Kurt Sodergren – An Xperience Interview

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Kurt Sodergren – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix.

RRX: So how are you doing today?

KS: I’m good. I’m just getting my dog’s breakfast ready right now, we just got back from the beach.

RRX: I wish.

KS: I’ve been spending a lot of time hanging out with them (dogs) and my family. We’ve been off for January and February because we were touring all October, November, and December, so it’s been pretty nice. Getting into a little routine, and I take them to the beach and run them around, come back, and feed them. We’re a little late today, but yeah, things are good.

RRX: Nice. You gotta love your dogs, man. What kind of dogs do you have?

KS: I have a blue heeler and a cattle dog. The cattle dog, we just found running around. It’s white with a brown face. And then the blue heeler are those colors, you know? They’re really good.

RRX: I know from scrolling through social media that everyone is still talking about the Super Bowl halftime show, whether they loved it or hated it. But Big Bad Voodoo Daddy did the Super Bowl halftime show back in 1999.

KS: That’s true. We did 32, and now we’re at what, Super Bowl 50-something?

RRX: Yeah, time flies. But that’s the biggest stage in the world. I mean … I couldn’t even imagine what it felt like being up there, especially with the legends that came out and played with you.

KS: Yeah, it was amazing. A dream come true to play with Stevie Wonder to play “Sir Duke,” too. I mean, it was everything you’d expect. It was, like, the best 13 minutes, you know?

RRX: Right?

KS: It was so much fun. I remember … we do our part, and then Stevie comes out and we play a tune with him, and then we kind of step off the stage and we’re just standing on the field but kind of out of the camera shot. Josh and I are just looking at each other like … can you believe this? It was unbelievable; my parents were at home, and my wife with my newborn son, and it was just a pretty magical time. I got to meet a lot of people. My first concert that my dad took me to when I was 12 in 1976 was KISS and Cheap Trick. Cheap Trick opened the show, and that had a big impression on me. But KISS actually played before the game.

RRX: Oh, really?

KS: Yeah, after that performance, they’re shuttling us to our waiting area for the halftime show, and who comes walking by but all four members of KISS. Paul Stanley sees us and must have been aware of the band because he points at us, and he goes, “Owwwww!”

(Both Laugh)

And then Peter Criss and I went on to have, like, a 15-minute chat because I was playing this Buddy Rich reissue Slingerland kit. I told him I couldn’t make up my mind to get the Gene Krupa model or the Buddy model, and he goes, “I used to take lessons with Gene in New York.” And then I just shut up, and I listened to him talk for, like, 10 minutes about drums and his life. It was amazing! I couldn’t believe it because that was one of my favorite bands when I was a kid and talking to him. It’s crazy!

RRX: Definitely, and shop talk too.

KS: Yeah, like … how does that happen?

RRX: That’s the coolest, man. It’s moments like those that really make you think it was all worthwhile in doing all this. There’s a million musicians out there that never really reach any success to have those kinds of experiences, but I’m sure you’ve had quite a few over the years.

KS: Yeah, I mean … those are great when you get to meet people that really mean a lot to you. But you know, everyone can have a moment like that just walking on the street, if they’re lucky enough to be there when someone walks by. I think the main thing for me, with this profession, is just being able to come and put a smile on somebody’s face. I don’t know what kind of day they’ve had, a good one or a bad one. But if we can put on a really good show, I can sort of tell from my vantage point and from watching the crowd whether we’re connecting or not. It’s pretty great, coming off stage and just … you know? Trying to go to sleep that night after the show is always a struggle because I’m just so amped up with adrenaline and those good feelings you get from connecting with people. It’s a pretty great job. I’d say the only downside is just the traveling.

RRX: Right. Being on the road all of the time. I’m sure it’s not always as glorious as it looks, I imagine.

KS: Oh, you miss out on a lot of stuff, so it’s a tradeoff for sure. But I would never complain about it. I don’t think that would be wise.

RRX: My band never had the success to go on a big tour, you know? We did, like, these little Northeast tours, so we could keep our day jobs. But I actually worked on the New York State Thruway for a while, and I’ve seen bands coming in all the time after the big tours. I’m like, “Oh my God, they’re eating Roy Rogers on the Thruway at 3 a.m. That stuff’s been sitting there all day.”

