Rare is it when I get to talk with someone of such knowledge and depth. Rarer still is when that learned musical scholar is also one cool and down-to-earth guy. That guy is dUg Pinnick. dUg is a virtual one-man walking history of music. Having honed his style and tone in the ’70s and solidified his place in music in the ’80s with King’s X, dUg played it all, done it all, heard it all, and been it all. And now we get the honor of hearing some of those stories and much more from the badass of bass in this exclusive interview.
Today we get the latest news on King’s X’s new album and tour, the dirt on his other bands including KXM with George Lynch and Ray Luzier as well as his reflections on his just-completed Jimi Hendrix tribute tour with Joe Satriani and even a much-needed health update on King’s X bandmate Jerry Gaskill and so much more! Consider this interview a lesson in musicianship and a guide to living free.
Check out the full interview HERE.
Check out our interview with Jerry Gaskill HERE.
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An Interview with XTC Author Mark Fisher (The Week in #Indie Segment)
When a band, or any kind of artist for that matter, has such a positively fervent following, as XTCdoes, the music and stories surrounding that band or artist can elevate to a kind of mythical status. There is certainly mythology surrounding XTC that has fermented for decades with followers and fans of all ages, ethnicities, and beliefs all captivated with the music in their own special ways.
And now we have author Mark Fisher chronicling some of those stories from those who knew the band personally as well as those who know the music. This is an inciteful book about an inciteful band. And now we get a perspective of XTC from a well-versed author who is also a fan (having run the original XTC newsletter, Limelight).
‘What Do You Call That Noise?’ will be released on March 4 (links below).
About Mark Fisher & ‘What Do You Call That Noise?”
From Mark Fisher, the editor of ‘The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls’, comes a new musical exploration of one of the most essential pop groups of the 20th century. ‘What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book’ is a compelling 228-page book that involves some of the world’s leading musicians and keenest fans of XTC. Here, they come together to discuss what makes this Swindon band so very special and the extent of the impact of their music worldwide.Every member of XTC also makes an appearance. Andy Partridge speaks about mixing, Dave Gregory on arranging and Barry Andrews on the piano. The book also features interviews with XTC drummers Pete Phipps, Pat Mastelotto, Ian Gregory, Prairie Prince, Dave Mattacks and Chuck Sabo.
“Every XTC album that got ignored gave the band a real power jolt. It was like being the Duracell bunny and getting a fresh set of batteries in your back. It made us want to strive harder,” says XTC frontman Andy Partridge.
“Weirdly, it does feel like the band is being appreciated now. We’ve become a historical artifact that’s more important than when it was a pot in Cro-Magnon times. As a museum exhibit it’s become priceless, but as a Neanderthal pot, nobody wanted to bother pissing in it. It makes me feel valued – as long as I don’t go into national treasure territory!”
Fisher also offers an in-depth review of Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers playing live for the first time in 36 years as TC&I. during their recent Swindon Arts Centre residency, a performance named on BBC Radio 6 Music’s Marc Riley show as one of the gigs of 2018.
Contributing musicians include:
- Rick Buckler: The Jam
- Chris Difford: Squeeze
- Debbi Peterson: The Bangles
- Dennis Locorriere: Dr. Hook
- Steve Conte: New York Dolls
- Steven Page: Barenaked Ladies
- Chris Butler: The Waitresses
- Tracey Bryn: Voice of the Beehive
- Jason Falkner: Jellyfish
- Andrew Falkous: Future of the Left
- Peter Gabriel
- Mike Keneally: Frank Zappa
Plus Anton Barbeau, Todd Bernhardt, Chris Braide, Mikey Erg, Anne McCue, Jim Moray, Erich Sellheim, Rosie Vela, Mark Vidler, and David Yazbek, as well as members of Fassine, Big Big Train, bis, Cosmic Rough Riders, Odds, Tin Spirits, Palm Ghosts and many more…
2018 marked the 40-year anniversary of XTC’s first studio album ‘White Music’. While XTC was founded in 1972, it wasn’t until 1979 that XTC had their first UK chart single. Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge continued their partnership until the group’s dissolution in 2006.
