Moe Train's Tracks Music Interviews

Dragonforce Interview with Guitarist Sam Totman at Mayhem Music Fest - This classic Moe Train's Tracks interview took place at the now defunct Rockstar Mayhem Music Festival.  The Tracks crew caught up with the supreme shredder Sam Totman outside of the Dragonforce and Slipknot dressing rooms.  Sam and the crew talked about their then new release, Ultra Beatdown, the mass critical acclaim of Through The Fire And Flames, his skills (or no skills) in Guitar Hero, Pegasus flying over Mount Olympus, how their music is supposed to make you feel happy, and tons of other gems.  

DragonForce are a British power metal band from London, England. The band was formed in 1999 by guitarists Herman Li and Sam Totman, and are known for their long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-themed lyrics and retro video game-influenced sound. DragonForce's current lineup comprises Li, Totman, vocalist Marc Hudson and drummer Gee Anzalone. The band have been through a number of lineup changes throughout their career; longtime members in vocalist ZP Theart, keyboardist Vadim Pruzhanov, drummer Dave Mackintosh and bassist Frédéric Leclercq are among the former members of the band.

DragonForce have released eight studio albums, two live albums, one compilation album, one live DVD and one demo. Their third album, Inhuman Rampage (2006), was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI); its lead single, "Through the Fire and Flames", is their best-known song, and was featured in several video games, including Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock. The lead single from their fourth album, "Heroes of Our Time", was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2009.

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O.A.R. Interview with Chris Culos at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - The Moe Train's Tracks crew sits down with O.A.R.'s drummer Chris Culos while backstage at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival.  

O.A.R. (short for Of a Revolution) is an American rock band founded in 1996 in Rockville, Maryland.[1] The band consists of lead vocalist/guitarist Marc Roberge, drummer Chris Culos, guitarist Richard On, bassist Benj Gershman, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo, trumpet player John Lampley and keyboardist Mikel Paris. Together, the band has released nine studio albums, including their latest release, The Mighty, in March 2019. The band is well known for their live shows and extensive summer touring, and have released five records of various live performances to date. Four of the band members grew up in Rockville, Maryland and attended Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School. After graduating, they went on to study at Ohio State University. There they met the fifth member, saxophonist/guitarist Jerry DePizzo from Youngstown, Ohio.

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Interview In The Pit with Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - This classic episode of Moe Train's Tracks is legendary.  Here's the backstory:  MTT was supposed to be interviewing Gregg Gillis (Girl Talk) backstage at Bonnaroo.  King B and The Train were chilling backstage waiting for Greg, and they were enjoying a few backstage beverages.  Nothing out of the ordinary.... Gregg showed up, and the crew hit it off right away.  They all were talking, and Tool was getting ready to take the stage on the other side of the backstage wall.  Gregg said, "Do you want to go see Tool?"  King B and The Train said, "Hell yeah.  Let's do the interview some other time!  Let's party it up a bit before hand!"  

Quite a few shots later, the entire group was feeling loose and pretty hammered, and Gregg said, "Why don't we bring the mics out into the crowd and interview people while they crowd surf?!"  And at that point, INTERVIEW IN THE M.F. PIT was born!  

This cluster F of a recording is nothing but pure excitement and mayhem with an amazing soundtrack of Tool playing in the background!  This is a don't miss episode!

Girl Talk produces mashup-style remixes, in which he uses often a dozen or more unauthorized samples from different songs to create a mashup. The New York Times Magazine has called his releases "a lawsuit waiting to happen",[8] a criticism that Gillis has attributed to mainstream media that wants "to create controversy where it doesn't really exist", citing fair use as a legal backbone for his sampling practices.[9]

Gillis has given his own different explanations for the origin of his stage name, once saying that it alluded to a Jim Morrison poem[10] and once saying that it alluded to an early Merzbow side project.[11] In 2009, he attributed the name to Tad, the early 1990s SubPop band, based in Seattle.[12] Gillis has said the name sounded like a Disney music teen girl group.

In a 2009 interview with FMLY, Gillis stated:

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Pre-Lollapalooza Music Festival Podcast - In this classic Moe Train's Tracks episode, hosts Moe Train and King B discuss the 2007 Lollapalooza Music Festival, and their plans for covering the event.  The crew was pumped to fly out to Chicago for the weekend, and take in the awesomeness of Lollapalooza.  Little did they know of the one of a kind experience they were about to have!

