Hello and welcome to We're Talking.

This week we're looking back at one of our most popular guests,

the one and only Youngblood, brought up in Doncaster and known for his genre fusing music.

You may have seen him in the news for his friendship with the late, great Ozzy Osbourne.

In this episode, Youngblood shares how his upbringing shaped who he is,

and the incredible story of how he scored a million-dollar record deal. This week, we're talking

Youngblood. So when you think about describing Doncast, how would you describe it, especially growing up?

Rainy, pavement, community, pubs, warm, cold and warm.

It was kind of, it was sick, it was rock and roll, you know?

It was like, honestly, it's all i've ever really known is rock music

because i was on a shop counter yeah smell as a vintage guitar and guitar strings and pickups

and metal and soldering irons and wires and beer that's been on a carpet for two weeks is like my smell of home.

You know what I mean?

It's the thing, you know when you get a smell?

Yes.

It's like damp beer carpet and metal from guitar strings is like what associates's what associates me with home you should do a

cologne yeah i fully should it smell like shit but i mean i i love it i'm i'm down you know i i think

it's it's so funny every time like kind of we buy a vintage guitar or or i smell guitars because because it kind of makes me feel like I'm 10 again.

Yes.

So what was school like for you during that time?

Now that is where things juxtaposed for me because at school, I was having loved or hated. I was like very like,

hmm, he's, he's, he's, he's out control. He's wild. He's dangerous. He's very opinionated.

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