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Interview w/ Former Korn Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch

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Interview w/ Former Korn Guitarist Brian “Head” Welch

I conducted an interview with Brian “Head Welch shortly following his performance on 10/21 at Eleanor Rigby‘s in Jermyn PA. Check it out……

RN: How is the tour going?

B.H.W. Good. It’s been big and small places. Every show has been great.

RN: Tell me about your new single “Paralyzed”. It sounds a lot like Korn.

B.H.W. I think the band was going in a different direction when I was leaving. They wanted to try more stuff like the “See You On The Other Side” record. I liked more of the old school sound and they like to reinvent them selves. I think that’s the main reason.

RN: How different is your new CD going to be from your last CD “Save Me From Myself”?

B.H.W. It’s going to be more mainstream. My first solo record was more experimental. The songs were long. It had some tripped out sounds and stuff like that. This one is going to be more like a mainstream record. I’m getting back into playing heavy riffs. The first one didn’t have a lot of that.

RN: You recently put out a video for “Paralyzed“. Looking back on making the video what are your thoughts on it?

B.H.W. That was a fun video to shoot. What was cool, a lot of directors do take after take after take. This guy only did four takes of the big room with the whole band. And three takes each of the band members and that was it. It was a wrap.

RN: Since you found God how has the your fan acceptance been?

B.H.W. It’s getting better. I think the first solo record was ok. It had some decent moments. Some people dug it. I don’t think a lot of people jumped on it. But the last couple weeks paralyzed got 40,000 views on Youtube for so I think that’s speaking for itself. More people are opening up to it. So we will see how it goes.

RN: Is your band considered a Christian rock band.

B.H.W. I am a Christine guy. But I would prefer not to be labeled that. I’m a Christian guy playing the same metal music I have always played. Singing about pain and things we all go through. People are going to say what they are going to say. Some people shut their doors on things that are labeled Christine. Don’t be so uptight everybody.  We are all the same.

RN: I noticed you have speaking events booked. I have also watched one on youtube that you did not to long ago. Do you do these often?

B.H.W. Whenever I’m not touring I go out and speak. It’s fun for me to do. I love it. And I have this gift; I attract people that are really hurting in life. And I look at them and I tell them I was hurting too and I got out of it. You can see hope and positive things happening in their eyes. And people tell me “man you make me feel like I can do this” and for me there is nothing better than that. It’s really cool and I love it.

RN: How do you separate your live performance from your speaking engagements?

B.H.W. It is just who I am inside. If I’m on stage or not. I want to connect with people however I can. My music is hard and powerful but at the same time I just want to tell the truth about the whole rock star thing. It can be a trap if you are not careful. Drugs and alcohol can really ruin lives. I have seen it ruin a lot of people and it almost ruined my life.

RN: After this tour what are your plans. As far as getting the new album finished and touring?

B.H.W. We are hitting the studio November 7th. And we will be in the studio until the album is done. We are going to be focused. Nothing until April of next year as far as traveling goes. So we will see.

RN: Brian thank you for your time.

B.H.W. No problem Dante, Thank you for yours.

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Interview w/ The Dogs Divine Bassist Jim Hart

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Interview w/ The Dogs Divine Bassist Jim Hart

The wait is over. After four years The Dogs Divine have returned and will drop their new CD “Size Of The Fight” on November 8th via Mortal Music. This CD is classic Dogs Divine with a modern feel that any rock/metal fan could appreciate. Killer walking bass lines, heavy riffs, wicked guitar solos and I think vocalist Tom Heart has a very unique vocal style that makes this band stand out from a lot of other bands out there that have fallen into the trap of sounding like everyone else. The CD is solid all the way through so I can not pick a stand out song. But I will say the band puts an ass kickin on Queen’s “I’m In Love With My Car”. I never liked that song. But I like it now. I had to go back and check out Queen’s version of the song. I must say The Dogs do it better.

I had a chance to Interview Bassist Jim Hart check out the interview below and check out The Dogs Diving here.

RN: Jim how are you? It’s been along time since I seen you.

Jim Hart: I’m good man. I’m just hanging out waiting for this CD to be released.

RN: Well I don’t want to waste your time we can get right into it if you want?

Jim Hart: Sure go for it.

RN: What can people expect from the new Dogs CD “Size Of The Fight”?

Jim Hart: On the new album you can hear typical Dogs style music but you can also hear a difference between this new album and the last one. . I think we have the same writing style but the music has a heavier edge to it.

RN: Your old school influences really bleed through on your last CD “Way Of Life” does the same go for the new CD.

Jim Hart: I think so. We have a song call “FDLF”. That song is very Sunset Strip, Sleazy Rock kind of a Faster Pussycat type sound. On our last CD you can hear the bands we listened to growing up. Motley Crue, LA Guns, Faster Pussycat. On this one you can hear our heavier influences that came later.  On this album we have an instrumental, we use violin. There is a song called Gypsy King that is kind of bluesy. Where we use slide guitar and stuff like that. We let all the stuff we grew up on influence us. And we let it take its course. To be honest I think I’m to close to it to judge it. Sometimes when you are in a band and you write it you might think it sounds one way and other people will tell you they hear something different.

RN: Tell me about the instrumental.

Jim Hart: We wanted to do an instrumental and we dedicated it to our grandpa Gussie who passed away a couple years ago. He bought us guitars and drums and P.As when we were kids and used to let us practice at his house. He would give us money when we went out on tour. He was very supportive.

RN: “Way Of Life” came out in 2008 why such a long wait?

Jim Hart: We toured a lot. Than we had a few lineup changes. Than we toured some more. And when it was time to go in and do a new album we had more lineup changes. It took some time but we self financed the album. It was kind of hard because we don’t live near each other. We would get a couple thousand dollars and get together and do a few songs. Then we would get another couple thousand dollars saved up and do a few more songs. So it took awhile.

RN: Are you guys going independent?

Jim Hart: No, we signed with a label called Mortal Music. They are based in Chicago. Owned by SOiL bassist Tim King and Twelfth Gate’s Rob Such.

RN: Any Videos we should be on the look out for?

Jim Hart: We shot two videos. We shot one for the song “Hell Wouldn’t Have Me” that is going to be the single. And another for the song “Dogs” That we will do something with later on down the road.

RN: And what about touring.

Jim Hart: Right now we are doing little runs. Until the CD comes out and we will see what happens.

RN: I know you have toured and played shows with a lot of bands. Who are some of the people you would like tour with?

Jim Hart:  I’m a huge Motorhead fan. I would pass out if someone told me we were going to do a show with Motorhead.

RN: Why did you decide to become a bass player?

Jim Hart: Bob Daisley. I heard “Diary Of  A Madman” first. I was amazed. He was the biggest influence on me playing bass. When I was a kid music was everything to me. Even if you were not in a band. It was everything to everyone I knew. We would have parties based around video release dates on MTV. Back then you knew everybody’s name and you knew everything about your favorite band. Now I don’t think it matters to anyone anymore.

RN: Jim thank you for your time.

Jim Hart: No problem thanks for having me.

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