Ep 234 Warpath

Warpath plays iconic Album-Oriented Arena Hard Rock covers from the 70’s and 80’s. After a brief hiatus the band is out and about again tearing up the venues. Ray and Mike try and find out where they went?

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Ep 234 Warpath

Coming to you from the studios at the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66, it's the Rock and Roll Chicago Podcast. Hey, it's Ray the Roadie. And this is ass-whipped Mike.

Oh, wow. Wow, Kiki. As we were just discussing.

Who are you with for that ass-whipping? I was handing my ass all day on a silver platter today. Wow. Drove in from Waukesha and I'm tired.

And I'm hoping to, you know, remedy that. Yes, we will. This evening and a little bit later.

A little bit later. With some bourbon. Some bourbons, yes.

And the whole bit there. Yeah, absolutely. Definitely.

So who we got in the studio? Well, I was hearing a little pitter-patter of feet and I think it's somebody on the warpath. So yeah, that's who we have here. That was a pretty weird segue.

It was kind of weird, wasn't it? Yeah, it's okay. Yeah, warpath. It's warpath.

How you doing, guys? You got to sit up. You got to sit like, nope, that's not it. See, that's like a, that's a, we're not color-coded.

That's like a megaphone effect. You know, it's like, wow, that's weird. Yeah, where'd that come from? Yeah, I don't know.

There we go. That's the one. There we go.

That's the one we wanted. So who we got here tonight? Yeah, there you go. Let the people know who you are.

Yeah, warpath. Go around the table. Tell us who you are and what you do.

My name's Tony and I'm the lead singer. Yeah, I'm Sean. I'm the drummer.

I guessed that. Yeah, because he didn't talk into the microphone. Yeah, he didn't.

I'm not allowed a microphone. He's not allowed a microphone. Well, if you're talking to the microphone, you got to lean into the microphone.

I think he's the most well-trained drummer we've had in the studio. You don't know him yet. He's being shy.

Yeah, yeah. I'm not posed yet. Okay.

I'm sorry. And this gentleman here is? I am Mark. Guitarist.

A guitarist. Yes, I could tell. Guitar extraordinaire.

Yeah, we've done this enough where I can kind of figure out who's who. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I stalked you guys on Facebook.

We have a lot of common friends. I was absolutely shocked. I went to like individual accounts and stuff like that.

And it's like, I actually saw pictures of you, you know, in pictures with friends of mine. Yeah, I'm sure. I know a lot of people.

Yeah, so you're friends with a guy I know. His name is Tim, who used to race dragsters. Yeah.

And you were sitting in his dragster in the whole bit. Yeah, that was for my birthday two years ago. Brought the drag strip out right in front of the bar.

Yeah, yeah. He just sold his car. He just sold it, you know.

Yeah, Tim, what a great guy, man. Yeah, no, he's a cool dude. How long have you known him? Probably 10 years.

Yeah. Yeah, probably 10 years. Just from playing with other bands.

Yeah, right, right. He would come out all the time. He does that.

Yeah, I was playing in a band over 20 years ago. A band called Bubba Fats. And we used to play out in, you know, like Morris and Dwight and places like that.

And the first time I saw him was at a place called Willie's. And he immediately started talking to us because our bass player in that band also raced for a little bit. And every band I've been in since then, I've seen his face around.

He comes out and he just hangs out. I see him like twice a week. Yeah, do you still? Yeah, absolutely.

Oh, yeah, absolutely. I literally just saw him about a week ago. Yeah, I saw him a couple of weeks ago.

So yeah. Yeah, he is. He's a good feel of love.

Yeah, absolutely. And his girlfriend, Dora, she's a lot of fun too. Comes out and dances.

Has a good time. Yes, definitely. Where were you guys playing when you saw him? Oh, I wasn't playing.

I just ran into him somewhere. He just got back in town from out of town. Maybe the last races or something.

Okay. Or maybe that is when he told me he just sold his car. So it was kind of a sad day for him.

