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On the tail of my interview with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s Peter Hayes, I was also able to interview the curator of the Moon Block...
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has been revving my musical engine for years. I’ve seen ’em a lot, know all their records. In anticipation of seeing...
Yes, yes- I’ll be cliche and say Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands. And since I’m all about live music and I can’t...
You can read my recap of the great Scion Rock Fest on GRAMMY.com! I also did some interviews with Orchid, Red Fang, and Lord Dying,...
This was my 4th year attending this event, and it is a surreal, cool one-off show made even better because it is all done to...
April 24, 2014 | I spoke with the Shining vocalist about their high energy tour with Dillinger Escape Plan, Trash Talk, and Retox, where Jazz...
Read about the show on GRAMMY.com here, and see my Black Carpet interviews, where I asked tons of artists about music eduction, below!
July 21, 2013 | I spoke The Vim Dicta and sound engineers Niko Bolas and Shelly Yakus at Capitol Studios as they were recording on...
This was my third year covering this event for GRAMMY.com. You can see my piece about the event here. And here are my red carpet...
April 16, 2013 | I spoke with Suffocation vocalist Frank “The Tank” Mullen (and a little commentary from Terrance) before their headlining set with Exhumed...
April 4, 2013 | I spoke with Havok after their set opening for The Casualties and Goatwhore at The Vex. Topics include their recent video...
March 22, 2013 | I spoke with Scorpion Child after their set opening for Clutch and Orange Goblin at the House of Blues Sunset Strip,...
January 29, 2013 | I spoke with GRAMMY-nominated producer Jay Ruston in his studio about his career, and specifically, about his work on the GRAMMY-nominated...
December 11, 2012 | I spoke to 3 Inches of Blood guitarist Shane Clark before their gig at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood. Topics include LA...
I asked Free a few questions about Kickstarter, the process and what to expect. Free’s Kickstarter for VOLCANO+THE SEA Ends at 1:11 p.m. on January...
I love a great interview, and Michael Toney has compiled in-depth stories from a collection of figures in metal. He’s not afraid to ask things...
I recently finished reading the impressive coffee table worthy book Randy Rhoads. If, by the end of reading this, you don’t wish that you had...
I talked to Wayne and Tera before the Static-X show at Backstage Live in San Antonio, TX on July 21, 2012. Topics include Joshua Tree,...
Read my post on GRAMMY.com here.
I interviewed Wendy of The Fabulous Miss Wendy, guitarist and songwriter from LA. Topics include a get well card from Fastball, proving herself as a...
I interviewed Orion from Behemoth before their show at the White Rabbit in San Antonio. Topics include playing different types of venues, being a controversial/extreme...
It had been two years since I last went to the Revolver Golden Gods Awards. This time around, I would be there as the rock...
February 12, 2012 | I spoke with Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll in her hotel room before we set off for the 54th Annual GRAMMY...
February 4, 2012 | I spoke with Free Dominguez, vocalist in industrial duo Kidneythieves, in her LA home. Topics include her musical family, show and...
Artist: Dream Theater Nominated track: “On the Backs of Angels” from their 2011 release A Dramatic Turn of Events HardRockChick: What is it about your...
Artist: Sum 41 Nominated track: “Blood In My Eyes” from their 2011 release Screaming Bloody Murder HardRockChick: What is it about your nominated work that...
I met Brian Lew through the metal scene when I was living in San Francisco. I’ve since become an avid reader of his blog, ümlaut,...
The films of David Lynch have fascinated, entertained, and inspired me since I was 12 years old. A part of this has been the way...
September 8, 2011 | I spoke with Luna and Eli from Holy Grail before their set at DiPiazza’s in Long Beach. We discussed things they...
September 6, 2011 | I talked to Gypsyhawk after their set at the Mountain Bar in downtown LA a couple nights ago. They talked about...
July 13, 2011 | I spoke with Faisal and Firas of Acrassicauda at their rehearsal space in Anaheim a couple days before they embarked on...
July 1, 2011 | Steven Adler took some time to chat with me via phone the afternoon before his Adler’s Appetite show in San Francisco....
June 30, 2011 | I talked to Kirpatrick Thomas and Sasha Vallely of Spindrift before their show at Bordello in Downtown LA. Topics included their...
June 17, 2011 | I talked to Adam Bravin of She Wants Revenge before their show at the House of Blues Anaheim (right outside of...
June 4, 2011 | Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman took some time to talk to me before their one-off midnight show (while on tour...
Judas Priest. Led Zeppelin. Journey. Bon Jovi. Linkin Park. Countless Rock Journalists. These are Neil Daniels’ subjects, and over email, he became my subject for...
I talked to Amon Amarth drummer Fredrik Andersson outside of the White Rabbit in San Antonio before the band’s two-set show there. Topics included Dethklok...
My thoughts on social media, music, and more can be found here.
March 18, 2011 | Howl spoke with me over the weekend at SXSW after playing a set earlier in the day for the Metalliance Tour....