KS: Yeah, we’ve been to our share of truck stops. But Buc-ees, that’s a pretty good one to stop into. But to your point, though … some of my fondest memories are doing both – working the day job and playing in clubs. The band would come pick me up at my job in the van on Friday, and then we would take off to do one, two, or sometimes three shows if I could get the Monday off from work. It was so fun, so exciting, and playing in a small place … the energy is just phenomenal. There’s all kinds of different feelings playing. You could play big performing arts centers, and sometimes it’s gonna be where everyone’s sitting down and you’re not gonna get the same response.

But yeah, I loved that time, too, and I have on occasion played in other bands around town just so I can get that experience again and play in a small bar for nothing, you know? Play for a sandwich, and it’s still really fun. After the initial … “I play music because I wanna meet girls,” I realized that I love this! This is really fun, and that’s the whole reason I play music. I actually had to make a choice: “Do I wanna do music, or do I want to stay at my job? And so I had to make that decision. Fortunately, they gave me a year’s leave of absence to figure it out, and then I just never came back.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

March 26th 7:30pm

For Tickets Visit: tickets.troymusichall.org

Slip ‘N Slide – The Weird Side of the Internet

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March 3, 2025

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Slip ‘N Slide – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

There are things you talk about, and there are things you don’t. This is one of those things you don’t. It’s low-brow; I’m just telling you now. Have you heard of the new NBC show “Ultimate Slip ‘N Slide”? Probably not, because production’s been halted. But it sounds cool, right? Hell yeah. I say this in spirit, because I don’t think I was ever on a slip ‘n slide when I was a kid. Not much grass around my neighborhood growing up. Or something, I don’t know. But this show does sound cool. It is described thusly, “wet-and-wild new series [that] takes the spirit of the classic backyard slide and transforms it into a real-life water park full of gigantic slippery rides with the chance to take home a big cash prize.”

But production was halted when forty people among the contestants and crew developed explosive diarrhea. I said this was lowbrow. I mean really bad, “explosive diarrhea,” its all in the name. Porta-pottie lifelines, people collapsing, etc. They said a test of one man showed Giardia, a parasite that causes, you guessed it…

My only question is, we’re they on the slides when this happened? I mean, this could’ve been bad or this could’ve been REALLY bad. And maybe I ask this for the same reason I don’t go into public pools, the absolute fear that whatever bugs are being released into the water by children and gross people has started chugging chlorine shakes and has immunity.

I don’t think I’m going to be able to watch that show now. Not so much because of the diarrhea – I’m sure they’ll clean the slide off – but because who the hell still has network channels these days? I only got the three shows I watch, and they’re M.A.S.H., House, and The Cleveland Show. In other words, slipping and sliding will miss me by a mile, and may Giardia miss me by two.

Leslie Mendelson @ The Linda, 2/23/2025

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March 2, 2025

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Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Leslie Mendelson returned to The Linda for a performance before a run of tour dates in the Midwest. Longtime collaborator Steve McEwan accompanied her.

Photography by Timothy Reidy.

The AM’s / Zan and the Winter Folk @ Hangar on the Hudson, 2/22/2025

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March 2, 2025

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Saturday, February 22, saw The AM’s celebrating the release of their new album, “Here Comes That Broken Heart” at the Hangar on the Hudson. Zan and the Winter Folk kicked things off.

Check out The A.M.’s new album here.

Photography by Timothy Reidy.

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Peter Zaremba – Xperience History

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March 2, 2025

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Peter Zaremba – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny.

Originally published November 2020.

Since 1976, THE FLESHTONES have been blending R&R and R&B, serving it across the globe with smiles, attitude, sweat and calling it SUPER ROCK! The band has recently released a new recording “Face of The Screaming Werewolf”. I figured this would be a good time to talk with Peter Zaremba the legendary frontman of the band. Peter has a true Rock-n-Roll renaissance man. He is a radio host, artist, travel writer , recording artist and troubadour. Let’s hear what he has to say.

RRX: I first became aware of you by watching IRS the Cutting edge as a TV host but you are the frontman for The Fleshtones, a radio host on Little Steven’s channel and a travel writer. How does each of these roles differ and what is your approach?

