END IT and Bananagate | The Podcast That Rocked

**Luke** (0:02)
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Welcome back to The Podcast That Rocked, weekly podcast that talks about news and the world of rock metal alternative, and now produce. My name is Luke.

**Alex** (0:40)
My name is Alex.

**Luke** (0:41)
I hate that this is how I have to open the podcast, but yep, it's that type of show. Hope you're all doing-

**Alex** (0:49)
Oh, produce.

**Luke** (0:50)
You get it, you get it. Ha ha ha ha ha.
Ah, thank you all so much for tuning in live on June 10th. It's Wednesday evening for us. Hope you're all doing well. 50 likes, at least one round of Festival Rocker Flop. Last week was not terrible. And there was a little like we're slowly on the redemption arc for Festival Rocker Flop after some rough goes in this past June. We're getting better is what matters. Okay.

**Alex** (1:19)
I mean, when the bar reaches the floor, yes.

**Luke** (1:23)
A one degree incline is still an uphill improvement. That's what matters. Alex, thank you.
Yeah, you're getting choked up because you know I'm right. That's exactly what it is. Yeah, man, you can't even say a word because you're so choked up. Thank you. That's right.

**Alex** (1:39)
Sorry, I forgot how to breathe.

**Luke** (1:42)
Thank you, Steve's very much. Oh, get your produce puns ready. We're going to have a lot of them. And you know what? I can't blame you. The story warrants some ridiculous levity in all of this. But we'll get there. We'll get there.
50 likes, at least one round of Festival Rocker Flop. We already have one Super Chat. Thank you so much. We'll get to all Super Chats later. If you give a Super Chat big enough, you'll get your own random Festival. Flestival.

**Alex** (2:08)
Flestival.

**Luke** (2:09)
Festival. Okay. I can't make fun of Alex choking anymore.
That's mine.

**Alex** (2:14)
That was karma coming back at you.

**Luke** (2:16)
If that's karma coming back for me, fine. That's not the least of my problems. That's what it is.
So that being said, we will have more information for you on some other things. Including what we talked about, the Heavies Riot Fest Giveaway. If you want a chance to go to Riot Fest for free, all three days, Tool, every other band, Pierce The Veil, 21 Pilots, Alanis Morissette, Calis Dau Boys, Vana, for free. Hit up Heavies on Instagram, be able to follow. The rules are there for that short. Real easy. And yes, you do have a chance to win. So, anything else before we get to Banana Gate.
That's what it is. That is what it's called.

**Alex** (3:01)
No, I mean, it is bananas. The whole situation.

**Luke** (3:05)
Yes.
Cue Gwen Stefani's B-A-N-A-N-A-S. I'm not going to play the song because YouTube will just completely strike this whole channel down instantly.

**Alex** (3:17)
Thinking about this whole time, though.

**Luke** (3:18)
Yes. So let's go here. Share my screen. Wabam, Wabam. For those who are not aware what Bananagate is, if it's just some funny fruit salad thing or we're making a Wiggles joke, no, nothing that wholesome. You guys, Alex knows I'm a fan of End It, right? One of my favorite albums last year. I was excited to see them in Sick New World this year, and I had a good bellyache laugh when they told all of the crowd in GA to bum rush the barricade and hop into VIP because security can't stop them all. They couldn't. And it was hilarious. And we all had a great time.
End It went too far.
Is that fair to see? I sent this news article when I saw it first, the main post, to Alex a couple of days ago. And even then I'm like, hate this. I hate it.

**Alex** (4:16)
Mm-hmm. That's a nice way to put it. The way you put it. That's a nice way to put it.

**Luke** (4:21)
So I'll read the headline and then I'll play the footage because the footage is on Reddit everywhere. It's on all the socials. End It called on the audience to tear apart the banana costume of a fan at their Toronto, Ontario show last night. We'll get to more Banana Man in a second. It's time for the footage. Let me pull back up Chat because I do want to engage with Chat a little bit on this because I want to see what they have to say. For those who are not aware, there is a poll going right now. You can vote on the poll. Whose side are you on? You can vote at any time.