Holy Roar

In this episode we chat to Chlo (vocalist of Vales) about the band, where she is in her life and what we can expect from Vales in the future. Mazz and Chlo talk about how a little 4 piece band from Cornwall ended up doing a lot more than they expected to do: from playing Reading and Leeds, to taking a bus to go see Mike Davis in LA amongst other stories!

This week we talk to Jon Desmond, former vocalist of Grappler and current vocalist of Terrible Love. Jon speaks about how hardcore changed his life from a young age and the influence of Rucktion and LBU in London Hardcore and upon him. He also talks extensively about the ups and downs of touring life. Strap yourself in for cynacism, sarcasm and blatant name dropping!

Tom Hubbard is vocalist for Hang The Bastard and co-owner of Carry The Weight Records. We delve into Tom’s background in releasing records and his ties with the Kent hardcore scene in the early 00’s. We also talk about Hang The Bastard's career from their early hardcore crossover sound to their now more metal orientated sound.

Episode (lucky) number 13: we have Tom Collins on the show. Mazz and Tom talk about how they met and the other members of Eulogy, tours to date, previous recordings (under the name of Stallone) and why they changed their name.

In this episode we talk to Lewis Johns. Lewis has been round the block a few times, touring with a number of different bands (Goodtime Boys, The Long Haul) but he’s most famous for his career as a record producer. We talk to him about his recording influences, how he first got into it, and advice for anyone looking into going towards it as a vocation. There's also a story about playing a gig on a moving tram in Europe....

A Meet Me St Louis special. We talk to Oli Knowles about the entire career of the band, their records and some of his favourite songs. Mazz and Oli also speak about their old local music scene they were a part of. Finally, they chat about when vocalist Toby Hayes left the band and the bands end.

'MMVI-MMIX', A 2xLP discography of the bands material is now available to preorder from www.bsmrocks.com

In this episode we flip things around and our host Mazz is interviewed by Sam Jones (Ithaca) about Pariso and their break up. They talk about the start of Pariso, how they met and about some of their earlier releases; playing the Marshall Factory and how Mazz feels after the break up was announced.

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Mazz heads up to Bristol just to see his long time friends Liam, Serena and Mark from the band Svalbard. Most of the conversation revolves around Wetherspoons.

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We get back with James to fill in the blanks of some of the other amazing things Rolo Tomassi have done in their 10 year career. We talk about hitch hiking in Russia, radiation filled towns, how they recorded Astraea and all of the crazy places they’ve been including Japan, Australia and many others. We also bring up some questions fans of Rolo Tomassi wrote in with and play a very rare Rolo Tomassi live cover the band did.

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In episode 7 Mazz gets in the back of a van with Sean and Brett from We Never Learned To Live. They chat about the bands humble start and where they are now. They also chat about their upcoming festival appearances and the recent live session at Maide Vale!

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