The Underground

John Cooper of Skillet takes time out to talk with us ahead of next weeks Australia/NZ tour to discuss all the fun things – collecting, nostalgia, the Marvel Universe, Star Wars, featuring on the WWE and the Transformers movie soundtrack. We also find out why Skillet love Australia and how he overcame the band being rejected by radio stations back in the day. All of this and much more!

It’s all happening right now for Melbourne Hyperpop- Metal outfit Windwaker with the release of their four track EP “Enter The Wall”, their amazing Blair Witch inspired video “The Wall”, performing at Knotfest Australia and they're set to tour America!

Monoxide of Twiztid drops by to talk Detroit Sports (Pistons/Lions), Collecting Funko pops and other random items, Astronomicon 7, an upcoming Twiztid movie?, Horror Movies, Chain Smoker II, Side Missions and other pieces of random flavour we weren’t expecting!

Madchild kicks off his biggest Australian tour this week. We catch up with the little monster to discuss his wild career so far including working with Nelly Furtado, Todd McFarlane, doing stadium shows, writing for Fear Factory, winning MUCH music awards, becoming a millionaire not once but twice and how a third time is coming, how he hates social media but it’s a necessary evil, cracking the code, AFL, his upcoming new solo album, new Swollen Members and much, much more!

Chad Gray doesn’t hold back when it comes to discussing the current state of the scene (do all bands sound the same? Part 2), the possibility of upcoming new solo material, why managers ruined Mudvayne touring Australia in the past, why he’s not a big horror movie guy, the Saw 2 Soundtrack, his love of cooking, bringing visuals to music and so much more!

We catch up with Coal Chamber’s Dez Fafara ahead of their massive Australian tour with fellow Nu Metal pioneers “Mudvayne”. Dez gives his takes on streaming services and the current scene! We also discuss both his Dad and Uncle being child actors in ‘Leave It to Beaver’, his brand ‘Suncult’ and we delve into the Sharon Osbourne Vs Insane Clown Posse debacle from the late 90’s. All of this and so much more!

Mudvayne and Coal Chamber are bringing a massive burst of Nu Metal to our shore next month and to let us know more about we chat exclusively to Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray! Chad discusses living in Las Vegas, quitting his Factory job to pursue a career in music, what he got up to in the pandemic, the rebirth of the scene and his takes on music now compared to that golden new metal period of the late 90’s/early 2000’s bands!

Of Mice And Men are finally heading back to Australia in February and to let us know all about it we catch up with drummer Valentino “Tino” Arteaga. Tino and the crew are hype to get back out here and perform hits from their latest albums “Echo” and “Tether” plus a whole range of their tracks from their 13 plus year career. We get the inside scoop on recording their new albums from their home studios, how much the pandemic changed their musical direction, the status of his side project “Lower Definition” why he chose drumming and much more!

Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method has done it all in his amazing career and stops by to let us know just some of it! From working with Filter on the "Spawn" soundtrack, his musical influences, the movies and video games The Crystal Method has featured on (including the ones he hasn't even seen) to heading back to Australia and his side project with Tools Justin Chancellor which may not have happened without their Australian connection. We cover it all and much more!

Wednesday 13 is heading our way in February to perform Murderdolls tracks from their albums “Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls” and “Women and Children Last”. We catch up with Wednesday to discuss the tour, the tragic passing of Joey Jordison, going against the trend, Horror movies and the possibility of Wednesday filming one himself, collecting and so much more. Wednesday is one of our favourite guests of all time, be sure to check this one out!