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Friday, February 28, 2025
A Chat with TOMMY SOUTHARD (SOLACE/GODSPEED/SOCIAL DECAY/MENTAL ABUSE)
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran guitarist Tommy Southard (Solace/Godspeed/Social Decay/Sugartooth/Mental Abuse/Slaprocket/Prunella Scales) about his decades-long life in music - from his early days in the '80s New Jersey Hardcore scene to his current activities in his long-running band, Solace.
A Chat with MIKE WATT
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with the legendary Mike Watt (Minutemen/fIREHOSE/The Stooges/dos/MSSV/Solo) about the forthcoming MSSV album On and On, his philosophy as a veteran touring musician, his longtime project "dos" with Kira (Black Flag/Twisted Roots), late Stooges drummer Scott Asheton, and much more.
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
From the MISFITS Archives ...
Thirty years ago today, I played drums on this 11-song Misfits recording, done on an 8-track in Vernon, NJ. The snare drum was Robo’s from the Earth A.D. album. Dr. Chud engineered the session, which took place several weeks before Graves auditioned. He handed me this tape that day. I wrote out the details on the card when I got home.
Eric Weiss and a guy named Sherman sang, Doyle played guitar, and Jerry played bass. Dan Canzonieri from Electric Frankenstein was in the room when all of this went down, which is how we met. I was 17 and a senior in high school. I’m on a few other Misfits recordings from around this time, but I’m pretty sure this is the only one I still have — or at least the only one that’s labeled.
I’m thinking of getting this pressed on short-run vinyl — not to sell, but to give a copy to Chudly, Danny, Mo, Doy, Eric, Sherman (if I can find him), and my stepson.
Some of the best times of my late teens were spent with The Misfits. I last talked to Jerry in Philly a few months before the first reunion show with Glenn. I last chatted with Doyle in Massachusetts about two years ago, and I’m still in touch with Chud regularly. I think of the fellas often and fondly.
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Sunday, February 16, 2025
A Chat with CHRIS SPEDDING
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with legendary musician Chris Spedding about his new album of Little Richard covers with the Swedish band Diamond Dogs (Macon Georgia Giant), his work with Robert Gordon, producing The Sex Pistols' 1976 demo, and much more.
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A Chat with KNOX CHANDLER and BOBBY PREVITE
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran musicians Knox Chandler (Psychedelic Furs/Siouxsie and the Banshees/Cyndi Lauper/The Golden Palominos/R.E.M.) and Bobby Previte (John Zorn/Iggy Pop/Tom Waits/Jamie Saft/Elliott Sharp/Terry Adams) about their new collaborative album, Previte Chandler, and a few highlights from their respective careers.
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Sunday, February 9, 2025
A Chat with SPIDERS
Author and journalist Joel Gausten talks with Ann-Sofie and John of the Swedish band SPIDERS about their extraordinary new album, Sharp Objects.
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