Category: Bands

055 – Blood Circus: Geoff Robinson (1/2)

055 – Blood Circus: Geoff Robinson (1/2)

April 15, 2012 | By | 2 Comments

Geoff Robinson is best known as the lead guitar player for the epic Seattle grunge band Blood Circus.  They were one of the first bands on the Sub Pop record label, playing with TAD, Nirvana, and Soundgarden back in the late 80’s.  In part one of the interview, Geoff talks about his upbringing in Georgia, his experience […]

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050 – Drummer’s Day: Steve Moriarty (2/2)

050 – Drummer’s Day: Steve Moriarty (2/2)

January 30, 2012 | By | 1 Comment

 Steve Moriarty is a drummer who has played in many bands, but most notably in the Seattle punk band The Gits. In part two of this interview we cover the details surrounding the tragic rape and murder of the Gits lead singer, Mia Zapata in 1993, how the surviving Gits went on to form a new band, […]

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049 – Drummer’s Day: Steve Moriarty (1/2)

049 – Drummer’s Day: Steve Moriarty (1/2)

January 15, 2012 | By | 3 Comments

Steve Moriarty is a drummer who has played in many bands, but most notably in the Seattle punk band The Gits. In this first part of the interview we talk to Steve about his background as a jazz drummer, how spending a year in Spain changed his world views, his Antioch college experience, joining the […]

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040 – 100 Concerts: J.P.Kallio

040 – 100 Concerts: J.P.Kallio

August 14, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

J.P. Kallio is a Finnish born singer-songwriter best known for his work in the traditional irish folk band Sliotar.  This however is the story of his new  band JPKallio.com, a Dublin based indie rock band that mixes classic and punk rock to form their basis. The band features J.P. on vocals and guitar, Tomek Jastrebski […]

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039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

039 – American Professional: Chuck Lindo

July 30, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Chuck Lindo‘s current projects include The American Professionals, and the indie rock band Actionslacks. Chuck hails from the St. Louis punk band The Nukes, the surf-inspired Jumbo Shrimp (featuring Dead Kennedy’s East Bay Ray and Klaus Flouride), and alt rock band Dryspell. In 2007, Chuck founded music house Jingle This with partner John Schulte. They […]

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037 – Tetrafusion

037 – Tetrafusion

June 15, 2011 | By | 1 Comment

Gary Tubbs of the progressive metal band Tetrafusion speaks with MLR’s Josh Almond about his band. What is progressive metal – well in this case throw in some Dream Theater, a hearty scoopful of Rush, a dash of Live, a meaty chunk of Metallica, and mix liberally with Jazz, and Classical influences, and top of with […]

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032 – Moon Hooch

032 – Moon Hooch

February 28, 2011 | By | Add a Comment

Moon Hooch is a Brooklyn based collaborative trio featuring Mike Wilbur and Wenzl McGowen on tenor saxophone, and James Muschler on drums. They write their songs as electronic music, and then perform them using acoustic instruments. This approach produces music that is a fascinating combination of house, dance, drum and bass, jazz, world and classical […]

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