So we had a drink over that. Oh, that's cool. Dora wasn't with him.

Loved Dora too. Yeah, yeah, excellent. Very cool people.

Yeah. So where are you guys originally from? Or I guess where did the band originate? What area? Joliet. Yeah, Joliet area.

Joliet area. Okay. Right.

What's that? I was just going to say back in 2014. Okay. When Sean and I first got together as the Warpath band.

Right. With a couple other guys. Now, did you guys play for a few years? And did you like take a hiatus for a couple of years or something? Or has it always been going through? Or it could just be- We did take a hiatus for a year and a half.

Okay. Like maybe within the last few years. Okay.

All right. Because that makes sense then. Because I was on your page and all of a sudden everything kind of stopped.

And like around, what was it, like 20- 2020. It was, yeah, right. I left the band for a little while anyway.

Okay. And he ran the page, so. We created another one.

And now that one's dismantled. Yeah. So we got the old one back up and running.

Yeah. We had to get him back because nobody else knew how to work a computer. That's right.

Something like that. Right. Pretty much stagnant Facebook page.

And now he makes most of the money when they get paid now. That's right. Well, we have yet to get paid the million dollars that I'm looking for.

Yeah. Yeah. So they didn't pay you a million dollars to play that deep purple song.

No, no, they did not. Yeah. But I have been paid a few hundred dollars to play Tennessee whiskey though.

That's the thing. That's the thing. We'll put it right on the bucket, you know.

We look at the place and if it looks like they could afford 100, okay. If it looks like they could afford 500, looking at the people, we'll put it in, you know, Tennessee whiskey is 500 bucks. And I've got, I've gotten it.

I've gotten it. Guy came right off the boat and he's like, Tennessee whiskey. And he gets one on the boat.

He reaches into his pocket and he peels off five $100 bills. And he looks me right in the eye and he goes, play it, bitch. Okay.

Your favorite song. Yeah, I know. Yeah.

That song that he did that you saw, he got paid to do. We all did. I came up and said, I'll give you a hundred bucks.

If you guys play the song. Wow. Awesome.

That's cool. And our last gig, I think. Right, right.

Well, let's break this up. This guy was just telling us he got paid a thousand dollars to play. Hang on, swoopy.

But they played it like five times, but he got a grand for it. So yeah, top of the page. It's worth it.

Yeah. Three minutes long, five times, 15 minutes. You know, yeah, that's not too bad.

Nope. I'll take that. So take us back.

2014, it all started, you know, who picked up the phone? And who got the who had the idea first? Actually, it was we used to practice at Sean's house there. It was was that over by that one school with the. Cheney Monge School, right by the pool.

And I had empty lots all the way around me. And my basement had 14 foot ceilings in it. So we ended up building a stage at Lights PA.

It was better than any of the bars in the area, the basement that I had. So we would just have parties and bands would be like, hey, come play at your house. Do that for every holiday.

I think New Year's, Halloween, all sorts of parties. Right, right. But yeah, I've known Mark for years.

And so I'm playing and was in need of a guitar player and said, hey, man, you want to come you don't do a little jamming. And the band that I was in right before this was it was a band called Lockdown was me. And eventually the mayor of Joliet was the drummer.

No, no kidding. Oh, wow. He's not the mayor anymore.

OK, but we played a couple of gigs with him as well. He was the mayor. I think it was right across the street when it was still called the tree.

Oh, yeah. I played there when it was the tree. Yeah, right.

That's going back a few years. Gosh, 15 years ago or something like that. Mojo's.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's been Mojo's. Yeah, it was Mojo's before the forge.

Yeah. So it was the tree before that. I think so.

I think so. Yeah. Owned by a young gal by the name of Betsy.

Yeah, Betsy. Yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

It was a tree. It was a branch of another bar. Oh, gosh.

Where's the where's the trumpet thing? We got one of those in there somewhere. Yeah, we do. I don't know where.

There it is. Thank you. Thank you very little.