PZ: My approach is the same, but I don’t throw myself around when I’m hosting for Little Steven’s Underground Garage or travel/food writing -which had totally bitten the dust a while ago. Too bad that was a fun way to make money and friends. Like hosting the Cutting Edge I approach all these things as a fan -not as a ‘professional’, so apologies to Jon and Val the directors of the Cutting Edge who had to put up with me. But I think I gave them something ‘fresh’. The viewpoint of a fan, not a hack. And that’s why making music with the Fleshtones is still fun, we’re a bunch of fans although I suspect Bill and Ken of previous professionalism.

RRX: The Fleshtones are best known as a touring band with legendary live shows. How has the band coped with the shut down of live performances?

PZ: The truth is 2020 has been the first year we haven’t performed since we started in 1976, so that’s how we’ve ‘coped’ or not coped really. And the band is scattered across the globe which makes it hard for us to do any ‘virtual’ performances. Keith however has been doing stuff with his friends in Sweden and France -lucky Keith. he’s such a great performer it would be a real crime if he couldn’t, but a little Covid isn’t gonna hold him back! And I’m ready to go when the call finally comes in.

RRX: What do you see as the future for live music and touring?

PZ: I am fearful. Most ‘live’ venues were barely holding on as it was. They were a true labor of love by a surprisingly few devoted people around the globe like YOU. If this pandemic persists, which I hope it does not, things don’t look good. Who wants to go out and get infected? Peoples attitudes are different now than say 1969 when the Hong Kong flu killed well over a 100,000 Americans and our response was -Woodstock. That said, I don’t want to be responsible for anyone getting ill so I’ll just pray for an effective vaccine or that this just burns itself out as other pandemics have done.

RRX: I have noticed that each band member has “side” projects , one of yours being Peter Zaremba’s Love Delegation. How does the experience differ from a Fleshtones recording?

PZ: The Love Delegation was very similar to The Fleshtones. That was just at a time when we weren’t able to release any records and I had a pile of songs I wanted to do. Keith and I were deep into the Pyramid/ Lower East Side scene then. a huge pool of incredible talent so The Love Delegation was the natural -and fun, thing to do. Besides, I didn’t see the Fleshtones recording high energy ‘garage disco’ tracks. Maybe that was a mistake. Anyway with Wendy Wild and Ricky Rothschild being gone so is any chance of a return of the Love Delegation. Besides, I couldn’t finance recordings like that like I did then. And how DID I finance those?! ! I took a real hit! Keith’s doing stuff with his pals in Sweden and Ken with friends on the Beacon, NY scene, with a release on Rum Bar Records of songs he had already recorded with us re-recorded in a personal style. My only project is a series of Count Zaremba 45s -but I only sing in French. Again I had the time on my hands and figured if I bother doing something not Fleshtones it should be different. These records are just me and our friend Florent Barbier who records and plays almost all the instruments, besides coaching me in French which is his hardest job of all. So far we’ve done two 45s. I’ve got a really hot song in mind for the third record. I hope Flo is free so we can record it! I’m excited!!

RRX: And now for a different type of question. Everyone asks musicians about their influences. Influences don’t interest me. What I would like to know is, who are your guilty please bands?

PZ: Right off the top of my head Bert Kaempfert -the German king of ‘easy listening’. His recordings are genius. We’ve got a ‘tip of the hat’ to Burt on our latest album. I like polka bands, but what’s that to feel guilty about? Other than that, nothing really comes to mind. I really never understood heavy metal or most hard rock so I can’t surprise you with that and if I said Billy Joel just to shock you I wouldn’t be telling the truth, but he did record one great track with his first band The Hassles -’Traveling Band’.
Thanks Artie -great questions. I really hope I get to see you sooner than later -in action!

Peter

Happy is a Rose – The Weird Side of the Internet

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March 2, 2025

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Happy is a Rose – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

What’s in a name? If that isn’t the most tired clichés of openings whenever a name comes in, but names are important. No matter what label gets slapped on us throughout our lives, our names are the first, and closest one. If you have a name like Bill Smith or Sarah Jones (no offense to anyone so-named) you may not pay much attention to your name aside from hearing it when you get to the front of the line at the DMV. But I can attest to the fact that, being a ‘Liam’ in the eighties, the travails of an odd name can pop up throughout your life as a storm cloud. Silver lining, of course, is that ‘Liam’ had the capability of becoming popular, and it did.

