Interviews

Home

Interviews

Blowin’ Wind with Kyng’s Tony Casteneda: “We got a ton of advice and to have someone like Dave Mustaine on our side is absolutely amazing. “

Don

Interviews

August 22, 2014

Blowin’ Wind with Saturn’s Robin Tidebrink: “I have seen so many bands that I love on record but when you go to the live show it sounds horrible. I don’t want that. I want us to sound the same on the recordings as we do live.”

Don

Interviews

August 20, 2014

Blowin’ Wind with Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan: “With Rise of the Damnation Army I’m just so damn proud of those songs. I think we really stepped it up.”

Don

Interviews

August 8, 2014

Interview with Municipal Waste’s Ryan Waste: “Judas Priest was the first band that I got obsessed with. Screaming for Vengeance is probably the one that made me say, “Wow. This is what heavy metal is.””

Don

Interviews

May 10, 2017 0

Municipal Waste is back and after much demand from their diehard fan base, the band is set to release their...

Interview with Municipal Waste’s Tony Foresta: “I proudly stand against Trump. I don’t give a shit if it’s not patriotic. I love my country but I think our president’s a piece of shit.”

Don

Interviews

May 5, 2017 0

Thought provoking, funny, intelligent, outspoken, and honest are just a few words that I can use to describe Tony Foresta. ...

Interview with Tesla’s Frank Hannon: “We realize how lucky we are to be able to continue to do this 35 years later. We hit rock bottom and you’ve got to go through it to get through it. The hard times definitely make you appreciate the good times.”

Don

Interviews

May 3, 2017 0

Tesla is hands down one of my favorite bands from the 80’s. The band was very much a working class...

Blowin’ Wind with Powerglove’s Nick Avila: “I think the more seriously that heavy metal bands take themselves, the funnier they are.”

Don

Interviews

April 24, 2017 0

“I love the Powerglove. It’s so bad!” This quote from the 1989 movie The Wizard pretty much sums up my...

Blowin’ Wind with Troubled Horse’s Tom Jondelius: “We joke a lot about the dark times here in Sweden during the winter and fall. Right now, it’s pretty dark around here. That kind of thing influences you and how you write.”

Don

Interviews

April 14, 2017 0

Sweden has been without a doubt leading the pack as far as turning out some of my favorite bands. Graveyard,...

Blowin’ Wind with Kyng Drummer Pepe Clarke: “There are no more superstars. Bands are guys that are struggling in life. There’s no more Motley Crue type of bands where everyone is a millionaire. That just doesn’t happen anymore.”

Don

Interviews

March 17, 2017 0

Kyng is a band that has been not only a very important band to this blog but a very important...

Interview with Geoff Tate: “Even though it would be in my best interest to sit here in an interview and say, “Oh yeah. We were really great together. I miss that. I wish everybody would get back together and be all hunky dory again.” Honestly, I’m enjoying what I’m doing now. I like my life.”

Don

Interviews

March 6, 2017 0

In 2016, Geoff Tate and his band Operation: Mindcrime did a very successful North American tour with Ace Frehley and...

Blowin’ Wind with Striker’s Dan Cleary: There are some younger bands that are super popular but they’re just not doing the traditional style of metal. I just think that on the spectrum of metal, there’s a magnifying glass on a different area of it right now.

Don

Interviews

February 17, 2017 0

For nearly 10 years now, Striker has been keeping the flag of traditional heavy metal flying high and proud. Considered...

Blowin’ Wind with Ratt Vocalist Stephen Pearcy: “Ratt will be 34 years old next year and honestly, we didn’t think any of this would last. We took the ride and we took it all the way. Some survived and some didn’t. Some of us are still kickin’.”

Don

Interviews

January 16, 2017 0

Anyone my age, give or take a few years, can remember a time when Ratt was larger than life. Ratt...

Blowin’ Wind with Slik Toxik/Punishment Guitarist Kevin Gale: “I’m one of the luckiest motherfuckers on this planet to be honest. If it wasn’t for the guys that I play with, I wouldn’t be playing music. These guys make it so that I enjoy music again.”

Don

Interviews

January 11, 2017 0

Back in 1992, a little band from Canada by the name of Slik Toxik released an album called Doin’ the...

Music News

Random

Album Reviews

Random

Concert Reviews

Featured

Album By Album Challenge

Random

Interviews