Metal playlists from the underground
By Mike SOS Self-professed proprietors of “dirt rock,” three out of the four members of Long Island rock unit John Wilkes Booth (vocalist Kerry Merkle, drummer Christian Horstmann and guitarist Jason Beickert) sounded off on a number of topics, from how they chose their intriguing moniker to their new disc SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS, to where […]
By Mike SOS ____________ When catching up with VOD and Bloodsimple vocalist Tim Williams in early 2009, we talked about the return and immediate future of seminal unit VOD, where that leaves Bloodsimple in the mix, lamented over the NYC scene and relived some of the rich NYHC history Williams played a big part in. […]
By Mike SOS ____________ When speaking with Dug Pinnick from King’s X over the phone a while back, everything from his upbringing to the making of the trio’s latest outstanding disc XV to what aspirations the bassist/vocalist has left was discussed. ____________ SOS: What do you guys do in the studio that helps incite the […]