John Smith got all Judy Jetson when Foo Fighter's bassits, Nate Mendal called in to chat about getting on a plane for the first time to play a show in Utah, Foo's new album "Sonic Highways", his favorite city from recording the album and being a sandwich artist.

MTB: Jon Chats with Foo's Nate Mendal

You wanna know the bands? Well, first you have to meet them.X96 chats it up with up-and-coming artists that you're just dying to know more about including The 1975, The Neighbourhood, Bastille, Solarsuit, Deap Vally, Twenty-One Pilots, Cage The Elephant, and more. Curious about the origins of band names? How were the bands formed? How do they feel about cats? Yup. That's all here.

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Todd Nuke'em chatted with Mike Shinoda about putting together the 20th anniversary of Linkin Park's 2nd album, "Meteora" and about his new track, "In My Head" that was made for Scream VI.

X96 Meet the Bands | Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

Todd Nuke'em talked with Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode back in October of 2021 about his latest album “Imposter” with his band Gahan & Soulsavers. The album was released on November 12th, 2021.

X96 Meet the Bands | Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode

Todd Nuke'em talks with The Killers' Brandon Flowers about touring with Johnny Marr, The Killers' new sing, "Boy", and getting back on the road. | X96 Utah's Original Alternative

X96 Meet the Bands | Brandon Flowers of The Killers

X96 Meet the Bands | Yungblud

-Lovelytheband on No Spaces in the Name: “We were trying to think of ways to write the name, and we thought it looked simple and clean”-Lovelytheband on the album and what’s coming: We’re really proud of it, and glad it’s released finally and we just started our first headline tour”-Lovelytheband on Headlining: :It’s exciting, and it’s good to have in finally be our show and have time to make the show that we want to make”-Lovelytheband on their Motivating Mantra: “Remember when you wanted what you currently have”

MTB: Jon Chats with Foo's Nate Mendal

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