Interviews
Interview: The Shams Band
Assault.it gets the inside scoop from Donnie Biggins, of Chicago alt-country all-stars The Shams Band.
Audio Assault #25: Alicia Dara / The Volcano Diary
Hey, it’s another interview! This time Oswald focuses his question laser on Alicia Dara, of Seattle’s The Volcano Diary, and turns it up to 11, asking some typically hard-hitting questions about what her new album is like, how she made it, and whether there are still grunge bands wandering around in the Pacific Northwest. You don’t want to miss this fabulous installment of America’s Favorite Podcast, Audio Assault!
Interview: Direct Hit!
You begged for it, you got it: the official Assault.it interview with Direct Hit! frontman Nick Woods. Grab a helmet and strap yourself in – shit just got real!
Interview: Newamerica
Anyone who’s lived in the South knows that if you’re not a country band, metal band, or rapper–that there’s really no scene for your particular genre of music. If you plucked Newamerica (formerly The Discover Radio) out of Clarksville and plopped them into the local pop-punk scene in any big city there’s no doubt they’d [...]
Interview: Invincible Gods
Viciously excellent New Jersey band stops being polite and starts talking shit about Jared Leto. Also: the creative process, the band’s genesis, Alaska, and some pretty strange ceremonial songwriting.
Interview: The Action Blast
The Action Blast is undoubtedly one of the coolest new bands in Chicago. They played their first show in December and formed shortly before that, but their sound is fully-formed and exceptionally confident. We were lucky enough to score an interview with the band’s guitarist, Kevin Singleton, and he explained who the band is, what they do, and why they’ll never compromise or water down the intensity of their rock attack.
Interview: Anna Vogelzang
Fresh-faced banjo enthusiast Anna Vogelzang brings the thunder to AssaultBLOG! For fans of solid songwriting, lilting melodies, and Lady Gaga.
“We’re Just Weirdo Kids Who Play Rock Songs.”
Nick Diener, guitarist and singer for pop-punk sensations the Swellers, talks to AssaultBLOG about the road, the songwriting process, and navigating the tricky path to ultimate domination.
Interview: Puddle of Mudd
I’m sure most people have in one way or another heard of Puddle of Mudd. If there was one thing I surely wasn’t going to pass up, being a wannabe rock star myself, it’s interviewing a band that has done it all: partied, toured virtually nonstop, and most importantly, been successful doing so. (8 million records sold to all you haters out there.)
Audio: Social Media for Musicians
Chicago Music Commission’s panel on using social media to market yourself as a musician. The panel covers what sites you can use to upload music to for sale on iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, Reverb Nation, Cd Baby, Tune Core, and more.
Martin Atkins: Educator, Producer, Drummer of PiL, NIN, Pigface, The Killing Joke & Author of Tour:Smart
Martin Atkins has played drums along side John Rotten, Chris Connelly, Trent Reznor, and countless other rock n rollers over the last 30 years. I was lucky enough to interview him via email, and I think just about anyone can learn something interesting/cool from what he had to say.
