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Second half of the Evan Russell Saffer Played Chemical Marketplace Discussing bringing in new members Talking about using vinyl and what is lost with digital losing some. Discussing cassettes and their qualities as well Playing Beautiful stranger Gimme a Kiss was played

First half of Evan Russell Saffer interview on July 18th 2014 Both Evan and DJ Laptop aka Martin Kestner. Speaking about his Kave bar (owned for 7 years) CBS came and filmed a segment at his bar Kave and we discussed that. Played the remix of One Friend as well as Best in Me. Played the original One Friend song Played Dream of Love’s Last Dying Breath. Played ICLYAMTIDN Talked about the evolution of the band. Past WMSC experiences. Publishing deals and setting them up. Music videos done recently and in the past.

Paralysis July 25th Part 2 interview. Talking about show hookups. Panic Wartorn was played Wool over your eyes animist Exit 17 Change (Live)

ROARGH interview on June 27th 2014 Part 1 With Birdman and Beastman, (aka Dan Siegel, Robert Muller) Fastfood Run was played The Unholy Mantra was played Lessons in Humility was played.

Egokill Interview Part 2 Paralysis’s No turning Back was played Egokill’s 845 was played again Paralysis’s Tensons was played Mercyful Fate’s Is that you Melissa was played Mercyful Fate’s 13 invitations was played

Egokill Part 1 Interview from June 20th 2014 from Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium The new album Destroying the Vibes was discussed. Egokill’s Crossfaced was played. Egokill’s 845 was played Egokill’s Christ Anxiety was played. Egokill’s Withstand Daybreak was played Egokill’s Mortal Enemy was played.

On July 20th 2014 Sonic Pulse's Guitarist/Singer Mick Mayer gave an interview to the Aquarian Weekly's/Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3's Japan Nick of Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium. Topics discussed included Mick Mayer becoming the singer of Sonic Pulse, their new song Jerkoffagus, who is the current lineup of the band, and more. Sonic Pulse is still in talks with Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, and Mick said their plans are to release the next album through them.

On June 18th 2014 Neal Williams, and Josh Thorne who are two of the promoters for the Mountains of Madness festival in Johnson City Tennnessee were interviewed by Japan Nick to speak about festival, accomplishments in their careers as musicians, speaking about bands on the bill and more. No Remorse Presents: Mountains of Madness Fest This fest features some of the best talent in metal on the East coast!! You don't want to sleep on this one, folks!! Saturday, July 12th at The Hideaway (235 E. Main St.) in Johnson City, TN. Tickets: Pre-sale - $15. $18 at the door. Featuring: Coffin Dust (Philly, PA) - http://coffindust.bandcamp.com/album/this-cemetery-my-kingdom Shards Of Humanity (Memphis, TN) - https://soundcloud.com/shardsofhumanity Mangled (Atlanta, GA) - http://mangledmetal.bandcamp.com/ Ectovoid (Birmingham, AL) - http://bloodharvestrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fractured-in-the-timeless-abyss-12lp Act Of Impalement (Nashville, TN) - https://actofimpalement.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-of-wrath Putr

In the second half of the April 18th 2014 interview on WMSC 90.3's Japan Nick’s Rock and Metal Pandemonium Paralysis was discussing silk screening topics Talking about selling your music online How to prevent equipment from being stolen at shows. How many tickets bands need to sell to get onto particular concerts Some words about the Thrash Bash BBQ And more!

On April 18th 2014 WMSC’s Japan Nick invited NJ Thrashers Paralysis in for an interview along with their manager Nick Mimikos Speaking about how I discovered Paralysis at the Championship Bar and Grill March 8th at the Exmortus and Lich King concert. Discussing their musical history and introduction to liking metal. How long each of them has been in the band Lich King All Hail Exmortus Immortality Made Flesh Exmortus Metal Is King Paralysis Wallow through endless screams Discussing goals when performing at a new venues. Getting lessons from members of Toxik Toxik World Circus Toxik Pain and Misery Talking about Toxik’s Mike Sanders giving lessons to Paralysis. Performing in NYC and what they learned from that. Sleep Paralysis Live Cut Discussing metronomes as well as the show at St Vitus with Tokik Paralysis Tensions

Mario Moreno drummer for Exmortus was interviewed on February 16th 2014 by The Aquarian Weekly's/Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 Japan Nick of Japan Nick of Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium. Exmortus is a Whittier California based death/thrash metal band that was formed in 2002. Exmortus released the albums In Hatred's Flame(2008), and Beyond the Fall of Time (2011) on Heavy Artillery Records before signing to their present label Prosthetic Records. They have just released their third full length album which is on Prosthetic Records called Slave to the Sword. The following songs from the new album as well as the studio sessions were remembered for “Immortality Made Flesh”, “Battle Born,” “Moonlight Sonata (Act 3),” and Metal is King were explained structurally and lyrically. Advice was given for bands starting to play backyard parties. Things such as labeling all your equipment and packing up right afterwards are some useful tips not only just for the DIY backyard party scene but for the

