This week’s interview is with THE SHELL CORPORATION! We talk with Jan Drees and Curtiss Lopez outside Illegal Pete’s in Denver, Colorado. We chat with the guys about their early musical memories, how they got into punk rock, why they play and other musical origins. We also talk about their love of Bad Religon & Propagandhi, their new record, Mandrake; angry lyrics, tour life and oh so much more in today’s audio adventure! Read Jan’s 13 Common Sense Guidelines for Playing In A (Punk) Band at: http://dyingscene.com/news/13-common-sense-guidelines-for-playing-in-a-punk-band/ 69 DUDES! This episode features “Maguire’s Plea” & “Appetite For Distraction” from the 2014’s MANDRAKE, out now […]
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33 – POLAR BEAR CLUB’s Jimmy Stadt talks his early musical influences, and how acting and the art of becoming some else takes stage! All this and more!
THIS WEEK’S EPISODE OF THE MOSTLY HARMLESS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE DENVER COMIC CON! VISIT http://www.denvercomiccon.com for more information! Polar Bear Club are one hell of a band. Jimmy Stadt, lead singer du tour of PBR is on hell of a guy. I joined Jimmy backstage at the band’s April 10th stop at The Fillmore Auditorium with Bad Religion and The Bronx. I had known from previous interviews that Jimmy was super intelligent, well spoken young man. I was thrilled to find out how well we got along and the magnus opus of an interview that followed. Jimmy and I […]
THE ART OF AN INTERVIEW Damian interviews JAY BENTELY of BAD RELIGION, and give us advice on conducting a better interview!
I’ve been doing interviews with bands since I was seventeen years old. Over the years people have asked my advice in how they can do their own interviews. Most recently I interviewed Tom May from The Menzingers. Their tour manager, Scotty Bell, is a good friend of mine and wrote me telling me that Tom thought the interview was great and that my questions were “really gonzo-esque and off the wall.” Scott was thinking of interviewing bands and asked me for tips. As with the other, people who has asked, I wrote him a couple of thousand words about my […]