The band Rahway are here! Well, ¾ of them are calling in from their cars.

Lyrics Reference: Overkill

• You're definitely in charge of your own happiness, you know? And if you're not gonna be happy, nobody's gonna get you happy.
• If you're really in that much pain, you don't want to hit up 988, you don't want to, you know, hit up your mom or somebody, hit us up.
• You gotta leave some kind of light in there. You gotta trust in God, and listen to good music. That pulls people out of bad situations, your head, your mind.
• Things got a little heated right there, didn't they?
• We try to provide a silver lining and give energy and uplift people at the same time with it. Like, hey, we're here, we know that things might not be that great in life, but you know what? If there's a will, there's a way.
• [Re: band manager, Larry Jones]: I've never seen anybody who cared so much, who pushes so much, who fights so much for us, stands up for us. With promoters, for anybody that's trying to screw us around, he's always got our back. He takes care of so much, like, booking and accommodations, the travel. . . He sometimes complains the whole way, but, you know, he wouldn't have it any other way, because he loves doing it, and. . . he's pretty much our fifth member.
• It's so much harder when it's just one person. That's why before, I was like, yo, I'm grateful that we have 9, 10 people, you know, this Voltron effect with Rahway, because it's part of the reason why we've made it so far.

SLAM: Music Survival Guide 27 - Neil Giraldo - Stay Locked

-Most of the time, when people fall into dark places, there's a part of their being, whether it's an artistic or creative side of them, that's screaming to get out.

• -12 tapes for a penny.
• -We're driving, and all of a sudden, we get hit from behind while we're on the freeway, going 75 miles an hour.
• -I study a lot of philosophy and a lot of spirituality with the I Ching and the Kundalini and the Tao, and all this stuff, right? So, I followed that strongly, and without that, I wouldn't be where I am today.
• -That's why I stress the spirituality for everybody. . . It's good for the body, it's good for the soul. What's good for the mind is good for the soul. You gotta integrate all those things. Had I not had that, I wouldn't have been able to deal with any of it, any at all, and it kept me grounded.
• -You gotta live through this world kind of naked. You gotta be. . . not afraid of being exposed
• - This ain't normal, I know that, but it just happened in this lifetime.
• -Respect's easy. If you're not confident, and you're not secure, there's no way that's gonna happen. I don't care if in a band, in a relationship, It's not gonna happen.
• -Just do it and have fun. It's not about a cash thing. In fact. . . money's gonna be going to so many organizations for that it's not about that. It's about the songs and the music.
• -Find the spirituality, no matter what it is, in the dark - - not the darkest moment. Because the darkest moment is going to be the easiest one to be able to go there, because you're going to be so dark, you're gonna need help. . . Try to go when you're right in the middle.
• -If you happen to get in a dark place, reading will get you out of it. Read something positive. Find something that you can connect with. . . Pick up a pencil.
• -Most of the time, when people fall into dark places, there's a part of their being, whether it's an artistic or creative side of them, that's screaming to get out.
• -Once you lock it, stay locked.
• -Second chances are good, and they happen, but not threes and fours.

James Rivera, a.k.a. Vampiro

Lyrics reference: Helstar

Quotes from the episode:

• Why do you think Jeff Loomis is one of his biggest fans?
• Management can either make you or break you. We had a bad management.
• And so for the younger bands, you know, you're pretty much going to be on your own, and you're going to deliver a record, and you're going to say, “Hey, it's a license deal!” and they're going to give you nothing. But they're going to put you out there in the world. You know what? You should take it, because that's as far as you're going to get now.
• We're still reeling from the death of Ozzy Osbourne, which I thought would never happen. It just seemed like he was gonna outlive us all.
• So think about it. If you got a flu... you've got Covid... Do you think you could sing? No, there's no way in the world what you do. It's affecting your body.
• So that's what a lot of people need to understand. Lead singers don't have it that easy, although everybody else thinks they do, but they don't.
• And you know what depression is. Yes, I've been there. I thought about jumping off a bridge. I thought about hanging myself, or whatever. But you know what at the end of the day it doesn't do you no good, man. You're gone. You have to outlive that. You have to be very confident in what you believe in. What a lot of people don't believe in is themselves. And you know what? Once you learn to love yourself, you will get over it, and it's not selfish.