bit more about Alestorm.
And that's why we do this podcasts. Great to hear, man!
I'm really glad you mentioned Leander :D Could you please do a reaction video to one of his songs in the future?
I have been mixed on Alestorm, but this interview has pushed me more in the fan direction.
See, the ironic thing is , on the point of the funny stuff not doing so well, Curse Of The Crystal Coconut is actually my favourite Alestorm album. So fucking fun.
Why would Chris think that Germans do not like Alestorm? At least in my bubble everyone knows and loves both Alestorm and Gloryhammer. So much love from Germany!
Also much love to you, Tank, for these Interviews. Some of the best talks with artists I've seen. So so much better than these standard questions.
Because Alestorm is basically a dumbed down Running Wild parody. And Running Wild is german royalty.
I was there at Brixton and it was an absolutely stunning and mental show apart from the fact that I got crippling covid there 🤘
Oh man, sorry to hear that. Hopefully you're feeling better!
Fun band
This was my first time checking out your channel.. and I'm hooked.. Awesome work...
I'll be at the Cleveland Electric Callboy show at the AWESOME Agora Theater.. Hope to see you there!
If you see me, just stop me and say hi!
I first heard of now electric callboy from their 2012 song muffin purper gurk, it seema like a new band now and i like all of it
tennessee is it's own special little slice of the frikking Twilight Zone, and i say that as someone who grew up in a smaller middle TN town.
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You should try checking out "Ye Banished Privateers".
And dreadcrew of oddwood (who's from florida btw)!
As someone who was at Tilburg.. Yeah it was intense as all hell
I mean yeah it's funny also cause even with English songs back when I was a kid I was abysmal in English and didn't know anything. So the songs I'd just remember the sounds of it, and not really any words. And it's funny cause even to this day even though I now know pretty good English, I'd just listen to an old popular song and realize "wait what am I even singing, those aren't words", just cause they are stuck in my brain as just the sounds I was hearing as a kid.
Haven't watched the whole thing, but just from the captions (and watching the parts that might have been related)...
I would have liked you to address the controversies of last year. Kicking Tom out of Gloryhammer and the unrelated chat logs that surfaced afterwards. Really soured me on everything Chris is involved in, and the whole thing seemed to be all hush-hush...
Still not quite sure what I will do on my festival schedule this year. I might just skip them because Chris basically turned out to be a total shithead, who can't even manage a "okay, I fucked up, I'll try to do better". And that's really sad, because I really used to LOVE Alestorm in particular, but Gloryhammer as well.
Yup. And interviews like this, where it doesn't even receive a mention, just serve to sweep it further under the rug. Pretty disappointed, myself.
There's a reason I chose not to bring it up, and it wasn't sweeping it under the rug.
Every media outlet reported on it when it happened. Chris made an official statement, apologized, said his piece, and talked about it on damn near every interview he did afterwards. He admitted fault, said he was seeking professional help for his behavior, said he didn't expect fans to forgive him, but asked for a second chance.
The texts were from 5-6 years ago, and while I don't agree with any of the language used, people can grow and change a lot in that time. I decided to give him that second chance, and would rather have the conversation we had where we talked about so much fun stuff, rather than beating the dead horse.
@@TankTheTech Do you have links to those interviews where it has been addressed? I don't follow the news in this scene, I only found out about it all recently when the Gloryhammer video with the new singer came out, and the most I was able to dig up were Chris and the band's respective statements about it. From my perspective, the horse is still pretty fresh.
@@TankTheTech don't get me wrong, I want you to create the content you enjoy - because that's always when content is the best. Just as someone that doesn't listen to a lot of interviews, I apparently missed this. I saw ONE statement by Chris on Reddit, that feels more of a cheap PR "save what's to be saved" response, and I noticed comments on his bands' social media presences being deleted. Overall, poorest way of handling that you can even still get in these times. And it kinda pains me because I really enjoy the music, but it seems like the person behind it is just...not a good person, to be blunt.
Anyways, I do appreciate your reply to this, and as I said, keep making the content that you enjoy most :)
@@steevelapointe7441 gotta correct you in this one in part. While the Gloryhammer stuff happened last year, the chat logs were from...2017, I think? Definitely a while back and I do agree that people can change in that time. But still I do not feel like this issue has at any point been handled appropriately by Chris or the band.
The worst thing about being an American Alestorm fan is everyone thinking I am saying Halestorm.