Tommy Vext. How This Lone Wolf Reinvented Himself. Episode 547 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)

​​Tommy Vext, is an American heavy metal singer and songwriter known as the former lead vocalist of Bad Wolves, Divine Heresy, and Westfield Massacre. As a solo act, he goes by The Lone Wolf. Vext began his music career in Brooklyn, New York as a teenager singing in local hardcore bands and engaging in freestyle rap battles with the neighborhood's preeminent hopefuls. Being too young, Vext had to sneak into clubs even for his own shows. In 1996, he formed the band Maniacal Disciple with friends Jim Donovan, Steve Perlmutter, and Mike Kontaras, eventually changing their name to "Vext" (a word he found in Wu-Tang Clan's lyrics), which eventually became his nickname after he started to be known as "Tommy Vext" in the New York hardcore scene. After his exit from Bad Wolves, Vext started a GoFundMe campaign for a solo record of original music. He also started uploading a series of cover songs he recorded in 2020 onto his YouTube account, as well as announcing tour dates for a "Fuck Cancel Culture Tour" in April 2021. His GoFundMe campaign raised over $175,000 before Vextstated on March 15, 2021 that he would not be releasing it due to being "financially bullied into submission.” In this episode, Brad and Tommy talk about everything and break down cancel culture as well as what has happened over the last three years in America. Check out Tommy here https://www.tommyvextofficial.com  Follow Tommy @thelonewolfgang   Bomb: Go where you’re celebrated, not tolerated Bomb: “No.” Is a complete sentence Bomb: Live every day like you could die tomorrow Bomb: How the universe reacts the day of commitment Bomb: “You can’t steal the magic.” Bomb: Your principles are inside of you- you turn it into reality…