This is a life moment. A time when my musical past comes full circle and smashes head-on into my current existence. It's a fuckin' trip, man. I caught up with Johnny Whitney of THE BLOOD BROTHERS arguably one of the most influential vocalists of my lifetime a week and a half after his reunion tour. Still reeling from the outreach from fans all over the U.S and an additional family vacation drive, he took some time out of his schedule to sit down with me for an hour and half. Lotsa gushing. Fuckin' lots. A few things we touched on: 80-minute sets, crying for days, false chord engagement, peaking in your 40s, vocal mantras, feeling vs. thinking about music, tactical inaccuracies coming off as charming flourishes, tour band shoutouts, Blood Brothers' connection to ZBR, inducing vomiting and birthing at shows, touring with Orchid, a short history of Vade, gettin' pissed about Pink Tarantulas, fun vs. not fun music videos, songs The Blood Brothers couldn't recreate live, everyone wants to be The Locust, best Nintendo game, the most dad gifts, etc. Bands played in this podcast: Botch, Gxllium!, The Locust, The Murder City Devils, and Transistor Transistor. Listen to podcast #173 which is available to stream and/or download for free via this link.
THE BLOOD BROTHERS
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1 Vocals as a Baseball Mitt
BOTCH "God vs. Science" (Johnny)
TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR "Sweet William" (Dave)
2 7th Grade Vade (a band of children)
THE MURDER CITY DEVILS "Boom Swagger Boom" (Johnny)
3 The Future
THE LOCUST "Moth Eaten Deer Head" (Johnny) [official music video]
GXLLIUM! "Axel Peart" (Dave)
~Dave
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