Episode description
Episode description
Tripp Eisen is a guitarist & songwriter, formerly with the bands Static-X, Dope & Murderdolls. He is currently with Teeze/Roughhouse, Face Without Fear, and his new band, Project-X that will do Static-X material. He is very open in this interview about his legal issues, his feelings towards his ex-bandmates, his current musical projects and more.
0:00:00 - Intro
0:00:43 - Tripp's Background
0:02:25 -Joining Teeze/Roughhouse
0:04:31 - Producer Max Norman
0:05:20 - Popularity of Roughhouse
0:07:10 - Bands in the 90s
0:08:10 - Audition with Marilyn Manson
0:10:40 - Mistakes w/ Roughhouse & Musical Styles
0:12:35 - Stuffed Doll & Trent Reznor
0:14:10 - Halloween & Manson Show
0:16:15 - Dope Formation & Gap Between Bands
0:18:35 - Dope Launch & Touring, & Broken Foot
0:23:16 - Joining Static-X & Murderdolls & Leaving Dope
0:31:05 - Static-X, Touring, Girls Backstage & Rockstar Life
0:32:35 - Irresponsible Behavior, Arrest & Remorse
0:40:12 - Prison Experience
0:44:10 - Learning Experience & Preventing Mistakes
0:47:27 - Working Through Guilt & Moving Past Incident
0:51:10 - Hiatus from Music & Keeping Low Profile
0:54:35 - Rebuilding & Offers to Rejoin Dope & Static-X
0:59:30 - Songwriting Disputes with Static-X
1:05:14 - Tripp's Version of Static-X Called Project-X
1:13:30 - Inspiring Other Musicians & Drugs & Alcohol
1:15:18 - Rock To Recovery
1:16:40 - Website, Social Media & Podcast
1:19:15 - Outro
Face Without Fear Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/facewithoutfear/
Rock to Recovery website:
https://rocktorecovery.org/
Chuck Shute website:
http://chuckshute.com/
Thanks for Listening & Shute for the Moon!