O.A.R. Interview with Chris Culos at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks

Dragonforce Interview with Guitarist Sam Totman at Rockstar Mayhem Music Fest

Dragonforce Interview with Guitarist Sam Totman at Mayhem Music Fest - This classic Moe Train's Tracks interview took place at the now defunct Rockstar Mayhem Music Festival.  The Tracks crew caught up with the supreme shredder Sam Totman outside of the Dragonforce and Slipknot dressing rooms.  Sam and the crew talked about their then new release, Ultra Beatdown, the mass critical acclaim of Through The Fire And Flames, his skills (or no skills) in Guitar Hero, Pegasus flying over Mount Olympus, how their music is supposed to make you feel happy, and tons of other gems. DragonForce are a British power metal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_metal] band from London [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London], England. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarists Herman Li [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Li] and Sam Totman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Totman], and are known for their long and fast guitar solos [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_solo], fantasy [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_literature]-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced sound [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music]. DragonForce's current lineup comprises Li, Totman, vocalist Marc Hudson and drummer Gee Anzalone. The band have been through a number of lineup changes throughout their career; longtime members in vocalist ZP Theart [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZP_Theart], keyboardist Vadim Pruzhanov, drummer Dave Mackintosh [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mackintosh] and bassist Frédéric Leclercq [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Leclercq] are among the former members of the band. DragonForce have released eight studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, one live DVD and one demo. Their third album, Inhuman Rampage [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhuman_Rampage] (2006), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America] (RIAA) and the British Phonographic Industry [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry] (BPI); its lead single, "Through the Fire and Flames [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Fire_and_Flames]", is their best-known song, and was featured in several video games [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games], including Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar_Hero_III:_Legends_of_Rock]. The lead single from their fourth album, "Heroes of Our Time [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes_of_Our_Time]", was nominated for a Grammy Award [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award] in 2009. MoeTrainShow.com [//moetrainshow.com]

O.A.R. Interview with Chris Culos at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - Classic Moe Train's Tracks

O.A.R. Interview with Chris Culos at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - The Moe Train's Tracks crew sits down with O.A.R.'s drummer Chris Culos while backstage at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. O.A.R. (short for Of a Revolution) is an American rock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music] band founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland].[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.A.R.#cite_note-:0-1] The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo, trumpet player John Lampley and keyboardist Mikel Paris. Together, the band has released nine studio albums, including their latest release, The Mighty, in March 2019. The band is well known for their live shows and extensive summer touring, and have released five records of various live performances to date. Four of the band members grew up in Rockville, Maryland [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockville,_Maryland] and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sprigg_Wootton_High_School]. After graduating, they went on to study at Ohio State University. There they met the fifth member, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo from Youngstown, Ohio. [//moetrainshow.com] MoeTrainShow.com [//moetrainshow.com]

Interview In The Pit with Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Interview In The Pit with Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - This classic episode of Moe Train's Tracks is legendary.  Here's the backstory:  MTT was supposed to be interviewing Gregg Gillis (Girl Talk) backstage at Bonnaroo.  King B and The Train were chilling backstage waiting for Greg, and they were enjoying a few backstage beverages.  Nothing out of the ordinary.... Gregg showed up, and the crew hit it off right away.  They all were talking, and Tool was getting ready to take the stage on the other side of the backstage wall.  Gregg said, "Do you want to go see Tool?"  King B and The Train said, "Hell yeah.  Let's do the interview some other time!  Let's party it up a bit before hand!" Quite a few shots later, the entire group was feeling loose and pretty hammered, and Gregg said, "Why don't we bring the mics out into the crowd and interview people while they crowd surf?!"  And at that point, INTERVIEW IN THE M.F. PIT was born! This cluster F of a recording is nothing but pure excitement and mayhem with an amazing soundtrack of Tool playing in the background!  This is a don't miss episode! Girl Talk produces mashup [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashup_(music)]-style remixes, in which he uses often a dozen or more unauthorized samples from different songs to create a mashup. The New York Times Magazine [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_Magazine] has called his releases "a lawsuit waiting to happen",[8] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-8] a criticism that Gillis has attributed to mainstream media that wants "to create controversy where it doesn't really exist", citing fair use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use] as a legal backbone for his sampling practices.[9] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-9] Gillis has given his own different explanations for the origin of his stage name, once saying that it alluded to a Jim Morrison [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison] poem[10] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-pantsoff-10] and once saying that it alluded to an early Merzbow side project.[11] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-11] In 2009, he attributed the name to Tad [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tad_(band)], the early 1990s SubPop band, based in Seattle [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle].[12] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-Girl_Talk_and_Rock-12] Gillis has said the name sounded like a Disney [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company] music teen girl group. In a 2009 interview with FMLY, Gillis stated: > The name Girl Talk is a reference to many things, products, magazines, books. It's a pop culture [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture] phrase. The whole point of choosing the name early on was basically to just stir things up a little within the small scene I was operating from. I came from a more experimental background and there were some very overly serious, borderline academic type electronic musicians. I wanted to pick a name that they would be embarrassed to play with. You know Girl Talk sounded exactly the opposite of a man playing a laptop, so that's what I chose.[14] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Talk_(musician)#cite_note-14] MoeTrainShow.com [//moetrainshow.com]

Pre-Lollapalooza Music Festival Podcast

Pre-Lollapalooza Music Festival Podcast - In this classic Moe Train's Tracks episode, hosts Moe Train and King B discuss the 2007 Lollapalooza Music Festival, and their plans for covering the event.  The crew was pumped to fly out to Chicago for the weekend, and take in the awesomeness of Lollapalooza.  Little did they know of the one of a kind experience they were about to have! Lollapalooza is an annual four-day music festival [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_festival] based in Chicago, Illinois [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois] at Grant Park [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)]. Performances include but are not limited to alternative rock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_rock], heavy metal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_metal_music], punk rock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_rock], hip hop [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music], and electronic music [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_music]. Lollapalooza has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups and various visual artists. The four-day music festival in Grant Park hosts an estimated 400,000 people each year and sells out annually.[2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollapalooza#cite_note-2] Lollapalooza is considered one of the largest and most iconic music festivals in the world and one of the longest running in the United States. MoeTrainShow.com [//moetrainshow.com]

Moe Train Phone Interview at Lollapalooza Music Festival

Moe Train Phone Interview at Lollapalooza Music Festival - A. Gene Punckbowee catches Moe Train relaxing after a day at Lollapalooza for quick phone interview. Train talks about his initial thoughts on the festival, who he will be interviewing, and other off the cuff topics. MoeTrainShow.com [//moetrainshow.com]