I'm on the Bozo show. Yeah, yeah. So you guys knew each other, but you never played in a band before.

Well, we played like Helmut Rose and all these different events, sharing the stage together, but never, never got to play together. So, okay. Yeah, different bands.

Yeah, different bands. And I was always blown away. Like, damn, that's good, man.

Yeah, the opportunity arose. I need a guitar player and he accepted. So right on.

Right, right. That's always a fun gig. I played Helmut Rose before, too.

It's always a fun time. Yeah, everybody has fun, comes out and rebels for a little bit. And then they go back to their day jobs as doctors and lawyers and whatever the hell they are.

Yeah, okay. So you picked up the phone, you call them and say, hey, I got this idea. We're going to put a band together.

All right. We're going to do culture club covers and some talking heads. Yeah, that was pretty much it.

Were your tastes in music similar and everything? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, totally. Yeah, we were doing a lot different stuff than we're doing with Warpath. Warpath, we're doing like 80s hair, 80s hair stuff, which I said I would never do in the 80s.

The thing is, is he's giving a wrong description about what Warpath plays anyway. It's more, I would consider it arena rock. Some of those songs are from the 70s, man.

Oh, yeah, yeah. We don't really play a lot of hair band stuff. It's more arena rock, you know, the 70s and 80s.

Um, arena rock bands like Journey and Foreigner and Triumph, Triumph, Triumph, Tesla. So Tesla's more of an 80s, not hair band, but rock band, I would say. Yeah, yeah.

Well, you know, back in that era, too, when it was called arena rock, everybody automatically would throw up devil horns and think, OK, this is really cool, right? Right. But now all those bands that you've played are being played on light rock right now. 93.9, you know, and they're calling it yacht rock.

I love yacht rock, but that's not yacht rock. Yeah. I mean, I mean, back in the day, Total was considered to be arena rock.

Foreigner was considered to be arena rock. Boston was considered to be arena rock. And every single one of those are are streaming on the the Yacht Rock channel on Spotify or YouTube or whatever the heck it is.

Yeah. Doobie Brothers. Yeah, the Doobie.

I know, I know. Who the hell would have thought that? No, never. Well, you know, maybe when Michael McDonald joined the band.

Yeah, during that era. But and, you know, before him, no. Yeah, right.

But I mean, yeah, before. No, there were a Southern rock band before that. Yep.

And then Michael McDonald. I'm going to come along with a change of everything. That's a Bongo Jones suit.

Yeah, you do that too well. I do. You ever see the Family Guy episode where they go on a yacht rock cruise? Oh, absolutely hilarious.

And part of the perks are you get to walk around as Michael McDonald narrates your cruise and song. And he's like, first, we're going to get out there. We're going out.

We're going to shoot some. Oh, we're going to have breakfast and go do some skeet and trap shooting. It's great.

Unbelievable. So now back to the show. So what separates it then? If it's if they called it arena rock at one point in time.

Now it's got a completely different genre. I mean, you know, comparing arena rock to what would be considered arena rock today. I mean, think about what they would call arena rock today.

You know, you go to an arena and you see bands like Godsmack. Yeah, man, that's a good question. Somebody's got to answer it.

Taylor Swift, what? I'm getting a dab punch. Yeah, right. So, you know, they're calling that stuff arena rock today, but it's but it's really nothing like some of the stuff that they were calling it back then.

You know, right. So what's the difference other than other than obviously the heavy thing? But what do you think the difference is? Is it in the songwriting? Is it in the appeal? What is it? It's definitely the songwriting. Yeah.

And the musicianship, you know, different. You know, it's the arena rock now is much harder compared to what it was back in the 70s and 80s. Right.

Back then, it was kind of like a lot of vocal stuff, you know, not like growl, but more, you know, just right, you know, out singing where everybody knows the songs and they sing along. Right now, a lot of the songs that the arena rock people play, the normal person can't sing it. Right, right.

