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Blowin’ Wind with Bill Lonero of LoNero: ” I never ever want to put out the same album over and over. AC/DC can do that all day long but for me, I can’t do that.”

July 22, 2016 0

Since first hearing LoNero back in 2011, I knew I was listening to something really special. LoNero delivers their own...

Blowin’ Wind with Anvil’s Steve “Lips” Kudlow: “The people that buy the Anvil albums are devoted Anvil fans and they love us and much as I love my Black Sabbath and Deep Purple.”

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July 13, 2016 0

Back in 1987, a young Brainfart was watching Headbanger’s Ball this absolutely insane video came on. It was for a...

Blowin’ Wind with Jorn Lande: ” I’m really grateful and I owe a lot to Tony (Iommi) and Geezer (Butler) and everybody in that camp. They were always so nice to me and treated me with respect.

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June 8, 2016 0

I first heard Jorn Lande after the release of his tribute album to Ronnie James Dio, simply titled Dio. When...

Blowin’ Wind with Scorpion Child’s Aryn Jonathan Black: “Being compared to Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant over and over again throughout my life just drives me fucking nuts. Can you just think of one other person?”

Don

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May 27, 2016 0

Back in 2013, my good friend and (at the time) PR pal Loana called me saying, “Don, I just heard...

Blowin’ Wind with Savage Master’s Stacey Savage: ” I don’t want to be told, “Hey, you’re good for a female fronted band.” I’d rather be told that this is a good band.”

Don

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April 22, 2016 0

Savage Master is a great example of a band that I very well could have missed had I even blinked...

Blowin’ Wind with Duel Guitarist/Vocalist Tom Frank: ” I get more satisfaction from playing my own songs in front of 100 people than I do playing someone else’s in front of 5,000 people.”

Don

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April 13, 2016 0

It’s time now to interview someone from that little ol’ band outta Texas. No, not ZZ Top. I’m talking about...

Blowin’ Wind with Sabaton’s Joakim Broden: ” We take our music and our lyrics very seriously but we don’t take ourselves seriously so that shines through way better on a live album.”

Don

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April 6, 2016 0

In a nutshell, Sabaton is hands down one of the best metal bands out there on the road today. Playing...

Blowin’ Wind with Blood Ceremony’s Alia O’Brien: “I think that songwriting is another form of magic because you are creating something that is going to shape the mental state and cognizant state of other people. It’s a pretty powerful thing to be involved in.”

Don

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March 30, 2016 0

A few years back, a friend of mine headed out to The Earl in Atlanta to cover a show for...

Blowin’ Wind with Europe’s Ian Haugland: ” We have to perform at 100% every night. It’s really important that you remind yourself how lucky you are, especially a band like Europe that comes from the 80’s, that you can still be doing this.”

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February 15, 2016 0

In 2015, Europe (yes, THAT Europe) released one of my absolute favorite albums of the year, War of Kings. I...

Blowin’ Wind with Tommy Victor of Prong/Danzig: ” Tuning down low and using 8-string guitars doesn’t make you heavy. It just means that you’re trying to impress other guitar players so you guys can have little circle jerks and wank off to each other.”

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February 8, 2016 0

It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 25 years since I first heard Prong’s now legendary, genre bending album...

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