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For the 4th episode of The Back Lounge Podcast, I had the pleasure of having vocalist Vicky Psarakis of The Agonist & Sicksense back for what will most likely be one of the longest podcasts I ever have. We only spent about 5% of the podcast actually talking about her bands, and the rest was just real, open conversations about a lot of different stuff.

00:00 Intro
03:31 Podcast Start
05:39 Canadian Metal Is Alive And Well
07:28 Sentimental Attachments to Music
11:01 Vicky's New Band Sicksense
19:07 Running Your Band With No Label/Management
22:00 Do Bands Think About YouTube Reactors
25:27 Getting Into Character
29:38 Metal Is Less Serious Nowadays
32:51 Touring to Survive or Touring for Fun
37:08 Roadies Making More Income Than Artists/Bands
41:34 Toughing It Out On The Road
48:02 Metalheads Are Weird
49:59 Music, Business, and Life Affected By COVID
59:16 How COVID Has Made Us Divisive
01:03:25 The Internet Is A Toxic Place
01:09:51 The Over Sexualization of Women In Music/Content
01:23:19 The Realness of Podcasts vs. Interviews
01:26:35 Working/Touring With Different Personalities
01:40:28 Approaching Subjective Things In An Objective Manner
01:53:23 Just Straight Up Music/Metal Talk
02:04:49 The Mental Tax of Joining An Established Band
02:14:24 Established Bands Changing Genres And Sound
02:20:39 If It Works, It Works
02:22:56 The Great Autotune Debate
02:29:54 Calling Out Nonsense In The Music Industry
02:34:52 Being Comfortable With Your Musical Imperfections
02:37:33 Giving Off The False Impression of Perfection
02:41:49 Audio/Microphone Discussion
02:44:33 Doggo Talk
02:45:43 Content Creation & Lining Up Schedules
02:49:34 Content Creation Is An Actual Job
02:55:27 Print Media Relies On Drama
03:00:39 Twitch Allowing Musicians To Do More
03:02:53 Getting Comfortable Creating Content
03:08:55 "Oklahoma"
03:11:35 Wrapping Up
03:18:10 Outro


FOLLOW VICKY PSARAKIS ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/vickypsarakis
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vickypsarakis/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vickypsarakis/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VickyPsarakis

FOLLOW THE AGONIST ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAgonistOf...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theagonisto...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theagonist
Merch: https://soundescapeagency.com/theagon...
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheAgonistOfficial

FOLLOW SICKSENSE ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sickxsense
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sickxsense
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sickxsense/
Bandcamp: https://sickxsense.bandcamp.com/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bVyQW5pkc3aF5Rq03ZQxc
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sicksense/1579360754

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