Lollapalooza is an annual four-day music festival based in Chicago, Illinois at Grant Park. Performances include but are not limited to alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and electronic music. Lollapalooza has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups and various visual artists. The four-day music festival in Grant Park hosts an estimated 400,000 people each year and sells out annually.[2] Lollapalooza is considered one of the largest and most iconic music festivals in the world and one of the longest running in the United States.

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Moe Train Phone Interview at Lollapalooza Music Festival - A. Gene Punckbowee catches Moe Train relaxing after a day at Lollapalooza for quick phone interview. Train talks about his initial thoughts on the festival, who he will be interviewing, and other off the cuff topics.

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Ghostland Observatory Interview with Aaron Behrens and Thomas Turner at Lollapalooza Music Festival - Another Moe Train's Tracks classic interview coming from Lollapalooza in Chicago with dance duo Ghostland Observatory.  This interview came from very early in the MTT vaults!  Be sure to look out for more great music interviews on Moe Train's Tracks!

Ghostland Observatory is an American music duo based in Austin, Texas. Their music has been described as a combination of electro, rock and funk by Allmusic,[1] and "electro-dance soul rock" by Gothamist.[2]

Front man Aaron Behrens provides vocals in addition to occasionally playing the guitar. Thomas Ross Turner plays the drums or synthesizer.

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The Grateful Dead Bobby Weir Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - We have got a show of truly legendary proportions here on Moe Train’s Tracks. I got an opportunity at Bonnaroo to sit down with the legendary Bobby Weir of The Grateful Dead and Ratdog fame. I’m tellin’ ya, when Bobby Weir stepped onto the scene in the media tent, it was mass hysteria. Everyone wanted a piece of him, everyone wants to talk to a legend… Fortunately, we at Moe Train’s Tracks got to sit down with him backstage, and we got to pick his brain about music… about his philosophies…

I know Bobby always speaks about the music scene, but I decided to take it a different route. When I told Bobby that I really wanted to talk about music, more than the music scene, Bobby’s eyes lit up. That’s a sign of a TRUE musician. Also, you know you have an interview of truly legendary proportions when two legends are in the same room, interviewing each other on the mic! That’s right… We had a little surprise on Moe Train’s Tracks when Jack Casady, a founding member of Hot Tuna, walked in during the middle of the interview, and Bobby Weir stood up and started to interview Jack Casady with our mics! I’m telling ya… I was absolutely shocked! I think Bobby’s manager was shocked too! As soon as Jack and Bobby were on the mic, it was like the paparazzi was let in… There were so many cameras going off… It was insanity! And we got it all on the mic at Moe Train’s Tracks.

So it is with our honor… That we bring you… Bobby Weir!

Robert Hall Weir (/wɪər/ WEER;[1] né Parber, born October 16, 1947) is an American musician and songwriter best known as a founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. After the Grateful Dead disbanded in 1995,[2] Weir performed with The Other Ones, later known as The Dead, together with other former members of the Grateful Dead. Weir also founded and played in several other bands during and after his career with the Grateful Dead, including Kingfish, the Bob Weir Band, Bobby and the Midnites, Scaring the Children, RatDog, and Furthur, which he co-led with former Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh.

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Dillinger Escape Plan (Greg Puciato) Interview at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival - You never know what’s going to happen during a Moe Train’s Tracks interview, as Greg Puciato, frontman of now disbanded Dillinger Escape Plan, has his own interview with a dazed and confused girl, we speak about the camaraderie of the scene, how “DIY or Die” fuels his band, their new lineup, and plenty of other random greatness.

The Dillinger Escape Plan was an American metalcore band. The band was formed in 1997 in Morris Plains, New Jersey by bassist Adam Doll, vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, drummer Chris Pennie and guitarist Ben Weinman. The band's use of odd time signatures, polyrhythms and unconventional drum patterns became a staple of their sound, although later albums incorporated more melody, and influences from a range of genres. The Dillinger Escape Plan's final lineup consists of founding member Weinman, longtime bassist Liam Wilson, vocalist Greg Puciato and drummer Billy Rymer, alongside rhythm guitarist Kevin Antreassian.

The Dillinger Escape Plan achieved critical success, releasing six studio albums during its existence, the first being Calculating Infinity (1999), which has been noted by critics as a landmark release in hardcore punk and heavy metal music. The album has achieved a cult status selling over 100,000 copies, which made the band the highest-selling artist on Relapse at the time.[1] The Dillinger Escape Plan has won various nominations from award shows and publications such as the PLUG Independent Music Awards, Kerrang!, Revolver and Metal Hammer. In 2017, the band won an AIM Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Music".

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