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Earlier this year, 3 Inches Of Blood vocalist Cam Pipes was interviewed by The Great Southern Brainfart; an excerpt follows:

It seems like an ongoing trend these days for bands to charge their fans to meet them. What’s your opinion on this?

"Well, in general, paying money just to meet a person? I’m not really into that. I really think it comes down to if the band is not cool to hang out and talk to their fans outside of that, then that’s really where the problem would be."
"In this day and age with the internet and all that, you’re already that accessible if you’re on top of your social media which I like to feel like we are. The fans almost demand that personal access to you anyway. It’s not like we’re playing arenas or stadiums. We can’t really hide away from the fans but it’s not like we really want to. It’s boring sitting backstage all day. You kind of want to get out there and explore the town you’re in if you can, or walk around the venue and see what’s going on when you’re not playing. Most of this tour I’ve been selling our merch so I’m there all night. If people notice that I’m out there, we’ll just chat."

3 Inches Of Blood has some pretty intense fans. Do they ever kind of creep you out at all?

"Most people are cool and occasionally you get someone who’s really annoying and gives you a rash but you just kind of do the best you can [laughs]. You don’t tell them you’re annoyed with them. You never know who’s going to be the next fucking guy in Columbus jumping on stage with a fucking gun. You’ve got to be careful. Sometimes you get those dudes that are so into it and they’re looking up at you on stage and it’s almost like they’re demanding that you pay attention to them for the whole set. You can see it in their face that they’re getting pissed off if you’re not giving them enough eye contact. That happens every now and then and it starts to freak me out. It doesn’t happen that often but every now and then."

To read the Q&A; in its entirety, click here.