Dead Confederate does an interview on WUOG right after playing a scaled down Live in the Lobby for our last official LiTL of 2010.
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At a recent show at The Caledonia Lounge in Athens, GA, I sat down with Joe Preston, performing that night as the solo act, Thrones, for a brief interview touching on musical theory and the future of Thrones. Preston is best known for his early work with Earth, the Melvins, and more recently with Sunn O))), High On Fire, and Harvey Milk.
Brad Olsen: Hi Joe, it’s good to meet you. You’re performing tonight as your solo act, Thrones. Does being a one-man-band have many benefits?
Joe Preston: Yeah. In a way it lets me express myself without limits.
Brad Olsen: You play bass as well as sing live. Do you write your own lyrics?
Joe Preston: My “lyrics” are all stream of consciousness. I just say whatever feels natural. Of course, after performing night after night, a lot of the same stuff tends to get repeated.
Brad Olsen: Who were some of your earliest influences?
Joe Preston: Oh I was into all the usual stuff. Kiss, Alice Cooper. But I wouldn’t say it shows in my playing too much. Too many bands try hard to imitate the stuff they like. I don’t wanna be like anybody else. I don’t categorize myself into any genre because my influences are so broad.
Brad Olsen: How often do you write? Any new music in the works?
Joe Preston: I used to ferociously, but not so much anymore. I just released “Wage War” [a 7” on Conspiracy records] this year and I’ve got a split with Sedan, a band from Washington [state] coming soon.
Brad Olsen: It’s all written and recorded?
Joe Preston: I’m done with the recording and sequencing. I just need to mix it and then it’ll be released.
After a show at Farm 255, I sat down with drummer Greg Fox and guitarist Hunter Hunt-Hendrix of the Transcendental Black Metal band Liturgy.
Brad: Hi guys, good to meet you. You put on a very interesting show tonight.
Hunter: Thanks man. It’s good to meet you.
Brad: So I noticed a lot of your merchandise has the term “Transcendental Black Metal” printed on it. Can you explain to me what this is as opposed to “regular” Black Metal.
Greg: For me Black Metal was always a really negative term. When I was a kid I used to love the sound of it and the intensity, but I didn’t want to play music that was so dark.
Hunter: Yeah it’s a very mystical type of music. In a way all music is transcendental, but for us, Black Metal is just a way of becoming closer to nature and achieving a sort of mystical ecstasy.
Brad: In your set you played two songs, I believe the third and last, which were very different from the rest. They seemed a lot slower and focused more on riffing than blast beats.
Hunter: Yeah those are new ones we played. Our new stuff is longer and more repetitive. We’re trying to hypnotize listener’s with the riff.
Brad: So your new record is going to be a lot different from the older ones?
Hunter: Yes. We can’t keep doing the same formula on each album. I mean, the super intense stuff works well for a while, but we need to move on.
Brad: And you have a new album in the works now?
Hunter: Yeah, we’ve got songs we are working on for a new album.
Brad: So do you guys enjoy touring and writing music full time?
Hunter: Oh yeah, totally. Playing and the creative process are two separate things though, but we enjoy them both.
Modern Skirts Interview from the Archives. Recorded in earlier 2008.
Sounds like it was recorded over the phone… so pardon the weird quality!
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Old interview! Not sure when it actually aired.
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I found some old interviews! Check out this one with WUOG DJ, Tommy McGahee, and Je Suis France.
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Local psychedelic punk garage rock superband Dark Meat is callin’ it quits tonight at New Earth Music Hall. After almost 5 years of raucous rockness through broken bottles and (at times) a 21 piece band, the band’s leaders have decided to move to new homes elsewhere in this great country.
Jim McHugh, one of the founding members and most visible of the bands leaders, talks with Local Music Director William Kennedy and Michael Platner, Drew Thomas, and Max Little about vikings and the paranormal unknown. Listen in for the insider scoop on the band and what is to come!!
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