Category Archive: Interviews

May 03

KISSIN’ DYNAMITE Interview: Guitarist Gives Blood For ‘Money, Sex & Power’

Q&A with Jim Müller Germany’s Kissin’ Dynamite released its third album, Money, Sex & Power last week, and on May 1, 2012, guitarist Jim Müller and I connected on Skype to talk about the band’s latest effort. Kissin’ Dynamite was founded in 2007, with Müller, vocalist Hannes Braun, bassist Steffan Haile, drummer Andreas Schnitzer, and fellow guitarist …

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Apr 30

THE VEER UNION Interview: Eric Schraeder Divides The Blackened Sky

Crispin and Eric  step back to move forward Vancouver, B.C.’s  The Veer Union has endured a rough couple of years, but founders, Crispin Earl (vocals) and Eric Schraeder (guitars) have remained steadfast in their resolve to keep the band moving forward. This spring the duo, along with drummer Neil Beaton, and new bassist Winston Wolfe …

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Apr 30

Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza Interview: Former EXODUS Vocalist Raising The Thrash Flag Again With HATRIOT

Bay Area Thrash is alive and well In the 80s, San Francisco became the place for metalheads looking to push the envelope. While England gave the world the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), it was the Bay Area in Northern, California that became the springboard for speed, thrash, and death metal. At the …

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Apr 26

Exclusive Interview: Alexis Brown Talks The Changing Face Of STRAIGHT LINE STITCH

So much can change over the course of one year. Last spring, Knoxville metalcore merchants Straight Line Stitch were a band on fire, with a new album, a slot on multiple tours including 2011′s Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, Download Festival, and Revolver’s Hottest Women in Hard Rock. With the release of The Fight of Our Lives, the Straight …

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Apr 22

VINNIE APPICE Interview: From Playing With Mountains To Building His Own KILL DEVIL HILL

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Vinnie Appice gives birth to mayhem If Ronnie James Dio was the Man on the Silver Mountain, then Vinnie Appice spent much of his career as the man behind that mountain. If Ronnie James Dio was the ‘Man on the Silver Mountain’, then Vinnie Appice spent much of his career as the man behind that mountain. With his new project, Kill …

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Apr 21

SHINEDOWN Q&A: Drummer Barry Kerch Talks New Album, Picks Fave Iron Maiden Drummer

Shinedown interview On March 27, Jacksonville, Florida rockers Shinedown released their fourth studio album, Amaryllis and immediately got back out on the road with the 2012 Avalanche tour. The show which also features Adelitas Way and Art of Dying has been a sold-out raucous event in every city it hits. The new album, Amaryllis finds vocalist Brent …

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Apr 07

WAYLAND Frontman, Mitch Arnold Welcomes You To His Head

Michigan’s Premier House Band Before Wayland took the name of its  hometown, the band did as many young rockers across the span of time have done, and moved to Los Angeles. At the time they were known as Whiskey Circus– a name befitting a Sunset Strip band by any measure. They quickly discovered however that …

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Mar 26

Darrell Dwarf Millar Talks Automan, Killer Dwarfs, Laidlaw, and More

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On March 25, I spoke with Darrell Millar about his career, past projects, and his current band, Automan.

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Mar 25

Exclusive Interview: FOGHAT Founder Roger Earl On 40 Years of Hard Rockin’ Boogie and Blues

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Q&A with Skins Willy Few mainstream rock bands can claim the longevity of Foghat. Over 40 years and the train is still on the track. More important, the band has never wavered from its essential blues and boogie-based foundation. Sure there were the experimental years in the 80s, but at the heart of it all …

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Mar 09

Exclusive Interview: AVATAR’s Johannes Eckerström Dances The ‘Black Waltz’

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Surrender to the dark insanity… There are few things in life more exciting for a music lover than discovering a band you’d never heard before and finding them to be something of a buried treasure. It’s like a new drug for a junkie…without the bad teeth and halitosis you get after the addiction takes you …

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Mar 08

Exclusive Interview: BLACK OXYGEN’s David Lyle Discusses Living ‘The American Dream’

Breathe Deep the Darkest Light Kansas City has given us hard rock such talents as Puddle of Mudd and Red Line Chemistry in recent years. This time the “show me state” proves its rock and roll worth with Black Oxygen. The KC quartet has just released its debut album, The American Dream, a collection of …

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Mar 06

An Exclusive Interview with THE DANGLERS

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The Danglers are a Milwaukee-based trio featuring upright bass, electric violin, and drums. Self-described as heavy wooden, they bring a unique blend of rock, jazz, and something all their own to create an awesome sound.

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