{"id":19131,"date":"2020-12-21T14:43:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T19:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=19131"},"modified":"2020-12-31T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T14:10:06","slug":"2020-the-year-in-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=19131","title":{"rendered":"2020: The Year in Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For such a shit year this was for live shows, it was a great and fun year for me and the podcast.\u00a0 This year I had a vast array of artists to talk to, and a lot of them were first time conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few of the newest victims were <strong>Lykantropi<\/strong>, Kyle Thomas of <strong>Exhorder<\/strong>, <strong>Grim Reaper<\/strong> vocalist\/songwriter Steve Grimmett, Fran from <strong>Wucan<\/strong>, and I even had the pleasure of having a great chat with legendary <strong>Iron Maiden<\/strong> vocalist <strong>Paul Di\u2019Anno<\/strong>.\u00a0 2020 even saw a few who were gluttons for punishment.\u00a0 Coming back for more was <strong>Skid Row<\/strong> drummer Rob Hammersmith, <strong>Venom\/Venom Inc.<\/strong> bassist\/vocalist Tony \u201cDemolition Man\u201d Dolan, and the legendary and always classy <strong>Geoff Tate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I have to pinch myself nearly every day to make sure I am not dreaming.\u00a0 Getting to speak with some of my childhood favorites and current favorites is something I don\u2019t take lightly.\u00a0 The dork kid (and adult) in me loves having the opportunity to talk one on one with these artists and create a casual conversation with them instead of just a generic kind of Q&amp;A session.<\/p>\n<p>As with every year, I\u2019m sure there were some podcast episodes that you missed or didn\u2019t know even went down.\u00a0 With that being said, I have compiled all of the podcasts from 2020 here.\u00a0 I hope you will enjoy them and please feel free to let me know what you think of them.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/01\/14\/episode-50-paul-dianno-legendary-former-vocalist-of-iron-maiden\/\">Episode 50: Paul Di\u2019Anno (legendary former vocalist of Iron Maiden)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/02\/18\/episode-51-siena-root\/\">Episode 51: Siena Root<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/02\/27\/episode-52-richie-kotzen\/\">Episode 52: Richie Kotzen<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/03\/02\/episode-53-marq-torien-bulletboys\/\">Episode 53: Marq Torien (BulletBoys)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/03\/09\/episode-54-geoff-tate\/\">Episode 54: Geoff Tate<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/03\/25\/episode-55-jodi-cachia-king-diamond\/\">Episode 55: Jodi Cachia (King Diamond)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/04\/06\/episode-56-troy-marks-razor-white-no-idea\/\">Episode 56: Troy Marks (Razor White\/No Idea)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/04\/28\/episode-57-kasper-eriksson-hallas\/\">Episode 57: Kasper Eriksson (Hallas)<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"cb-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainfartinterviews.com\/2020\/04\/29\/episode-58-lucifer\/\">Episode 58: Johanna &amp; 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