Interviews

Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix on Playing Live, Loving Facebook [Interview]

Jacoby Shaddix, frontman for hard rock band Papa Roach, knows how to get a crowd on its feet. Shaddix checks in to talk about Papa Roach’s killer live show.
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Static-X’s Wayne Static: ‘Pighammer’ is About Transition [Interview]

Static-X main man Wayne Static releases his debut solo album, Pighammer, Oct. 4. Read what Static has to say about the new album, and listen to the podcast!
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Switchfoot’s Jerome Fontamillas Goes Inside ‘Vice Verses’ [Interview]

Switchfoot’s upcoming album, Vice Verses, is out this week, and guitarist Jerome Fontamillas is chatting about the new album and touring with Anberlin.
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Texas in July’s Ben Witkowski Stays True to His Vision [Interview]

Texas in July’s Ben Witkowski chats about the band’s new album, their latest video for “1000 Lies” and why the Texas in July’s faith-based message the most important part of their metal music.
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P.O.D.’s Sonny Sandoval: New Album Will Drop Next Spring [Interview]

P.O.D. vocalist Sonny Sandoval chats with Audio Ink Radio about the Rock Allegiance Tour and P.O.D.’s upcoming album with rock producer Howard Benson.
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Crossfade Guitarist: ‘Prove You Wrong’ Pushes the Boundaries [Interview]

Crossfade guitarist Les Hall talks about the group’s new album We All Bleed, their experience on Rock Allegiance and why “getting up on stage and playing with my brothers” is the best part of being in Crossfade.
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Rev Theory Vocalist on ‘The Fire,’ Touring with Five Finger Death Punch [Interview]

Rev Theory’s latest single, “The Fire,” recently entered the charts as the No. 1 most added song on rock radio, and this fall, the gents go out on the Share the Welt Tour with Five Finger Death Punch, All that Remains and Hatebreed, starting Oct. 16 in San Fransisco.
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Mark Tremonti Talks Madness, Creed and Starting His Own Record Label [Interview]

Alter Bridge wrap up their run on the 2011 Carnival of Madness Tour this Sunday (Sept. 18) in Dayton, Ohio, ending over a month of touring with rock comrades Theory of a Deadman, Adelita’s Way, Black Stone Cherry and Emphatic. Guitarist Mark Tremonti says after Carnival of Madness, he’ll focus on a solo album, plus work with Creed. And, get this, he’s singing on the solo release, in addition to his usual hard-edged riffing.
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Staind’s Aaron Lewis: ‘It Was Time’ to Get Heavy on New LP [Interview]

Staind releases their seventh studio album today (Sept. 13), and frontman Aaron Lewis took the time to chat with Audio Ink Radio about the new album, the difficult process of recording it and why he wishes he’d never told anyone the meaning behind, “Epiphany.”
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Oh, Sleeper’s Micah Kinard: ‘Fire’ is an ‘In-Depth Concept Album’ [Interview]

Fort Worth-based metal-core act Oh, Sleeper always had a knack for crafting metallic, grandiose, in-depth concept albums, and their new release, Children of Fire, picks up right where 2009’s, Son of the Morning, left off.
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