Known primarily by one name, and one name only , Jess is the lead vocalist for Finnish psych rock masters Jess and the Ancient Ones.  She is also a songwriter, musician, mother, and all around bad ass.  Jess took time out to talk to me even though she had the flu and it was a […]

Whether you like them or not, Styx has been a strong musical force for nearly 40 years.  Styx has a lot of cred in the hard rock/metal community and rightfully so.  While known for their ballads such as “Lady” and “Babe”, Styx can also rock with the best of them with songs such as “The […]

When most people hear the name Randy Jackson, they think of that dude from American Idol.  When I hear the name Randy Jackson, I immediately think of the legendary classic rock band, Zebra.  Responsible for songs like “Who’s Behind The Door”, “Tell Me What You Want”, and “Bears” which have all been spun on classic […]

With 29 years and 10 albums under their belt, Monster Magnet have truly earned the status of legends in their own right. Dave Wyndorf was a pioneer of that style of retro psychedelic hard rock before there was even a term for it and is still going strong to this day. Monster Magnet just released […]

Jordan Rudess has without a doubt achieved legendary status. Known primarily as the keyboardist for progressive metal masters Dream Theater, Jordan has been featured on 16 Dream Theater albums as well as projects with Rod Mogenstein, tony Levin, and Marco Minnemann. Jordan has also released 15 solo albums, developed countless music based apps for mobile […]

The late 80’s early 90’s saw a whole new style of hard rock emerging that rose to the top like curdled cream in coffee. Bands like Dangerous Toys, Circus of Power, Tora Tora, and Junkyard just to name a few made quite a huge statement to a young kid like me. While bands like Poison, […]

Online branding, marketing, podcaster, and all around internet troll asshole, Michael Brandvold is one of my favorite people. For years it’s been shrouded in mystery as to if we hated each other or loved each other. It was that mystique that was a huge part of creating personas for each of us that had the […]

Welcome to Episode 02 of Blowin’ Wind w/ The Great Southern Brainfart.  This time around I had the pleasure of speaking with Mike LePond, bassist for Symphony X, Symphony X, Silent Assassins, Them, and just about any other fucking band on the planet.  Mike was a really great and fun guy to talk to.  Mike […]

Welcome to Episode 1 of Blowin’ Wind with The Great Southern Brainfart!  As you can see, things are going to be done a bit differently here in the form of interviews.  In the past I have done all of my interviews old school.  I transcribed them, I edited them, and posted them but many of […]