Lately there has been renewed interest in XTC, in part due to the release of eye-opening XTC documentary ‘This Is Pop’ about the band’s history and legacy, which looks at XTC and their journey from mercurial pop outsiders to full-blown national treasures and one of Britain’s most influential yet unsung bands.
“The song is a little machine. If you take apart the machine, it’s not a clock anymore and you can’t tell the time by it.”
– Andy Partridge“Music… I couldn’t imagine life without it. It’s always there.”
– Dave Gregory“I was always quite envious of XTC because they weren’t put in the same pigeonhole as punk bands. They were regarded as a bit more arty than that. We always had to fight off this flag, being under the banner of punk… XTC never seemed to fall into that trap. They had that freedom.”
– Rick Buckler ( The Jam)“Seeing them on TV was like being in a tribe. Together I thought we might rule the world… Yes, I stole from them. I’m sure I was not the only one. The wit did woo mee. I fell head over heels for the clever wordplay, the charge of the story and the sentimental Britishness of it all.”
– Chris Difford (Squeeze)“XTC’s music has always been there in my consciousness. I think about it a lot when I’m making records… They come across as an everyday group of people and that’s very much what Barenaked Ladies were about too – living as ordinary a life as you can in a bizarre lifestyle like rock’n’roll.”
– Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies)“I remember when I first heard Making Plans for Nigel on the radio… I absolutely loved the song, especially the drum part… Terry’s drumming was so rhythmic. I was very much influenced by him. In fact, I would drum along to XTC songs to warm up. It was very inspiring to me!”
– Debbi Peterson (The Bangles)LINKS:
http://www.xtclimelight.com
https://twitter.com/LimelightXTC
https://www.facebook.com/XTCLimelight
https://www.facebook.com/groups/425591964471058
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Jammerzine’s The Week in #Indie for 6/27/2022
Jammerzine has exclusive interviews with Jane N’ The Jungle, Branjae, Circle The Earth, and Simha. Also premieres and new music from Josie Cotton and Kevin Preston, Saadin Dassum, Summy, Pan Amsterdam and Damu the Fudgemunk, and Ina Forsman.
About Jane N’ The Jungle
Jane N’ The Jungle release their new single titled ‘Dirty Dog’. But wait, there’s more! We also have an exclusive interview with Jordan White and Brian Dellis from Jane N’ The Jungle. We get into a detailed and must hear meaning and background story about the new single as well as some of the things that make Jane N’ The Jungle tick, click, and survive as well as what is around the corner.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/JaneNTheJungle
https://twitter.com/janenthejungle
https://www.janenthejungle.com
https://www.instagram.com/janenthejungleAbout Branjae
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with the multi-talent known as Branjae. Currently in the midst of her Debut Tour, her music is at that stage where it goes from defining itself to evolving as a brand. Yes, I said it here. Branjae is an artist whose music will outlive the musician. She is one of those artists that ‘gets it’.
And, in this interview, I talk with Branjae about her current plans and endeavors as well as where, in her soul, does her music come from and what inspires her.
LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/branjaemusic
https://branjaemusic.com
https://www.facebook.com/BranjaeMusic
https://www.instagram.com/branjaemusicAbout Circle The Earth
Circle The Earth has today released their new single and video for ‘Sweetest Pain’. A beautiful and lush prog-pop=rock opus that not only fits all of those genres and more it compliments each and every one of the. Effortlessly. To make a band of this magnitude, you have to fill it with mega-talent. Each person must be a superstar on their respective instrument. And that is what Circle The Earth is. It is a supergroup.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/circletheearthla
https://www.instagram.com/circletheearthla
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzuJh5l_fKSPBc__aNQ29A
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/circle-the-earth/1530262929
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0mPBb6EXuG4aboBcJ5YOpz?si=uRHfs1BmQJS6iwPStY-XmQAbout Simha
Jammerzine has an exclusive interview with the rising artist known as Simha. We get to talk with Simha about his music, in particular, his new EP titled ‘After So Long // बरसों बाद’. A truly cathartic and introverted look into the self and the world around us done in such a way as only an original artist can do.
We talk with Simha about ‘After So Long // बरसों बाद’ as well as that special journey that all artists go through. That magic moment when the music is becoming defined and the artist is becoming refined.