The Aquarian Weekly's and Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio host Japan Nick of Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium conducted an interview with Satan/Skyclad Guitarist Steve Ramsey on March 17th 2014. Satan is a New Wave of British Heavy Metal band that was formed in 1979. I spoke with Steve Ramsey guitarist for Satan and Skyclad.Satan have three full length albums and one ep to their name which includes 1983’s Court in the Act, 1986’s Into the Future, 1987’s Suspended Sentence, and 2013’s Life Sentence. Some contemporaries of theirs include Mercyful Fate, and Venom. Over the years they have been known by a number of different names. From 1984-85 they were called Blind Fury and released Out of Reach in 1985. They subsequently changed the name back to Satan. By 1988 they had changed their name to The Kindred and eventually Pariah. During the Pariah Days of 1988-89 they released two albums The Kindred, and Blaze of Obscurity. In 1990 a folk metal band Skyclad was formed including Steve Ramse

On March 12th 2014 Destruction's Singer/Bassist Schmier was interviewed by Japan Nick contributing writer for the Aquarian Weekly and host of Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium on Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 Radio Station. Topics that were gone over included speaking about the writing sessions for Spiritual Genocide with what song took the most takes as well as the fewest. Discussing the parallels of tape trading and fanzines with youtube and blog sites. There was some discussion about Destruction's live album Live Without Sense. Schmier looked back on how the studio sessions of the 1980s were done. We spoke about Black Mass (Sentence of Death) and Black Death (Infernal Overkill being recorded in the 1980s. Schmier discussed a new side project with members of Accept. We discussed analog recordings of recent years. Schmier talked about the meaning of the song Riot Squad. We ended the interview speaking about the first Destruction tour of the USA. On March 21st 2014 this article got on blabb

On November 22nd 2013 Allentown Pennsylvania Heavy Metalers Mindmaze visited Japan Nick’s Rock and Metal Pandemonium for an interview. This Holy War is explained Dark City’s importance is discussed with the connection to the movie. This Holy War was played Going through different takes picking and choosing which is the best one. Speaking about various time signatures. Never Look Back was played Discussing the international focus of Mindmaze’s fans How often have you found that you are able to go through What type of overhead costs does a young band need to try to avoid to keep themselves afloat. Songs from Back From the Edge were played

Killing Session and Condition Critical’s Bassist Mike Dreher were interviewed on WMSC 90.3’s Japan Nick’s Rock and Metal Pandemonium on November 8th 2013. Here is the music that was played as well as selected talking points. Random Acts of Killing from Condition Critical. Discussing The Russian and Italy, Switzerland, Germany concerts. Headbanger’s open air fest. (Opener) Hells thrash horsemen from Russia. Morning Sickness Conditon Critical Dr. Critikill Savor the torture steel bearing hand Killing Session Eye of Demise. Got a caller speaking to Killing Session. Killing Session performing at Bogarts in Ohio. Talking about the best show on tour. Blow the world to pieces killing session

Xenophile is interviewed by Japan Nick of WMSC 90.3’s Japan Nick’s Rock and Metal Pandemonium on 10/25/13 The band discuss their influences Xenophile’s Scorching the Skies was played Xenophile’s Forgotten Holocaust was played Discussing how their album was being recorded, Learning about how the tracklisting with intros and outros of their album Xenophile’s Heretic was played Winning over local business owners to put up flyers around communities and in businesses The importance of using business cards on how to promote your band. What type of crowdfunding methods exist, and how useful they are. Speaking of Reek from Spain Discussing possible labels to work with Xenophile’s Systematic Enslavement of Consciousness along with Beyond Bondaries were played back to back. Warbringer’s Turning of the Gears was played Warbringer’s Iron city was played Discussing making t shirts, buttons, and pins And more!

Tim Barr speaks about earlier bands he was in such as Recluse, Father and Son, the Bar sinister Jazz Group, and Silverbird, He spoke of his connection to Kristopher Harris The producer of his band. We played the song Silverbird, (Originally called LA Nights) Speaking about exploring LA. Smile was performed (ACOUSTIC) Studying with Mike Lango about time, and African Rhythms, and polymetric timing Speaking against the evils of the metronome. Dizzy Gillespie With the Spirits, the inspiration is explained. The Silverbird group lineup. Tim played Lift Me Up (ACOUSTIC) With the Spirits is played. Tim also briefly mentioned about performing in 2008 at the Nokia Theatre onstage with Slash.

The Badeda Ladies (now called Thera Roya) appeared on Japan Nick’s Rock and Metal Pandemonium August 30th 2013 for an in station interview. The Badeda Ladies started in 2011 and got serious in the Fall of 2011. Ryan was speaking about his mom’s story about these lunch ladies from 2nd grade, the Badeda Ladies from their lunch room talking about potatoes. Speaking about Furnace Head Speaking for and against metronomes. Discussing Sad Lake, and playing it. Talking about Enough as well as played it Performing in a Lowe’s parking lot at 2 in the morning. Rob speaks about his life squid farming. Conditions is explained and played Discussing the 425 dollar tariff for performers to pay to Canada to perform.

Interview with NYC Recording Artist Syka Industry and DIY questions on being an underground artist. She looks back on performing with Slash in Connecticut as well as Halestorm. Promoting concerts yourself, and what it means to be a promoter vs someone who has the title but does not do the job. . Her songs Miss Heroin and Love Sick were played during the broadcast.

Shadowplay interviewed by WMSC 90.3's Japan Nick. They spoke about the songs “Say that you’re down” and “Zach likes trains” Sandy Eyes is explained and performed. Speaking about Summer Shore sendoff and trying to make their song Sandy Eyes the new song Speaking about supporting Hoobastank, Lit, Alien Ant Farm in Michigan. Speaking and supporting beef jerkey It’s Time performed These Drops performed