No, I agree. Would you would you say, like, I guess, as a guitar player, would you say that the songwriting was a little more difficult back then than it is today? I would say it's different because the whole thing about the rock and roll genre that you've got in your your art rock, progressive rock, the heavy, super heavy metal stuff. I mean, a lot of that leans in the progressive direction.

So I guess if you want to say more complex, that's where that comes from. Right. As far as then a lot of stuff is tuned lower ever since Eddie Van Halen dropped down to drop D, all of a sudden it's like, oh, it's heavier if it's tuned lower and we don't have to sing it high anymore.

Right. And we can use one finger. Yeah.

But I don't want to take anything away from, you know, the talent that it takes to make a lot of that stuff because the rhythms are a lot more complex than they used to be, too. Because in the early days of rock, it was blues based and then it was just louder, you know. Right.

You know, I still think it's kind of blues based. I think they just got it, you know, made it a little more syncopated. And that's, I think that's what makes it a little bit different.

Right. The goal of, you know, the goal of playing in drop D or C sharp or whatever. Gosh, some people play in drop D. It's ridiculous.

Let's see how low we can go to do this. I mean, let's face it. When you're using your index finger to play three strings, how complex can that get? So you start to make the rhythms a little bit more syncopated, a little more stop and play, stop and play kind of stuff rather than just strumming.

You're going for a percussive effect more than anything else. So yeah, no, but that's interesting though. Cool.

Yeah, yeah. Cool. What's your preferred, what's your, I guess, what's your favorite band or do you have a band that you guys emulator? I hate to use the word impersonate, but is there a specific band that you play? My favorite band's Triumph.

Oh, no shit. So Rick, my God. There's a lot of stuff going on with Triumph right now.

Didn't they just record some kind of tribute album? Right. I think Dee Snider is singing on late on the line on this. How is, how was, I didn't hear it, but I'm just trying to figure out how was Dee Snider singing that? Rick Emmett was amazing.

He was. He's still pretty. No, he's not, not like he was.

He's like pretty recently. That's like three stops. Well, he was one of my heroes growing up though.

Rick Emmett, you know, it was him. There was Jimmy Page. There was Eddie Van Halen.

And then in the eighties, I kind of drifted towards the shredders, you know, like Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Santriani, Steve Vai, those types. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I was just trying to think, I was thinking about it from a vocal standpoint, because I mean, he's, he's got a pretty high, pretty high tenor and I'm just, I'm just imagining Dee Snider. They're either, they're either changing the key or he's singing it Barry White style.

That's all. I'd have to hear it. Hey, he's not going to take it.

I'm sure they, I'm sure. Right. No, they have to do something like that.

But that's interesting that they would get him to play that. So yeah. Yeah.

That's good. I never heard Dee Snider. I didn't even hear about this book.

Hey, so when me and Mark first got together, though, Tony wasn't in the band. Okay. A decade later, we had a different, went through a couple different vocalists before we even found them.

Like, man, I was like, well, we're thinking about dropping ads. Did we drop ads? I don't know. I don't think we did.

Some people call that acid. I was going to say, yeah, acid. I think.

Dropping antacids. That's it. When you get my age, you drop antacids.

We're dropping antacids. Well, they, I was in another band called Blaze Days playing the songs on the Blaze radio. Okay.

Back in the day. And these guys came to Eden's and saw me play, but not for me. Because Tor, their other singer, was playing and we were opening up for him.

Okay. And then, like, maybe three weeks later, we're up in Waukegan and I went to go see Doctin with my girlfriend. And here comes Sean and Pam right in front of us.

And I'm singing to Doctin, you know, and he turns around. You're a singer. He goes, I'm looking for a singer.

And that's how it happened. Wow. Yeah.

It's a walking audition. Yeah. Right.

That's how it happened. We're all the way up in Waukegan and, you know, and we live, like, by each other, you know. Yeah.

Right. And his wife's like, oh, I've been to parties over at your house. I've seen bands in your basement before.

