Sometime back in the late '90s, there was a batch of "all-star" tribute albums produced and released by Deadline Music (Cleopatra Records). Those releases featured members of the bands I grew up listening to in the '80s. Some of the releases were solid, others not so much...
Ep.230: Interview with WES SCANTLIN of PUDDLE OF MUDD
“I had to get rid of all the jerk-wads.” - Wes Scantlin
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with GIL MOORE of TRIUMPH
"[Mike Levine] actually had our deal with Attic [Records] before we found Rik [Emmett]…Attic Records [asked] well who's the guitar player? [Mike] says don't worry, we'll have a great guitar player." - Gil Moore
Ep.229: Interview with ANDY MARTIN of CLAMFIGHT
“It was lining up four very busy people’s schedules, plus the pandemic, that just made this recording process go on and on.” - Andy Martin
Ep.228: Interview with JASON DEA WEST AND THE SISKIYOU CREST
”We’re both Punk kids that started playing Folk and Country music sometime in our early twenties.” - Jason Dea West
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with NIGE ROCKETT of ONSLAUGHT
"I think I've made it common knowledge over the years that 'In Search Of Sanity' was not my favorite ONSLAUGHT album…What should have been the up-shoot of our career, kind of destroyed the band." - Nige Rockett
Ep.227: Interview with JERRY PRUTZ of CIRKUS PRUTZ
“We tried to get [Peter Stormare of The Big Lebowski] to dance in the video [for “Handyman Boogie”] but we didn’t manage to…but he knows of the song.” - Jerry Prutz
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with RICHIE CAVALERA of INCITE
"This is me continuing on the Cavalera legacy, but my style and my way. Not what everyone thinks it should be." - Richie Cavalera
KNAC.COM: GRAHAM BONNET BAND & CRYSTAL FOGG live in MA
After an 8-song set from openers CRYSTAL FOGG and a short intermission, Bonnet and his cohort ripped it up from the start with a strong focus on the RAINBOW material the singer recorded for the group's 1979 album Down To Earth...
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with JIMMY JAY of H.E.A.T.
“There is definitely a meaning behind [H.E.A.T], but we have sworn to each other that we will never spill the beans." - Jimmy Jay