At a time when synthesized pop and grunge were dominating the charts, New York native Lenny Kravitz erupted onto the music scene with molten vocals and ultra steamy licks. Some might have thought his message passé since the ‘80s, but the composer, actor, producer and four-time Grammy winner perpetually proves…
Interview with Chester Bennington: Dead By Sunrise Thrive In The Moonlight
Chester Bennington of Linkin Park notoriety has ventured outside of his trusty, hit-making hub for a tryst with guitarists Ryan Shuck and Amir Derakh (Julien-K and Orgy), bassist Brandon Belsky, drummer Elias Anda (Julien-K) and keyboardist Anthony Valcic to form Dead By Sunrise. Their debut album, aptly titled Out of…
Chimaira: It’s A Living: Interview with Rob Arnold
Chimaira, the Ohio outfit consisting of guitarists Rob Arnold and Matt DeVries, singer Mark Hunter, bassist Jim LaMarca, drummer Andols Herrick and keyboardist Chris Spicuzza, have released their most forcefully devastating album to date. Infection does exactly what the title implies, takes over the senses and mercilessly beats the organism…
Incubus Interview With Brandon Boyd: Reenergizing The Past, Present And Future
Incubus frontman Brandon Boyd didn’t really need to discuss how his group’s latest release, Monuments And Melodies, a greatest hits collection, charted at the number five position on the Billboard Top 200. Although that type of quantified adoration would delight any singer, Boyd seems more attuned to the messages delivered…
Dredg: Worth The Wait
Consisting of drummer/keyboardist Dino Campanella, vocalist/guitarist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles and bassist Drew Roulette, Dredg is the California quartet that continuously embodies and redefines the term avant-garde. Their fourth album, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion, once again jolts the realms of conventionality with a flair that intelligently blends…
Interview with Jonathan Davis of Korn
Unarguably, not since Ozzy Osbourne himself has metal witnessed such a multi-dimensional and transfixing enigma yet utterly relatable frontman as Korn’s Jonathan Davis. His ingenious paraphernalia included kilts, bagpipes and an H. R. Giger-crafted microphone stand, but above all, his steel plated throat and intensely enveloping psychodrama set him apart…
Interview with Todd Clark of Pilot Speed
With an organic confidence which is characteristically theirs, Canada’s Pilot Speed unmasks their second U.S. Wind-Up Records release entitled Wooden Bones. Vocalist/pianist and lyricist, Todd Clark, soon reveals where he, together with guitarist Chris Greenough, bassist Ruby Bumrah and drummer Bill Keeley, is coming from. “We’re not really one of…
Interview with John DeServio of Cycle Of Pain
“We were like 14 years old, 15 years old in high school, just loving music and playing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, Metallica, old Scorpions, and shit like that. It’s really amazing that I actually did get it from the basement to stage. It’s pretty insane,” Gratefully proclaims John DeServio,…
Interview with Rob Moshetti and Tim McMurtrie of Full Scale Riot
“Curiosity will pique their interest, and then we just gotta do the rest,” vocalist and lead shedder Rob Moschetti says to his rhythm guitarist and founding member of Full Scale Riot, Tim McMurtrie. Tim nonchalantly agrees, “We just gotta kick them in teeth.” Rob has been in bands like M.O.D,…
Interview with Papa Roach: The Creative Struggle
Over the last decade, Papa Roach have demonstrated their true staying power in rock and roll. “Last Resort” from their first record, Infest, was lightning in a bottle, and usually bands with that rapid kind of rise fade away just as fast. That’s not the case for vocalist Jacoby Shaddix,…
