Castle Rat

Okay.

We have Elder and we have Castle Rat with Unto Others.

Okay.

So that's more gothy.

It's a great track.

Riley from Castle Rat turns up at the intro to do a little bit of spoken word stuff.

It's great.

But, you know, another... highlight and to my ears something that we haven't heard green lung do before which was my problem initially i was like okay i feel like i've heard it all before but by the time we're in the latter half of the album i'm like there's some great stuff going on here

And the next thing I think for them will be the US.

I would imagine they'll hit that probably next year because they've done a couple of tours.

They went over there with Castle Rat doing quite small venues, but they all sold out.

So there's definitely some hype going on there outside the UK as well.

Like, I don't know who Castle Rock is, but they're on there.

Castle Rat, sorry.

Siren by Castle Rat.

There's Jane by The Long Faces.

Those sound like more like recent tracks.

I don't know if I told you this, but speaking of your broadcasting on Apple Music, where you do a regular show, I will often listen to your interview with someone before I'm doing my own interview just to hear how the person sounds.

And I'm always impressed with you did an interview with Riley Pinkerton of Castle Rat.

We had her on the show also.

Yeah.

And, uh, the, the list here of songs is Really weird, because on one hand, about 70 to 80% of it is, like, not stuff that you would think is right for a Guitar Hero at all, because it's just, like, you know, boring pop, doesn't rip, whatever.

Um, and then there is a small percentage, and then you go, "Oh, but Castle Rat are there." [laughs] You know?

Yeah.

And, and Beast in Black are on there.

[laughs] Like a couple of, like, really w- weird, um...

It's fa- like, yeah, certainly Castle Rat, it's fucking cool to see them, like, you know, graduating into, like, "Yeah, we're on a Guitar Hero of sorts, uh, game status," but do we really need [laughs] Walk the Moon to be on it, you know? It, it's a odd bunch, isn't it?

So, I mean, I pointed out when we were discussing this earlier, the thing with, like, the Guitar Hero, Rock Band era, the moment they became sort of full band experiences, the songs did, the s- the, so the track list did change and become generally less ripping, because it became less about just ripping out the guitar stuff, like, which is what, which why Guitar Hero III is-

Yeah

So drag that dagger, unsheathe your sword, and let's make our way through the crystal cave.

From Castle Rat, it's Riley Pinkerton.

Hello, Riley.

[laughs]

Stuff looks cool?

Yeah.

Um, who are you? What do you do? What's the vibe? What is Castle Rat? [laughs]

I'm Riley Pinkerton.

Yeah.

I saw Castle Rat there.

I saw Necrogoblikon there.

Nice.

We heard Spell in there with Take My Life For King Trump.

Castle Rat in there with Siren for 4Heady Trunk.

Hanoi Rocks with Malibu Beach Nightmare for Winter Steel.

And kicking off that, uh, block, Mötley Crüe with Misunderstood for Donna Mills and Phil Tags.