Yeah. I was like, oh, really? I'm having a flashback over here with the 1035, the Blaze. Yeah, Blaze Days.

Man. I remember when that radio station debuted and everybody lost their freaking minds because all of a sudden it was like, well, it was a metal station back then. But again, it was a metal station and it was, it was Bon Jovi and it was yeah, you know, VBX.

That was the real metal. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

Right. You know, right. And then one played the hard stuff and one played the hair band, you know.

Yeah. Yeah. The Poison and Bon Jovi and Da Flappard and, you know.

Right. You know, it's so funny. People talk about hair metal and they always use the air quotes to talk about hair metal.

But man, people loved it back then. People still love it. I mean, I mean, do you know how many, do you know how many illegitimate children are a result of blasting hair metal on the radio? A lot.

Parking at a parking lot. Holy crap. Are you kidding me? Everyone that's named Axel, D. Yeah.

All you had to do was put in that Steelheart cassette tape in your tape deck and it was on. That's it. Yeah.

So I'll tell you what we're going to do. We're coming up on the time where I think it's, I want to hear something from him. Yeah.

So do I. I think it's time we take a break. We'll be right back. All righty.

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This finally reached the end. Anytime you call my name, I'll be right there for you. You need a friend.

Yeah, it's gonna take a little time. Don't you even worry, baby. Oh, I know you'll find love again.

Love is all around you. Love is knocking outside your door. Waiting for you.

Is this love made just for two? Keep an open heart. You'll find love again. I know love is all around you.

Love is knocking outside your door. Waiting for you. Is this love made just for two? Keep an open heart.

You'll find love again. I know. So look around.

Open your eyes. Love is gonna find a way. Love is gone.

Love is gonna find a way. Love will find a way back to you. Well, I know.

Do-do-do-do-do-do. I know. Do-do-do-do-do-do.

Very nice, man. Very nice. So, you asked me, am I familiar with the song? Yeah.

I would say so. I had to buy that cassette five times. I mean, just wore it out.

Just absolutely wore it out. I am probably one of the biggest Testinal fans to ever walk the earth. I absolutely love that band.

They're the only band from that era that I actually still listen to. And I have their CDs, and I'm lucky enough to have a CD player in my truck, and it's in there. I mean, something from Tesla's always in there.

I think that they were so ahead of their time. I put them in that same category of bands that I thought were about 20 years before people were ready for them. I thought Styx was ahead of their time.

I thought REO Speedwagon was ahead of their time. I thought Tesla was ahead of their time. They were in that area where, you know, hair metal era, right? It was still there.

But they were really just a blues band, which was really what I thought was so cool about that whole band. That's exactly what I said. They're not really a hair band.

They're a rock band. They absolutely were. And they could play everything.

And they're still rocking. I saw them last year. And they're actually going to be in the area again I think in June or July.

Oh, yeah. I think they're going to be at the Hard Rock in Indiana or something like that. Again, that's where I saw them last time too.

Great show. Sounded just the same to me. He sounds great.

I've seen them six times. The last time I saw them, it's been a few years, but I got lucky enough. Somebody had a ticket last minute and we were on that second level at the House of Blues.

And I walked in thinking, these are going to be shitty seats because I knew well enough I was going to be right on the side of the stage. Well, I was right in that spot where it was like a pole and in space and in a wall. So I was literally watching him through the crack of this thing and I was throwing him water bottles.

It was freaking awesome. It was great. I mean, I have a love for single humbucker guitars because of Frankie Hennin.

Back in 88 and 89, he played single humbucker guitars. That was it. And I said, that's what I want.

One knob, one humbucker. I have 12 Strats, nine of them are modified, just one humbucker. I've got a Les Paul, one humbucker.

Really? Yeah, absolutely. Are you in a band? I'm going to get off of my Tesla love right now. Unplug your Tesla.

Unplug my Tesla. You're just on a roll tonight. Wow.

No kidding. Yeah, no kidding. You've got a lot of new material.

