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Scars and Guitars

Andrew McKaysmithscarsandguitars.podbean.com
With over 900 interviews, Andrew McKaysmith provides a welcoming environment for artists to discuss their politics, social insights, and artistic perspectives. Offering an authentic experience, this podcast invites you to tune in to the conversations with numerous luminaries from hard rock, heavy metal, and extreme metal.
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Episodes

David Dean (Hostile Entertainment, Turn Up! Event)

David Dean (Hostile Entertainment, Turn Up! Event). Sunshine Coast based music industry identity David Dean chats to Andrew about his business, shareing his thoughts on the music biz along the way.

Apr 12, 20181 hr 46 min

Mike Portnoy (ex- Dream Theatre)

Mike Portnoy (ex- Dream Theatre). Mike chats to Andrew about his November 2017 Australian tour among other subjects.

Apr 12, 201819 min

Graham Crabb (PWEI)

Graham Crabb (PWEI). Graham chats to Andrew ahead of PWEI's March 2018 Australian tour.

Apr 11, 201815 min

Eugene Kamlyuk (Sworn In)

Eugene Kamlyuk (Sworn In). A brief chat with the frontman for US metalcore outfit, Sworn In.

Apr 11, 201811 min

Neil Hilborn

Neil Hilborn. Ahead of Neil's December 2017 tour of Australia, he chats to Andrew about the tour and other subjects.

Apr 11, 201812 min

Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo, Fozzy)

Rich Ward (Stuck Mojo, Fozzy). The excellent Rich Ward chats to Andrew about music life, and the new Fozzy release for 2017, Judas.

Apr 11, 20181 hr 10 min

Dave Stephens (We Came As Romans)

Dave Stephens (We Came As Romans). Ahead of the release of the 2017 album, Cold Like War, Dave chats to Andrew.

Apr 11, 201820 min

Levi Benton (Miss May I)

Levi Benton (Miss May I). Levi is an extraordinary artist and a fine individual, on this episode he chats to Andrew about the Australian tour scheduled for November 2017, and other choice topics.

Apr 11, 201814 min

Joel Orford (Lagerstein)

Joel Orford (Lagerstein). Joel chats to Andrew (all the way from France!), about his career, goals and what it takes to be a successful touring band.

Apr 11, 201847 min

Phil Campbell (ex- Motörhead)

Phil Campbell (ex- Motörhead). Phil chats about his new album, The Age of Absurdity amid some great banter.

Apr 11, 201814 min

Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe)

Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe). Prior to Ugly Kid Joe's Australian tour in December 2017, Whit discusses the tour and episodes throughout his career with Andrew.

Apr 11, 201818 min

Jeff ’Mantas’ Dunn (Venom)

This conversation occurred in August 2017, before the launch of the comeback album, Avé. Jeff discusses the album and the uneasy 'two-band' solution as bassist/ vocalist Cronos performs under the 'Venom' moniker. Jeff also talks about his difficulties with Cronos and his enduring influence as a guitarist. Plenty of other topics such as the reception to the 1989 masterpiece, Prime Evil are addressed. One for the Mantas/ Venom completist!

Apr 11, 20181 hr 1 min

Anthony ’Abaddon’ Bray (Venom)

The percussive sledgehammer behind all our favourite satanic hits talks about the 2017 album from Venom Inc., Ave, why Beyonce owes him more than a pinto or two, his legacy as an inspirational drummer and he shares a hilarious tale of debauchery from the old days featuring ex-bandmate, Cronos. The conversation was recorded in August 2017 and has been available via podcast apps through the Scars and Guitars podcast. This is the first time the chat has been made available for the YouTube audience....

Apr 11, 201838 min

Tony ’Demolition Man’ Dolan (Venom Inc.)

Tony 'Demolition Man' Dolan (Venom Inc.). Prior to the release of Avé, the new album from Venom Inc. in 2017, Andrew and Tony talk about the release and all things Venom!

Apr 11, 20181 hr 50 min

Marq Torien (BulletBoys)

Marq Torien (BulletBoys). Marq joins Andrew to to chat about the bands upcoming Australian tour; some interesting thoughts in musicians and episodes throughout the bands career.

Apr 10, 201817 min

Colton Ulery (Sink The Ship)

Colton Ulery (Sink The Ship). Colton joins Andrew to discuss the new album from the band, Perseverance .

Apr 10, 201810 min

Dan Garguilo (Revocation)

Dan Garguilo (Revocation). Revocation are an outstanding speed metal outfit so it was fantastic for Andrew to catch up with Dan, who is an excellent guitarist. They chat about the bands upcoming Australian tour, Dans stint in Abbath (Immortal) and deep dive into some of the gear that Dan uses to perform.

Apr 09, 201825 min

Vaughan Davies (Simone & Girlfunkle)

Vaughan Davies (Simone & Girlfunkle). Vaughan chats to Andrew about the outfits new album, Hold On, and heaps other interesting topics. Check out the solid yarn about their shared love of early Weezer albums.

Apr 09, 201827 min

Collin Gorter (The Milkmen)

Collin Gorter (The Milkmen). Collin chats to Andrew about the bands new album, Behind Closed Eyelids and other interesting topics.

Apr 09, 201816 min

Schmier (Destruction) Pt 2

Schmier (Destruction) Pt 2. Ahead of the Australian tour, Schmier discusses the new Judas Priest album, the possibility of the Tuetonic big four and of course, the tour.

Mar 29, 201823 min

Victoria Jenkins and Daniel Parkinson (Fragile Animals)

Victoria Jenkins and Daniel Parkinson (Fragile Animals). Victoria and Dan join Andrew for a rare 'in person' interview, discussing all manner of topics including their outstanding new EP, Light That Fades.

Mar 29, 20181 hr 10 min

Cris Martin (Cris Martin’s Rock Dawn)

Cris Martin (Cris Martin's Rock Dawn). Cris joins Andrew to discuss his excellent 2016 album, Rock Dawn, his new video for 2017 and a host of other subjects.

Mar 29, 201837 min

Cody Simpson.

Cody Simpson. Cody chats to Andrew about his new EP, Wave One and what it means to be a Gold Coaster to him.

Mar 29, 20189 min

Brandon Seabrook (Brandon Seabrook’s Needle Driver)

Brandon Seabrook (Brandon Seabrook's Needle Driver). One of the most interesting and unique post-modern guitarists you are likely to hear, Brandon shares his story with Andrew. See great conversation up front.

Mar 29, 201849 min

Bobby ’Blitz’ Ellsworth (Overkill) pt 2

Bobby 'Blitz' Ellsworth (Overkill) pt 2. Ahead of the Australian tour through February and March 2018, Andrew and Blitz catch up to talk all things Overkill.

Mar 29, 201829 min

Billy Tegethoff (The Oxford Coma)

Billy Tegethoff (The Oxford Coma). Billy chats to Andrew about the excellent album from the band released in 2017, Everything Out Of Tune, as well as a heap of other items of conversation.

Mar 29, 201839 min

Andrew Strong (The Commitments)

Andrew Strong (The Commitments). Ahead of his March 2018 Australian tour the Andrew's have a chat about the tour and other interesting topics.

Mar 29, 201813 min

Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema)

Vincent Cavanagh (Anathema). Ahead of their Australian tour and on the release of the superb album, The Optimist, Vincent and Andrew discuss both and many other topics.

Mar 29, 201817 min
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