By Mike Bax There isn’t really too much preamble one can put down for Joe Satriani that hasn’t already been said. He is a world renowned living guitar legend, arguably the best technical guitarist on the planet. As a teacher, some of the guitarists Satriani has taught include Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk…
Category: Interviews
A resurrected Interview with Henry Rollins – 2011
#TBT Henry Rollins Interview from February 22nd, 2011 By Mike Bax Photo by Maura Lanahan In this, the fiftieth year in the life of Henry Rollins, the former Häagen-Daz employee, punk rock icon, public speaker and avid traveler decided there was no other way to turn fifty than to tour it. Being the self-professed road…
Elle King Interview – Toronto, Canada – June 2nd, 2015
By Mike Bax Elle King (the daughter of London King and comedian Rob Schneider) has recently released her debut album Love Stuff on RCA/Sony Music. Last week, she ended up in Toronto for a few days doing some press and a wonderful club show at the Drake Underground in Toronto. Love Stuff sounds like an…
An Interview with J. G. Thirlwell (FOETUS WISEBLOOD STEROID MAXIMUS)
#TBT – Conducted Circa 2009 By Mike Bax Photo by Maya Hardinge It’s utterly surreal to me that Jim G Thirlwell is the kind of musician who is still a relative unknown in the grand scheme of things. The Australian born Thirlwell has been in music for almost thirty years now, and is quite respected amongst…
Interview with Dustin Hill of Black Pussy – May 28th, 2015
Interview and photos by Mike Bax If you were to simply Google Black Pussy, you *might* not like the results that your search would reveal. Googling “Black Pussy band” however, would get you to the bandcamp page of the five individuals making original music sounding like the lovechild of early 1970’s psychedelia bands mixed with…
Interview with Clutch drummer Jean-Paul Gaster – London Music Hall – May 21st, 2015
Interview by Mike Bax http://www.pro-rock.com http://www.facebook.com/Clutchband twitter.com/clutchofficial Jean-Paul Gaster of Clutch London – May 21st, 2015 Missing Link tour w Mastodon & Graveyard 2015
Interview with Kimmy Robertson (Lucy Moran) Twin Peaks – July 23rd, 2014
#TBT Interview by Mike Bax CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution https://www.facebook.com/TwinPeaksTV https://www.facebook.com/cbshomeentertainment http://andthemissingpieces.tumblr.com https://www.facebook.com/welcometotwinpeaks Next week, Twin Peaks will see its first release on Blu-ray. CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution have prepared a ten-disc Blu-ray set dedicated to delivering the best possible Twin Peaks experience to fans of the…
Interview with Marcos Leal of Shattered Sun – March 26th, 2015
Interview & photo by Mike Bax This week marks the release of Shattered Sun’s debut album Hope Within Hatred. Signed to Victory Records, the album boasts ten original songs and a wonderful Testament cover of ‘Return To Serenity’. It showcases a strong lyrical and musical prowess harkening back to the early days of thrash metal…
Interview with Steve Zetro Souza of Exodus – March 27th, 2015
Interview by Mike Bax Currently on a four-week run of dates with Testament and Shattered Sun, Exodus is riding on a career high at the moment with the recent release of Blood In, Blood Out, arguably the band’s finest album since the earliest material from the mid-1980s. Thrash historians all know the story of Legacy…
Testament Exodus Shattered Sun Interview – Dark Roots of Thrash II Tour April 2015
Chuck Billy, Steve Zetro Souza and Marcos Leal Discuss the Dark Roots of Thrash II Tour Interviews by Mike Bax For thrash metal fans, the upcoming April 2015 four-week run of dates featuring Testament, Exodus and Shattered Sun could very well prove to be the tour of the year, considering the three decade legacy of…
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