LINKS:
https://linktr.ee/simha
https://www.facebook.com/iamsimha
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJTYk9-4MXO4ADN3Q9xAZeg
https://www.instagram.com/simha/About Josie Cotton and Kevin Preston
Josie Cotton and Kevin Preston have released their new video for the track titled ‘The Ballad of Elvis Presley’.
As if brought back to a simpler time à la 1955, Josie and Kevin bring a timeless homage to the king of Rock N’ Roll with a starry eyed western croon with rockabilly roots and a fistful of dollars adding grandiose tributes to the guitar of Duane Eddy and the croon of Ray Price. The best music, looking forward, is that type the looks forward while giving a nod to the past. This is what music will be again, thanks to artists like Josie and Kevin.
Check out our other features with Josie Cotton HERE.
Check out our other features with Kevin Preston HERE.
LINKS:
https://www.facebook.com/JosieCotton
https://www.instagram.com/josiecottonofficial/About Saadin Dassum
Saadin Dassum has released his new video for the track titled ‘Tomorrow’. Saadin is a hard artist to pin to a genre. His songs seem to come from wherever in that private place that true musicians filter their inspiration through to churn out original content. I hear pieces of Joe Jackson and other avant garde pop and music icons but it presents itself as an original piece. That is the mark of a true artist.
LINKS:
http://saadindassum.com
https://www.facebook.com/Saadin-Dassum-366472384219722/
https://twitter.com/SaadinDassum
https://www.instagram.com/saadindassum
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0USg6VGxyTCghZFPGRKBwL
https://www.tiktok.com/@saadindassumAbout Summy
Summy has premiered her new video for the track titled ‘Said It After’. A song and video meant to hit you subtly in the feels, the song captures that subtle inflection of angelic emotion and soul that Summy simply has a knack for. Her voice is beautiful. Match that with a hook and you have a soundtrack to that special moment you may share or keep to your self.
Take this song on a trip with you. Either on the road or that journey in your mind with the lights dim or the eyes closed. Let it sink in to your heart. Clinch your eyes with emotion when you hear that vocal line that soars. You can’t miss it.
LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/summerferguson
https://twitter.com/summysideup
https://www.facebook.com/summysideupAbout Pan Amsterdam and Damu the Fudgemunk
Pan Amsterdam and Damu the Fudgemunk have released the new album titled ‘Eat’. Freeform by default and suave smothered in cool, we now have that main course after the appetizer that was ‘Rigatoni’.
We feel each beat, every rhythm, every slap to the jugular. With food as a constant resource, both in life and inspiration, it’s only fitting that be the case with this album from a versatile trumpeter, artist, producer. Sometimes humorous, sometimes informative, the concept is so original that it lucidly fits.
The music is a beat factory full of digital delicacies fit for your ‘egg foo yung fuckery’. Ok, I will admit, that’s a line from the album, but, I had to steal it. The album is filled with memorable one liners and more.
Take that for what you will, ‘Eat’ will stay with you long after you consume it. And, you wont’ blow up the bathroom.
LINKS:
https://lnk.to/PADTF_EAT
https://panamsterdam.bandcamp.com
https://www.instagram.com/panamsterdamnyc
https://twitter.com/panamsterdam11
https://www.facebook.com/panamsterAbout Ina Forsman
Ina Forsman has released her new album titled ‘All There Is’ via Jazzhaus Records. Retro sounding club jazz with a modern pop twist, ‘All There Is’ proves to be a fun album. One of those jewels found in a record store. With hints of Motown and vintage soul, Ina proves that the heart of music is alive, well, and beating to the drum of the independent musician.
Ina has two very solid things going for her. Her weathered and powerful voice and her songwriting. She is steeped in musical history, though not enough to be anything but original. Because she made a spectacular album. An album that should be on vinyl (hint, hint).
LINKS:
https://www.instagram.com/inaforsman
https://www.facebook.com/InaForsman
https://www.youtube.com/inaforsman
https://www.tiktok.com/@inaforsman
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Jammerzine’s The Week In #Indie for 5/1/2017
New videos from Lola Black, Buffalo Sunn, Tara Chinn, The Director’s Cuts, and more plus new album premieres from Florence Noelle, Hightown Pirates, Maker, and Kristin Hersh. Also five of the latest tracks from the indie and unsigned with the latest Mix Tape.