E128 Clipisode: Leftovers III
This week, we're scratching The Itch for gratitude! We've put together a collection of short bonus clips from each of our 2022 interviews as a way to reflect on all the fun we've had learning from and about people in the music world. And we're not even done with our interviews for the year! Stick around til the end to get a sneak peek of who's to come. Happy holidays, Itch listeners! We appreciate you so much, and we hope you enjoy this clipisode.
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Jason Zeilstra
Jason Zeilstra joined the band Nonpoint as their lead guitarist in 2019, and has since leveled up to the rank of Wicked Soloist.
Daisy Dead
Daisy Dead plays bass, backing vocals, and horns in The Dead Deads. She gives excellent hugs, watches lots of C-SPAN, and has difficulty choosing favorites.
Eva Marie
Eva Marie is the vocalist for Eva Under Fire. She's a magnetic personality and excellent active listener who affectionately refers to her band as "my guys."
Oxymorrons
Dee, K.I., Matt, and Jafe are Oxymorrons, the Most Electrifying Band in Alt Entertainment. They are hardcore New Yorkers, creative minds, handsome sons of guns, and total nerds.
Matt James
Matt James is the vocalist for Blacktop Mojo. He's a master of cover songs, new father, and all-around hoss who has little desire to work with capuchin monkeys... again.
Amy Sciarretto
Amy is the founder of Atom Splitter PR, a firm that is home to the past and future stars of rock and metal. She has played a huge role in the development of such bands as Slipknot and Killswitch Engage, and absolutely adores her bulldog Higgins.
Joey Varela
Joey Varela is the vocalist of VRSTY. He's a metalhead with the voice of a King of Pop, and he claims that most of his best ideas arrive while he's on the toilet.
Hunter Young
Hunter Young is the vocalist, guitarist, and producer for Moodring. He's spent half of his life in various rock, metal, and hardcore bands, and his peak hours are from midnight to 3am.
Kevin Baldes
Kevin Baldes is the bassist for Lit. He's also a photographer, designated driver, dad, and friend of Dee Snider.
Lydia's Castle
Tonya and Cody Denton are the vocalist and guitarist, respectively, of Lydia's Castle. They're also a couple of sweethearts who each prefer their own pet.
Cam Cole
Cam Cole is a one-man band whose blues rock has taken him from busking the streets of London to exploring the world, one van at a time. He's environmentally conscious and a fan of the nomad lifestyle, though he knows there's only so many days you can go without showering, and so many sh!ts you can take un buckets.
Des Rocs
Des Rocs is the stage name of NYC-based artist Danny Rocco. Des is a fan of Queen, Billy Joel, and rats, and is not a fan of industry fakeness or sitting still for too long.
Blind Channel
Niko Moilanen and Joel Hokka are the co-vocalists of Blind Channel, a Finnish rock band with a penchant for doing well in song contests and a desire not to talk about it. They unfortunately confirmed that their homeland does not, in fact, have polar bears.
Skye Sweetnam
Skye Sweetnam is the vocalist, lyricist, and visual creative force behind Sumo Cyco. Her sneezes are adorable.
Mitch Swanger
Mitch Swanger is the drummer and co-founder of the Idaho band Silent Theory. He's a CD lover who enjoys making music with his brothers and talking music with everyone.
Francesca Ludikar
Creative Director
Francesca Ludikar is the Creative Director and co-founder of Nonpoint's 361 Degrees Records. She's been best friends with Skye Sweetnam of Sumo Cyco since both were teenagers, and she knows how to direct one heckuva violent music video.
Taipei Houston
Myles and Layne Ulrich make up the band Taipei Houston. They're brothers who make a lot of noise as a two-man band, geek out over opening for Muse, and dream of having an album produced by Jack White or Josh Homme. They're also the sons of Metallica's Lars Ulrich and grandsons and great-grandsons, respectively, of tennis legends Torben and Einer Ulrich. They self-report to be better on a stage than on a court. (Photo credit: instagram.com/gbollardphoto/)
Dorothy
Dorothy is the frontwoman of the band of the same name. She's made a career out of being stylish and open about her journey, and she once appeared as an extra on Scrubs.
Keith Wallen
Keith Wallen is a songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. In addition to being a member of Breaking Benjamin, he has worked on recent albums from Dorothy, Love and Death, We Came As Romans, Saint Asonia, and Icon For Hire, while also releasing his debut solo album This World Or The Next. He's a busy man.
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