I did a lovely video interview with The Click Clack Boom at Rachael Ray’s Green House at SXSW, but Eminem was playing so loudly in...
March 17, 2011 | I talked to Tate Wittenberg at SXSW, where he was promoting his upcoming documentary ‘Raisin’ Cain.’ Wittenberg’s film chronicles the storied...
March 17, 2011 | I caught up with The New Regime’s Ilan Rubin on St. Paddy’s Day at SXSW, where he was set to play...
March 13, 2011 | I talked to Charles and Scott of Abysmal Dawn in San Antonio before they opened for Kataklysm. They discussed the deep...
HardRockChick: What’s NOVA‘s story? How did the band get together? Aaron Goforth (guitar): NOVA started in 2008. We had all been in different bands and...
HardRockChick interviews Wednesday 13 from Murderdolls from HardRockChick on Vimeo. This is kind of what the pod looked like that was sitting outside the bus:
HardRockChick interviews Eightfourseven from HardRockChick on Vimeo.
HardRockChick: Your voice could fit into several genres of music- why did you go with metal? Tarja Turunen: Today as a solo artist my music...
I can remember how hard I fell for A Place to Bury Strangers the first time I heard them a few years ago, and that...
This past holiday weekend, in between my own rock ‘n’ roll moments, I could not put down Roxana Shirazi’s newly released memoir, ‘The Last Living...
I spoke with members of Black Breath before they took the stage last night in SF, opening for Converge. Topics included their band name, Mexican...
Dan And of Bison B.C. stops by before their opening slot for Mastodon in Oakland (alongside BTBAM, High on Fire, Baroness, Priestess, Valient Thorr, and...
The post-rock band Red Sparowes have been creating mind expanding soundscapes since the early 2000’s. From the basement dressing room of the Great American Music...
I became a Cain Cressall fan about 30 seconds into seeing his performance with The Amenta last year. His wicked stage presence really hooked me,...
Evile. EVILE! EVILE!!! Ever since I started listening to Evile last year, I have been unable to say the word evil anymore. It has been...
It’s not every day that I’m given the opportunity to interview someone who is considered a founder of one of my core genres. Chris Reifert...
If you haven’t heard of Threat Signal yet, well, you can thank me later. I chatted with them last night before their set opening for...
When the opening band for the Alice in Chains tour was announced, I immediately checked them out since I’d be seeing them a couple of...
Cormorant flew onto my radar late last year, after reading the articulate writings of lead singer and bassist Arthur von Nagel on MetalSucks. When it...
Dez Fafara, formerly of Coal Chamber and currently of DevilDriver, is one cool guy. Before the second date of the Bound By the Road tour...
I first became aware of Jeff Friedl when I went to see Puscifer early last month, and was particularly moved by his performance. It was...
Continuing on with part 2 of what should be 4 entries in my Zombie week, I recently had the opportunity to interview Texas singer/songwriter Jesse...
So I got to participate in a teleconference with Rob Zombie yesterday. It’s kind of a weird concept- a bunch of interviewers call in and...
Carl Restivo might think I’m stalking him. First, I saw him play in Satellite Party. Then, The Justice Tour. And then, I went to one...
I’ve been a fan of Chris Corner and IAMX for a long time. He writes great lyrics, and puts on amazing live performances. Below is...
Wintersleep is an indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia that dabbles in the psychedelic and hard rock spectrum. I’ve seen them once before, and...
In a little over a month, I’ve seen Dommin twice. I’m quite captivated by their sound- the darkness of Depeche Mode, the drama of Type...
The New Regime’s Coup has been ear candy for me ever since discovering Ilan Rubin through this little band called Nine Inch Nails. Think Muse...
Punisher: War Zone is the third film featuring Marvel’s antihero Frank Castle. Coming out this Friday, December 5th, the film sports a rockin’ soundtrack, notably...
No one works in a vacuum. Nowadays, we have the world at our fingertips, and we can consume as much information and entertainment as our...
Sometimes I see a band, and I can just tell they grew up together. And sometimes I see a band and I wonder how the...
What’s in a name? A lot, really. I may like the metal sounds from the band Aborted Fetus, but I probably won’t go around wearing...
I ask bands about their process for creating their setlists.
As you can tell from my live review metrics- the venue definitely plays a role at a show. And, man, there are some great ones...
It’s literally starting to sound like a broken record- all we are hearing is how the record industry is screwed. Slumping album sales. Industry layoffs....
The new year tends to bring laundry lists of new year’s resolutions to us all. Of course, since January is almost over, they’ve all just...
At smaller shows, you can often see band members milling around the crowd. This can give fans the rare and sometimes unfortunate opportunity to interact...
There’s always been something about watching a band walk out on stage to see their audience that really gets me intrigued. I think part of...
The performer’s challenge: how to deal with playing the same songs night after night. I’ve seen a lot of bands several times- and there are...