Music and more

After spending roughly an hour watching Placebo chat with David Bowie, I realized that I would be doing the same the following afternoon. A follow up to Bowie? Talk about pressure! When the call came in, I was still unsure with whom I would be chatting. Soon I was to find out that it would…

After three years in the studio, Blackstreet is back with the appropriately titled Finally. I recently spoke with Chauncey Black to see what to expect from the new album. Where did you get the name Blackstreet? We came up with the name Blackstreet from, previously there was a member in the group by the name…

A chat with Jon Siebels. Are you able to enjoy all of your success? We haven’t had any real time off, but I think we are just enjoying being out on the road. The success has let us stay out on the road. Do you guys have girlfriends? And if you do, how do you…

Lit has traveled in the Orange County music circles for a number of years. Through hard work and by believing in their talents, they have become an almost overnight success story. Lit’s hilarious video for “My Own Worst Enemy” is on MTV daily and they have cracked onto the Billboard charts in the past month.…

How’s the mastering of the album coming along? Kay Gee: Good. We are at the Hit Factory in New York right now and the album is coming along. How’s your label, Divine Mill, going? Everything is going good on that end. I have two albums right now that are basically in the cut and ready…

When you were younger, and you were growing up listening to L.L. Cool J, NWA, and Run DMC, did you always want to become a rapper or did you just enjoy the music? First I thought that it couldn’t happen. I didn’t really know what rapping was or whatever, but it seemed like they were…

We had the chance to speak with Tatyana Ali as her tour bus roamed the streets of Chicago. You’d never know that this spirited young lady has been a star for most of her short life. Tatyana Ali began her career at the age of four acting in everything from commercials to Sesame Street. It…

How are you getting geared up to release New Pop Sunday? We’re doing a release gig in Detroit at the Harmony House Store which we’ve done twice before, and we’ve totally blown it out with thousands of people showing up at this record store. It’s not going to be this little acoustic thing; it will…

How have people who have seen you guys in previous musical incarnations generally responded to The Marvelous 3? – unknown Actually, very well. Being that we are a band with a history instead of just new kids on the block, so to speak, we’ve been able to evolve and roll with the times and mature…

chatting with BOB! How did you guys get hooked up with Metallica? And how did they get turned on to your music? They were playing in town at the Rosemont Horizon (in Chicago) and we had a show the same night at the Double Door and they ended up going to the Double Door that…