Interviews we conduct
It was early evening, the Traffic in San Diego was Heavy and The Dead Daisies were in town to drop some Heavy Rock on the Audience at the House of Blues. The Dead Daisies are a “Supergroup” made up of the Crème de la crème of today’s music industry top guns. Their combined careers span […]
BackStage360 was recently invited to be a part of a special summer concert series, to benefit the Wounded Warrior Project. This six performance concert series is based in Tucson, Arizona, and all events will be housed in Tucson’s, 600-person concert venue, Encore, located east of downtown. The series is the brainchild of a partnership between […]
As a huge fan of JD and the Straight Shot, from the very first time I was asked to review their music, I was delighted when we were contacted by Renee at Publicity Please, to give their brand new album, “The Great Divide” a listen. On March 15, 2019, JD and the Straight Shot dropped […]
INTERVIEWS AT THE NAMM SHOW 2019 NAMM 2019-XI – Steve Smyth, (One Machine) Peter Wolf (Knaggs Guitar) and Sam Bam Koltun (Budderside) NAMM 2019-X – Margarita Monet, Dave Bates & Davis Ruiz (Edge of Paradise) and Tammy Byerly NAMM 2019-IX – Sean McNabb, (Quiet Riot – Dokken – Montrose – Lynch Mob – Queensryche) Michael Del Pizzo, […]
Michael Del Pizzo, front man for Sunflower Dead met me at my neighborhood cemetery for a graveyard chat. We literally sat down on the ground in front of a caged tombstone. You don’t any get more down to earth than that! We dig deep and have a real chat about music, life, changes, the albums, […]
As a multi-talented musician, instrumentalist and vocalist, Nikki Ferarri is also well known for his bass playing and has recorded with over 6 world renown drummers and many famous record producers . Winner of several awards, including the BMA Boston Music Awards as “Bass Player of the Year” his latest achievements have landed him landed […]
Founded by CEO and author, Brian Wampler, Wampler Pedals is now in its 16th year, as another successful small business. Wampler Pedals is located Martinsville, Indiana and specializes in a boutique series of effects pedals and amplifiers. Along with designing and manufacturing all American made pedals and amplifiers, Brian has also written two books, on […]
Ex-Gear Effect Pedals, is a small business owned and operated by CEO, Paul Killion. Based in Los Angeles, California, Ex-Gear produces a series of special effects pedals and accessories. BackStage360 visited their booth to chat with Paul and artist/representative, Alex Cole. In addition to designing and producing Ex-Gear, Paul also owns his own studio and […]
For the second year in a row, this fangirl was honored to spend a few moments on camera with the surreal Mark Wood and his lovely wife, Laura Kaye. The famed electric violinist and former member of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Mark Wood to talk about his breathtaking line of electric violins and his music and […]
After trying to interview Jeff Kiesel for many moons, we were finally able to catch up with him. Thank God for NAMM. Not only did we get to talk with Jeff on camera, we got to see all the new guitars for 2019 as well as the standards. This 3rd generation company is one of the […]