Mike Bax

Bullet For My Valentine w Airbourne & Chiodos – The Fillmore, Detroit MI – May 30th 2010

Playing to an almost capacity house on Sunday night, Bullet For My Valentine along with Airbourne & Chiodos played a lively show to a crowd of screaming fanatics. I went in early to interview BFMV bassist, Jason James at 5:30pm, and there was a line-up of people two BLOCKS long waiting to enter the venue….

Lacuna Coil – Opera House Toronto – May 25th, 2010

Lacuna Coil, one of the hardest working metal bands on the planet, made their way through Toronto a few days ago, playing a headlining set to a decent sized crowd at the Opera House. Before playing ‘Heaven’s A Lie’, Cristina talked about sad days in the music industry currently, before dedicating the song to their…

Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper Molson Canadian Amphitheatre – May 21st, 2010

Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper – The Gruesome Twosome Tour. Together, Zombie and Cooper brought a phenomenal show through Toronto last week. This was the first summer show for the newly renamed Molson Canadian Amphitheatre’s 2010 line-up, and a great way to start the summer. http://www.robzombie.com | http://www.alicecooper.com

Coheed And Cambria – Sound Academy, Toronto – Wednesday May 19th, 2010

As if seeing Ozzy earlier in the afternoon wasn’t enough – I wound up whipping over to Sound Academy for press with Coheed And Cambria the same afternoon. Alex Young fielded an interview with Travis and Chris at around 5:00pm, and I walked about taking a few candid photos while he chatted them up. Afterwards,…

Ozzy & Sharon Osbourne – Scream Press Conference Casa Loma Toronto – 2:00pm, Wednesday May 19th, 2010

I still can’t get over this one. Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne fielding questions at Casa Loma on May 19th to a crowd of 70 – 80 people. I’ve been an Ozzy fan for so many years now – it felt surreal being a ‘hackie-sack kick’ away from the guy for this press event. The inquiries from…

Interview with Rob Dickinson – circa 2008 – Fresh Wine For The Horses

This interview was done by phone on May 26th, 2008. Rob Dickinson was putting out an expanded version of Fresh Wine For The Horses, focusing on servicing the album more ambitiously in North America. Mike: What time is it down there for you? Rob: It’s 10:15 in the morning. Bloody early for me. [Laughs] Mike:…

Coheed & Cambria Interview with Mike Todd February 22nd, 2008

Michael Todd took a few minutes to chat with me before hitting the stage for a show on their run of dates opening for Linkin Park throughout North America. Sadly, I did not get to see their local London, Ontario show due to a conflict. I understand they played an excellent set. Coheed & Cambria…

Switches interview with Matt Bishop & Ollie Thomas February 12th, 2008

After a genuinely horrid three and a half-hour drive into Toronto – leaving me fourty minutes late for my interview with Switches, a gracious fellow opened the front door to the Opera House and let me in. I was just shaking all of the snow off myself when he piped up with “Hi, I’m Matt,…

Silverstein Interview with Bill Hamilton February 7th, 2008

Silverstein played to a capacity crowd at London’s Cowboy’s Ranch on February 7th, 2008, Playing material from their three commercial releases. I’d seen them play before actually, on the second run of Taste of Chaos dates. I’d just forgotten I’d seen them. What struck me about seeing them this time around was that they felt like a…

Neverending White Lights Interview with Daniel Victor December 21st, 2007

I wish I had a camera trained on the entrance of Norma Jeans, as I was sitting in the venue waiting for Daniel Victor to arrive. The look of surprise on his face when he walked through the front door of the venue with his girlfriend and got an eyeful of the interior would have…

Mike Bax

Harold Perrineau discusses aspects of his character, Boyd Stevens, on the chilling hit show FROM, finally streaming in Canada on Paramount+

Dianne Wiest discusses aspects of her character Miriam McLusky on the hit show Mayor of Kingstown, now available on DVD and Blu-ray.

Steve Vai interview: Insights into the man who creates some of the tastiest guitar licks on the planet, plus his latest album ‘Inviolate.’

David Duchovny on ‘Gestureland,’ Upping His Audiobook Game, and Playing Transgender Denise Bryson on ‘Twin Peaks’ [w/ Audio]

SIXX:A.M. video interview – Park Hyatt Toronto – March 3rd, 2016

Interview with Steven Wilson – February 19th, 2016