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Of course they fucking knew. How do you spend that much time working so closely with a fellow band mate, and not get an overwhelming feeling that there's something seriously fucked up going on in his head? Do you seriously believe someone like Lemmy Killmister wouldn't have sniffed out a lowlife creature like that grub within 2 seconds flat?! Don't be fooled... they fucking KNEW!

I remember seeing Lostprophets with Kill 2 This at the tiny Tunbridge Wells Forum back in the day (2001?). My gf at the time fancied Ian and made me ask him to sign her gig ticket after their high energy set. I approached Ian but was too embarrassed to explain the situation and so I asked if he would sign the ticket for my sister. He seemed a really cool and down to earth guy at the time. What went wrong? Was he always a sick and evil predator? Or did that side of his personality manifest from excess use of hard drugs?

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People love to hate on Bring Me's sound change, but forget that Oli was a middle class millennial growing up - and like other common millennials, our music tastes were shaped by a lot of what was on the radio,. The top 10 songs of any moment of the 2000s was really a mixed bag of different genres. He and the band are real artists, so what they listen to shapes and informs their writing even this far into their career. They truly can write whatever they want now at this point.

Think she meant "Beat Union" not "Go audio" who Luke played with.

I remember listening to Lostprophets growing up and they were one of my favourite bands around, I also discovered The Blackout a Welsh post hardcore band, as Ian Watkins was featured in their song "It's High Tide Baby!" Even to this day it, it's horrifying that someone I looked up to was a evil monster. I admit I find it hard to really listen to any Lostprophets song now though I wouldn't judge anyone who did I guess some of us really can't seperate the art from artist

Thanks for the episode, really enlightening to hear the effort involved Soooo , my 2p I was there...bassing #930. I've been in orchestras/ bands since primary school, Im now 50. I managed to convince my drummer to join us, I then found that a friend of a friend had signed up. We met up with her on the day (never met her before) and very quickly started chatting to some folks around us which was ace. New friends gained :) I only saw a post on FB that someone had taken a photo of a poster they'd seen on a door. Ha...right as Im typing Im 50 mins in and this the Poster that you did is the post I saw!!!!! :D I didnt see anything about posters until I hit the site and checked out the FB posts In answer to why I didnt initially apply (and why I think the original reason for most not applying through annecdotal) was the battery powered amp issue. I didnt have a battery powered amp However after signing up I uickly managed to find a soiution (battery pack for my Spark amp....quickly followed by borrowing a portable power station). That meant I could bring my Spark Live to allow 2 bassists to share the amp and be able to stream the songs during warm up so all around could jam along too :) I apologise that we couldn't get further with the amp manufacturer...but well, nothing ventured, nothing gained BTW note for next time. Need to announce to the players to watch the beats on the screen It was amazing!!!!! Looking forward to signing up for next year Good work Jackie boy, glad you got to keep your house :)

The moment the first song with the floor musicians started, it hit me like a tonne of bricks and it was incredibly powerful. We were sat right behind the sound guys, so got a perfect view of all of the drummers playing perfectly in time and genuinely made me cry multiple times just seeing how much it (the night and the music) meant to everyone on the floor.

i got the feeling she likes murder documentaries and ghost hunting rubbish

When Sean announced the last song wrong. I had to fucking leg it to get a different lens.... Dammit Sean. One job!

Every now and then my music library will chuck a Lost Prophets song on, they had some bangers for sure. I still listen to them, i disregard that he was a member and listen out of respect to all that made it happen. He deserves all the pain imaginable

I love their music, but I still feel guilty whenever I want to listen to their songs. But damn, they had such good songs and they were great live, too, it is still so devastating. I remember my mom was waiting with me to meet the band after a festival gig (because I was 14 back then) and I actually got to meet them. I took a photo with Ian and I was the happiest girl alive. Back then it was one of the greatest moments of my life, or so I believed. So dumb.

Guitarist #685 here! Jack, just wanted to let you know again here how amazing of an event 1000 Lights was. Even hearing in more detail about the behind the scenes, going into how ridiculously stressful it all was to organise still probably doesn't cover just HOW stressful that was. I can only imagine how much focus and will it took to commit to. I wanted to say from myself, and I'm sure I can speak on behalf of a great many of the other musicians on the arena floor that are keeping in touch via Discord, Instagram, Facebook etc, that it was an absolute honour to be a part of this event, that's it's formed a core memory for us all, and if there's ever anything at all I/we can do to help in future, consider us all on standby! What an amazing podcast. Really so interesting to hear about the trials and tribulations you went through to get this all going. Congratulations, and thank you again for the opportunity to be a part of this.

Wicked podcast. It was such a special event. Wembley would be awesome but I’m sure The Principality Stadium in Cardiff would be perfect with the retractable roof (just incase it rains). Honestly, you all did a stellar job helping the night go so smoothly and making it possible for people to get top class mental health support.

well jorden fish left the band

People knew about Watkins and what he was up to. I remember it being a topic on the long dead Kerrang! Message boards years before he was arrested and the magazine deleted the thread to avoid potential legal action.

