Aftershock 2019

California’s largest Rock festival grew even larger in 2019, not only adding more talent, and an extra day, but most importantly, it brought more fans… a record (for Aftershock) 95,000 fans. For #MischievousMel and I, Aftershock was always one of our favorite festivals because we lived in California, it was a chance to stay with … Read more

Chris Motionless of Motionless in White – the Aftershock Interview

For those uber-fanatical Motionless in White followers, such as #MischievousMel, you’ve probably noticed the band’s lyrics dig a little deeper and have become somewhat more “adult” on their newer albums including ‘Graveyard Shift‘ and their latest album, ‘Disguise‘.  Every on-camera interview that #MischievousMel has done with lead vocalist Chris Motionless the past few years has seemed to go “off the … Read more

Mongolian Musical Marauders THE HU Capture New American Audiences

It’s always interesting for us to see a band for the first time that has been generating a lot of buzz within the music scene. Management/publicists/labels are all paid to create hype for their clients (the band), so we often take what we hear about a band with a grain of salt until we’ve had … Read more

Badflower and the Secret of the “Frosty Jordan”

With 2 #1 hit singles (“Ghost” and “Heroin”) off their smash hit album ‘Okay, I’m Sick’ released in February this year, Badflower has been capitalizing on their success by touring nearly non-stop in the U.S., overseas, and even on the high seas.  Since our first interview with the band in October 2018 at ‘Rock Allegiance’ … Read more

Santa Cruz is back

Our last interview with the Helsinki, Finland based hard rockin’ glam band Santa Cruz was way back in 2015 in Columbus, Ohio at the Rock on the Range festival. Fast forward to late September 2019, when we finally caught up with band founder and lead vocalist Archie Cruz at Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, KY again, along with … Read more