That's really cool. Thank you for that. That's fantastic.

And you've actually got that kind of quality to your voice. So, you've got one guy missing? Who's not here with us? Two guys. We've got a keyboard player missing and we've got the bass player missing.

Oh, no kidding. And they are, their names? The keyboard player's name is Dan and the bass player is Jody. Okay.

There you go. We're not going to go there, huh? We're talking in sign language over here. That's a good thing we don't have the cameras rolling.

Right. Well, us three here have been playing since, for the last eight years. So, I mean.

You know, Mark left for a year, year and a half or something like that. But, you know, there were reasons. You played with that band, Hiatus? Yes.

I just walked the earth. So, we did get him back and we were all happy about it. So, who's booking you guys? That's probably the wrong way to ask that.

Where are you playing these days, lately? Are you finding it at places that specifically like your genre of music? Or are you playing all over the place? So, our last gig was at the Bieber, which is in Crosswood. It's a great place. They just redid the whole stage and everything.

But, we do a lot of shows like off the Illinois River. Oh, okay. I saw Seneca.

So, you know our sound guy, Eric. Yeah, we love him. He's our regular sound guy.

Cadillac Groove. Yeah, I'm the singer of Cadillac Groove. So, you guys were at Seneca.

Were you at Fat Daddy's? Where are you playing in Seneca? In Seneca, we're playing what is that? It's a new place. It's the MSP group. They're on Saturday.

It's right across from Fergie's. So, Boondocks is closed down. It's probably about two blocks, three blocks away from Fat Daddy's.

On the Main Strip, though. Yeah, right on the Main Strip. It's got big sliding glass doors.

And they're called MSP. MSP for Michael Powers, whatever. Okay.

He's just been a big fan from that area for a long time. He recently just bought the bar. Nice, and we are looking for sponsors.

We are looking for sponsors. MSP is looking to get their name out and get some advertising space. We're always looking for sponsors.

We are. We'll tell them that. We'll talk all about you.

We'll let you know, because we're playing there Saturday. Are you really? So, you said Boondocks closed down? I think they're just temporary. Right now, they're not opening.

Oh, okay. That is a great place. We started out playing there and Rhonda had booked us.

April 1st, she would give us all the shows we wanted. So, you guys are first, and then I'll fill in all the other bands. No, January 1st.

January 1st, she called. Alright, let's book for all summer. Me being in so many different... I was there once, twice a month.

Speaking of biker destinations and stuff like that, did you guys hear about the owner of Poopies? Yeah, I just heard about that. Holy crap, what a shock. And they just bought that place? Yeah, they just bought it.

Because we knew Kevin, the owner. We played out there. Love that place.

So, how long did they actually own it? Like six months. Oh, really? Yes, I mean, they just bought it. They say owning a bar is stressful.

Not to make light of it, but holy crap. Didn't he get shot? Who? The owner. The owner was a woman, and she was shot.

By her husband. Yeah, I don't want to tell... Allegedly. I don't want to tell tales out of school, but it appears to be a murder-suicide thing.

That's what they're saying. Herc goes out to her friends and family and the whole bit. The whole family.

It's been a fantastic destination, and I'm sure she had nothing but great intentions, but sometimes you never know what's going to happen. We've always loved that place. That's a bar that's come a long way.

I remember when the back was just camping, there was nothing there. I slept in their parking lot. We loved playing in that place.

It was such a great place. We'll see what goes on next then. Okay, excellent.

What kind of shows do you guys have coming up? This is actually going to air in a few weeks. On the... Let me tell you in a second. I could do that, because I have that information, but not readily.

You mean this isn't going out live right now? No, not at all. Today is May 6th. It is? Oh, today is May 6th.

Wow, excellent. That's why it came out today. What do you guys have coming up May... After 6th.

Yeah. In June, we got two gigs. He's going to be going on vacation at the end of May.

He's going to Vegas. We did have Fat Daddy's on the 25th, but I had to cancel it because he's like, I forgot to tell you, I'm going to be in Vegas. Because it's Vegas, baby.

