Aug 6, 2026 · 25 min · 11 segments
Drowning Pool guitarist C.J. Pierce joins the show to talk about the band’s 25th anniversary celebration of *Sinner*, why “Bodies” still hits as hard as ever, the state of modern rock, AI invading…
C.J. PierceGuestChris AkinHost
Seth WilliamsHost
I'm, I'm, I'm definitely against all that stuff, especially growing up, like you said, in the '80s and stuff and watching Terminator movies.
Like, you think this ain't gonna happen, man? Plus I don't want, you know, it's the journey of learning stuff yourself.
I mean, I'm older now anyway, but you know, the life experience, whether something good or something bad happens to you and I, and we all hate it when something bad happens, but you know, you learn from it, and for me, something, something better has followed from it.
So, um, and, you know, getting the answers yourself, man, like, you know, it's nice to have the magic answer box, "Hey bro, what's this and that?" But, um, you know, to research yourself or experience yourself, like don't, don't deny that because of AI, and especially creating music.
... you know, this, you know, to use it as a tool to like, to, to help in a sense, um, maybe.
Turns out he's a fake person, the guy that works on Wall Street, and it's just AI singing, and it was, I, I hated it then.
I'm, I'm, I'm definitely against all that stuff, especially growing up, like you said, in the '80s and stuff and watching Terminator movies.
Like, you think this ain't gonna happen, man? Plus I don't want, you know, it's the journey of learning stuff yourself.
I mean, I'm older now anyway, but you know, the life experience, whether something good or something bad happens to you and I, and we all hate it when something bad happens, but you know, you learn from it, and for me, something, something better has followed from it.
So, um, and, you know, getting the answers yourself, man, like, you know, it's nice to have the magic answer box, "Hey bro, what's this and that?" But, um, you know, to research yourself or experience yourself, like don't, don't deny that because of AI, and especially creating music.
... you know, this, you know, to use it as a tool to like, to, to help in a sense, um, maybe.
Turns out he's a fake person, the guy that works on Wall Street, and it's just AI singing, and it was, I, I hated it then.
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