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The Used Interview Backstage 2009


Come with me backstage to interview The Used members Quinn Allman and Jeph Howard. The Used have released four best selling albums, had their music featured in movies like Transformers 2, and opened for some of the biggest rock bands in the world. After a short break, The Used is back with a new album called Artwork, which will be released on September 1st, 2009. Featured Interviews include Quinn Alman (Lead Guitar) and Jeph Howard (Bass) –BryanStars is a 20 year old music blogger dedicated to bringing you exclusive interviews and behind the scenes video with your favorite bands and artists. For more of my videos, including more interviews with bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and Shinedown, please visit my YouTube Channel www.youtube.com Check out my official website: www.bryanstars.com Follow me on Twitter to meet your favorite bands http Become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com Add me on MySpace to stay connected www.myspace.com Submit your questions for future interviews! bryanstars.blogspot.com Rate, Comment and Subscribe!!!

Visqueen ‘Hand Me Down’ Live @ The Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA Oct 24th 2009


Visqueen is one of the greatest pop/rock bands to emerge from Seattle. This is a recording from The Tractor Tavern in Ballard, WA on October 24th, 2009. Also on the bill were ‘Shonen Knife’ and ‘The Connecticut Four’. The song ‘Hand Me Down’ is from their amazing new album, ‘Message To Garcia’. Check out Visqueen’s Website – www.visqueenonline.com Listen to more Visqueen on Myspace – http Buy Visqueen music here – www.amazon.com

Creed Interview Full Circle Tour 2009


Come with me backstage on the Full Circle Tour 2009 for my interview with Creed. Creed is one of the most popular rock bands of the modern era. They have sold over 35 million albums worldwide, and charted four #1 mainstream rock hits. All of their albums have been certified Platinum in the United States, and their number one hit With Arms Wide Open is regarded as one of the greatest songs of all time. Creed broke up in 2004 after going through a difficult time as a band, with all of it’s members pursuing other music projects. In November 2008 it was reported that Creed was getting back together. In April Creed confirmed that they were back in the studio recording a new album called Full Circle. Full Circle was released in October 2009. And you can catch Creed on tour promoting the new album in 2010 —BryanStars is a 20 year old music blogger dedicated to bringing you exclusive interviews and behind the scenes video with your favorite bands and artists. For more of my videos, including more interviews with bands like Hinder, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Theory of a Deadman and more, please visit my YouTube Channel www.youtube.com Check out my official website: www.bryanstars.com Follow me on Twitter to meet your favorite bands http Become a fan on Facebook www.facebook.com Add me on MySpace to stay connected www.myspace.com Submit your questions for future interviews! bryanstars.blogspot.com Rate, Comment and Subscribe!!!

DOPE (interview) on CAPITAL CHAOS 2009


Stinky of Capital Chaos interview Edsel Dope and Tripp Tribbett of DOPE before their performance @ The Boardwalk~Orangevale, CA 3/5/2009 also on the bill were DAMAGE OVER TIME, STALKING DISTANCE & AFTER THE FLESH Dope is an American Nu metal band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1997 in New York City, New York. www.dopearmy.com The band received some level of success in the late 1990s and early 2000s. To date, the band has released five full-length studio albums, their most recent being No Regrets which was released on March 10th, 2009. edseldope.com The band was founded by song writer and lead singer Edsel Dope in 1997. As a child Edsel and his brother, Simon Dope, were separated when their parents divorced. When the two were adults, they reunited and Simon joined Edsel’s band, playing keyboards. The pair then recruited Tripp Eisen as bassist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Sloane Jentry as guitarist. www.myspace.com Unlike many of the popular bands from the 1990s, Dope derived their sound from influences taken from hard rock bands and fused that with the sound of industrial rock acts which had made waves earlier in the decade, such as Nine Inch Nails and Ministry, as well as industrial music act Skinny Puppy. en.wikipedia.org

Journey – Seperate Ways (Live @ Download 2009)

Journey – Don’t Stop Believing (Live @ Download 2009)

The Best Indie-Rock Songs of the Year 2009 Pt. 1

2009 was another year where indie-rock continued it’s push into the mainstream, with many of the year’s biggest songs appearing in commercials and popular television shows across the nation. If one can say anything about the current trend of indie-rock it is that it seems to be moving away from last year’s glut of boring singer/songwriters and into more interesting territory where the artist’s vision reigns above all—with the slow death of the music industry there are few people left to tell artists what they can and cannot do. I would put my bet of poker chips on 2010 being the year artists truly break free of their industry chains.

Cass McCombs – “You Saved My Life”

Cass McCombs has been making some of the most beautiful, smart and mysteriously understated rock music this decade. He finally gained a bit more press and accolades with this gentle, plaintive number off his most recent release, “Catacombs.” It is hard to pin down McCombs style and influences—one can hear part Neil Young in his falsetto as well as classic 50s and 60s Brill Building pop in his arrangements. But then he throws in some shimmering pedal steel and messes up your whole equation. One of the decade’s best songwriters, McCombs deserves even more of an audience for his beautiful music.

Morrissey – “Something is Squeezing My Skull”

Pushing 50, Morrissey is still churning out some of the catchiest, and rocking, material since his comeback in the early part of the decade. His newest release, “Years of Refusal” is one of his hardest singles to date and was one of his most successful singles in recent years, proving that Morrissey is still relevant to the petulant, angsty youths on the island and across the pond alike. The most oft-cited lyrics from this fun, rocking single is Morrissey listing a litany of prescription drugs with the final coda of “Don’t give me any more!”

Health – “Die Slow”

Health were able to congeal all their influences and release an actual honest-to-god verse/chorus/verse song with “Die Slow.” They haven’t gone pop, thank god, but they are making slow inroads into actual song territory with this slice of jagged, disco pop that surprised many as one of the best indie-rock songs of the year.

Alan McGee is a freelance writer from MN.

Chickenfoot – Classic Rock Awards 2009 “Best New Band” Thank You


The guys take a moment out of a show to record a Thank You for being selected as “BEST NEW BAND” at the Classic Rock Awards 2009.