In this episode, we talked about Cherokee park in Louisville, calling the podcast Big Rock (changed it in the end, cos thats rubbish), Damian's love of classic metal/powermetal (Maiden, Priest, Dio, Sabbath), difficulty of singing in a classic metal style vs others, seeing Black Sabbath live with Pantera, Sir Ronnie James Dio talk, metal that makes you think and see through societal bullshit, holding metal above politics, Bruce Dickinson flying and swordfighting and no compromising, Rainbow's influence on NWBHM in the 70's, punks vs metalheads in England and tribalism/classism, making mix tapes and tapes vs vinyl, Deep Sabbath (Ian Gillan period), nutty story about the song 'Trashed', Damian getting permission from Sir Ronnie James Dio to become a metal singer and becoming a Neon Knight and his advice for new singers, difficulty of finding a band that fit the vocal style Damian was after, facing bigoted discrimination and from employers for being a metalhead, the pivotal moment that lead to singing in bands, early bands, not being appreciated by other band members, Chainfire, Slayer/Acid Bath, recording an album and making a video, Promise of Plague, maintaining a singing voice, how Damian started self-training, Wolf band (Sweden), Blind Scryer, Ohlm, Damian's current secret project

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