For a man that has suffered so much trauma, there's fewer with a sunnier disposition than Jesse Hughes. "We just got to do a rock and roll a show, and now we're talking about it; it doesn't get any better than that", he tells us as we sit down for a chat following the band's set at Aftershock, Sacramento. It's a long way from the terror incident that almost led the musician to quit for good; "for all intents and purposes, I had retired", he admits, candidly. Talking his return to music, and how U2 were instrumental in their resurrection, we caught up with Jesse and bandmate Jennie Vee. Peace, love, death metal; Eamon O'Neill.
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With new album 'Revolution' just around the corner, Skillet main man John Cooper has much to be excited about. Coming on the back of of an exceptionally busy 2024 which has seen the band tour Australia, Japan and other far flung places, as they prepare for their twelfth release, it's all about positivity. "It is very empowering, but empowering in a positive way", he tells us as we sit down for a chat at Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, California. Talking all of the above, and how religious beliefs are nothing new in rock and roll, we joined the band leader. Alien youth; Eamon O'Neill.
Renowned guitarist Walter Trout has been playing the blues for five decades. Living hard and fast, the former Canned Heat man almost paid the ultimate price a decade ago, when complications from a much needed liver transplant left him brain damaged and unable to speak or walk, much less play. Making a miraculous recovery, he returned to the stage in 2015 and has been a mainstay ever since. "It was very emotional, and there was all kinds of weeping and hugging", he tells us on a Zoom call from his home in Denmark. Talking his resurrection, 2024 album 'Broken', and his love for Rory Gallagher, we caught with the bluesman. The outsider; Eamon O'Neill.
With album number thirteen, Danish rock royalty D-A-D are a band reborn once more. Featuring more of their signature "dirty rock and roll" sound 'Speed of Darkness' sees the four-piece sticking to what they know best. We sat down with front man Jesper Binzer to talk about the band's evolution from punk to glam rock to chart topping mainstream act in their home country, how they navigated Grunge, and hist favourite D-A-D moments. Monster philosophy; Eamon O'Neill.
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