Category: Interviews
-
Dan Epstein Interview: Co-Author of Now You’re One of Us: The Incredible Story of Redd Kross
I’m old enough to remember a time when rock star memoirs were rare occurrences. The last 20 years have brought an avalanche of memoirs and autobiographies from some of rock’s biggest—and sometimes, not-so-big names. What’s driving the rock memoir boom is another subject entirely. But let’s just say that rock musicians are strongly motivated to…
-
Bill Dolan Interview Part 2
Guitarist Bill Dolan is one of my favorite musicians and one of the most underrated, unsung guitar players of my lifetime. He also happens to be my friend. Twenty years ago, Bill and I—along with Ronnie Kwasman and Matthew Tucker—played in a couple of bands together in Chicago. I don’t like telling people what they…
-
Bill Dolan Interview Part 1
In the summer of 1994, the hottest thing cooking on the Chicago music scene was a young guitarist named Bill Dolan and his band, Five Style (stylized 5ive Style), which had just been signed to Sub Pop Records—at the time, the pinnacle of indie rock record labels. Hearing Bill’s name and seeing it in The…
-
Mike Watt Interview
Few people will ever have a chance to interview their heroes, and even fewer will do a good job. When I started Black Sunshine Media, I wanted to interview some of my heroes, a few of the lesser-known greats who inspired my musical career, including Carol Kaye, Billy Dolan, et al. When the opportunity to…