Yeah, I got it. Go ahead. I went to the wrong thing here now.

I never said June. Do you play both Fat Daddy's? We haven't played the Summit one. In June, on Father's Day, June 15th, we're playing at E.J. Carr's.

Okay. I love that place too. And I'll see you then after that.

That's a different gig. June 29th. That's a different band next week.

Yeah, we're all in a couple. I'm in music band these days, at least three bands. I'm just a music whore.

And then on June 29th, we're playing at the Big Bass. Oh, nice. Okay.

That's close. We might have to go and catch these guys. Yeah, all the water right here could be doing sound.

If you're not playing. That's always the caveat. If you guys are playing.

Is that like a Saturday night or something? Or are you playing outside on a Sunday afternoon? There's a Sunday afternoon. Oh, that's cool. A lot of bikes come out.

That's why that place is so fun on Sundays. It's a lot of fun. I'll tell you what, if we asked you to play another one, what would that be? What did we do? Triumph.

Triumph. I think we need to hear some Triumph. Just lay it on the line.

Yeah, that's right. We're going to entitle this podcast, Dad Jokes. Actually, that's a pretty cool name for a band, actually.

Dad Jokes? Dad Jokes. I thought Hiatus was pretty good. Yeah, I'm on hiatus.

Well, you might want to get off. I'm sorry, that's Hyacinth. Why on Hyacinth? I keep hearing this truck sound in my head.

I do, too. It's just me? You're having a stroke or something. Yeah, that's about right.

It's so funny. These microphones pick up absolutely everything, but they won't be on the recording. Yeah, it's crazy.

I thought maybe that was soundcheck from the firetrucks. Do you need phantom power for these? I don't think so, no. No? I'll work on it.

Yeah. You ready? Yeah. I'm tired of all your lies Making me insane I don't ask for much The truck will do just fine Won't you lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it Don't waste my time To make my way Right on top girl Before it gets too late Never ever want To treat you so unkind Won't you lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it On the line Don't waste it You know I love you You know it's true It's up to you girl What have I got to lose Don't call me up girl Don't waste my precious time Won't you lay it On the line Lay it On the line Don't call me up girl Lay it On the line Lay it On the line Lay it on the line, girl.

Lay it on the line. Oh, don't cut me out. Lay it on the line.

On the line. Don't waste it. And that concludes our Arena Rock podcast for the evening.

That's right. Fantastic. Thanks for laying it on the line, everybody.

That's right. That's awesome. Thanks for coming out here tonight, guys.

Oh, thank you for having us. Appreciate it. Warpath.

Go out and see these guys. That's right. See you guys soon.

Thanks. All right. Sounds good.

Well, there you have it. That was Warpath. Warpath.

Warpath. Yeah. Engines.

Good guys, man. You know, they play the music of my youth. Yeah, me too.

To a certain extent, yes. Me too. To a more youthful time.

Yes. The Arena Rock. The music of your more youthful.

That's right. Yeah. That was really good.

Man, he's got some lungs on him, man. He can get it up there. Yeah.

That's very cool. That means two things. I didn't know you cared.

I didn't check that out. No, I didn't. But you should check them out.

Yes. Everybody should check them out. Yeah.

They're going to be all over the place in the summer. It's getting warm, people. You're going to want to go out.

Yeah, yeah. You know, the Big Basin is probably a really cool place to go and see them. In the summertime? Yeah, it is.

So get out there and see them. And as usual, thanks for listening to the Rock and Roll Chicago podcast, where you can catch a new episode every Tuesday night or morning or whenever you really want to listen to it. It's entirely up to you.

They just come out on Tuesdays. See you next week. The Rock and Roll Chicago podcast is edited by Paul Martin.

Theme song courtesy of MNR Rush. The Rock and Roll Chicago podcast does not own the rights to any of the music heard on the show. The music is used to promote the guests that are featured.