I spoke with Aaron Lewis of Staind recently, and he told me how he doesn’t warm up his vocals before shows.
“I don’t warm up. I tend to be smoking one thing or the other on the way to the stage. And no, I don’t do anything to warm up. Actually, if I play acoustically, I could play every night for weeks on end and it wouldn’t hurt my voice. Playing with the band hurts my voice, because I try and keep up with volume of the band.”
Read the rest of my Aaron Lewis interview on Noisecreep.
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I spoke with the mighty King Diamond. about his reissue series with Metal Blade Records.
“These four remasters have taken up some time,” King added. “I’ve been working on the old footage that is bootleg, but we have good equipment so we can enhance the footage quite a bit. There will be a three DVD set and maybe even four-disc DVD set of Mercyful Fate.”
Read the rest of my King Diamond interview on Noisecreep.
I spoke with Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed about the early days of touring. Said Jasta,
“Every day, when my feet hit the ground, whether I am getting out of bed or rolling out of my bunk, I am grateful and humbled. I remember two or three years into the touring we did on ‘Satisfaction’ and not having enough money to even get a Motel 6, so we were sleeping on top of gear in the van.”
Read the rest of my Jamey Jasta interview on Noisecreep.
Here’s another post from interview with Maynard James Keenan, this time discussing his “job.”
“The job, and what I interpret as my job, if that’s how you want to label it, is to observe, interpret and report. We march to the beat of that drummer, so the results are different and decisions are different, since they have nothing to do with money or fame.”
Read the rest of my Maynard James Keenan interview over at Noisecreep.
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I was at the AOL studio’s and did an on camera interview with Jamey Jasta.
“At this point, we’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t.”
Watch the video interview with Jamey Jasta over at Noisecreep.
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness month, we put together ‘Pink is the New Pink: How to Create a Makeup Bag Consisting of Breast Cancer Awareness Products.’
Lips are often the focus of BCA products, as Smashbox’s limited edition, Photo Finish Lipstick in Pout was designed specifically for the Los Angeles County Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure. It’s lipstick that goes beyond lip service, since proceeds benefit funds for breast cancer research. In addition to playing up your pucker with the lipstick’s exclusive sila-silk formula, it moisturizes lips while you deposit a sexy veil of cover.
Read the rest of ‘How to Create a Makeup Bag Consisting of Breast Cancer Awareness Products’ over at Beauty News NYC.
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I spoke with Maynard James Keenan, vocalist of Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, about his very own Merkin Vineyards. Said Keenan,
“The proof is in the bottle, and that is sustaining it so far. People taste it and realize that we’re serious about this, and this is a real venture that is helping our town and valley.”
Read the rest of my interview with Maynard James Keenan at Noisecreep.
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I spoke with Rob Dukes of Exodus about his cross-country motorcycle trip. Said Dukes,
“I don’t have any expectations except to have fun and enjoy the U.S. roads at 130 miles per hour.”
Read the rest of my post over at Noisecreep.
I spoke with Kittie‘s Morgan Lander about surviving the music business. Said Lander,
“The most important is to be good at what you do and be confident. We were young and naïve when we started, and the one thing we had was that we thought we were pretty awesome. People may not have agreed at the time, but there was something there.”
Read the rest of my Morgan Lander interview over at Noisecreep.
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I spoke with Rammstein guitarist and backing vocalist Paul Landers (via a translator) about their new album, and some of the inner turmoil the band has endured. Said Landers,
“After all of the years together, there was the tendency for band members to work together in smaller groups and then contribute ideas to the whole. [Drummer Christoph ‘Doom’ Schneider] issued an ultimatum, that we needed to work together or not do it at all.”
Read the rest of my Paul Landers interview over at Noisecreep.
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