Category: Music

Manic Street Preachers grew out of Blackwood, Gwent, South Wales, which boasts a population of twenty thousand. Their lengthy history has already been covered in depth a thousand times over, so I had a real task as I spoke with Manic’s bass player, Nicky Wire, aka Nicholas Jones. It was daunting, trying to come up…

What’s going on, Troy? Hey, how’s it going? I’m just busy, busy, busy. What do you think about the single, “Wanna Be A Baller”, blowing up as big as it is? Absolutely phenomenal. Did you expect this from the beginning? No. The single was first released back in March or maybe even April. So it’s…

Talking with Spider. How’s it going? Not too bad. I’m hanging in there. I’ve been doing a lot of stuff lately, so I’ve really been busy. I’ve been getting the new video together and we are going to be touring with Kid Rock pretty soon. What video are you making? “Nobody’s Real”. Have you already…

How is life treating you? Wonderfully. How was your transition from making hits to being normal and going back to school? It’s like anything else. You adjust. I started modeling, so I wasn’t completely out of the entertainment business. Was it easy to going back to music professionally again? Yes, because it’s like second nature.…

When I arrived at the House of Blues to conduct the interview, the line to get into the show was wrapped around the outside of the Mandalay Bay Casino. The ‘tourbloke’ (tour manager), Rog, led me to the bus and told me that I could interview Skin with one of the boys. I got onto…

Come with me as i go one on one with drummer Olly Peacock! Hello. How’s it going? Not too bad. How’s hanging in New York? Yeah. I’m only here for today and tomorrow. It’s kind of hectic. We were in the islands yesterday morning, and then we had to go back to London, and then…

Queens Of The Stone Age arrived in St. Petersburg to open that night for weirdo rockers, Ween. The spawn of Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age are experienced in the dynamics of performing, so the show was amazing. The set was short, but Josh, Nick, and Dave managed to send anyone who was interested through…

Pavement has always been a band that the majority just doesn’t understand. Do you need a higher level of intelligence to get what Pavement offers? I would say you’d have to have some intelligence, but Pavement has always relied on their melodies and clever lyrics to keep their fans excited. A lot of people have…

First I wanted to thank you for being so cool a few years ago when I met you and Keith in Buffalo. Cool. You guys tore that show up. I know. Lenny (Kravitz) didn’t bring too many people to that show, did he? No. And what was even worse was that you guys had almost…

“No way, man. I’m not a wigguh. I’m more of a B-Boy,” insists Theo Keating, a.k.a. Touch, sole creator of The Wiseguys. “I am what I am. I don’t pretend I’m black. I know I’m white. I’m not ashamed of that. I just have a real appreciation of hip-hop.” Theo not only has a real…