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Glen Phillips Interview: Toad the Wet Sprocket Gets Back in Gear After Long Hiatus, Releasing "New Constellation"

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Toad The Wet Sprocket

Glen Phillips is the singer and songwriter of 1990s alternative rock group Toad the Wet Sprocket which is known for such chart-topping songs as “Walk on the Ocean,” “All I Want,” “Something’s Always Wrong” and “Fall Down.” He began with the group in 1986 at the age of sixteen, and by 1988, they had signed with Columbia Records and recorded five albums.

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September 2013

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Trash McSweeney Interview: The Devastatingly Brilliant Mind Behind The Red Paintings: Can a Guy Named Trash Be Rock's Savior?

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The Red Paintings

After suffering a near-fatal seizure, visionary performer Trash McSweeney sees color in music and has set out to share with the world the ideas he has seen and felt. He is the lead vocalist and songwriter of the five-piece (guitar, bass, drums, cello and violin) group The Red Paintings which are based both in Australia and Los Angeles.

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August 2013

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Dave Mustaine Interview: Megadeth Founding Guitarist/Vocalist on the Band's Latest, "Super Collider," and the Perils of Rock Superstardom

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Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine is best known as the founding guitarist/vocalist of the heavy metal band Megadeth and the original lead guitarist for Metallica. He is widely regarded as the “founding father” of Thrash Metal.

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Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner Interview: Phil Collins' Son Carries the Progressive Rock Torch with Sound of Contact

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Sound Of Contact

British-based progressive rock band Sound of Contact featuring Simon Collins and Dave Kerzner released their debut concept album, Dimensionaut, May 28, 2013. Dimensionaut is about a man who has the ability to travel through space, time and alternate realities and yet struggles with his desire to keep a sense of grounded reality on Earth, with each song an episode and sub-story within the larger contact of the 72-minute album.

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