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The Ripple Effect Podcast

The Ripple Effect Podcast # 62 (Levi Benton from Miss May I)

The Ripple Effect Podcast

Ricky Varandas

Bryan, Callen, Dave, Bill, 6, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Carlin

4.6603 Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2015

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Episode 62 with Levi Benton, vocalist for metal band Miss May I. Miss May I is an American metal band from Troy, Ohio. Formed in 2007, they signed to Rise Records in 2008 & released their debut album 'Apologies Are For The Weak' while the members were still in high school. The album reached 76 on the Billboard 200, No. 29 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers & No. 66 on Top Independent Albums. The band has also had some of their material featured in big name productions; the song "Forgive and Forget" is featured on the Saw VI Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, and their song "Apologies Are for the Weak" is included in the video game Saints Row: The Third.

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We must regard again the acquisition of unborned in a world, whether sought or unsurred by the military

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successful economy. In my line of work and things I've got to keep repeating things over and over again

0:28.6

for the truth to sink in.

0:33.6

They've got to catapult the propaganda.

0:36.6

They've got a cataport the propaganda

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I've got a cataport the propaganda

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propaganda, propaganda, propaganda,

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propaganda, propaganda,

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propaganda,

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propaganda,

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pipe, right, propaganda What's up another episode of the ripple effect podcast today? We got Miss May I's

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vocalist Levy. They're from a metal band from Ohio. I've been listening to them for quite a bit.

1:08.3

I got into them soon after 09. I got to see them live.

1:12.3

And I was amazed by how young they were. They were not old enough to drink at the time.

1:16.9

I know that because they told me. And I was really impressed with just how good musicians they were.

1:22.4

Their combination of heaviness with catchiness. And I'm like, holy shit, these guys might do something special.

1:26.9

And so far, so good. They have four great albums that I can honestly say I own and recommend

1:31.7

anybody and the last album rise to the line was a another amazing album but really at heart

1:38.0

monument they're all good and so definitely check them out I'll be playing them in the background

1:42.2

of this intro because YouTube will kick me off if they actually pick up on the fact that I'm playing copyrighted music. So I'll just play them in the background. But definitely check them out. They're available everywhere you can find music. And they're always on tour, so you might be able to find them somewhere near you. And so definitely check that out. I also finished the show with the questions I've been doing for, I think, three or four episodes now.

1:44.7

I've been doing the, I think, three or four

2:02.8

episodes now. I've been doing the three or four or five questions. I start off as four, and then I added another one. And just seeing if you guys like it. You know, give me some feedback. Let me know if you think it's a good idea or a bad idea if I should just keep the casual conversation. but I figured at the end of the show

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