Japan Nick's Rock And Metal Pandemonium

091613 NW BTR Vindicator interview with Japan Nick Vindicator Singer Vic Stown called in to talk with Neil Wonnell and Japan Nick. We discussed the United We Fall album a lot. They used Reaper to record it. They spoke about being on Slaney Records. Neil discussed how the cleaner vocals changed up the sound We discussed the song “At War with thy neighbor” and “Hail to the thief” We imagined if Vic would be President for a year and fully authorize 5 things. Vic alludes to the then forthcoming single “Sleeping with Evil.” Also spoke about “Hockey Jones Vengeance” about Casey Jones from the Ninja Turtles cartoon. Talking about what it means to be a founding member of a band. Memories of past recording sessions. Discussing how to place track to track for the album process. Fade in Fade Out and the tweeking process was explained. Giving a good explanation on getting your vehicles ready for a tour. Playing the backyard party shows.

Chris Butera called in to talk about the New York scene as well as his then called band Zamboni(later re titled to Nuclear Hatred)

Braulio Correa the singer/guitarist of Savagery called in to Neil Wonnell's Metalmouth. We spoke about how Savagery formed, their first demo (Bullet Belt Invasion) being a Chicago musician, and had some "intelligent" conversation with Smash Potater.

BTR NW Smash Potater Interview with Japan Nick We talked about discovering Smash Potater. The Clash of the Thrash concert. They talked about some shows with Lich King. Advice for playing basketball with the dictator of North Korea We had some dialogue on pay to play as well.

On 082613 Neil Wonnell and Japan Nick did an interview with the 2013 Pulse Lineup of Diamondplate. We spoke about their album, the music biz, touring and more.

September 2nd 2013 Interview with Dismantle’s Frank Reaper former guitarist for the band. They were talking about the release of the Journey through the dark and welcome to LA eps on a comp. Speaking about the song Rise of the Dark Phoenix, Snowdust, We talked about the Journey through the dark cover art, and using Ed Repka and Halseycaust. Talking about the then $ 425 tariff for band members and roadies.

August 19th 2013 Talking about Diamondplate, Cemetery Lust’s then upcoming album Orgies of Abomination, the PNW Metal scene and more.

We Discussed summer tips on surviving all day concerts, good vs bad promoters, labels, as well as my published articles on Holy Grail(5th published article) and Speedwolf (6th published article). There was also discussions on Diamondplate.

061913 BTR NW show with Japan Nick On the June 19th 2013 edition of Neil Wonnell’s Metalmouth we discussed scene politics, talked about my 4th published article with an album review of Sacred Mother Tongue. We also mentioned the upcoming articles with Holy Grail and Speedwolf.

Interview with Ramming Speed from 101616 from the CMJ Party. This had Jonah Livingston Drummer and Pete Gallagher Singer interviewed by the Aquarian Weekly's Japan Nick.

Emilie Autumn 022313 by Japan Nick by Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium

On September 26th 2012 Bruce Corbitt gave Japan Nick an interview before Warbeast's concert at the Starland Ballroom!

On May 11th 2016 Bruce Corbitt singer for Rigor Mortis and Warbeast called in to Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium. We discussed the 1986 demo, performing for Rachel Matthews in 1987 in a private rehearsal, and other events going on.

On October 10th 2016 Gammacide/Warbeast Guitarist called into Japan Nick's Rock and Metal Pandemonium to discuss his years in Gammacide, and well as the 3rd Warbeast album Enter the Arena, and a few words of the Texas Musicians Museum.

Aaron Akin is the singer/guitarist of Black Fast, a four-piece thrash metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, that has been around since 2010. When Aaron was 19, the members met in a college town in Illinois near St. Louis and have been friends as well as proficient musicians before founding the band. The Aquarian Weekly recently caught up with Akin to discuss the band’s new album, Terms Of Surrender, various songs from the recording sessions, the filming of their music video for “I Conspire” and more.

103017 Jerry Warden spoke about his time in Warlock, how the DFW Metal Scene was back in the 80s. He spoke about different clubs he was acquainted with like The Heavy Meadows, Rascals, the Tombstone Factory. He did the Sunday night shift at KNON. We spoke about the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame and seminal concerts like the time the CroMags and Destruction visited the Tombstone Factory.

At The Gates are a death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, that formed in 1990. They have five albums to date, including this year’s At War With Reality. At War With Reality is available on Century Media Records, and has a deluxe CD issue including two bonus tracks, which are “Language Of The Dead” and “The Skin Of A Fire.” I was recently able to speak with At The Gates singer Tomas Lindberg about At War With Reality, the recording differences from 1995’s Slaughter Of The Soul to the new album, the concept of magic realism and more

Gun, the Portland Oregon band consisting of Aidan Stutzman(Drums, Jerry Fowler (Rhythm Guitar), Spencer Bard (Bass) Charles Olson (Lead Guitar), and Nick(Tex Watson) (Singer) stopped by Studio C at Montclair State University's WMSC 90.3 radio station to get interviewed by Japan Nick on 071817. There was a large discussion about their visit to Troma Studios and meeting Lloyd Kaufman and Mike Herz. The topic of Mangled Corpse was brought up. The band spoke about how they compose music together. We chatted about the appearance in the 2016 Emerging Artists in the Portland Deli. They also told me about how the 1st and 2nd demos were recorded. They mentioned a little about Joel Grind helping them on their 2nd release.

042617 Nuclear Hatred Interview Pt 3 by Japan Nick Memoriam Reduced to Zero was taken out due to copyright concerns Scum Scunge-Rebel from Scum Scunge Gorgon Stare- Dragon Dice Metal Mirror Devil in the Glass was taken out due to copyright concerns Speaking about the songs to be recorded in the future Speaking about Annihilator- Allison Hell (had to be taken out due to copyright concerns) Speaking about PEter Gabriel's and Coal Chamber's Shock the Monkey (had to be taken out due to copyright concerns) Nuclear Hatred Zamboni

Speaking about the rant about Antifa in Headsplit zine #10 Junius- The Queen's Constellation from the Eternal Rituals for the Accretion of Light was played Rabid Flesh Eaters- Lycanthrope from Reign of Terror was taken out due to copyright concerns Chris spoke about recent publishing accomplishments. Deiquisitor- Elongated Crystal Skull Sakrificer- Vomiting Toxic Sludge from Desolate Darkness Blood Feast - By the Slice from the Future State of Wicked