Dear Download
This is our love letter back to Download Festival, we discuss all things Download related + anything else that’s happening in the world of rock/alternative music.
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Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
In this episode we are joined by friend of the pod Dan Cross for a special live christmas special episode. We had a lot of laughs, a lot of alcohol and probably ended up a little bit too drunk by the end. Dan hosted a music/Download festival quiz and we go through our top 5 albums exclusively from bands that have played at Download festival.
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Monday Dec 06, 2021
Monday Dec 06, 2021
This episode we have an in-depth discussion about Spotify and try to work out if Spotify and the general music streaming industry is the good guy or the bad guy? Maybe it's both.
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
This episode we have a brief chat about our initial thoughts of Download festival 2022 lineup. When the lineup is complete we will have a much more in depth analysis of it. Other things we talk about in this episode are gig posters, gigs that Simon has been to recently and of course more of Adams schemes.
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
This is part 2 of our Roadrunner Records special. We talk about the most successful bands that have been on Roadrunner, films that released soundtracks through Roadrunner and the 25th anniversary Roadrunner United album.
We also have a chat about pit people, and what to expect from our upcoming deep dive into the music industry trying to answer the question 'How can bands make money'.
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Deardownload2003@gmail.com
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
This is part 1 of our Roadrunner records special episode. It is also the start of our deep dive into the music industry in general. We talk about the many legendary bands that have been or are currently signed to Roadrunner Records, a brief history of the record label and some of the most influential albums that have come from it. And of course, it wouldn't be a Dear Download episode if we didn't talk about Raunchy.
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
In this episode we talk about Download Festival 2004, influential albums released that year and have a brief discussion about the future holds for Download Festival and bands that will potentially headline.
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Deardownload2003@gmail.com
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
In this episode we have a special guest on Sam Leach who talks us about some of his experiences at Download Festival 2003 and what it was like seeing Metallica play their secret set that year, just after he was drinking with the Murderdolls! It's a great chat with a great guy. We also have a catch up and discuss where we're going from here.
You can reach us at:
Deardownload2003@gmail.com
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Adam's spotify playlist
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
Sunday Sep 12, 2021
In this episode we talk briefly about Slam Dunk festival, the recent Download Festival announcement and have an in depth chat about Iron Maidens 17th studio album Senjutsu. We also go over our top 10 Iron Maiden albums, which are vastly different to each other and somehow stumble onto talking about Westlife on 2 separate occasions.
You can reach us at:
Deardownload2003@gmail.com
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Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
First Ronnie - Simon and his cat
Second Ronnie - Ronnie
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
Wednesday Sep 01, 2021
In this episode Simon tells us all about his first ever experience at Bloodstock 2021. We also discuss different rituals of listening to new albums, and find out which band was Adams' favourite after listening to every band that played. (Hint, they were on the Hobgoblin New Blood stage)
You can reach us at:
Deardownload2003@gmail.com
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Adam's spotify playlist
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Simon's youtube
Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
First Ronnie - Simon and his cat
Second Ronnie - Ronnie
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
In this episode we talk about Bloodstock 2021, a brief chat about it's history and what we think of this years line up.
We also speak with Josh Ayerst and Drew Armstrong from the band Death By Ki who played at Bloodstock 2019. We find out what it's like to play at Bloodstock, why Drew got a special backstage tour of the Ronnie James Dio Stage and learn that sometimes you can party too hard.
You can find Death By Ki here:
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You can reach us at:
Deardownload2003@gmail.com
Facebook
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Twitter
Adam's spotify playlist
Simon's Spotify playlist
Simon's youtube
Credits:
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/RunnerPack/sounds/87039/
Explicit Intro - https://freesound.org/people/simplewave/sounds/372876/
Intro music - Simon Bond
Rain sounds - Simon Bond
Ronnie - Ronnie