107 - FUMING MOUTH | Mark Whelan: Cancer, Survival & Death Metal Guitar Tone

Garza sits down in-person with Mark Whelan. Singer, guitar player & founder of American death metal band FUMING MOUTH. Their new album LAST DAY OF SUN is out now! https://www.linktr.ee/fumingmouth

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Mark’s Uber Driver Got Lost

03:05 - Amps, Pedals & Gear Talk (HM2 Waza)

07:05 - Bands That Have the “Buzzsaw” Sound

11:15 - First Bands That Got Mark Into Heavy Music

14:20 - New Record, Last Day of Sun, 2023 

18:30 - Clean Singing

20:35 - Playing with The Black Dahlia Murder

23:05 - Mark Finding Out He Had Cancer

29:04 - Writing “Kill the Disease” on Phone During Cancer Treatment

34:11 - Working with Kurt Ballou 

35:20 - Writing the First Record, The Grand Descent (2019)

37:40 - How Mark’s Mindset Changed After Cancer Diagnosis

42:44 - Always Working & Creating Music Between Albums

45:15 - Gene Wolfe Inspiring Fuming Mouth Songs

50:06 - Reading Books, Mark Recommends Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy

55:50 - Favorite Movies, John Carpenter’s 5/4 Halloween Theme 

58:23 - Where Riffs Come From

1:04:48 - Bands to Check Out, Death Metal Rabbit Hole

1:10:46 - Touring UK for First Time

1:14:50 - Closing Thoughts, Words of Wisdom