Category: 2015

Jim Bogios of Counting Crows

Jim Bogios of Counting Crows

“It’s great to have something that’s stood the test of time like that and where people just relate songs to certain periods of their life or certain things that happened to them and you can see that on people faces because they get really emotional about a lot of the songs on that record.” From release: Counting Crows have sold […]

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David Ellefson of Megadeth

David Ellefson of Megadeth

“Part of rock and roll is doing things out of the box and trying new things that push the envelope and kind of open your thinking up to different things, so I’m very appreciative that Australia has welcomed the idea and opened it up for me to do it.” From release: From the Megadeth’s inception in 1983 until the band’s […]

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Rage of Venom

Rage of Venom

“…we had to do something a little special so we did take a little bit more time than we probably should’ve but we just wanted the album to be perfect and knew we had to hit a home run with this album because the last album was so strong and very popular with the legion, this album had to be […]

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Nick Martin of Sleeping With Sirens

Nick Martin of Sleeping With Sirens

“I think when we originally did the record that got scrapped, there were some preconceived ideas and kind of direction they wanted to go in but then when we did ‘Madness’ I felt all we threw all that out the fuckin’ door. Let’s not have a path and got into it and see what comes out…” From release: Sleeping With […]

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Sully Erna of Godsmack (Video Interview)

Sully Erna of Godsmack (Video Interview)

“Music is not supposed to be a competition, there’s too many bands out there that are angry and they want to be the best and they want to win everyone’s fans over and they give you the stink eye, and it’s like ‘get over yourselves’ you know what I mean? Just enjoy it, it’s music, everyone has their own fans, […]

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Cormac Neeson of The Answer

Cormac Neeson of The Answer

“We just wanted to trust in our own song writing abilities and really enjoy the whole process, so we didn’t really have any fixed agenda as to what kind of record we wanted to make but then a couple of months into the process we started to get a really good feel that this record was going to be the […]

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Mick Box of Uriah Heep

Mick Box of Uriah Heep

“I think the essence of it all is that we’ve still got the same passion and edge we’ve had for our music and we’re driven by that, and to be in the band at this juncture just to enjoy it, writing new songs, recording new songs, playing new songs and doing live shows, it’s as simple as that really, we’ve […]

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Scott Gorham of Black Star Riders

Scott Gorham of Black Star Riders

“…I think and I know that everyone else in the band thinks it was the right thing to do is to change the name from Thin Lizzy and we’re gonna go Black Star Riders and come what may… we’ll see what happens and hopefully we’re good enough to cut the mustard here.” From release: It was in 2012 that Black […]

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Matthias Jabs of The Scorpions

Matthias Jabs of The Scorpions

“The Scorpions have been doing this without a break, meanwhile other bands take a break for a few years or a member does a solo album while the others do nothing or whatever. We’ve been continuously touring or making albums and so we thought let’s get out of the routine, we didn’t want to split up, we were ready to […]

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Danko Jones

Danko Jones

“Over the years I’ve gained a little more confidence, so the songs have more melody and more singing in them, the lyrics are pretty much the same as usual, that’s one thing that kind of hasn’t changed *laughs*.” From Bio: Eighteen years. Twelve albums. Two Gold Records. Thirty-plus transatlantic treks. Fifteen Top 40 singles. Arena tours across 11 countries with […]

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Ryan Peake of Nickelback

Ryan Peake of Nickelback

“…I’m not a big fan of the fame part of it, I like doing what I do, I like showing people that we love doing what we do, but I don’t have any confusion of my self-importance in this thing. It’s a great relationship between band and fans and we appreciate that completely.” As a Nickelback friendly zone (now endorsed […]

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Schuylar Croom of He Is Legend

Schuylar Croom of He Is Legend

“…as far as He Is Legend as a core it’s pretty much the same. It feels the same, we’re pretty much in the same situations, we have a lot of new life and new excitement for what we’re doing, but we’re just brothers you know, we love each other and we hate each other *laughs* I wouldn’t have it any […]

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Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive

Jenna McDougall of Tonight Alive

“…I think even just growing up as people, just on a personal level as well, the way we portray ourselves and our level of performance has come a long way as well and I’m ready to bring that back to Australia, I really want our fans to see that growth and change and really have the opportunity to reach out […]

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Anthony Raneri of Bayside

Anthony Raneri of Bayside

“…we sort of think that we figured out what Bayside was supposed to sound like a long time ago, and we love the way it sounds, and everybody has that band that they love that stopped sounding like their favourite band, and we never want to do that, we always want to sound like Bayside.” From Bio: BAYSIDE fans don’t […]

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Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica

Eicca Toppinen of Apocalyptica

“…we’ve been doing festivals all over the world but not in Australia. You know the first trip we did last time there in 2012 for the club shows we were blown away by the fans and the way the people reacted at the shows and really excited and curious to see what happens on the big festival.” From Bio: Since […]

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Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach

Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach

“We’re gonna play some old school classics and but then we’re going to play all this stuff we’ve been writing all the years but haven’t been coming down to Australia to tour on, so a lot of the fans will be hearing a lot of these songs for the first time live, so that’s going to be special.” Since the […]

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Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood of Periphery

Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood of Periphery

“So as a whole it’s something that we can all listen to and enjoy each other’s musical contributions to the album which is something that only seems to have added colour and variety and richness to the sound in my opinion anyway, so it’s something we’re all very proud of…” We at MTRBWY have had the chance to speak to […]

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Wednesday 13

Wednesday 13

“…I think for the most part a lot of the fans hang around because it does always go back and forth between the sounds, but yeah, it’s hard to please everybody, I’m just trying to make the best music I can, and I feel like I’m doing something that’s new and is fresh to me.” Wednesday 13 seems like a […]

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Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage

Jesse Leach of Killswitch Engage

“…I’m kind of winging it, I’ve got a rough idea of what I want to do, but for the most part yeah I’m kind of winging it here, it’s my first time and we’ll see how it goes. I’m just gonna get in there and just punk rock, throw it down and see what happens.” From release: JESSE LEACH, lead […]

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Joby J. Ford of Mariachi El Bronx

Joby J. Ford of Mariachi El Bronx

“So to me instead of being a mariachi album, it’s a mariachi influenced rock record almost, and it kind of feels a little more who we are than attempting to shred all over the place like I always do *laughs* but there’s nothing wrong with that.” From release: From what began as a bit of fun to blow off steam […]

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