But am I Happy? Nope.

‘Happy’ is the name of Japanese man Terauchi Happy. Yes, Happy is his first name. His mother named him after the feeling she had when he was born. And this is the reason he hasn’t had it changed. But it’s been nothing but a source of vexation in his life.

I think you can imagine what the kids did to him in school, bullying him and marveling that, as they’re pummeling him, that he’s still ‘Happy.’ And I can imagine it was a schoolyard sport to find unique ways to crack on him.

Work hasn’t been much better, employers throwing away his resume thinking it was a prank. Apparently sales is the only vocation in which his name is a plus.

Worst thing is it killed his engagement to be married, as her family just couldn’t get over it. And I think this might be do to it being in Japan, where traditional values might hold a bigger sway, but I could be wrong, because depending on the family in America, a guy named Happy might not get asked to pass the mashed potatoes… not by name.

Parents, name your kid wisely.

Jaime Roberts – An Xperience Interview

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March 2, 2025

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Jaime Roberts – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix.

RRX: I’m talking to Jaime Roberts, and I don’t know if you know this, but to radio people like myself, you’re a legend around here.

JR: I don’t know about that, but thank you for your kindness.

RRX: You’re a name that’s been floating around for such a long time. I mean … I feel like I’ve been in radio a long time, but you’ve been in it longer than I have. How long has it been?

JR: It’s 37 years this year.

RRX: To work in radio is a blessing, to be able to do something that you love.

JR: Amen. Yeah, I absolutely agree 1000%. I consider myself blessed every day.

RRX: We were really feeling for everyone when the axe came down at the old company there, but I was very happy to see that you recovered pretty quickly.

JR: Yeah, I listen to people say “I feel blessed” kind of flippantly, but I don’t mean it flippantly. I was over at the other place for 24 years doing mornings, and you know? Corporate is what it is, and anybody that knows anything about radio knows that axe can come at any time for no reason at all. So to be straight with you, because I’ve worked in radio so long … I was crazy sad when it happened, but I wasn’t surprised … because you just know that that’s part of the gig. It could happen at any time. But … talk about being blessed: people who had listened let people here in the Capital Region know that they missed having me on the air. I have a lot of good friends at Albany Broadcasting who also were excited to sit down and talk with me, and thankfully, everybody was able to come together. And within less than two months, I was back on the air, which made me very, very happy!

RRX: Tell us about your new gig.

JR: I love it. Doing mornings on Magic 100.5 and for our old schoolers, AM 590. It’s great, we’re kind of moving the station forward and playing more music now from the ‘70s, late ‘70s, even the early ‘80s, which really excites me. It’s more along the lines of what I did at the old place, if you will. I’m really digging it. Ben Patten, who’s been doing mornings there for a long time, is my partner in crime. Ben has a ton of jobs; let me just say that. He’s doing traffic and weather, but he also gets to pop in and do bits with me on the air, which is fantastic because for a long time I didn’t have a partner; listeners were my partner. So it’s nice to have Ben there because we can bounce things off each other. It’s great, and it’s fresh, and (you know because you’ve been in the business a long time) you can be a little stale from doing that same thing. It’s kind of nice to have a freshness to it, a new challenge to it. Not that I wasn’t happy to get up and do it in the past, but now there’s an extra added excitement to getting up and doing it.

RRX: I love that. Magic’s a great station. The music is great. I’ve listened to Magic for quite some time. I listened to your old station for quite some time, too, but I’ve moved on.

JR: Well, I appreciate that. Thank you.

RRX: I don’t know if you remember this … but I was on a competing station many moons ago, probably like 24 years ago. You were on right before we went on; I believe it was the Jaime and Joe Show. And the big jerk that I was working with had this thing where …

JR: Gosh, yeah. You guys used to prank call a lot, and I couldn’t get the dump button fast enough.

RRX: Yeah, I felt terrible about it after the fact, but I mean … in retrospect, that was great radio.

JR: It was brutal. You would have thought that our producer would have figured out not to answer the call. And no, I will not throw anyone out of the bus but … boy, there were a couple of days there when you guys got us good because we hit the dump button, and got you on the phone again, and you said some words that are not supposed to be on the radio, certainly not in the middle of the afternoon.

