Our sister site, metal social network BITPOM has just posted an “Ask the” session with ARCH ENEMY vocalist Angela Gossow. She spent some time discussing the difficulties of being a professional band in today’s over saturated metal marketplace, and will be taking fan questions for next week! Read the article here.

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CARBON/SILICON recently met up with the gentlemen of ISSUE ORIENTED at a posh hotel (see above photo of Mick Jones) to record an interview for episode #31 of their podcast, which is available now. Head over to the Issue Oriented website or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes to check out the interview with these punk rock legends.

It’s that time again - IdioSYNcratic Routine is back to mess with your face and appendages. This time, we asked WHAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS’ drummer, Jeremy Bruch “tough” questions about ridiculous things like food, bat piss (they brought it up, not us), and about one legendary bike riding champion.

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MP3: What Made Milwaukee Famous :: “Prevailing Winds”
Live from Dead Air Sessions | Indie 103

WMMF live on NPR’s World Cafe (more…)

We had a chance to catch up with Chop Shop Records founder Alexandra Patsavas. The first release on Chop Shop will be The Republic Tigers. Now that we think about it, we should have asked more questions about the band. But since she’s responsible for providing the soundtrack to TV shows like Grey’s Anatomy and The O.C., she helped us make the soundtrack to our lives instead.

SYN: Pat in our office, who has never watched Gossip Girl put this together for you (note there are some plot flaws here): Blair and Nate on the roof of a building and now Blair is talking about her drunken grandmother who is not only mean and classist, but also once had a daughter who is Blairs mom and told her to eat an entire pie on Thanksgiving even though Blair used to have an eating disorder and suddenly Blair and Nate are back together(!) and Chuck Bass overhears all of this and the news breaks Chuck Bass heart and he skips town wearing a turtleneck and now theres a shot of the Queensborough Bridge! What song is playing in the background? (more…)

In a move that seemd to be one to put all the “dumb questions” they get asked on a daily basis to rest; AGAINST ME! thought it would be helpful if they answered them all at the same time for everyone. Beware big Alf!

A few weeks back we asked of SLIGHTLY STOOPID fans to submit questions that would be asked of the band. So we put out an all points bulletin and got some questions for the band.

Here’s what they had to say when the fans asked.

When people listen to your music, what do you want them to walk away with?
RYMO: I want people to go away with a smile and a nice buzz. We are trying to spread good vibes and good fun. We play party music.
KYLE: Warm and fuzzy with an air humping feeling. I don’t know. (more…)

For this IdioSYNcratic Routine, we caught up with Richard Z Kruspe, guitarist of longtime German rockers RAMMSTEIN. We caught him hot on the heels of the release of the amazing live DVD/CD Rammstein boxed set Volkerball and in the middle of launching the record for his side project EMIGRATE.

The first big launch of Emigrate will be the appearance of their song “My World” as the theme song to the new movie Resident Evil: Extinction which hits theaters this weekend. (more…)

Going through our archive of 5 interview questions we used to do with people I unearthed this gem. It’s with the one and only ANDREW WK and it took place back in 2002, the time of the release of AWK’s album I Get Wet. Enjoy the jackassery.

Andrew WK has so many friends it can be hard to steal a minute of his time for frivolity much less sit down for a serious interview. We were able to combine a little of both worlds with this latest edition of The 5. Share in our joy as we learn about the color chart, proper body odor and
geography.

The 5 with Andrew WK (more…)

In this edition of IdioSYNcratic Routine, I got to dish out my brand of silly questions. This time, they were directed toward the one Richard Warren better known to most as ECHOBOY.

This interview comes right off the heels of the release of his newest album Elektrik Soul Psymphonie. His first album since 2003 and first on new label, The First Time Records. (more…)

We’ve been singing the praises of SIX.BY SEVEN on this blog for a while now and we’ve been fans for even longer. So you could imagine our pure joy when the leader of the band Chris Olley agreed to answer some of questions for this installment of IdioSYNcratic Routine.

Matt, Pat, Jon and Graham came up with the best totally random questions they could think of and the following is the result.

How do you feel today?
Tired

Does the “Sawn Off Metallica T-Shirt” actually exist? Any chance getting a picture of it?
I’m sure it does, I have seen a few at festivals. (more…)