Lostprophets were my soundtrack to my teens, and they helped open my eyes to Metal as a genre and I literally started to re listen to their album today and it makes me sad how bad Ian did, as a father myself it is sadly a dirty word now. It sucks because they were all such talented artists and were easily one of the cleanest band musically in Britain, rivalling the American metal bands at the time. Side note, there is also an Ian Watkins in the British pop band "Steps" and when the news broke alot of people assumed it was him who was doing these sick crimes

Say what you want about Lost Prophets but they were a prominent part of a lot of people musical journeys. There was a club in Newport South Wales called TJs and at one point you were guaranteed that if an alternative band was playing there then LP would be supporting. It got to the point sometimes when people were just going to see them, hell I saw them about ten times there, Marc one of the DJs at the club on a Friday night used to play a lot of their music, was a big supporter of theirs and sold me a copy of fake sounds on CD about a month before it came out. Ian Watkins is an evil scumbag who deserves to suffer but he rest of the guys were always nice to me and I wish them well in whatever they are doing now. It was really interesting hearing about Visible Noise starting up, his was a great interview.

I heard he was framed by the FBI

Holy s**t this lady is insanely interesting.

I'm the type of kat that would have no trouble calling something out for being cheesy, and to a point this is cheesy. But how could such a horrifying person end up as the lead singer? Like, the dude was known to be a happy and good hearted kid growing up. Just don't make no damn sense. The only real trauma I could possibly think of is that his father died when he was young. This really was a good radio friendly type of metal band. Just..... really is a shame what happened with this sick prick, because the sky was the limit for a band that wrote such genuinely good songs. I'll always like this band, but doing so means I have to separate the artist from the art. Even though the rest of the band did nothing sick and deviant.

Its hard to listen to them nowadays.

Bands members knew what was going on and didn't give a fuck they only care about fame and money. Fuck them 🖕

Excellent content mate. The algo did be great with the suggestion

I'd love to watch a 1h interview with him inside the prison. For some reason, the media chose to suppress this case and never brought it up again. I wonder why? Perhaps because Ian Watkins was connected to powerful and famous people who engage in the same acts.

Always felt so bad for the other members their income completely gone all their hard work pretty much destroyed and erased because of that absolute monster.

The Visible Noise, Thirty Days of Night, Calculated Risk, In At The Deep End Records days were brilliant.

The Lostprophets buzz started very early on. I remember they played one of the small stages at Reading Festival in 2001 and it was sooo packed that the barriers collapsed. People loved TFSOP.

The band must of knew

I've never been a fan of them but I have no doubt they had no clue what was going on. Feel bad for the guys

Still listen to and love LostProphets

"The average man is a f-in pussy" Incorrect.

This was a phenomenal conversation. Really got in depth about the industry and talked about that elephant in the room with he who must not be named. So many people stray away from even talking about that situation, and she as always had the chops to explain and express it.

Absolutely couldn’t stand the band, but as soon as the news broke on Watkins I felt sorry for the band. And I fully believe none of them knew, I can’t imagine anyone in any band would let someone get away with shit like that.

What's also really unfortunate is that most of Lostprophet's catalog aged very well espicially Start Something. The band would have also really flourished during the recent Nu Metal/Emo revival if only Ian wasn't an absolute degenerate scumbag

Wouldn't think Kill II this would get a mention in this day and age

It's similar to The Glitter Band. They had nothing to do with Gary's crimes but their careers were hit because of him.

Is anyone else thinking Get back at it Julie! I live in North East and there are so many talented musicians looking for support and to be discovered! Some of the best gigs i have seen have been at local pubs where i can't understand why the bands aren't massive!

I like that he is allowing her to speak and tell her story and doesn't cut her off. Nice to see a presenter that isn't me me me look at me.

Days of worth & Fireapple Red 🤘🏻

not gonna lie the way the british government are behaving I wouldnt be suprised if they release watkins earlier....

Julie is one of my favourite people I've ever met and worked with. Warm, smart, funny, cool and so so knowledgeable. I was at the Lostprophets gig at the falcon / barfly and the Bring Me gig with The Red Chord.

Interesting chat! Could've been 3 hours I reckon

DAYS OF WORTH . Class band

Still love the bands songs regardless of "HIM" feel sorry for the bad publicity and taint that has happened to them. He can rot in jail for all I care but I still think people shouldn't blame them for "HIS" actions. I seen them in Glasgow and we're amazing live.

I dont care what anyone says, the rest of them knew.

Wales isn't that small. With a population of 3.3 million, it would be a pretty big 'town.'

I was at that gig too, and knew Sean doing Organ too.

Lost prophets should get a new singer and re-record all their old songs. Keep the band going but just cut ties and erase anything to do with what’s-his-face

Wow, Visible Noise... had to make a statement about Oli Sykes (allegedly) pissing on a fan too. Rough run.