Wakefield Interview by Will Hennegan : 07.30.2003 Upon entering Wakefield’s famous Winnebago, I noticed their X-box which gets used heavily on long drives like the 3 hour one they had just completed, a drawer full of candy for their sugar rush needed before sets, and a faint smell of incense. Ryan Escolopio had some business… Continue reading Wakefield Interview

Trapt Interview Chicago: 02.18.2003 Trapt: Seeing Blue Musicfrisk.com caught up with Simon Ormandy, Peter Charell and Aaron Montgomery from Trapt when they were recently in Chicago, Chirs Brown from Trapt was under the weather that day and was resting at the hotel during the afternoon and was later seen double fisting hot tea, so we’ll… Continue reading Trapt Interview

Tonic Interview Chicago : 12.14.2002 Tonic photo by Jayne Chu Tonic, fresh off the release of their new album Head on Straight, were in Chicago to play an acoustic set in Nordstrom’s lingerie department. The group recently received two GRAMMY® Nominations for the 45th annual Grammy awards: Best Rock Performance By A Duo or Group… Continue reading Tonic Interview

Something Corporate Interview : Chicago: 02.04.2003   Music Frisk’s Dave Dalka was fortunate enough to catch up and interview Andrew McMahon, the new age piano man of Something Corporate, before a recent show here in Chicago at the Cabaret Metro. I found Andrew to be very interesting, thoughtful and to possess a maturity level way… Continue reading Something Corporate Interview

Queensryche Interview  Cleveland : 01.30.2005 Photo by Lyle A. Waisman Before I say anything else, I want to say a large thank you to Susan Tate for her extreme kindness and for her efforts to make this interview possible. Music Frisk recently sat down with Geoff Tate of Queensryche, a rare type of hard rock… Continue reading Queensryche Interview

Ned Evett Interview : Chicago: 12.08.2002 I recently had the pleasure of catching up with Ned Evett, a unique musician and the inventor of the glass fretboard fretless guitar. During Ned Evett’s opening set for fellow guitar virtuoso Joe Satriani, he pleased and intrigued the vast majority hard-to-impress crowd of hardcore Satriani fans. I look… Continue reading Ned Evett: Interview

Memento Interview  07.20.2003 : Chicago Memento band photos by Brian Milo Memento is definitely one of the most compelling new bands of 2003, the album has heartfelt lyrics layered with thoughtful music that if promoted heavily to radio should tear up the currently humdrum alternative charts. The band Memento is made of people who were… Continue reading Memento Interview