Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran drummer Greg Langston (Sea Hags/Los Microwaves/Sleepers A.D./Tuxedomoon/Fang/Beast/Fade to Black/No Alternative/The Offs/ The Mutants) about the Sept. 12 release of the Sea Hags' archival live album Dead & Gone and other highlights from his lengthy career.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with Johnny X, Sam Kawahara, Rob Santello, Chris Calello, and Scott Hollingsworth of the classic late '80s - mid '90s NJ Punk band Sticks and Stones about the group's history and legacy.
This video is dedicated to the memory of Peter Ventantonio. Sticks and Stones' catalogue is available for streaming and digital download on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music. Check out the Stick And Stones photo gallery below the video.
(Photographers: If you took any of the photos featured, please email gaustenbooks@gmail.com to have your credit added.)
STICKS AND STONES: 1990 - 2017
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran musician Josh Hight (Detachment Kit/IRONS) about In His Wake, the fantastic debut EP from his current project, Pines.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with author Melissa Meszaros (Heavy Metal Headbang) about her forthcoming memoir, Song Over the Bones, and the life-changing events and struggles that inspired its creation.
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(Check out the Melissa Meszaros/Steve Moriarty book tour dates listed below the video.)
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran musician/multimedia artist Darryl Hell (Abstinence/Public Disturbance) about his decades-long history in the New Jersey underground music scene.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten welcomes Anti-Heros frontman Mark Noah to address the recent accusations of racism and Nazism made against the band and respond to other concerns raised by the group's output.
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran musician and journalist Jordan Mamone (Alger Hiss/Lee Miller/Vice/Please Kill Me) about his history in the New York City underground music scene and his work behind the scenes coordinating archival releases for Rat at Rat R, Bag People, No Trend, and others.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran musician Jesse Krakow (Shudder To Think/Time of Orchids/Dot Wiggin Band/Doctor Nerve/Fast 'N' Bulbous) about Bastards of Prog, the new 84-track album by his experimental music project, Krakhouse.
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It’s no surprise that part of the nearly $200 million raised at Ozzy’s final concert just 17 days ago will go to a children’s hospital. After all, he had been saving lives with his music since 1970.
Author/journalist Joel Gausten taks with Weslie Negrón of MOTHS about the Progressive Metal band's extraordinary forthcoming album, Septem (out August 1).
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with legendary New Jersey promoter, poet, and singer Jack "Jacko" Monahan (The Brighton Bar/Dirge/Fatal Rage/Da-Works) about his extensive history in the Garden State underground music scene.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with members of the Chicago-based Electro-Rock group Comasoft about their 20-year recording history and latest EP, Gather at the End.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran NJ musician Joe Pugsley (The 65's/The Dark Brothers/Galanos/Puggle/Plug Uglies/Inger Lorre/c.i. infidels/I.D.K./Voice of Doom/Dread Eyes/Scary Hours/Solo) about his decades in music and current activities.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks to Sam Shiffman, Peter Horvath, Toby Record, and Christopher Ross of '80s-era New Jersey Punk/Hardcore band P.E.D. about their history in the Garden State underground music scene and beyond.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran New Jersey Punk/Hardcore singer Kyle Eaves (Bodies in Panic/Stetz/Yol Bolson) about his musical history and experiences living in the Punk scenes in New Jersey and California.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with singer Syd Sludge of the legendary New Jersey Hardcore band Mental Abuse about the band's history and impact on the early-mid '80s scene.
Thanks to Tommy Southard and Cliff Livingston for their help in making this recording possible.
Author/journalist Joel Gausten welcomes author Catherine Mayer and REAR WINDOW members John "JJ" Sterry (Gang of Four) and Santi Arribas for a discussion on Catherine’s new novel, TIME/LIFE, and John and Santi’s involvement in the audiobook version.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran New Jersey Hardcore drummer/bassist Greg Walker (Pleased Youth/Bodies in Panic/The Accelerators/The Parasites/Stetz/Niblick Henbane/Moby Dick/Lesser Koodoo) about his history in the state's underground music scene and subsequent career in education.
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Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with legendary band manager Alan Niven (Guns N' Roses/Great White) about his forthcoming book Sound N' Fury: Rock N' Roll Stories, his notorious interactions with David Geffen, his thoughts on Izzy Stradlin's departure from Guns N' Roses, his relationship with the late Jack Russell, and much more.
Author/journalist Joel Gausten talks with veteran singer Ronnie Romero (Rainbow/MSG/Lords of Black/Elegant Weapons/The Ferrymen/Sunstorm/Vandenberg) about his new live CD/DVD Live At Rock Imperium Festival, his work with Judas Priest guitarist Richie Faulkner, the late Ronnie James Dio, and more.
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Knox Chandler is a one-off.
A musician’s musician, he has a résumé that is as jaw-droppingly eclectic as it is extensive. Chandler is the kind of multi-instrumentalist and aural alchemist who finds as much — if not more — satisfaction playing improv Jazz in a tiny New England bookstore on a quiet Sunday night as he did performing on Letterman with The Psychedelic Furs or headlining the Roseland Ballroom in New York City with Siouxsie and the Banshees.
His journey has taken him from accompanying artists like Natalie Merchant and Cyndi Lauper to laying down sounds on the decidedly uncommercial recordings of the late Anton Fier’s Golden Palominos. He’s a musical explorer with a past full of adventure and miles already traveled — yet he’s always scanning the horizon for what’s next.
In Chandler’s world, success isn’t about resting on past achievements; it’s about asking the ever-resonant question:
“Where is this journey taking me next?”
On May 30, Chandler shows us where he is now in the form of The Sound, an experimental album/art book largely inspired by the rustic environs of his current residence in Connecticut. There’s a lot to take in, ranging from the evocative art in the book to the “sound ribbons” that flow through the album’s tracks. (“Sound ribbons?” you ask. Indeed. Watch my chat with Knox below for more insight into The Sound’s development.)
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| Art by Knox Chandler (taken from the book The Sound) |
