“Gail seems to posses an innate gift for filtering through lots of information and getting right down to the brass tax of any given piece she is working on. I have been so impressed with her keen eye for detail and her easygoing approach to doing what she does, and doing it right. Much love and respect to Gail Worley.”
Gene Hoglan is: The Godfather!
I took today off work because I had to get some “personal business” taken care of this morning, and I knew I just wouldn’t feel like going into the office after that. So I stopped by Trader Joe’s for provisions on the way home and then spent the afternoon shuttered up in the chickpad writing an article on my new friend, Gene “The Machine” Hoglan. Gene is best known for his tenure on the drum throne of great metal bands like Dark Angel, Death and (my personal favorite) Strapping Young Lad. But lately he is getting all kinds of well-deserved kudos for playing drums on the Dethklok album, which to me is just the most ridiculously insane and cool thing in the world. Gene is so rad.
Bang Your Head
In this exclusive interview for Ink 19, Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner talks to Gail Worley about his band’s emergence from the metal underground to land a major label deal with Atlantic Records, his surprising musical roots, and why the staff of any Holiday Inn might appreciate having Jason around if the drummer in their lounge band had a heart attack. Check it out Right Here!
Q: “What happens when you pour a beer on a drum machine?”
A: “It thinks it can sing.”
Gail Worley caught up with talkative drummer Chris Adler in Florida the day after their last show of this summer’s Ozzfest tour and got some engaging insight into the very heavy metal world of Lamb of God. Interview up now at Ink 19.
