Interviews

Skeletonwitch Interview

Posted by Natalie on October 12, 2009 at 3:01 am

Evan and Scott of Ohio metallers Skeletonwitch caught up with me recently at their Pomona, California stop out at the Glass House to discuss briefly about the new album, current touring conditions, and everything else thrown in between.
1. How is the current tour going?
Evan: I guess you saw us what a year ago? Oh then [...]

The 69 Eyes Interview

Posted by Natalie on October 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm

Do you ever wonder about musicians and what secrets lay behind those closed doors after they’ve departed the stage? Well now the time has arisen and the secrets of the Vampire realm have been foretold and the one and only Helsinki Vampires are back from the dead, but not just back, back in blood. Frontman [...]

Story of the Year Interview

Posted by Natalie on October 1, 2009 at 12:20 am

While doing their on again/off again routine, St. Louis rockers Story of the Year or SOTY recently stopped by Long Beach to pay their respects to a local charity event but before hitting the streets they decided to do what they do best and that’s playing music. Dan, Ryan, Phillip, Adam and Josh gave me [...]

Street Drum Corps Interview

Posted by Natalie on September 26, 2009 at 3:52 am

Bobby Alt (S.T.U.N., Faculty X) of the Street Drum Corps caught up with me briefly while in the studio to discuss about the new Street Drum Corps album due out early next year.
1. Hey How are you?
Bobby: I am fantastic I’m at my home in Downtown L.A. just down the street from the new desert [...]

Buckcherry Interview

Posted by Natalie on September 15, 2009 at 10:18 pm

Buckcherry is one of those modern every day hard rock acts that just never seems to fade away or get old as other bands tend to do from time to time. As far as Buckcherry goes, this is an act worthy of a cause and that cause is to create music. Creating music since the [...]

Arch Enemy Interview

Posted by Natalie on September 12, 2009 at 2:43 pm

Melodic + Death + Metal = 13 how did this happen? I’ll tell you how it happened, it happened through the eyes of a Swedish factor this factor not just referring to one but to four other members as well this rounding up to being known as Arch Enemy.  I managed to catch up with [...]

Saint Motel Interview

Posted by Natalie on September 11, 2009 at 2:12 pm

Saint Motel is a difficult act to describe but yet very hard to resist and damn right fun overall when it comes to their theatrical set ups performance wise. But when you narrow it all down, Saint Motel is made up of A/J (Vocals,Guitars), A Sharp (Guitar), Greg Erwin (Drums and Dak (Bass), together these [...]

The Casualties Interview

Posted by Natalie on August 27, 2009 at 8:30 pm

I caught up with The Casualties on their latest touring run making their eighth stop on their current U.S. route making their mark upon the Los Angeles terrain. Their new album “We Are All We Have,” has just been released on Side One Dummy Records, and it’s easily their most aggressive album to date. Prior [...]

Toxic Holocaust Interview

Posted by Natalie on August 24, 2009 at 1:53 pm

What do you get when you combine a toxic with a holocaust? Give up? Toxic Holocaust! These punk-inflected thrash metallers out of Portland, Oregon have been kicking it old school since the 1980s. Their musical influences had ranged from a wide variety of acts, Discharge, Hellhammer, Bathory, Venom and Possessed just to name a few. [...]

Chimaira Interview

Posted by Natalie on August 22, 2009 at 2:29 am

Chimaira formed in 1998 based out of Cleveland, Ohio these metalcore thrash addicts have taken the metal genre to a whole new level after unleashing “The Infection,” Expanding a series of new material to express itself to not only the old school fans but the new comers as well. Matt spoke to me briefly on [...]