RRX: That was the only show prep we did. Because we went on the air right after that.

JR: Oh my God, that’s hysterical. Listen, it worked for you, and certainly no hard feelings on my part. How do you not laugh at that? C’mon.

RRX: So it’s funny … I remember it wasn’t too much longer that you ended up joining the company I was working for. I see you on the other side of the studio glass, and I’m thinking, she must hate me.

JR: No, I really hold no grudges in radio because … listen, everybody’s trying to do their thing, right? As long as nobody’s trying to be intentionally hurtful and harmful, how do you hold a grudge about any of that stuff? Especially in those days; radio is different now than it was back then. It was kind of like cowboy radio, and everybody could try and do their thing, but certainly no grudge at all.

RRX: Well, I just think it’s a fond memory now.

JR: No, I agree, and not to be corny, but in a way, all of those interactions and all of those experiences only make you better on the air. So, I say, bring it on!

RRX: Exactly. So, that just goes to show there’s a lot of history there with everything that you’ve done in radio, and I’m sure LinkedIn doesn’t show your entire resume.

JR: I worked in a bunch of different formats. The very first format I worked in was heavy metal. When I was going to school, I was like … I’m never gonna work in heavy metal. I don’t know anything about it. And, of course, that was the first job that was offered to me. So what do you do? You gotta work in heavy metal. But you know what? I found out that I didn’t hate it. The great thing about working in so many different formats is, things that you think you don’t like, you find out you really end up liking. I worked in heavy metal, AC, country, and talk. As a kid who grew up so heavy on pop culture and so into the radio, I was the kid that would call the DJ and ask, “Can you please play a song?” Not to age myself, but I was always a huge Cher fan. There I am working at Fly 92, and Cher comes to town during her “If I Could Turn Back Time” tour, and I get to go backstage and hang out with her for like 10 minutes. That’s the thing about radio, you always have that little kid inside of you, and when you get those moments … oh my God, I can’t believe I had the chance to do this.

RRX: So remind them when you are on!

JR: Join us every weekday morning on Magic 100.5FM and 590AM from 5 -10 a.m. We’ll play great music, we’ll have fun, and there’s always prizes.

The Hammerhead Horns @ McGeary’s, 2/22/2025

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March 1, 2025

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A Carnival-themed Saturday night at McGeary’s with the Hammerhead Horns.

Photography by Timothy Reidy.

Jeff Golden – An Xperience Interview

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March 1, 2025

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Jeff Golden – An Xperience Interview – by Jesse Skinner.

“Set your goals and go for it!”

Originally from Connecticut, Jeff Golden started his journey as a veteran local musician, working with notable heavy metal acts such as Goatwhore, Thy Will be Done, and Crowbar. Currently, he’s the bassist for the iconic metal band Six Feet Under, led by death metal pioneer Chris Barnes. He got his start just like any other metalhead, buying albums and performing in his own local music scene. Jeff Golden moved up in his career: played with some iconic bands while also being hired to play in bands he looked up to. During the current co-headlining Revenge of the Underworld tour lead by Nile and Six Feet Under, Jeff took time out of his busy schedule to give RadioRadioX a glimpse into what forged him into being an accomplished musician.

RRX: What equipment do you use while on tour with Six Feet Under?

JG: I’m using a GK 2001RB head with an Ampeg 8×10; we are sharing cabs and drums with Psycroptic. I’m using a DarkglassB7K ultra pedal. For my bass, I’m using an LTD B4-E.

RRX: How did your journey lead you to tour with Six Feet Under?

JG: I’ve been working with Chris and SFU since 2011. When I saw that their bassist left them, I sent an email to an address I found on the SFU website. I received a reply quickly. At that point, SFU had a bassist already that they were working with, but needed a fill-in for the Christmas metal festival in Germany later that year (2011). I sent in a few live videos of bands that I previously toured with the year before (Thy Will Be Done and Goatwhore). Throughout 2011, I would meet up with Chris and Steve Swanson, along with Chris’ nephew Ryley, who played drums, for rehearsals. From that point on, I have been tech, stage manager, merch, and touring bassist numerous times. SFU is a band that I’ve always enjoyed touring with! My mom gave me the “Haunted” CD for Christmas one year when I was about 15, and have been a fan since.

