Buried At Birth
5/25/2011 @ The Blank Club
San Jose, CA
By Josh Kutras, Jeff Longo, &
Alex Guzman

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“This next one is a love song, it’s called Smashed in the face with a fistful of bricks.” Buried at Birth front woman Veronica Mars tells the crowd in a calm manner, before declaring all out sonic war with said love song.

Bloody Mess & The Hollowbodys
5/29/2011 @ The Red Hat
Concord, CA
By Jeff Longo
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Stubble met up with infamous punk frontman Bloody F. Mess who recently crawled out of a self-imposed retirement joining forces with Oregon’s The Hollowbodys. Bloody rose to fame in the late eighties with appearances on the Phil Donahue Show and Rolanda, opening for GG Allin on the legendary “Hated in the Nation” Tour, and as John Wayne Gacy’s BFF. We talk about the Ready Willing Unstable tour, upcoming live release from Black and Blue Records, a new 7-inch single ‘Tramp Stamp Blues’, and conjugal visits with serial killers.

Job for a Cowboy
5/4/2011 @ Slim’s
San Francisco, CA
By Jeff Longo, Josh Kutras
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Stubble ran into Metal Blade recording artist Jonny Davy (lead vocals) of Job for a Cowboy at Slim’s in San Francisco. We discuss the upcoming release of their new EP Gloom, recording a full length release this summer, and Jamison whiskey.

Between the Buried and Me
5/4/2011 @ Slim’s
San Francisco, CA
By Jeff Longo, Josh Kutras
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Stubble caught up with Paul Waggoner and Dustie Waring of progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me at Slim’s in San Francisco to discuss their new EP, touring in a RV, and death metal potatoes.. BTBAM signed to Metal Blade Records in early 2011 and a few short months later released concept EP ‘Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues’.

Cancer Bats – Liam Cormier
1/20/2011 @ Metro Operahouse
Oakland, CA
By Jeff Longo, Alex Guzman
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“Grown-ass men were taking off their shirts and punching their best friends in the face! That’s what Oakland’s doing,”

Val Halla
8/19/10 @ The Catalyst
Santa Cruz, CA
By Jeff Longo, Josh Kutras, and Andy Morris
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Val Halla is living the dream, literally. Singer, songwriter, guitarist from Regina Saskatchewan with a “raspy whiskey voice & Plant-like shrieks, a knack for playing heavy groove based guitar riffs”, was ‘discovered’ by a friend of The Nuge when she played an acoustic gig in Waco, TX on her way to SXSW in Austin.

GWAR
Oderus Urungus
11/21/10 @ The Regency Ballroom
“The Bloody Pit of Horror” Tour featuring – GWAR, The Casualties, Infernaeon
San Francisco, CA
By Jeff Longo, Alex Guzman, & Josh Kutras
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Check out GWAR on TOUR NOW in North America and their brand new release The Bloody Pit of Horror out now on Metal Blade!

Kittie
Morgan Landon – Vocals/Guitar
9/14/2010 @ Berbati’s Pan
Portland, Oregon
By James Miller
Edited by Jeff Longo
Photos by Raymond Ahner

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In 2009 Kittie celebrated their tenth anniversary and released their fifth full length release “In The Black”. Founding member Morgan Lander sits down with Stubble in Portland and talk about life on the road and hanging in a “man’s” world.

The Dillinger Escape Plan
Greg Puciato/vocals and guitarist Jeff Tuttle/guitar
6/26/10 @ Van’s Warped Tour
Shoreline Amp, Mountain View CA
By Jeff Longo and Alex Guzman
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EXCLUSIVE: Stubble has a surprisingly revealing conversation with vocalist Greg Puciato and guitarist Jeff Tuttle of The Dillinger Escape Plan who reveals for the first time only to Stubble the myth and legend that has become The Dillinger Escape Plan

Korn “Fieldy”
7/11/10 @ RockStar Mayhem
Shoreline Mountain View CA
By Jeff Longo, Alex Guzman
& Josh Kutras
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Korn wants you to”Remember who you are,” oh and buy their new album Korn III Remember Who You Are (2010 RoadRunner) out now. We catch up to “Fieldy”, writer/bass player for nu-metal giant Korn, at the Mountain View stop on the RockStar Mayhem Festival. On the second stop of the 26 city summer tour we talk about the new stage show (pyro baby), alien crop circles, and his work on ‘A Song for Chi’.