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Dee Snider’s manager on life in the fast lane and the devil’s time.
Daniel Stanton is the brains behind Coallier Entertainment, a New York-based full-service artist management company whose whose client list has included over the years Dee Snider, Adrenaline Mob, Loudness, Foreigner, Dee Snider, Bonnie Tyler, Lizzy Borden, Joey Belladonna, Sebastian Bach, Jeff Scott Soto, Steven Adler, KILLCODE, Adam and the Metal Hawks…the list goes on and…
Seattle mastering engineer who also recorded the birth of grunge.
Never underestimate the value of an experienced mastering engineer. That person ultimately determines how your song or album sounds…forever. Chris Hanzsek has that critical experience, with a jaw-dropping list of credits to back it up, including recording the first EPs from Accüsed, Green River, and Melvins, plus the release of the seminal 1986 Deep Six…
Gimme Radio Brian Turner, Program Director: “Generally it’s an open field. We will air hugely known bands as well as completely unknown. [The] only criteria is that the band has something original to say, and is coming from a pure place, as faithful to or as outside the lines of what’s traditional in the past…
The new album from Denver’s Of Feather and Bone is pummeling stuff and sounds terrific, thanks in part to tracking done by Ben Rohmsdahl at his new space, Juggernaut Audio. Ben’s credits go back to his time on guitar in Denver’s Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire, who put out an LP and…
Owner of Tridroid Records on running a cassette label, choosing which bands to work with, and the value of good art.
From the avantgarde metal of Violet Cold to the stoner rock of Mothership and everything in between, owner Christine Kelly of Tridroid Records has been supporting the musical visions of creative people from around the world ever since she bought the label in 2016. They’ve issued gorgeous boutique cassette re-releases of high profile bands (the…
Drummer, producer and studio owner on working with bands, drumming for hire, and the importance of pre-production before starting a session.
The Rock Spot on the south side of Chicago was a meat packing plant in a previous life, but today it’s home to a large number of musicians and artists. Deep in the building’s labyrinth of hallways, Dan Klein has turned a 400 sq ft concrete room with tall ceilings into a comfortable single-room studio…
Insight from the prolific illustrator on why good art should be important to bands, plus advice on approaching artists for work and maintaining a high level of productivity.
If you’re involved in the doom or stoner scene, you’re probably familiar with the work of Minnesota-based artist, David Paul Seymour as his work has been quite popular with the weedian set for the last few years. At dank, dimly lit shows overrun with faded prints on black tshirts, a typical DPS design — loose,…
Singer, songwriter, bassist and band leader on Doomstress’ whirlwind first 3 years.
Houston’s Doomstress was officially christened as such in 2016, but the musical partnership at the center of it has existed since at least 2005 when bassist/vocalist “Doomstress” Alexis Hollada joined guitarist Brandon Johnson in Well of Souls. That lineup released an EP in 2005 and splintered but Alexis, Brandon and drummer Raymond Matthews resurfaced a…
Chicago guitarist on his work with Novembers Doom, The Kahless Clone and his tablature publishing company, Resistance HQ Publishing.
Guitarist Vito Marchese jumped straight into the deep end when he joined Chicago’s Novembers Doom in 2005. He was 23 years old and Novembers Doom — the death/doom band founded in 1989 as death/thrash band Laceration before shifting styles and ultimately changing its name in 1992 — was coming into sharp focus after recruiting ex-Neurotoxin guitarist…