RRX: Do you have any memorable moments from the current tour you would like to share?

JG: All the shows on this tour have been great! My mom and my stepdad were at the Charleston, SC, show. I was finally able to introduce Chris to my parents, and my mom had a ticket stub from 2004, when my band (at that time) opened for SFU at the Webster Theater in Hartford, CT. I’m originally from Connecticut. Chris signed the ticket stub, and my mom has added that to her collection of tour items and photos that she has of me. My mom’s always been really supportive of this rock ‘n’ roll dream of mine! The Greensboro, NC, show is another special show for me as well. My sister and brother-in-law live about 80 miles from there, and my brother-in-law brought my 16-year-old niece to her first concert, and it just happened to be her uncle playing it. She got a SFU shirt and wore it to school the next day! The Worcester show was also a highlight for me – my friends and I grew up going to shows all over Connecticut and Massachusetts. The Palladium was a venue we frequented a lot in our teenage years and early twenties. Two of my friends that introduced me to death metal and Cannibal Corpse when we were teenagers were at that show. One of my favorite parts of touring (besides the shows) is being able to see friends and family that we don’t get to see often.

RRX: What are your main influences that got you into playing your music style?

JG: My influences for bass started off with Jason Newsted, Rex Brown, Peter Steele, and of course … Lemmy.

RRX: At what age did you start playing music, and how did you decide you wanted to be a working musician?

JG: I started playing saxophone in elementary school, around 6th grade if I remember correctly. I moved onto guitar at 13 years old and bass at 14. Music has always been something that was around me; my mom plays piano really well. I remember saving up my Christmas money to buy the Metallica box set “Live Sh*t: Binge & Purge.” Watching those live shows got me hooked on wanting to travel and play shows. I started touring in 2008, and from then on, I knew that’s what I wanted to do. My first band, My Uncle the Wolf, opened for Ministry on their C U LaTour, European leg (2008). After that, I played bass for Thy Will Be Done on the Bound by the Road tour (2010), which also included Goatwhore, Suffocation, and DevilDriver. I filled in for Goatwhore for a week on that tour as well. From then, I joined up with Six Feet Under 2011 – present. I was the bassist for Crowbar from 2013-2016 and played bass on part of the tour with Lord Dying in 2016.

RRX: Do you have any other musical endeavors currently in the works?

JG: My wife, Katie, and I have a band called Blood of the Earth. We have a demo EP out now entitled “ …and the Pillars Shook.” It’s a mixture of our influences, and includes elements of doom, sludge, atmospheric, metal, and some symphonic parts. Katie is a classically trained pianist, and she programmed the drums as well as played keys. I’m doing the bass and guitars. We are currently a two-piece instrumental band, and will possible add vocals and a full lineup. After we get back from the Revenge of the Underworld tour, we are aiming to re-record /mix our debut EP, and add a few new songs to make it a full length.

RRX: What was the most memorable moment of your career?

JG: It’s hard to pick one memorable moment. I reached a lot of goals/dreams over the years, such as playing on stage with musicians that I looked up to since high school, and becoming friends with them, such as Chris Barnes and Sammy Duet to name a few. And being able to play overseas and countless festivals, such as Bloodstock, Hellfest, Brutal Assault, and Desertfest London and Berlin when I was with Crowbar. I also met my wife on tour – her previous band was supporting SFU in Europe in December 2019. We became friends for a few years and recently just got married in October. Music has brought a lot of really awesome people into my life, and for that, I’m extremely grateful.

RRX: If you could tour with any band, who would it be?

JG: Clutch would be a band I would love to tour with. I’ve seen them a few times, and it’s always an awesome show – great music and bass lines! I haven’t met them yet, but I’m a huge fan.

RRX: What advice would you give to a younger musician just starting out?

JG: Practice your craft and set goals for yourself. Start off small and get comfortable with playing. It won’t happen overnight, and there’ll be a lot of people telling you that it won’t work out. Ignore the naysayers. If you have the determination to do it, then you’ll be able to make it happen. It’s tough at times, but it’s worth it. Right now, from what I’m noticing, social media is a huge part of it as well, as far as marketing and followers go. I’ll be 44 on this tour, and I’m still getting the hang of the social media stuff. Set your goals and go for it!

Photo by Rachel Skinner.