Hail!Hornet’s Erik Larson: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on January 17, 2012 in Featured, Gun Shy Interview

On January 20, heavy metal supergroup Hail!Hornet will be heading out on its inaugural U.S. headlining tour. Actually, it’s their first tour period. And drummer Erik Larson (a member of the now-defunct Alabama Thunderpussy and the very much alive Birds of Prey and Parasytic) is a little nervous. “We played a show once with Deadbird Read More

Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on November 7, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

So, last week, I had the opportunity to speak to Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer and since he’s German, I spared him my American silliness. No questions about gloryholes, no questions about cartoons or movies or comic books. We just talked about Obscura, his progressive death metal band, and how their fourth album, Omnivium, was one of Read More

Iced Earth’s Jon Schaffer: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on October 24, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

I don’t know if you knew this, but Iced Earth happen to have a new, straight-ahead ballsy fucking metal album out called Dystopia that has easily worked its way onto my top five of 2011 list within the last couple of weeks. The record is phenomenal, and proof that Iced Earth have returned better and Read More

Tiger Flowers’ Jesse Madre: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on August 29, 2011 in Exclusive, Gun Shy Interview

The other day, I called on all touring bands to help bring my dream to life, and Jesse Madre of Tiger Flowers said he’s on board. Like me, he’s always wanted to see a real-life glory hole (for me, as fabled as Loch Ness), and if he finds one, he promised to snap a picture Read More

Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster’s Dallas Taylor: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on August 8, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

A long, long time ago, I had a rather in-depth conversation with Dallas Taylor, frontman for Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. It was an emotional chat, and really sort of ran the gamut as far as topics discussed. I never ran the interview because things kind of stalled with their new record, IV. But Read More

Krum Bums’ Dave Tejas: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on July 29, 2011 in Exclusive, Gun Shy Interview

Today folks, we bring you another exciting Gun Shy email interview with Dave Tejas from Krum Bums. Yes, we need to change up our list of questions, and I promise to do that soon. But luckily, Dave’s a funny motherfucker, so his responses are pretty rad. Check out the interview below. And have a nice Read More

Fleshgod Apocalypse’s Cristiano Trionfera: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on July 28, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

This summer, if you catch Summer Slaughter, you should of course watch The Black Dahlia Murder, because they rule. But be sure to catch Italian technical death metal outfit Fleshgod Apocalypse too. They’re fucking insane, and have a new album out called Agony. Get on that shit, kids. Seeing as your Uncle Chris is busy, Read More

Killswitch Engage’s Mike D’Antonio: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on July 11, 2011 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

I’m just going to say this upfront: Mike D’Antonio is one of the nicest dudes you’ll ever have the pleasure of meeting…if you do ever meet him. I first met him back when I lived in Hartford and was writing for a newspaper there. My then-girlfriend was working at Roadrunner Records, and we were psyched Read More

Fit For An Autopsy: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on June 9, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

Ho. Lee. Shit. I spent all day with the new Fit For An Autopsy disc blasting its way into my crooked ears and I am fucking blown away. The band’s ridiculously heavy and my neck is fucked right now. I was headbanging, driving down the highway. Some dude pulled up and rolled down his window Read More

Obliteration’s Sindre Solem: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on June 2, 2011 in Gun Shy Interview

So, here’s the deal: Most bands want to talk to you during the day and for a good stretch there, I was without actual employment — so I could do phone interviews. I was freelancing and as any writer will tell you, that work is hard to come by consistently. A big part of the Read More